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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pencil and red chalk sketches of a seated man in a hat beside several heraldic shield and ornament studies.

Sketches of Seated Man, Medici Coats of Arms

Attributed to Stefano della Bella, n.d.

Two Studies: Female Head in Three-Quarter Profile; Female Bust Seen from the Back

After Stefano della Bella, c. 1647

Pen and brown wash sketch of several horses in a landscape, including a seated horse, a walking horse and a horse seen from b

Studies of Horses in a Landscape

Possibly after Stefano della Bella, c. 1642

Pen and ink drawing of a European courtier in a plumed hat conversing with two figures in turbans and cloaks.

European Courtier and Two Turks, Conversing

Style of Stefano della Bella, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of masted ships and an ornate canopied galley beside a shore with small figures.

A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore

Stefano Della Bella, 1634/37

Gilded illuminated letter H with a diamond diaper pattern in gold behind it, inside a framed border.

Illuminated Initial "H" in Diaper Pattern from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 18th or 19th century

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna seated, holding and gazing down at the Christ child on her lap.

Madonna and Child Seated on Ground

Attributed to Giulio Cesare Amidano, n.d.

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a seated Madonna holding a child, with one arm raised and draped robes.

Seated Madonna and Child

Possibly Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds appearing to a kneeling saint with an attendant boy.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Male Saint

Possibly after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of Galatea and Acis embracing on rocks while Polyphemus approaches from the right.

Galatea and Acis with Polyphemus who is about to kill Acis out of Jealousy

Style of Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, n.d.

Black chalk study on blue paper of a head turned downward, with curled hair and a closed eye, by Ciro Ferri.

Sculpted Female Head

Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Loose pencil sketch of a nymph and satyr entwined, with overlapping lines and small sketched heads below.

Nymph and Satyr

Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a woman's face with closed eyes and curled hair, with loose sketch lines around the head.

Death Mask of a Woman

Circle of Lavinia Fontana, c. 1605

Standing Draped Female Figure

called Il Volterrano Baldassare Franceschini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of several draped figures and bearded men with shrubs and rocks in the lower right.

Sketches of Figures, Landscape

Possibly after Marco Antonio Franceschini, n.d.

Pen drawing of armored warriors in combat, one raising a sword, with scrollwork ornament in the lower left corner.

Soldiers of Cyrus Tearing Apart the Army of Spargabise

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

Alcibiades and Two Philosophers

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Drawing of two robed men in conversation, one pointing, on grey-toned paper.

Two Men Conversing and Gesturing

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man with a cane in front of large trees.

Man Seated in Front of Trees

Carlo Marchionni, n.d.

Pen and ink wash drawing of armored soldiers around a fallen figure beneath a stone arch, with onlookers and a dog.

Christ Falling Under the Cross

Possibly Caspar von Fraisinger, n.d.

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a seated woman with a lamb and sheep beside her, dated circa 1545 to 1550.

Allegorical Figure of Meekness or Saint Agnes

Follower of Rosso Fiorentino

Brown wash drawing of a preaching figure on a rock above a crowd of onlookers, with a white horse and tree at left.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Possibly after Luca Giordano, n.d.

Pencil and chalk study on tan paper of a reclining infant with raised arms, with an adult's legs partly visible below.

Reclining Child

Attributed to Luca Giordano, c. 1670

Architectural elevation drawing of a Gothic chapel in Notre Dame with a central stained glass window and painted religious mu

Plan for the Renovation of a Chapel in the Nave of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1843

Brown wash drawing of draped women and nude men making offerings beneath palm trees near a Doric column.

Feast of Ceres

Lodovico Lipparini, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a river with a man leading a donkey, figures on a rise, and a hilltop castle.

River Landscape with Man and Donkey, Bathers

After Andrea Locatelli, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Anthony tempted by demons, with a feast table above and a seated saint reading below.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Attributed to Pietro della Vecchia, n.d.

Head of Young Black Man

Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, 1890

Drawing of a Roman triumphal procession with soldiers carrying banners of cities and trumpeters in wash.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. I

after Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman procession with urns, trumpets with banners, a garlanded ox, and a classical building.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. IV

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century