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Städel Museum

264 works

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

Bacchus and Ariadne

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1742

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

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

Pen drawing of God in radiant light pointing to a kneeling Moses who shields his eyes, with sheep and a distant pyramid lands

Moses is called to lead Israel out of Egypt (The Burning Bush)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1844

Brown ink and wash sketch of a winged angel waking a sleeping man in prison, with studies of a reclining figure below.

Peter in prison, awakened by an angel

Rembrandt van Rijn

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman and a nude figure with a crescent headpiece, with two cupids on a cloud above.

Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, approaches Callisto

Johannes van Dreght, 1780

Pencil drawing of a wooded landscape with a seated figure and dogs resting by a path at the lower right.

Diana resting at the edge of a forest

Friedrich Preller the Elder

Ink and wash drawing of Saint Bartholomew's martyrdom below, with the Madonna and Child and two saints among clouds above.

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, above in clouds the Madonna with Child, on both sides the Saints John the Baptist and…

Grey wash drawing of nude women bathing in a stream under a rocky hillside with a tree, a hunter with bow at right.

Diana surprised by Actaeon

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Pencil sketch of a man in a long coat holding a book beside a tree with a cupid, birds and a shrub.

Man with glasses walking in sunshine, Cupid above him

Brown wash drawing of a leaning tree and a reclining figure in a wooded landscape under clouds.

Narcissus looks at himself in the spring

Nicolas Poussin

Brown wash drawing of angels playing lutes and other instruments among clouds within a curved arched frame.

Angels concert

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove in a radiant halo, God in clouds and onlookers by a

Baptism of Christ

Aertgen van Leyden

Pen and ink drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Elisabeth and children before architecture and a distant landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint Elisabeth and the boy John in a landscape

Nicolas Poussin

Ink and wash drawing of three figures in an arched spandrel, a central bearded man holding a key and two reclining figures ab

Saints Peter and John as spandrel figures

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash sketch of a saint ascending through clouds, surrounded by cherubs and angels.

Apotheosis of a saint

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1735

Brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal, with a figure descending from clouds at upper right.

Adoration of the golden calf

Nicolas Poussin

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, with a draped cloth over one arm on tinted paper.

Farnese Hercules

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of mourners surrounding a reclining body on a hillside, with a cross and standing figures in the backgroun

Lamentation of Christ

Matteo Rosselli

Brown wash drawing of a female figure and cupid leading a young man away from a sleeping centaur on rocky ground.

Eine weibliche Gestalt (Venus?) führt in Begleitung eines Amorknaben einen Jüngling von einem schlafenden Kentaur (Ch…

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings, with a seated Madonna and Child surrounded by kneeling and standing

Adoration of the kings

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown wash sketch of an enthroned Madonna and Child with three bearded saints and angels among clouds.

Thronende Madonna mit Kind mit drei Heiligen, unter ihnen Antonius Abbas

Filippo Abbiati

Oval drawing of a seated woman, a putto with a trumpet and another winged putto among clouds, in grey pencil on paper.

Die Muse der Musik mit zwei Genien, deren einer eine Trompete trägt

Brown wash drawing of stacked rococo cartouches showing the Assumption of Mary with clouds, angels and kneeling figures.

Assumption of Mary

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a rocky coast at low tide with figures on the sand and a steamship on the sea.

Küste bei Saint Leonards-on-Sea

Fritz Bamberger, 1849

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Adoration of the Shepherds, showing the infant Christ surrounded by kneeling

Adoration of the shepherds

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Brown ink and wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with an angel and cherubs above, figures below, and an arched top.

Martyrdom of Saint John

Gaspare Diziani

Red chalk study sheet with several sketches of the Madonna and Child in veiled poses, plus small figure studies.

Studienblatt: Madonna mit Kind

Otto Scholderer

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining bearded man beside an anvil, with smiths working at a forge in an arched workshop.

In Vulcan's smithy

Pen and brown wash drawing of a chaotic temple scene with figures, an ox head, a dog and overturned objects.

Jesus drives the merchants out of the temple

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash drawing of a spear-holding warrior beside a seated smith, a seated woman, and a child with an urn.

Mars in der Schmiede des Vulkan, vor Venus stehend, die Amors Pfeile in Honig taucht

Pencil drawing of a woman with fish and a triton lifting a conch shell to his lips.

Mädchen mit Triton und Fischen

Cornelis de Wael, 1620

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval: a woman holds a lamp over a sleeping reclining youth beside draped fabric.

