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Watercolors

11,514 works

Monochrome drawing of a waterfall cascading over rocks beside a leaning tree in a dense wooded landscape.

Waterfalls and Woods

Style of Amos Green, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an embracing couple at a gate with onlookers and a sheep in the foreground.

The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, c. 1553

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with two oval medallions of standing classical figures between acanthus leaves.

Two Medallions with Standing Figures of Omphale and Bacchus, Separated by Design of Acanthus Leaves

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1747/1785

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a seated woman holding a child, with another child reclining beside her.

Woman and Two Children

after Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a couple embracing before a classical city with domes, soldiers, a ship, and a crowd.

Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man fishing from a rowboat with a net, a woman and child on the shore, and a distant sailboat.

Chinoiserie with Man Fishing from Boat, Woman and Child Standing on Shore

After Claude-Joseph Vernet, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on brown paper of a woman's head and shoulders, eyes lowered, with draped fabric.

Bust of Woman

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child on clouds, with Saints Anthony and John the Baptist kneeling below and cherubs

Madonna and Child Adored by Saints Anthony and John the Baptist

Style of Cornelis Schut, 1600/1625

Young Man in Profile with Chin in Hand, Leaning on Raised Knee

Filippo Napoletano, 1607-1629

Watercolor ceiling design with a central medallion of cherubs and figures, surrounded by ornate pastel panels and borders.

An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of Spring

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1790/1815

Brown ink and wash drawing of mourners around a reclining body beside ruined classical columns and walls.

Mourning over the Body of Saint Stephen

After Annibale Carracci, 1604/1799

Watercolor drawing of a rustic watermill with a Gothic brick ruin, figures, dogs, and a distant church spire.

Rustic Watermill in a Gothic Ruin

Hendrik de Meyer II, 1778

Pencil sketch of a standing male figure holding a severed head and a cord, on pale paper.

David with the Head of Goliath

called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1591/93

Red chalk drawing of an old man with closed eyes and a headscarf, in three-quarter view on cream paper.

Head of an Old Man

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding dead Christ above clouds, with three saints and a dog below.

Pieta, with Saints Francis, Roch, and Third Male Saint

Style of Pietro Antonio di Pietri, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a man seated on a lion, reaching toward its head.

Man Mounting Lion

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Watercolor of two men on floating logs in a river, one poling, with forested hills and cloudy sky behind.

Hudson River, Logging

Winslow Homer, 1891-1892

Head of Young Man, in Profile to Right

Style of Benedetto Luti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the ruined Colosseum and a distant arch in Rome, with a large tree and seated couple in the foreground.

View of Roman Colosseum and Arch of Titus, with Couple in Foreground

Attributed to Giuseppe Fini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of mythological figures, putti and clouds in an oval ceiling composition.

Ceiling with Bacchus, Ariadne, Diana and Minerva

Attributed to Filippo Pedrini, 1795/1800

Pencil and wash drawing of a round stone tower above trees, with a cottage and three figures on a dirt path below.

Cheltenham Cottage, Hoxfield

Walter Arnee Frank, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a turbaned rider on a white horse led through a street past spearmen and onlookers.

Triumph of Mordecai

Giuseppe Piattoli, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of two seated figures under a tree on a rocky hillside, with faint ruled lines.

Two Men Seated under Tree on Hillside

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an architect in a dark cloak showing designs to a patron and an assistant beside him.

Architect Submitting Designs to Patron

Francesco Fontebasso, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a two-story house with chimneys among trees, with a low rail fence and shrubs in the foreground.

House with Garden

William John Gray of Salisbury, n.d

Caricature of Man Writing

Carlo Marchionni, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of Tobias and an angel walking through a landscape, framed by an ornate rococo border with fruit.

Vignette of Tobias and the Angel

Style of Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of Roman ruins with columns, arches, palm trees and small draped figures under a cloudy sky.

Ruins of Roman Forum, with Figures

called Battista Vicentino Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, c. 1550

Brown wash drawing of a tropical shoreline with palm trees, sailing ships, arched buildings and figures at the water's edge.

South Sea Island

Lorens Gottman, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two winged putti embracing, with drapery swirling above them on pale paper.

Spandrel Decoration with Two Putti

After Carlo Maratti, n.d.