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Watercolors

11,528 works

Loose graphite and watercolor drawing of a standing nude woman with flowing dark hair and a wreath, in grey and ochre washes.

Nero

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Rodin drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, with graphite lines and warm watercolor washes on paper.

Seated female nude

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude figure crouched on hands and knees with bowed head, on a pale blue ground.

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude female torso shaped like a vase, with a dark grey wash on the right.

Origin of the Greek Vase

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman reading a book in a studio with a plaster bust and draped chair.

Model Reading in the Studio

Gustave Courbet, c. 1849

Loose sketch of a bowed nude female figure in reddish-brown wash and graphite on a pale grey ground.

Nude female figure holding left foot

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1912

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a crouching winged figure with wide eyes and streaming hair, in pink and blue washes.

Witch's Sabbath (Sabbat)

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1900-1905

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with scribbled shading around the figure, signed by Rodin.

Study of a nude female figure (Satyress)

Auguste Rodin, 1905-8

Brown wash and graphite drawing of a standing nude figure with one arm raised and one knee bent, signed in the lower right.

Standing Female Nude

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Watercolor of golden wheatfields beside a dirt path leading toward a distant village under a pale, cloudy sky.

Wheatfields

Théodore Rousseau, 1865

Two women hold hands on a cobbled street beside a donkey laden with flower baskets, with townspeople and a church in the back

The Flower Girl (La Petite Marchande de Fleurs)

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded Paris street with armed soldiers marching past spectators at tall building windows.

Louis XVI Entering Paris, October 6, 1789

Jacques François Joseph Swebach, 1789

Watercolor of a cobbled road lined with stone walls, cypresses, and a bell tower, with small figures walking in the foregroun

A Road below the Villa d'Este at Tivoli

Jean Thomas Thibault, n.d.

Pale watercolor of figures in a garden by a lake, with trees and distant hills, by Charles Conder, 1906.

Scene on a Lake in the Morning

Charles Conder, 1906

Watercolor landscape of a dirt road curving past tall trees and open meadow under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Constant Troyon, 1825-65

Watercolor drawing of an ornate arched portico with balustrades and figures in period dress in a cobbled courtyard.

The Entrance Portico of the Château d'Anet, seen from the interior of the courtyard

Jean Lubin Vauzelle, n.d.

Watercolor of a horse-drawn cart carrying a log along a forest track, with a man in a blue smock walking beside it.

The Forester's Cart

Anton Mauve, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a brick tower at left and a statue at right.

Ponte Molle, Rome

Joseph Vernet, 18th century

Watercolor of a woman in blue gown and seated man watching an infant on a sofa in an ornate fireplace room.

The First Babe

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1872

Watercolor of a woman in embroidered costume holding a palm frond beside a basket of palms and a dark arched doorway.

Palm Sunday in Spain

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1873

Watercolor perspective of a Gothic Revival stone castle with a tall tower and flag under a moonlit cloudy sky.

Ericstan, for John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York (perspective)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1855

Watercolor perspective of a columned classical hotel building with rooftop railings, a church spire behind it, and small figu

Proposal for Astor House (Park Hotel), New York (perspective)

Ithiel Town, ca. 1830-34

Watercolor architectural elevation of a neoclassical exchange building with Ionic portico, domed cupola, and ground plan belo

Façade Design and Old Plan for the First Merchant's Exchange, New York (unexecuted; front elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1829

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel guiding a boy holding a large fish, with a dog and rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel Raphael

Jacopo Ligozzi, c. 1605

Watercolor perspective of two symmetrical neoclassical buildings with colonnades flanking a lawn, between brick townhouses un

Unexecuted Design for Cross-Block Terrace Development (perspective)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1831

Colored architectural floor plan of a columned custom house with a central rotunda, labeled with Wall and Nassau Streets.

Plan of U.S. Custom House

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1834

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a domed temple, tall obelisk, and arches framed by trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Temple, Obelisk and Aqueduct

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of two women in a period interior, one seated playing a lute while the other adjusts her hair.

Two Women in an Elegant Interior: a Singer Accompanied by a Lutenist

Pierre-Alexandre Wille, 1771

Watercolor of a tan-sailed boat on shallow lagoon water with wooden posts, a distant city skyline, and sunlight breaking thro

Venetian fishing boat

Félix Ziem, n.d.

Watercolor of a gondolier poling a gondola across a lagoon at dusk, with Venice's bell tower and domes on the horizon.

Venice

Félix Ziem, n.d.