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Watercolors

11,528 works

Collage of eleven pen and pencil designs for interior decoration, including ornaments, a capital, ceiling studies and floral

Eleven designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward with raised arms and clasped hands beneath clouds.

The Apostles

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895-1900

Watercolor design elevation of a decorative breakfront cabinet with vases, floral columns and a cherub above.

Design for Breakfront

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pencil drawing of a thatched cottage with a stone chimney, arched doorways, a wooden ladder and a millstone on grass.

Thatched Cottage

After Samuel Prout, n.d.

Collage of thirteen ornamental design studies for interior decoration, with scrolls, foliage, animals and painted bands.

Thirteen designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Grey wash drawing of a spandrel design with allegorical women, putti and cherubs seated among clouds.

Spandrel Decoration with Seated Allegorical Female Figures of Charity and Obedience

Studio of Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a muscular nude bearded man standing beside a tall cross, one hand gripping its upper bar.

The Risen Christ

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 18th/19th century

Drawing of a rose-breasted finch hanging upside down from a nail by a cord, with a bee at upper left on a brown background.

A Rose-Breasted Finch Hanging from a Nail

Barbara Dietzsch, c. 1760

Drawing of three ornamental designs with interlaced strapwork, grey foliage scrolls, and an egg-and-dart band on cream paper.

Three designs for decorative motifs in strapwork, rinceaux, and egg-and-dart patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two vertical ornamental border designs of acanthus scrolls and strapwork in grey wash on a tan ground.

Two designs for decorative borders in strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Three pen and wash designs of griffins, scrollwork and a central bird in decorative panels.

Three designs for painted decorative motifs featuring griffins and scrollwork

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of a woman's head bowed with lowered eyes, framed by loosely sketched drapery on cream paper.

Woman's Head

Bernardino Poccetti, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of three horizontal decorative border designs with scrolling acanthus, arched motifs, and floral foliage o

Three designs for decorative borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two ornamental design studies with scrolling foliage and cornucopia in grey and pink watercolor on cream paper.

Two designs for decorative motifs featuring cornucopia and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular seated bearded Hercules statue leaning on a club beside a lion's head.

Statue of Seated Hercules

Style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Pen drawing of the Madonna seated with the Christ child, a chained monkey and a bird beside them.

Madonna with the Monkey

After Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of nude putti and baby satyrs playing with a donkey in a wooded landscape.

Baby Satyrs and Putti Playing with Donkey

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged putti, one turned toward the viewer, on a light brown sheet.

Two Putti

Follower of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, c. 1590

Red chalk sketch of a horse and a dog in overlapping poses on pale toned paper.

Sketch of Horse and Dog

Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of classical worshippers around a kneeling woman, with a veiled figure standing at right.

Story of Niobe: Worshippers; Latona

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

Red chalk drawing of a veiled Mater Dolorosa with a reclining figure and a child among soft clouds.

Mater Dolorosa

Pierre Subleyras, 18th Century

Female Head in Profile, Facing Right

After workshop of Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd in a colonnaded hall around a nude figure, with Hebrew-like inscriptions above.

Ecce Homo

Michael Herr, c. 1610-1650

Pencil and watercolor design for a decorated beamed ceiling with ornamental bands and oval cartouches in pink and grey tones.

Design for a beamed ceiling in French Renaissance style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and chalk drawing of a thatched farmyard with a haystack, barns, trees, and a group of pigs on the ground.

Farmyard with Haystack and Pigs

Style of William Turner, n.d.

Ink and wash design sheet with four corner panels of griffins, birds, dolphins and scrolling foliage around a central motif.

Grotesque designs featuring griffin, birds, and dolphins

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a painted ceiling corner with gilded scrollwork, a medallion, roses, vines and a cloudy blue sky.

Partial design for ceiling decoration with clouds and roses

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink drawing of a draped woman turning left beside a male nude holding a curved trumpet.

Woman Turning Left; Male Nude Blowing Trumpet

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

Pen and wash drawing of a robed saint holding a cross and preaching to a crowd of seated and kneeling figures beneath a tree.

Saint Preaching to Heathens

Style of Charles-Joseph Natoire, n.d.

Watercolor design of a paneled wall with three painted landscapes of trees, gilded moldings and a floral cartouche above.

Elevation of a paneled interior decorated with painted landscapes and coves with cartouches and flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97