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Painted sketch of a weathered wooden garden gate among overgrown shrubs, opening onto a field with thin trees.

Gartentor aufs Feld führend

Pen and ink drawing of men resting under large trees beside a river, with a standing fisherman and boats in the distance.

Flusslandschaft mit lagernden Männern

David Vinckboons

Four pen and wash sketches of reclining female figures in draped garments, arranged in a grid on brown paper.

Four reclining female figures over door or window arches (Genii?)

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of three winged putti hovering and tumbling together in an energetic cluster.

Three hovering putti

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large old tree with seated men in caps resting beneath it and riders and wagons on the plain.

Old tree with camping men

Josef Fischer, 1799

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child appearing in clouds above Saint Christopher with a staff.

Maria erscheint dem Heiligen Christophorus

Gaspare Diziani

Painted study of a yellow half-timbered house half hidden by leafy trees, with a grassy slope in the foreground.

House behind trees

Jakob Becker, 1839

Oil sketch of a meadow with a small wall, shrubs, a leaning tree trunk and a stone path under a pale sky.

Meadow with small wall

Jakob Becker, 1841

Brown wash drawing of a winged blindfolded figure with scales and sword pursuing a running man over a horizon.

Nemesis, pursuing a murderer as Justitia

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two richly dressed women seated at a table and in a chair, one looking toward the

Zwei reichgekleidete holländische Frauen an einem Tisch sitzend, die vordere hat ihr Gesicht gegen den Beschauer gedr…

Pen and wash drawing of a landscape with ruined arches, a stone building among trees, and two figures on a rocky ledge.

Landscape with ruins

Pen and brown ink drawing of a forest hunting scene with riders, a stag in water, and a large tree at left.

Waldpartie, zwei Reiter sprengen einen Hirsch durchs Wasser, eine Dame zu Pferde sieht zu

Pen and wash drawing of two men and a crowned woman in fine dress standing before a classical building.

Elegant couple

Aertgen van Leyden, 1540

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded warrior in a plumed helmet, shown bare-chested in half figure on tan paper.

Warrior in half figure

Jacob de Gheyn II

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated woman in a green hat and long skirt working at a spinning wheel.

Alte Tyroler Bäuerin am Spinnrad sitzend

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann

Expressive black ink sketch of two cows on tan paper, one head lowered in the foreground, with a figure at upper left.

Two cows

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1920

Drawing of a standing male nude with curly hair, head bowed, rendered in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Stehender männlicher Akt

Frederic Leighton

Pencil and watercolor compositional study of a seated figure with a dog, a crowd in a boat, and sketched buildings behind.

Skizzenhafte Kompositionsstudie

Johann Baptist Scholl, 1847

Watercolor drawing of a long vaulted hall with receding arches, niches in thick walls, and wooden poles on the floor.

Inneres einer gewölbten Pfeilerhalle

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed under a canopy, with a hooded old woman seated beside her.

Danaë and the golden rain

Leonaert Bramer

Pen and ink drawing of a calm harbour with many sailing boats, a village on the left and a rowing boat in front.

Marine mit vielen Schiffen, links ein Dorf, vorn ein Ruderboot

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Red chalk drawing of a seated man and standing woman with a drinking vessel at a table in an interior.

The three refreshments

Pen sketch of a stout man in a tall hat walking past a bucket, broom and hanging cloth on a tan paper.

Herr Knopp stößt im Vorbeigehen seine putzende Frau aus dem Fenster

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Pen sketch of a stout man in a hat walking through a room past a curtain, with a small figure at lower left.

Herr Knopp durchschreitet einen Raum

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of a seated man at a table in a dim studio, lit by a window behind him.

Der Kupferstecher Eissenhardt in seinem Atelier

Angilbert Göbel, 1850

Pen sketch of two men in an inn, one holding beer mugs, beside a tall case clock.

Mr. Knopp at the inn

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Brown-toned chalk drawing of a young woman resting her head on her hand while reading an open book at a table.

Thekla Eissenhardt, die Schwester Angilbert Göbels und Frau des Kupferstechers Johannes Kaspar Eissenhardt, am Tische…

Johannes Eissenhardt, 1853

Hand-lettered book cover titled Abenteuer eines Junggesellen in black and red, with a pencil flourish and signature, on kraft

Bilderhandschrift zu "Abenteuer eines Junggesellen"

Pencil sketch of a nude figure being bound by armored soldiers in helmets, on a toned, patched sheet.

Der Heilige Sebastian wird gefesselt

Pencil portrait of an elderly man in a cap smoking a long pipe in an armchair beside a cluttered desk.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Pietro Krohn, 1865

Pencil and watercolour study of a sloping landscape with a grey wooden shelter, a red box, stones and sketched pipes.

Study of a landscape

Petrus van der Velden, 1906

Pencil sketchbook page with dense hatching, outlined boat-like forms, and a handwritten word, numbered 6.

Sketches and words. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891