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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of Jacob wrestling a winged angel beside a river and large tree.

Jacob and the Angel

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, late 17th-mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and horse beneath a figure in clouds, with startled onlookers around.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Giorgio Vasari, 1554

The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso)

Three boys stand on a street in watercolor and pencil, one with a backpack, with figures and a soldier in the background.

Three boys from Auvergne

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso, c. 1750

Brown wash drawing of white-hatted Punchinello figures around a collapsed man, with a donkey and rocky cliff at left.

Punchinello Collapses on the Road, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1791

Pen and wash drawing of nude helmeted soldiers with shields and raised weapons advancing together in a crowded group.

Nude Soldiers Gesticulating with Their Weapons (recto); Two Drapery Studies for the Figure of Tatius (verso)

Jacques-Louis David, 1796/97

Pencil drawing of two women seated in a furnished parlor beside a fireplace, one reclining in a tufted armchair.

Comtesse Charles d’Agoult (born Marie de Flavigny) and Her Daughter Claire d’Agoult

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1849

Grey wash drawing of three kneeling women in lace veils beside classical columns and a bust, by John Brown.

Three Kneeling Women

John Brown, 1770/75

Watercolor and pen drawing of ruined Gothic abbey arches and a tall broken tower above grass, with a sailing ship on the sea

Eldena Abbey, near Greifswald in Swedish Pomerania

Caspar David Friedrich, 1814

Watercolor interior of a palace room with chandelier, tapestry, white stove, red curtains and gilded chairs.

Room of Archduke Ludwig Victor in the Hofburg, Vienna

Franz Alt, 1861

Central watercolor of a busy Munich square with twin church towers, surrounded by fifteen small architectural city views on g

Fifteen Architectural Subjects: Views of Munich

Heinrich Adam, 1835

Watercolor of a flower bouquet in a gilded urn with a coat of arms, with a butterfly and dragonfly, on a pale background.

Flowers in a Gilded Vase with the Holstein-Gottorp Coat of Arms

Nicolas Robert, 1650-1699

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Brown and grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, flanked by Saints Francis and Clare.

Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, and Saints Francis of Assisi and Clare

Felice Brusasorci, n.d.

Watercolor study of two bird wings, one brown and rust, one grey and blue, with the date 1515 at the top.

Bittern's Wings: study showing both sides

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story house with a porch and arched windows, plus a wall section at right.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Ink architectural drawing of north and south elevations of a house addition with arched windows, bay window and chimneys.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevations and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a sandy site with a wooden observatory, a standing figure, huts, a dog and cooking pots.

Vesterby's Observatory on Læsø

Martinus Rørbye, 1847

Colored architectural floor plan of a second story residence with labeled rooms, staircase, and dimension notations.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Second Story Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flight into Egypt with a donkey, palm tree, bridge and wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, muscles modeled with hatched shading, mounted in a gilt border.

Study of a Standing Male Nude

called Cavaliere d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lidded urn supported by two draped female figures on a scrolled pedestal.

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds with a robed figure ascending above, in brown ink and red chalk.

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

Pencil sketch of a seated ruler on a throne watching a procession of spearmen and horses, with onlookers at lower left.

A Procession

Ambroise Dubois, c. 1610

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints in clouds, an angel pouring from a vase toward souls below.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory,…

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1690/1710

Watercolor study of a grass tuft with ferns and wild plants, and a dragonfly resting on a blade of grass at right.

A Small Piece of Turf

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Drawing of The Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table beneath billowing curtains and a hanging chandelier.

The Last Supper

Pieter de Grebber, n.d.