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Watercolors

11,528 works

Painting of two white chalkware roosters with spread wings in red, gold and green, standing on a rust-colored rectangular bas

Chalkware Roosters

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Two painted drawings of chalkware lovebird figurines on pedestal bases, each pair with beaks touching, in gray, green and red

Chalkware Lovebirds

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Watercolor drawing of a reclining chalkware deer with green-tinted antlers and a green oval base on a cream background.

Pa. German Chalkware Deer

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Watercolor of a praying chalkware angel with a gold gown and speckled painted wings standing on a square base.

Pa. German Chalkware Angel Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Watercolor of a wide valley with a winding river, tree ferns in the foreground and hazy blue mountains in the distance.

Landscape, Nelson

John Gully, 1872

Watercolor drawing of a painted chalkware shrine with an arched top, striped columns, and a small kneeling figure in a niche.

Pa. German Chalkware Shrine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Painted drawing of a Pennsylvania German chalkware figure of Mary seated beside a lamb, in green and gold tones.

Pa. German Chalkware Mary and Her Lamb

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Drawing of a painted chalkware mantel ornament with red blossoms, green leaves, and a speckled central form on a pedestal bas

Pa. German Chalkware Mantel Stop

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Grey wash drawing of a windmill silhouetted on a hill at dusk, with a pale horizon and receding hills.

Landscape with windmill

Watercolor study of a painted Pennsylvania German chair with floral decoration, plus a detail of its crest and splat.

Pa. German Chair

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Drawing of a sleeping lion with head on its paws and a smaller lion sketch in the upper right corner.

Lion's Head and Sketch of a Lion

Edmé Saint-Marcel, c. 1860-70

Pen and brown wash drawing of men in an arched courtyard, one kneeling beside a seated old man, with a dog and tree.

Joseph's Brothers Showing His Coat to Jacob

Jan Victors, 1640/49

Sepia drawing of large trees over a path with small figures, a woman carrying a child, and a hazy distant landscape.

Landscape with trees and figures

Joseph Farington

Watercolor of a tapering pewter coffee pot with stippled birds and floral scrollwork, lid open, spout to the right.

Pa. German Coffee Pot

Loose ink sketch of a head with dense dark hatched hair and shadowed face on a pale tan mount.

Head of a Girl

Anders Zorn, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman with lowered eyes in a black veil, set against a pale ochre oval background.

Head of a Veiled Woman

Anders Zorn, n.d.

Watercolor of a weathered farm building beside a field with a walking figure, grazing cow, and rolling hills.

Farm building

Frederick Sedgwick, 1910

Painted study of a carved wooden spoon rack with rosette and star motifs on a circular crest and three shelves.

Pa. German Spoon Rack

William H. Edwards, c. 1942

Watercolour of moored boats and a white-sailed yacht on calm teal water, with soft blue hills and a hazy sky.

Evening after rain, Auckland

Alfred Walsh, 1911

Female Bust

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman praying toward winged putti in clouds, with a distant landscape below.

Woman in Ecstasy, and Putti

Possibly after Donato Creti, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Pan playing pipes beside goats in a rocky landscape.

Pan

Possibly a follower of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, n.d.

Watercolor of a round carved wooden Zoar butter mold with an eight-pointed star and small heart and moon motifs.

Zoar Buttermold

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Gouache study of a green stylized animal figurine holding a red bead on a teal base, within a pencil border.

Pa. German Figurine

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Loose watercolor of a reclining nude on a bed with yellow drapery and a dark striped background.

Nude Lying On Bed

Anders Zorn, 1894

Four carved wooden stamping blocks on a pale background, one heart-shaped and three leaf-shaped, with serrated edges and groo

Pa. German Stamping Blocks for Homespun Cotton or Linens

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor portrait of a young girl in a patterned headscarf and white blouse, set against green foliage.

Portrait of a Girl

Anders Zorn, 1883

Painted study of a wooden toy merry-go-round with horses and riders under a four-armed canopy on a brown base.

Pa. German Toy Merry-Go-Round

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Painted rendering of a carved wooden springerle board with sixteen panels showing flowers, birds, animals and a figure.

Springerle Board for Christmas Cakes

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Charcoal sketch of a bearded man in a dark jacket leaning on a chair, with a loosely drawn interior behind him.

Portrait of Charles Deering

Anders Zorn, 1893