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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink study of two nude male figures supporting a frame, beside an architectural plan of a ceiling panel.

Study for Nude Male Figures Supporting a Frame and Plan of the Ceiling Decoration of Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Traum

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seated on a bed reaching toward a lamp, with striped patterned curtains behind her.

Retiring

Edgar Degas, c. 1883

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical figure with a laurel branch, a winged putto, and a reclining nude in a spandrel.

Allegorical Figure of Peace

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk drawing of robed figures, an angel with a tablet, and a chalice in an allegorical scene.

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

Carlo Maratti, 1700-8

Colored drawing of a seated man holding a rainbow sun ray above a green hill, yellow tower and blue sea.

"Träumer", Graz

Karl Wiener, 1924

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a river god and Rome, presenting a portrait medallion held aloft by angels amid cl

Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ?)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Watercolor and ink drawing of a dark-haired woman with head bowed, wrapped in red, against a blue-to-purple gradient.

Träumerei

Karl Wiener, 1925

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated robed prelate looking upward on grey paper.

Study for a Seated Prelate (Saint Gregory the Great)

Carlo Maratti, 1685-86

Colored crayon drawing of an elongated standing figure with a red head against a red and multicolored background, with a hand

Traumgespenst

Karl Wiener, 1923

Drawing of a robed saint on a cloud above plague victims, with an angel and cherubs in the sky within an ornate frame.

Saint Rosalia Interceding for Victims of the Plague in Palestrina

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen drawing of a stylized woman seen from behind facing a domed church, with a small walking figure and a townscape below.

Traumvision

Karl Wiener, 1938

Study for a Head of a Man

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a suit before trees, with birds in the sky and a faint head above him.

"Trauriger Mann im Frühling" (Entwurf)

Karl Wiener, 1944

Studies of Two Helmets and of Two Soldiers Wearing Helmets

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Pen and grey wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with tall trees, a river, and a walled town on a hill.

Italianate Landscape with Buildings

Follower of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Hand-colored drawing of labeled classical figures including Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, Hector and Jason, arranged in rows on ag

Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1450s

Red chalk sketch of a flying figure reaching toward a seated figure amid clouds, with loose studies of drapery.

Flying Figure Appearing before an Enthroned Figure

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel with wings leading a young boy by the hand across rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and ink drawing of a potted plant with spiky leaves and branching shoots in a hatched pot on a saucer.

Trieb

Karl Wiener, 1921

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate festival gondola with a dolphin prow, cherubs, weapons and a plumed figure over water

Design for a Festival Gondola

Alessandro Mauro, ? - 1737

Pencil sketch of a winged figure with dark hair beside a faint standing nude figure, with handwritten label below.

"Trieb", aus: "Liebeszyklus"

Karl Wiener, 1930

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child on a cloud giving rosaries to kneeling Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine.

The Virgin and Child with Chaplets Appearing to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena

Pietro Mera, 1570-1639

Pen and ink anatomical study of a muscular leg with red chalk underdrawing on a tan sheet.

Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Michelangelo, 1475-1564

Pen and ink sketch of architectural ornaments, a column and entablature, and a seated male figure on pale paper.

A Figure and Some Architectural Details

Michelangelo, 1475-1564

Pen and watercolour drawing of a smoky factory cityscape with brick chimneys and a red flag under a dark sky.

Trotz allem

Karl Wiener, 1923

Pencil drawing of a narrow street with gabled houses under a gray overcast sky, with colored pencil accents.

Trübes Wetter

Karl Wiener, 1921

Pen and wash drawing of Christ gesturing at a column as men carry a struggling figure through a crowded classical street.

Christ Healing a Possessed Man

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Pencil sketch of a seated figure resting its head on a hand, with ruined buildings and rubble in the background under a sun.

"Trümmerwüste" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1940

Red chalk drawing of a hilly landscape with windblown trees, a village, a hilltop building and three small figures.

Hilly Landscape with Three Figures

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Drawing of an old man on his deathbed tempted by demons, with an angel reaching toward him from above.

An Old Man on His Deathbed Tempted by Demons (recto); Back View of a Male Nude (verso)

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a moored barge, bridge, gabled houses, a distant tower, and figures on the quay.

Gezicht op de Amstel gezien vanaf het 's-Gravelandseveer, gezien naar de Munttoren

Jan de Beijer, 1713