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Pencil sketch of a tall rock needle with shrubs at its base and a distant ridge, inscribed Kuckuckslay, Bertrich, 1881.

The rock needle Kuckuckslay near Bertrich

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1881

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

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned king on a throne with lions on steps, a woman approaching with attendants.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Eustache Le Sueur, 1650

Pencil sketch of a tall round tower with a pointed conical roof and weathervane, drawn on pale paper.

The Rathausturm in Homburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1882

Pen and ink drawing of a cavalier with a ruffled collar holding a hat, beside a woman in a long gown and veil.

A cavalier with his lady

Watercolor of a ruined circular temple with Corinthian columns, figures by a pool, and a distant column with statue.

Architectural Capriccio: Ruins of a circular temple, in the background Trajan's Column

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pencil drawing of a large leafy tree canopy over a shaded path with two small figures and a bench.

The Wolfgangsweg in Frankfurt am Main

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1882

Red chalk drawing of horses, with a saddled horse above and two horses standing together below.

Two horses standing together

Charles Parrocel

Watercolor of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, seated figures, and a distant town beside a sea bay.

Architectural Capriccio: Ruins of a temple facade, in the background landscape with buildings and sea bay

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pencil sketch of a narrow village lane with tiled roofs, a chimney, a weathervane and arched doorways.

The Löhrgasse in Rüdesheim

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of a bust-length man with mustache and goatee, wearing a wide turned-down collar, facing right.

Bust of a man with mustache and goatee and turned-down collar to the right

Watercolor drawing of a nightshade plant with pale flowers and green pinnate leaves on two stems against cream paper.

Nightshade plant with flowers

Franz Horny, 1817

Pencil drawing of a stone wall beside a timber-framed building with a thatched roof, dated 1883.

The Vorderburg in Rüdesheim

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1883

Pencil sketch sheet with architectural studies of a Gothic arch, a building corner, and small figures in cloaks.

Architectural and figural sketches

Carl Werner, 1829

Watercolor of a rowan branch with red berries and green leaves, beside a pink aster and faint pencil flower sketches.

Rowan branch and asters

Franz Horny, 1817

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with a tall pointed spire, crenellated tower and adjoining roofs and walls.

The Collegiate Church St. Goar

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1885

Graphite and white chalk sketch on tan paper of a running nude putto seen from behind, with arching vine lines.

Putto between vines, running

Moritz von Schwind

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic church with two spires and a cobbled square with small figures, by Ludwig Hoffstadt.

The town church St. Jakob in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Ludwig Hoffstadt

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

Pencil drawing of a hooded robed figure gazing upward among several lions in a rocky landscape.

Daniel in the lions' den

Alfred Rethel, 1838

Pencil drawing of a standing Circassian warrior in fur cap, chain mail armour, long coat and boots, holding a sword.

Circassian warrior in full equipment

Theodor Horschelt

Black chalk drawing of bearded winged Chronos cutting the wings of a nude Amor lying across his lap.

Chronos cuts off Amor's wings

François Perrier, 1630

Pencil sketch of a narrow old street with houses and a distant domed church tower, with figures near an archway.

The Fleischgasse in Frankfurt am Main

Carl Morgenstern

Pencil portrait sketch of a balding older man in three-quarter view wearing a high collar on pale paper.

Portrait of Johann Friedrich Städel

Johann David Passavant

Brown wash drawing of a staircase hallway with busts, a nude study on the wall, and two figures carrying dishes through a doo

In front of Anton Radl's apartment in the back house of the Heerd'schen house at Friedberger Straße 144

Philipp Rumpf, 1846

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, a carved pillar, and a blue draped cloth on the f

View into the choir of the church of the Klarakloster in Heilbronn, which was demolished in 1889

Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Pencil drawing of a steep rocky gorge with tall pines, a wooden railing, and a dark tunnel opening at the base.

The Via Mala

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Watercolor of a woman in a red headscarf on a wooden weir above a stream with ducks, beneath overhanging forest trees.

Forest landscape with weir

Drawing of three veiled women with vessels in a hilly landscape under a sky with radiating light rays.

Three Marys on Easter morning

Wilhelm Steinhausen

Portrait of an old man

Louis Eysen, 1884

Oval bust portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and blue military coat with a star order, in a rectangular frame.

Bust of Frederick the Great in an oval, framed rectangularly

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Pencil drawing of Saint George on a horse spearing a dragon, with a woman and forest landscape beside him.

The Holy George, killing the dragon

Franz Pforr, 1811

Charcoal portrait of an elderly man with white hair and a light collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Claus

Louis Eysen, 1895

Painted bust portrait of a man in a fur hat and gold-braided blue uniform, set in an oval frame above a plinth.

Bust of General Ziethen in an oval, framed rectangularly

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

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

Charcoal drawing of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and round spectacles on gray paper.

Portrait of cousin Hils

Louis Eysen, 1883

Watercolor of a woman in a white headscarf seated beside a sleeping boy in front of a carved wooden door.

Woman with boy sleeping before a door

Angilbert Göbel, 1853

Pen and ink drawing of two men in a studio, one seated with a palette before an easel and wall portrait medallions.

"One painted the other." The artist with his brother Heinrich Jacob Tischbein in the studio

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Grey wash drawing of a young man in a vaulted hall under an arch, with a pope figure, skeleton with scythe, and cherub above.

