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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a rococo clock stand design with a round watch dial, foliage, draped canopy and scrolled base.

Ontwerp voor een horlogestandaard

Thomas Johnson, 1760

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate standing on a crescent moon, hands clasped, in flowing drapery on an arched sheet.

The Virgin Immaculate

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Pencil sketch of an officer with a flag and a startled man in civilian dress stepping down steps beside a broken plate.

Fähnrich, einen Burschen über den Haufen rennend

Friedrich Mosbrugger

Pen and ink study sheet with ceiling ornament, cartouches, arches, and a central reclining female figure among putti.

Studies for a Ceiling (recto and verso)

Michel Corneille the Younger, ca. 1660-80

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Gray wash drawing in an octagonal mount showing a seated woman and standing men in an interior with architecture.

Unidentified Subject

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Black and white chalk drawing of a bald cleric in a flowing cope, head raised, one arm extended, on grey paper.

Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Pencil drawing of seven men in period dress gathered around an easel, studying a painting in an interior room.

Das Gutachten: Sieben Herren, ein Gemälde betrachtend

Friedrich Mosbrugger

Pencil design drawing of a chair back with curved slats and a small side elevation with measurements in the lower left.

Ontwerp voor de rug van een stoel met links onder een zijaanzicht van de stoel

Franz März, 1843

Pen and ink drawing of four winged putti holding a mitre, crosier, book, and candle, with handwritten labels.

Putti with a Mitre, Crosier Mace, Book, and Candle

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Pen and brown ink drawing of three putti beside a small keyboard instrument on a ledge, in a horizontal frieze strip.

Putti with a Small Keyboard Instrument and Music Books

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Pencil drawing of Bacchus with ivy crown and thyrsus beside a faun raising grapes, on pale paper.

Bacchus and Faun

Friedrich Mosbrugger, 1827

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a group of seated religious figures in a lunette-shaped composition.

Saint John the Baptist, Saint Benedict, King David, and Other Seated Figures

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing saint in a buttoned cassock, one hand raised outward.

Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1575-1662

Pencil drawing of a family playing cards at a table in an interior, with a child seated between two adults.

Familie beim Kartenspiel

Friedrich Mosbrugger

Red chalk drawing of a violent crowd of women and children under a bridge, with soldiers on horseback and flying cherubs abov

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10

Pen and brown ink sketch of a chariot in clouds, a reclining man on rocks, a dog, and landscape studies.

Endymion

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Pen and ink sketch of draped mythological figures, with a seated woman holding an infant among standing women.

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man gesturing before kneeling figures and a crowd near classical columns and steps.

Thanksgiving, for the Acquittal of Susanna (Daniel 13:63)

Baldassare Croce, 1553-1628

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and the apostles gathered around a long table.

The Last Supper

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Watercolor of a Gothic church portal with a pointed arch, figures on the street, and a tower behind.

Portal einer gotischen Kirche

Mathieu Amalric, 1835

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling woman before a standing man and a supplicant before an enthroned figure in an arched interio

Woman Kneeling before a Standing Man, and Supplicant Kneeling before an Enthroned Male Figure

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink sheet with studies of standing and kneeling figures and small flying putti in varied poses.

Standing and Kneeling Figures, and Studies of Flying Putti

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown wash drawing of three haloed saints beneath cherubs on clouds, with a skull at their feet, in an arched frame.

Saint Louis of France, Saint Francis, and a Female Monastic Saint

Pietro Damini, 1592-1631

Drawing of a standing nude woman among trees and blue-green foliage, rendered in loose crayon and ink strokes.

Standing Nude in a Landscape

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large gnarled tree in a forest clearing, opening onto a distant valley with hills.

Waldlichtung mit Ausblick in ein offenes Tal

Balthasar Anton Dunker

Colored crayon and watercolor drawing of two nude women bathing among green grasses beside a blue sea.

Two Bathers

Otto Mueller, c. 1920

Red chalk drawing of a biblical scene with men in robes and turbans gathered around a youth, with distant figures and buildin

Joseph Sold by His Brethren

Giovanni Battista Discepoli, 1590-1660

Pencil perspective study of the Kleines Theater facade by Otto Wagner, 1903, showing columns and ornamental cornices.

"Perspectivische Studie zum Projecte "Kleines Theater"

Otto Wagner, 1903

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures, clouds, scales and a flag, a design for a ceiling in blue-gray tones.

Design for a Ceiling: Venice Receiving Homage

Gaspare Diziani, 1755-60

Twee dragonders in uniform

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805