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Watercolor

15,713 works

Oval portrait miniature of a man with grey curly hair in a dark blue coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet

George Engleheart, 1803

Watercolour of a green native parrot foraging among leaves and ferns on a mossy bank, with bare trees and hills behind.

Native parrot in a moss and bush setting

Margaret Stoddart, 1885

Circular drawing of a fantasy ruined classical colonnade with arches, a central statue, two lions, and small figures among ru

Architectural fantasy

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, late 18th century

Watercolor still life of yellow blossoms in a blue vase against a violet background, with fallen petals on the table.

Yellow blossom and rosemary

Margaret Stoddart, 1897

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling fields, trees, and a church tower under a pale blue sky.

Landscape with church

Raymond McIntyre, 1915

Watercolor of cattle and two figures on an open common, with a distant city skyline and dome under a hazy sky.

London from Wandsworth Common, 1835

Gordon Bradley, 1835

Watercolor of a seated man in a red waistcoat reading with a child beside him, with banana plants behind them.

The English Meissonier

Edward Killingworth Johnson, 1865

Watercolour of a mountain range rising over a flat plain, with a small green tree in the lower right under a pale blue sky.

From the accommodation house, Bealey

James Crowe Richmond

Sepia watercolor of rolling hills, distant mountains, framing trees and a winding river in a valley.

Landscape, North Wales

Watercolor of a Venetian palace water entrance with an arched doorway, a moored gondola and leaded windows above the canal.

Portal of a Venetian Palace

Daniele Bucciarelli, 1839-1911

Persian manuscript page: a sleeping youth in orange robe under a willow tree, facing a calligraphy page with gold borders.

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)

Riza-yi 'Abbasi, late 1500s-early 1600s

Pen and wash drawing of a festival arch with columns, an obelisk with a radiant top, and cherubs and figures.

Fireworks Display for the Convalescence of Louis XV

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1726

Watercolor of an arcaded courtyard with a cherub fountain, carved columns, and an armored guard beside a doorway.

Courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

S. Cecchi, 19th century

Watercolor of a Florentine courtyard with an arcaded loggia, stone staircase, lion sculpture and carved heraldic reliefs on t

View of the Bargello Courtyard in Florence

S. Cecchi, 19th century

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearls, blue sash, and a dark bird beside her, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Mademoiselle Marie-Anne Adelaide Le Normand

François Dumont, c. 1793

Drawing of a standing nude woman among trees and blue-green foliage, rendered in loose crayon and ink strokes.

Standing Nude in a Landscape

Colored crayon and watercolor drawing of two nude women bathing among green grasses beside a blue sea.

Two Bathers

Otto Mueller, c. 1920

Pen and wash drawing of a dead quail seen from below, wings spread and legs extended, with pink highlights on beak and feet.

A Dead Bird (Quail?) Seen from Below

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Long-Tailed Bird Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, early 18th-mid 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a dead duck lying horizontally, head extended left, wings and feathers shaded in soft tones.

Dead Duck

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Watercolor drawing of two hanging dead birds, a grey quail and a long-beaked barred bird, against a pale background.

Two Dead Birds (A Quail and a Long-Beaked Bird)

Count Giorgio Durante, 1705-55

Watercolor and ink drawing of two overlapping dead ducks, one with a green head and brown chest, on a cream ground.

Two Dead Ducks

Count Giorgio Durante, 1705-55

Ink and watercolor drawing of two dead birds with barred plumage and long bills lying overlapping on a pale ground.

Dead Birds

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

A Rat Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Bird, Perhaps an Egret, Seen in Profile with One Wing Lifted

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Circular miniature of the Virgin Mary in blue gazing upward, holding the infant Christ wrapped in white cloth.

Virgin and Child

Anna Maria Carew, c. 1662

Pen and wash drawing of peasants loading hay onto a horse-drawn cart in an open field with haystacks.

Peasants Loading Hay

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival library and chapel with twin towers and a large traceried window.

Library and Chapel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838-39

Brown wash drawing of a vast chestnut tree sheltering a stretched cloth canopy and small figures working on the ground below.

View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli

Claude Louis Châtelet, 1784

Grey wash drawing of a river with sailing boats, a village church steeple, and a distant windmill under a pale sky.

View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas

Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1640

Ink and watercolor drawing of a seated cobbler in a cap and apron, working among tools on a tan sheet.

A Cobbler

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1889

Pen and watercolor drawing of a tree-lined country road with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and a cloudy sky.

The Amstelveen Road from Amsterdam towards Amstelveen

Johann Edler Goll van Franckenstein, mid-18th-late 18th century