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Moritz von Schwind

191 works

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Weiblicher Rückenhalbakt, daneben Wiederholung des Kopfes (Personifikation des Flüsschens Schulter)

1848

Pencil sketch of two men, one in a plumed hat and cloak, one helmeted, on toned paper.

Halbfigur und Kopf zweier Männer

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur cap smoking a pipe, seated in a attic room with dogs, cats, and hanging laundry.

Der Hundefreund (The Dog's Friend)

mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a horse-drawn cart with passengers and a dog on a hillside, with a floating couple in the sky above.

Poesie und Prosa

1847

Pen drawing of a horned devil offering an inkwell to a man signing a document while a winged figure kneels beside him.

Der Architekt Heinrich Hübsch verschreibt sich dem Teufel

1842

Brown ink frieze of Venus on a shell with Neptune, cupids, sea nymphs and sea horses around her.

Geburt der Aphrodite, darunter: Meerfahrt der Aphrodite

1842

Tall vertical watercolor wall-decoration design with classical figures, putti, cherubs and vegetal ornament inside a red bord

Entwurf mit vegetabilischen Ornamenten und figürlichen Szenen für eine Wanddekoration

1835

Ink study sheet with seated women, a standing nude man, and a bearded head sketched in loose pen lines.

Studienblatt mit Kompositionsentwurf und Einzelskizzen zu "König Krokus und die Waldnymphe"

1848

Pen drawing of children and women playing on a lawn by a tree, with a manor house and clock tower behind.

Spielende Kinder in einem Schlossgarten

1827

Brown ink drawing of cats arranged across musical staves with tempo markings and the word Violino, by Moritz von Schwind.

Die Katzensymphonie

1868

Handwritten French title page on ruled music staff paper reading Le chat noir, Concert Symphonie pour le Violon.

Le chat noir: Widmungsblatt der Katzensymphonie

1867

Frieze-style drawing of a dead woman surrounded by mourners and a crowned seated ruler on a stepped dais.

Der Tod der Virginia

1842

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of a she-wolf nursing two infants beside a pond, with a bearded man with a staff at ri

Die Wölfin mit Romulus und Remus

1842

Frieze-style drawing in white chalk on grey paper showing draped classical figures, a handshake, and an ox in procession.

Die Vermählung des Äneas mit Lavinia

1842

Pen drawing of a town by a river with a Gothic church on a hill, rows of houses, and small boats with figures on the water.

Stadtansicht

1855

Pen and ink drawing of a towered castle on a rocky hill above a medieval town, with travelers on a path at left.

Burg über einer mittelalterlichen Stadt

1830

Pencil and wash sketch of a young man on scaffolding beside a vine-wrapped post, with a pulley and a small animal sketch.

Moritz von Schwind auf dem Baugerüst

1838

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman with flowers at a wooden gate, a boy with a barrel, and a village church tower.

Das Pfarrhaus von Cleversulzbach

1866

Zwei Köpfe zum "Sängerkrieg"

1846

Graphite and white-highlight sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a tool, on tan paper.

Sabine von Steinbach als Bildhauerin

1842

Brown ink drawing of a woman writing with a quill beside a sleeping boy, with trees and a church in the background.

Erzengel Michaels Feder

1867

Frieze-like drawing in white highlights on brown paper of men abducting struggling draped women in a dynamic group.

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen

1842

Pencil and blue wash drawing of a reclining woman, a lion, a winged putto and an oil lamp in an arched lunette.

Allegorie der Mathematik

1840

Pencil drawing of a fairy-tale scene with a castle, a horseman, a courtly procession and ornamental framing.

Puss in Boots

Die Familie des Künstlers, rechts ein Selbstbildnis

1851

Studienblatt: Sängerkrieg

1845

Pen and ink study of three intertwined nude figures arranged within a curved compartment, by Moritz von Schwind, 1848.

Kompositionsaufgabe: Drei Figuren in den angegebenen Raum zu bringen, zugleich mit seinen Schülern gelöst

1848

Pencil study of three figures, a reclining woman and a sleeping child, arranged within an irregular angular field.

Kompositionsaufgabe: Drei Gestalten in einem unregelmäßigen Feld

Pencil sketch of several nude figures arranged in an irregular curved composition, by Moritz von Schwind.

Kompositionsaufgabe: Vier nackte Gestalten in einem unregelmäßigen Feld

Pen sketch of a veiled woman in a headscarf with bowed head and folded arms, drawn on pale paper.

Die Landgräfin Sophie im Sängerkrieg

1854

Pencil sketch of a crowned seated woman in a robe with a kneeling figure before her and an ornament study at left.

Kniender vor der Landgräfin Sophie im Sängerkrieg

1854

Faint pencil sketch of a kneeling male figure on pale paper, mostly blank, with loose contour lines.

Kneeling man during the Sängerkrieg

1854