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Pencil portrait of a man with long curled hair, moustache and lace collar, shown head and shoulders in three-quarter view.

Portrait of Louis XIII, King of France

Robert Nanteuil

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly man with spectacles, wavy hair, and a serious expression, wearing a buttoned coat.

Half-Length Portrait of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Pencil sketch of a helmeted lancer on horseback with a long lance speaking to a hatted man standing on open ground.

A lancer from the Thirty Years' War speaks with an officer on foot

Carl Wilhelm von Heideck

Red chalk sketch of two nude running figures in dynamic poses, study titled Hippomenes and Atalanta by Nicolas Poussin.

Hippomenes and Atalanta

Nicolas Poussin

Red chalk drawing of two washerwomen kneeling over laundry, one holding up a cloth beside a wicker basket.

Two washerwomen

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Red and black chalk drawing of a woman with a veil, head tilted upward, by François Lemoyne, 1726.

Head of a woman with a veil (Vestal, guarding the fire)

François Lemoyne, 1726

Brown wash drawing of children playing leapfrog beneath a tree, with seated children watching on a grassy bank.

Children Playing Leapfrog

Nicolas Poussin

Red chalk drawing of a sleeping child's head turned right, with curly hair and closed eyes on a pale background.

Head of a sleeping child to the right

Pencil drawing of the Johanniter Chapel in Nieder-Weisel with steep roof, round arches and a rose window.

The Johanniter Chapel in Butzbach-Nieder-Weisel

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1868

Grey wash drawing of a seated draped woman holding balance scales beneath winged putti in clouds, within a circular frame.

Justice

Laurent de La Hyre, 1641

Red chalk drawing of nude Hercules with club and lion skin inside a circular medallion with inscriptions, 1744.

Hercules with fur and club (Commemorative coin "Extraordinaire des Guerres 1744")

Edmé Bouchardon, 1744

Brown ink and wash drawing of a boy handing a letter to an old man at a house door, with a dog in a courtyard.

At a house door a boy brings a man a letter

Charles Charles Eschard Echard, 1783

Grey wash drawing of a hooded robed figure gazing upward in a rocky cave beside trees.

Saint Francis in the cave

Laurent de La Hyre

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude smith hammering at an anvil in a forge, with a figure behind him, inside a circular frame.

Cyclops in the forge of Vulcan (Special coin "Extraordinaire des Guerres 1751")

Edmé Bouchardon, 1751

Pencil sketch of a small gothic chapel with a steep roof and bell turret, framed by shrubs and nearby buildings.

The Siechenkapelle in Marburg

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

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

Red chalk medallion drawing of Mercury playing a flute beside a cow as a reclining man sleeps in the foreground.

Mercury lulls Argus to sleep with his flute playing to abduct Juno, who has been transformed into a cow (Special coin…

Edmé Bouchardon, 1742

Circular brown ink drawing of a large tree, a stone building, and shepherds with a flock in a hilly landscape.

Group of trees with buildings, on the left two shepherds with their flock

Gabriel Pérelle

Circular watercolor of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns and small figures resting among stones.

Architectural Capriccio: Temple ruin and figures

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Red chalk drawing of Atlas kneeling under a celestial sphere with zodiac signs, inside a circular frame reading Tresor Royal

Atlas carries the celestial sphere (Special coin "Trésor Royal 1743")

Edmé Bouchardon, 1743

Watercolor design drawing of a tall Gothic church with an ornate spire, pointed windows, and small pedestrians in front.

Design for the Dreikönigskirche in Sachsenhausen

Ludwig Hoffstadt

Pen drawing of a bearded prophet seated on a pedestal, hand to head, with two mourning figures and classical ruins behind.

Jeremiah's Lament

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1848

Red chalk drawing of a peasant pruning a bare tree within a circular border with lettering and the date 1747.

A peasant pruning a tree (Special coin "Parties Casuelles 1747")

Edmé Bouchardon, 1747

Half-figure of a young woman sitting in profile to the right, reading a book

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Pen drawing of a bespectacled man with a pipe leaning over a table to read, with a bottle and window beside him.

Man with pipe, sitting reading at a table

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical woman seated on clouds with putti, within a circular frame.

Allegorical female figure (Geography) with putti on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolour of a horseman on a rearing black horse beside a brick inn, with a canal landscape behind.

Ein Reiter mit Dreispitz und Zopf, im Hintergrund eine Kanallandschaft

Cornelis Troost

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 ink and wash drawing of three winged putti hovering and tumbling together in an energetic cluster.

