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Watercolor

16,217 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining female nude with one arm raised, resting on a couch.

Female Nude Reclining with Arm Raised

attributed to Aert de Gelder, c. 1665

Pencil sketch of a mounted warrior with a lance beside a horse, and two standing women drawn in loose overlapping lines.

Study for Marphise and the Mistress of Pinabel

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1852

Colored drawing of two market women, one in a straw hat carrying a blue bucket, the other holding a basket of fish.

Two Market Women

Jacobus Perkois, 1789

Watercolor of a busy harbor with moored sailing ships, figures on the quay, and white cliffs behind the town.

Dover Harbor

John Gendall, c. 1820

Black and white reproduction of a textile design with arching garlands of daisies, leaves and bell flowers on a dark ground.

Album of Drawings in Color for Waistcoats

Jean François Bony, 1780-1825

Cut paper botanical of red Monarda didyma flowers and green leaves on a black background with a handwritten label.

Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey, ca. 1791 (?)

Watercolor drawing of trees and sandy dunes with a winding path and tree stumps in the foreground.

A Wooded Landscape Near Beekhuizen

Andreas Schelfhout, 19th century

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Pen and brown ink drawing of a satyr playing pipes by a pool with a nymph and putto under trees.

Satyr, Nymph and Putto by Pool

After Michel Corneille, the Younger, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with a globe and a putto with a set square on an ornate pedestal.

Allegory of Geometry

Hans Krumpper, late 16th- early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Punchinello figures chopping and stacking logs beside a brick cottage with a thatched roof.

Punchinello Chopping Logs, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Painted folio of a crowded wedding procession in a walled city with temple spires, boats on a river, and an elephant.

Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Charcoal drawing with white highlights of a bent woman in a long dress, hands covering her face, standing on cobblestones.

Weeping Woman

Vincent van Gogh, 1883

Charcoal and wash study of a reclining nude male figure with eyes closed, legs outstretched, and a sketched arm at upper righ

Study for L'Autopsie

Paul Cézanne, 1867/69

Miniature painting of an old bearded man in blue with seated and standing attendants before a brick wall and hills, framed by

Old Man Attended by Visitors

Unknown artist, 16th Century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two sailing frigates with full sails and small rowboats near the shore.

Two Frigate

Claude Lorrain, 1641

Pen and watercolour drawing of a brick tower by a river with rowboats, a sailing ship, and figures on the bank.

Scene with a Tower to the Left

Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1620

Watercolor drawing for a fan showing cherubs holding garlands and ribbons among clouds in a blue sky.

Drawing for a Fan

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medieval drawing of a kneeling man in red praying beside a fleece, with a figure in clouds above and soldiers drinking from a

Gideon and the Fleece, with the Selection of Gideon's Army

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval watercolor drawing of three bearded men in robes, one holding a roasted lamb on a spit beside a stone doorway.

The Passover Lamb

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval painted drawing of two men throwing stones at a kneeling bearded man among grapevines.

The Stoning of Naboth

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval-style painting of a seated bearded man in a blue robe beside a standing armed figure holding a spear and a bird.

Isaac and Esau

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval drawing of a man in blue lowering a rope from a castle tower while a woman leans from a window, guarded by a figure

Michol Helping David Escape

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Pencil drawing of a classical interior with an oval medallion, an urn, and a couple in cloaks before a chimney-piece.

Interior with a Couple Before a Chimney-Piece

Hubert Robert, c. 1785

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a wide skirt beside a small man in a tall top hat on a white sheet.

Sketches of Man and Woman Seen from Above

Philipp William May, n.d.

Watercolor of riders with a monkey and a white horse arriving at an inn with a star sign and arched doorway.

Arrival at an Inn

after Jean-Baptiste Oudry Anonymous, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching a bishop at dinner from behind a screen, with a cherub in the clouds above.

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1768

Green-toned drawing of a stream beside rocks and trees, with mountains fading into the distance under a pale sky.

River Stream with Mountains in the Distance

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1856/92

Jaguar Standing

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1830/50

Miniature painting of a man carrying a woman and a black horse on a green hill, set within Persian calligraphy text.

Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.)

Persian manuscript page with a painted miniature of a rider, horse, reclining figure and seated woman beside a tree.

Khusrau Gazing at Shirin, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, 1485 (890 A.H.)

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, satyrs, goats and a barrel beneath a vine-covered arbor.

Bacchanal

Attributed to Claude Gillot, n.d.