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Pencil drawing of a tall round stone tower with battlements and a wall extending left, on tan paper.

Ochsenturm zu Oberwesel

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1845

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church tower with a tall spire and arched windows on a cream sheet of paper.

Tower in Oberursel

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1845

Worn sketchbook cover with brown leather spine and faded marbled paper boards in brown, green and cream.

Skizzenbuch

Carl Morgenstern, 1831

Grey wash drawing of horses led on lines in a riding hall, with spectators watching from a gallery above.

Reitschule, drei Pferde werden am Seil geführt, in einer erhöhten Loge Zuschauer

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1751

Graphite drawing on blue-grey paper of four hounds cornering a wild boar in tall grass, with a hunter at left.

Eber, von vier Hunden gestellt

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1744

Brown wash drawing of a bear attacked by a pack of hounds in a rocky ravine, with trees and cliffs around.

Ein Bär in einer Schlucht von einem Rudel Hunde gestellt

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Graphite sketch of a standing nude male runner leaning on a staff, with a partial second figure at right.

The "runner"

Hans von Marées, 1883

Pencil sketch of a standing nude male figure holding a cup and drapery, drawn on tan paper.

Bacchus

Hans von Marées, 1883

Charcoal drawing of a seated girl in a wide-brimmed hat and white dress, legs crossed, against a shaded background.

Sitzendes Mädchen mit Hut

Fritz von Uhde, 1905

Charcoal drawing of a seated boy with bare legs, wearing a loose blouse with a wide collar and short trousers.

Sitzender Junge mit nackten Beinen

Fritz von Uhde, 1905

Grey wash drawing of a seated nude Venus beside a standing winged Cupid holding a bowl, on toned paper.

Sitzende Venus und stehender Amor mit Schale

Hans von Aachen

Brown wash drawing of draped women and a cherub with garland and medallion beside a classical niche, with a floral swag below

Entwurf zu einem Titelkupfer

Adam Friedrich Oeser, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman holding an infant, with a bearded older man leaning over them.

Holy Family

Pencil sketch of two seated women embracing beside a dog, with a banquet scene in an arch above.

Allegorie der Freundschaft

Franz Pforr, 1808

Pencil sketch of a crucifixion with Christ flanked by kneeling and standing figures, with inscriptions and ENDE below.

Schlußblatt zum "Götz von Berlichingen"

Red chalk drawing of two nude infants, one standing with hands on hips and one seated, reaching toward the other.

Two cherubs

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate baroque altar with columns, arches, statues, urns and a tall decorative top tier.

Design for an altar

Alessandro Galli da Bibbiena

Pencil drawing of a tall windswept spruce tree with a small standing man at its base.

Große Fichte, unter der ein Mann steht

Philipp Röth, 1862

Der Kupferstecher Johannes Kaspar Eissenhardt

Wilhelm Steinhausen

Pencil sketch of a young woman with lowered head, arms folded, wearing a fringed shawl at her waist.

Junges Mädchen mit gesenktem Kopf

Pen drawing of a standard bearer and two landsknecht soldiers with plumed caps and halberds beside a large tree.

Fahnenträger und zwei Landsknechte

Erhard Altdorfer, 1506

Red chalk drawing of a nude man bound to a tree as archers and mounted soldiers look on, after Hans Ulrich Franck.

Marter des Heiligen Sebastian

Hans Ulrich Franck

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a young woman in a long pleated dress, arms folded, against a dark background.

Katharina Elise Heislitz, erste Frau von Anton Burger

Angilbert Göbel, 1855

Brown-toned chalk drawing of a young woman resting her head on her hand while reading an open book at a table.

Thekla Eissenhardt, die Schwester Angilbert Göbels und Frau des Kupferstechers Johannes Kaspar Eissenhardt, am Tische…

Johannes Eissenhardt, 1853

Pencil and wash design with an enthroned female figure in clouds, women and a child in the middle, and merfolk in the sea bel

Entwurf für eine Märchenillustration

Moritz von Schwind

Drawing of a wounded stag fleeing through a river as hounds attack, with a wounded dog in the water and rocky cliffs behind.

Verwundeter Hirsch, von zwei Hunden durchs Wasser gehetzt, ein dritter Hund liegt verwundet im Wasser

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1741

Pen drawing of an armored knight on guard beside a seated fiddler and a dog in a Gothic hall with carved columns.

Hagen und Volker halten Schildwache

Ferdinand Fellner, 1820

Pen drawing of a kneeling bearded man looking up at a winged angel above, with two sleeping figures beside a tree.

Agony in the Garden

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long gown with attendants, two men at right, columns and arches behind, steps below.

Dame mit Gefolge schreitet eine Treppe herab, rechts zwei Männer (Gretchen?)

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil design sketch for a title page with lettered banner, two seated female figures, a putto, and gothic arch framing.

