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Watercolor

15,707 works

Gilt Eagle

James Vail, c. 1936

Pencil and wash sketch of a church with a spire and steep roofs beside a road, with a small figure at right.

Leper House at Cleves

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and grey wash sketch of a crumbling Romanesque ruin with arched openings, broken towers and overgrown shrubs.

A Romanesque Ruin

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and wash sketch of a flat landscape with a distant village, church tower, and small boats under a pale sky.

Panorama

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Grey wash sketch of a dune landscape with a cottage, a bare tree at left, and a winding sandy path under open sky.

A Dune Landscape

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Oval landscape drawing with a dancer with tambourine, seated musicians, goats and a dog beneath a large tree.

Italianate Landscape with Dancer, Musicians and Goats

After Cornelis van Poelenburgh, c. 1750

Pen and wash drawing of three veiled women approaching a tomb where a winged angel points upward.

Three Maries at the Tomb

Arthur von Ramberg, 1841

Pencil drawing of a nude woman seated between two older men who lean toward her, with an architectural background.

Susanna and the Elders

Antonio Viviani, 1822

Painted watercolor of a carved wooden eagle with outstretched wings and open beak perched on a wooden base.

Eagle

John Davis, 1935/1942

Painted study of an egg beater with wooden handle and wire whisk, with two line drawings of its parts.

Egg Beater

Ivar Julius, 1937

Two painted textile swatches on cream paper: a magenta silk with black floral motifs and a blue fabric with small white dashe

Economy Samples of Silk

Edward White, c. 1938

Pen and ink study of muscular male nudes with raised arms and clenched fists, with faint underdrawn figures behind.

Study of a Nude Seen from the Back, and Two Studies of an Arm (recto); Nude Seen from the Back, with Subsidiary Studi…

Perino del Vaga, c. 1528

Pencil and colour drawing of ornamental vault arch details with scroll borders and octagonal capitals.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon länsipäädyn holvikaaren ornamenttiluonnoksia

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior in scale armor lifting a curtain, seen from behind.

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain

Francesco Salviati, 1550/55

Drawing of a bearded man in a yellow doublet extending his right arm toward the upper left on blue-grey paper.

Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised

Giuseppe Porta, 1562/64

Black chalk and white highlight study of a sleeping male nude slumped across the sheet, one arm raised over his head.

Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Paris Bordone, c. 1550

Ink and watercolour sketch of two figures running with a raised club, a small dog, and orange flames behind dark trees.

Pako Impivaarasta, luonnos kirjan julisteeksi

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Study drawing of a praying Virgin with draped cloth and angels, in brown wash and chalk over red grid lines.

Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"

Federico Barocci, c. 1589

Painting of a rusty metal hot coal carrier with a hinged lid and long wooden handle on a pale background.

Hot Coal Carrier

Edith Miller, c. 1939

Drawing in red and black chalk of saints and angels rising through clouds toward the Virgin in the upper right corner.

Assumption of the Virgin

Federico Zuccaro, 1607/08

Brown ink and wash drawing of a city street with figures on stone steps before a columned palace entrance.

Sophronia Enters the Palace of Aladin

Andrea Boscoli, 1604/06

Pencil study of a bearded seated man draped in a cloak, one leg extended, on a stone ledge.

Study of a Kneeling Saint

Orazio Samacchini, 1570/75

Brown wash drawing of Christ bound to a column while figures with whips and armed soldiers surround him in a stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

Palma il Giovane, by 1594

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and startled horses under a beam of light from heaven, with a walled city.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci, 1587/89

Black chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude, Hercules, with studies of a head and foot on blue paper.

Study of Hercules Resting, with Separate Studies of His Head and Foot (recto); Rectangular grid design (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1595/97

Pencil sketch of a horse seen from behind with a second faint horse study at right, on pale paper.

Studies of a Horse

Edgar Degas, 1868/75

Red chalk drawing of winged angels and putti playing musical instruments among clouds.

Music-Making Angels

Possibly attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari, n.d.

Kirjastonhoitaja Sten Engelbrekt Hallencreutz

Jacob Axel Gillberg, 1809

Painted study of a nude carved wooden female figure with raised arm and scaly draped fabric, in muted browns and greens.

Draped Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd around a central figure raising his arm, with a wrapped body below, by Salvator Rosa.

Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, early 1660s

Black chalk drawing of a nude youth seated and bending forward, clasping one raised leg, with curly hair and a bowed head.

Nude Youth in the Pose of the Spinario

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610/16

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a circular stained glass window design with a central dove and a flower.

Pyhä henki, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon etelälehterin pyöröikkunan lasimaalaukseen