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Painting of shepherds resting with cattle and sheep beside classical ruins, a fountain, and distant hills.

Shepherds in the Roman Campagna

Pencil portrait of a man with long curled hair, moustache and lace collar, shown head and shoulders in three-quarter view.

Portrait of Louis XIII, King of France

Robert Nanteuil

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly man with spectacles, wavy hair, and a serious expression, wearing a buttoned coat.

Half-Length Portrait of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Pencil sketch of a helmeted lancer on horseback with a long lance speaking to a hatted man standing on open ground.

A lancer from the Thirty Years' War speaks with an officer on foot

Carl Wilhelm von Heideck

Red chalk sketch of two nude running figures in dynamic poses, study titled Hippomenes and Atalanta by Nicolas Poussin.

Hippomenes and Atalanta

Nicolas Poussin

Red chalk drawing of two washerwomen kneeling over laundry, one holding up a cloth beside a wicker basket.

Two washerwomen

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Red chalk drawing of a sleeping child's head turned right, with curly hair and closed eyes on a pale background.

Head of a sleeping child to the right

Brown wash drawing of children playing leapfrog beneath a tree, with seated children watching on a grassy bank.

Children Playing Leapfrog

Nicolas Poussin

Grey wash drawing of a hooded robed figure gazing upward in a rocky cave beside trees.

Saint Francis in the cave

Laurent de La Hyre

Watercolor of a ruined temple colonnade with a seated Jupiter statue and small figures gesturing toward it, in a circular fra

Architectural Capriccio: Interior of a temple ruin with a statue of Jupiter tonans and figures

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Circular brown ink drawing of a large tree, a stone building, and shepherds with a flock in a hilly landscape.

Group of trees with buildings, on the left two shepherds with their flock

Gabriel Pérelle

Watercolor design drawing of a tall Gothic church with an ornate spire, pointed windows, and small pedestrians in front.

Design for the Dreikönigskirche in Sachsenhausen

Ludwig Hoffstadt

Circular watercolor of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns and small figures resting among stones.

Architectural Capriccio: Temple ruin and figures

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pen drawing of a bespectacled man with a pipe leaning over a table to read, with a bottle and window beside him.

Man with pipe, sitting reading at a table

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical woman seated on clouds with putti, within a circular frame.

Allegorical female figure (Geography) with putti on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolour of a horseman on a rearing black horse beside a brick inn, with a canal landscape behind.

Ein Reiter mit Dreispitz und Zopf, im Hintergrund eine Kanallandschaft

Cornelis Troost

Oval drawing of a seated woman, a putto with a trumpet and another winged putto among clouds, in grey pencil on paper.

Die Muse der Musik mit zwei Genien, deren einer eine Trompete trägt

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 an angel guiding a kneeling bearded man past classical columns and a domed city building.

Lot und seine Familie werden von den Engeln aus Sodom geführt

Salomon de Bray

Pencil drawing of a seated woman with an infant, flanked by a kneeling crowned figure and a standing figure with a staff, abo

Spring

Johann Baptist Scholl

Ink and pencil study on tan paper showing a foot, knee, arm and a faint reclining figure, with inventory number 13487.

An arm, a knee, a foot as well as a reclining figure

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Adoration of the Shepherds, showing the infant Christ surrounded by kneeling

Adoration of the shepherds

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pencil drawing of a reclining male figure flanked by two draped women and garlands above an empty arched panel.

The summer

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and wash drawing of two winged putti hovering close together, one with arms outstretched, on aged paper.

Two hovering putti

Gaspare Diziani

Red chalk sketch of a tavern interior with two seated peasant men at a table, beams and hanging objects above.

Interieur mit zwei zechenden Bauern

Adriaen van Ostade

Pencil drawing of an allegorical winter scene: a bearded old man with a staff, a winged figure, and draped women above an arc

The winter

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and brown wash sketch of a reclining river god with a putto and clouds, on a fragmentary sheet of paper.

River god and putti (fragment)

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of villagers butchering a pig in a farmyard under a thatched roof, with a tree and barrel beside them.

Schweineschlachten im Hof

Adriaen van Ostade

Pencil and watercolour drawing of a seated woman in a blue skirt beside a wooden tub and a bench.

Sitzende Frau mit Holzbütte

Johann Ludwig Aberli

Pen and grey wash drawing of winged putti on clouds, with a covered vase and amphora among them.

Putten mit Deckelvase und Amphora auf Wolken

Gaspare Diziani

Bildnis des Malers Albert Hendschel

Heinrich Hasselhorst

Two bears

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pen drawing of a large leafy tree in the foreground beside a shaded mountain ridge, with birds in the sky.

