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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of grotesque masks, a bird-headed scroll and acanthus ornaments on a pale sheet.

Drawing of a Grotesque after a 16th-century Decorative Relief

Filippo Cretoni, n.d.

Two robed men converse in a classical vestibule beside a winged sphinx statue and a lit brazier, drawn in grey wash.

He Met Within the Murmurous Vestibule, His Young Disciple

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated woman with head bowed and arm raised, with draped garment studies.

Schetsblad met zittende vrouw

August Allebé, 1848

Pencil drawing of a canal with a large tree, factory sheds, a chimney, a church spire and a small boat.

Gezicht op de voormalige vuilnisbelt bij de Buyskade

Anthonie van Teijn, 1927

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with ruffled lace collar and sleeves, hands folded in her lap, c. 1725.

Portret van 'Juf Baelde', mogelijk Maria Bisdom

Dionys van Nijmegen, 1725

Graphite street scene of Badhausgasse with old townhouses, steep roofs, two pedestrians and shop signs.

7., Badhausgasse 12

Maximilian Neubauer, 1902

Brown patterned brocade album cover with a small paper label in black ink calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

A myriad of turtles

Shiokawa Burin, 1926

Dark charcoal drawing of swirling ethereal forms and rays of light descending over a faint landscape at the bottom.

Gedachten aan 't oneindige

Frans Stamkart, 1884

Pencil drawing of old Vienna houses with steep roofs, shopfronts and a cloaked figure walking on a cobbled street.

7., Badhausgasse 8-10

Richard Lux, 1918

Grayscale watercolor of classical women in draped robes and wreaths carrying fruit, a ewer and a lyre before a columned doorw

They All Moved to the Feast

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen drawing of two arched allegorical relief panels on a building facade, one with a reclining woman and cherubs, one with a

7., Burggasse 64 - Fassadendetail - Allegorische Reliefs

Albert Wimmer, 1899

What Wreath for Lamia? What for Lycius? What for the Sage

Will Hicock Low, 1885/88

Pen and wash drawing of trompe l'oeil architecture with columns, cornices, a parrot, a garland, and sky.

Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling with a Loggia

Faustino Trebbi, n.d.

Grayscale watercolor of two classically dressed youths with laurel wreaths reclining near an urn, drinking horn and smoking i

Checking His Love Trance, a Cup He Took Full Brimm'd

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Brown ink drawing of shepherds with sheep, goats and a donkey on a road by a fountain under a large tree.

Landscape with Shepherds and their Flock

Adriaen van der Cabel, n.d.

Pencil drawing of two arched facade reliefs showing putti with tools, tablets and a book, labeled Allegorische Reliefs.

7., Burggasse 95 - Fassadendetail - Allegorische Reliefs

Albert Wimmer, 1901

Grisaille drawing of a reclining woman reaching toward a glowing bearded head with a laurel crown on a dark ground.

The Sophist's Eye, Like a Sharp Spear, Went Through Her Utterly

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Watercolor drawing of a brambling perched on a twig above grass, with orange breast and black and white wing markings.

Bramling (Fringilla Montifringilla)

Gerardus van Veen, 1679

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dune landscape with a large tree, shrubs, a ruined tower and birds in the sky.

Dune Landscape with Trees

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a corner townhouse with chimneys on a city street, with a standing man and two walking figures.

7., Faßziehergasse

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a narrow old street with tall townhouses, steep roofs and a lone pedestrian walking in the distance.

7., Faßziehergasse (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

Grisaille drawing of a classical interior where a flying draped woman reaches toward a youth beside columns, fruit, and flowe

And Lycius' Arms Were Empty of Delight

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Drawing of a wooded river landscape with two cattle in shallow water beside rocks, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

A wooded river landscape with cattle

the younger Benjamin Barker, 1826

Pencil sketch of two old townhouses with shuttered windows and a shop entrance on a cobblestone street.

7., Faßziehergasse 11&13

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of grotesque ornament with putti, satyrs, vases and architectural niches in tiered rows.

Sketches of Grotesques

Giovanni Antonio Dosio, 1533-1609

Pencil sketch of a corner building with an onion-domed turret, pedestrians, and a horse carriage on a cobbled street.

7., Faßziehergasse 2 / Gardegasse 3 - Fasszieherhaus

vermutlich: Franz Gerasch, 1894

Watercolor of a draped figure lying on a stone bier beneath a carved bearded head with a thorned crown.

And in its Marriage Robe the Heavy Body Wound

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pen and watercolor design of an arched niche with a classical urn, laurel garland, and two putti beside a blank tablet.

Design for a Monument

Pietro Fancelli, 1764-1850

Pencil sketch of a historic Viennese townhouse with an onion-domed tower, dormers, and a bay window on a tan sheet.

7., Faßziehergasse 2 / Gardegasse 3 - Fasszieherhaus

Moritz Josef Unterwalder, 1895

Pen and wash drawing of a two-basin fountain topped by a nude Venus figure flanked by putti.

Design for a Fountain with Two Basins One on Top of the Other and Statues of Venus and Putti on the Top

Francesco Fanelli, 1608-65

Pencil sketch of a street of old townhouses with an onion-domed turret and a spired tower behind them.

7., Gardegasse / Faßziehergasse - Fasszieherhaus (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

Pencil tailpiece showing a nude young flute player among reeds, with banners naming Keats's Lamia and its 1888 publisher.

Tail-Peice - The History of the Book

Will Hicock Low, c. 1888