Alexandre Bida - And Jesus Said - This Day is Salvation Come to This H...
Alexandre Bida (French, 1823-1895). 'And Jesus Said: This Day is Salvation Come to This House,' ca. 1858-1883. crayon on paper. Walters Art Museum (37.910): Acquired by William T. Walters, 1883 (?).
Jean Paul Laurens - Alexandre Bida - The Foolish Virgins - Walters 379...
Alexandre Bida (French, 1823-1895). 'The Foolish Virgins,' 1884-1885. rush and ink wash with scraping over charcoal underdrawing on moderately textured (?), moderately thick, laminate, wove (?) paper with a whi... More
Alfred Johannot - Aged Man Receiving Communion - Walters 371418
Alfred Johannot (French, 1800-1837). 'Aged Man Receiving Communion,' 1831. watercolor and graphite underdrawing with white heighteing and gum heightening on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove pap... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Elephants in Water - Walters 37819
In a broad watery expanse, an elephant approaches while three others wade in the background. In 1825, the viceroy of Egypt presented the Jardin des Plantes with an African elephant, which lived until 1855.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Large Lion - Walters 37827
"Large Lion" shows a monumental lion staring directly at the viewer. Barye places the animal against an expansive landscape and an almost surreal orange sunset. This watercolor demonstrates well Barye's idiosy... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent - Walters 37829
A lion attacking a snake is a recurrent theme in Barye's production. The artist has given the cat a particularly ferocious expression as it approaches its prey, a small cobra. For this watercolor, Barye worked ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Python Crushing a Gnu - Walters 37815
Barye has returned to a theme that he first explored in 1834-1839, when he modeled this subject as one of four animal combats that stood at the foot of the "Tiger Hunt" (Walters 27.176) in the duke of Orléans'... More
Auguste-Antoine-Ernest Hébert - At the Well - Walters 37908
Ernest-Antoine-Auguste H�bert (French, 1817-1908). 'At the Well,' ca. 1854-1879. pastel on gray, moderately thick, moderately rough, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.908): Acquired by William T. Walters.
Charles Bargue - Moslem at Prayer - Walters 371339
Charles Bargue (French, 1825/6-1883). 'Moslem at Prayer,' 1883. charcoal on smooth, moderately thick, blue-white wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1339): Acquired by William T. Walters, 1883.
Charles Bargue - Study for "Le Peintre et son Modèle" - Walters 371975
Charles Bargue (French, 1825/6-1883). 'Study for "Le Peintre et son Mod�le",' ca. 1857. charcoal on beige, moderately thick, slightly textured, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1975): Acquired by William T. W... More
Charles Chaplin - Girl with Birds Nest - Walters 371593
Charles Chaplin (French, 1825-1891). 'Girl with Birds Nest,' 1862. opaque and transparent watercolor with graphite underdrawing on cream, moderately-thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1... More
Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq - Cavalry Officers - Walters 371600
Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (French, 1826-1895). 'Cavalry Officers,' 1860. watercolor with graphite underdrawing on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1600): Acq... More
Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq - Cavalry on Parade - Walters 371587
Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (French, 1826-1895). 'Cavalry on Parade,' 1862. watercolor with graphite underdrawing on cream, moderately-thick, moderately textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1587): Ac... More
Constantin Guys - At the Theater (Au foyer du théatre; Ladies and Gent...
Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892). 'At the Theater (Au foyer du th�atre; Ladies and Gentlemen),' n.d.. watercolor with ink wash and pen and ink on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walter... More
Constantin Guys - Reviewing the Regiment - Walters 372383
Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892). 'Reviewing the Regiment,' n.d.. iron gall ink and wash on slightly textured, medium-weight, cream, wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2383): Bequest of Philip B. Perlman, 1960.
