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Watercolors

11,528 works

Circular design study with black and yellow watercolor ornament and a central square motif on pale paper.

Study for a Plate with Yellow and Black Decoration

Thorvald Bindesbøll, 1899

Watercolor of a seated fiddler in a green vest and wide hat playing violin beside a tree trunk.

Gypsy Fiddler

Monogrammist CG, 1858

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with a young boy holding a candle and sketched angels above.

Holy Family with St. John and Two Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures gathered in a timber-framed courtyard beneath a barn structure.

Farmer Requesting Permission to Marry a Nobleman's Daughter

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1761

Pencil sketch with touches of colour showing a town of rooftops and trees along water, with a shuttered house at right.

View of Town

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Watercolor of a long building with tall spired towers on a flat plain under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Large Building

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 1818-83

Circular ceiling design in blue watercolor with winged dancing figures around a central chariot scene with horses.

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Angelica Kauffmann, 1760-1807

Drawing of three young women in white blouses with trees behind them, the middle one wearing a blue floral dress.

A Triple Portrait of Hermine, Emilia, and Helena

Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, 1897

Watercolor of a haloed winged angel embracing three young men in robes amid swirling red flames.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace

Simeon Solomon, Oct. 1863

Pen and watercolor drawing of a domed circular temple with robed figures gathered around a burning altar beneath trees.

Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1777

Watercolor architectural drawing of a grand ministry mansion garden facade above a sectional cutaway, dated 1853.

Project for a Headquarters of a War Ministry

Wagner, 1853

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story theater facade with arched arcades, columns and statues on top.

Project for the New Theater at St. Quentin (Aisne): Elevation

Emile-Jacques Gilbert, ca. 1841

Colored architectural section of a proposed theater showing balconies, a curved auditorium with red decoration, and a roof tr

Project for the New Theater at St. Quentin (Aisne) - Section

Emile-Jacques Gilbert, ca. 1841

Watercolor elevations of two matching blue and gold tribunes on marble bases, labeled in French as flanking grille no. 1.

Right and Left Tribunes

Charles Percier

Watercolor of a bearded man in a blue doublet and red breeches writing with a quill at a desk in an interior.

Mathurin Régnier

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1846

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a turban and draped Moroccan-style costume, one arm extended.

Standing Woman in Moroccan Costume

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Pen and watercolor sketch by Delacroix showing several male heads, a standing figure, and loose color washes.

Studies of male heads and a standing male figure

Eugène Delacroix

Watercolor landscape of tall rock outcrops on a green hillside with sea and pale sky at the right.

Landscape with Rocks

George Sand, c. 1868/76

Night scene of a silhouetted figure holding a chain by moonlit water, with a lit house and dark trees beyond.

Moonlight, Örebro

Gustaf Fjæstad, 1897

Monochrome seascape of a dark headland sloping to choppy water under a streaked, cloudy sky, with small figures on the cliff.

Seascape at Dinard

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1889

Drawing of a bearded captive seated in a vaulted stone dungeon, chained at the ankle, with a jug beside him.

The Captive, from Sterne

Josiah Boydell, 1786

Pen and watercolor landscape of mountain peaks above a village with a church tower, chestnut trees and a lake in the foregrou

La Piana

Edward Lear, 1868

Red chalk sketch of a seated nude woman raising one arm, with a loosely drawn second figure behind her.

Seated Nude

Édouard Manet, 1858/60

Watercolor of a banquet in a sea grotto, with costumed guests at long tables, a staircase, balconies, and a ship.

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

Louis Jean Desprez, c. 1790

Loose ink sketch of a bearded man with closed eyes holding a pipe, with handwritten name annotations on tan paper.

Diego Rivera

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Gothic church interior with a stone pulpit, arches, and kneeling worshippers.

Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Louvain

Genaro Pérez Villaamil, 1807-54

Watercolour of two 17th-century men in hats, one gesturing toward a dissected hand, with a Latin inscription below.

Sir Charles Scarborough and Dr Edward Arris conducting an anatomical dissection. Watercolour painting by G. P. Hardin…

Watercolor still life of a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a dark vase on a wooden table against a grey wall.

Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading a young woman's outstretched hand beside trees, with a child watching.

The Fortune Teller

François Boucher, ca. 1725-28