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Sepia drawing of a frieze of twelve playful winged putti wrestling and climbing among clouds beneath a tree.

Twelve playing putti

Louis-Félix Delarue

Pencil portrait drawing of a young woman with upswept hair and earrings, head and shoulders in an oval frame.

Portrait of Virginia de Vezzo da Velletri

Claude Mellan, 1626

Pencil study of geometric floor mosaic with diamond motifs and chevron borders on cream paper.

Details of the mosaic floor in the castle chapel in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man speaking with a seated young woman in front of two large urns.

A dwarf and a young woman in conversation

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Pencil and chalk portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace, set in an oval mount on grey-blue paper.

Portrait of a Lady

Claude Mellan, 1636

Pencil sketch of a small gothic chapel with a steep roof and bell turret, framed by shrubs and nearby buildings.

The Siechenkapelle in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Pen and brown ink sketch of a gaunt bent man standing on two crutches, drawn in loose hatched lines on tan paper.

Beggars with two crutches

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a turban and long robe standing outdoors and reading an open book.

Reading Turk

Louis-Félix Delarue

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff covered with trees, with a small figure on a path at right and rock outcrops at left.

The Bodensteiner Lay near Villmar

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1864

Pen and brown ink sketch of a soldier with a plumed hat and staff driving two goats forward on tan paper.

Two soldiers drive two goats before them

Pen and ink drawing of four men carrying a body through trees, with a reclining river god at left and winged figures above.

Four men carry a dead man, a river god on the left

Raymond de Lafage

Pencil study of Gothic architectural tracery and moldings with heart-shaped and foliate ornament on cream paper.

Detail of the choir stalls of the Basilica of the Monastery Maulbronn

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1871

Red chalk drawing of a robed friar holding a cross aloft, standing on a pedestal, study for a statue.

Statue of a Saint Francis

Edmé Bouchardon

Pen and grey wash drawing of nymphs and fauns dancing around a pan herm, with a reclining nude in the foreground.

Bacchanal, nymphs and fauns dance around a pan herm

Raymond de Lafage

Pencil sketch of Gothic choir stall details with lattice panels, trefoil arcades and a carved finial, dated 1871.

Details of the choir stalls of the Basilica of the Monastery Maulbronn

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1871

Chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes wearing a light headscarf, shown in bust length on reddish paper.

Bust of a woman looking down with a headscarf

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded temple sacrifice scene with Corinthian columns, plus smaller studies of fallen and kneeling

A man dies during a sacrifice in the temple of Juno

Sébastien Leclerc

Pencil sketch of a tall tower with a half-timbered gallery, pointed roof and arched doorway.

The Rheintorturm in Konstanz

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1871

Pen and pencil sketch of a Roman street with an archway, a bell tower, and figures in the foreground.

Street in Rome with an archway and the bell tower of Santa Sabina

Heinrich Hübsch, 1818

Watercolor drawing of elegant figures in an outdoor setting, with women holding a parasol, seated men, a dog, and a girl by t

Outdoor society

Niclas Lafrensen

Pencil sketch of a small chapel with a domed turret beside trees, with church spires rising behind it.

The St. Michaelskapelle in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1874

Pen drawing of a church facade with a rose window, bell tower with spire, adjacent house, and hills in the distance.

The church S. Giuliana near Perugia

Heinrich Hübsch

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