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Cleveland Museum of Art

487 works

Botanical drawing of a branch with three green leaves and six red apples on cream paper.

Siberian Apple

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of a man standing in a small boat spearing eels on calm water, with a shingled house on the shore.

Spearing Eels

Watercolor design of a tall ornate portable altar with canopy, gilded angels, painted panels and a red carpeted staircase.

Portable Field Altar for Charles X

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1824-1830

Painted coral dahlia with a yellow center on a green stem with serrated leaves, on a cream background.

Dahlia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painting of several moored schooners with red masts and rigging at a wharf, reflected in calm harbor water.

Idle Days, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Caroline E. Coit, c. 1920

Brown wash drawing of a man in a red turban riding a prancing white horse with a decorated saddle.

Arab on Horseback

Horace Vernet, 1800s

Watercolor of a white magnolia flower with yellow stamens and three large green leaves on a cream background.

Magnolia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Woman in headscarf pointing across a pale plain toward a distant village with smoke, with a child beside her, in watercolor a

It Was Our House

Jean-Louis Forain

Watercolor bust of a bare-shouldered woman with dark braided hair, turned to one side, on a sheet with pencil guidelines.

Bust of Sophie

Walt Kuhn, c. 1900-1929

Watercolor botanical study of a pink damask rose branch with buds, serrated green leaves and a thorny stem.

Damask Rose

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of shepherds, cattle and sheep grazing in a meadow beside an oak tree, with a village church in the distance.

Pastoral Landscape with Village

Jacob Cats, 1799

Two barefoot children wade at the sea's edge under dark clouds, one holding a bundle, in a watercolor drawing.

There is corn in the sea!

Jean-Louis Forain

Painting of a red camellia-like flower with a speckled yellow center and dark green leaves on a stem, on cream paper.

Chinese Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pen and watercolor caricature of elderly women crowding an auctioneer holding a bowl, with curiosities on shelves above.

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1776-1827

Brown wash drawing of a blacksmith at a glowing forge with a standing boy beside him, tools hanging in a dim workshop.

Study for The Blacksmith's Shop: Remembrance of Le Tréfort

François Bonvin, 1854

Watercolor drawing of a butterfly with green red-veined wings, blue-grey lower wings and rust-colored eyespots on cream paper

Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of a harvest field with haystacks, workers, horses, a cottage and church tower under a cloudy sky.

A Sussex Cornfield

Henry J. Kinnaird, 1876-1929

Watercolor of a ruined brick building with grazing cows, sheep, and a herder with a dog in a pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Landscape with a Ruin

Jacob Cats, 1799

Painting of a blue star-shaped flower with yellow center and green leaves on a slender stem, on cream paper.

Star Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of a turbaned teacher with a pointer instructing seated boys in red caps, while two more read at a window above.

Boy's School

Emile Aubert Lessoire, 19th Century

Watercolor portrait of a seated woman in a pale gown and dark shawl beside a balustrade, roses and a dachshund at her feet.

Portrait of Madame Thomas (née Camille Boucher)

Eugène Isabey, c. 1824-86

Watercolor of an orange and yellow butterfly with green-edged wings resting on a branch with serrated green leaves.

Rose Bush and Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of an ornate Gothic tower beside a canal with fishermen in boats and costumed figures on the steps.

Scene on a Canal

Hippolyte Jean Baptiste Garnerey, first half 1800s

Man on a green wagon pulled by a white horse crosses a ford beneath a large tree, with mountains in the distance.

The Ford

Henry Keller, 1919

Watercolor botanical drawing of a pink wild rose with two buds, serrated green leaves and a thorny brown stem.

Wild Rose

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of an autumn river at dusk with red-gold trees, a rowboat on the bank, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape (Hastings-on-Hudson)

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1888

Watercolor study of a gnarled tree trunk covered in green moss, with two small leaf sprigs and handwritten notes on paper.

Study of a Tree Trunk

Georges Michel, c. 1775-1843

Watercolor portrait of a woman in a red-dotted cream headscarf and grey jacket against a pale green background.

Skerikulla

Anders Zorn, c. 1875-1920

Watercolor of a red, blue and yellow macaw perched on a branch, looking back over its shoulder, with tropical leaves behind.

Old Grumpy

Henry Keller, 1926

Watercolor drawing of a seated young boy in a knit cap and blue jacket, hands clasped on his knee, on a wooden chair.

Boy on a Chair

William Sommer, 1927