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Pen and brown wash drawing of an old woman reading a glass with three young women in a rustic interior.

Old woman, telling the future to three young women from a glass

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Pencil sketch of Gothic choir stall carving with a pointed arch, quatrefoil tracery and scrolling foliage on yellow paper.

Detail of the choir stalls in the Basilica of Maulbronn Monastery

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1871

Portrait of Johann Jakob Dorner, friend of the artist

Johann Peter Krafft

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted female figure on a throne with putti, a lion, an angel with a banner, and a radiant light.

France on the throne, surrounded by allegorical figures

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, 1764

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped catafalque with candles and seated figures in a Gothic church choir, with crowds on bot

Catafalque in the choir of the Parisian church St. Gervais

Sébastien Leclerc, 1700

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants and classical arch.

Adoration of the kings

Gilbert Francart, 1677

Brown wash drawing of Venus on a cloud above smiths forging armour and a shield in a cave workshop.

Venus in the workshop of Vulcan, who is forging the weapons of Aeneas

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, 1752

Pen and wash drawing of a candlelit church interior with a draped catafalque, clergy, and mourners during a requiem mass.

Requiem mass in St. Gervais in Paris

Sébastien Leclerc, 1700

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded old man, a young woman in flowing drapery, and a head study beside them.

Lot flees with his daughters

Raymond de Lafage

Pencil drawing of Apollo with a lyre offering a wreath to a woman, a winged horse behind them, and trees in the background.

Apollo presents the wreath to Poetry

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, 1766

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate fireplace with a seated allegorical figure, standing figures, cherubs and a coat of a

Richly ornamented fireplace

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man beside pigs at a trough, with a tree at right and a distant town under cloudy sky.

The prodigal son tends the pigs

Raymond de Lafage

Chalk drawing of cherub heads peering from clouds, with red and black chalk and white highlights on a tan ground.

Angel heads in clouds (Birth of Christ)

François Boucher, 1750

Pen and wash drawing of a young man in a lace collar and buttoned doublet, turned three-quarters to the left.

Youth with embroidered shirt collar in three-quarter profile to the left

David Bailly, 1626

Pen and brown ink sketch of mounted warriors and horses fighting in a dense battle scene.

Equestrian combat

Raymond de Lafage

Grey wash drawing of three caryatids holding a vase topped by a lion, among Roman ruins with columns and an arched niche.

Between remnants of a Roman magnificent building, three colossal caryatids carry a vase with a lion

Jacques-François Blondel

Grey wash drawing of a Roman building with a fountain where a river god and two lions pour water into a basin.

A Roman magnificent building with a fountain, at which a river god and two lions pour water

Georges-François Georges-François Blondel Blondel

Pen drawing of Christ on the cross with ornamented body, INRI plaque, and a serpent coiled at the base.

Christ on the cross

Berny, Pierre Jean Paul de Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent, 1772

Bearded man's head with a hat

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Black chalk sketch of a seated boy with bare legs on a rock, head turned left, with sketched foliage behind him.

Seated boy with bare legs

François Boucher

Portrait of Jean Calvin

Berny, Pierre Jean Paul de Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent, 1772

Red chalk drawing of a woman in a headscarf holding a sleeping infant against her shoulder, with draped cloth below.

Mary puts the child to sleep

Sébastien Bourdon

Red chalk drawing of a seated lame man reaching for a bearded apostle in a columned temple, with a crowd watching.

Peter and John heal a lame man

Pen drawing of King Henry IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées in period dress on a hunt, captioned in French, dated 1772.

King Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées on the hunt

Berny, Pierre Jean Paul de Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent, 1772

Pencil drawing of a veiled nun writing at a desk, gazing up toward a dove in clouds, with bookshelves behind.

The Holy Lucilia inspired by the Holy Spirit writing at the desk

Charles Le Brun

Lithographic fragment showing a hand and draped sleeve in soft grey tones, with a double border and artist's inscription belo

Christ and the Veil of Veronica (Fragment), from the series "Royal Bavarian Painting Gallery in Munich and Schleisshe…

Ferdinand Ferdinand Piloty Piloty, 1810

Pen drawing of Martin Luther in an oval frame with ornate scrolls, Latin verse and dates beneath, in a robe holding a book.

Portrait of Martin Luther

Berny, Pierre Jean Paul de Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent, 1772

Head of a queen with Egyptian headdress from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

Charles Le Brun, 1661

Pencil sketch of an ornate fountain topped by a statue of Justitia, with a half-timbered house and tree behind it.

The fountain crowned by Justitia on the market square in Michelstadt

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1875

Woman in profile, walking to the right

François Boucher, 1752

Queen with headscarf from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

Charles Le Brun, 1661

Old woman in profile, looking to the right

Louis-Marc-Antoine Bilcoq

Chalk drawing of a woman seen from behind in a voluminous gown, holding a fan, with a chair at right.

Woman with fan in back view

François Boucher, 1752

Head in profile to the left from the "Queens at the Feet of Alexander the Great"

Charles Le Brun, 1661

Chalk drawing of a seated old man with a long white beard, hands clasped over his knee, gazing upward.

Portrait of a seated old man

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1774

Brown wash drawing of Saint Peter healing the sick at his feet, with a radiant figure and angels in the clouds above.

Saint Peter heals the sick with his shadow

Jean Jouvenet, 1675

Ink and wash drawing of a large oak tree with two cattle resting beneath it in a hilly landscape.

Old oak tree, under which two cattle are resting

Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin

Pen and wash drawing of Moses raising a staff toward a serpent in the sky as crowds of writhing figures surround him.

Moses and the brazen serpent

Raymond de Lafage

Wash drawing of children gathered at a table reading in a columned interior, with adults and a dog around them.

The Competition/Children's Scene: Contest or Instruction in Reading

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780

Pastel drawing of a bearded old man with bowed head and bald crown, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a bearded old man

Carle van Charles André van Loo Loo, 1750

Red chalk drawing of soldiers carousing outside a tavern beside a barrel, with a street and church spire behind.

Carousing soldiers in front of a tavern

Charles Parrocel, 1728

Black and red chalk sketch of a smiling boy in a wide-brimmed hat, drawn as a bust on cream paper.

Bust of a beggar boy with a wide-brimmed hat

Gottlieb Welté

Black chalk drawing of three winged angels or putti floating in the air, one in the foreground with curly hair, on pale paper

Three angels floating in the air

François Boucher

Red and black chalk study of a man's contorted face with curly hair, with a raised arm sketched above.

Head of Petrus from Rubens's The Raising of the Cross of Peter

Nicolas Guibal, 1637

Bust of a young girl in profile to the right

Gottlieb Welté

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

The Rheintorturm in Konstanz

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1871

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

The St. Michaelskapelle in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1874

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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