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Städel Museum

264 works

Brown wash sketch of a winged angel descending toward a kneeling man with raised arms, amid loose clouds.

Liberation of Christ (?)

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of Roman ruins with a vaulted arch, a bell tower, fallen columns in the foreground and a distant dome.

Blick auf den Tempel der Venus und der Roma sowie über den Campo Vaccino des Forum Romanum in Rom

Friedrich Mosbrugger

Charcoal study of a Madonna holding a child, with a red chalk sketch and a bearded man in a cap below on grey paper.

Studienblatt mit einer Madonna mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben, dazu ein bärtiger Mann mit Mütze

Heinrich Füger

Brown wash drawing of a winged kneeling figure before the Madonna and Christ child with cherubs above.

A monk with wings venerates the Madonna

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil drawing of Bacchus with ivy crown and thyrsus beside a faun raising grapes, on pale paper.

Bacchus and Faun

Friedrich Mosbrugger, 1827

Pen sketch study sheet showing a Madonna and child, folk dancers, a guitarist, dogs and deer on beige paper.

Studienblatt: Madonna und Kind, Szenen aus dem italienischen Volksleben, Hunde und Hirsche

Adolf Schrödter

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision of Christ with a priest, attendants, a kneeling figure, and angels in radiant light.

Circumcision of Christ

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash sketch of Jupiter reclining on clouds beside Psyche and a winged Cupid figure.

Psyche in front of Jupiter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Pen and wash drawing of Diana aiming a bow at a satyr carrying off nymphs through a wooded landscape.

Diana verfolgt den Räuber ihrer Nymphen

Pierre Brébiette, 1626

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna above two standing saints, a bishop and an armored warrior with a spear.

Madonna with Saints Spyridon and Demetrius

Gaspare Diziani

Brown-toned drawing of a haloed saint holding a chalice with a serpent, beside a plumed figure with a sword, dated 1518.

Johannes der Evangelist mit Giftbecher

Wolf Huber, 1518

Pen and ink sketch of an angel with raised arm facing a standing draped woman holding a book, with faint cloud forms.

The Annunciation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus beside Cupid, shown as a sculpture in an arched niche.

Venus with Cupid (trompe-l'œil sculpture)

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with a nude figure bound and whipped by men in an arched hall.

Flagellation of Christ

Hans Heinrich Wägmann

Ink and wash sketch of a crowned, bearded standing figure holding a thunderbolt, with a draped cloak and an eagle beside him.

Stehender Zeus mit dem Donnerkeil in der Rechten, neben ihm der Adler

Georg Rafael Donner

Brown ink and wash sketch of a fountain design with a central standing figure and reclining figures on rocks.

Design for a nymph fountain

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of a bound nude man at a column being whipped by three figures in an arched interior.

Flagellation of Christ

Melchior Steidl

Red chalk sketch of the Madonna and Child with angels, and a kneeling monk at right on tan paper.

Vor der von Engeln umgebenen Madonna kniet rechts ein heiliger Mönch (Franziskus?)

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber

Pen and wash drawing of a martyrdom: a bound nude figure at a post, executioners, a rider on horseback, and an angel in the s

Martyrdom of a saint

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and watercolor drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds among angels, with apostles gazing up from below.

Assumption of the Virgin

Johann Georg Bergmüller, 1714

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated Madonna with infant surrounded by turbaned figures and an ox in a stable.

Adoration of the kings

Pen and wash drawing of seated Hercules beside standing nude Omphale, with Cupid holding a club and figures behind a pedestal

Hercules and Omphale

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and watercolor drawing of a baroque tomb with the dead Christ reclining in an arched niche, flanked by flaming urns.

Christ in the tomb

Johann Georg Bergmüller, 1757

Pen and brown ink drawing of an adoration scene with kneeling figures beside ruined columns and a crowd at right.

Adoration of the kings

Christian Winck

Brown ink and wash drawing of a saint ascending through clouds toward a radiant cross, with angels and figures below.

Apotheosis of a saint

Gaspare Diziani

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

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed as a winged figure descends from above.

Jupiter and Semele

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bacchanalian procession with a chariot, nude revelers, elephants, and a classical temple.

The triumph of Bacchus

Johann Viktor Platzer, 1625

Pencil drawing of a gothic arcade frieze with three arches showing religious figures, a central Madonna and angels.

Madonna mit Engeln und dem Heiligen Lukas

Konrad Eberhard

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna with saints Joseph, Anthony of Padua and John the Baptist, with angels in clouds.

Madonna mit den Heiligen Joseph, Antonius von Padua und Johannes dem Täufer

Gaspare Diziani, 1754

Pencil sketch of a crucified figure on a cross with a stone base, surrounded by loose sketched landscape and foliage.

