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Watercolor

16,215 works

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

Robert Adam, 1748-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helper tending a wounded man beneath a large tree in a sketched landscape.

The Good Samaritan

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded elder with standing and kneeling figures, one man pointing toward him.

Jacob Shown Joseph’s Blood-Stained Coat

Arent de Gelder, c. 1660

Brown ink sketch of a standing man in a turban above a collapsed figure on stone steps.

Copy after the Levite and the Violated Woman

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, mid-17th century

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a gallery interior with arched windows, wall panels, and a floor plan with dimensions.

Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

H. Ansted, ca. 1824

Ink and watercolor drawing of a domed pavilion with terraces and a stylized plant beneath swirling clouds.

Dhanasri Ragini

Unknown artist, 18th century

Watercolor design of a gothic tower with spire flanked by domed pavilions and an arcaded gallery, with figures on a lawn.

Design for a Gothic "Belle Vue"

William Hurst Ashpitel, ca. 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Good Samaritan helping an injured man at an inn courtyard with a horse and watching figures.

The Good Samaritan Arriving at the Inn

Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse, c. 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of peasants seated and eating beside a ship's hull, with onlookers in the background.

Satyr Among the Peasants

Barent Fabritius, 1645/50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned king at a banquet table with a seated queen, a fallen man, and attendants in a column

The Degradation of Haman before Ahasuerus and Esther

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630s

Watercolor drawing of a classical country house with a columned portico, statues on the roof, and obelisks along a gravel dri

East Front of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

R. Blasson, 1790

The Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626/69

Watercolor design of a repeating ornamental grid with yellow oval medallions, dancing figures, garlands and urns on pale pape

Design for ceiling decoration

Joseph Bonomi, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793

Pen and brown wash drawing of two robed men beside a seated beggar in a vaulted colonnaded temple interior.

Peter and John at the Temple Gate

Attributed to Willem Drost, 1626/69

Tibetan thangka of Amitayus Buddha at center, surrounded by rows of one hundred smaller seated Buddhas against blue sky.

Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

Unknown artist, 18th-19th century

Pencil and watercolor west elevation of a Gothic Revival church with red brick, rose window, and tall bell tower with spire.

West Elevation of an Unidentified Church

William Butterfield, 19th century

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Pencil sketch of women in an interior, one seated at a table, one playing a harp, with two small standing figure studies belo

Study for An Old Song(?) or The Two Sisters(?) (watercolors)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor and pencil study of a sunlit landscape with storm clouds, distant spires, and a small chapel by the water.

Composition study for "The Arthurian Round Table and the Fable of the Seat Perilous," the third in a series of fiftee…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1893

Watercolor sketch of a woman working at a churn beside a seated man in a blue coat on stone steps.

Woman churning butter, man in Revolutionary dress watching - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and watercolor design of two draped women holding a child's hands in a garden, inside an octagonal blue-bordered frame.

Design for a Porcelain Platter

Leroux, 1777

Sketch of three women at a market, one seated by a cart of green produce, others carrying baskets, in charcoal and pastel.

Market Women

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of armored warriors on horseback, with a bearded man lifting a nude body amid a battle.

Menelaus Holding the Body of Patroclus

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a long yellow and blue dress, hands at her waist.

Sketch of a woman (dressed in yellow) - costume study for a play?

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor sketch of a figure in a blue coat and hat beside stone steps and a wall, surrounded by green trees.

Sketch for "The Vicar," from The Quiet Life (book published by Harper in 1890 and 1899, previously published in Harpe…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Watercolor design of a covered dish with a fish net pattern, koi fish, and water lilies, with a top view of the lid.

Design for a Covered Dish in the "Service au Filet" (Fish Net Ware), Maison J. Vieillard et Cie, Bordeaux

Amédée de Caranza, 1875-85

Mughal-style painting of a royal procession with an elephant, horsemen, musicians and courtiers passing a red gateway.

A Procession Scene with Musicians, from a copy of the Padshanama

Unknown artist, c. 1650

Watercolor study of a knight in a red cloak riding a dark horse through green grass, with sketched figures beside him.

Galahad Departs, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, co…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Abstract watercolor and pencil composition with yellow, red, pink, and blue washes and dark brown ridges.

Forms

Fritz Stuckenberg, 1922

Watercolor title page with stone archway, classical urn column and overgrown trees, lettered Lea Castle plans and elevations.

Title Page to a Group of Plans, Elevations and Scenic Interiors of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Containing a View of N…

John Carter, 1816

Watercolor elevation of a crenellated castle with towers, arched windows and a central gateway, in muted brown and grey tones

South Aspects of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Great Court

John Carter, ca. 1816