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Drawings & Sketches

79,659 works

Watercolor street view of old town houses with slate roofs, a stone civic building, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

Blick auf die Schlossgasse und das Kurtrierische Amtshaus in St. Wendel

Karl Heinrich Albert Kayser, 1835

Watercolor of a river canal flanked by factory buildings, a tall chimney, stone quay walls and green hills under cumulus clou

Stadt mit Fabrikanlage am Fluss

Karl Heinrich Albert Kayser

Watercolour of a turquoise lake between dark blue mountains and a wooded hillside under a pale sky.

Outlet of Rotoiti

James Crowe Richmond

Colored pencil costume design of a man in a blue embroidered robe holding a red shield and spear, 1904.

Sieciech. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Charcoal portrait drawing of a young girl with curly hair and a long braid, wearing a collared shirt, dated 1900.

Girl's head

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Watercolor of a curving town street with brick houses, a large cream building on the right, and windswept trees beside a whit

Am Stadtrand: Blick auf Dr. Schwalbs Haus

Karl Heinrich Albert Kayser, 1843

Multiple study sketches of bearded heads, hands, and a foot arranged on a golden-toned ground.

Studies for Jesus among the Doctors

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1842

Watercolor of two blue mountains above meadows and red-roofed village buildings, with sunflowers and a potted tree in the for

Bei Baden-Baden

Karl Heinrich Albert Kayser

Watercolor of Roman brick arches and hilltop buildings with a bell tower, figures and a horseman on a road below.

Landschaft bei Rom mit der Aurelianischen Mauer

Circle of Fries, 1825

Plein air painting of a sunlit rocky cliff above a grassy hillside with large boulders and a small distant figure under blue

Landscape Study from the Surroundings of Súľovské Podhradie

Miloš Slovák, 1905

Watercolour of green, white-striped hooded orchid buds on slender stems with pink filaments against a grey wash.

Untitled [Pterostylis]

Fanny Richardson

Watercolor and pencil landscape study of weathered rock pillars with green trees and sketched hills beyond.

Landschaftsstudie mit Felsen

Ernst Fries, 1826

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with flowing hair and outstretched arms, with faint studies of heads behind her.

Besessene, von drei Personen gestützt (Kopie nach Andrea del Sarto)

Ernst Fries, 1825

Colored pencil sketches of ornamental scrolls, rosettes and a twisted column on a squared grid, trial proof for church polych

Ornament designs. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil drawing of a young girl's face with wavy shoulder-length hair, seen frontally on cream paper.

Head of a Girl

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat seated near a rock arch with trees and shrubs, dated 19 April 1826.

Der Ponte Sodo bei Veji

Ernst Fries, 1826

Charcoal drawing of a male nude seen from behind, with studies of a head and hands at upper right.

Back View of a Male Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1859

Pencil sketch of two Roman temples with columns and a ruined arched basilica overgrown with trees above.

Der so genannte Tempel der Fortuna Virilis und der so genannte Vestatempel zu Rom, darüber ein Teil der Maxentiusbasi…

Ernst Fries, 1826

Pencil sketch of a standing man on a pedestal with one arm raised, study for a stained glass window, on beige paper.

Józef Mehoffer posing for King Casimir the Great. Study for Józef Mehoffer's stained glass window for the Latin Cathe…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1893

Charcoal drawing of a hooded figure in a draped cloak seen from behind, with smaller cloaked studies at the sides.

Back View of a Male Figure Wearing a Cloak

Henri Lehmann, 1859

Pencil sketch of two young women with children, one carrying a jug on her head, beside a column, on pale paper.

Zwei junge Italienerinnen auf der Straße, jede mit einem Kind

Ernst Fries, 1825

Pencil study of a draped male figure seen from behind, holding a staff, with signature Henri Lehmann below.

Back View of a Draped Male Figure Holding a Staff

Henri Lehmann, March 24, 1859

Pencil and watercolor view through a Roman palazzo doorway into a colonnaded passage with figures and a hanging lantern.

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne. Rom 1835

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Pencil sketch of a deep river gorge with rocky banks and a hilltop town of buildings and ruins under distant hills.

Blick über dem tief eingeschnittenen Anio auf Tivoli

Ernst Fries, 1826

Charcoal drawing of a kneeling nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised to head, with a separate hand study at left.

Kneeling Nude Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Painted landscape of a ruined castle on a rocky ledge at dusk, with distant mountains and trees in the foreground.

Die Burgruine von Olevano mit Blick auf die Sabiner Berge

Ernst Fries, 1826

Watercolor of an Auckland waterfront street with wooden wharf, boats, barrels, pedestrians and colonial buildings under a clo

Auckland

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Pencil study of a kneeling draped male figure with surrounding sketches of hands, fabric folds, and a leg.

Kneeling Draped Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Pencil sketch of stage set design with tall trees and a central pedestal on a platform, under a Kraków theatre letterhead.

Sketch of the decorations for "Protesilas and Laodamia"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Graphite drawing of a draped standing figure with extended arm, plus studies of hands and cloth folds on the page.

Standing Draped Female Figure

Henri Lehmann, 19th century

Colored architectural ground floor plan of a palace with central court, rooms, staircases and a formal garden above.

Plan zum Markgräflichen Palais: Grundriss des Erdgeschosses

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1798

Costume design sketch of a queen in a golden crown, embroidered yellow coat and red skirt, in coloured pencil on tan paper.

King's wife. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904