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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor landscape of a winding river, village houses, meadows and a fortified building on a hill under a pale sky.

Extensive landscape prospect with a fortified building on hill in the background (recto); Study of a landscape and a…

Antoine Chintreuil, mid-19th century

Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Watercolor landscape of a green wagon on a country road beside two haystacks and trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Wagon and Haystacks

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1869-70

Watercolor of white flower heads and green leaves in a golden vase on a fluted base, with a blue shadow.

White Flowers in a Vase

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1884-1904

Watercolor still life of pink and purple peonies, a thistle and a blue globe thistle in a clear glass vase.

Flowers in a Vase

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1884-1904

Watercolor sketch of two pink roses on thorny green stems with leaves and buds on cream paper.

Two Roses

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1884-1904

Watercolor of a reclining tiger on pale sand, head turned toward viewer, with dark hills and cloudy sky behind.

Royal Tiger

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

Ink and wash drawing of a crowded theater audience with men in coats and top hats gazing toward the stage.

A Theater Audience

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Watercolor and pencil view of a town with twin church towers across a calm lake, under a warm peach sky.

Viborg Seen from Asmild Klosterhave near Søndersø

Martinus Rørbye, 1830

Loose watercolor and pencil landscape with slanting tree trunks, a pastel sky, and low hills beneath.

Landscape (recto); Sketch of rocks(?) (verso)

Paul Cézanne, 1890-95

Ink and wash drawing of a robed figure leading two children through a Gothic arched doorway beside a suit of armour.

"Gotisk" scene. En skjald fører to børn ind i et gotisk hus

Martinus Rørbye, 1827-1829

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, fur stole and pearl necklace, drawn on tan paper.

Harriett Pullman Carolan

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Watercolor sketch of four men on a hilltop beside a pine tree, with a pale blue lake and distant shore behind them.

Four Men Looking at the View from Holmekollen

Martinus Rørbye, 1830

Watercolor of an open Pompeian dining room with Ionic columns, a fountain, a cypress tree and painted red and blue walls.

Triclinium, Excavated in the House of Actaeon, Pompeii

Charles Frédéric Chassériau, ca. 1824

Loose watercolor and pencil landscape of a valley seen through trees, with green fields and a distant village under a pale sk

In the Oise Valley

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Watercolor interior of a vaulted chapel with a robed monk, frescoed arches, an altar with candles, and stone steps.

The interior of the chapel in the monastery of S. Benedetto in Subiaco

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pen and watercolor sketch of a rolling landscape with woods, pink and green fields, distant hills, and a faint building outli

View at the Edge of Winding [Vinding] Forest in Bryrupegnen

Dankvart Dreyer, 1841

Grey-blue wash drawing of Roman rooftops and a bell tower with a draped statue on a pedestal in the foreground.

SS. Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Villa Mattei, Rome

Jean Achille Benouville

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined road with a seated figure, leading toward a town with arches and a domed church.

View of Ariccia

Jean Achille Benouville, 1853

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a garden gate in a low wall, with trees and a pale house with a red-tiled roof behind.

Entrance to a Garden

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Monochrome drawing of a sailboat on a marsh with haystacks, a flock of birds overhead, and distant spires.

Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh

American School, n.d.

Watercolor of a crowned queen kneeling in blue robes, hand on the shoulder of a small boy standing beside her.

A Queen Kneeling with Her Hand on Her Little Son's Shoulder

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted man raising a dagger over a crowd, beside a dead woman on a couch and mourning figures.

Brutus Exhorting the Romans after the Death of Lucretia

Étienne Barthélemy Garnier, c. 1790

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with charging horsemen, fallen soldiers, and gunsmoke in the distance.

Battle Scene (Waterloo)

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1815-66

Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile

Adolf von Menzel, 1894

Pen and watercolor drawing of gnarled cedar trees with spreading branches, small robed figures on rocky ground, and a pale sk

The Cedars of Lebanon

Edward Lear, 1858

Pen and wash drawing of an armed angel with a sword facing a serpent-entwined demon beneath tumbling figures in an arch.

Archangel Michael at the Gate of Hell with a sword in his hand

Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1800-1849