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Watercolors

11,528 works

Loose brown wash landscape of rolling hills with faint pencil figure sketch in the sky area.

Landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Oval watercolor of a woman in a red bodice smoking beside a man at a table with glasses, with a crowded room behind them.

Un Mari Pour Rire

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Watercolor of a kneeling man holding hands with a woman in a pink gown in a cluttered artist's studio.

Un Mari qu'on Aime

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a gothic scene with a skull on a table, a kneeling woman, and ghostly figures reaching out in m

Scene from "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" (Keepsake Story by Sir Walter Scott)

John William Wright, ca. 1828

Ink and watercolor sketch of a harlequin figure in diamond costume among dancers at a masked ball, 1921.

Artists' Ball: Harlequin and Dancers

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Neoclassical ceiling design with oval green ground, central medallion of classical figures, and garland borders.

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

Robert Adam, 1779-82

Watercolor fall landscape with two birch trees, autumn foliage, a small pool, evergreens and distant hills under grey sky.

Fall landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Costume design of a medieval duke in purple velvet robe, jeweled crown and chainmail sleeves, with handwritten caption.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design sketch of a praying woman in a pale gown, with a smaller figure at left wearing a tunic inscribed with flames.

Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Ink and wash design drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted Ionic columns and a frieze with foliage and animal relief.

Design for a fireplace

Robert Adam, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pencil and chalk studies of a seated woman in a yellow dress and white headdress on a grey-blue sheet.

Two studies for Ophelia and Hamlet in the Play Scene in Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey

Drawing of a man resting beside a dog under a huge gnarled oak tree, with small figures working in the misty distance.

A Man Resting Under a Tree

Egbert van Drielst, n.d.

Watercolor design of an ornate interior with gilded arches, painted ceiling figures, and a green damask wall panel.

Design for an Interior, possibly a Theater

V. S. Léon, ca. 1860-80

Pen drawing of an oval mirror design with laurel wreath border, acanthus crest, and ornate rectangular base on paper.

Design for a Girandole Mirror, an Oval Resting on an Oblong Base, Terminated by Two Superimposed Circular Frond-motif…

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1775

Hand-lettered title page in black and red blackletter script with a small comic mask drawing, reading The Comedies of William

Title page to The Comedies by William Shakespeare

Edwin Austin Abbey

Colored design drawing of a console table with fluted legs, urn finial, and a fan-shaped ornamental panel above.

Design for a Console Table

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted commander and veiled woman before a crowd, with soldiers and a ruined tower behind.

Scipio Returning the Spanish Bride to Her Family

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

Robert Adam, 1748-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helper tending a wounded man beneath a large tree in a sketched landscape.

The Good Samaritan

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded elder with standing and kneeling figures, one man pointing toward him.

Jacob Shown Joseph’s Blood-Stained Coat

Arent de Gelder, c. 1660

Brown ink sketch of a standing man in a turban above a collapsed figure on stone steps.

Copy after the Levite and the Violated Woman

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, mid-17th century

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a gallery interior with arched windows, wall panels, and a floor plan with dimensions.

Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

H. Ansted, ca. 1824

Watercolor design of a gothic tower with spire flanked by domed pavilions and an arcaded gallery, with figures on a lawn.

Design for a Gothic "Belle Vue"

William Hurst Ashpitel, ca. 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Good Samaritan helping an injured man at an inn courtyard with a horse and watching figures.

The Good Samaritan Arriving at the Inn

Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse, c. 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of peasants seated and eating beside a ship's hull, with onlookers in the background.

Satyr Among the Peasants

Barent Fabritius, 1645/50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned king at a banquet table with a seated queen, a fallen man, and attendants in a column

The Degradation of Haman before Ahasuerus and Esther

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630s

Watercolor drawing of a classical country house with a columned portico, statues on the roof, and obelisks along a gravel dri

East Front of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

R. Blasson, 1790

The Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626/69

Watercolor design of a repeating ornamental grid with yellow oval medallions, dancing figures, garlands and urns on pale pape

Design for ceiling decoration

Joseph Bonomi, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793