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Watercolor

15,713 works

Watercolor study of a stained glass window with a red-robed figure holding a book and staff, plus two small sketched heads.

Study for an unidentified stained glass window picturing a cardinal(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a blue bodice and pink striped skirt holding a green parasol and white gloves.

The Negro Belle

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Portrait of Sir Captain West of the Dutton Indiaman

John Smart, 1785

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a veil and wavy hair, eyes downcast, titled Sadness, with a handwritten caption below.

Sadness

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Scorn

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Watercolor of fairies in a twilight forest by a pond, with a reclining winged woman and a distant castle under an orange sky.

Fairy Land

Gustave Doré, 1881

Watercolor of two men meeting on a snowy path, one in green with a lute, one in a brown robe, with a mule and bare trees behi

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1875

Simple Bodily Pain

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a man with wild hair, wide eyes and open mouth showing terror, with handwritten text below.

Terrour (sic) or Fright

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes and wavy hair, hand under chin, titled Veneration, with caption text below.

Veneration

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Watercolor of the cream-hulled warship U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago with orange funnels and American flag on choppy seas.

U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago

Red chalk drawing of a weeping elderly man with closed eyes, wrinkled brow and pursed mouth, with handwritten description bel

Weeping

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Bust of Helmeted Warrior in Profile

possibly Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of fishermen netting in shallow water beside moored sailboats, a tall wooden tower and houses, dated 1768.

Fishermen Mooring Boat at Landing

John Innes, 1768

Brown wash drawing of men talking outside a farmhouse beside a canal, with a dog and a walking figure nearby.

Men Conversing Outside House Beside Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1758

Pencil and watercolor study of a figure in red cap and striped hose beside a stone arch overlooking the sea.

Study for "Wandering Minstrel"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Oval watercolor portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair, pearl necklace and earring, in a pale dress.

Portrait of Miss Mary Tadman

John Smart, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a windmill, houses, a church spire, sailboat, and fishermen in a rowboat under a tree.

Houses and Windmill Beside Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1758

Pencil and ink sketch of a branch with pink blossoms arching across a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of a flowering tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch canal town with a church spire, sailing boat, windmill, and figures on the banks.

Old Dutch Town on Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1738

Abstract geometric composition of overlapping pastel shapes in pink, green, blue and red, signed G. Valmier, 1922.

Composition (No. 7888)

Georges Valmier, 1922

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with short auburn hair wearing a long pink empire-waist gown.

Sketch of a woman in pink - costume study for a play?

Edwin Austin Abbey

Portrait of a young man (unidentified sitter)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and chalk drawing of timber houses and trees on a hillside, with a small shrine niche and a path curving below.

Houses and Ruined Wall Overlooking River

I. B. F. Keim, 1877

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded God the Father in clouds with putti, plus architectural studies and a console table.

God the Father

François Boitard, n.d.

Watercolor pastoral landscape with cattle at a pool, a herdsman at right, classical buildings and a warm sunset sky.

Arcadian landscape

the younger George Barret, 1820-42

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Design study with hand-lettered title The Land of the Midnight Sun above yellow and orange sun motifs with radiating rays on

The Land of the Midnight Sun - illustration for a book jacket(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor sheet of women in corsets and underclothing with gilt frames and handwritten French captions, 1882-90.

Etudes sur les femmes

Henri de Montaut, 1882-90

Pencil and color drawing of geometric planes and diagonal lines in perspective, with an ochre panel and black bars on beige p

l.n.31

El Lissitzky, 1922

Pencil study of two standing men, one in a fedora and one in a sailor cap, one turned toward the viewer's left.

Man With Sailor (study for watercolor titled On That Street, 1932)

Charles Demuth, 1932

Seated Girl with Basket

Edith Langdale, 1876