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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and watercolour design for a stained glass window with twelve coats of arms, cherubs, and the Amsterdam coat of arms, 166

Ontwerp voor glasraam 14 geschonken door de Burgemeesters en Raden van Amsterdam

Pieter Jansz, 1666

Pen and watercolor drawing of a great waterfall cascading past cliffs and trees, with a hilltop town above.

View of the Great Cascade at Tivoli

Adriaen Honich, 1667

Drawing of a grid of heraldic coats of arms with crowns, putti and an allegorical female figure in the arched top section.

Ontwerp voor glasraam 4 geschonken door de College ter Admiraliteit tot Amsterdam

Pieter Jansz, 1666

Drawing of a grid of heraldic city coats of arms with crowns and putti, topped by an arched allegorical scene.

Ontwerp voor glasraam 9 geschonken door de steden van Holland

Pieter Jansz, 1665

Pen and wash design for a stained glass window with a central coat of arms, crown, cherubs, and rococo scrollwork.

Ontwerp voor glasraam 8 geschonken door prins Willem Hendrik op zeventienjarige leeftijd

Pieter Jansz, 1665

Pen and wash design for a stained glass window with a heraldic shield, putti, scrollwork and an inscribed cartouche.

Ontwerp voor glasraam 13 geschonken door Reinier Pauw, dijkgraaf en baljuw van het hoogheemraadschap Amstelland

Pieter Jansz, 1665

Pen and wash design with a double-headed eagle coat of arms, crown, putti and rococo scrollwork, dated 1667.

Ontwerp voor glasraam 10 geschonken door het hoogheemraadschap Rijnland

Pieter Jansz, 1667

Grey wash drawing of a walled eastern harbor city on a hill, with towers, a minaret, and rocky shore in the sea.

Gezicht op een Oosterse havenstad

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Sepia watercolor of a 19th-century Vienna street with stone buildings, shop awnings, pedestrians and horse carriages.

1., Seilerstätte

Erwin Pendl, 1881

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure flying through radiating light above two crawling men.

Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard

Johann Tobias Sergel, 1797

Watercolor drawing of a long city street facade with shops, pedestrians and a carriage, framed by ornate laurel and lyre bord

1., Spiegelgasse 21 - Grillparzer Sterbehaus

Rudolf Bernt, 1891

Sepia wash drawing of a seated man and a standing woman in a hilly landscape with a distant spire and birds.

Man and woman in a landscape (Faust and Marguerite)

Richard Parkes Bonington, ca. 1826-27

Pencil sketch of a classical triumphal arch with columns, sculptural groups, reliefs, and small figures in the foreground.

Study for a Triumphal Arch (recto); Alternate Study for a Triumphal Arch (verso)

Hubert Robert, ca. 1800

Pencil sketch of a classical building with a terrace, strolling figures, a tree and flower beds, and a distant city skyline.

1., Stadtpark - Blick vom Kursalon gegen die Innenstadt

Franz Alt, 1872

Three Designs for Helmets

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Watercolor of the three-masted schooner Minnie G. Loud under full white sails on choppy blue sea, with an American flag.

The Tern Schooner "Minnie G. Loud"

Louis Roux, 1876

Pencil sketch of a park with trees, figures and swans, with a city skyline of domed buildings and a church spire behind.

1., Stadtpark - Blick vom Stadtpark gegen die Innenstadt

Franz Alt, 1866

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily faces the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a draped curtain.

Annunciation

Filippo Bellini, 1560-1600

Pencil sketches of an ornate wrought-iron pavilion with arches and plants, plus small figures in period dress.

1., Stadtpark - Skizzen des eisernen Pavillons

Franz Alt, 1866

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

Henry Fuseli, 1764-70

Watercolor of a baroque chapel altar with gilded angels, a painted altarpiece, candlesticks and a patterned carpet.

1., Stephansplatz 3 - Churhaus - Innensicht der Kapelle

Rudolf Pichler, 1937

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Entombment, with Christ's body held by mourners in an arched architectural setting.

Entombment

Maso da San Friano, 16th century

Pencil sketch of an ornate corner building with a domed tower and arched balconies, beside a narrow street, dated 1883.

1., Stock-im-Eisen-Platz 2 - Haus zum goldenen Becher

Franz Alt, 1883

Graphite sketch of a curly-haired child with both arms raised, hands resting on the top of the head.

Child Holding Hands above Head

Possibly Samuel De Wilde, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer topped by Neptune on a sea-horse chariot, with scrolled handle and pedestal.

Design for a Ewer with Neptune on his Chariot

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Watercolor of a busy city street under a Gothic arched bridge with a tram, pedestrians, a handcart and shop signs.

1., Tiefer Graben - Hohe Brücke - Blick Richtung Freyung

Carl Müller, 1903

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate funerary monument with arched niche, staircases, candles and a crowned statue.

Designs for a Funerary Monument with Stairs (recto); Various Funerary Monument Designs (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of seated Christ in Majesty within a mandorla, with an angel and eagle above and a floral border.

Christ in Majesty [recto]

Unknown artist, early 12th century

Watercolor of a Vienna street with an arched bridge, billboard-covered buildings, pedestrians and a carriage, dated 1903.

1., Tiefer Graben - Hohe Brücke - Blick Richtung Salzgries

Carl Müller, 1903

Chalk portrait on blue-grey paper of a woman with an upswept hairstyle, head turned slightly, gazing forward.

Portrait of a Lady

John Russell, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of rococo console tables, a niche, and a funerary monument with candlesticks on aged paper.

Sheet with Various Designs for Tables and a Funerary Monument

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sheet with designs for ornate archways, baldachins, and decorative columns with scrollwork and drapery.

Designs for Archways and Baldachins with Caryatids and Coats of Arms (recto); Design for a Monument with Statues of P…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725