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Pencil sketch of a seated figure seen from behind, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with a sketchbook on the knees.

Sitzende Rückenfigur eines Zeichners mit dem Skizzenbuch auf den Knien

Wilhelm von Kobell

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle with mounted soldiers firing muskets, fallen horses and men in the foreground.

Cavalery battle

Charles Cozette

Brown wash drawing of a robed figure with putti beside columns, and a family group gathered under a cloudy sky.

Gott erscheint vor Abraham (oder Jakob?) und seiner Familie

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Chalk drawing of a turbaned man holding a glass and a woman in a headdress pouring wine from a jug.

Zwei Trinkende in Halbfigur

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Grey wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above three saints, one a bishop with a crozier, with a putto below.

Die Madonna erscheint drei heiligen Männern

Giovanni Lanfranco

Red and black chalk drawing of a bearded saint with halo, writing in an open book beside a bishop's crozier.

Der Heilige Gregor Taumaturgos

Giuseppe Cesari, 1610

Grey-green draped silk cloth with a hood over a seated figure, painted as a study on a grey ground.

Studie zum Madonnenbilde in St. Leonhard in Frankfurt am Main

Eduard von Steinle

Graphite and white chalk drawing of draped fabric with folds falling over a shoulder, with a faint standing figure outline be

Garbed figure

Eduard von Steinle

Brown and white chalk drapery study of a veiled figure with faint pencil outline of a head, on tan paper.

Maria aus der Verkündigung

Eduard von Steinle

Drawing of a striding figure seen from behind, wrapped in grey-mauve drapery with white highlights on a tan paper ground.

Rückenansicht einer ausschreitenden Gewandfigur

Eduard von Steinle

Pencil drawing of two draped figures in long monastic robes, one hooded, studied on a warm grey sheet.

Gewandfiguren zweier Mönche

Eduard von Steinle

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated woman in a blue dress and yellow shawl, with a red necklace, against a grey wash backg

Sitting woman

Johann Georg von Dillis

Watercolor drawing of a seated woman in a blue dress and yellow shawl, with a red necklace, against a grey wash background.

Standing woman

Johann Georg von Dillis

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 brown ink sketch of a bearded warrior in a plumed helmet, shown bare-chested in half figure on tan paper.

Warrior in half figure

Jacob de Gheyn II

Zwei Skizzen des Kopfes eines alten Mannes

Jacob de Gheyn II

Brown wash drawing of two cave grottoes with small figures and ancient sarcophagi under dim light.

Nächtliche Szene in zwei Grotten mit antiken Sarkophagen

Grey wash study of a ceiling fresco with angels, a rider in clouds, and kneeling figures in an architectural frame.

Founding of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit: Study for the main fresco on the ceiling in the nave of the hospital chu…

Cosmas Damian Asam, 1727

Grey wash drawing of a bishop in a mitre preaching from a rococo pulpit to a crowd of listening faces below.

Der Heilige Basilius predigt von einer links vorne stehenden Kanzel zu einer Volksmenge

Gottfried Bernhard Göz

Pen and wash drawing of Saints Peter and Agnes with Christ and God the Father above, angels and a lamb in clouds.

Der Apostel Petrus und die Heilige Agnes vor Christus und Gottvater

Franz Martin Kuen

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plumed warrior turning toward a kneeling woman and child before a tent and soldiers.

Coriolanus's wrath

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1753

Brown wash drawing of an Italian landscape with waterfalls, two shepherds resting with sheep, and a distant hilltop ruin.

Italienische Landschaft, im Vordergrund zwei Hirten und ihre Herde

Friedrich Nerly

Pen and wash drawing of a startled woman in a long dress in a room with an open window and a cat, within a rococo frame.

Kleines stehendes Mädchen am Tisch

Hubert François Gravelot

Pen and wash drawing of a seated girl at a table in a room, framed by a rococo ornament with a small dog nearby.

Kleines sitzendes Mädchen am Tisch

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil sketch of two women in long skirts and bonnets, one raising laundry and the other reaching toward a line above.

Two washerwomen

Watercolor landscape with tall rock formations, a small waterfall, and two men resting by a stream under a cloudy sky.

Bergige Landschaft mit einem hohen Felsen, im Mittelgrund zwei Männer bei einem Waldbach rastend

Karl Franz Kraul

Watercolor landscape with a waterfall over a rocky cliff, a couple and dog on a path, and a distant town under blue sky.

Vorgebirgslandschaft, links ein Ausblick auf ein Städtchen

Karl Franz Kraul

Watercolor of a farm road with a tree on a cellar ruin, a stone farmhouse, a barn, and a woman and child walking.

Bauernhof, in der Mitte ein Baum auf einer Kellerruine

Karl Franz Kraul

Watercolor of a wooded valley with a stream, two stone farmhouses on the right, and two figures on a path.

Waldtal mit einem Bach, rechts zwei Bauernhäuser

Karl Franz Kraul

Pencil drawing of a seated young man in draped cloak holding a drawing board, looking at the viewer.