Louis Pierre Henriquel Dupont - Correggio - Marriage of St Catherine -...
copy after Corregio, Le Mariage de Sainte Catherine, Louvre Museum, inv.41
Célestin François Nanteuil - The Flight into Egypt - Walters 371362
C�lestin Fran�ois Nanteuil (French, 1813-1873). 'The Flight into Egypt,' 1865. charcoal and wash heightened with white. Walters Art Museum (37.1362): Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1865. The Flight into E... More
Eugène Delacroix - Lion and Snake - Walters 371219
Delacroix's "Lion and Snake" is one of an important series of feline images that the artist created around mid-century and imparts an anthropomorphic view of the animal world based on contemporary science. The ... More
Eugène Isabey - Fishing Boats - Walters 37888
Eugène Isabey began his career assisting his father, the miniaturist J. B. Isabey, with illustrations for a travel book on Italy. In 1825, Isabey made a trip to England, where he was profoundly influenced by th... More
Eugène Isabey - Fishing Boats - Walters 37889
Eugène Isabey began his career assisting his father, the miniaturist J. B. Isabey, with illustrations for a travel book on Italy. In 1825, Isabey made a trip to England, where he was profoundly influenced by th... More
Eugène Louis Lami - Study for a Painting of a Costume Ball Given by th...
This watercolor is a study for a painting entitled "Fête chez la princess de Sagan," (1883, private collection) that was produced to commemorate a ball held in 1883 at the Sagan mansion near Les Invalides in Pa... More
Ferdinand Heilbuth - Pincian Hill, Rome - Walters 37962
Ferdinand Heilbuth (French, 1826-1889). 'Pincian Hill, Rome,' ca. 1845-1870. watercolor over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.962): Acquir... More
Frederick Walker - A Fishmonger's Shop - Walters 37943
In this watercolor, a fishmonger offers his stock to a female customer, who appears to hesitate before choosing among the many types of fish on display. Mullet, mackerel, skate, cod, sea bass, herring, salmon, ... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Holland - Walters 37944
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Holland,' 1851. watercolor over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.944): Acquired ... More
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem - Venice - Sunset - Walters 3794...
F�lix Fran�ois Georges Philibert Ziem (French, 1821-1911). 'Venice: Sunset,' n.d.. watercolor with gum heightening and gouache highlights over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, thick, cream wove paper... More
Gustave Doré - Study for "Jacob's Dream" - Walters 371319
Given the fact that it was commissioned by Walters over a year before the publication of the Doré Bible, this drawing illustrating the story of Jacob's dream as told in Genesis 28:11-13 is probably a preliminar... More
Gustave Doré - Study for "The Judas Kiss" - Walters 371387
Although executed a year in advance of the final illustration and unlikely to have been used directly in the wood-engraving process, this drawing corresponds closely to the composition of the image published in... More
Hector Giacomelli - A Perch of Birds - Walters 37963 - Front Mark
Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, "Un bâton de cage." Another variation of this composition in the ... More
Hector Giacomelli - A Perch of Birds - Walters 37963
Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, "Un bâton de cage." Another variation of this composition in the ... More
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - At the Circus - Free Horses - Walters 3725...
This drawing is one of 39 sheets the artist made in the spring of 1899 while he was in a mental hospital in Neuilly being treated for alcoholism. While it is popularly held that the series was done entirely fro... More
Hippolyte Bellangé - Old Wounded Soldier - Walters 371641
Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte Bellang� (French, 1800-1866). 'Old Wounded Soldier,' 1851. watercolor and graphite on beige, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1641): Acquired by Will... More
Honoré Daumier - The Amateurs - Walters 371228
In the 1860s the great caricaturist Daumier produced a number of drawings exploring the reactions of viewers to works of art. In this example, one of several set in a studio, the haughty, aloof artist awaits th... More
Honoré Daumier - The First Class Carriage - Walters 371225
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The First Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1225): Commissioned by Wi... More
Honoré Daumier - The Second Class Carriage - Walters 371224
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The Second Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1224): Commissioned by... More
Honoré Daumier - The Third Class Carriage - Walters 371226
Honor� Daumier (French, 1808-1879). 'The Third Class Carriage,' 1864. watercolor, ink wash and charcoal on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1226): Commissioned by Wi... More
Isidore Pils - Zouave - Walters 37952
Isadore-Alexandre-Auguste Pils (French, 1813-1875). 'Zouave,' 1850. watercolor and pen and ink with graphite underdrawing, white heightening,and gum heightening on beige, moderately thick, moderately textured w... More
James Tissot - The Confessional - Walters 371374
Tissot painted "The Confessional" during the first stage of his career, before he left Paris and took up residence in London after the Commune in 1871. Although he was a friend of Courbet, Manet, and Degas, hi... More
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille - Ready to March - Walters 37954
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French, 1848-1912). 'Ready to March,' 1874. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and white heightening on beige, moderately thick, heavily textured wove paper. Walters Art Museu... More
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Study for Saint Sebastian - Walters 3712...
