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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor drawing of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned central figure, angels, rising souls and damned figures in flam

The Day of Judgment

William Blake, 1805

Ink and watercolor drawing of a seated king under a red canopy with guards and courtiers in a tiled hall.

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1861

Watercolor with a mythological medallion of Venus and Cupid surrounded by fruit, insects, a crayfish and butterflies.

"Venus disarming Amor" in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits, insects and shellfish

Joris Hoefnagel, 1593-1597

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged allegorical figures holding a draped cloth with a medallion portrait, above reclining fi

An Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, Surmounted by a Medallion Portrait of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Pa…

André Lebrun, after 1780

Black chalk sketch on blue paper of a foreshortened male figure reclining with outstretched arms.

Reclining Male Nude, Foreshortened

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, 1562

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, nymphs and cherubs before a domed classical temple.

Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Watercolor of a heathland hillside with large boulders, a sandy path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

From the Gærum Hills in Vendsyssel, 22 May 1833

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolor study of a butterfly, moth, strawberry, pea pod, currants, shells and a ladybug on pale paper.

Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

Georg Flegel, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of a thatched rustic cottage with a worker, wooden cart and tall trees under a sky with birds.

Landscape with Rustic Cottage

François Boucher, c. 1760

Watercolor of a young woman resting on a stone wall beside a basket, with a hazy landscape and church spire behind her.

Returning Home

Johann Georg Meyer, 19th century

Sepia drawing of Christ gesturing to sleeping disciples in a rocky garden, with an angel appearing in a cave behind.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1848

Brown wash drawing of a boat tied to a pier with figures, trees and rocks in misty light.

A Boat Tied to a Pier

Edvard Munch, 1892

Architectural elevation of a neoclassical grave monument with a sarcophagus relief, torch stands, lions and an arched gate.

Draft of the Gandil grave monument at Assistens Cemetery. The facade with sarcophagus, on which a relief with a man,…

Christian Hornbech, 1748-1823

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel above kneeling figures, sheep, cattle and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Two studies of a right hand in red and grey chalk on pale paper, one palm up and one with fingers spread.

Two Studies of a Right Hand

Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800

Watercolor of a seated woman and child with a deer in a forest clearing, surrounded by birds and rabbits.

Genoveva

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Watercolor of a woman and children in a forest clearing, a bearded man with a staff pointing, and blue mountains beyond.

Rübezahl

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Brown watercolor sketch of men drinking at a table beside a classical building, with a shoreline and boats in the distance.

View at the Eremitage, with a View of the Shore

Martinus Rørbye, 1826

Watercolor of a live horse in harness beside an abandoned cart, with dead horses on muddy ground under a grey sky.

Abandoned: Marshes of the Danube

Adolf Schreyer, before 1887

Watercolor drawing of a winged archangel with a sword and shield, wearing a crown and halo, on an ochre background.

Decoration of an Arch: Archangel with a Sword

Eduard von Steinle, 1825-86

Pale brown drawing of a centaur guiding a nude youth who draws a bow inside a rocky cave, with a lyre and arrows nearby.

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Bertel Thorvaldsen, after 1810

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli, 1802

Drawing of a hooded winged Angel of Death embracing a kneeling girl who holds a scythe, on stone steps.

The Angel of Death

Evelyn De Morgan, 1885

Pencil study of a reclining male nude seen from behind, with draped cloth, a raised hand holding a bowl, and sketched clouds.

Study for Bacchus or Silenus

Domenico Maria Canuti, c. 1664

Vessel of the Russian Line (Vaisseau de ligne russe)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1827

Watercolor and drawing of a blue alpine lake in a green valley below snowy, craggy Pyrenean peaks with waterfalls.

View of the Lac d’Espingo and the Cirque d’Espingo in the Pyrenees

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Aug. 21, 1865

Watercolor seascape of sailing boats on a river with seven figures, a dog and woven baskets on the grassy bank.

Seascape with Seven Figures and a Dog

Nicolaas Aartman, 1728-93

Watercolor drawing of sailing boats on a waterway with figures and baskets on the shore under a cloudy sky.

Seascape with Six Figures in the Foreground

Nicolaas Aartman, 1728-93

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with a river, arched bridge, and castle on a hill beyond.

Wooded Landscape with a River, Castle, and Town Beyond

Denijs van Alsloot, 1611

Pen and wash drawing of a ferryboat with passengers and a white horse crossing a river toward a distant town.

The Ferryboat

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century