Selbstbildnis als Ganzfigur mit Zeichenbrett

Victor Emil Janssen, 1843

Pencil caricature of men carrying a framed painting past a crowd of onlookers, with handwritten German captions.

Karikatur aus Anlaß des Ankaufs von Lessings "Hus vor dem Konzil in Konstanz" durch das Städelsche Kunstinstitut

Adolf Schrödter

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a turban and cross-hatched robe, signed MK and dated 1561.

Bildnis eines bärtigen Türken

Michel Kirmer, 1561

Grisaille drawing of a battle with cavalry, musketeers, rearing horses, fallen soldiers and banners on blue-grey paper.

Schlachtenszene: Kampf zwischen Reitern und Fußvolk

Pencil drawing of a meadow with large trees, fleeing deer and a hare in the foreground, and a hunter at left.

Baumbestandene Wiesenlandschaft, über die Jäger fliehende Rehe verfolgen

Ferdinand Olivier, 1840

Pen and grey wash drawing of two embracing figures with putti and classical ruins in a landscape setting.

The Entombment of Christ

Johannes Zick, 1759

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a reclining figure in an arched classical interior, some raising their arms.

The death of Germanicus

Nicolas Poussin

Grey wash drawing of a chamber music gathering with a harpsichord, flute player, singing couple and listeners in an interior.

Kammermusik, neben einer Spinettspielerin steht ein Flötist, links ein singendes Paar und eine Zuhörergruppe

Johann Eleazar Zeissig

Grey wash drawing of a river flowing past rocks and trees, with hills and clouds in the background.

River landscape

Bildnis Carl Philip Fohr

Franz Horny, 1817

Pen and ink drawing of several horned goats grazing and resting beneath pine branches beside a stream and rocks.

Grazing goats

Graphite study sheet with white highlights showing two male figures, one raising an arm and one lifting a hat.

Studienblatt: heimkehrender Schnitter

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing man in a long coat, embroidered waistcoat and fur hat, facing left.

Hessischer Bauer, nach links stehend

Grey paper with pencil studies: a foreshortened child at upper right and a kneeling woman seen from behind below.

Studienblatt: Kinderfigur, daneben Skizze einer Personengruppe

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a young woman with bobbed hair holding a curved sickle, on gray paper.

Eine Schnitterin mit Sense

Pencil sketch of a young man seated in an armchair with an open book on his lap, in an interior setting.

Junger Mann mit Buch in einem Sessel sitzend

Studie eines männlichen Kopfes, daneben ein Segelschiff

Pencil and watercolor study of a young blond boy in a blue jacket and red scarf, with one arm extended.

Studie zu kleinen Jungen

Pencil study of a young boy with tousled hair above a hand reaching into a grapevine with grapes and leaves.

Studie zu einem kleinem Jungen, darunter eine Hand, die in eine Weinrebe greift

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

Kinderstudien, fünf Kinderköpfe

Woman's head

Watercolor landscape of a rocky stream, forest and hazy mountain peaks with a cluster of buildings in the valley.

Gebirgslandschaft, Bach bei Berchtesgarden

Johann Balthasar Bauer

Pencil study on tan paper of a seated woman seen from behind, with drapery studies at the edges.

Italienerin, am Boden sitzend

Friedrich Wasmann, 1832

Ornate title page with scrolling frame, allegorical figures in corners, and the German title Die Temperamente in vier Lebensb

Die Temperamente in vier Lebensbildern: Titelblatt

Eduard Ille, 1862

Drawing of a furious bearded man overturning a tea table in a richly furnished room, with women, a servant boy and dogs nearb

The choleric

Eduard Ille, 1862

Pencil drawing of a cluttered attic with a violinist, women at a washtub, a child, a dog and scattered books.

The sanguine person

Eduard Ille, 1862

Pen and wash drawing of a melancholic man seated under a tree, turned away from a group with a scythe and a child.

The melancholic

Eduard Ille, 1862

Pen and wash drawing of a calm old man gathering belongings as firefighters with helmets and a rope enter through smoke.

The phlegmatic

Eduard Ille, 1862

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rocky landscape with trees, a river and a sunburst breaking through clouds.

Felslandschaft mit Bäumen

Pencil study of a young woman in a voluminous dress with a pink flower in her hair, facing the viewer, over a grid.

Junge Dame in Halbfigur, Gesicht en face

Grey wash drawing of a saint with a halo before an altar, surrounded by kneeling figures, angels and a chained man in a churc

Rückführung des Herzogs Wilhelm von Aquitanien in die Kirche

Cosmas Damian Asam, 1731

Grey wash drawing of a beheading scene with an executioner, a kneeling figure, a spear-bearing guard and onlookers.

Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers

Januarius Zick, 1755

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with figures fishing, a boat, a large tree and a distant church tower.

Sketches of figures

Caspar Schneider

Pencil study sheet of a sleeping girl with crossed arms and several smaller studies of sleeping heads on tan paper.

Studienblatt mit einem über verschränkten Armen schlafendem Mädchen

Friedrich Wasmann, 1843