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Watercolors

11,533 works

Pencil drawing of a standing draped woman holding a trumpet and flowers, looking over her shoulder, on a pale sheet.

Standing Draped Female Figure Carrying Trumpet, Flowers

Circle of Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Ornamental ceiling design with blue central panel, mauve scrollwork, gilded frame and corner urns on ochre ground.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with urns, swags, and portrait medallions in the four corners

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and watercolor designs for a ceiling border and a wall with climbing vines, floral motifs and small animal scenes.

Designs for the ceiling and wall of a room decorated with waterbirds and flowering vines

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular figure pulling down a collapsing classical temple onto a crowd below.

Death of Samson

Probably Italian, n.d.

Watercolor design for a rinceaux ceiling with lavender scrolls, central rosette and brown moulded border on blue-green paper.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with blue rinceaux corner panels, a central rosette medallion, and stippled decorative motifs

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of the Deposition of Christ showing a dead figure held by grieving women and a hooded mourner.

Deposition of Christ

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a club amid armored warriors and fleeing figures in a wooded battle.

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Possibly after Jean Le Pautre, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures on a hillside looking up at a figure ascending to heaven, with angels among clouds.

Blessed Ascending to Heaven

Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of figures gathered around rocks and trees, with a man striking a rock in the center.

Moses Striking the Rock

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey-green drawing of an Italianate landscape with a church and buildings on a cliff, framed by trees.

Italianate Landscape with Church on Cliff

Attributed to Gaspard Dughet, n.d.

Design drawing of an ornamental ceiling with a central blue and gold medallion, geometric bands and decorative border.

Design for the decoration of a pentagonal ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Sketch of the Trinity and Virgin in clouds above a crowd of saints, including a bishop and crowned figure, in grey chalk.

Trinity with the Virgin, and Ten Saints

called Maso da San Friano Tommaso Manzuoli, c. 1565

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with blue and ochre patterned panels separated by grey pilasters and marbled wainscotin

Design for decoration of a wall with painted panels separated by pilasters

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and ink sketch of classical male figures, including a helmeted warrior with a shield and a reclining nude.

Sketches of Six Classical Figures

Possibly Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man with a cross staff and lamb beneath a tree, with robed figures to the right.

Saint John the Baptist

the younger Ercole Graziani, c. 1748

Watercolor ceiling design with interlaced strapwork border and central filigree medallion flanked by star motifs.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a border of strapwork and a central filagree medallion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink wash drawing of a running Roman warrior in a tunic and billowing cloak, one arm pointing upward.

Running Roman Warrior, Pointing Upwards with Right Hand

Philippe Louis Parizeau, n.d.

Pastel watercolor design of a decorative ceiling corner with circular medallions, scrolling foliage, and green and pink ornam

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with circular medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city, crowds waving palm fronds, classical buildings behind.

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

the Younger Michel Corneille, n.d.

Watercolor design for an octagonal ceiling with gilded rinceaux scrollwork in pink, blue and yellow, framed by brown moldings

Design for the decoration of a hexagonal ceiling with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus reclining with grapes as putti play beside him in a shady grove with a distant landscape.

Bacchus and Putti in Shady Grove

Possibly after Nicolas Chaperon, 17th Century

Brown wash drawing of Ceres with a torch confronting an old woman as a boy turns into a lizard by a doorway.

Ceres Changing the Mocking Boy into a Lizard

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

Follower of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a winged figure flying above clouds, with faint red grid lines visible across the sheet.

Iris

Circle of Domenico Piola, n.d.

Watercolor of the Watzmann mountain peaks above blue foothills under a pale sky.

The Watzmann (recto); Sketch of Sankt Bartholomä on the Königssee (verso)

August Heinrich, 1820-22

Pen and wash drawing of two nude male figures seated on dolphins flanking a central urn, with shields and scrolls.

Design for Overdoor: Two Ignudi with Dolphins and Shields

Circle of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Watercolor design of a patterned blue and red awning with scalloped edges over an arched wooden door in a stone wall.

Design for an awning over a door, in Moorish style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a bishop in a mitre and another bearded saint.

Madonna and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Bambini, n.d.

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97