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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Watercolor frieze of cherubs, fairies and musicians among spring blossoms, storks and birds, framed by a floral border.

Jahreszeitenzyklus: Der Frühling

Adolf Schrödter, 1861

Watercolor of a medieval court with a crowned couple on a throne and robed figures gathered on steps and arched galleries.

Der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg

Moritz von Schwind, 1837

Watercolor of a seated woman with a flower wreath, framed by flowers and birds, with bathers and harvest workers in the lands

Jahreszeitenzyklus: Der Sommer

Adolf Schrödter, 1860

Open sketchbook with grey wash landscape showing a domed church, pine trees and a tower; left page blank.

Landschaft mit Pinien und Kirche

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Watercolor frame of autumn: a reclining wreathed figure with putti, grape harvest at left, hunter with hounds at right, vine

Jahreszeitenzyklus: Der Herbst

Adolf Schrödter, 1862

Watercolor of a winter personification blowing snow over a sleigh, cottage and frozen landscape, framed by a holly and animal

Jahreszeitenzyklus: Der Winter

Adolf Schrödter, 1863

Watercolor menu card with armored figures, a fountain, cattle, a deer and handwritten German dish names.

Speisekarte "Festessen zu Ehren Max Liebermann's"

Max Slevogt, 1927

Open sketchbook with a pencil study of a leafy flowering plant on the left and loose drapery fold lines on the right.

Pflanzenstudie (S. 92) und Faltenstudie (S. 93)

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Pencil drawing of a slender rowan tree with sparse leaves, rising from shrubs and rocks on tan paper.

Eberesche

Hans Thoma, 1857

Brown ink and wash sketch of figures beneath a large draped cloth, on cream paper.

Exlibris mit Buch

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hunter walking through a dense forest with ferns and large tree trunks.

Der Jäger im Wald

Hans Thoma, 1860

Open sketchbook with faint pencil landscape sketches of mountains and trees on the right page, blank left page.

Landschaft vor Bergen

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Hand-colored panoramic view of a town with red roofs and a church tower over green hills, with two figures in the foreground.

Blick von Süden auf Müllheim

Johann Martin Morath

Grey wash drawing of a frontal bearded head with long flowing hair and curled beard, with white highlights on aged paper.

Frontaler Chistuskopf mit Schulteransatz

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1511

Drawing of a muscular man in a curly-haired pose wrestling a lion, rendered in grey wash with white highlights.

Simson und der Löwe

Hans Weiditz, 1522

Open sketchbook with a faint pencil sketch of a reclining figure on the left page and a light tree outline on the right.

Figurenskizze

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Watercolour of a calm sea with a wooded headland on the left and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

West Wanganui, looking N.E. from the North Channel

James Crowe Richmond, 1852

Pen and wash drawing of a figure with a billowing sail standing on a burning sphere, on aged paper.

Fortuna mit Segel auf brennender Kugel

Sepia drawing of a domed crypt with coffered ceiling, sarcophagi along walls, a hanging flame, and small figures on the floor

Fürstengruft

Pencil and wash drawing of Gothic monastery ruins with a broken tower beside a forested hill and a half-timbered house.

Die Klosterruine Allerheiligen

Ch. Kiefer, 1842

Pencil drawing of a long row of institutional buildings below wooded hills, with a tree in the foreground meadow.

Gesamtansicht des psychatrischen Landeskrankenhauses Illenau bei Achern

Ch. Kiefer, 1842

Watercolor interior design of a columned hall with coffered ceiling, checkered floor, staircase and period-dressed figures.

Entwurf für die Rathausvorhalle in Karlsruhe

Red chalk drawing of a rocky landscape with a twisted tree, cliffs, and small seated figures with a spear in the foreground.

Felsige Landschaft mit römischen Kriegern als Staffage

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Open sketchbook with grey wash city view of rooftops and a church spire on the left, and pencil outline roofs on the right.

Stadtansichten

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Brown wash title page with a stone arch showing a woman leading mounted knights, and a seated harpist at right.

Titelblatt "Frau Aventiure" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown wash drawing of a monk pointing at huge bones while workers with ropes and tools crowd around in a stone arcade.

"Bericht vom Meerdrachen" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Sepia drawing of medieval-costumed figures dancing under trees, with musicians, a barrel and dogs in the foreground.

"Herbstreigen" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner, 1865

Pencil sketch of a courtyard well with wooden frame and crank, trees and a ladder beside it, on a sketchbook page.

Brunnen im Hof von Goethes Vaterhaus

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Brown wash drawing of mounted knights leaving a medieval town, with a crossbowman in the foreground and a stone frame.

"Die Ausreise" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner, 1864

Brown ink drawing of a medieval scene with a monk writing, a lute player, a woman with a scroll and a standing man before arc

"Wolfr. von Eschenbach" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Sepia drawing of a seated knight gesturing to a woman in a white shift beside a forest stream, framed by arches and carved st

"Die Erscheinung" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Pencil sketch of a church with two towers, arcaded walls and trees in the foreground, drawn in a sketchbook dated September 1

St. Johannikirche in Niederlahnstein

Samuel Rösel, 1823