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Watercolor

15,713 works

Brown ink drawing of a musketeer seen from behind, walking with a musket over his shoulder and a tall hat.

A Walking Musketeer, seen from behind

Anthonie Palamedesz, 17th century

Miniature painting of a bound man in red robe tied to a plane tree, with a saddled horse and rocky landscape.

Aulad Tied to a Plane Tree, from a Shahnama by Firdausi

Sadiqi Bek, 1575-1600

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman with a celestial globe and winged putto within an ornate scrolled frame.

Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Mauro Gandolfi, ca. 1798

Hand-colored print of a man brushing a wig beside a seated figure with a red cone, in a timber-beamed attic interior.

Toilette of the Law Clerk

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1790-1800

Loose drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, set among blue and brown reeds and trees.

Bather

Watercolor landscape of village houses and trees above striped red, green and yellow fields under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Christian Rohlfs, 1870s

Watercolor drawing of a rusty-breasted bird perched on a vine of blue grapes, with a second bird at lower left.

Bird Eating Grapes (recto); Tigress (verso)

Giovanni da Udine, 1487-1564

Pen and green wash drawing of rococo scrollwork and leafy foliage forming an ornamental border around a blank center.

Design for a Framing Motif

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Hand-colored drawing of three women in period dress with a drum, sword, shield, helmet and flag beneath a tree.

The Iron Age (L'Age de fer)

Nicolas Arnoult, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a top hat and overcoat holding a walking stick, on tan paper with handwritten inscriptio

Portrait of Édouard Manet

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1867/1880

Watercolor of an Italian courtyard with women working at a wooden sieve beneath a stone archway, a child seated nearby.

Italian Courtyard and Figures

Cavaliere Pio Joris, 1843-1921

Italian Farmer

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor study sheet showing a boat, figures in Dutch dress, and a stone gateway with trees and a church spire.

Study Sheet with Figures and Landscapes at Arnemuiden (near Middelburg, The Netherlands)

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Grey watercolor of fishing boats with masts on a winter beach, a woman and child walking in front, and a horse cart nearby.

Fishing Boats on the Beach in Winter

Anton Mauve, mid to late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of tangled galloping horses and riders at the start of a race in Rome, 1860.

Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Watercolor of a coastal village with cottages on a cliff, sailing boats on the water, and figures on the shore.

View on the coast at Deal

Charles Bentley, ca. 1846

Interior of a rustic cottage with an old man eating beside a brick fireplace, bundled sticks and baskets nearby.

The Woodcutter's Breakfast (The Faggot Gatherer's Meal)

William Henry Hunt, ca. 1832-34 (?)

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Portrait of an Aged Courtier

Unknown artist, c. 1680

Portrait of Muhammed Azim

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painted portrait of a standing bearded man in white robe holding a flower and a black shield, within a floral border.

Album Page with a Portrait of Namdar Khan (Side A) and Calligraphic Specimens (Side B)

Unknown artist, , late 17th century (painting and borders),16th/17th century (calligraphy)

Pen and ink sketch on circular tan paper of figures gathered around a table in a cluttered interior.

Scene from Bohemian Life

James McNeill Whistler, 1855/57

Pencil drawing of a procession carrying a bier past candlesticks, with angels hovering above on a gridded sheet.

Funeral of the Virgin

Peter Cornelius, n.d.

Pen drawing of two ships in rough seas near rocks, with a ruined island above and French captions reading Le naufrage.

Shipwreck

Charles Meryon, 1839

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, black dress and white lace collar, in a beaded gilt frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Anna Claypoole Peale, 1820

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm raised high, on tan paper.

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas, c. 1876

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Watercolor of ruined Tuileries Palace colonnade and facade framing a view of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

Ruins of the Tuileries Palace

Isidore Pils, 1871

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curly hair, blue dress and white lace collar, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Susan Coren Towers

James Peale, 1796

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister with robed figures, cypresses under a crescent moon, and a blue painted nativity pa

Christian Inspiration

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-86