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Watercolor

16,677 works

Watercolor design of a Gothic-arched interior wall with fleur-de-lis pattern, star ceiling panel and patterned dado.

Design for wall decoration in the house of Baron Malet in Jouy-en-Josas (Seine et Gise)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1871

Watercolor design of cream strapwork framing pink and ochre scrolling foliage, a decorative panel for a stairway.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Chateau d'Ognon of M. de Machy (Oise, France)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design drawing of a staircase fragment with scrolling foliage and a gilded urn in a laurel wreath medallion.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Château d'Ognon of M. deMachy (Oise, France)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Persian manuscript page showing men in a boat crossing a dark sea with fish, horned animals, and figures in water.

Kay Khosrow Crosses the Sea of Zareh on His Way to China, a scene from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), about 1550

Collage of ornamental design studies with scrollwork, putti, a crowned female bust, and a lion paw sketch.

Ten designs for the decoration of houses, including at least one for the stairway of the Chateau d'Ognon of M. deMach…

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Framed Persian manuscript page with a painted polo game of mounted horsemen on blue ground beside calligraphic text.

A Polo Game: Page from a Kulliyyat (Collected Works) of Sa'di

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century, c. 1585

Painted miniature of Krishna and Radha seated on a pavilion platform with three attendant women, framed by red border and gar

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

Unknown artist, 1719

Watercolor design elevation of a church altar table with gilded crucifix, pink columns, heraldic shields and floral panels.

Design for an altar table surmounted by a crucifixion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a ceiling border with scrolling motifs, dark floral rosettes and layered bands in pink, brown and blue.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Colored design drawing of a ceiling corner with hexagonal lattice, scrolling foliage borders and blue and yellow ornament.

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with fleur-de-lis pattern, pointed arched window with leaded glass, and wood wainscoting below.

Design for the painted decoration of a wall pierced by an arched window

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pastel and drawing of three women with fans in a theatre interior, one in a pink dress and one in orange, by Degas.

Singers on the Stage

Edgar Degas, 1877/79

Watercolor design of a gothic niche with red drapery, gray foliate ornament, blue rosette, and gilded column.

Design for the decoration of a gothic niche

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pastel drawing of a village corner with pale houses, a pond with ducks, figures by a doorway, and autumn trees under blue sky

A Corner of Moret-sur-Loing

Alfred Sisley, 1895

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with yellow, blue and purple panels, ornamental scrollwork and a heraldic shield.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of mourners gesturing in the foreground and Christ carrying the cross up a hill in the distance.

The Virgin, the Holy Women, and Saints John, James and Joseph of Arimathea, with Christ on the Way to Calvary

Antonio Carracci, n.d.

Watercolor of two people in a small sailboat on a misty river beside autumn trees and a grassy bank.

Beverly N.J.

Thomas Moran, 1880/89

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-arched altar with painted walls, star-patterned blue panels and a Sancta Caecilia inscriptio

Elevation of a design for an altar and painted wall decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorated interior wall with wood panels, arched bays, painted pilasters and gilded stars.

Design for the decoration of wall with wood panels and arched bays

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch of two seated women in hats and a faint third figure, with guide lines, on tan paper.

Madame Lisle and Madame Loubens

Edgar Degas, 1869/72

Painted initial showing the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and Mary at a lectern under a dove, in a gold and red border.

The Annunciation in a Historiated Initial "M" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Sepia sketch of a domed mosque with slender minarets rising above wooden houses and a cobbled street in Constantinople.

View of Constantinople

Possibly David Roberts, 1840/45

Watercolor design of a decorative painted ceiling with roundels, floral garland, blue cartouches, and small bird vignettes.

Design for the painted decoration of a baker's shop

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design drawing of painted ceiling and wall panels with ornamental scrollwork, ivy, a rose medallion and the word F

Design for painted decoration of wall or ceiling panels, including the word "Frascati"

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a man's head in three-quarter view with curly hair and a frowning expression.

Roman Portrait Bust

Follower of Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with broken arches and small figures on the open ground.

Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome

Circle of Willem van Nieuwlandt, II, c. 1600

Watercolor design of painted ceiling timbers with gilded brackets and a red and gold PB monogram, with scale notes.

Designs for the painted decoration of ceiling timbers monogrammed "PB"

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Architectural drawing of painted ceiling timber designs with foliate scrollwork and a gilded LB monogram in brown and gold.

Designs for the painted decoration of ceiling timbers; one monogrammed: "LB"

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a grand domed church interior with coffered vaults, small figures on the floor, and a glowing cross.

View of Crossing in Saint Peter's

Follower of Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Vertical ornamental design with a central CA monogram medallion, scrolling gold foliage, and pink and blue painted panels.

Design for the painted decoration of a wall of ceiling panel monogrammed "CA"

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown and white drawing of a ceiling design with a blank central panel, seated sages with books, putti, and scrolled ornament

Ceiling Decoration with Four Fathers of the Church, Sibyls and Prophets

possibly after Pasquale Cati, n.d.

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central cherub, gilded frame, laurel medallion with monogram AS, and blue and gold bor

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with the monogram: AS

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97