Henry II's dream

Franz Pforr, 1810

Study sheet with heads, Johann David Passavant above, Julius Hamel below

Albert Hendschel

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

Brown wash drawing of a winged blindfolded figure with scales and sword pursuing a running man over a horizon.

Nemesis, pursuing a murderer as Justitia

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

Brown wash drawing of a lute player and a singing old woman beside a candle on a stool in a dark interior.

Lute player with singing old woman by burning candle on a three-legged stool

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

Grey wash drawing of a tired woman seated by children in a plain room, a man in the doorway behind a lamp-lit table.

Domestic scene (Pestalozzi's Lienhard and Gertrud)

Franz Pforr, 1810

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

Antique head in profile to the right

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-toned chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with a classical temple ruin and small figures in the foreground.

The Gods of Greece

Arnold Böcklin, 1859

Pencil sketch of a beardless man in a broad cap and high collar, shown in bust length, looking forward.

Bust of a beardless man

Karl Sandhaas, 1817

Pen and brown wash drawing of a priest giving last communion to a dying figure while angels hover above in an arched composit

Last communion of a dying nun (or monk?)

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor drawing of a tall pyramid with a broken top among ruins, trees, and small seated and standing figures.

Pyramid with broken tip in an ancient ruin landscape

Pencil portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, high collar and coat, drawn on pale yellowish paper.

Dr. Carl Witt from Berlin

Karl Sandhaas, 1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged old man with a scythe unveiling a reclining woman, with a sketched figure above.

Time reveals the truth

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of a barefoot peasant woman in a headscarf holding a small child on her hip.

Standing peasant woman holding a child in her arms

August von Pettenkofen, 1856

Bust of the painter Adam Eberle from Düsseldorf

Karl Sandhaas, 1817

Faint pencil sketch of a male nude figure on blue-grey paper, with brown stains and spots across the sheet.

Male nude

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate classical vase with relief figures, a lyre player, and carved ivy on its rim.

Kylix with Dionysian procession ("Borghese Vase")

Charles Errard, 1630

Portrait of Dr. Böhmer from Frankfurt

Karl Sandhaas, 1817

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

Assumption of Mary

Gaspare Diziani

Drawing in brown ink and wash showing two allegorical groups of nude women and putti on clouds.

Zwei allegorische Gruppen

Niccolò Bambini

An actor from Freiburg

Brown wash drawing of a sacrificial scene before classical columns, with a goddess in clouds above and soldiers at the sides.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel descending among robed figures, with putti and clouds above and a column at right.

Ein Engel krönt einen jungen Mann

Giuseppe Diziani

Portrait of the poet Friedrich Rückert

Karl Sandhaas, 1818

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures with scales and putti floating among clouds in a sky.

Three virtues hovering in the clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Black chalk head study of a young woman with lowered eyes, upswept hair and frilled lace collar on grey paper.

Bildnis einer jungen Frau

Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, 1781

Portrait of painter Koch

Karl Sandhaas, 1818

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

Brustbild eines alten bärtigen Mannes im Profil nach rechts

Étienne Théolon

Self-portrait of the artist in three-quarter profile to the left

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

Pencil sketch of a girl in a headscarf holding a basket, standing beside a rounded stone bollard.

Mädchen mit einem Korbe an einem Radabweisestein stehend

Johann Christoph Erhard

Pencil study of a bare foot and ankle with toes, drawn in light contour lines on cream paper.

Foot

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

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

Pencil drawing of a young peasant man in a tall hat with feather, seated at a table with a glass beside him.

Young peasant with pipe, sitting at a table

Pale pencil and wash sheet with sketched draped garments, a figure study and swirling cloud-like forms below.

Study of garments

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

Pencil study on cream paper of two resting hands, one above the other, drawn in light graphite lines.

Two resting hands

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 drawing of an allegorical scene with a helmeted female figure before a triumphal arch labeled Porta Virtutis, with

Allegorische Darstellung der Porta Virtutis

Federico Zuccari

Pencil sketch of Saint Anthony holding the Christ child in an arched frame, with angels in clouds above.

Der Heilige Antonius mit dem Kind

Martin Johann Schmidt

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

Grey wash drawing of Christ and disciples in a colonnade as a paralytic man rises from his bed before them.

Christus heilt den Lahmen: Christus mit den Jüngern steht in einem Säulenhof, vor ihm erhebt sich der Lahme von seine…

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two richly dressed women seated at a table and in a chair, one looking toward the

Zwei reichgekleidete holländische Frauen an einem Tisch sitzend, die vordere hat ihr Gesicht gegen den Beschauer gedr…

Young clergyman in profile

Gaspare Diziani

Red chalk drawing of a nude Fortuna floating above a globe with three putti below, holding a wreath-topped staff.

Fortuna auf einer Kugel schwebend und drei Putten

Girolamo Muziano

Watercolor of the Holy Family in a circle: a veiled woman, an elderly bearded man and a sleeping infant in soft washes.

Die Heilige Familie im Rund

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Brown ink and wash study of an allegorical figure group with putti on clouds, framed by architectural lunettes.

Allegorical group of figures with putti on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowned woman sinking before an enthroned king, with turbaned attendants around them.

Ohnmächtige Frau mit Krone sinkt vor einem thronenden König nieder; mehrere Personen, (Die Königin von Saba vor David…

Sebastiano Ricci

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded philosopher surrounded by robed students on stone steps.

Sokrates im Kreise seiner Schüler

Jacob van Schuppen

Young woman, female head

Gaspare Diziani