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Watercolor

16,217 works

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a brown coat and white cravat against a pale blue sky.

Portrait of a man in brown coat and white cravat

Attributed to William Wood, c. 1795

Charcoal drawing of several sailing ships on rough water under a dark, cloudy sky with a moon at upper right.

Sails

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1908

Pen and wash drawing of a rugged headland seen from the sea, with smaller land forms receding on either side.

Cape Spartell from the West

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669/1670

Graphite sketch on blue paper of a seated man in a cap working with a tool beside metal pails and a wooden fence.

Tinker with His Tools

Camille Pissarro, 1874/76

Symmetrical architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical opera house facade flanked by colonnades and domed pavilions.

Geometrical Elevation of the Peace Plaza and Façade of the Opera House

Giacomo Quarenghi, c. 1800

Ink and wash drawing of helmeted Minerva with a spear, two putti, an owl, and a distant classical temple on blue-grey paper.

Minerva with Two Putti

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated Virgin surrounded by apostles beneath rays of light and cherubs in clouds.

Study for the Pentecost

Simone Peterzano, c. 1580

Victorian valentine card with embossed lace border, gilded birds at a nest, calligraphic verse, and painted flower garland.

Tis Loving Thee Too Well (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Embossed white valentine card with gold banner reading Gift of Friendship, pink roses, and blue and red flowers.

Gift of Friendship (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a grieving bearded man seated in a dark stone tower beside a leaning figure and a sprawled body.

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

Henry Fuseli, 1806

Victorian valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in central oval, and blue handwritten verses.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in a gold oval, black bows and blue handwritten verse.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of four flower sprays in pink, purple, blue and yellow on a white embossed border with a red edge.

Valentine envelope

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Graphite and wash drawing of a large reclining nude with dark hair, flanked by smaller sketches of dancing figures.

Studies of Nude Dancers

Odilon Roche, 1918/1947

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a blue loincloth reclining on a grey table, arms behind his head.

Male Nude Lying on a Table

Monogrammist AW, 1567 (?)

Valentine card with embossed lace border, painted blue and white passion flower, green leaves, and handwritten 'I am thine on

I am Thine Only Thine (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Watercolor sketch of a crested bird with a pipe-smoking man and a shoreline, captioned with a Tennyson quotation.

In the Spring the Wanton Lapwing gets himself another Crest

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a musketeer in a plumed hat aiming a matchlock musket with a rest stick.

Artilleryman

Workshop of Jacob de Gheyn II, n.d.

Drawing of a young boy with short dark hair in a brown jacket and white collar, labeled Joseph Joachim, 1845.

Joseph Joachim

Wilhelm Girtner, 1845

Pen and wash drawing of a rustic wooden farmyard with a ladder to a loft, open doorways, a barrel, and a tree.

Farmyard

Attributed to Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a grove of trees with slender trunks and a dense leafy canopy on aged paper.

Grove of Trees

Federico Barocci, 1600/12

Dark watercolor study of a robed woman raising a torch over a reclining figure, with a hooded figure with a dagger behind her

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

Henry Fuseli, c. 1806

Watercolor of a fisherman's family with a dog-drawn cart on a dune beach, boats and birds under a pale sky.

A Fisherman's Family at the Beach, the Mother and One of the Children Sitting in a Cart

Jan Gerard Smits, 1855

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling robed saint with raised hands as two men raise stones in a green landscape.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen in a Historiated Initial "A" or "C" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Valentine card with painted pink rose and red and green leaves, framed by lace-like border, scroll reading Wilt Thou Be Mine

Wilt Thou Be Mine Love? (valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Valentine card with a pink flower, green and red leaves, embossed lace border, and handwritten text.

True Love's Fond Token (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, n.d.

Valentine card with painted pink and white flowers, green leaves, blue handwritten verse, and an embossed white lace border.

Dearest 'Tis Time Alone (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Valentine card with blue and white urn of pink roses and flowers, green garland, lace border, and a small dark bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Vase of Flowers with Bird)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Illuminated initial G showing attendants bathing an infant beside a haloed woman in a red-draped bed, with a gold and pink bo

The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Christ Child with angels above, kneeling figures, and animals in a stable.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Filippo Bellini or circle of, 1580/1600

Valentine card with two birds beside a yellow nest with eggs, flowers and leaves, inside a white lace border.

An Offering of Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with lace border showing two grey birds, a yellow nest with eggs, blue flowers, and the words 'To my dear Vale

To My Dear Valentine (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840