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Watercolor

15,713 works

Watercolor costume design of a villager playing an oboe, in lavender jacket, striped breeches and straw hat with flowers.

Costume Design for "4 Villageois jouant au hautbois" [a]; Descriptive Sheet of Costume Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of a man named Adam in a long green coat, fur cap, red boots and belt, by Charles Bianchini, 1889.

Costume Design for "Adam"

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a cloak walking through a landscape toward a distant hilltop church, with a dog and a stone b

View of San Miniato and San Francesco al Monte Outside Florence

Valerio Spada, n.d.

Woman Dressed in Blue

John Lewis Brown, 19th century

Decorative design drawing of two intertwined swans among lily pads and yellow flowers, with dripping lines below.

Design for a Haircomb

Jacques Caillot, n.d.

Watercolor design for a round plate showing cyclamen flowers and mottled leaves within a fluted rim and geometric border.

Design for a Plate with Cyclamens

Amédée de Caranza, ca. 1877-85

Pen and wash design for a frieze with a central censer, two sphinxes, and symmetrical acanthus scrolls with blue ribbons.

Design for a Frieze with a Censer, Sphinxes and Acanthus Scrolls

Gilles Paul Cauvet, ca. 1760-80

Pen and brown wash drawing of a spotted horse raising a leg toward a dog, with another horse running behind in a field.

Two Horses Fighting Dog

Johann Georg Pforr, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of cavalry riders charging into battle, one sword raised, with a fallen soldier in the foreground.

Cavalry Going Into Battle

Attributed to James Stuart, 1813

Grayscale drawing of a rococo altar with a central nativity painting, flanking columns, and sculpted saints.

Study for an Altar Containing a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds

Carl Joseph Haringer, 1767

Watercolor interior of a salon with red curtains, gilt mirror, console table and red upholstered chairs.

Interior of a Small Salon

Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, mid-19th century

Grey watercolor of a stone archway framing classical columns and a distant colonnade, with seated figures and a statue above.

St. Peter’s Seen Through the Porta Angelica

Joseph Mallord William Turner, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure offering a chalice to kneeling apostles in an arched columned hall.

Communion of the Apostles

Johann Martin Schuster, n.d.

Watercolor of trees framing a stone bridge, river, and domed building under a pale sky.

View of the Institut de France from the Foot of the Pont Royal

Henri Harpignies, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man playing a tambourine beside a seated nude woman holding a staff, with a column behind.

Hercules and Iole

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Pencil drawing of an ancient Greek harbor city with classical columns, temples, sailing ships and a crowd on the quay.

A City of Ancient Greece and the Return of a Victorious

Attributed to C. Scott, 1863

Pen and grey wash drawing of goats on a dirt road, a goatherd, a cottage, a horse and cart beneath a large tree.

Goatherd, Goats on Road near Carriage and House

Bruno van Straaten, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a goatherd in a hat with goats and cows on a path beside tall trees and a farmhouse.

Goatherd and Goats

Bruno van Straaten, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a river valley with palm trees, hills, distant buildings and wooded cliffs.

South American Landscape

W. Stubbs, n.d.

Watercolor of a standing woman in a black lace mantilla, ruffled black dress and red hair bow, holding a fan.

Young Spanish Lady in Costume of Manola

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Watercolor of a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat standing beside a stone archway and garden wall.

The Rendezvous

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Ink sketch of a rider on a galloping horse with hounds running beside, titled Going to Cover, 1865.

Going to Cover

W. H. Temple, 1865

Watercolor of a woman in a green shawl holding a miniature beside an ornate vase and gilded pedestal in an interior.

The Miniature

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Watercolor of an elderly man in a red coat reading a book beside a statue, carved pedestal, and lute in an ornate room.

The Amateur

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate urn with a lion mask and two merman handles on a stone pedestal.

Monumental Vase with Anthropomorphic Figures

Attributed to or after Jacques-François-Joseph Saly, after 1746

Watercolor of mourning women in black gathered at a garlanded memorial beneath a willow, with a broken column at left.

In Memoriam - Column at Left

Unknown artist, 19th century

Watercolor of a woman in white holding a rose wreath overhead beside a girl in blue, with a tree and green hills.

Dancing Children

Jane Palmer, 1782

Watercolor of a woman holding a floral wreath with a child, two seated girls, and a village with red and green houses.

Mother and Three Children Making a Floral Wreath

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress and plumed black hat holding a striped bag, with trees behind her.

Woman with Plumed Hat

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Watercolor drawing of kneeling and embracing figures in turbans and robes before classical columns and draped curtains.

Joseph Recognized by his Brothers

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of three winged angels on clouds above a kneeling bearded man holding a staff.

Three Angels Appearing to Abraham

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726

Pen and ink drawing of a rider in a hunting cap leaping a wooden fence on horseback, with other riders and hounds behind.

Fox Hunt

W. H. Temple, c. 1865