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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

Watercolor of three dolphins swimming in a circular frame over blue-green water and a pale horizon.

Jumping dolphins

Niels Skovgaard, 1890-1891

Watercolor of a hazy mountain valley between steep rocky cliffs, lit by warm orange light under a cloudy evening sky.

Italian mountain landscape

Poul Simon Christiansen, 1905

Watercolor and crayon drawing of a sleeping woman with red hair, pink body and yellow blanket against pale blue washes.

Sleeping girl

Harald Giersing, 1910-1914

Pencil sketch of Roman rooftops, a bell tower, a ruined wall and a gateway, with hills in the distance.

View of Rome with mountains in the background

Ditlev Blunck, 1798-1854

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a rifle and a dog walking through a wooded thicket.

Stalking with a Dog in the Forest

Hans Smidth, 1839-1917

Watercolor sketch of a calm fjord with a three-masted ship, smaller sailboats, and a wooded shore under soft clouds.

Coastal landscape with ships

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined park avenue with a fountain, figures, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

View of the Villa Reale (now Villa Nazionale) near Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Pastel watercolor sketch of palm trees beside a winding path with soft green hills and pale sky.

Landscape with Palm Trees, Southern France

Edvard Weie, 1935

Watercolour of fishermen in top hats hauling boats up a sandy beach, with a faint pencil figure study in the upper left.

Fishermen Hauling a Seine on Sønderstranden

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pencil and watercolour view over a Naples-like bay with umbrella pines, a volcano and mountains, city below.

View from Castel S. Elmo over Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Watercolour of a stone obelisk by a lake with two walking figures, a bare tree and a large rock in the foreground.

Memorial Obelisk by a Lake

Elias Meyer, 1763-1809

Watercolor of a white pavilion on a hillside overlooking water, with two walking men and a distant village.

Swiss House at Jægerspris

Søren L. Lange, 1799

Watercolor of a uniformed officer in a bicorne hat with white plume, holding a sabre and pointing to the left.

Officer of the Fire Service

Johannes Senn, 1807

Pen drawing of a timber-framed house facade with carved brackets beside a heraldic plaque with a bishop's mitre and inscripti

Part of a two-storey timber-framed house, the now completely altered Nørregade no. 15 in Odense. Plate with the coat…

Dankvart Dreyer, 1844

Pencil drawing with colour of a harbour with painted boats, a small chapel with a cross, and figures on the shore.

Part of the harbour in Palermo

Martinus Rørbye, 1840

Watercolor of a uniformed torchbearer in red jacket and black shako running, holding a flaming torch.

Fakkelbærer

Johannes Senn, 1807

Grey wash landscape of a road passing a pale rock cliff, wooded hills, a gnarled tree and two travelers under cloudy sky.

Road between cliffs and wooded slopes

Maximilian Neustück, 1756-1834

Watercolor of a vaulted church porch with a wooden door, figures in dark clothing, and a leaning ladder at right.

From a village church porch

Niels Bjerre, 1892

Watercolor of a nude boy drying himself on a bench beside sunlit blue water and a wooden deck.

Dreng efter badet

Peter Hansen, 1868-1928

Loose watercolor sketch of bathing women among green foliage, with a standing blue figure at left.

Bathing Women

André Derain, 1880-1954

Watercolor of a nude woman with long golden hair, held by a bearded man in green, against a dark background.

Sifs hår

Karl Isakson, 1897

Watercolor of a standing footman in red and yellow livery holding a silver tray with a white cloth.

Royal footman with two empty trays

Johannes Senn, 1807

Watercolor interior with wooden ceiling beams, tall stone columns, arched openings and a balustrade, drawn in grey and brown

Room with Vaults and Columns

Aron Wallick, 1808

Loose watercolor study of green trees framing a pale landscape with blue sky and pink ground.

Colour study for the Langelinie painting

Edvard Weie, 1923-1927

Watercolor of a naval battle with warships, drifting smoke, an exploding ship and rowing boats in the foreground.

The Battle of Reden

Gustaf Boberg, 1801

Watercolor of a boy in blue trousers digging a garden bed beside a picket fence, with a rake and a fallen figure in a top hat

Kitchen Garden with a Boy

Lorenz Frølich, 1832

Watercolor interior study of a low Turkish-style divan with patterned cushions, fringed skirt, striped rug and a blue goblet.

Tyrkisk sofa

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse beside ruined walls, with a woman carrying a basket and a wooden cart in the foreground.

Et bondehus mellem ruiner, i forgrunden t.h. vaskerpiger

Abraham Bloemaert, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a city skyline, a dome and small boats in the foreground.

Capriccio with, among others, Ponte Rotto. Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Drawing of a bearded man with a yellow halo, crescent moon and ring of gold stars against a pale blue circular background.

Man with a long beard (half-length) under a starry sky

Johannes Wiedewelt, 1731-1802

Watercolor landscape of a valley with red-roofed farm buildings, grazing horses, and a woman and child on a path.

A View near Greis Mill in the Area

Søren L. Lange, 1821

Self-portrait. Bust-length, profile to the right

Wilhelm Bendz, 1831

Watercolor of cavalry soldiers tending horses in a stable, with a woman, dogs and hens on the straw floor.

