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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered grey wig, white cravat and brown coat with green lining against a dark background.

Zelfportret van Taco Scheltema (?) met pruik

Taco Scheltema, 1770

Grey wash drawing of sailing boats on a wide river mouth, with fishermen in a small boat near a reed-lined shore under cloudy

Schepen in een riviermonding

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, 1631

Watercolor of a riverside town with a church tower, sailing boats on the water, a cow on a path and a stone bridge.

Gezicht op een stad aan het water

Dirk Verrijk, 1744

Watercolor of a Dutch town on a river with a church tower, sailing boats, rowers, and figures on a stone quay.

Gezicht op een stadje aan het water

Dirk Verrijk, 1744

Ink and wash sketch of two mounted riders on a forest path, one pointing ahead, beneath a cloudy sky.

Richard en Wamba zien de mannen van Jan Zonder Land

Eugène Delacroix, 1808

Pen and watercolor drawing of diagonal and curved bands in pink, yellow, green and purple with ink hatching.

Lage

Karl Wiener, 1923

Graphite sketch of a woman in a headscarf beside studies of hands holding an open box and beads on tan paper.

Woman holding an open jewelry box (recto); Studies for a figure composition and a leaded window (verso)

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Pencil and watercolor drawing of an ornate interior with gilded mirrors, folding chairs, arched niche and chandelier.

Interieur van de Grand Salon van Grader

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1861

Red chalk sketch of fish and aquatic plants in an aquarium, drawn with loose, energetic hatching strokes.

Vissen in een aquarium

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures with a trumpeting winged figure, a portrait medallion, and cannons and artillery in

Allegorical Homage to the Duc du Maine, Grand Maître de l'Artillerie

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of crowned muses and winged figures in a forest, with women transforming into birds near a fountain.

The Nine Pierides Transformed into Magpies after Their Unsuccessful Competition with the Muses (Ovid, Metamorphoses,…

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Colored pencil drawing of a table lamp with a dark green shade and pink base in front of shelves of books.

Lampe und Bücher

Karl Wiener, 1921

Watercolor design of a classical tomb with urn, willow and cypresses, a mourning figure, and a ground plan below.

Design for a Tomb, Rothgeisser in Nuremberg (Elevation and Ground Plan)

Johann Georg Dürschner, 1826

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a dark dress beside a man wearing a horned, grotesque mask and striped costume.

Mascaras crueles (Cruel Masks) [recto]

Francisco Goya, 1796

Pencil architectural elevation of a multi-storey building facade with columns, tall windows, rooftop statues, and shop signs.

"Landeshof" (Ausstellungshallen am Karlsplatz), Hauptfassade, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1914

Colored drawing of armored soldiers and robed figures beside an ornate chariot in a classical columned hall with a coffered a

Scene from the Life of Alexander I

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Stylized sepia drawing of a woman with a bowl and a man with a hat and straw, walking beside a duck.

Ländliches Idyll

Karl Wiener, 1933

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide hat riding a wooden wheeled cart, with handwritten Spanish caption below.

Mendigos que se llevan solos en Bordeaux (Beggars Who Get about on Their Own in Bordeaux)

Francisco Goya, 1824

Red chalk drawing of an ornate baroque tomb with a saint statue on top, flanked by winged cherubs and garlands.

The Silver Tomb of St. John Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St. Veit's Prague, designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1729

Jeremias Jakob Sedelmayr, ca. 1729

Architectural elevation drawing of a town house with a curved gable, scrolled volutes, and arched doorways in ink and wash.

Drawing for the Street Elevation of a Town House

Andreas Schneidmann, 1729

Pen and watercolor drawing of a palace facade with a central staircase, flanked by palm trees and crescent finials.

A Turkish Palace (Probably for Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio")

Giuseppe Quaglio, 1790

Watercolor of ruined stone arches overgrown with trees and bushes under a pale sky.

Ancient Roman Ruins Overgrown with Trees and Bushes

Johann Gottfried Klinsky, 1793

Drawing of a hatched mountain landscape with a large yellow sun above purple and orange peaks, by Karl Wiener.

Landschaft in Gelb

Karl Wiener, 1921

Brown wash drawing of a nobleman giving coins to a kneeling beggar in a Roman piazza with a dog and the Coliseum behind.

Nobleman Giving Alms to Beggar in Piazza near the Coliseum

Conrad Martin Metz, 1813

Watercolor of a brick estate house on a rise above a river, with sheep, hills, and village buildings beneath a pale sky.

View of an Estate

John William Upham

Pencil sketch on cream paper showing five studies of a French pointer dog in different poses and head angles.

Five Studies of a French Pointer

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of layered green and yellow hills with pale angular houses under a hatched sky.

Landschaft

Karl Wiener, 1921

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression, wearing a ruffled shirt, by Francisco Goya.

Self-portrait

Francisco Goya, 1795

Watercolor of sailing boats on tidal flats with a hillside town and figures on the shore under a pale sky.

Near Honfleur

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1823

Watercolor landscape with a dark green tree on a green hill, rolling yellow fields and horizontal blue and white sky bands.

Landschaft

Karl Wiener, 1923

Colourful watercolour landscape with a crescent moon, arched rainbow clouds, a black tower, red sunrise and blue mountains.

"Landschaft", Graz 1924

Karl Wiener, 1924

Pen and colored pencil drawing of a square abstract landscape with a diagonal red stripe and hatched green, yellow and brown

Länge

Karl Wiener, 1921