Crucifix

Grey wash drawing of nymphs around a reclining woman in a wooded landscape, a fountain at right and a hunter with hounds in t

Diana und Kallisto, im Hintergrund der sich nähernde Aktaion

Jacob Lois, 1643

Pen and ink sketch of a seated saint, a standing figure with a staff, a flying angel and a putto.

Madonna von zwei Heiligen verehrt

Gaspare Diziani

Pen drawing of a grotesque satyr-like mask made of curling leaves, with horns and a snarling open mouth.

Satyr-like leaf mask

Christoph Amberger

Grey wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove in light, an angel and onlookers in an arched frame.

Baptism of Christ

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna and infant Christ on clouds, with a kneeling saint below and putti in brown wash.

Madonna auf Wolken, von einem Heiligen verehrt

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated Madonna holding a child, with a drapery study in the upper right corner.

Sitzende Madonna mit Kind

Michelangelo Anselmi, 1525

Pen and grey wash drawing of Venus and Apollo with Cupid floating among clouds, one arm raised.

Venus, Apoll und Amor, durch die Wolken schwebend

Johann Matthias Kager

Pen and ink drawing of the Annunciation: an angel approaches the Virgin beneath a radiant burst of light and clouds.

The Annunciation

Gaspare Diziani, 1747

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned saint with a sword standing beside a broken wheel, dated 1506.

Saint Catherine

Martin Kaldenbach, 1506

Pencil sketch of mourners lowering the body of Christ, with loose studies of additional figures on the right.

Entombment of Christ

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann

Pen and wash drawing of Venus and Cupid under a draped tent, with Flora and Zephyr embracing at left.

Venus und Amor unter einem Zelt sitzend, links von ihnen stehen Flora und Zephir

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Pen sketch of clouds, putti, a sun chariot and seated gods arranged across a celestial composition on pale paper.

Tierkreis mit Jupiter und Merkur, vor denen ein Fürst sitzt, rechts unten Phoebus auf dem Sonnenwagen, links oben der…

Black and red chalk drawing of a seated veiled woman in flowing robes holding a small shrine aloft.

The religion

Giuseppe Cesari, 1585

Pencil sketch of a veiled Madonna gently embracing the infant Christ, who rests his head against her cheek.

Madonna with child

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a staff, on gray paper, with sketches at left.

Juno (?)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated, a vine-crowned Bacchus reaching toward her, and a flying cherub above, 1576.

Bacchus, Ariadne und Venus

Hans Friedrich Schorer, 1576

Grey pencil drawing of Venus reclining beside Adonis under a tree, with a cupid and dog in the background.

Venus and Adonis

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Jerome with a crucifix and a lion in a rocky wooded landscape.

Saint Jerome

Pen and ink drawing of a laughing satyr bust with curly hair and a knotted drapery at the chest.

Bust of a satyr

Red chalk sketch of a winged angel pointing upward with lilies, beside a seated figure at lower left.

The Annunciation

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1766

Pen and ink sketch of an angel on clouds gesturing toward a seated man who gazes upward, with a kneeling figure below.

The Annunciation

Christian Winck

Pen and wash drawing of a quadrangular ceiling design with angels and clouds around a central heavenly scene and rococo ornam

Veneration of the Trinity

Red chalk drawing of livestock gathered by rocks, with robed figures kneeling and a woman with a child at right.

Moses's spring water miracle

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pen and ink sketch of the Assumption of Mary with angels and clouds above kneeling figures around an altar.

Assumption of Mary

Christian Winck

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures instructing a seated man beneath a tree, with a crucifixion and crowd in the background

Ein am Baum der Erkenntnis Sitzender erhält Unterweisungen von Moses und Johannes dem Täufer, im Hintergrund Gesetzes…

Brown wash drawing in an oval of the Madonna holding the Christ Child while the young John the Baptist leans in beside them.

Madonna mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben

Adam Friedrich Oeser

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Nativity: a kneeling haloed Virgin beside the infant Christ, with onlookers at a window and

The Nativity

Hans von Kulmbach, 1512

Pen and ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, an infant in a manger, an ox and donkey, and angels.

The Nativity

Hans Baldung Grien, 1509

Circular pen drawing of the Madonna on a crescent moon with the Christ child, and a kneeling armored knight at left.

Die Madonna auf der Mondsichel mit einem knienden Ritter als Stifter

Pen and grey wash drawing of Christ among a crowd of robed figures, one holding a stone, in a lively group composition.

Jesus Christ and the woman taken in adultery

Master of the Egmont Albums, 1575

Pencil drawing of the Santa Chiara church tower and houses in Assisi, with a stone archway on the right.

Saint Chiara in Assisi

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ on her lap, with three angel heads in clouds above.

Madonna mit dem Kind auf dem Schoß und drei Engelsköpfchen

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern