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Watercolors

11,528 works

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling figures, a Virgin and Child, a donkey

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two embracing women on stone steps beside columns, with onlookers, after Andrea del Sarto.

Visitation

After Andrea del Sarto, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining bearded man with nude figures and draped cloth beside a stone wall.

Drunkenness of Noah

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two bearded standing men draped in robes, placed side by side in a rectangular niche.

Two Standing Prisoners in a Niche

Bernardino Campi, c. 1549

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Benedict raising his arm as men strain to move a stone beside classical columns and trees.

Saint Benedict Moving the Stone which a Demon Had Made Immobile

after Ludovico Carracci, after 1606

Pencil drawing of Christ leaning on a cross, with a chalice and drops falling from his hand at lower left.

Christ with the Cross

Circle of Rosso Fiorentino, c. 1530

Handwritten French letter in brown ink on aged paper, addressed to Monsieur le Directeur, with a signature at lower right.

Charles Meryon Autographed Letter

Charles Meryon, March 24, 1854

Brown wash drawing of women examining tablets in a colonnaded setting, with cherubs in the upper left corner.

Women Looking at Religious Tablets

after Lazzaro Baldi, n.d.

Pencil study of a standing armored warrior with a spear in an arched stained glass design, labeled Epaminondas.

Study for a Stained Glass Window

John La Farge, c. 1875

Susan in a Straw Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Girl Plaiting her Hair (La Natte)

Berthe Morisot, 1894

Pencil study of a crowd scene with a rearing horse, a seated figure on a pedestal, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Study

Attributed to Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, c. 1686

Red chalk drawing of a seated youth in a monk's habit holding a book, with white highlights and faint grid lines.

Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1590

Brown wash drawing of a sick man on a bed with kneeling men and winged angels beneath a shaft of light.

Healing of the Paralytic

Possibly Johann Gottlieb Prestel, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two reclining beggars and a seated woman holding a child beside steps.

Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps

after Girolamo Macchietti, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning forward beside a pillar, with a handwritten inscription on the lower strip.

Copy after Drawing by Carlo Maratta

the elder Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 1731

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with angels, above an open stone tomb.

Assumption of the Virgin

School of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Christ kneeling on a rock with an angel above and three sleeping disciples in the foreground.

Agony in the Garden

after Taddeo Zuccaro, c. 1600

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman at a fountain with attendants while a man reaches toward her beside classical architec

David and Bathsheba

Possbily after Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Pencil sketch of draped Bacchic figures and Neptune with a trident riding a chariot drawn by two sea horses.

Sketches after the Antique: Bacchic Revels; Neptune in His Chariot

Pirro Ligorio, c. 1535

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising into clouds above kneeling figures beside a stone tomb.

Assumption of the Virgin

Pietro da Pietri, n.d.

Two painted pages of a garden scene with blossoming trees, musicians, a seated figure on a dais, and an archer, on gold groun

Garden Scene

Unknown artist, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), mid-15th century

Drawing of three figures seated on clouds: a youth raising a bowl, a bearded man resting his head, and a gesturing figure.

Time Seated on Clouds, Flanked by Two Other Angels

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, after, n.d.

Graphite sketch of the Pietà with Mary holding the dead Christ, a bearded figure with a vessel, and a standing woman.

Pieta

School of Simone Cantarini, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a staff, two putti beside her, and a distant landscape.

Magdalene in the Wilderness with Two Putti

François Perrier, n.d.

Upturned Head of Saint Dominic

Lorenzo Sabbatini, called Lorenzino da Bologna, after, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a woman bound to a stake among kindling, with a kneeling figure and a helmeted warrior nearby.

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia

Unknwon artist, 1600s

Drawing of a standing Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, with cherubs and clouds in an arched frame, in red chalk and ink.

Standing Franciscan Saint Holding Crucifix

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Three studies of seated women in period dress, one reading, one playing a lute, one glancing sideways, in chalk on tan paper.

Three Studies of Seated Women

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715

Design sheet with ink and pencil studies of a coffee pot, showing a floral rose motif, pearl beading, and spout details.

Ham and Pearling Design for Coffee Pot No. 6652

Tiffany and Company, c. 1882