Three hovering putti

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel guiding a kneeling bearded man past classical columns and a domed city building.

Lot und seine Familie werden von den Engeln aus Sodom geführt

Salomon de Bray

Pencil drawing of a seated woman with an infant, flanked by a kneeling crowned figure and a standing figure with a staff, abo

Spring

Johann Baptist Scholl

Ink and pencil study on tan paper showing a foot, knee, arm and a faint reclining figure, with inventory number 13487.

An arm, a knee, a foot as well as a reclining figure

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man seen from behind beside a half-length figure with tilted head.

Two figures: on the left a seated man seen from the rear, on the right a half-length figure

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Pencil drawing of a reclining male figure flanked by two draped women and garlands above an empty arched panel.

The summer

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and wash drawing of two winged putti hovering close together, one with arms outstretched, on aged paper.

Two hovering putti

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man in a broad-brimmed hat, facing left, with raised arm and crossed legs.

A man in a broad-brimmed hat seated facing left

Salvator Rosa, 1630

Pencil drawing of an allegorical winter scene: a bearded old man with a staff, a winged figure, and draped women above an arc

The winter

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and brown wash sketch of a reclining river god with a putto and clouds, on a fragmentary sheet of paper.

River god and putti (fragment)

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated bearded man beside a stone well, with a wooden post, wall and plants.

Ruben at the well

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and a woman in a headscarf serving coffee at a table, on tan paper.

Frau Knopp serviert ihrem Mann Kaffee

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Pen and grey wash drawing of winged putti on clouds, with a covered vase and amphora among them.

Putten mit Deckelvase und Amphora auf Wolken

Gaspare Diziani

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

Red chalk sketch of a tavern interior with two seated peasant men at a table, beams and hanging objects above.

Interieur mit zwei zechenden Bauern

Adriaen van Ostade

Pencil and watercolour drawing of a seated woman in a blue skirt beside a wooden tub and a bench.

Sitzende Frau mit Holzbütte

Johann Ludwig Aberli

Bildnis des Malers Albert Hendschel

Heinrich Hasselhorst

Pencil sketch of villagers butchering a pig in a farmyard under a thatched roof, with a tree and barrel beside them.

Schweineschlachten im Hof

Adriaen van Ostade

Two bears

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pen drawing of a large leafy tree in the foreground beside a shaded mountain ridge, with birds in the sky.

Gebirgslandschaft, rechts vorne ein großer Baum

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling older man in a tall cap gesturing beside a workbench with tools.

Schlosser am Schraubstock

Hieronymus Hess

Pencil and chalk study on brown paper showing three seated men, one in a turban and one in a top hat.

Studienblatt: dre sitzende Männer

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Männerkopf im Profil nach rechts

Hendrick Goltzius

Pen and grey wash drawing of robed men, horses and shields in a landscape, with a kneeling man at left and a standing turbane

The baptism of the eunuch

Franz Werner Tamm, 1672

Graphite and white chalk drawing on brown paper of an adult sheep standing beside a lamb.

Sheep and lamb

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pen and wash drawing of a winged genius floating among clouds in a shaped ceiling cartouche, with small birds nearby.

Hovering genius

Pietro da Cortona

Pen and brown wash drawing of an allegorical title page with an oval portrait medallion, winged hourglass and two standing fe

Allegorisches Titelblatt: "Deur liefde ende neersticheijt ..."

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, 1589

Mann mit Spitzbart im Profil nach links (angeschnitten)

Hieronymus Hess

Pencil sketch of two men, one in a plumed hat and cloak, one helmeted, on toned paper.

Halbfigur und Kopf zweier Männer

Moritz von Schwind

Watercolor of a shoreline with large trees, a rocky cliff, a small boat with figures, and distant mountains over the sea.

Coastal landscape

Théodore Gudin, 1835

Pen and brown ink sketch of a stooping man seen from behind, wearing a wide hat, on a pale sheet with a museum stamp.

Gebückter Mann in Rückenansicht

Pencil drawing of allegorical autumn figures: a seated nude woman, a bearded man with a bow, and a cherub above an empty arch

The autumn

Johann Baptist Scholl

Pen and wash sketch of nude figures and putti arranged in a circle around an empty central disc, by Rubens.

Entwurf zu einem Fayenceteller mit dionysischen Szenen

Peter Paul Rubens

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure on clouds holding a torch toward a reclining man beside a wall.

Ungedeutete Darstellung: Eine auf Wolken herabschwebende männliche Gestalt versengt mit seiner lodernden Fackel einen…

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

Mary with baby Jesus

Bartolomeo Schedoni

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