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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor landscape of village houses and trees above striped red, green and yellow fields under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Christian Rohlfs, 1870s

Watercolor drawing of a rusty-breasted bird perched on a vine of blue grapes, with a second bird at lower left.

Bird Eating Grapes (recto); Tigress (verso)

Giovanni da Udine, 1487-1564

Pen and green wash drawing of rococo scrollwork and leafy foliage forming an ornamental border around a blank center.

Design for a Framing Motif

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Hand-colored drawing of three women in period dress with a drum, sword, shield, helmet and flag beneath a tree.

The Iron Age (L'Age de fer)

Nicolas Arnoult, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a top hat and overcoat holding a walking stick, on tan paper with handwritten inscriptio

Portrait of Édouard Manet

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1867/1880

Watercolor of an Italian courtyard with women working at a wooden sieve beneath a stone archway, a child seated nearby.

Italian Courtyard and Figures

Cavaliere Pio Joris, 1843-1921

Italian Farmer

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor study sheet showing a boat, figures in Dutch dress, and a stone gateway with trees and a church spire.

Study Sheet with Figures and Landscapes at Arnemuiden (near Middelburg, The Netherlands)

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Grey watercolor of fishing boats with masts on a winter beach, a woman and child walking in front, and a horse cart nearby.

Fishing Boats on the Beach in Winter

Anton Mauve, mid to late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of tangled galloping horses and riders at the start of a race in Rome, 1860.

Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Watercolor of a coastal village with cottages on a cliff, sailing boats on the water, and figures on the shore.

View on the coast at Deal

Charles Bentley, ca. 1846

Interior of a rustic cottage with an old man eating beside a brick fireplace, bundled sticks and baskets nearby.

The Woodcutter's Breakfast (The Faggot Gatherer's Meal)

William Henry Hunt, ca. 1832-34 (?)

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Pen and ink sketch on circular tan paper of figures gathered around a table in a cluttered interior.

Scene from Bohemian Life

James McNeill Whistler, 1855/57

Pencil drawing of a procession carrying a bier past candlesticks, with angels hovering above on a gridded sheet.

Funeral of the Virgin

Peter Cornelius, n.d.

Pen drawing of two ships in rough seas near rocks, with a ruined island above and French captions reading Le naufrage.

Shipwreck

Charles Meryon, 1839

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm raised high, on tan paper.

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas, c. 1876

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Watercolor of ruined Tuileries Palace colonnade and facade framing a view of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

Ruins of the Tuileries Palace

Isidore Pils, 1871

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister with robed figures, cypresses under a crescent moon, and a blue painted nativity pa

Christian Inspiration

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-86

Pen and watercolor sketch of soldiers marching across an open plain toward distant hills, with mounted officers behind them.

Prise de Constantine

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, ca. 1838

Pencil and watercolor sheet of soldiers in shakos and greatcoats with uniform detail studies and handwritten French notes.

Uniforms of the civil guard in Courtray, Belgium

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1832

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister courtyard with a central fountain, obelisk, garden beds, and two robed figures.

Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1777-79

Loose watercolor and pencil studies of landscape, trees and plant forms in orange, yellow and blue on pale paper.

Studies of Landscape, Trees, and Exotic Fruit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885

Watercolor and ink drawing of tree trunks and foliage beside a pale blue pond with distant trees.

Trees Beside a Pond

Louis-Antoine-Léon Riesener, 1853-78

Watercolor of a stone prison gate with a guard, visitors in white dresses, and onlookers on a balcony above.

Visitors leaving a prison

Hubert Robert, 1794-95

Watercolor drawing of a Roman temple, equestrian statue, tall column and washerwomen by water with a dog in front.

Architectural Capriccio with Roman Monuments and Washerwomen

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman in a feathered hat with three children gathered beside her against a wooded landscape.

Lady Smith and Her Children

Simon Jacques Rochard, 1800-1872