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Drawings & Sketches

76,040 works

Charcoal drawing of bombed townhouses and a church spire beyond a canal, with rubble in the foreground.

Ruinen am Kanal

Werner Heldt, 1947

Charcoal drawing of nude boys bathing on a rocky shore by the sea, with two women standing in the distance.

Badende Knaben am Strand, im Hintergrund zwei Frauen

Ludwig von Hofmann, 1919

Pencil drawing of three nude boys fishing on a sandbar with sailboats on the sea under a cloudy sky.

Drei angelnde Knaben am Meer mit Segelschiffen

Ludwig von Hofmann, 1928

Sailors and officers around a firing cannon on a warship deck, smoke rising over water and a distant fortified shore.

A Sketch on the Quarter Deck of H.M.S. Bulldog Augt 15th 1854 Bomarsund

William Simpson, 1854

Framed drawing of a dense green and blue forest scene with tree trunks, feathery foliage and a rocky mound below.

Kleine Waldlandschaft

Otto Mueller, 1919

Watercolor and crayon landscape of houses on a green hillside above a deep blue lake, with rocks and foliage in the foregroun

Landschaft mit Häusern am See

Otto Mueller, 1914

Lithograph of a village street with a whitewashed house, mounted riders, horses, bare trees and figures in the foreground.

Lord Raglan's Head Quarters at Khutor-Karagatch. (13892331841)

William Simpson

Charcoal sketch of a seated figure on a garden bench under trees, with a curving path in the foreground.

Gartenbank in Wannsee

Max Liebermann, 1916

Brown wash drawing of a ceiling design with gods and putti among clouds, including Bacchus with a thyrsus and Ceres with flow

Deckenentwurf mit den Göttern der Jahreszeiten, linsk Bacchus auf einer Wolke, am Rand Momus über einem Kohlebecken,…

Jacob de Wit, 1718

Brown wash drawing of a man in a high cravat and frock coat leaning on a ledge, head turned left.

Brustbildnis des Malers Hummel

Wilhelm von Kobell

Watercolor of a sailing ship and steamship on the sea before pale mountains and a hillside village under a hazy sky.

Prince Woronzoff's Palace Near Yalta on the South Coast of the Crimea RMG PY4044

William Simpson

Ink sketch of six seated men in suits around a table, drawn with loose, expressive lines on yellowed paper.

Die Administratoren des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (?)

Red chalk drawing of nude Adam and Eve standing together, Eve pointing upward while Adam holds a leafy branch.

Adam and Eve

Abraham Bloemaert

Brown ink drawing of a coffered ceiling design with scrollwork and standing figures framing empty panels.

Ceiling design

Giovanni Battista Naldini

Pencil sketch of a standing Madonna holding an infant, with a young boy at left and flowers at upper right.

Stehende Madonna mit Jesuskind und Johannesknaben (?)

Philipp Veit, 1853

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of rustic figures in loose clothing, some seated, some walking and carrying loads.

Skizzenblatt mit ländlichen Figuren

Johann Christian Brand

Pen and brown wash drawing of a hunting scene with a haloed saint, a horseman, hounds, a palm tree with animal heads, and a c

Jagdszene mit einem Heiligen

Antoine Caron, 1574

Pen drawing of a helmeted armored figure holding a spear and a decorated shield against a pale background.

Athena mit Lanze und Schild

Pencil drawing of Romeo and Juliet: a woman embraces a dead young man on a stone bier beside a gesturing friar.

Romeo and Juliet

Peter von Cornelius

Pen and ink sketch of a mounted rider gesturing beside a groom and two laden horses, with a loaded bundle in the foreground.

Zwei furagierende Reiter mit drei Pferden

Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder, 1697

Pen and ink drawing of cavalry soldiers fighting on horseback, with swords raised and a fallen rider in the foreground.

Equestrian combat

Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder, 1705

Pencil drawing of a rural farmstead with a thatched roof, wooden gates, stone wall and trees behind.

Bauerngehöft mit Baumgruppe

Otto Scholderer

Sailors and officers on a warship deck beside a cannon, looking toward a harbor shore and distant snowy mountains.

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon - W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith. LCCN2004672581

William Simpson, 1855

Red chalk drawing of two standing deer facing left, one with raised ears, on tan paper.

Zwei stehende Rehe nach links

Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder

Pencil sketch of a rider, cattle and a farmhouse in a landscape, with a sketch of a donkey at upper right.

Landschaft mit Reiter, Skizze eines Esels

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of a farmstead with timber structures beside a riverbed, with trees and rocks in the foreground.

Farmstead at a riverbed

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of a thatched farmstead with barns, chickens foraging in grass, a wooden cart, and distant trees.

Farmstead with chicken

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of a thatched farmhouse on a village road, with a large tree and a small dog in the foreground.

Bauerngehöft an einer Dorfstraße

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of rooftops and chimneys rising above dense shrubs and a large tree, with grass in the foreground.

Houses with chimney

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of a river with a wooden bridge, pilings on the left, and a small sailboat in the middle distance.

Fluss mit Brücke und Segelboot

Otto Scholderer

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with reeds, a wooden jetty, cottages among trees, and rolling hills under cloudy sky.

Flusslandschaft bei Streatley-on-Thames

Otto Scholderer, 1872

Pencil sketch of two grazing cows and a seated peasant woman beneath a large tree in a pasture.

Weidende Kühe mit Bäuerin

Otto Scholderer, 1867