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Watercolor

15,713 works

Loose watercolor and pencil landscape of a valley seen through trees, with green fields and a distant village under a pale sk

In the Oise Valley

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Watercolor interior of a vaulted chapel with a robed monk, frescoed arches, an altar with candles, and stone steps.

The interior of the chapel in the monastery of S. Benedetto in Subiaco

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pen and watercolor sketch of a rolling landscape with woods, pink and green fields, distant hills, and a faint building outli

View at the Edge of Winding [Vinding] Forest in Bryrupegnen

Dankvart Dreyer, 1841

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls and a blue gown, set in an ornate gold oval brooch frame.

Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)

After Bernhard de Guérard, 19th century

Grey-blue wash drawing of Roman rooftops and a bell tower with a draped statue on a pedestal in the foreground.

SS. Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Villa Mattei, Rome

Jean Achille Benouville

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined road with a seated figure, leading toward a town with arches and a domed church.

View of Ariccia

Jean Achille Benouville, 1853

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a garden gate in a low wall, with trees and a pale house with a red-tiled roof behind.

Entrance to a Garden

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Monochrome drawing of a sailboat on a marsh with haystacks, a flock of birds overhead, and distant spires.

Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh

American School, n.d.

Watercolor of a crowned queen kneeling in blue robes, hand on the shoulder of a small boy standing beside her.

A Queen Kneeling with Her Hand on Her Little Son's Shoulder

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Sepia lithograph of two soldiers, one mounted and one in a tall fur hat, walking through snow with a dog and marching troops

Return from Russia

Théodore Géricault, c. 1818

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted man raising a dagger over a crowd, beside a dead woman on a couch and mourning figures.

Brutus Exhorting the Romans after the Death of Lucretia

Étienne Barthélemy Garnier, c. 1790

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with charging horsemen, fallen soldiers, and gunsmoke in the distance.

Battle Scene (Waterloo)

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1815-66

Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile

Adolf von Menzel, 1894

Pen and watercolor drawing of gnarled cedar trees with spreading branches, small robed figures on rocky ground, and a pale sk

The Cedars of Lebanon

Edward Lear, 1858

Pen and wash drawing of an armed angel with a sword facing a serpent-entwined demon beneath tumbling figures in an arch.

Archangel Michael at the Gate of Hell with a sword in his hand

Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1800-1849

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus reclining with cupid, beside Ceres and Bacchus with grapes and a barrel, amid clouds.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590-95

Watercolor of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with overgrown arches, small figures on paths, and a cloudy blue sky.

The Colosseum, Rome

Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, n.d.

Watercolor of a white-walled coastal city with a tall tower and red roofs, seen across calm blue sea under a pale sky.

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Watercolor of a sea and hills at sunset seen through a circular porthole against a dark background.

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Architectural elevation drawing of an ornate boudoir mantel with arched beveled mirror, pilasters, and carved frieze.

William Borden, Esq. Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Mantel Details

Richard Morris Hunt, c. 1887

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Drawing of a seated man with long hair in a pink cloak, resting his hand on bagpipes, colored with pencil and wash.

The Bagpipe Player

Guillaume Bodinier

Black chalk sketch of a crowded scene of struggling figures, including a raised arm with a blade and reaching women.

Massacre of the Innocents

Circle of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 1585/1600

Watercolor and pencil study of rocky Welsh cliffs under stormy clouds, with a small seated figure at lower right.

Rocky landscape in Wales with figure drawing in the foreground to the righr

David Cox, 1836-1859

Brown wash drawing of winged Saint Michael chaining a dragon beneath the Holy Trinity and cherubs in clouds.

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

Pietro da Cortona, 1666

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white hat and purple jacket in a garden with a hedge and white table.

Kunstnerens kone, malerinden Anna Syberg, i smedens have

Fritz Syberg, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a dark standing figure in a pale field with a moored boat and dark trees beyond.

The Zone (Outside the City Walls)

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Watercolor of fishermen working on a calm harbor shore beside sailing ships and a ruined tower with grazing cattle.

Port Scene in Calm Weather

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Stormy seascape with a shipwreck, survivors on rocks and in a rowboat, and wreckage tossed by dark blue waves.

The Shipwreck

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782