Entwurf für ein Titelblatt

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil sketch of figures gathered around a table above a circular object and an architectural fragment, on aged paper.

Personen um einen Tisch versammelt

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of a standing youth with a sword on a plinth above a scrolled gothic capital, sheet damaged at top.

Stehender Jüngling auf gotischem Kapitell

Martin Schongauer, 1480

Pen drawing of a standing man in a long cloak and pointed shoes, with a handwritten inscription below.

Wolfgang Christoph Truchseß von Waldburg

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of an armored knight with curly hair holding a banner pole, with handwritten inscription below.

Georg von Waldburg

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of a bearded armored knight holding a long pole weapon, with a handwritten inscription below the figure.

Joachim Heinrich Truchseß von Waldburg

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of a bearded armored man holding a tall staff with a pennant, with an inscription below the figure.

Hans Truchseß, Landvogt von Schwaben

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of a bearded armored man holding a lance with a pennant, with handwritten caption below.

Ulrich Truchseß zu Waldburg

Philipp Winterwerb

Friedrich Truchseß

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen drawing of a standing bishop with mitre, crozier and open book, labelled with an inscription at the bottom.

Kardinal Otto, Bischof von Augsburg

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil sketch of kneeling figures and a standing man in a dungeon interior, with a second study of figures below and handwrit

Gretchen in the dungeon

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil study on aged paper with a faint kneeling figure and dense grey shading in the lower half.

Ritter vor einer Dame kniend

Philipp Winterwerb

Pencil sketch on aged paper: loose drapery studies above and a kneeling figure in an interior below.

Ritter vor einer Dame kniend; Mädchen mit Kerze

Philipp Winterwerb

Pen and grey wash drawing of a forest with two bare trees and a resting couple on a path beside a rock.

Waldpartie mit zwei kahlen Bäumen, im Vordergrund am Wege ruhendes Paar

Johann Heinrich Roos

Charcoal and crayon sketch of two mounted soldiers in blue jackets with three horses, drawn in loose angular strokes.

Zwei reitende Artilleristen mit drei Pferden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1915

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a man with short hair and a dark tie, drawn on grey paper, mounted with tape.

Porträtkopf Gräfin von Wartensleben

Ottilie Roederstein, 1937

Expressive colored crayon portrait of a woman with swirling hair and angular black background strokes.

Portrait of Martha Hoerler

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1926

Loose ink sketch of bathing figures, including a reclining nude and standing women, on pale paper.

Badende am Strand einer Bucht auf Fehmarn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913

Loose ink sketch of two nude women dancing, one arm raised high, drawn in quick angular lines on cream paper.

Zwei tanzende nackte Frauen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

Coloured pencil portrait of a young man with red hair, blue tie and yellow flowers at the left, on squared paper.

Red-haired young man

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1934

Two women talking

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1935

Pencil sketch of sailing boats near a waterfront town, with a lower sketch of a man seated in a small boat.

Studienblatt: Fischerboote bei Chioggia

Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern, 1890

Pencil portrait of a man in spectacles and cravat, shaded against an oval vignette on cream paper, dated 1848.

Porträt eines Unbekannten

Philipp Winterwerb, 1848

Charcoal sketch of a seated female nude with angular outlines and diagonal hatched shading on tan paper.

Woman in the tub

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Wash drawing of an ascending central figure in swirling clouds, surrounded by ring of figures and trumpet-blowing angels.

Himmelfahrt Christi, der auffahrende Christus als Aktfigur in starker Untersicht

Hermann tom Ring, 1580

Pen and brown ink drawing of a vaulted interior with timber roof trusses, stone arches, pillars and a staircase.

Architectural studies

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Pencil study sheet with sketched figures of two top-hatted men, a uniformed soldier, and a cart with a wheel on tan paper.

Studienblatt: Figuren zur "Donaubrücke"

Moritz von Schwind

Pencil sketch of two men handling long poles, one in a wide-brimmed hat in the foreground, one behind him.

Studienblatt: Zwei Fischer

Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern, 1890

Pencil line drawing of a dancer with curly hair, raised arm and long legs, on a pale sheet.

A Dancer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

Line drawing of a woman with dark bangs and bobbed hair, angular features and a necklace, in expressive hatched strokes.

Portrait of Erna

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1915

Stierkopf im Profil nach links

Johann Heinrich Roos

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude figure seen from behind, arms bent back, with pencil outlines on cream paper.

Weiblicher Akt, kniend, von hinten, die Arme hinter den Rücken gelegt

Watercolor of peasant figures gathering water at a spring on a grassy hill, with buckets and a clay jug.

Russische Bauern beim Wasserholen an der Quelle

Wilhelm Amandus Beer, 1898

Pencil sketch of a balding man with a drooping mustache and a stern sidelong glance, signed in blue at lower left.

