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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze-like battle with mounted warriors, horses, shields, and a fallen nude figure.

Battle of the Amazons

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

Brown ink and wash sketch of mythological figures, nudes, draped women and a winged figure among clouds.

Sketches of Mythological Subjects

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape with a large central tree, village houses, a windmill on a hill, and angels in the lower left.

Landscape with Abraham and Angels

Attributed to Hans Bol, 1567

Grey wash drawing of a stream flowing between rocks and wooded banks under an open sky.

View Along Stream and Wooded Banks

Style of Sir George Howland Beaumont, c. 1820

Grey wash drawing of a stone cottage with a chimney, a round thatched tower, and a figure in a doorway.

A Mill at Berwick Upon Tweed

Possibly William Alexander, n.d.

Little Girl Standing at Desk and Writing

Edmund Thomas Parris, c. 1827

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with curly hair, one leg extended, resting on a stone block.

Seated Academic Male Nude

Style of Jacque Louis David, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur carrying a woman with billowing drapery over a blue-grey landscape.

Nessus and Deianira

Circle of Vincenzo Camuccini, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with arches and a collapsed vault, two peasants and a horse in the foreground.

Roman Ruins with Two Peasants Conversing in the Foreground

Charles-Louis Clérisseau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Neptune with a trident driving sea horses through waves, with figures embracing at lower right.

Triumph of Neptune

Possibly after Simon Vouet, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing of an old bearded man with wild wavy hair and long beard, gazing forward on grey paper.

Bust of Old Bearded Man

Style of or after Antonio Cavallucci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning on a long staff, with a second leg sketched below on cream paper.

Academic Male Nude Leaning on Staff

Style of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, n.d.

Head of Comity

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, c. 1750

Graphite drawing of a half-length figure in a striped head wrap and draped cloth, gazing sideways on tan paper.

Half-Length Figure

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Red chalk study of a bearded, crowned man in draped cloak, head turned upward, with faint leg underdrawing below.

Study for King David, with Harp and Psalm Book

aAter Guido Reni, after 1621

Watercolor drawing of a large palace with towers behind trees, a weir across a river, and half-timbered houses.

View of the Dessau Castle from the East

Heinrich Olivier, 1820

Watercolor of twisted olive trees over a sunlit green slope with shrubs and a blue sky.

Olive Trees, Corfu

John Singer Sargent, 1909

Watercolor of weathered wooden woodsheds with stacked firewood and white geese grazing on green grass in a Tyrolean yard.

Woodsheds, Tyrol

John Singer Sargent, 1914

Loose watercolor of three men in wide-brimmed hats carrying coiled rope over their shoulders against a pale background.

Workmen at Carrara

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Pencil grid on aged paper with red, blue, and yellow rectangles and torn collaged paper at the right edge.

Study for a Composition

Piet Mondrian, 1940-41

Watercolor of a forest stream with a small waterfall, a leaning mossy tree, and several figures resting on the banks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Friedrich Christian Klass, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a decorated interior wall with a mirror above a fireplace, flanked by two painted panels with figures

Elevation of an interior wall decorated with a chimney piece surmouted by a mirror and flanked with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor study of a flowing-robed female figure with pink drape in a circle, beside a panel of cherubs among clouds.

Two designs for the decoration of ceilings with figures in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Tall decorative door design with gilded panels, a dancing woman with a tambourine, and a lower roundel of ducks among flowers

Design for a decorated door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a gilded ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a central rosette, and a small painted panel of two seated fig

Design for a ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ink and wash drawing of a curved ornamental border with scrolls, foliage and a central mask, beside a pencil study.

Design for decorative border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Horizontal ceiling border design with rococo cartouches, putti on the left and reclining figures in a landscape on the right.

Design for the decorative border around a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ochre-ground design drawing of a ceiling border with scrolling foliage and a putto carrying a basket of flowers at center.

Design for decorative border to a ceiling with a putto carrying a basket of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Half-circle ceiling design with gold rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, floral garlands and small painted cherubs.

Partial design for a circular ceiling decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with painted clouds framed by a gilded rococo scroll border with floral accents.

Design for the decoration of aceiling with painted clouds and a pierced border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97