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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and wash drawing of a busy country fair with tents, market stalls, crowds of people, and a dog in the foreground.

Country Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Brown ink and wash landscape of two men walking a forest path beside a stream, with a castle on a distant hill.

Landscape with Two Men Walking

Tobias Verhaecht, 1580/1631

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Roman hilltop with a church, ruined arches, a stone wall and a cloudy sky.

Roman Prospect with a Wall in the Foreground, a Church and a Ruin in the Background

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1790

Loose watercolor sketch of a woman in a gray gown holding a fan and flowers beside a curtain and gilded chair.

The Corner of the Balcony

Alfred Stevens, c. 1877

Watercolor interior with an elderly knitting woman, a man leaning on a chair, a young woman sewing, and a dog.

A Visit (A Visit from Everyday Life)

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1850-1859

Pen and wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse among trees beyond a tall wheat field in the foreground.

Hamlet in a Wheat Field, Vichy

Jean-François Millet, 1867

Watercolor of a woman in a navy dress and feathered hat holding a bouquet of pink flowers, with yellow gloves and a patterned

The Bouquet

Ernest Ange Duez

Watercolor of a mounted French cuirassier in armor and red-plumed helmet on a bay horse, with cavalry lined up behind.

French Cuirassier

Édouard Detaille, 1872

Watercolor of a sandy shore with rocks, a sailboat, a castle on a hill, and two figures beside an easel.

La Bocca

Henry Victor Burgy, 1882

Watercolor of a stone château with blue conical towers, shuttered windows, a garden bed, and a figure on a path.

Château de Vouzan

Henry Victor Burgy, 1888

Watercolor of a stone tower and pale houses on a coastal path above the sea, with snowy mountains in the distance.

Antibes

Henry Victor Burgy, 1882

Watercolor landscape of a rocky path winding past trees toward distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, ca. 1840

Dark wash drawing of a bearded man with spear beside a tall monolith, a kneeling nude figure, and distant warriors.

The Meeting of Halfdan and Svipdag at Svarin's Mound

Karl Isakson, 1895-1898

Edouard Detaille's 1872 drawing of a cuirassier in plumed helmet and blue-red uniform beside a black horse.

Cuirassier

Édouard Detaille, 1872

Woman in white cap and red bodice reading by leaded windows in a dim interior with a bed and red slippers on the floor.

A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga

François Bonvin, 1846-47

Beige linen-bound sketchbook cover with a paper label reading A. Edelfelt 1517 and red pencil marks.

Sketchbook

Albert Edelfelt, 1902

Watercolor of sheep grazing on rolling golden downland under a stormy sky, with a shepherd and a lone tree.

A View on the South Downs

Henry George Hine, 1871

Pen and ink drawing of a young bull grazing with head lowered, shown in side view on pale paper.

Young Bull

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508

Pen and wash drawing of Moses striking water from a rock as a crowd of people drink and gather vessels nearby.

Moses Striking Water from the Rock

Attributed to Crispin van den Broeck, n.d.

Brown and grey wash drawing of a moonlit sky over a cottage and rocks, with two figures walking across a dark field.

Moonlight

Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1860

Watercolor of a tiger stalking toward a fallen animal across a dusky rocky plain, with a bird flying overhead.

Tiger Stalking Prey

Antoine-Louis Barye

Loose sketch of a street performer balancing on a chair with arms raised, beside a man in red leaning on a barrel.

Street Show (Paillasse) (recto); a clown playing a drum (verso)

Honoré Daumier, 1825-79

Red chalk drawing of winged old Time seated on a pedestal with putti, below an oval portrait medallion of a man.

Allegory of Time in Honor of a Painter (Claude Lorrain?)

Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, 1675-1750

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a nude man raising a mallet over a bull, with laurel-crowned and draped figures be

Sacrifice of a Bull

Attributed to Francesco Primaticcio, n.d.

Pencil sketch of nude female figures in a landscape, one reaching out at left, with trees and clouds faintly drawn.

Diana and Callisto

Possibly School of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Pen and brown ink anatomical study of muscular arms and clenched fists with hatched shading on paper.

A Sheet of Anatomical Studies

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600/10

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling man offering a golden cup to a crowned king and queen before a red canopy.

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible

Masters of Zweder van Culemborg, about 1430

Watercolor of an Athens street with a domed mosque, camels, a mounted rider and robed figures in sunlight.

Street in Athens. With Hadji Hazekis' palace and the Tzistarakis Mosque

Carl Wilhelm Heideck, 1835

Illuminated manuscript page with a robed saint holding a crozier inside a large letter O, surrounded by colorful foliate bord

Saint Benedict, initial ‘O’, with border fragments from a Missal

Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop, 1491

Painted miniature of a bishop beside white deer, with a hunting party on horseback and hounds in a green landscape.

Miracle of the Deer of Saint Bassiano, from a Choir Book

Master B. F., 1500/10