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Watercolors

11,504 works

Red and graphite drawing of a seated scholar in a cap and gown gesturing with his hands, with Latin text below.

Duns Scotus

Attributed to Federico Zuccaro, c. 1560

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a nude statue on a pedestal among trees on a lawn.

Statue on Lawn in Epsom

George Henry Harlow, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint embracing a crucifix, with a skull at her feet in a curtained interior.

Beata Humbelina with Crucifix

Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka, c. 1700

Watercolor sketch of an elderly man in a tall hat leaning over a cider stand while two men watch outside a shop.

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions - Senility or Peevishness

Richard Dadd, 1855

Three oval grey wash sketches on tan paper: a river bridge, a harbor with sailboats and cliffs, and a shore with figures.

Two Views of Ports, one View of River with Bridge

Alexandre Thiollet, n.d.

Ink and watercolor self-portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, intense eyes, red lips, and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1912

Pen and wash drawing of a man carrying two wicker cages of birds on a pole across a cobbled street.

A Poultry Seller

Paul Sandby, c. 1759

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a ruffled collar and long gown in an armchair, on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes

Sketchbook

Jacques-Louis David, 1809-10

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863

Drawing of a narrow rocky ravine with stone steps leading to an arched door and a tower with a cupola under a grey sky.

Vitré

Elihu Vedder, c. 1877

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755

Brown wash drawing of an older man with long wavy hair and a cravat, signed B. Franklin at lower left.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1778

Pen and ink drawing of kneeling and standing figures gazing upward at serpent-like forms and rays in the sky.

"Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Chalk drawing of a bearded old man in a ruff collar, mounted within a green and gold decorative border.

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Attributed to Claude Mellan, c. 1650

Colored drawing of a courtier between Covetousness, a crowned piper with money bags, and a hooded Dissimulation, with a wolf

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a young man among allegorical figures, a Latin scroll, and a crouching figure labeled Ma

"Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of allegorical figures around a knight whose red heart is being grasped with pincers, with labeled banners.

"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing of a spectacled woman riding a horse beside a veiled woman, with banners reading Credulitas and Mater spe

Credulity Preparing to Nurse the Mother of Hope [fol. 18 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Ink and wash drawing of a sick man in bed, a miser, a kneeling man, and a red-robed ape beside an apple tree.

An Ape in Purple with a Sick Man, a Good Man, and a Miser [fol. 36 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of a robed man in a niche, swallows and flies near a window, and three storks with red legs.

"Do Not Have Swallows under the Same Roof" [fol. 40 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1514

Pen drawing of bearded Pythagoras in a hooded robe beside a flowering bean plant labeled Fabe, on a grassy mound.

"Do Not Eat Beans" [fol. 25 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen and brown ink drawing of a group of figures surrounding a central man in a pointed-eared hood, early 16th century.

"Do Not Wear a Tight-Fitting Ring" [fol. 23 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a feathered-capped figure gesturing beside a nude child holding a long sword over rocky ground.

"Turn aside the Sharp Sword" [fol. 44 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a fool in a donkey-eared hood tipping a basket of flowers into a trough for three pigs.

A Fool Feeding Flowers to Swine [fol. 42 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a jester with bells on his cap pouring red liquid from a chamber pot, standing on a hatched mound.

"Do Not Put Food in a Chamber Pot" [fol. 24 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in a red hood feeding meat to a lion in an octagonal pit with other lions.

"Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws" [fol. 38 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Colored drawing of a man raising a sword toward a face-like sun, with a second figure in a patterned cloak beside a building.

"Speak Not Against the Sun" and "Do Not Make Water Facing the Sun" [fol. 39 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Brown ink and watercolor drawing of tall cypress trees with swirling foliage, a small building and hills at left.

Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Colored drawing of an allegorical scene with kneeling figures, a seated ruler on a throne, a woman holding a red heart, and a

The Calumny of Apelles [fol. 6 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen drawing of a winged figure with a sphere on a column, a woman in a tower niche, and a man pointing, with Latin text.

The Statue of Opportunity, a Passer-by, and Remorse [fol. 8r]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515