Kavalerister i en stald

Johann Adam Klein, 1792-1875

Watercolor drawing of a bearded seated man playing a harp, framed by ornate interlace knotwork and bird motifs.

Brage

Johan Thomas Lundbye Lorenz Frølich, 1844

Watercolor of pale chalk cliffs above a pebbled shore with a small figure and blue sea at right.

Hellede Klint, Refsnæs

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843

Watercolor of a fisherman beside an orange boat on a shore, with brown-sailed boats on the sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing boat on the shore at Hastings

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Pen and ink sketch of a landscape with a stream under a road, a wooden gate, trees and distant hills.

Landscape with a stream running under a country road

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Watercolor sketch of a man working beside a white marble statue of a nude figure and a seated lion in a studio.

Billedhuggeren J.A. Jerichau i sit atelier i Rom

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Harvest workers cutting and gathering sheaves in a wide field, with windmills and the sea on the horizon, drawn in brown wash

Harvest workers in the field. In the background windmills and the sea

Martinus Rørbye, 1847

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a stepped gable building with a red roof beside low outbuildings in a courtyard.

The mortuary chapel at the Church of Our Lady in Odense

Dankvart Dreyer, 1844

Pencil and watercolor study of a standing man in a brown cloak beside a woman in a rose shawl and blue skirt.

Standing Woman and Man

Joakim Skovgaard, 1898-1901

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a monument with a column topped by a flaming urn, with smaller urn studies at left.

Design for a monument. Urn on a column

J.F. Clemens, 1748-1831

Watercolor and pencil botanical study of an orange poppy, seed pod, mallow leaves and grasses on cream paper.

Studies of various flowers, including poppies

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Watercolor design of biblical scenes in an arched frame, with Christ in a boat, a crowd, and a procession with palms.

Unused early design for the west wall of the north transept of Viborg Cathedral

Joakim Skovgaard, 1890-1899

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted interior with large arches, rows of green beds on the floor, and a classical doorway.

Interior with large arches and beds?

Aron Wallick, 1803-1809

Fugl

Johannes Bronckhorst, 1700-1799

Watercolor and pencil view through an arch of Süleymaniye Mosque with striped arches, domes, minaret and a foreground column.

Part of the Süleymaniye Mosque

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Loose watercolor study of abstract color masses in brown, blue, green, rust and ochre, with a suggested seated figure.

Color study after Delacroix's painting Dante and Virgil in Hell, Louvre

Edvard Weie, 1930-1939

Watercolor sketch of a young man wrapped in a striped plaid, reclining in a wooden deck chair on a pale background.

Young man wrapped in a plaid, reclining in a deck chair

Peter Hansen, 1819-1919

Watercolor of a shipwreck's wooden ribs in the surf on a sandy beach, with seagulls flying overhead.

Wreck on the beach Nordstranden, sank on the 9th of May 1832

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pen and watercolor sketch of a woman in a yellow straw hat, grey apron and blue skirt, on a notebook page.

Woman in Swiss National Costume

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Watercolor of a seated nude boy gripping a planting stick, gazing upward beside dark cypress trees on a green meadow.

Dreng, der planter

Karl Isakson, 1897

Watercolor of a calm bay with rowing boats, rocky shore, and a distant volcano emitting smoke under a pale sky.

View of Vesuvius from Procida

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Watercolor of a royal footman in red and yellow livery carrying a silver tray with decanters and a glass.

Royal footman with tray of decanters and a glass

Johannes Senn, 1807

Portrait of the painter Christine Swane, née Larsen, as a young woman

Peter Hansen, 1896

Watercolor of a sandy road between dunes leading to a white church with a dark roof and a standing figure.

Frederikshavns gamle kirke

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolor of a man in winter clothing pulling a loaded sled up a snowy slope below rocky mountains and pine trees.

Man with sled

Sigmund von Perger, 1778-1841

Watercolor of a pale villa with a square tower and tiled roof, framed by umbrella pines and cypresses under a blue sky.

Raffaels atelier i Villa Borgheses have. Rom

Fritz Petzholdt, 1805-1838

Watercolor of a fishing boat with nets pulled up on a sandy beach, a seated figure, and distant sails under clouds.

Beached fishing boat with seated fisherman

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Dog barking at ducks by a lake with flying birds, willows and a wooden fence in a misty landscape.

A dog and ducks by a lake

Johannes Bronckhorst, 1600-1700

Pencil and watercolour sketch of an open window with shutters framing flowering branches, a clay vase, and a view of the sea.

View through a window on Procida

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Watercolor sketch of two angels flying within an arched frame against a blue-grey sky, with cherub heads in the corners.

Composition with two trumpet-blowing angels above the globe

Karl Isakson, 1895

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Roman hilltop with a church, ruined arches, a stone wall and a cloudy sky.

Roman Prospect with a Wall in the Foreground, a Church and a Ruin in the Background

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1790

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing young woman in period dress holding knitting, with curled hair and a ruffled skirt.

Young Standing Girl with Knitting

Martinus Rørbye, 1828-1830