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Watercolor of a Constantinople square with robed figures, a tiled gateway, crenellated walls and stray dogs.

The Square in Front of Bab-i-Hümayan in Constantinople

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

A seated female figure, placed in a Gothic frame. A crowned head etc.

Dankvart Dreyer, 1847-1849

Ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress trees, stone ruins, a small pool and a distant town under a pale sky.

Cityscape with tall trees, buildings and ruins

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pencil and watercolour sketch of worshippers by an ornate iron gate and striped arches in a mosque courtyard.

By Toppana Mosque

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Watercolour nameplate reading Lorentz Frølich 1832, each letter formed from tiny figures, animals and objects.

Nameplate with Lorenz Frølich's name. The letters consist of small figures

Lorenz Frølich, 1832

Ink and wash drawing of ruined arcades, houses and a chapel beside a watercourse, with hills in the distance.

Cityscape with ruins and houses by a watercourse

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pen and watercolor sketch of a crowd with carts, luggage and a dog on a shoreline, with a ship mast at right.

Study for "The Bridge at Horten in Christiania Fjord"

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Sketch of a dog sled team pulling a blue sledge across snowy ice toward distant mountains under an overcast sky.

Unknown title

Jakob Danielsen, 1888-1938

Pale watercolor sketch of several sailing warships in a naval battle, with smoke and red flags on a grey sea.

Naval battle

Christian August Lorentzen, 1746-1828

Pen and watercolor drawing of Christ standing at a table with two seated disciples under a leafy vine.

Christ and the two disciples at Emmaus

Martinus Rørbye, 1842

Two hunters on broken sea ice carry long kayak-like objects on their shoulders, with a seal lying on the ice nearby.

Seal hunt

Jakob Danielsen, 1888-1938

Watercolor of a rhinoceros beetle with blue thorax, green back and curved black horn on cream paper with ink border.

A rhinoceros beetle (scarabaeidae)

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600-1700

Sketchbook page with grey and white cumulus clouds over a pale blue sky and dark horizon line.

Cloud study

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-style cityscape with an arch, temple ruin and equestrian statues.

"Roman" cityscape with bridge, temple ruin and equestrian statue

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1790

Pencil and watercolor architectural sketches of Gothic-style houses, including a chapel with pointed windows and an arcade.

Various sketches for a house in a kind of semi-Gothic style

Dankvart Dreyer, 1831-1852

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated man in a white turban smoking a hookah, with a cup and brass bowl nearby.

A Turkish opium smoker (Jaia Dervicha) in Chalkis

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pen and brown wash drawing of a hilltop city with a wall, palace, church tower, trees and rocky foreground.

Cityscape with palace and church surrounded by wall

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pen and wash drawing of a courtyard with a stone arch, balcony, steps, seated figures, and chickens in a village.

"Vens, The Shoemaker's House in Nemi"

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1837

Watercolor sketch of a fjord with wooded skerries, rocky cliffs and distant hills in pale blue-grey tones.

Fjord landscape with wooded skerries

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Pen and watercolor drawing of tall cypress trees beside an arcaded building and grassy garden, on a tan paper ground.

Cypresses

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Watercolor of a militiaman in red coat and black hat with green plume, leaning on a musket with bayonet.

Militiaman

Johannes Senn, 1807

Italian woman

Martinus Rørbye, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside cityscape with a stone bridge, church tower, boats and hilltop buildings.

Cityscape with houses and church by a river. Ancient Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Watercolor costume study sheet showing a feathered hat, white satin waistcoat with gold braid, breeches, sash and tassel cord

Details of the Dannebrog Order's knightly costume

Marcus Tuscher, 1748-1751

Two helmeted warriors stand on a rocky shore, looking at a man lying on the sand beside waves and boulders.

Two warriors find a man washed ashore

Martinus Rørbye, 1828

Pen and wash drawing of a ruined stone arch with scattered walls on a flat landscape, with the sea on the horizon.

Solomon's Chapel. Bornholm

Vilhelm Kyhn, 1843

Pen and watercolor sketch of a brown horse pulling a loaded wooden freight wagon with a blue canvas cover.

Italian freight wagon

Peter Hansen, 1899

Pencil sketch of a standing woman seen from behind beside a hanging lamp with blue glass body and chains.

Figure study and lamp

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Watercolor of a uniformed rider on a grey horse in trotting pose, wearing a red jacket and a feathered black hat.

Royal relay

Johannes Senn, 1807

Portrait of a woman and a man (Ophelia and self-portrait as Hamlet?)

Joseph Lange, 1788-1841

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a fallen tree trunk leaning against a rock face, with distant blue hills at left.

Tree Trunk Leaning Against a Rock. Norway

Martinus Rørbye, 1830

Watercolor of a standing man in a red military-style jacket, tall feathered hat, yellow breeches and black riding boots holdi

Royal rider

Johannes Senn, 1807

Pen and wash drawing of a hilltop town with churches, villas, a stone wall and a gateway under a pale sky.

