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Drawings & Sketches

79,606 works

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired young boy standing and holding a hat, framed by a thin ruled border.

Portret van Simon Fokke

Cornelis Troost, 1716

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined chapel with a pointed window, two tombstones in the foreground, and a large tree.

Twee grafzerken en de ruïne van de kapel van Kasteel De Haar, 1831

Gerrit Lamberts, 1831

Grey wash drawing of a couple dancing near a cottage while a flute player sits under a tree in a rural landscape.

Kloris en Roosje

Cornelis Troost, 1712

Drawing of a seated woman in a white bonnet holding a book, rendered in black, red and white chalk on tan paper.

Onbekende zittende dame

Cornelis Troost, 1712

Grey wash drawing of a banquet in an arched hall, with seated men at a long table, servants and a dog in the foreground.

Gastmahl im Haus des Zöllners Matthäus

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Ink drawing with blackletter heading, seated men above a wreath with round objects, and a numbered ornamental border on the l

Veljekset istuvat pirtissä, 11.luvun otsakuva

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Blue-grey wash drawing of a seated saint distributing alms to kneeling figures, with cherubs above and bookshelves behind.

Der Heilige Borromäus verteilt Almosen

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Painted study of an iron door latch with triangular plate, strap arm, and curved handle on a cream background.

Handled Door Latch

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling older man in a tall cap gesturing beside a workbench with tools.

Schlosser am Schraubstock

Hieronymus Hess

Painted study of a rusted wrought iron door latch with a curved handle, two round plates, and a pointed lever, on cream paper

Door Latch

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Pencil caricature of seamstresses protesting under a Freiheit und Arbeit banner while an older man calms a woman, 1848.

"Die Aufregung der Schneider Mamsells wird von / der Behörde gedämpft" (Karikatur zur Revolution 1848)

Franz Kaliwoda, 1848

Red chalk study of a right hand resting on a surface, shaded with diagonal hatching on cream paper.

Studie zu einer rechten Hand

Johann Esaias Nilson

Pen and wash caricature of a man and woman dancing in a room, with onlookers and hanging clothes, 1848.

"Die Aufregung der Schneidermamsell" (Karikatur zur Revolution 1848)

Franz Kaliwoda, 1848

Watercolor sketch of a circular ceiling design with radiating ribs, thorny brown vines, red berries and dark leafy sprigs.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon urkulehterin holvin lakiympyrän luonnos, orjantappura- ja ruusumotiivi, ei lopullinen

Painted study of a rusty iron candle pendant with a hooked rod, clamp, curved arm, candle socket and drip pan on tan paper.

Candle Pendant

Cushman Parker, c. 1940

Pencil drawing of a flat landscape with a domed church with two towers on the horizon, trees at left, and a cloudy sky.

Ansicht einer in Russland gelegenen Landschaft mit einer Kirche

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pencil sketch of a bearded man sleeping on a wooden chair in a room with a second chair and a hanging lamp.

Auf einem Stuhl sitzender, schlafender Russe

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Ink drawing of five decorative initial letters with houses, fern fronds, spirals, a figure at a window, and reeds.

5 alkukirjainta 10. lukuun, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Watercolor of an 1848 barricade of paving stones with armed men, a flag, a bonfire and onlookers in Vienna.

Die Barricade am Eingang der Schulerstraße, den 10. October. / 1848

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Pencil drawing of a harbour town with waterfront buildings, a church tower, and sailing ships on calm water.

Helsinki Harbour, Katajanokka and Kruunuhaka, illustration for Finland Depicted in Drawings, page no. 3

Magnus von Wright, 1846

Pencil sketch of a thatched log cabin with figures in the yard and a bare tree at the right edge.

Russian block house

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pencil sketch of ornamental bands with scrollwork, rosettes and handwritten annotations on a pale paper sheet.

Ornamenttinauhoja, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon maalauksia varten

Pale watercolor landscape of rolling yellow-green hills, a small tree cluster on the crest, and a cloudy sky.

Hilly landscape

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Watercolor of a round brass wall sconce with two candle arms and an octagonal plate with embossed figure and scrolls.

Sconce

Edward White, c. 1937

Chalk drawing of several resting sheep in black and red chalk on pale paper, with a large central sheep.

Sheep

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Typographic cover design with the German title Die Baukunst unserer Zeit and the name Otto Wagner in black block letters on c

"Die Baukunst unserer Zeit", Umschlag / Typografie, Entwurf

Otto Wagner, 1914

Watercolor of a flat landscape with a distant treeline, a pale blue sky and a broad green-yellow field in the foreground.

Level

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Red chalk drawing of a cow and four sheep in a mirrored symmetrical arrangement on cream paper.

Four Sheep and a Cow

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1652

"Die Baukunst unserer Zeit", Umschlag, Entwurf

Otto Wagner, 1914

Red chalk drawing of a landscape with a tall tree, herders with animals on a path, hilltop buildings and distant mountains.

Northern Landscape Fantasy Evoking Tivoli

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1664

Pencil sketch of two stylized figures, one with a hand on the other's shoulder, against dark horizontal hatching.

"Die Bedrückten" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1930

Pencil sketch on brown paper of three men standing together, one reading a folded paper, in 19th-century dress.

Verlesung einer Kriegsdepesche

Wilhelm Amandus Beer, 1870