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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated man gesturing to a crowned woman in a Gothic arcade, with a torch and lute nearby.

"Daheim" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner, 1865

Brown ink drawing of a cloaked wanderer with a staff and dog in a snowstorm, with villagers struggling in the background.

"Irregang" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown wash drawing of a seated medieval poet with a lute beside a rider on horseback in a gothic-arched landscape.

"Walther v. d. Vogelweide" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Pencil sketch of castle ruins on a wooded hill above a river, with a riverside town and church towers at right.

Burg Lahneck und Niederlahnstein

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Sepia drawing in two arched panels: a reclining man under a tree with a cupid, and a bearded man with children and a dog.

Der Vogt von Tenneberg (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown wash drawing of mounted riders and armed men on a forest path, framed by stone columns and a Biterolf banner.

"Der Rennstieg" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown wash drawing of wandering scholars drinking and playing lute in a vaulted tavern, with a dog asleep in front.

"Fahrende Schüler" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner, 1864

Pencil sketch of hills, clouds and a small chapel in a landscape on a cream sketchbook page, by Samuel Rösel.

Landschaft bei Schloss Eltz

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Pencil drawing of timber buildings beside a dense forested hillside, with a meadow, rocks and trees in the foreground.

Hammerschmiede bei St. Blasien

Pencil drawing of a young man with curly hair and a dark cravat, gazing directly at the viewer.

Jugendliches Selbstbildnis

Hans Thoma, 1859

Pencil drawing of a leafy tree leaning over rocks and a stream, with grass in the foreground.

Weide am Bach

Hans Thoma, 1866

Pencil sketch of a river with two masted boats, trees, a house and a distant castle ruin on a hill.

Burg Lahneck an der Lahn

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Kopf der Mutter des Künstlers

Hans Thoma, 1866

Watercolor drawing of a young woman with dark bangs playing a guitar, wearing a patterned shawl and jewelry.

Neapolitanerin mit Gitarre

Hans Thoma, 1880

Watercolour botanical study of a grey-leaved plant with clusters of small yellow flowers, labelled Ligusticum imbricatum.

Ligusticum imbricatum Hook.f. (now known as Anisotome imbricata (Hook.f.) Cockayne)

John Buchanan, 1865

Charcoal and chalk drawing of gnarled trees framing a view of the sea and pale horizon under a cloudy sky.

Ölbäume bei Tivoli

Hans Thoma, 1880

Pencil sketch of a gothic church interior with vaulted arches, stone columns, and an altar, in a sketchbook.

Inneres der Frauenkirche bei Niedermendig

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a valley path lined with tall cypress trees, a hilltop building, and clouds above.

Tal bei Siena

Hans Thoma, 1880

Brown and white drawing of the coastal town of Sorrento with buildings on a cliff above a bay and mountains behind.

Sorrent

Hans Thoma, 1880

Brown-toned drawing of a hillside village with farmhouses, winding paths, and forested mountain slopes under a pale sky.

Bernau-Oberlehen

Hans Thoma, 1898

Pencil sketch of a multi-storey house with dormer windows beside tall trees, from a sketchbook page dated 1823.

Das Geburtshaus von Peter Lenné

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a wooden horse gin mechanism and millstones on rocky ground near Niedermendig.

Göpelwerk bei Niedermendig

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Watercolor plate with ten numbered illustrations of insects, larvae and cases, including winged adults and scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Neuroptera [Plate X]

George Hudson, 1904

Pencil sketch of two grazing cows in a field with a fence, trees and hills behind, on a sketchbook page.

sketch of cows grazing in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pastel drawing of a dusky town street with an autumn tree, pedestrians, gabled houses and a distant church spire.

Old Abroath

James Herald, 1905

Pencil sketch of a cow with its head in a bucket, with a smaller study of the same pose in the upper right.

Cow with head in bucket in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Watercolour of farmworkers with rakes and animals harvesting hay in a flat open field under a cloudy sky.

Haymaking

Chalk head study of a young boy with curly hair on brown paper, gazing outward.

Der Sohn Rudolf als Knabe (Kopfstudie)

Wilhelm Herbig, 1814

Watercolour of a lake with rowing boats, rocky cliffs, snowy mountains and a white building on the shore.

Saltzberg, 1818

George Heriot, 1818

Black chalk drawing on grey paper showing drapery folds and a study of a hand.

Draperiestudie en een hand

Gaspar de Crayer, 1584

Ink drawing of monkeys in clothing acting out a barber shop scene, with shelves of jars and a perched owl, 1720.

Barbierswinkel met apen, ca. 1720

Abraham Bastiaensz, 1720

Pen drawing of Venus reaching toward winged Cupid with a bow, standing on an ornate carved pedestal, on an oval sheet.

Venus en Amor

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1701