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Watercolor

15,713 works

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Brown and grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, flanked by Saints Francis and Clare.

Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, and Saints Francis of Assisi and Clare

Felice Brusasorci, n.d.

Watercolor study of two bird wings, one brown and rust, one grey and blue, with the date 1515 at the top.

Bittern's Wings: study showing both sides

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story house with a porch and arched windows, plus a wall section at right.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Ink architectural drawing of north and south elevations of a house addition with arched windows, bay window and chimneys.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevations and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a sandy site with a wooden observatory, a standing figure, huts, a dog and cooking pots.

Vesterby's Observatory on Læsø

Martinus Rørbye, 1847

Colored architectural floor plan of a second story residence with labeled rooms, staircase, and dimension notations.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Second Story Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flight into Egypt with a donkey, palm tree, bridge and wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, muscles modeled with hatched shading, mounted in a gilt border.

Study of a Standing Male Nude

called Cavaliere d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lidded urn supported by two draped female figures on a scrolled pedestal.

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds with a robed figure ascending above, in brown ink and red chalk.

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

Pencil sketch of a seated ruler on a throne watching a procession of spearmen and horses, with onlookers at lower left.

A Procession

Ambroise Dubois, c. 1610

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints in clouds, an angel pouring from a vase toward souls below.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory,…

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1690/1710

Watercolor study of a grass tuft with ferns and wild plants, and a dragonfly resting on a blade of grass at right.

A Small Piece of Turf

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Drawing of The Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table beneath billowing curtains and a hanging chandelier.

The Last Supper

Pieter de Grebber, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned central figure, angels, rising souls and damned figures in flam

The Day of Judgment

William Blake, 1805

Ink and watercolor drawing of a seated king under a red canopy with guards and courtiers in a tiled hall.

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1861

Watercolor with a mythological medallion of Venus and Cupid surrounded by fruit, insects, a crayfish and butterflies.

"Venus disarming Amor" in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits, insects and shellfish

Joris Hoefnagel, 1593-1597

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged allegorical figures holding a draped cloth with a medallion portrait, above reclining fi

An Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, Surmounted by a Medallion Portrait of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Pa…

André Lebrun, after 1780

Black chalk sketch on blue paper of a foreshortened male figure reclining with outstretched arms.

Reclining Male Nude, Foreshortened

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, 1562

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, nymphs and cherubs before a domed classical temple.

Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Watercolor of a heathland hillside with large boulders, a sandy path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

From the Gærum Hills in Vendsyssel, 22 May 1833

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolor study of a butterfly, moth, strawberry, pea pod, currants, shells and a ladybug on pale paper.

Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

Georg Flegel, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of a thatched rustic cottage with a worker, wooden cart and tall trees under a sky with birds.

Landscape with Rustic Cottage

François Boucher, c. 1760

Watercolor of a young woman resting on a stone wall beside a basket, with a hazy landscape and church spire behind her.

Returning Home

Johann Georg Meyer, 19th century

Sepia drawing of Christ gesturing to sleeping disciples in a rocky garden, with an angel appearing in a cave behind.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1848

Brown wash drawing of a boat tied to a pier with figures, trees and rocks in misty light.

A Boat Tied to a Pier

Edvard Munch, 1892

Architectural elevation of a neoclassical grave monument with a sarcophagus relief, torch stands, lions and an arched gate.

Draft of the Gandil grave monument at Assistens Cemetery. The facade with sarcophagus, on which a relief with a man,…

Christian Hornbech, 1748-1823

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel above kneeling figures, sheep, cattle and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Two studies of a right hand in red and grey chalk on pale paper, one palm up and one with fingers spread.

Two Studies of a Right Hand

Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800