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Watercolors

11,533 works

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John pointing upward below in an arched niche.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Tommaso Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano, after, n.d.

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with putti, garlands, and gilded ornament, with a lunette detail below.

Design for the decoration of an oval ceiling with putti and garlands; with a detail of a lunette

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor capriccio of overgrown classical ruins, fountain, and small figures in an oval frame with a domed building behind.

Garden Capriccio with Antique Ruins

Jean Henry Alexandre Pernet, c. 1788

Seated Draped Woman in Profile

after Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of men raising stones over a kneeling figure in pink, with onlookers and a columned building at right.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Hans Freyberger, c. 1610

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded interior wall with a fireplace, framed landscape paintings, and a decorated door.

Design for the decoration of a wall punctuated by a fireplace and a door and hung with gold-framed pictures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of two standing draped women with a small child, mounted within red ruled borders.

Two Female Figures with Child

Ascribed to Valerio Belli, 1530/45

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a ceiling with an oval trompe l'oeil coffered dome, floral garlands, and ornate gilded scrollwork border.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Head of a Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1595/1605

Pale sheet with a brown wash arch across the top and a thin drawn border, the lower part of the sheet not visible.

Saint James the Great

called Giovanni Stradano Joannes Stradanus, 1590/1605

Watercolor design of a paneled room wall with double doors, rococo cartouches, vases, fruit garlands and lattice frieze.

Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with two putti on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by flower garlands and gilded ornament.

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink drawing of a saint and armed figures in a wooded scene, with a bearded man in the foreground.

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1571

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with draped cloth over one shoulder, after an antique statue.

After the Antique: Statue of Paris

Attributed to Giulio Clovio, n.d.

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with gilded moldings, putti, masks and griffins in red, blue and gold panels.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling in geometric panels painted with putti, masks., and griffins

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a library fireplace with a heraldic crest, crown, gold monogram wall pattern, and ornate mantel.

Design for the decoration of the fireplace in the library of the Chateau de Mouchy

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Graphite drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, hand raised to her face, and heavy draped fabric falling around her.

Seated Female Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, 1873

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a curly-haired winged angel draped over a large billowing scroll.

Angel with Scroll

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Watercolor and ink design of three tiers of ornate wall paneling with pilasters, heraldic shields, and gilded moldings.

Designs for three windowed storeys

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a beamed ceiling with rows of blue panels painted with scrolling foliage and star motifs.

Design for a beamed ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Sheet with eight painted design studies for decorative borders in red, green, blue and gold, with scrolls, arches and flowers

Eight designs for decorative borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, including Justice with scales, a helmeted woman with a lion, and a nursing mother w

Allegorical Ceiling Decoration with Justice, Charity, and Fortitude

Follower of Stefano Pozzi, n.d.

Pencil and wash design elevation of a chimney-piece with arched mirror, paneled door, and oval portrait medallion.

Design for treatment of a chimney-piece and adjacent door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing showing two alternative painted ceiling decorations with blue, red and gold coffered panels and floral ornamen

Two alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Grey wash study of an elderly robed man bending to rescue a youth on the ground, with a boat and sea behind.

Study for Saint Philip Neri Rescuing a Drowning Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1596/99

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with a furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Study for Head of Laocoon

Attributed to Andrea Appiani, the elder, n.d.

Two tall decorative panel designs with scrolling foliage and quatrefoil medallions in pink, yellow, red and green on a brown

Designs for two panels painted in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a door with Chinese-style panels, bird vignettes, flowering branches, and a gold dragon in the central

Design for the decoration of a door with Chinese motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97