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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil drawing of two joined sheets showing ruined stone arches and masonry with trees and a small seated figure.

Zwei Ruinenstudien des Kolosseums (aneinandergeklebt)

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1697

Pencil sketch of wooded hills and trees receding to distant mountains, with rocks in the foreground.

Bei Gerolstein, fol. 32

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with raised, bound feet, set against draped cloth and rocky ground.

Männlicher Akt, auf dem Rücken liegend, mit hochgebundenen Füßen

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1714

Pencil sketch on sketchbook inner cover with rough headland, distant boats and handwritten names and notes.

Inner front cover of An Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil drawing of a pile of disassembled metal armour pieces including a helmet, breastplate and gauntlet on the ground.

Ein Haufen Harnischteile

Georg Philipp Rugendas

Pencil portrait of a curly-haired man with moustache and high collar, with handwritten name inscription below.

Georg Friedrich Reichmann

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil study of a gnarled tree trunk with forking branches and leafy clusters on pale paper.

Baumstudie ("Busch im Haag"), fol. 22

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of men and women in bonnets and shawls, one carrying a basket and bundle, on tan paper.

Männer und Frauen (Scheveningen?), fol. 23

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of men in a rowing boat with a mast, and two women crouching on a sandy beach below.

Männer im Kahn, zwei Frauen am Strand (Scheveningen?), fol. 24

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Franz von Zach

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil sketch of two men sitting in a small boat with a mast and sail on calm water.

Zwei Männer im Kahn, fol. 30

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of a man bending to shovel, with a small barrow sketched beside him on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of man shovelling from A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Painted scene of a bearded man in red before a turbaned official in a colonnade, with armored soldiers crowding the arch.

Christus vor Pilatus

Albrecht Dürer

Pencil sketch of a rounded mountain ridge with shrubs in the foreground and a distant flat horizon, numbered 26.

Gebirgslandschaft, fol. 26

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with hills, a sailing ship with masts, and a small figure on the left bank.

Rheinlandschaft (mit Drachenfelsen?), fol. 25

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of a Rhine-style riverside village with hills, a hilltop tower, and two sailing boats on the water.

Rheinlandschaft mit Häusern und Kähnen, fol. 27

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Hand-painted entomology plate XII showing moths, caterpillars and a cocooned pupa in labelled watercolour illustrations.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XII]

George Hudson, 1886

Pencil sketch of hills and a ruined castle tower on a distant ridge, with shrubs in the foreground.

Gebirgslandschaft mit Burg, fol. 28

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Porträt des Willibald Pirckheimer

Albrecht Dürer

Pencil drawing of a tall Gothic church tower with arched windows, a clock face and pinnacled spires.

Turm in Dünkirchen, fol. 20

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church tower with a pointed arch window and steep spire, Église St. Germain, Amiens.

L'Eglise St. Germain à Amiens, fol. 2

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of Christ bound to a column while two flagellants whip him, with onlookers in a dark interior.

Christi Geißelung

Albrecht Dürer

Pencil sketch of a gothic church with a tall steeple and arched windows, with loose tree strokes at right.

Kirche

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil drawing of an ornate carved high cross with a crucifix, INRI sign, tracery and cherub heads on its base.

Normannisches Hochkreuz, fol. 1 a

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1836

Pencil caricature of two standing men in long coats, one with a walking stick, on a flat landscape with a distant spire.

Die Maler Jakob Lehnen und Johann Wilhelm Preyer

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1825

Nude witch riding a horned goat over a hillside with winged cherubs, a golden sunburst and a sea beyond.

Die Hexe

Albrecht Dürer

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs above village houses with tiled roofs and small figures in the foreground.

Die Heislei bei Altenahr

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1831

Handwritten sketchbook page with a numbered list in German script, headed with the name Johann Wilhelm Schirmer.

Skizzenbuch

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1831

Pencil sketch of a rocky hillside with boulders and trees in an open sketchbook, with handwritten notes on the left page.

Skizzenbuch

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1853

Arbeit schändet

Georg Scholz, 1921

Pencil sketch of a country cottage with half-timbered walls, a brick chimney, trees behind, and chickens by a gate.

Sketch (country cottage)

John North, 1915

Brown wash drawing of the Pyramid of Cestius beside the Porta San Paolo gate in Rome, with a German note on the facing page.

Cestius-Pyramide und Porta S. Paolo

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792