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Watercolor

16,677 works

Watercolor ceiling design with interlaced strapwork border and central filigree medallion flanked by star motifs.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a border of strapwork and a central filagree medallion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink wash drawing of a running Roman warrior in a tunic and billowing cloak, one arm pointing upward.

Running Roman Warrior, Pointing Upwards with Right Hand

Philippe Louis Parizeau, n.d.

Pastel watercolor design of a decorative ceiling corner with circular medallions, scrolling foliage, and green and pink ornam

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with circular medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city, crowds waving palm fronds, classical buildings behind.

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

the Younger Michel Corneille, n.d.

Watercolor design for an octagonal ceiling with gilded rinceaux scrollwork in pink, blue and yellow, framed by brown moldings

Design for the decoration of a hexagonal ceiling with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus reclining with grapes as putti play beside him in a shady grove with a distant landscape.

Bacchus and Putti in Shady Grove

Possibly after Nicolas Chaperon, 17th Century

Brown wash drawing of Ceres with a torch confronting an old woman as a boy turns into a lizard by a doorway.

Ceres Changing the Mocking Boy into a Lizard

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

Follower of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a winged figure flying above clouds, with faint red grid lines visible across the sheet.

Iris

Circle of Domenico Piola, n.d.

Watercolor of the Watzmann mountain peaks above blue foothills under a pale sky.

The Watzmann (recto); Sketch of Sankt Bartholomä on the Königssee (verso)

August Heinrich, 1820-22

Pen and wash drawing of two nude male figures seated on dolphins flanking a central urn, with shields and scrolls.

Design for Overdoor: Two Ignudi with Dolphins and Shields

Circle of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Watercolor design of a patterned blue and red awning with scalloped edges over an arched wooden door in a stone wall.

Design for an awning over a door, in Moorish style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a bishop in a mitre and another bearded saint.

Madonna and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Bambini, n.d.

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John pointing upward below in an arched niche.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Tommaso Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano, after, n.d.

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with putti, garlands, and gilded ornament, with a lunette detail below.

Design for the decoration of an oval ceiling with putti and garlands; with a detail of a lunette

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor capriccio of overgrown classical ruins, fountain, and small figures in an oval frame with a domed building behind.

Garden Capriccio with Antique Ruins

Jean Henry Alexandre Pernet, c. 1788

Seated Draped Woman in Profile

after Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of men raising stones over a kneeling figure in pink, with onlookers and a columned building at right.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Hans Freyberger, c. 1610

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded interior wall with a fireplace, framed landscape paintings, and a decorated door.

Design for the decoration of a wall punctuated by a fireplace and a door and hung with gold-framed pictures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of two standing draped women with a small child, mounted within red ruled borders.

Two Female Figures with Child

Ascribed to Valerio Belli, 1530/45

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a ceiling with an oval trompe l'oeil coffered dome, floral garlands, and ornate gilded scrollwork border.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Head of a Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1595/1605

Pale sheet with a brown wash arch across the top and a thin drawn border, the lower part of the sheet not visible.

Saint James the Great

called Giovanni Stradano Joannes Stradanus, 1590/1605

Watercolor design of a paneled room wall with double doors, rococo cartouches, vases, fruit garlands and lattice frieze.

Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with two putti on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by flower garlands and gilded ornament.

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink drawing of a saint and armed figures in a wooded scene, with a bearded man in the foreground.

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1571

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with draped cloth over one shoulder, after an antique statue.

After the Antique: Statue of Paris

Attributed to Giulio Clovio, n.d.

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with gilded moldings, putti, masks and griffins in red, blue and gold panels.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling in geometric panels painted with putti, masks., and griffins

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a library fireplace with a heraldic crest, crown, gold monogram wall pattern, and ornate mantel.

Design for the decoration of the fireplace in the library of the Chateau de Mouchy

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