Cupid and Psyche

Gaspare Diziani

Pen drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child with Saint Christopher, two angels, and two kneeling donors.

Thronende Madonna mit dem Heiligen Christophorus, zwei Engeln und zwei Stiftern

Hans Burgkmair, 1503

Drawing of a nude woman reaching out near a tree, with a reclining figure by water in a blue-toned wooded landscape.

Landschaft mit Apollo und Daphne

Willem van Mieris

Ink and wash drawing of a winged angel flying diagonally over clouds, with one arm extended and drapery billowing.

Angel on a cloud

Gaspare Diziani

Grey wash drawing with red chalk of a fountain with sea horses, putti and scrolled ornament, with Dutch handwriting below.

A neptune fountain

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Pencil drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child between Saint Luke painting and Saint Cecilia at an organ, in Gothic arches.

Madonna mit dem Evangelisten Lukas und der Heiligen Cäcilia

Gustav Heinrich Naecke

Ink and wash drawing of a banner design showing Saint Mark writing beside a winged lion, with an angel above and ornate frami

Mark the Evangelist

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with figures bathing by a stream beneath tall trees.

Landschaft mit Diana und Aktäon

Joseph Anton Koch, 1832

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a draped robe seated and writing, one bare foot raised on a block.

An eine Säule gelehnter schreibender Mann mit aufgestelltem rechten Fuß, wohl ein Evangelist

Gaspar de Crayer

Brown wash drawing of four figure groups including satyrs, goats, a bearded man with a book and a wine jug.

Four groups with satyr and silenus

Gaspare Diziani

Grey wash drawing on blue paper of women attending an infant in a columned interior with a draped curtain.

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (?)

Blue wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin and Christ Child surrounded by kneeling figures and ange

Adoration of the shepherds

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Pen and ink drawing on grey paper of three allegorical figures: armored Mars, crowned Venice with a lion, and bearded Neptune

Mars, Venezia and Neptune (trompe-l'œil sculpture)

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and grey wash drawing of Jupiter reclining beside Alcmene, surrounded by cherubs and classical architecture.

Jupiter in de gedaante van Amphitrion by Alcmene

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Christ child on clouds, with an armored archangel and a kneeling saint below.

Madonna in Wolken, verehrt vom Erzengel Michael und dem Heiligen Petrus

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights on blue paper showing three classical figures: Venus with a cupid, Mercury with win

Venus, Mercury and Minerva (trompe-l'œil sculpture)

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin: a woman in bed, attendants with dishes, and women bathing a newborn in a basin

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Battista da Vercelli

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated in draped robes, holding the infant Jesus on her shoulder.

Mary with baby Jesus

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Ink and wash drawing of Athena guiding a youth among clouds, with a reclining nude and winged figures below.

Athena shows a youth the path of virtue

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds above robed apostles gazing up beside a sarcophagus.

Assumption of Mary

Ercole Procaccini The Younger

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angels playing instruments, including a pipe organ, within an arched lunette with clouds

Angel making music

Federico Zuccari

Brown wash drawing of Saint Cecilia with a cellist, angels, putti and organ pipes beneath a glowing cloud in an arched frame.

Saint Cecilia, the head of a girl

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and grey wash drawing of shepherds kneeling before a wooden shelter beside a column, with a sheep and angels above.

Adoration of the shepherds

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1680

Grey wash drawing of three seated figures at a table in a forest, an old man standing beside them, a jug on the ground.

Abraham entertaining the Angels

Philips Koninck

Brown wash drawing in an oval showing three angels before a bearded man seated beside trees.

Abraham receives the three angels

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Bacchic procession with a central nude youth, a tambourine player, a piper and a satyr with g

Bacchantenzug (Triumph des Bacchus)

Painted bouquet of red ranunculus, white narcissus and blue flowers tied with a pink ribbon, with a yellow butterfly.

Blumengebinde mit roter Ranunkel (Ranunculus), weißer Tazette (Narcissus tazetta) und blauer Blume (?) mit Postillon

Barbara Regina Dietzsch

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above kneeling saints and angels, on an arched sheet.

Madonna with saints

Gaspare Diziani

Red chalk drawing of two satyrs, one muscular and nude in the foreground, the other with hairy goat-like legs behind.

Two satyrs

Graphite drawing of a nude youth reclining on draped cloth, with a hound standing beside him at left.

The dead Adonis

Bonaventura Genelli