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79,685 works

Brown ink drawing of a Gothic church nave with vaulted ceilings, tall columns, and small figures walking on a tiled floor.

Blick auf Lettner und Chor einer dreischiffigen gotischen Kirche

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Pen and wash drawing of a man drafting by lamplight at a sloping table, with a second worker and drapery in a dim studio.

Maler und Geselle im Atelier bei Lampenlicht an ihren Zeichentischen arbeitend

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern, 1776

Brown wash drawing of a forest path with a woman, two boys and a hunter, with a distant hill and tall trees.

Waldweg mit einem Jäger, im Vordergrund eine Frau mit zwei Knaben, der eine schlafend

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Pencil drawing of travelers with a torch, donkey and horse wading through a stream beneath a large tree at dusk.

Zigeuner mit Packesel ziehen in Begleitung eines Fackelträgers durch einen Bach

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Drawing of a traveling family resting under a large oak at a forest edge, with a rifleman, riders and dogs in the background.

Zigeunerfamilie unter einer Eiche am Waldrand rastend

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Drawing of a baroque church nave with dark marble columns, a gilded altar, and figures in 17th-century dress on the floor.

Blick in das Innere einer Barockkirche mit schwarzen Marmorsäulen und Staffagefiguren in der Tracht des 17. Jahrhunderts

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern, 1790

White heightened drawing of a nude man with curly hair seated beside a staff, on blue paper.

A Young Man Sitting on a Stool Reading a Book (recto); The Fall of Man (a fragment of the lower part) (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Interior of a Gothic hall church with vaulted ceilings, a priest at a side altar, and small figures in period costume.

Blick in das Innere einer gotischen Hallenkirche mit vielen Staffagefiguren in der Tracht des 17. Jahrhunderts, links…

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern, 1790

Pen and ink sketch of allegorical figures, a crucified man, a lamb, and angels in clouds on a pale sheet.

Law and gospel

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1525

Watercolor of a drum major, a fifer and three drummers in blue uniforms and tall fur hats on an open field.

Musicians of the Amsterdam Exercise Company

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of four musicians in blue uniforms with red-plumed hats playing horn, trumpet and bassoon beside a striped tent.

Muzikanten van het Amsterdamse exercitiegenootschap in 1783-1787

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of four Amsterdam civic gunners in blue uniforms beside a cannon, with a handwritten Dutch rank list on the left p

Konstabels of kanonniers van het Amsterdamse exercitiegenootschap in 1783-1787

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolour of a mounted cavalryman in red coat and tricorn hat raising a sabre on a grey horse, beside a handwritten caption

Uniform van de cavalerie van het Amsterdamse exercitiegenootschap in 1785

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of a mounted cavalry soldier in blue uniform and black shako with red plume, beside a Dutch handwritten caption.

Uniform van de cavalerie van het Amsterdamse exercitiegenootschap 1787

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolour of a plumed hussar in black and green uniform riding a rearing grey horse, with Dutch handwritten caption on faci

Huzaar van de Rijngraaf van Salm in 1786

S.G. Casten, 1795

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

Watercolor of three soldiers in green uniforms with muskets and top hats, numbered 1 to 3, beside a handwritten Dutch caption

Uniformen van het corps van de Rijngraaf van Salm in 1786

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of seven numbered soldiers in different regimental uniforms with bayonetted muskets, beside a handwritten list.

Uniformen van militairen in het Defensiewezen en het Utrechts garnizoen in 1786

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of a cavalry soldier in white and red uniform on a grey horse, raising a saber, with Dutch caption on facing page.

Uniform van een ruiter van het Regiment van der Hoop

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of a mounted rider in white and yellow uniform with black shako and sabre on a brown horse, on an album page.

Uniform van een ruiter van Famas

S.G. Casten, 1795

Four colourful carpet design studies on one sheet, with medallion patterns above and floral vine bands below.

Vier ontwerpen voor tapijten

Deventer Tapijtfabriek, 1854

Pen and grey wash drawing of Flora offering flowers to gods and cherubs among clouds, with ornamental framing below.

Flora bringt den Göttern Blumen

Bildnis eines Mädchens nach rechts

Marie Ellenrieder

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a poker hand, poker chips, and a five dollar bill on a dark background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips and a $5 Bill

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Grey wash allegorical drawing with a draped woman, scientific instruments, a globe and a floating nude figure in clouds.

Design for the Title Page of "Acta Germanica"

Jan Goeree, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil sketch of a stone house, cart and moored boats on a riverbank, with hills in the distance.

Bayonne

Fritz Bamberger, 1849

Pencil sketch of a herd of cattle, several grazing and others standing, scattered across a pale open field.

Kuhherde aus der Vogelperspektive

Fritz Bamberger

Charcoal drawing of three women laying linens to dry in a grassy orchard under leafy trees.

Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1884

Pencil sketch of rock boulders, driftwood and a distant lakeshore with rocky outcrops, signed Bamberger, dated 1854.

Gesteinsbrocken am Frillensee

Fritz Bamberger, 1854

Pen and wash drawing of an old stone house with Gothic windows, an awning, and figures in period dress on the street.

An Old House in the Rue Saint Jean at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a glacier with sculpted ice, rocky outcrops and a distant ridge under a pale sky.

Glacier

Fritz Bamberger

Monochrome drawing of a rocky mountain valley with a dark lake and a pale sun setting between the peaks.

The Dawn of Creation

Samuel Jackson, 1830s