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Pencil sketch of two heads: a curly-haired male head above and a laurel-crowned female head below, on yellowed paper.

Köpfe der Personifikationen des Rheins und der Stadt Worms

Moritz von Schwind, 1848

Weiblicher Rückenhalbakt, daneben Wiederholung des Kopfes (Personifikation des Flüsschens Schulter)

Moritz von Schwind, 1848

Pen and watercolour sketch of hunters with spears attacking a snarling bear, with a fallen figure in the foreground.

Bear hunt

Rudolf Friedrich August Henneberg

Watercolor sketch of a red-coated rider on a rearing horse, a woman in blue, a dog and a deer in a forest.

Genevieve

Rudolf Friedrich August Henneberg

Sketch of two galloping horsemen and a running figure on a grey-brown ground, drawn in charcoal and wash.

The pursuit of happiness

Rudolf Friedrich August Henneberg, 1860

Zwei galoppierende Pferde mit einem Reiter, drei Profilköpfe, ein Kopf en face (Karrikatur)

Rudolf Friedrich August Henneberg, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a panoramic town view with churches, city walls, trees, and ruins in the foreground under cloudy sky.

Aussicht von S. Pietro in Montorio

Franz Horny, 1820

Pencil sketch of a laurel shrub with slender branches at left, fading into faint open ground on the right.

Laurel

Franz Horny, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of two standing men in 17th-century dress, one plumed and armed, the other in a ruffled collar.

Don Quijote und Sancho Pansa

John Vanderbank, 1729

Pen and wash drawing of cows and sheep in a meadow with two shepherds resting beside a ruined arch and trees.

Cow herd with shepherds

Dirck van der Bergen, 1690

Grey wash drawing of cattle and sheep resting under a tree, with a shepherd, a woman with a basket, and a dog.

Herd with shepherds

Dirck van der Bergen

Brown ink drawing of a winged angel with a sword confronting a man riding a donkey in a landscape.

Der Engel erscheint Bileam

Pen and brown wash drawing of an allegorical title page with an oval portrait medallion, winged hourglass and two standing fe

Allegorisches Titelblatt: "Deur liefde ende neersticheijt ..."

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, 1589

Drawing of a nude woman reaching out near a tree, with a reclining figure by water in a blue-toned wooded landscape.

Landschaft mit Apollo und Daphne

Willem van Mieris

Grey wash sketch on blue paper of helmeted soldiers playing cards beside a column, with figures behind them.

Kartenspielende Soldaten

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a curly-haired man with a moustache and wide collar, turned three-quarters right,

Männliches Porträt im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1635

Grey wash drawing with red chalk of a fountain with sea horses, putti and scrolled ornament, with Dutch handwriting below.

A neptune fountain

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Brown wash drawing of shepherds, sheep and a dog in a hilly landscape, with figures gesturing toward the right.

Abraham und Lot trennen sich

Brustbild eines italienischen Edelmannes

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pen and wash drawing of a mountain valley with a high stone bridge, a hilltop castle, tall trees and two travelers on a path.

Gebirgslandschaft mit hoher Steinbrücke

Tobias Verhaecht

Grey wash drawing of a veiled woman holding an infant, with angels in clouds above and a candlestick at left.

Offering (?)

Grey wash drawing on blue paper of farmers harvesting fruit, with a ladder against a tree and baskets of fruit.

Farmers harvesting fruit

Watercolor of a columned grotto with arches, a stone vase in a niche, and horsemen crossing the foreground under a blue sky.

Inneres einer säulengestützten Grotte, darin in einer Nische eine große Vase

Carl Sebastian von Bemmel

Watercolor landscape of a river with trees, a fisherman on the right bank, and distant houses under a pale sky.

Landschaft mit einem Fluß, an dessen von Bäumen bestandenem Ufer rechts ein Angler steht

Carl Sebastian von Bemmel

Brown ink drawing of a wooded island with a rowboat holding two figures on the water in the foreground.

Ein Kahn mit einem stehenden und einem sitzenden Mann vor einer bewaldeten Insel

Profilkopf eines bärtigen Mannes nach rechts

Watercolor of a village church and houses beneath mountain peaks, with a stream, wooden bridge and figures in the foreground.

Ansicht von Brunnen im Canton Schwyz

Achilles Benz, 1798

Brown wash drawing of a bull standing on a tall pedestal above a fountain basin, with trees behind.

Schreitender Stier auf hohem Sockel

Fritz Boehle, 1904

Pen and grey wash drawing of a kneeling armored knight at a stream beside a saddled white horse and a dark horse.

Kniender Ritter am Quell

Fritz Boehle, 1892

Pen drawing of a nude man climbing a tree while a helmeted figure looks up at him from the lower right.

Mann, einen Baum hinaufsteigend, ein weiterer mit auffälliger Kopfbedeckung schaut ihm zu

Hieronymus Hess

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a barrel tending pigs by a trough, with a thatched roof and village church behind.

