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Brown wash drawing of a nude man leaning over a basin as a nude woman pours water into it, in an oval frame.

A naked man, standing on tiptoe, holds his hands in a basin into which a naked woman standing opposite the man pours…

Etienne Vallée

Pencil drawing of a tall gothic stone building with arched windows and a steep roof, with trees and a small figure beside it.

The Aula of the University in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1874

Grey wash drawing of the twin-towered Gothic cathedral facade in Orléans, with stone rubble and figures in the foreground.

The Cathedral Sainte-Croix d’Orléans

Carl Werner, 1827

White chalk sketch on tan paper of two peasant women and two boys, one woman carrying a basket.

Two peasant women with two boys

François Boucher

Pencil sketch of an arched stone doorway with steps, a view through to foliage and a sloping roof above a garden wall.

The Pfaffengasse in Aschaffenburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1874

Pen and watercolor drawing of a canal lined with old steep-roofed houses, an arched passage and wooden piles, by Carl Werner.

The Horse Watering Place at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich

Carl Werner, 1829

Pen and grey wash drawing of an elderly woman seen from behind, wearing a high collar, headdress and long cloak.

Old woman in rear view

Pencil drawing of carved date numerals on an oak pile, with a handwritten German caption dated 1875 below.

The digits indicating the construction year 1484 of the town hall in Michelstadt, attached to one of the oak piles of…

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1875

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with Saints Christopher, Joseph and Claudius beneath draped curtains and column

Madonna with Saints Christopher, Joseph and Claudius

François Perrier, 1630

Pen and ink drawing of a cavalier with a ruffled collar holding a hat, beside a woman in a long gown and veil.

A cavalier with his lady

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with a tall spire and domed turret, surrounded by trees and open land.

The Liebfrauenkirche in Hadamar

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1875

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned king on a throne with lions on steps, a woman approaching with attendants.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Eustache Le Sueur, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of winged angels playing lute, viola and songbook among clouds, with a pipe organ beside them.

Angelic concert in the clouds

Pierre Mignard I, 1640

Pencil sketch of trees and a path beside church walls and buildings, drawn in 1876 by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein.

The north side of the Leonhardskirche in Frankfurt am Main

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1876

Pastoral drawing in grey chalk showing shepherd women, a man and sheep resting by a well and tree.

Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1732

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

Pencil sketch of a stone tower with a pointed roof, a gabled porch, and an arched gateway beside a long building.

The Höchster Porcelain Manufactory

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1880

Pen and chalk drawing on blue paper of Bacchus and Ariadne reclining under a tree with cherubs bringing grapes.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1742

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

Pencil sketch of a tall rock needle with shrubs at its base and a distant ridge, inscribed Kuckuckslay, Bertrich, 1881.

The rock needle Kuckuckslay near Bertrich

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1881

Blue-toned drawing of a kneeling woman tending a wounded armored knight, with a helmeted companion and a horse nearby.

Herminia with the wounded Tancred

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1755

Watercolor of a ruined circular temple with Corinthian columns, figures by a pool, and a distant column with statue.

Architectural Capriccio: Ruins of a circular temple, in the background Trajan's Column

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pencil sketch of a tall round tower with a pointed conical roof and weathervane, drawn on pale paper.

The Rathausturm in Homburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1882

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 of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, seated figures, and a distant town beside a sea bay.

Architectural Capriccio: Ruins of a temple facade, in the background landscape with buildings and sea bay

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pencil drawing of a large leafy tree canopy over a shaded path with two small figures and a bench.

The Wolfgangsweg in Frankfurt am Main

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1882

Grey wash drawing of a knight on a bier attacked by cloaked ghosts with swords in a moonlit graveyard.

Graveyard scene (knight on a bier, ghosts attack him)

Ferdinand Fellner, 1817

Two heads and a hand

Robert Nanteuil

Pencil sketch of a narrow village lane with tiled roofs, a chimney, a weathervane and arched doorways.

The Löhrgasse in Rüdesheim

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1883

Grey wash drawing of soldiers on horseback and on foot with women and a child beside a rocky slope.

Soldiers on horseback and on foot at a field fortification with women and children

Charles Parrocel

Pen drawing of a rocky seashore with a castle on cliffs, figures beside bales of goods, and a sailing ship at sunrise.

Seashore on high rocky shores, on which a lighthouse and a castle stand, in front five people and two bales of goods

Gabriel Pérelle

Pencil drawing of a stone wall beside a timber-framed building with a thatched roof, dated 1883.

The Vorderburg in Rüdesheim

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1883

Red chalk drawing of horses, with a saddled horse above and two horses standing together below.

