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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a satyr playing pipes by a pool with a nymph and putto under trees.

Satyr, Nymph and Putto by Pool

After Michel Corneille, the Younger, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with a globe and a putto with a set square on an ornate pedestal.

Allegory of Geometry

Hans Krumpper, late 16th- early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Punchinello figures chopping and stacking logs beside a brick cottage with a thatched roof.

Punchinello Chopping Logs, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Charcoal drawing with white highlights of a bent woman in a long dress, hands covering her face, standing on cobblestones.

Weeping Woman

Vincent van Gogh, 1883

Charcoal and wash study of a reclining nude male figure with eyes closed, legs outstretched, and a sketched arm at upper righ

Study for L'Autopsie

Paul Cézanne, 1867/69

Brown ink and wash drawing of two sailing frigates with full sails and small rowboats near the shore.

Two Frigate

Claude Lorrain, 1641

Pen and watercolour drawing of a brick tower by a river with rowboats, a sailing ship, and figures on the bank.

Scene with a Tower to the Left

Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1620

Watercolor drawing for a fan showing cherubs holding garlands and ribbons among clouds in a blue sky.

Drawing for a Fan

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medieval drawing of a kneeling man in red praying beside a fleece, with a figure in clouds above and soldiers drinking from a

Gideon and the Fleece, with the Selection of Gideon's Army

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval watercolor drawing of three bearded men in robes, one holding a roasted lamb on a spit beside a stone doorway.

The Passover Lamb

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval painted drawing of two men throwing stones at a kneeling bearded man among grapevines.

The Stoning of Naboth

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval-style painting of a seated bearded man in a blue robe beside a standing armed figure holding a spear and a bird.

Isaac and Esau

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval drawing of a man in blue lowering a rope from a castle tower while a woman leans from a window, guarded by a figure

Michol Helping David Escape

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Pencil drawing of a classical interior with an oval medallion, an urn, and a couple in cloaks before a chimney-piece.

Interior with a Couple Before a Chimney-Piece

Hubert Robert, c. 1785

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a wide skirt beside a small man in a tall top hat on a white sheet.

Sketches of Man and Woman Seen from Above

Philipp William May, n.d.

Watercolor of riders with a monkey and a white horse arriving at an inn with a star sign and arched doorway.

Arrival at an Inn

after Jean-Baptiste Oudry Anonymous, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching a bishop at dinner from behind a screen, with a cherub in the clouds above.

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1768

Green-toned drawing of a stream beside rocks and trees, with mountains fading into the distance under a pale sky.

River Stream with Mountains in the Distance

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1856/92

Jaguar Standing

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1830/50

Persian manuscript page with a painted miniature of a rider, horse, reclining figure and seated woman beside a tree.

Khusrau Gazing at Shirin, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, 1485 (890 A.H.)

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, satyrs, goats and a barrel beneath a vine-covered arbor.

Bacchanal

Attributed to Claude Gillot, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing figure at a door while a woman looks down from a brick building window; a well and birds at

Saint Peter and Rhoda

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, n.d.

Black chalk study on grey paper of a nude bearded man standing with hands pressed together in prayer.

Standing Christ (Study for a Baptism)

Attributed to Louis Boullogne, the younger, n.d.

Sketchbook I

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1883

Ink sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and striped poncho, signed Arthur B. Davies, on a sketchbook page.

Sketchbook II

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1881

Pencil sketch of a girl in a large bonnet and full skirt, with an arm outstretched and handwritten inscription beside her.

Girl in Bonnet

Edward Henry Corbould, 1896

Man with a Large Bow Tie

Edward Henry Corbould, 1835/1905

Handwritten French receipt dated Paris, January 23, 1865, signed by printmaker Charles Meryon on ruled paper.

Receipt

Charles Meryon, January 23, 1865

Pencil sketch of a hillside with grazing cattle and sheep, diagonal fences, and rustic buildings along the ridge.

San Francisco, Study

Charles Meryon, 1855-56

Pencil sketch of a tall old building with steep roof, dormer windows and a chimney, drawn on pale paper.

Rue des Toiles, Bourges

Charles Meryon, 1853