Magd beim Schweinefüttern

Fritz Boehle, 1896

Ink drawing of four older rural men in hats and a small boy in the foreground, with a half-timbered house behind them.

Vier Bauern und ein Knabe

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a row of men's heads and busts, some wearing hats, with faint buildings and a tree behind.

Busts

Pen drawing of Peter's denial: a rooster above, a crowned man beside a helmeted soldier, and an older man covering his face.

Denial and repentance of Peter

Fritz Boehle, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of two men mowing with scythes and a woman gathering hay, with a village church in the background.

Farmers mowing

Ink drawing of a skeleton beside two nude figures, a man and woman, among bare trees on brown paper.

Dance of the dead

Ink drawing of three figures in historical dress walking home, one carrying a scythe over his shoulder, with a tree and villa

Return from the field

Pen drawing of farmers plowing a field with horses, a wagon, and a village with a church tower in the background.

Plowing farmer

Pen drawing of a nude woman holding an ornate cup as a bearded nude man lunges toward her through thorny forest undergrowth.

The pursuit of happiness

Charcoal drawing of a nude youth leading a horse beside a seated bearded man, with trees behind them.

Homer und griechischer Jüngling

Fritz Boehle, 1906

Ink drawing of a helmeted, laden man surrounded by pigs and geese on tan paper.

Animal sermon

Fritz Boehle, 1897

Pen drawing of horses and men on a riverbank beside a moored cargo ship with rigging and an anchor.

Frachtschiff auf dem Main

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing barge on a river under rain clouds, with a thatched farmhouse and willow trees on the bank.

Ship on the Main

Pen drawing of men in hats trading over a pig in a farmyard beside a barn, with a rooster and child nearby.

Pig trade

Fritz Boehle, 1896

Red chalk sketch of several horses and riders in lively overlapping motion, with horizontal hatching in the background.

Horses bustling

Fritz Boehle, 1906

Pen drawing of a haloed Mary sheltering kneeling figures under her cloak, with a ploughing scene and village behind her.

Mary in the mantle of mercy

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone city gate with pointed arches, a horseman, figures and a small house in Orvieto.

Tor in der Stadtbefestigung von Orvieto

Carl Werner, 1852

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies: a state carriage, sedan chair bearers, a knight with prisoner, and churchgoers at an a

Studienblatt: eine Staatskarosse, Sänftenträger, ein Ritter mit seinem Gefangenen, Kirchgänger

Theodor Hosemann, 1864

Pen drawing of a man in a hunting hat and coat with a rifle, beside a shrub and a sitting hare.

Edward Steinle auf der Jagd

Eduard von Steinle

Ink caricature sketch of several male profiles, one smoking a pipe, with handwritten names by Eduard von Steinle.

Fay Strangway und Blittersdorf

Eduard von Steinle

Louis Brentano auf der Jagd

Eduard von Steinle

Ink caricature drawing of a group of men in long coats gesturing toward a preacher on a raised platform at right.

Die Städelsche Administration vor Lessings Hussitenpredigt

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

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a tree, figures, a town with towers and distant hills under clouds.

Italian landscape

Johann Christoph Rist

Pencil sketch of a boy drinking from a jug at a stone fountain while a girl kneels beside him, with mountains behind.

Mädchen und Junge am Brunnen

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a tall leaning tree and a smaller tree on rising ground above open plains.

Landscape with two trees

Brown wash drawing of a walled building complex with a round tower and trees on a hill, Rome, 1820.

Building complex in Rome

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Pencil study of ornamental scrolls and foliate border designs with a cartouche panel at the top.

Ornamental framing

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

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

Watercolor of a turreted castle on a wooded hill, a ruin on a distant ridge, a half-timbered house and grazing cattle below.

Schloß Eltz an der Mosel

Grey wash drawing of a woman and a man meeting at a well, with camels drinking from a trough and a distant town.

Rebecca and Eliazer

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Grey wash drawing of men at a stone well drawing water for sheep, with a shepherdess and a distant town in the landscape.

Jakob öffnet den Brunnen von Haran, um Rahels Schafe zu tränken

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Pencil portrait drawing of an older man with short hair, high collar and bow tie, signed and dated 1854.

Bildnis des Komponisten Schnyder von Wartensee

August Corrodi, 1854

Watercolor of a lute player in a red doublet and a woman in green leaning together in a stone doorway beside a jug.

Liebespaar in der Haustür

Andreas Deckelmann, 1850

Pencil drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child between Saint Luke painting and Saint Cecilia at an organ, in Gothic arches.

Madonna mit dem Evangelisten Lukas und der Heiligen Cäcilia

Gustav Heinrich Naecke

Pencil sketch of a young woman with long hair and a floral headband, extending one arm, in a draped dress.