Two horses standing together

Charles Parrocel

Pen and ink drawing of a bust-length man with mustache and goatee, wearing a wide turned-down collar, facing right.

Bust of a man with mustache and goatee and turned-down collar to the right

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with a tall pointed spire, crenellated tower and adjoining roofs and walls.

The Collegiate Church St. Goar

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1885

Pen and grey wash drawing of masted ships at a wooden landing, with men lounging on the shore in the foreground.

Landing ships, men lounging on the shore

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1759

Watercolor drawing of a nightshade plant with pale flowers and green pinnate leaves on two stems against cream paper.

Nightshade plant with flowers

Franz Horny, 1817

Pencil drawing of a wide Campagna landscape with rocky cliffs, a winding road, and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

Roman Campagna with Monte Genaro

Johann Christoph Erhard

Watercolor of robed clergy, a haloed saint, a harpist and a kneeling axeman in a wooded landscape with a church.

The introduction of the arts into Germany by Christianity

Philipp Veit, 1855

Watercolor of a rowan branch with red berries and green leaves, beside a pink aster and faint pencil flower sketches.

Rowan branch and asters

Franz Horny, 1817

Pencil sketch sheet with architectural studies of a Gothic arch, a building corner, and small figures in cloaks.

Architectural and figural sketches

Carl Werner, 1829

Pencil sketch of pollarded willows with laundry hanging, a woman and child resting below, and a village with a church tower b

Laundry is being dried under willow trees, below lies a woman with a child, in the background a village

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1917

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venice's lagoon with ships, gondolas, the Doge's Palace and figures on a terrace.

View on Venice

Friedrich Nerly

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a blouse raising her arms to braid long hair, with a patterned cloth draped over her legs.

Roman woman braiding her hair

August Lucas, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a curly-haired putto leaning forward inside a faint circular frame.

Putto between vines

Moritz von Schwind

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic church with two spires and a cobbled square with small figures, by Ludwig Hoffstadt.

The town church St. Jakob in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Ludwig Hoffstadt

Drawing of rocky sea stacks rising from calm water, with a shepherd and sheep in the scrubby foreground under a cloudy sky.

The Cyclops rocks near Sciacca

Pencil sketch of a nude putto seen from behind, holding grapes and twisting within a circular scroll frame.

Putto between vines, in rear view

Moritz von Schwind

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

Brown wash drawing of a Roman countryside with a large tree in the foreground, rolling hills, and a distant castle under clou

Area near Lunghezza, countryside of Rome

Pencil sketch of a nude putto within a circle, lifting a conch shell to its lips on grey paper.

Putto between vines, blowing a conch shell

Moritz von Schwind

Pen drawing of Moses striking a rock as water gushes out while people kneel and gather it in jugs beneath a figure in clouds.

The Children of Israel are fed and watered in the desert

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1827

Pencil landscape drawing of ruined arches and a broken masonry structure on a wide plain under cloudy skies, with hills on th

View of the Alban Hills

Graphite and white chalk sketch on tan paper of a running nude putto seen from behind, with arching vine lines.

Putto between vines, running

Moritz von Schwind

Pen drawing of the Beheading of John the Baptist: an executioner beside a body in a prison, a woman holding a platter.

Beheading of John the Baptist

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1857

Pen drawing of brick Roman ruins and an arch beside a dirt road, with a rider on horseback and trees under a cloudy sky.

Dolabella's arch

Ludwig Metz, 1861

Pencil sketch of a sleeping winged putto curled within a circular decorative frame on grey paper.

Putto between vines, sleeping

Moritz von Schwind

Pen drawing of a boy dancing before seated figures, a lute player, a hookah and dogs under trees, 1833.

Boy dancing before an assembly of Orientals

Johann Michael Wittmer, 1833

Pen drawing of a wooded landscape with an overhanging tree, rocky path, distant hills and a small building on the right.

Andechs on the Ammersee

Grey chalk drawing of a dying saint reclining as angels and cherubs gather around him in the clouds.

Dying Saint Francis surrounded by angels

François Perrier

Pencil drawing of a camel caravan passing a city gate, with turbaned figures, a horse at a fountain, and a dog.

Caravan at the bridge gate

Johann Michael Wittmer, 1833

Pen drawing of a valley landscape with a large tree, shrubs, a grazing animal, and rolling hills under cloudy sky.

In the Würm valley near Munich

Black chalk drawing of bearded winged Chronos cutting the wings of a nude Amor lying across his lap.

Chronos cuts off Amor's wings

François Perrier, 1630

Brown wash drawing of a river with a sailing boat, a round stone tower, ruined arches and a distant windmill.

Flat coastal landscape with an old tower and windmill

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1769