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Watercolor and pencil drawing of two small birds perched side by side on a horizontal branch against a pale background.

Zwei Vögel auf einer Stange

Pencil sketch of a cluster of seated children and women, some holding infants, drawn on pale yellowish paper.

Group of children

Pencil sketch of villagers gathered beneath church arcades and trees, with women in long skirts in the foreground.

Consecration of a peasant church

Pencil sketch of women in headscarves gathered beneath trees, with standing figures and a crowd in the background.

Versammlung unter einem alten Baum

Pen and ink study sheet by Jakob Becker showing sketches of children, a standing boy, and a woman carrying a bundle.

Study sheet: Children

Studienblatt: Jüngling und eine Frau mit Kleinkind

Pencil sketch of peasants dancing outdoors between wooden fences, with trees framing the scene and mountains in the distance.

Tanzende Bauern im Freien

Pencil and ink sketch of musicians with a double bass and violin beside barefoot peasant children, with faint studies of figu

Musikanten und Bauernkinder

Grey wash sketch of a washerwoman with a laundry basket and a child, with a wooden board in the lower left.

Washerwomen

Brown wash drawing of three figures resting by a stone pillar and pedestal under trees, one leaning on a staff.

Resting farmers

Pencil sketch of two boys with flagpoles, one holding a banner and the other reading a paper, on pale paper.

Two boys with flags

Pencil study sheet of two boys with a flag and a small sketch of a child playing violin.

Studienblatt: Zwei Jungen mit Fahne und ein Geige spielender Junge

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures with flags and vertical architectural lines on pale yellowed paper.

Versammlung von Fahnenträgern und vom Blatt Singender

Pencil sketch on grey paper of two boys, one standing behind the other who holds and reads an open book.

Two reading boys

Faint pencil sketch of a male nude torso and shoulder on grey paper, with brown stains and an inventory number.

Nude of a young man (fragment)

Two singing boys

Pencil sketch of a boy and a girl in rural dress standing close together on toned paper.

Farm boy and girl

Pencil sheet with several studies of kneeling women holding infants, including a rear view and a head study.

Studienblatt: Auf dem Boden kniende Frau mit Kleinkind in Rückansicht

Pencil sketch of a kneeling woman seen from behind, with draped robes and a small child beside her, on cream paper.

Auf dem Boden kniende Frau mit Kleinkind in Rückansicht

Pencil study sheet showing a kneeling woman seen from behind and a small girl with raised arms in bonnets and full skirts.

Studienblatt: Rückansicht einer auf dem Boden knienden Frau im verlorenen Profil und eines kleinen Mädchens mit erhob…

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with one arm resting on her hip, drawn in loose strokes on pale paper.

Weibliche Figur mit in die Hüfte gestemmtem Arm

Pencil sketch of a standing child with outstretched arm beside a young woman in a headscarf gazing upward.

Studienblatt: Kind und junge Frau

Pencil sketch of a seated woman leaning beside a standing girl with arms raised high.

Auf dem Boden sitzende Frau mit einem neben ihr stehenden kleinen Mädchen mit erhobenen Armen

Pencil study of a seated woman in a shawl beside a sketch of an ornately carved wooden chair.

Studienblatt: Bäuerin mit Kind; Kunstvoll geschnitzter Stuhl

Pencil sketch of a sleeping child resting on a woman's lap, legs dangling, with loose sketched drapery around them.

Auf dem Schoß einer Frau schlafendes Kind

Pencil sketch of a mother holding a child close, with faint guide lines and an oval base outline on beige paper.

Mother with child

Pencil study sheet showing a striding male figure beside a kneeling figure with shaded drapery, with brown stains.

Studienblatt: Männliche Figur im Ausfallschritt nach rechts; kniende weibliche Figur

Pencil sketch of a town skyline with a church tower behind trees, with a wide flat landscape and pale sky.

Bad Homburg

Jakob Becker, 1841

Pencil sketch of a mountain landscape with a ruined castle tower on a hilltop and shrubs in the foreground.

Berglandschaft mit einer Burg

Jakob Becker, 1836

Watercolor landscape of a wooded mountain path with a thatched hut, a walking man with a pole, and a valley view.

Waldige Berglandschaft mit Ausblick in ein Tal

Karl Franz Kraul

Pencil drawing of three girls in bonnets and long skirts standing close together, mostly seen from behind, on grey paper.

