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Scanned page of German text with a bold central MERZ heading on yellowed paper, page number 9 in the upper right.

Merz no 001 p 009

Kurt Schwitters, 1923

Loose pencil sketch of an embracing couple, a man in a wide-brimmed hat, and a reclining figure on tan paper.

Cézanne - FWN 3015-20a

Scanned page of German text in columns on yellowed paper, with page number 7 at lower right.

Merz no 001 p 007

Kurt Schwitters, 1923

Pen and brown ink drawing of a busy forge with workers, a furnace, an anvil, and hanging tools.

A Scene in a Forge

Jan Verbeeck II, 1548

Pen and ink drawing of Christ turning from a kneeling hooded woman, with a mother and onlookers before a tower and town.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510

Pen and wash drawing of an amorous couple embracing on a chair while an older veiled woman looks on from the side.

Amorous Couple

Jacob Matham, about 1621

Brown ink drawing of a forest with large trees, a stream, a small wooden bridge, and a path receding into the distance.

Forest Landscape with a Distant Castle

Denys van Alsloot, 1608

Brown wash drawing of a forest clearing with a worker, seated figures, grazing goats and sheep, and distant hills.

Die Arbeit (1. Mose 3, 19)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Brown ink drawing of a classical rotunda and colonnade with small figures, tall trees and a road in a wide landscape.

Landschaft mit Bakchos vor dem Palast des Staphylos

Claude Gellée gen. Lorrain, 1672

Sepia drawing of a dense forest interior with towering trees, a pond, rocks, deer, and two nude figures in the foreground.

Das Innere eines Urwaldes (Im Paradies II)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Sepia drawing in two arched panels: a reclining man under a tree with a cupid, and a bearded man with children and a dog.

Der Vogt von Tenneberg (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown-toned watercolor of caricatured figures, a woman in a green dress, chicks and sacks, with handwritten verses below.

Weihnachtswunschzettel

Adolf Schrödter

Brown-toned drawing of Abraham and Isaac at an altar in a wooded landscape, with an angel descending above smoke.

Die Opferung Isaaks (1. Mose 22, 11-12)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with kneeling figures at a smoking altar beneath trees and birds in the sky.

Kains und Abels Opfer (1. Mose 4, 4-5)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Brown ink drawing of a medieval scene with a monk writing, a lute player, a woman with a scroll and a standing man before arc

"Wolfr. von Eschenbach" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Brown wash drawing of a seated medieval poet with a lute beside a rider on horseback in a gothic-arched landscape.

"Walther v. d. Vogelweide" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner

Sepia drawing of a wooded landscape with figures tending grapevines on a path, mountains and a distant castle beyond.

Noah pflanzt Weinberge (1. Mose 9, 20)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Watercolor interior of a log room with a man writing at a desk by an open window onto trees, a dog on the floor.

Interieur mit Mann am Schreibtisch

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Brown drawing of a rocky landscape with a fallen tree, a rainbow, and figures at a smoking altar beneath an ark.

Noahs Dankopfer (1. Mose 8, 20)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs above village houses with tiled roofs and small figures in the foreground.

Die Heislei bei Altenahr

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1831

Brown wash drawing of wandering scholars drinking and playing lute in a vaulted tavern, with a dog asleep in front.

"Fahrende Schüler" (nach Scheffels "Frau Aventiure")

Anton von Werner, 1864

Brown-toned drawing of a wooded valley with shepherds, sheep and goats near a stone ruin, and a distant mountain.

Die erste Predigt im Stamme Seth vor Hirten im Gebirge (1. Mose 4, 26)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Charcoal sketch of rolling hills, a row of trees, and clouds over an open field, signed and dated 1911.

Hügelige Landschaft mit Baumreihe

Gustav Kampmann, 1911

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, one arm raised over the head, on tan paper.

Stehender männlicher Akt in Rückenansicht

Philipp Jakob Becker

Red chalk drawing of two shepherdesses with sheep, a flower basket and cherubs under a tree.

Zwei Schäferinnen

Markgräfin Karoline Luise von Baden

Brown-toned drawing of figures fleeing through a dark rocky landscape toward a glowing cave opening, with trees and a distant

Loths Flucht (1. Mose 19, 24-26)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Woodblock print of a samurai in armor battling rushing floodwater near a castle, with soldiers watching at lower right.

The Seige and Submergence of Takamatsu Castle

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1867

Woodblock print of a mother and child behind teal mosquito netting, with a standing woman and paper lantern in a Japanese int

Mother and child behind mosquito netting

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a standing woman and seated man beside a brazier and sword, behind a lattice shoji screen.

The actors Segawa Yūjirō and Onoe Tamizō

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono beside a striped tiger, with two kneeling attendants and bamboo.

Four sleepers: spring sunrise

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Two-color poster of a seated man with a cup, a dog and a rifle, advertising Joseph Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle, 1895.

Joseph Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle

Blanche McManus, 1895

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure leaning over a low block on gray paper.

Crouching Nude Male Figure

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74