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Watercolors

11,528 works

Red and black chalk portrait of a young girl with bobbed hair, a black hair ribbon, and a ruffled white collar.

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

Paul César Helleu, c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical colonnade with arches, fallen stones, and agave plants in the foreground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Columned Exterior

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pencil sketch of a standing peasant woman in a white bonnet, shawl, apron and clogs, holding a walking stick.

Peasant Woman

Louis-Adolphe Hervier, 1837

Pencil sketch of children in sun hats walking along a wooden fence rail with tall grasses behind them.

Children Sitting on a Fence

Winslow Homer, 1874

Pastel drawing of a pale head with closed eyes on a hanging block, chain above, glowing halo, deep blue background.

The Beacon

Odilon Redon, 1883, reworked c. 1893

Brown wash drawing of a stone arched bridge with pinnacles, houses and a distant town beneath a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Croyland

John Ruskin, c. 1860-69

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with long hair, head turned three-quarters, signed A. Legros, 1877.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1877

Miss Cecilia Clifton

Auguste Edouart, December 18, 1840

John L. Hammond Seated

Auguste Edouart, 1841

Black paper silhouette of a woman in a long dress facing a man in a coat, with a handwritten label below.

Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Bunnell

Auguste Edouart, November 8, 1841

Henry L. and Myron H. Church

Auguste Edouart, September 23, 1841

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a nimbed saint in a blue historiated initial I beside red-lined musical notation and Latin t

Nimbed Saint in a Historiated Initial "I" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Medieval antiphonary page with square chant notation, Latin text, and a blue historiated initial showing a haloed martyr sain

Martyr Saint in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a haloed saint in a blue roundel and square musical notes on red staff lines.

Saint Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript page with musical notation and Latin text, featuring a painted saint in a gold initial at upper left.

Saint Agnes in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript page with musical staves, Latin text, and a painted initial showing an enthroned figure and a kneeling

Saint Kneeling Before God Enthroned in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a winged angel in a gold and blue initial A above square musical notation and Gothic chant t

Angel in a Historiated Initial "A" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1300/10

Medieval antiphonary page with an illuminated blue initial showing figures at a well, plus square musical notation and Latin

Joseph and his Brothers at the Well, Initial V from an Antiphonary

Neri da Rimini, 1310/15

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Watercolor of a river at dusk with glowing trees, a distant castle tower, pink reflections on the water, and a small boat.

Windsor from Datchet

William Collingwood Smith, 1870-78

Watercolor interior of a long gallery with coffered ceiling, arched windows and paintings hung on walls, blue drapes.

The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place

Robert William Billings, 1830-51

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille, 1891

Watercolor of a stone monument among cypress trees, with a figure in a red cloak and a seated figure beside it.

Oriental Scene

William James Müller, ca. 1844

Graphite study of a standing nude male holding a staff, with a separate sketch of a woman's head at lower left.

Study

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1842

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843

Watercolor vanitas with a skull crowned by colorful flowers, a butterfly, a candle and a bone on a stone ledge.

Vanitas Still Life

Herman Henstenburgh, n.d.

Watercolor design of a Waterloo victory monument with mounted figures and winged Victory on a tiered base, set on steps.

Design for a Monument of the Victory of Waterloo (recto); Portico with Corinthian Columns (verso)

Leo von Klenze, 1815

Pencil and wash drawing of a crowned rider on a white horse entering a city past a triumphal arch, with soldiers and crowds.

The Entrance of Charlemagne into Pavia

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1840

Watercolor drawing of a building facade with rows of pleached trees above a gridded garden plan and handwritten notes.

Elevation and Plan of the Façade of a Building

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1840

Watercolor drawing of five seashells on a pale background, with a large central conch surrounded by smaller shells.

Five Shells

George Jacobus Johannes van Os, early 19th-mid-19th century