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Watercolor

16,216 works

Ink and grey wash drawing of a cobbled old street with half-timbered houses, a church spire, and pedestrians.

Alte Strasse

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Seated man in red coat and powdered wig beside a bookstand in an elegant room with a window and fireplace, drawn in watercolo

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1760

Black and white drawing of a canal in Hamburg with gabled houses, moored boats, and a figure poling a boat near a bridge.

Altes Fleet

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Ink drawing of a hillside village above a river with ships and steamers, plus a circular inset of a castle on a hill.

Blankenese

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of the Klopstock tomb monument behind an iron fence, under a tree, with a brick church behind.

Grabmal von Klopstock

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Ink and wash drawing of a tall tiered fountain with a female statue holding a trident, figures in period dress in a cobbled s

Hansa-Brunnen

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate fountain with a statue, gas lamps, a church spire and pedestrians in a cobbled square.

Brunnen am Fischmarkt

Fritz Stoltenberg, 1893

Pencil drawing of a two-story house with an octagonal tower, front porch and arched doorways, flanked by trees.

Samuel F. B. Morse House, Poughkeepsie, New York (perspective and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1851

Watercolor drawing of a barred brown and grey shrike-like bird perched on a twisted branch, with an ink inscription above.

Castrica Fratina

Vincenzo Leonardi, 17th century

Watercolor of a pink poppy in several flowering stages with a caterpillar, pupa and moth on the stems and leaves.

A Poppy in Three Stages of Flowering, with a Caterpillar, Pupa and Butterfly

Johanna Helena Herolt, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor of a black curassow with a curled crest and yellow beak standing on a grassy mound.

A Black Curassow

Johannes Bronckhorst, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor of several black, blue and yellow birds perched on a gnarled branch, with a small river scene below.

Six South American Birds

Abraham Meertens, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a winter road framed by bare trees, with two figures and a distant windmill under an overcast sky.

A Winter Landscape

Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers, 1854

Pen and ink drawing of robed figures before classical columns and a distant city skyline, with trees in the background.

Saint Paul Baptizing Dionysus the Areopagite (recto); Sketches of Baby, Hands (verso)

After Antonio Carracci, n.d.

Woodcut with hand coloring showing a reclining nude woman, an orange dog, a tree, huts, and a tropical landscape.

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her)

Paul Gauguin, 1894/95

Watercolor landscape of a stream, shepherd with cattle, wooded hills, and a hilltop building under clouds.

Licenza, near Rome: Horace's Villa

William Havell, ca. 1828-29

Brown wash drawing of a standing monk reading a book beside a tree, holding a flowering sprig, with a landscape behind.

Saint Dominic Reading

Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1573

Medieval miniature of Christ enthroned in glory with angels, saints, and a Last Judgment scene of souls and demons below.

The Last Judgment from Les Sept Articles de la Foi by Jean Chappuis

Maître François, c. 1470

Hand-colored engraved title page with a floral border of tulips, irises and primroses around a list titled Subscribers.

Title Page, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a flower bouquet in a stone urn, with numbered plant keys and a January cartouche below.

January, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Drawing of a nude woman with a ewer and fruit bowl on clouds, framed by ribbon scrolls and handwritten verses.

Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Elihu Vedder, c. 1884, reworked 1911

Watercolor sheet of butterflies, moths, a green dragonfly, and beetles scattered on a pale background.

Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly

Jan van Kessel, 1662

Pen drawing of a walled town and water mill beneath mountains, with a castle on a cliff and a large tree at left.

The Great Landscape with the Water Mill

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat against pale blue.

Portrait of a Gentleman

William Grimaldi, 1802

Oval miniature portrait of a young gentleman with curled dark hair, grey coat, pink waistcoat and lace jabot on blue.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Peter Paul Lens, c. 1720

Sketch of four boys in hats seated on sand, with a wooden pier and a moored boat in the background.

Four Boys on a Beach

Winslow Homer, 1873

Night sketch of a steamboat and barge on a river, with light reflections on the water, in brown and white tones.

Hudson River Brick Piers

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1886

Sepia watercolor of a wooded hillside overlooking a wide valley of fields and hedgerows under a pale sky.

View from Wilmots Hill, Kent

Samuel Palmer, 1830/1835

Pencil drawing of a canopy bed with a domed top, crown finial, swagged drapery and tassels, labeled Charles Hindley and Sons.

Design for a Bed with Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil and wash design drawing of twin beds with scrolled headboards under an arched canopy with swagged drapery and tassels.

Design for Twin Beds with a Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil and wash design drawing of a pair of tasselled curtains with an ornate pelmet framing a window.

Design for Curtains

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil and wash design drawing of two window curtain treatments with swags, valances, and tassels.

Designs for Two Sets of Curtains

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84