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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and brown ink study of a robed kneeling saint with arms raised and face turned upward, on tan paper.

Study for Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Guercino, 1632/34

Group of Figures, with Owl on a Pole

Attributed to Guercino, n.d.

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical library facade with columns, green doors, a book-filled pediment and a statue on top.

Study for the Astor Library, New York

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1843

Pen sketch of a martyrdom scene with a fallen figure, crowd of onlookers, hovering angels and clouds.

The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Pietro da Cortona, c. 1660

Watercolor elevation of a columned neoclassical building with green doors and two figures in top hats at the entrance.

American Institute, New York City (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1834-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded saint with a lion, skull and two angels in an arched frame.

Study for Saint Jerome

after Ludovico Carracci, after 1598

Brown ink drawing of a seated king judging an infant as an executioner raises a sword, with women and onlookers around.

Judgment of Solomon

Possibly Pietro da Cortona, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a rider on a rearing horse leaping toward a chasm, with figures at left, within an oval on a tan mat.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss

called Salviati Francesco de'Rossi, 1555/63

Standing Draped Male Figure

Unknown artist, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a Calvary scene with a mounted soldier holding a banner, kneeling women, and a cross under a cloudy sky

Calvary

Attributed to Pedro Machuca, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Cupid in a triumphal chariot with gods, goddesses and putti in a mythological procession.

Cupid in Triumphal Chariot, Accompanied by Gods and Goddesses

Follower of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Red-brown ink drawing of the Deposition with Christ lowered from the cross by figures on ladders and mourners below.

Deposition, with Saint Francis of Assisi and Another Male Saint (Stephen?)

Attributed to Simone De Magistris, c. 1576

Pen and ink study of a muscular male leg with faint sketch of a seated figure on aged paper.

Male Figure Study, with Slight Sketch of Seated Figure

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1540/50

Watercolor of a forest encampment with seated figures, animals and a fashionable couple walking on a path at right.

Gipsy encampment

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

Pen and ink anatomical study of a kneeling male figure with a separate sketch of muscles and tendons below.

Anatomical Study and Sketch of Kneeling Figure

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Ideal Bust of a Woman

Attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a muscular male nude with arms raised overhead and one knee bent, on tan paper.

Ascending Male Nude

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pen and ink study of a male nude's legs and feet with cross-hatched shading, plus a sketched arm at upper right.

Legs and Feet of Male Nude

Possibly after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1812/50

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with flaxen hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue high-necked dress.

The girl with flaxen hair

Frances Hodgkins, 1893

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular armored warrior above a small winged child with a cord, c. 1550.

Mars and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1550

Brown ink and wash study of the Annunciation with the Virgin kneeling and an angel descending among clouds and putti.

Study for the Annunciation

Lazzaro Baldi, n.d.

Watercolor scientific illustration of a blue mackerel fish in side view with labeled fin counts above and caption below.

Scomber australasicus (Tas) : Blue mackerel

Frank Edward Clarke, 1869

Chalk drawing of a seated winged figure with curled hair, bare torso and draped cloth on tan paper.

Seated Angel

Attributed to Mario Balassi, n.d.

Watercolor of a dirt path through heathland with resting sheep, pine trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Ewhurst Hill, Surrey

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman's head tilted upward, veiled, on a toned paper ground.

Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards

Jacopo Cavedone, c. 1615

Watercolor still life of two decorative plates, a blue draped cloth, a jug and a brown bowl on a pink table.

Two plates

Frances Hodgkins, 1931

Pencil drawing of a robed saint blessing a child held by a seated woman, with a kneeling figure and architectural arches behi

Saint Blessing of Healing Child

After Simone Barabbino, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a bearded man's head tilted upward, eyes looking up, with curly hair on a cream paper sheet.

Head of Bearded Man Looking Upwards

Jonathan Richardson, n.d.

Watercolor of a woodland edge with pale birch and reddish pine trunks rising through layered green undergrowth and foliage.

The Edge of a Wood at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1842/1843

Grey wash drawing of a woody landscape with a cottage, a pond, a cloaked figure and a small boat on tan paper.

Woody landscape with horseman near a pond by a cottage

Thomas Gainsborough