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Watercolor

16,693 works

Pencil sketch of two winged putti embracing, with drapery swirling above them on pale paper.

Spandrel Decoration with Two Putti

After Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of rustic figures resting and drinking beside barrels and a ladder outside a building.

Rustic Scene: Men, Women and Children Resting and Drinking Outside Building

Giorgio Giacoboni, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a town square with a church and bell tower, a column in the foreground, and figures on a hill.

View of Piazza in Fiesole

Giuseppe Gherardi, n.d.

Red and graphite drawing of a seated scholar in a cap and gown gesturing with his hands, with Latin text below.

Duns Scotus

Attributed to Federico Zuccaro, c. 1560

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a nude statue on a pedestal among trees on a lawn.

Statue on Lawn in Epsom

George Henry Harlow, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint embracing a crucifix, with a skull at her feet in a curtained interior.

Beata Humbelina with Crucifix

Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka, c. 1700

Watercolor sketch of an elderly man in a tall hat leaning over a cider stand while two men watch outside a shop.

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions - Senility or Peevishness

Richard Dadd, 1855

Three oval grey wash sketches on tan paper: a river bridge, a harbor with sailboats and cliffs, and a shore with figures.

Two Views of Ports, one View of River with Bridge

Alexandre Thiollet, n.d.

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a pale blue background.

Portrait of Mr. Booth

Attributed to John Barry, c. 1810

Portrait of an Officer

Attributed to Henry Kirchhoffer, c. 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly light hair, blue eyes, brown coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1810/20

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly dark hair, wearing a dark blue coat and black bow tie.

Portrait of a Young Man

Nathaniel Plimer, c. 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white headwrap and red sash, in a blue enamel frame with a bow.

Portrait of Charlotte Buller

Attributed to Nathaniel Plimer, c. 1828

Ink and watercolor self-portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, intense eyes, red lips, and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1912

Pen and wash drawing of a man carrying two wicker cages of birds on a pole across a cobbled street.

A Poultry Seller

Paul Sandby, c. 1759

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a ruffled collar and long gown in an armchair, on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes

Sketchbook

Jacques-Louis David, 1809-10

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with long curled hair in blue armor and white lace collar, in a silver frame.

Portrait of Louis XIV in armor

Attributed to Pierre Bordier, 1670-80

Oval miniature portrait of a man with long curly hair, white collar, and studded armor, set in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man in Armor

D.M., 1663

Drawing of a narrow rocky ravine with stone steps leading to an arched door and a tower with a cupola under a grey sky.

Vitré

Elihu Vedder, c. 1877

Hazy brown-toned view of a New York harbour town and ships seen from a grassy hill with a large tree and grazing cows.

View of the City and Harbour of New York taken from Mount Pitt, the Seat of John R. Livingston, Esq.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1796

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755

Lithograph of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn with a tall spire, arched windows, and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New York

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1844

Brown wash drawing of an older man with long wavy hair and a cravat, signed B. Franklin at lower left.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1778

Pen and ink drawing of kneeling and standing figures gazing upward at serpent-like forms and rays in the sky.

"Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Chalk drawing of a bearded old man in a ruff collar, mounted within a green and gold decorative border.

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Attributed to Claude Mellan, c. 1650

Colored drawing of a courtier between Covetousness, a crowned piper with money bags, and a hooded Dissimulation, with a wolf

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a young man among allegorical figures, a Latin scroll, and a crouching figure labeled Ma

"Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of allegorical figures around a knight whose red heart is being grasped with pincers, with labeled banners.

"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing of a spectacled woman riding a horse beside a veiled woman, with banners reading Credulitas and Mater spe

Credulity Preparing to Nurse the Mother of Hope [fol. 18 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Ink and wash drawing of a sick man in bed, a miser, a kneeling man, and a red-robed ape beside an apple tree.

An Ape in Purple with a Sick Man, a Good Man, and a Miser [fol. 36 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of a robed man in a niche, swallows and flies near a window, and three storks with red legs.

"Do Not Have Swallows under the Same Roof" [fol. 40 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1514