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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pencil portrait drawing of a bearded man with a lace collar and buttoned doublet, set in an oval on blue paper.

Et mandsportræt

Lucas Kilian, 1700-1799

Pen and ink drawing with green wash of two gnarled pollard willow trees with bare branches on grassy ground.

Studies of Two Pollard Willows; Verso: Wide Landscape Prospect

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Watercolor of a church side aisle with white columns, vaulted ceilings, a chandelier and small figures on a stone floor.

Vaulted Side Aisle of a Church, with Figures

Johannes Bosboom, 19th century

Drawing of a circumcision scene under arched colonnades, with a seated man holding an infant and figures in red and blue robe

The Circumcision

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Ink and wash drawing of ruined arched stone walls with trees above and a small figure walking a dog on a path.

Roman View

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, early 17th century

Pen and wash landscape with a winding river, trees, a hilltop castle, distant mountains and a town on a rocky slope.

Landscape

Gillis van Coninxloo, late 16th, early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of nude women bathing in a rocky grotto, with figures sketched in outline on the left.

The Bath of Diana

Pierre Charles Trémolières, c. 1738

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century

Wash drawing of a flat landscape with a church tower above trees, sandy hillocks in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Aelbert Cuyp, 1635-91

Pen and wash landscape drawing of tall trees beside a dirt path and wooden fence, with fields and a pale sky receding into th

Landscape with Trees

Aelbert Cuyp, 1635-91

Watercolor and pencil study of a decorated ceramic jar with scrolling cloud motifs and a face in relief.

Study for a jar

Thorvald Bindesbøll, 1903

Watercolor of a seated woman in a red dress and striped headscarf, head resting on her hand, eyes closed.

Seated Italian Peasant Woman

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Winter scene of a frozen canal in a Dutch town with skaters, pedestrians, snowy trees and brick gabled houses.

Snow Falling on a Dutch Town

Abraham Rademaker, n.d.

Watercolor of a seated man with a sword as a kneeling woman in white pleads before him in a richly furnished room.

The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Camille Roqueplan, ca. 1826-29

Misty mountain valley with two figures leaning over rocks at right, drawn in soft washes of blue, ochre and grey.

Mountain Landscape with two Figures at the Right

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate saltcellar with a sea god riding sea horses on top and sphinx supports below.

Design for a Saltcellar

possibly Hans Friedrich Schorer, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowded feast with seated guests, a servant holding a goblet, and a dog in the foreground.

Study for the Marriage at Cana

Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1688

Grey wash drawing of a swan spreading its wings over a nest of eggs as a dog approaches among reeds and plants.

A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, c. 1740

Two nude women rise through a starry night sky reaching toward two glowing stars, with smaller floating figures and a flowing

Twin Stars

Luis Falero, 1851-96

Watercolor and ink drawing of reclining camels with saddlecloths and a seated rider before arched walls in Tangier.

Camels Reposing, Tangiers

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1865

Loose watercolor of horsemen among trees beside a pale stretch of water under a blue sky.

Moors on Horseback

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1838-74

Watercolor of masked figures in period costume on a garden terrace with swans on a pond and autumn trees overhead.

Masquerade

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1868

Pastel study of a man in a striped knitted cap and open white shirt, looking to the left against a grey background.

A Shepherd (Study for “Il Voto”) (recto); Woman Holding a Baby (Study for “Il Voto”) (verso)

Francesco Paolo Michetti, c. 1883

Watercolor drawing of a formal garden with a statue in a circular basin, stone urns, and a long tree-lined avenue toward dist

Scenic View of Gardens

Antoine-Claude Fleury, n.d.

Pastel drawing of a bellowing stag on a marsh at dusk, with orange clouds and a crescent moon above.

The Call of the Stag

Rosa Bonheur, 1890s

Watercolor design drawing of a classical table with female caryatid supports, a green urn-shaped central column, and gilded o

Design for a Table

Adrien Louis Marie Cavelier, ealry 19th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a bearded armored rider on a rearing horse in a landscape.

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Anthony van Dyck, 17th century

Framed watercolor of a large black horned beetle surrounded by six smaller colorful beetles and insects on cream paper.

Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other Insects

the younger Pieter Holsteyn, 1640/80

Watercolor of a horseshoe crab in side view with a long tail spine, on pale paper in a dark wooden frame.

A Horseshoe Crab

the younger Pieter Holsteyn, 1640/80

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a bare pistachio tree above a stone terrace wall, with a building and green shrubs behind.

Pistachio Tree at Château Noir

Paul Cézanne, c. 1900