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Watercolor

16,216 works

Pen and ink landscape drawing of trees, a palm, a village and distant mountains on warm buff paper.

Landscape on the West Shore

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Two watercolor elevations of a Gothic Revival house in Tarrytown with lawns, hills and a river.

Knoll for William and Philip R. Paulding, Tarrytown (south and east [front] elevations)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Watercolor elevation of a white Gothic Revival library facade with a central gable, pointed windows and pinnacles, 1838.

Study for a Library (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Pen and ink sketch of mounted riders with lances galloping across sand, with a ship on the horizon.

Arabian Fantasy

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a country landscape with a thatched cottage, a leafless tree, a dirt path, and cattle under a cloudy s

Country Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a large tree by a river with figures fishing from boats and a rowboat on the shore.

Fishing Spot

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of a rocky mountain pass with a group of small figures, apparently troops, gathered at the base of the cl

Troops in the Pass

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a town on a hill, robed figures walking, and many small inverted figure studies.

Sheet of Sketches: The Life of Christ

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic church tower and gabled houses along a canal, with rowboats in the foreground.

Maritime Village

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a riverside town with an arched bridge below steep, hatched mountain cliffs on tan paper.

The Great Bridges

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a harbor shore with a sailing ship, gabled houses, a church tower, and a standing figure.

The Shore

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of armed smugglers with bundles among rocky cliffs, signed Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858.

The Smugglers

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with steep cliffs on both sides and a rough path below.

Steam in a Gorge

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Bearded Saint Andrew leaning on an X-shaped cross, rendered in brown and green tones within a double-ruled border.

St. Andrew, Facing Forward, Head Turned to Left

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, before 1749

Oval red chalk drawing of Roman ruins with ivy-covered arches and a seated artist sketching in the foreground.

An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

Hubert Robert, c. 1759

Watercolor drawing of a draped funerary catafalque with blue canopy, candelabra, crown and regalia, dated 1796.

Catafalque of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Side Elevation)

Vincenzo Brenna, 1796

Watercolor elevation of a blue and yellow draped funeral catafalque with candelabra, reliefs and seated allegorical figures.

Catafalque for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Front Elevation)

Vincenzo Brenna, 1796

Hunter and dog in a winter landscape with skaters on a frozen waterway and a distant town under a pale sky.

Winter Landscape with a Hunter and his Dog

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century (?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat river landscape with windswept trees at left and church spires on the distant horizon.

View of Calcar on the Lower Rhine near Cleves

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1640-42

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded village fair with a cart, riders, half-timbered houses and a distant church tower.

Village Fair

Master of the Hermitage Sketchbook, 16th century

Watercolor drawing of a cobbled street before a Gothic church with pedestrians, signboards and brick townhouses.

View of the Old Church of Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of cottages, a bent figure working in a field, cypress trees and a blue streaked sky.

Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a dead man on a bed with mourning women and children gathered around him.

Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778

Watercolor of a river valley with a walled city, rooftops, a fortified tower, and figures on a hillside path under clouds.

View of Avignon (from Villeneuve les Avignon)

Paul Huet, 1823/69

Watercolor design drawing of a cream and red sleigh with a swan-neck dashboard and rear rumble seat, labeled No. 3848.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3848

Brewster & Co., 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a blue and black scrolled sleigh with a rumble seat, numbered 3811.

Currical Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3811

Brewster & Co., 1883

Tibetan thangka of green Tara at center, surrounded by twenty-one smaller seated Tara figures on lotus thrones.

Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pastel watercolor of Notre Dame cathedral across the Seine with barges and a bridge in the foreground.

Notre Dame

Paul Signac, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a sunrise with radiating rays through clouds above a river, trees, and distant ruins.

Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1828

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a collar, with three small figure studies drawn below on the same sheet.

Self-Portrait with Three Sketches

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man seated at a table bent over work, with a handwritten inscription beneath it.

George Cruikshank Making an Etching

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, n.d.

Sheet of Sketches with Self-Portrait

George Cruikshank, n.d.