Group of three girls

Pen and grey wash drawing of three seated diners under a large tree, a servant with a dish, and a distant landscape.

Abraham bewirtet die drei Engel unter einem Baum vor seinem Haus

Matthäus Merian, 1625

Graphite study sheet with a raised hand, seated figures, and a woman before an arched shrine among trees.

Studienblatt: Figurengruppe, Betende vor einem Bildstock, die Linke der Weinleserin (?)

Pencil sketch of two figures in an interior beside a window, with a smaller study of a seated figure above.

Conversation at the window

Pencil sketch of a laurel-crowned man playing a lute, surrounded by a group of onlookers, with faint studies on the right.

Gruppe um einen lautespielenden, laubbekränzten Mann

Pencil sketch of two artists drawing outdoors, one in a tall hat bent over a sketchbook, the other seated beside an easel.

Zeichnende Künstler im Freien

Pencil sketch of a standing woman by a tree, a seated woman in the foreground, a group of figures and a distant landscape.

Group in front of a house

Pencil sketch of a young man in a straw hat, waistcoat and bow tie, turned to the side, on yellowed paper.

Studie eines Bauernburschen

Pencil and chalk sketch of a woman seen from behind wearing a knotted headscarf, on grey paper.

Rückansicht einer Frau mit Kopftuch

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf standing among several children on pale paper.

Heimkehrende Frau mit Kindern

Pencil sketch of a young boy in a loose shirt with one hand raised to his face, on cream paper.

Farm boy

Back of a cream paper sheet with small pencil sketches of an ornamental scroll and figure in the lower left corner.

Furniture fillings (?)

Pencil and wash study of a cradle with an infant and a young woman seated in a chair, knitting.

Studienblatt: Säugling in einer Wiege, junge Frau, strickend

Pencil sketch of two seated women, one holding an infant, with drapery studies, on pale paper.

Studienblatt: Mutter mit Kind

Pencil sketch of two girls in long dresses, one reading sheet music and one looking upward as if singing.

Zwei vom Notenblatt singende Mädchen

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a male torso and raised hand, cropped at the top, with loose construction lines.

Männliches Brustbild (Fragment)

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur cap and embroidered jacket, holding a tall staff, hand on hip.

Farmer with a fur cap

Graphite sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat playing a violin, with studies of a bow and an ornate scroll.

Violinist

Pencil sketch of a peasant couple seated on a bench under vines, with a dog at left and a cottage behind.

Vignette: Peasant couple

Pen and grey wash drawing of peasant figures saying farewell on an open ground under clouds, with children and a man in a hat

Goodbye from farmers

Pencil sketch of two women in an interior speaking with a figure at a window, with faint perspective and grid lines.

Conversation through the window

Grey wash drawing of a family in distress before a burning building, with smoke and armed figures behind them.

Familie vor brennendem Haus

Kleiner Junge mit hohem Papierhut

Pencil drawing of six children in overlapping left-facing profiles, one girl with a long braid at right.

Six siblings

Farm girl in profile

Chalk study on tan paper of a seated peasant girl in a headscarf above a reclining, sleeping peasant boy.

Studienblatt: Auf de Erde sitzendes Bauernmädchen; schlafender Bauernjunge

Pencil study of a seated woman in a headscarf and long skirt, with a smaller figure sketch and faint landscape above.

Studienblatt: Sitzende Frauen

Pencil sketch of children in a group pulling a wooden cart across open ground with hills in the distance.

Kinder, einen Wagen ziehend

Pencil sketch of a standing young woman in a headscarf and loose robe, one hand on hip, over faint grid lines.

Standing girl

Pencil sketch of a peasant girl seated on a well rim with a jug and leafy branches overhead.

Peasant girl at a well

Pencil sketch of a young peasant woman in a headscarf with one arm raised, with branches drawn at the right edge.

Bauernmädchen mit Korb auf dem Kopf

Pencil sketch of a seated young girl with lowered eyes and loose layered clothing, on pale grey paper.

Sitting farmgirl

Pencil sketch of a farmer couple on a road, the man in a top hat with a walking stick, over red chalk guidelines and grid.

Farmer couple on the road

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a headscarf glancing over her shoulder, with faint landscape lines behind her.