The Goose Girl

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, 1837

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a child on her shoulder, with studies of draped figures around her.

Mother with child

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Pen and grey wash drawing of an angel lifting a figure from flames toward a seated bearded figure in clouds.

Ein Engel erlöst eine Seele aus dem Fegefeuer

Carlo Maratta, 1700

Brustbild eines Geistlichen mit Perücke im Profil nach links

Half-length drawing of a balding, clean-shaven old man with bowed head turned left, rendered in dense hatching.

Brustbild eines bartlosen Mannes mit gesenktem Kopf nach links

Watercolor of travelers' luggage searched before a fortress gate, with a carriage, horsemen, and a beggar family with a dog.

Vor dem Tor einer Festung wird das Gepäck eines Reisenden, der dort mit seiner Kutsche hält, durchsucht, rechts eine…

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 1760

Brown wash drawing of a mounted soldier on a rearing horse beside foot soldiers with a flag and a fallen horse.

Vorpostengefecht zwischen Reitern und Fußsoldaten

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 1750

Red chalk sketch of an old seated man, children, standing nude studies and a rider on horseback on cream paper.

Alter Mann und Kinder, daneben weibliche Aktstudien und Skizze eines Reiters

Hans von Marées, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with figures bathing by a stream beneath tall trees.

Landschaft mit Diana und Aktäon

Joseph Anton Koch, 1832

Grey wash drawing of a seated man with a large hat resting on a rock with six companions and a tree behind him.

Sitzender Bauer mit großem Hut, bei seinem Gepäck rastend, und sechs Begleiter

Tiberius Dominikus Wocher

Red chalk study of a nude boy and bearded man before several sketched figures in a classical setting.

Kompositionsstudie zum Goldenen Zeitalter I

Hans von Marées, 1879

Ink and white-heightened sketch of figures before a columned doorway, with a draped woman, a bearded man, a child and a tree.

Idyll II

Hans von Marées, 1873

Pencil landscape of a lagoon with herdsmen and buffalo in the foreground, fishing boats, a ruined tower and hills under cloud

Aqua Cetosa: Italienische Ideallandschaft, im Vordergrund Schifferboote und zwei Männer mit Büffeln

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1872

Watercolor of a man in a tall hat and blue jacket reclining on a striped cloth beside a wall, with hills behind.

Savoyarde, am Boden liegend

Carl Werner, 1840

Bust-length chalk portrait of an older balding man in a buttoned coat and knotted cravat, turned to the right.

Brustbild des Malers Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Joseph Günther, 1838

Brown ink and wash drawing of Adam and Eve in a paradise landscape with a tree, a goat and grazing animals.

Adam and Eve in paradise

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded fisherman emptying eels from a wicker basket, with a sailing boat on the sea behind him.

The phlegmatic

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1596

Drawing of a bearded older man with a woman and child peering from behind him, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Alter Mann mit junger Frau und Kleinkind (Heilige Familie?)

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing gentleman in a tricorn hat playing a flute, on blue-grey paper.

Flötespielender Kavalier

Cornelis Troost

Black chalk sketch of a seated man in a plumed hat and cloak on blue-grey paper.

Sitting cavalier

Cornelis Troost

Black and white chalk drawing of a man in a tricorn hat reclining on a chaise longue, on blue-grey paper.

Kavalier auf einer Chaiselongue

Cornelis Troost

Pen and wash drawing of Christ crucified between two thieves, with mourning women and a kneeling man below.

Christus und der Schächer am Kreuze

Willem Jacob Herreyns

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat and coat in an armchair, on blue-grey paper.

A sitting cavalier

Cornelis Troost

Pencil and white chalk drawing on grey paper of a seated man in a buttoned coat at a draped table.

Am Tisch sitzender Kavalier

Cornelis Troost

Grey wash drawing of a road past ruined arched masonry with travelers, a dog, goats and poplar trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with ruins

Brown wash drawing of women on a riverbank discovering an infant in a basket, with a large wheel and seated figures at right.

Auffindung des Mosesknaben

Sebastiano Ricci

Grey wash drawing of a harbor canal with a windmill, gabled houses, moored boats and a figure on a cobbled quay.

Der alte Hafen von Nijmegen

Gerrit Lamberts, 1812

Watercolor of a shoreline with large trees, a rocky cliff, a small boat with figures, and distant mountains over the sea.

Coastal landscape

Théodore Gudin, 1835

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal beside gabled houses, a stone bridge and a Gothic church in winter.

Schlittschuhläufer auf einer Gracht in Amsterdam

Bartholomeus van Hove, 1832

Drawing of a blindfolded figure of Justice holding scales and a sword, with classical ruins and a city behind her.

Justice

Maarten van Heemskerck

Grey wash drawing of a robed allegorical woman holding a flaming torch and leaning on a stone tablet beside a distant town.

Fides

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1556