Gebirgslandschaft, rechts vorne ein großer Baum

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling older man in a tall cap gesturing beside a workbench with tools.

Schlosser am Schraubstock

Hieronymus Hess

Pencil and chalk study on brown paper showing three seated men, one in a turban and one in a top hat.

Studienblatt: dre sitzende Männer

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Männerkopf im Profil nach rechts

Hendrick Goltzius

Pen and wash drawing of a winged genius floating among clouds in a shaped ceiling cartouche, with small birds nearby.

Hovering genius

Pietro da Cortona

Graphite and white chalk drawing on brown paper of an adult sheep standing beside a lamb.

Sheep and lamb

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

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

Halbfigur und Kopf zweier Männer

Moritz von Schwind

Pen and brown ink sketch of a stooping man seen from behind, wearing a wide hat, on a pale sheet with a museum stamp.

Gebückter Mann in Rückenansicht

Pencil drawing of allegorical autumn figures: a seated nude woman, a bearded man with a bow, and a cherub above an empty arch

The autumn

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and wash sketch of nude figures and putti arranged in a circle around an empty central disc, by Rubens.

Entwurf zu einem Fayenceteller mit dionysischen Szenen

Peter Paul Rubens

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure on clouds holding a torch toward a reclining man beside a wall.

Ungedeutete Darstellung: Eine auf Wolken herabschwebende männliche Gestalt versengt mit seiner lodernden Fackel einen…

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated in draped robes, holding the infant Jesus on her shoulder.

Mary with baby Jesus

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angels playing instruments, including a pipe organ, within an arched lunette with clouds

Angel making music

Federico Zuccari

Pencil drawing of a courier handing a letter to a haloed scholar seated at a table in an interior.

Ein Kurier übergibt einem nimbierten Gelehrten einen Brief

Johann von Schraudolph

Pencil sketch of a knight with a feathered hat drinking from a tankard while sitting astride a barrel, with two figures in th

Trinkender Ritter rittlings auf einem Fass sitzend

Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Drawing of a woman's head turned upward, with dark curled hair, a sketched floral wreath, and white highlights on tan paper.

Female head

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a cow standing at water beside a second animal drinking, with trees and rocks.

Cattle drinking

Johann Melchior Roos

Pencil drawing of an armored knight raising a mace beside a plumed horse, with the inscription Valet Karlsruhe below.

"Valet Karlsunruhe", Ritter mit seinem Pferd zurückweichend

Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure wrestling a demon with a grimacing face on rocky ground.

Michael kämpft mit dem Teufel

Michelangelo Unterberger

Pen and watercolor drawing of a farmyard with a tree, cow, ducks, figures, and a stone archway beside a gabled house.

Unter einer Schleuse am Zoo

Watercolor study of a draped garment with green shoes and white stockings visible beneath the hem.

Study of garments

Grey wash drawing of men drinking and playing a board game beneath a draped canopy beside a stone column and barrels.

Trinker und Spieler an einer Mauer unter einem Zelt beim Brettspiel

Johannes Lingelbach

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by two winged angels, with putti in clouds above.

Engel klagen über dem Leichnam Christi

Johann Christoph Storer

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned queen seated on a throne under drapery, with attendants and a lion at the base.

Agnes, Salomo und Hieronymus

Franz Martin Kuen

Pencil sketch on grey paper with five studies of children's heads and a seated young girl in a dress.

Kinderstudien, fünf Kinderköpfe

Pencil drawing of a bespectacled scholar seated at a cluttered desk in a study beside a window.

Gelehrter im Studierzimmer am Fenster vor seinem Schreibtisch sitzend

Watercolor of a family picnic in a wooded clearing, with adults at a table and a mother tending a baby on a blanket.

Der Künstler mit seiner Familie in Ferien

Woman's head

Pencil drawing of a monastery cloister with arched openings and a tall bell tower with a clock, framed by a pointed arch.

Kreuzgang im Kloster San Benedetto bei Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Brown ink and wash study of several figures in drapery, including a kneeling figure and a seated man gesturing, by Anthony va

Studienblatt: Sieben Heilige

Anthony van Dyck

Pencil sketch of a felled tree stump with loose foliage scribbles above on pale paper.