This watercolor has traditionally been seen as a study for Corot's painting "Saint Sebastian Succored by Holy Women," (Walters 37.192) but the composition has a sense of completeness that suggests it is in fact... More
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Study of Saint Sebastian - Walters 37158...
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875). 'Study of Saint Sebastian,' 1852. charcoal on rough, moderately-thick, brown wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1582): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters.
Jean-François Millet - The Angelus - Walters 37903
This drawing is a later version of Millet's best-known painting (now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris). A young peasant and his companion pause from their work to say the angelus prayer for the dead. Millet spoke of... More
Jean-François Millet - The Sower - Walters 37905
Millet first gained widespread notoriety with his iconic image of a sower shown at the 1850/51 Paris Salon. In this pastel version, he integrates the sower into the landscape around Barbizon with a harrower, a ... More
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissionier - Courtyard of the Artist's Studio - Wal...
"Courtyard of the Artist's Studio" was not a study for a large-scale painting; rather, it was conceived of as a work of art in its own right and was, in fact, published in a folio of images of similar subjects ... More
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissionier - Departure of the Volunteers - Walters ...
Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissionier - Two Persons - Walters 372605
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891). 'Two Persons,' n.d.. iron gall ink and graphite on smooth, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2605): Gift of Rita St. Clair, 1983.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissionier - Two Persons - Walters 372606
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891). 'Two Persons,' n.d.. iron gall ink and graphite on smooth, medium-weight, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2606): Gift of Rita St. Clair, 1983.
Jean-Léon Gérôme - Arab Standing in Prayer - Walters 371305
"Arab Standing in Prayer," shows an aged man on a prayer mat with his eyes uplifted and his hands open in a gesture of intense devotion. The drawing is related to one of Gérôme's most successful compositions, t... More
Jean-Marie Saint-Eve - Temptation on the Mount - Walters 37916
Jean-Marie Saint-Eve (French, 1810-1856). 'Temptation on the Mount,' 1854. watercolor, crayon and graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.916): Acquired by Wi... More
Louis Gallait - Last Respects to the Remains of Counts Egmont and Hoor...
Tried for treason by the Duke of Alva's "Council of Blood" for their defense of traditional liberties and opposition to the establishment of the Inquisition in the low lands, Egmont and Horne were beheaded on J... More
Ludwig Knaus - Sketch for "Mud Pies" - Walters 372601
Knaus made this drawing in preparation for his painting "Mud Pies" (1873) (Walters 37.21). A graduate of the Düsseldorf Academy, Knaus turned to naturalism and studied in Paris for eight years, where he achieve... More
Léon Bonvin - Basket of Asters - Walters 371508 (2)
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Léon Bonvin - Basket of Asters - Walters 371508
L�on Bonvin (French, 1834-1866). 'Basket of Asters,' 1863. watercolor, with white heightening, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper. Walters... More
Léon Bonvin - Cook with Red Apron - Walters 371505
In this scene, a cook wearing a vermilion apron is chopping a large cabbage. Commonplace vegetables are strewn in front of her, including turnips, leeks, celery roots, carrots, and lettuce. The model has been i... More
Léon Bonvin - Country Lane with Peasant - Walters 371511
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Léon Bonvin - Moonlight Scene, Houses in Background - Walters 371514
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Léon Bonvin - Still Life - Vegetables, Fish, and Radishes - Walters 37...
