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Watercolors

11,528 works

Grey watercolor of a pewter candlestick with a beaded base and flared drip pan on a cream background.

Candlestick

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Painted fireman's hat with green crown, gold star, red banner and oval portrait of a man in blue coat.

Fireman's Hat

Samuel W. Ford, c. 1939

Watercolor of a pinkish glass cologne bottle with ribbed body, diamond-shaped floral pattern, and narrow neck on cream paper.

Glass Cologne Bottle

John Dana, c. 1940

Watercolor sketch of a young man wrapped in a striped plaid, reclining in a wooden deck chair on a pale background.

Young man wrapped in a plaid, reclining in a deck chair

Peter Hansen, 1819-1919

Watercolor of a busy market square with awnings, figures in bonnets and long dresses, and tall yellow and pink townhouses.

A French Market Scene, possibly Boulogne

David Cox, 1829 or 1832

Watercolor of a shipwreck's wooden ribs in the surf on a sandy beach, with seagulls flying overhead.

Wreck on the beach Nordstranden, sank on the 9th of May 1832

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Brown ink drawing of a crowned woman debating robed philosophers beside a barred cage, with a crowd and columns behind.

Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers

Livio Agresti, 1562/63

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with an axe in a curved spandrel, with winged putti holding a wreath and palm.

Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti-Saint Jude the Apostle

Livio Agresti, 1573/75

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling monk before a crowd of clergy in a colonnaded hall.

Approval of the Rules of the Franciscan Order by Pope Innocent III in 1209

Livio Agresti, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of a table fountain with a shell basin held up by two male figures entwined with serpents.

Design for a Salt Cellar or a Table Fountain

Attributed to Livio Agresti, 1570-1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession in a city square with a central figure, horsemen and classical architectur

Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown ink and wash drawing of clergymen watching a workman lever open a floor slab in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling cleric venerating relics at an altar, with a crowd of figures in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Relics

Workshop of Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Drawing of Saint Catherine in prison converting an empress, flanked by two standing saints with putti in architectural niches

Saint Catherine in Prison Converting the Empress Faustina to Christianity, Flanked by Saints Saturnius and Simon

Federico Zuccaro, 1570/71

Watercolor of a wooden confessional with painted arched crest, cross finial, and perforated grille panels.

Confessional

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Triptych of three seated women in patterned skirts and jewelry, gesturing with raised arms against green watercolor backgroun

Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures

John La Farge, 1890/91

Watercolor of a calm bay with rowing boats, rocky shore, and a distant volcano emitting smoke under a pale sky.

View of Vesuvius from Procida

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Watercolor of a painted wooden cigar store figure in a top hat and brown coat, raising a bundle of cigars on a pedestal.

Cigar Store Figure

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Watercolor of a weathered carved wooden female figure with a raised arm, flaking paint and a teal wrist band.

Circus Wagon Figure: Dancing Girl

Katharine Merrill, c. 1938

Pen and watercolor sketch of a woman in a yellow straw hat, grey apron and blue skirt, on a notebook page.

Woman in Swiss National Costume

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a carved wooden poodle sculpture with a diamond-patterned coat on a dark base.

Poodle

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Watercolor of a doll in a brown striped dress with diamond motifs, lace collar, bonnet, and dark gloves.

Doll

Charles Goodwin, 1940

Watercolor of a seated nude boy gripping a planting stick, gazing upward beside dark cypress trees on a green meadow.

Dreng, der planter

Karl Isakson, 1897

Drawing of a carved wooden springerle cookie mold with a lion, birds, floral scrollwork, a heart, and a wreath.

Springerle for Christmas Cookies

Fritz Boehmer, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a sandy road between dunes leading to a white church with a dark roof and a standing figure.

Frederikshavns gamle kirke

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a green vine with red flowers draped over a curved gallery railing.

Ruusuköynnös keskellä urkulehterin kaidetta, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon maalauksia varten

Brown ink drawing of a castle on a rocky crag above a village and watermill, framed by a tree at left.

A Castle on a Crag in a Mountainous Landscape

Joos de Momper, late 1590s

Red chalk drawing of two male heads with curly hair and anguished expressions, after classical sculpture.

Two Male Heads after the Antique, the Sons of Laocoön

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1605

Gouache drawing of a dark jointed wooden doll in a flat-brimmed hat, standing frontally on a beige background.

Dancing Doll

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Watercolor of a blue glass creamer with a spout and looped handle on a plain cream background.

Creamer

John Dana, c. 1940