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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a busy Vienna street corner with shopfronts, a meat shop sign, and pedestrians in period dress.

6., Mariahilfer Straße 15 - "Carl Nickerl Fleischhauer"

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a nude winged youth with a staff and a draped woman with a wreath walking through a forest.

Into the Green Recessed Woods They Flew

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Brown ink drawing of two ornate vases flanking a draped trophy with a helmet, one with dancing figures in relief.

Trophy with Two Vases

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pencil sketch of a old street building with a chimney, a shop sign, a standing man and two carts.

6., Morizgasse

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Horizontal watercolor frieze of white daffodils on a dark brown background, signed Will Low 1885.

Decoration - Daffodils

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate ewers with figural reliefs, scrolling handles and pedestal bases.

Two Designs for Ewers

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pencil sketch of a narrow street with townhouses, shuttered windows, shopfronts and a lone pedestrian on cobblestones.

6., Pfauengasse (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

Grey-toned watercolor of a draped woman standing barefoot beside a pool, with trees and wildflowers on a grassy slope.

By a Clear Pool, Wherein She Passioned to See Herself

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Watercolor of a corner building on a cobbled street with potted trees, outdoor tables, shop signs and a poster board.

6., Pfauengasse 1 / Königsklostergasse 5

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man with raised arm standing over a fallen figure on the ground.

Study of Two Male Figures Fighting

Luca Cambiaso, mid-16th century

Hand-colored 1775 plan of the Wienfluss river and its numbered riverbank parcels, with a scale bar and compass.

6., Plan des Wienflusses und seiner Uferparzellen

Franz Gruß, 1775

Brown and white drawing of a symmetrical ornamental panel with scrolls, satyrs, putti, monsters and a central human head.

Design for an Ornamental Panel with Rinceaux, Satyrs, Putti, Monsters and a Human Head

Giulio Campi, 1535-45

Pencil sketch of a row of old farmhouses with steep roofs, chimneys and a figure seated in a doorway.

6., Ratzenstadl - Erster Hof

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Gray wash drawing of a recumbent lion with a curled mane resting its head over a rectangular stone pedestal.

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a rustic courtyard building with steep roof, wooden balcony and small paned windows on toned paper.

6., Ratzenstadl - Erster Hof - Westseite

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Pen and brown ink sketches of grotesque wall ornaments with a central male figure, horses, masks and candelabra designs.

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Grey watercolor of a charioteer driving horses in a colonnaded arena, with winged figures and laurel wreaths in side panels.

Foremost in the Envious Race

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with an arched passage, tiled roofs, a tall chimney and a standing figure, dated 1898.

6., Ratzenstadl - Häuser

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Brown wash drawing of two classically robed figures in a marshy landscape with trees, a woman seen from behind and a young ma

Lycius, Look Back, and Be Some Pity Shown

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen and ink sheet with studies of muscular nude figures and several bearded male heads in different profiles.

Studies of Nudes and Human Heads (recto and on the verso)

Agostino Carracci, 1557-1602

Pencil sketch of a narrow cobbled street with old houses, an arched doorway, a figure at a window, and a cart in the distance

6., Ratzenstadl - Hoher Steig

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of a pyramidal funeral catafalque with classical columns, pediment, allegorical figures and a winged fig

Drawing of a Catafalque for Philip II of Spain, 1598

Alessandro Casolani della Torre, 1598

Pen and wash design of a church frieze with acanthus scrollwork, a seated putto, a Corinthian column and handwritten Italian

Design for Painted Corner and Frieze of the Choir in the Church of the Servi in Bologna

Giovanni Andrea Castelli, December 11, 1629

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with an arched passage and a sign reading Bier Wein Stube above the entrance.

6., Ratzenstadl - Innerer Hof

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Horizontal frieze of five winged cherubs running among white looping ribbons on a dark background, painted in watercolor.

Decoration - Love's Mesh

Will Hicock Low, 1885/88

Pencil sketch of a cobbled street with low houses, a street lamp, and two women in long skirts.

6., Ratzenstadl - Steig

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental cartouche shaped as a horned monster head with scrolls and foliage.

Cartouche in the Form of a Horned Monster's Head in Near Profile View

Michelangelo Colonna, 1604-87

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with old houses, tiled roofs, chimneys, a tree and small figures.

6., Ratzenstadl - Zweiter Hof

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898

Monochrome drawing of a classical courtyard with columns, a central basin, draped women, seated figures and a statue on a ped

The Wide-Spreaded Night Above Her Towers

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen and ink drawing of a cartouche design with scrolls, a fluted pilaster, and a small putto on grayish paper.

Two Alternative Designs for a Cartouche Decorated with a Frame, Statues, and Volutes

Michelangelo Colonna, 1624-87

Pencil sketch of old Viennese-style houses with a wooden balcony and a stone staircase on the right.

6., Ratzenstadl, auf der Magdalenenstraße

Maximilian Neubauer, 1898