City view with houses and wall by river; in the background churches and palaces

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pencil and watercolor sketch of market figures: women with fruit baskets, men in top hats bargaining, and a walking soldier.

Fruit sellers

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Watercolor drawing of a seated old man, a plumed soldier, a boy in pink, a page in a blue coat with a turban, and a dog.

Figure composition with black court jester and dog

Hendrik Krock, 1671-1738

Pen and watercolour drawing of a man in a red cloak and a seated woman with a dog, with sheep grazing in a wooded landscape.

Othar and Gyrithe

Lorenz Frølich, 1856

Grey wash sketch sheet with several studies of shrubs, foliage, rocks and a small pond edge.

Various small studies of foliage

Martinus Rørbye

Soft pink and brown seascape of spiky icebergs floating on calm water under a muted sky, signed Jakob Danielsen.

Icebergs

Jakob Danielsen, 1888-1938

Watercolor of a horned Hercules beetle in side view, with a long curved black horn and speckled tan wing cases on cream paper

A Hercules beetle (dynastes hercules)

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600-1700

Watercolor drawing of two dead snipes lying on a pale ground, one with its long bill extended and wings partly spread.

Two dead snipes

Martinus Rørbye, 1840-1844

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a scarecrow with a hooded head, dark skirt, red shawl and outstretched arms, with birds sket

A scarecrow

Christen Dalsgaard, 1850

Watercolor of a standing officer in red coat, blue trousers, black bicorne hat with white plume, holding a sabre.

Artillery officer

Johannes Senn, 1807

Pencil and watercolour sketch of fishermen and women unloading boats on a beach, with figure studies above.

Fishermen at Skagen unloading boats at the beach

Martinus Rørbye, 1847

Brown wash drawing of the ruined exterior of the Colosseum in Rome, showing arches, broken walls and clouds.

Colosseum seen from the outside

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Watercolor and ink architectural drawing of a tomb with an obelisk elevation, a crypt section with sarcophagus, and a floor p

Memorial monument over Peter Tutein and his wife

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1797-1800

Watercolor sketch of a hilltop Italian village with red roofs, a church tower and green trees under a pale sky.

Italian town. Ravello

Gudrun Traustedt, 1920-1924

Pencil and wash drawing of Roman-style ruins, a tall tower, cypress trees and a classical column beside a river.

"Roman" view

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Watercolor sketch of purple and orange clouds at sunset against blue sky, with handwritten notes in pencil.

Cloud study. A sunset sky

Martinus Rørbye, 1841-1847

Pencil drawing of three Norns in a rocky landscape, one winged figure holding scales above a pot, with runic inscriptions.

The Norns

Johan Ludwig Lund, 1842

Pencil and watercolor drawing of sailing warships in a sea battle, with gun smoke drifting between the ships.

Sea battle

Christian August Lorentzen, 1746-1828

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a standing fisherman in striped clothing, with a rowboat on the water behind him.

Anders Kruse. Fisherman on Skagen

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolor prospect of Ringsted town with church, red roofs, watermill, haystacks and grazing horses in fields.

View of Ringsted

Johan Jacob Bruun, 1753

Ink and wash study of a Pompeian mosaic floor with a braided border, animals among foliage, and geometric medallions.

Study after Pompeian floor

Joakim Skovgaard, 1931

Loose watercolor and crayon study of green foliage, pink ground and a small blue figure on pale paper.

Color study for the Langelinie painting

Edvard Weie, 1923-1927

Watercolor of a seated nude female figure beside a leafy tree, with warm yellow light behind her.

From the Museum

Bodil Slomann, 1946

Autumn landscape with a dirt road, wooden gate, stone wall, dried plants, farm buildings and rolling hills in muted watercolo

Autumn landscape

Fritz Syberg, 1901

Watercolor and pencil study of two bearded men in red and green robes, with faint sketched figures at the right.

Figure scene

Karl Isakson, 1878-1922

Watercolor and pencil study of a seated man in a dark coat on a dune, looking toward the sea under a blue sky.

Seated man in the hills of Bangsbo, Vendsyssel, May 22, 1833

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

A skylark (alauda arvensis)

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600-1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of riders and fallen men under a light beam from a figure in clouds above mountains.

Conversion of Paul

Hermann Weyer, 1596-1630

Watercolor sketch of a lakeshore with a standing man, figures beside a rowboat, and mountains under a grey sky.

A ferry crossing. Figures by boats

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Pen and watercolour coastal landscape with a man in a top hat beside boulders, a curving bay, and dunes under a grey sky.

Refsnæs, Coastal landscape

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1844

Three running horses in watercolor and pencil, the front bay horse fully colored, the others fading into sketch lines.

3 running horses

Christian David Gebauer, 1820-1829

Watercolor study of five ducks of varied plumage standing on a pale washed ground.

Studies of various duck species

Martinus Rørbye, 1832