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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor painting of a purple glass vase with a flared rim and pedestal foot on a pale background.

Vase

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Watercolor of a vaulted church porch with a wooden door, figures in dark clothing, and a leaning ladder at right.

From a village church porch

Niels Bjerre, 1892

Watercolor of a nude boy drying himself on a bench beside sunlit blue water and a wooden deck.

Dreng efter badet

Peter Hansen, 1868-1928

Red and black chalk drawing of a woman with auburn hair glancing sideways, shoulders partly bare, on a tan sheet.

Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, 1635/40

Pencil drawing of a stand of tall leafy trees with a rolling hill and a small figure in a field.

A Stand of Elm Trees (recto); A Study of East Bergholt with the Church (verso)

John Constable, c. 1802

Pen and ink sketch of nude male figures and winged putti, one putto holding a palm frond, on a pale sheet.

A Study of Bound Male Figures being Manhandled, and Various Putti, One Holding a Palm Frond

Circle of Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowded church interior with columns, where figures gather around a central tomb.

Presentation of the Body of Saint Antoninus of Florence

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1589/90

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti, a bending male figure, and an arm study on a light sheet.

Studies of a Figure Bending Over, Two Putti, and an Arm (recto); Rest on the Flight into Egypt (verso)

Cesare Rossetti, 1596/97

Pencil drawing of a clear stemmed glass with a knobbed stem and round foot on a cream background.

Glass

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Brown wash drawing of a central robed figure with a child at left, surrounded by a crowd of bearded men and onlookers.

Suffer the Little Children

Domenico Piola, 1690/1700

Brown wash drawing with Judith and Holofernes studies, an ornate cartouche, and sketches of putti and figures on one sheet.

Judith and Holofernes and Other Studies (recto); Diana and Endymion (verso)

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, c. 1718

Red chalk drawing of the Presentation in the Temple with an elderly priest holding the infant, the Virgin, and attendant figu

The Presentation in the Temple

Girolamo da Santacroce, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Christ praying in a garden as an angel offers a chalice, with sleeping apostles in the foreground.

Christ in the Olive Garden

After Jacopo Tintoretto, 1590/1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, with children, a seated Virgin and a standing figu

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Follower of Federico Barocci, 1570/80

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ washing the feet of a disciple, with onlookers, a column and drapery.

Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet

Giovanni Balducci, 1582/84

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with two saints, one holding a lily branch, with faint transfer grid lines.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Clare and Saint Francis

Circle of the Carracci, 1580/90

Watercolor of a pale green glass pitcher with ribbed neck and looped handle against a tan background.

Pitcher

John Dana, c. 1935

Charcoal study of a woman's head tilted upward and to the right, with veiled hair, on toned paper.

Female Head Study Looking Up to Right (recto); Study of Two Figures Supporting an Object (verso)

Follower of Guido Reni, 1630/70

Loose watercolor sketch of bathing women among green foliage, with a standing blue figure at left.

Bathing Women

André Derain, 1880-1954

Watercolor of a nude woman with long golden hair, held by a bearded man in green, against a dark background.

Sifs hår

Karl Isakson, 1897

Watercolor drawing of an amber ribbed footed salt cellar centered on a cream background with a ruled border.

Salt Cellar

John Dana, 1936

Watercolor of a cylindrical glass mug with spiral threading and a looping green applied handle on a cream background.

Mug

John Dana, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a translucent green glass mug with a curled handle on a cream background.

Mug

Frank Gray, c. 1939

Open sketchbook with a watercolor of green fields, a ploughed slope and a line of trees under white clouds.

Sketchbook

Gustave Caillebotte, June 1883-September 1887

Watercolor drawing of a teal glass pitcher with ribbed neck, applied loops on the body, and ruffled foot.

Pitcher

John Dana, c. 1937

Pencil drawing of a footed glass mug with a looped handle and stepped base, shaded in soft gray tones on cream paper.

Mug

John Dana, c. 1940

Watercolor drawing of an aqua glass sugar bowl with a domed lid and applied swag decoration on a cream background.

Sugar Bowl

John Dana, c. 1936

Watercolor of a pale green footed glass bowl with a rounded cup on a wide foot, signed John Dana.

Bowl

John Dana, 1935/1942

Watercolor drawing of a pale blue glass vase with flared rim, ribbed body and pedestal foot on cream paper.

Vase

John Dana, c. 1937

Painting of an amber glass mug with a looped handle on a plain cream background.

Mug

John Dana, c. 1937