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Watercolor

15,713 works

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate saltcellar with a sea god riding sea horses on top and sphinx supports below.

Design for a Saltcellar

possibly Hans Friedrich Schorer, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowded feast with seated guests, a servant holding a goblet, and a dog in the foreground.

Study for the Marriage at Cana

Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1688

Grey wash drawing of a swan spreading its wings over a nest of eggs as a dog approaches among reeds and plants.

A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, c. 1740

Two nude women rise through a starry night sky reaching toward two glowing stars, with smaller floating figures and a flowing

Twin Stars

Luis Falero, 1851-96

Watercolor and ink drawing of reclining camels with saddlecloths and a seated rider before arched walls in Tangier.

Camels Reposing, Tangiers

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1865

Loose watercolor of horsemen among trees beside a pale stretch of water under a blue sky.

Moors on Horseback

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1838-74

Watercolor of masked figures in period costume on a garden terrace with swans on a pond and autumn trees overhead.

Masquerade

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1868

Pastel study of a man in a striped knitted cap and open white shirt, looking to the left against a grey background.

A Shepherd (Study for “Il Voto”) (recto); Woman Holding a Baby (Study for “Il Voto”) (verso)

Francesco Paolo Michetti, c. 1883

Watercolor drawing of a formal garden with a statue in a circular basin, stone urns, and a long tree-lined avenue toward dist

Scenic View of Gardens

Antoine-Claude Fleury, n.d.

Pastel drawing of a bellowing stag on a marsh at dusk, with orange clouds and a crescent moon above.

The Call of the Stag

Rosa Bonheur, 1890s

Watercolor design drawing of a classical table with female caryatid supports, a green urn-shaped central column, and gilded o

Design for a Table

Adrien Louis Marie Cavelier, ealry 19th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a bearded armored rider on a rearing horse in a landscape.

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Anthony van Dyck, 17th century

Framed watercolor of a large black horned beetle surrounded by six smaller colorful beetles and insects on cream paper.

Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other Insects

the younger Pieter Holsteyn, 1640/80

Watercolor of a horseshoe crab in side view with a long tail spine, on pale paper in a dark wooden frame.

A Horseshoe Crab

the younger Pieter Holsteyn, 1640/80

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a bare pistachio tree above a stone terrace wall, with a building and green shrubs behind.

Pistachio Tree at Château Noir

Paul Cézanne, c. 1900

Watercolor landscape of a tall rocky cliff beside a river, with figures and a small boat on the sandy bank and blue hills bey

Landscape

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Gray wash drapery study of a veiled standing figure with deep folds of cloth falling across the body.

Drapery Study of a Standing Figure Facing Right, in Profile

Andrea del Verrocchio, late 1460s-early 1470s

Ink and watercolor portrait of a mustached man in a blue jacket and red fez against a green background.

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh, ca. June 20, 1888

Painting of a sleeping youth in an orange robe leaning against a willow tree, with a gold sky and decorative blue border.

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript

Riza-yi 'Abbasi, early 1600s

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Watercolor of a girl in a bonnet seated in dune grass, looking toward a grey sea with a distant sailboat.

Girl in the Dunes

Jozef Israëls, mid-19th-early 20th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate carved stone well-head with arches, twisted columns and foliage reliefs on paving stones.

A Byzantine Well-head

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, 1852

Watercolor and graphite sketch of Dutch sailing boats on choppy water with a windmill on the distant shore.

Dutch Fishing Boats; verso: Sketches of Boats

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1870

Watercolor landscape of a road lined with autumn trees, fields and a distant village under a pale sky.

Road near La Côte-Saint-André

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1885

Watercolor night scene of a reddish moon with a glowing yellow crescent edge against dark blue sky.

Study of the Crescent Moon in "The Ship"

William Holman Hunt, c. 1875

Watercolor of a windmill with yellow tower and dark sails beside a tree, houses and a cloudy blue sky.

Wind Mill at Antwerp

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1866

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a windblown tree, a dirt path and a grazing cow under a pale sky.

Landscape

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1877

Sheet of ink and watercolour studies of six vases, jars and an ornamental motif with scrolling patterns in blue and green.

Sheet with six studies for vases, jars, and an ornamental design sketch

Thorvald Bindesbøll, 1899

Engraved print of Saint John seated in a desert landscape beneath a tree, with a halo and two cherubs beside him.

Saint John in the Desert

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1725

Pen and wash drawing of a banquet with a seated woman, a man beside her, servants, soldiers and dogs under a draped canopy.

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a green swirl-decorated vase with smaller ornament sketches and a pitcher study on cream paper.

Sheet with four studies for vases and four ornament designs

Thorvald Bindesbøll, 1895

Pen and watercolor drawing of a young hunter seated on a rock with dogs in a landscape with trees and a vessel.

Young Hunter with His Dogs in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1641-1710