Felling of trees

Pen and wash drawing of a quadrangular ceiling design with angels and clouds around a central heavenly scene and rococo ornam

Veneration of the Trinity

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures instructing a seated man beneath a tree, with a crucifixion and crowd in the background

Ein am Baum der Erkenntnis Sitzender erhält Unterweisungen von Moses und Johannes dem Täufer, im Hintergrund Gesetzes…

Pencil sketch on cream paper with loose studies of leaves and branches in the upper corners and an empty lower area.

Eine Hand, die in eine Weinrebe greift

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a slouch hat resting his head on his hand, with curly hair and a loose shirt.

Junger Mann mit Schlapphut

Circular pen and wash drawing of a jester among women in a bathing interior, with a servant and tankard in the background.

Jester in the ladies' pool

Hans von Kulmbach

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a boy's head turned to the right, with short brown hair and a collar, on cream paper.

Boy's head to the right

Circular pen drawing of a kneeling armored man before Christ seated on a globe, with an angel blowing a trumpet above.

Ein Stifter vor Christus als Weltenrichter

Pencil sketch of tall slender plants and grass tufts rising from the ground on grey paper.

Turf

Pencil drawing of a reclining young man in tall hat and Bavarian costume, leaning on a rock with one arm.

Lagernder junger Mann in bayerischer Tracht

Circular pen drawing of the Madonna on a crescent moon with the Christ child, and a kneeling armored knight at left.

Die Madonna auf der Mondsichel mit einem knienden Ritter als Stifter

Pencil sketch of a woman's head tilted to one side, hair pinned up, with a faint landscape wash behind.

Inclined woman's head

Pencil study of a kneeling draped female figure with a small sketch of two women talking at upper left.

Studienblatt: Kniende weibliche Gewandfigur, zwei Frauen im Gespräch

Pen and wash drawing of a star-shaped design with animals and birds around a haloed figure seated on clouds.

Gottvater erschafft die Tiere

Melchior Bocksberger

Pen and pencil sketch of a studio interior with several figures, a table with a cup, and loose studies of people.

Atelierszene mit einem Besucher vor der Staffelei und anderen Skizzen

Johann Friedrich Morgenstern

Graphite study of a kneeling woman in a headscarf with a sleeping child's head at lower left on cream paper.

Studienblatt: Kniende Frau

Pencil and wash drawing of two hunting falcons on a fallen tree with a spaniel dog below in a wooded landscape.

Jagdfalken, auf einem Ast eines gefällten Baumes sitzend, unter ihnen ein vorstehender Cocker Spaniel

Johann Elias Ridinger

Pen drawing of medieval crowned figures, women in embroidered gowns and a harpist, with German notes on costume.

Mittelalterliche Figuren

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil sketch on pale paper showing two studies of folded drapery, one above and one below.

Study sheet: drapery

Watercolor view through a rocky gorge toward a winding river and distant town in a wide valley under a pale sky.

Blick vom Rheingrafenstein in das Nahetal

Carl Morgenstern

Pen and ink sketch of a seated guard with a spear beside a reclining figure, with faint background figures.

Die Wächter am Gefängnis des Petrus

Rembrandt van Rijn

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a headscarf and loose robe, resting on the ground with legs folded to one side.

Aufder Erde sitzendes Mädchen

Pen drawing of travelers on horseback on a rocky road beneath trees, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Landscape near Subiaco

Ink and wash drawing of three nude figures reclining and embracing, outlined in bold black with brown and ochre tones.

Three Reclining Nudes

Christian Rohlfs

Study of a head

Watercolor of a seated young woman in a straw hat and white shawl holding wildflowers in a woodland clearing.

Bildnis der Tochter des Künstlers

Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann

Circular drawing of an allegorical group with a winged lyre player, seated women, and four small medallions in a gilded borde

Allegorie der Künste, und vier Medaillons mit den klugen und törichten Jungfrauen

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf with a small child standing beside her, on a folded sheet of paper.

Study of a child

Watercolor of kneeling worshippers, including a woman and child, in a vaulted church interior lit by an arched window.

Betende Bauern in einer Kirche

Pencil sketch of a leafy treetop with branches and a small wooden tub at lower right, by Jakob Becker.

Treetop and tub

Pencil sketch of a large old tree with leafy branches and a distant hillside on a grey-toned sheet.

Old tree

Pencil sketch of a small chapel facade with a bell tower, pointed arch doorway, tracery window and round window.

Chapel

Pencil sketch of a dilapidated wooden gatehouse with a steep roof, sagging timbers and an arched passage at its base.

Verfallenes hölzernes Torhaus

Pencil sketch of a rustic timber shelter with a steep pitched roof, arched opening and leaning post on rough ground.

Group of trees (fragment)