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Drawings & Sketches

79,659 works

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a jacket and cravat, on tan paper.

Portrait of Anton Heinrich Springer (1825-1895)

Henri Lehmann, mid-19th century

Charcoal sketch of a standing man beside a seated man in a hat, set against loose dark hatching on pale paper.

Zittende en staande heer

Ink and watercolor floor plan of the first storey of a symmetrical palace with patterned central hall and wings.

Grundriss des ersten Stocks von dem Graeflich von Hochbergischen Palais

Gammal kvinna med huckle

Cornelis Visscher

Pen and ink sketch of a rearing horse with a rider extending a baton, drawn on blue paper.

Study for the Sforza Monument

Leonardo da Vinci, 1485

Mein Vater /23.9.1926

Karl Wiener, 1926

Watercolor of a seated woman in red and black clothing on a grassy bank with daisies and butterflies.

Female Figure

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 19th century

Colored architectural floor plan of the second storey of a palace with a central rotunda, patterned floors and staircases.

Grundriss des zweiten Stocks von dem Reichsgräflich von Hochbergischen Palais

A Galley

Abraham Casembroot, 1623

Pencil sketch on green-grey paper of a damaged building with a glazed balcony and sloping roof, with handwritten notes below.

"Mein zerstörtes Atelier Wiesingerstraße 8 / als erste Skizze für mein Selbstbildnis / zum 47. Geburtstag gezeichnet"…

Karl Wiener, 1948

Watercolor of a man in a red costume reclining in a courtyard, raising a wine bottle, with broken glass on the cobblestones.

In His Cups

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1872

Architectural drawing with cross section and two palace facades, one with a columned portico, in grey watercolor.

Plan zum Gräflich Hochbergischen (Markgräflichen) Palais: Schnitt, Gartenfront, Fassade

Pen drawing of a hatched interior with a table, chair, cabinet and curtains, captioned Mein Zimmer.

Mein Zimmer

Karl Wiener, 1920

Watercolor of a minstrel with a large instrument on his back walking a sunlit old street past half-timbered houses.

Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1843-84

Pencil sketch of a stone staircase leading to a shadowed doorway of a house with a tiled roof, framed by shrubbery.

Music Title

Célestin François Nanteuil

Architectural drawing with colored front elevation of a columned theatre facade above a ground floor plan with semicircular a

Karlsruher Hoftheater, Vorentwurf Grundriss EG und Hauptansicht

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1804

Watercolor pattern draft with red striped bands and ochre stylized leaves, scrolls and fruit motifs above faint pencil guidel

Draft pattern with stylized leaves and fruits

Lambert van Haven, 1680

Pencil sketches of chamomile flowers and petals on a torn sheet of paper, studies for church decoration.

Chamomile flower. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pen and ink drawing of a bedroom with a lamp-lit table, open window with potted plants, framed portrait and bed.

Mein Zimmer

Karl Wiener, 1930

Pen and grey wash drawing of a church with a bell tower above a garden, trees, and figures on a path.

The Church of São Martinho in Sintra, Portugal

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a standing female nude seen from the side, with a raised arm and drapery falling behind her, on cream paper

Standing Female Nude

Armand Rassenfosse, 1872

Drawing of a female dancer in a yellow shawl and pink skirt, holding up her skirt, with a red flower in her dark hair.

Danseres

Armand Rassenfosse, 1872

Pencil and colored chalk drawing of a standing nude woman holding a stick beside a skull on a table.

Staande naakte vrouw met een stok en een schedel

Armand Rassenfosse, 1872

Pencil drawing of a standing officer in dark uniform with epaulettes, holding a kepi and sword, on a sandy landscape.

French Officer

Célestin François Nanteuil, 1852

Colored architectural floor plan of a palace's second story with symmetrical wings, courtyard, and decorative floor patterns.

Plan zum Markgräflichen Palais: Grundriss des 2. Stocks

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1798

Pencil sketch of a crowned woman on steps in a Gothic hall as a kneeling man faces her, with onlookers crowding below.

Jeanne van Vlaanderen weigert de man die zich voor haar vader uitgeeft te herkennen

Gustaaf Wappers, 1855

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, legs crossed, on blue-grey paper.

Seated Draped Figure

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long skirt and full sleeves on a pale sheet.

Staande dame in zestiende-eeuwse dracht

Jan August Hendrik Leys, 1825

Pencil sketch of crusaders on a hill, a robed man with raised arms praying among kneeling figures, and a crowd with horsemen.

Kruisvaarders vanaf een berg de stad Jeruzalem aanschouwende

Gustaaf Wappers, 1813

Pencil sketch of two women, one holding a platter with a severed head, the other holding a sword, on an octagonal sheet.

Judith und die Magd mit dem Haupt des Holofernes

Theodor Caspar von Fürstenberg, 1656

Pencil drawing of a Javanese landscape with a plain, distant mountains, tree ferns and small houses under clouds.

Javaans landschap

Antoine Auguste Joseph Payen, 1820

Pencil drawing of two volcanic mountain peaks above rolling hills, trees and a flat landscape under a pale sky.

Gezicht op de vulkanen Salak en Gede op West-Java

Antoine Auguste Joseph Payen, 1820