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Léon Bonvin - Still Life - Vegetables, Fish, and Radishes - Walters 37...
L�on Bonvin (French, 1834-1866). 'Still Life: Vegetables, Fish, and Radishes,' 1864. watercolor with gum heightening, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately-thick, be... More
Léon Bonvin - Woman Sweeping - Walters 371668 (2)
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Léon Bonvin - Woman Sweeping - Walters 371668
L�on Bonvin (French, 1834-1866). 'Woman Sweeping,' 1865. watercolor, gouache, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37... More
Paul Gavarni - Car Man and Coal Heaver - Walters 371497
Gavarni's contemporaries noted that he possessed an extraordinary ability to guess a person's profession from his appearance. This watercolor, which relates closely to a plate in "Londres et les Anglais" (trans... More
Paul Gavarni - Gulliver and the Brobdingnagian Philosophers - Walters ...
The best-known episode from Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" involves a sojourn amongst the tiny Lilliputians. Subsequently, the hapless Gulliver sails to the island of Brobdingnag, whose inhabitants are as giant a... More
Paul Gavarni - Half-length Male Figure in Sixteenth-century Costume - ...
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Half-length Male Figure in Sixteenth-century Costume,' 1855-1867. iron gall ink with red ink heightened with white on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Wa... More
Paul Gavarni - Peasant Girl Smoking - Walters 371423
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Peasant Girl Smoking,' 1849. watercolor and chalk with white heightening on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1423): Acquired by Wi... More
Paul Gavarni - V'la l'coco - The Chocolate Vendor - Walters 371449
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'V'la l'coco: The Chocolate Vendor,' 1855-1857. watercolor and colored inks with graphite underdrawing heightened with white on moderately thick, slighty textured wove paper. W... More
Paul Hermann - Rosa Bonheur's House - Walters 371980
Paul Hermann (French, 1864-1940). 'Rosa Bonheur's House,' 1895. watercolor and graphite over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, blue laid paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1980): Acquired... More
Pierre Eugène Grandsire - Château of St Cloud - Walters 37886
Pierre Eug�ne Grandsire (French, 1825-1905). 'Ch�teau of St. Cloud,' n.d.. watercolor and black crayon over graphite underdrawing with white heightening on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige paper. Walt... More
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - Study for "Hope" - Walters 372456
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898). 'Study for "Hope",' ca. 1872. black chalk on moderately textured, moderately thick, brown wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2456): Gift of Mrs. Bryson Burroughs, 1968.
Rosa Bonheur - Sketch of Five Bulls with Color Notes - Walters 372365
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899). 'Sketch of Five Bulls with Color Notes,' 19th century. graphite and watercolor on beige, thin, transparent wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2365): Acquired by William T. or H... More
Rosa Bonheur - The Conversation - Walters 37907
Bonheur's art was underpinned by detailed, analytical study, and she is known to have visited slaughterhouses and dissected animals to acquire an understanding of anatomy. In the 1850s, she also kept a collecti... More
Théodule Ribot - Conversation Piece - Three Heads - Walters 372429
The rough, rustic style that Ribot developed was perfectly suited to the subject matter he favored. As a member of the Realist movement, Ribot was drawn to depicting the poor in a manner that did not disguise t... More
Théophile-Emmanuel Duverger - Little Girl Dressing Her Little Brother ...
Th�ophile-Emmanuel Duverger (French, 1821-after 1882). 'Little Girl Dressing Her Little Brother,' ca. 1861. graphite on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1632): Acqui... More
William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Italian Peasant Kneeling with Child - Wal...
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905). 'Italian Peasant Kneeling with Child,' 1825-1905. watercolor and graphite underdrawing with gum heightening and shell gold on cream, moderately thick, heavily tex... More
William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Mourning Women Kneeling at Grave - Walter...
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905). 'Mourning Women Kneeling at Grave,' ca. 1870. graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1408): Acquired by William... More