Farm girl

Pen drawing of a woman holding a bundled child, a seated woman with a toddler, and a head study in the upper right.

Family scene

Pencil sketch of a group of peasant men, women and children outdoors, one man in a wide hat pointing to the right.

Gruppe von Bauern im Freien

Pencil sketch of figures in an interior, two central people embracing near a doorway with seated onlookers, and a reclining f

Group in a room

Studienblatt: Drei Jungenköpfe

Watercolor drawing of a banded snake, a green lizard, and a pipefish arranged vertically on a pale background.

South American smallhead worm lizard, iguana or East Indian tree lizard and pipefish

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1701

Pencil sketch of a kneeling man embracing a small child who rests head on his shoulder, on grey paper.

Man with child

Pencil study sheet showing a seated man with a walking stick above and three men in caps seated on a bench below.

Studienblatt: Sitzende Männer

Geharnischter Ritter (König Artus)

Hand-coloured drawing of a lappet moth's metamorphosis: orange adult moth, grey cocoon, pupa, and two bristly caterpillars.

Metamorphosis of the Lappet

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Botanical drawing of a plantain plant with a green caterpillar, a brown chrysalis on a leaf, and a brown moth.

Plantain with Metamorphosis of the Brigh-Line Brown-Eye

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Botanical drawing of a willow branch with red and black beetles, striped larvae, egg clusters and chewed leaves.

Willow leaves with poplar leaf beetle, eggs and larvae

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Pencil sketch of a peasant dance with couples and onlookers gathered under trees and simple village buildings.

Peasant dance

Pen and wash drawing of villagers gathered at a stone well beneath large trees, with women drawing water and children nearby.

Farmers at the well

Pencil sketch of two women and a man in a rural courtyard beside a house wall, a tree, and a wooden chair.

Bäuerliche Szene vor dem Haus

Pencil sketch of peasants returning from fieldwork with scythes, women and children, with red chalk head study above.

Bauern auf der Rückkehr von der Feldarbeit, die untere Hälfte eines Frauenkopfes

Pencil sketch of children and a woman around a well, with a girl in a bonnet and a boy raising his hat.

Children at a well

Pencil sketch of a young couple seated close together on a bench beside a well with a jug, surrounded by loose foliage.

Bauernbursche und -mädchen am Brunnen

Pencil sketch of a woman with hand on chin and a man in a plumed hat, framed by flowers and a faint landscape.

Swain and wench

Pencil sketch of a seated woman and standing boy beside a well with a pulley, with a village and church in the background.

Row at the well

Pencil sketch on tinted paper of a young woman surrounded by children, a sheep, and a cart, with a squared grid.

Junge Frau, umringt von Kindern

Pencil sketch of a group of figures walking, including a hatted man pointing, women in headscarves, and a child, over faint g

Return from the field

Pencil sketch of an elderly man in a buttoned coat leaning on a walking stick, with a weathered face and tousled hair.

Old farmer

Pencil sketch of villagers in procession under large trees, a banner-bearer at front, grid lines across the sheet.

Feierliche Heimkehr vom Feld

Pencil sketch of a soldier with his arm in a sling talking to a gravedigger with a shovel among trees and shrubs.

Ein Soldat mit dem Arm in einer Schlinge auf dem Friedhof im Gespräch mit einem Totengräber

Pencil sketch of a group seated beneath a tree on a rocky ledge, with a distant landscape and figure at left.

Group unterneath a tree

Pencil and ink drawing of a schoolteacher with raised arm leading singing children outdoors among trees.

Singende Kinder mit Schullehrer im Freien

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse parlour with two women standing and an elderly man reading at a table.

Farmhouse parlour

Pencil sketch of a peasant girl in a bonnet reaching forward, with faint grid construction lines over the figure.

Tauben fütterndes oder säendes Bauernmädchen

Pencil drawing of an older woman in a headscarf with an arm around a young girl carrying a basket on her back.

Farmer's wife and farm girl

Pencil sketch of a farm woman sweeping, a toddler, a dog and hens in a rustic interior.

Bauersfrau, Kind, Hund und Hühner

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures, women and children, walking across an open landscape with hills behind them.

Procession (fragment)

Pencil sketch of a startled group of figures, a man raising his arm beside a woman holding a child.

Entsetzte Gruppe (Fragment)