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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)

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding an infant, with a child at lower left and a loose landscape with trees behind.

Frau von Kindern umgeben (Fragment)

Pencil sketch of a turbaned shepherd with a long staff beside a sheep, with hills and grazing animals behind.

Sherpherd with sheep

Pencil sketch of a hay wagon with oxen, a bearded draped figure, peasant women and a child on grey paper.

Heuwagen und bärtige Gewandfigur eines Heiligen

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf with children beside and atop a loaded hay cart in a rural landscape.

Frau mit heimkehrenden Kindern

Pencil sketch of musicians with a bass viol player, two children in front, and a dancing child at left on yellowed paper.

Musicians

Pencil sketch of a large tree beside a village street, with a half-timbered house and stone wall on the right.

Baum an einer Dorfstraße

Junger Mann mit Federhut im Dreiviertelprofil

Frau im Halbprofil nach links

Pencil sketch of a peasant couple with children and a sheep in a landscape with trees and clouds.

Junges Bauernpaar mit Kindern

Pen drawing of a seated female personification wearing a crown, hand to face, with a scale bar on the left edge.

Personifikation einer Stadt, die Stadtkrone tragend

Pen and gray wash drawing of an excited crowd of men, women, children and cattle on open ground beside a rocky hill.

Excited group

Pencil drawing of a ruined village with a church spire, vineyards in the foreground and wooded hills behind.

Ansicht eines ruinösen Dorfes, umgeben von Weinbergen

Heinrich Funk, 1839

Watercolor of a curly dock plant with caterpillars, a chrysalis, and two moths around its stem and leaves.

Curly Dock with Metamorphoses of the Small Engrailed and the Blood-Vein

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1683

Watercolor of an oak branch with acorns, a brown owlet moth, caterpillars and a pupa on a pale background.

Oak branch with owlet moth, caterpillars and pupa

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Pencil and wash drawing of a nude youth leading two young women by a chain across a landscape, within an oval frame.

Jugendlicher Amor, der zwei junge Frauen an einer Kette führt

Conrad Martin Metz

Watercolor of a calico mother cat with three kittens, one playing with a mouse, on a cream background.

Weiße Katze, schwarz und rotbraun gefleckt, mit ihren drei Jungen, die mit einer Maus spielen

Pen drawing of a kitchen where a woman pours water on a fire while a seated knight sits by the hearth amid smoke.

In der Küche einer Mühle sitzt ein Ritter am Herde, die Müllerin sucht mit einem Eimer Wasser das Feuer zu löschen

Ferdinand Fellner

Pencil drawing of a mother with curled hair embracing a young child, her cheek resting against the child's head.

Eine Mutter, ihr Kind umarmend

Marie Ellenrieder

Pencil sketch of a forest with tall trunks, a stone well at lower left, and patches of orange wash in the foliage.

Forest section

Pencil study with red grid lines showing an elderly woman and several children, with a standing woman and city rooftops behin

Die Märchenerzählerin (?)

Pencil sketch of a seated girl with construction grid lines and diagonals across a yellowed sheet of paper.

Sitting girl

Pencil sketch on yellowed paper of a seated woman with loose hair and draped clothing, with faint figure studies below.

Figures

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of three overlapping children's heads, faces turned in different directions.

Three child's heads

Pencil sketch of tree foliage and a partial farm roof on pale paper, a fragmentary landscape study.

Von Bäumen umstandenes Gehöft (Fragment)

Pencil sketch of a kneeling woman and child in the foreground, with a rider and two horses in a landscape behind them.

Baurnfamilie mit Zugpferden (Fragment)

Two goats

Pencil drawing of a young woman with a letter and shawl, standing before a faint landscape with hills and trees.

Young woma with letter

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of a seated young woman in a bonnet, with faint hills and trees in the background.

Sittin young woman

Pencil sketch of a dog and feet over a landscape, with small goats resting in the upper right background.

Hund, Ziegen, Füße und Landschaft

Head study of a young girl with long blonde hair, eyes lowered, wearing a white blouse against a green background.

Kleines Mädchen mit langem Haar

Loose painted sketch of an overgrown garden staircase between stone walls, with a shrine niche, trees, and a small dark cat.

Gartentreppe zwischen zwei Mauern

Oil study of a gnarled tree trunk with bare branches and loose brushwork in olive and grey-brown tones.

Hollow tree

Small blond child

Small landscape with a farmhouse among trees, meadows and distant hills under a pale sky.

Small Taunus landscape

Oil sketch of a young blonde girl in a red cap and brown jacket, seated against a dark brown background.

Kleines hessisches Bauernmädchen

Singing peasant girl

Oil sketch of dark boulders on a grassy hillside with blue hills and a pale cloudy sky behind them.

Taunus landscape

Painted study of a dark forest interior with clustered trees, dense green undergrowth and a dirt path in the foreground.

Inside a forest

Painted sketch of a violinist and a couple walking across a dusky field under a pale evening sky.

Abendlicher Spaziergang, Geiger und Bauernpaar auf den Feldern