Der Philosoph Keyserling

Rudolf Großmann

Pencil and crayon sketch of a nude woman with bobbed hair dancing, one arm raised, framed by a dark outline.

Nacktes tanzendes Mädchen

Expressive colored drawing of a seated woman in blue with a young girl at a table near a window with flowers.

Swiss girl

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1930

Lesender und junges Mädchen ("Störung")

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Expressive dark drawing of a hunched standing man with clasped hands against a pale pink background.

Standing man

Christian Rohlfs

Green-toned ink and wash drawing of three standing men in robes, one bearded, leaning toward each other.

Three standing men

Christian Rohlfs, 1918

Pen drawing of Dante and Virgil observing Paolo and Francesca amid swirling souls, with Minos presiding above.

Dante und Vergil erblicken Paolo und Francesca, oben der Höllenrichter Minos

Joseph Anton Koch, 1805

Pen drawing of a nude boy seated on a stone ledge, head turned aside, one leg extended, dated 1821.

Nude of a sitting boy

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1821

Pencil drawing of a young woman in a high-waisted dress extending her arm, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Junges Mädchen, das seine Rechte in die Linke eines skizzenhaft angedeuteten Jünglings legt

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a top hat with flowers, round spectacles and a long coat, on a stone pavement.

Karikatur des Dichters Waiblinger, Ganzfigur

Bonaventura Genelli

Pencil caricature of a pipe-smoking man in a fur cap and long coat, leaning on a walking stick, with German verse beside him.

Karikatur des Malers Joseph Anton Koch

Bonaventura Genelli

Brustbildnis des Dichters Friedrich Rückert

Friedrich von Olivier, 1819

Loose brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude woman with dark hair, bent forward, framed by a black brushed border.

Kneeling nude to the left

Christian Rohlfs

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a cap seated on a chair with crossed legs, sketched loosely.

Ein Mann mit übereinandergeschlagenen Beinen auf einem Stuhl sitzend

Johann Heinrich Roos

Grey wash drawing of a reclining woman and a seated woman beside a sack, with faint head sketches above.

Eine aufgestützt liegende sowie eine bei einem Sack sitzende Frau

Johann Heinrich Roos

Red chalk drawing of a man in a cap with long hair, shown half-length in three-quarter view turned left.

Brustbild eines Mannes mit Mütze und langem Haar im Dreiviertelprofil nach links

Johann Melchior Roos, 1683

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo altar with angels, a radiant glory and a saint in a central niche.

Sketch of an altar

Johann Baptist Zimmermann

Faint pencil sketch of a cow on torn pale paper, with loose outlines of body and legs.

Study sheet: cow

Johann Nepomuk Rauch, 1840

Pencil sketch of a palm tree with a textured trunk and feathery fronds on gray paper, dated 1841.

Palm tree in Salerno

Johann Nepomuk Rauch, 1841

Loose brown monochrome sketch of a man's head and shoulders on a speckled pale ground, by Christian Rohlfs.

Man's head

Christian Rohlfs

Brown wash drawing of a bearded seated man with scrolls, an inscribed altar and robed figures around it.

Titelblatt, oben das Motiv der arkadischen Hirten Poussins, unten rechts Mose

Pencil drawing of kneeling and standing figures in prayer, including a child with clasped hands and a bearded man.

Kommt nun, ihr vom Hause Jakob, lasst uns wandeln im Licht des Herrn

Woman's head

Christian Rohlfs

Grayscale drawing of a seated writer at a candlelit desk, surrounded by framed vignettes of dramatic scenes.

Schiller am Schreibtisch

Grey wash drawing of a seated writer at a desk by candlelight, framed by ten vignettes of dramatic scenes.

The Bride of Messina

Charcoal portrait of an elderly woman in a lace cap and dark dress, looking directly at the viewer.

Bildnis der Mutter des Künstlers

Louis Eysen, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a standing warrioress with a plumed helmet, draped robe and oval shield.

Standing warrioress

Red chalk drawing of a standing goat seen from behind and a reclining goat above it on a speckled paper.

Eine stehende und eine liegende Ziege

Johann Melchior Roos

Expressive ink sketch of a woman's face wearing a hat, with loose hatched lines and small marks above the head.

Portrait of Erna Wearing a Hat

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Französischer Offizier im Profil nach links

Johann Nepomuk Rauch

Grey wash drawing of Eltz castle in winter, with towers on a rocky hill, bare trees and snow in the foreground.

Eltz castle in the winter

Bernhard Mannfeld, 1901

Loose ink sketch of an elderly woman standing beside a seated child at a table with a teapot.

Alte Frau mit Jungen am Kaffeetisch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Watercolor of nude Adam and Eve under an apple tree with a serpent, a reclining tiger, and a lake behind them.

Adam and Eve

Hans Thoma, 1882

Halbfigur eines Knaben im Profil nach links