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Watercolors

11,528 works

Saint Bernardino of Siena Preaching from an Open Book

Sienese Italian, 1570/90

Pencil study of tall tree trunks and scribbled foliage on pale paper, by Georges Seurat, 1884.

Tree Trunks (study for La Grande Jatte)

Georges Seurat, 1884

Monochrome forest scene with a man by a pond, large boulders, a winding path and misty trees in ochre tones.

Pond at the Edge of the Wood

Adolphe Appian, 1862

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, hilltop town, and travelers in traditional dress on a dirt road.

View of Lebanon, after an English Engraving and an Italianate motif of the Sabiner Mountains

Ernst Welker, 1837

Brown ink drawing of a rocky gorge with a small wooden bridge over a brook and two figures crossing.

Swiss mountain landscape with small bridge spanning a brook

Franz Schütz, 1751-81

Brown ink and wash drawing of Diana and sleeping Endymion under a tree, with a flying cupid and a dog.

Diana and Endymion

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a grand festival hall with coffered ceiling, marble columns, and gilded chairs in perspective.

Festival Hall From a Theatrical Scene

Attributed to Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, c. 1719

Red chalk drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica with trees, small houses and an arched gateway in the foregrou

Temple of Minerva Medica

possibly Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated bowed figure being stripped of cloth by a helmeted soldier beside arches and a column.

Christ Stripped of His Garments

Lorenzo Garbieri, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with flowers in her hair and hands, draped in flowing cloth.

Flora

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Pen and ink wash drawing of a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from the Virgin and Child amid angels and clouds.

Vision of Saint Dominic

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a graveyard with tall cypresses, umbrella pines, inscribed tombs and small mourning figures in a landsca

Mourners in a Graveyard

Carlo Labruzzi, n.d.

Pen and wash study of armored soldiers around a mounted commander on a platform, with a banner and massed troops behind.

Study for Cosimo I Reorganizing the Tuscan Troops

Ludovico Buti, 1589

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of five winged putti with books among columns and draped cloth.

Five Putti with Books

After Bernardino Gatti, called Il Sojaro, c. 1543

Sketches of Three Male Heads in Profile

Roman or Lombard Italian, 1580/1600

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of three seated men at a table in an arched room, with a standing woman behind.

Study for the Supper at Emmaus

Giulio Campi, 1550/59

Red chalk study of several figures, one draped figure above two reclining figures, with diagonal hatching in the background.

Study

Attributed to Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1710/20

Watercolor of a man in blue coat, pink sash and red embroidered cloak, wearing a feathered hat, labeled Institut No. 14.

A Member of the Institute

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1798

Pencil drawing of a nude warrior in a plumed helmet with a cloak and shield, after Francesco Albani.

Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield

after Francesco Albani, n.d.

A Justice of the Peace

Jean François Léonor Mérimée, ca. 1798-99

Full-length watercolor of a man in a purple judicial robe and cap holding a rolled paper, labeled Tribunal Criminel.

A Judge of the Criminal Court

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1798-99

Red chalk sketch of a seated child with a loosely drawn outstretched leg below, on a pale paper sheet.

Study for Christ Child

Giacomo Cavedone, 1610/12

Three chalk head studies of a man in a striped cap, drawn in red and black on toned paper.

Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man

Nicolas Lancret, 1720/30

Charcoal drawing of a pale road curving through a dark valley toward a flat-topped mountain ridge under a dusky sky.

Algerian Landscape

Albert Lebourg, 1873

Chalk drawing on blue paper of seated musicians playing violin and flutes beside a set of organ pipes.

Concert Scene

Florentine or North Italian, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Laocoön and two sons struggling against large serpents, rendered in sepia wash on pale paper.

Laocoön

Unknown artist, 1550/59

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman beside a column, with putti, a lion and a coat of arms above.

Allegorical Figure of Fortitude, with Coat of Arms Above

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Coriolano, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned, bearded seated man raising an arm while a younger figure leans at his knee.

Samuel Enthroned

Cesare Nebbia, 1586/89

Graphite drawing of a bearded monk reaching upward toward a vision of Christ and angels within an arched frame.

Christ Appearing to Monastic Saint in Ecstasy

Follower of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Grey-washed drawing with white highlights of a horseman with a raised staff, a wild boar, a dog, and sketch studies.

Copy of Scene from the Life of Sulla fresco, in the Hall of Saturn, Pitti Palace

possibly Cesare Dandini, after 1665