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Watercolor

16,676 works

Watercolor study of a spiny branch with red, green and brown holly-like leaves on a tan background.

Study of the shrub

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of crinoline-clad women with parasols and a man in a straw hat on a beach promenade.

Crinolines on the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Pencil and watercolor sketch of fashionably dressed people on a beach with a dog, striped deckchair and sea horizon.

Noon at Deauville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Pen and watercolor drawing of winter skaters on a frozen river beside a tower and church spires, by Hendrik Meijer, 1772.

January

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a windmill, workers with wheelbarrows, a rowboat on a canal, and a church tower under a grey sky.

February

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor landscape with thatched cottages, resting cows, peasants at work, and a distant church spire under a cloud

March

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of Salome holding a platter with the head of Saint John the Baptist, with a bearded man behind her.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1825/1835

Pen and watercolor drawing of a church tower by a river with cows, a boat ferrying men and a cow, and a windmill.

April

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Watercolor village street with a church spire, thatched cottages, market vendors, children, a dog and chickens.

May

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farmstead with shepherds tending and shearing sheep under trees.

June

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Watercolor of haymakers on a river with a haystack raft, windmill, sailing boats and a distant church tower.

The Twelve Months

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, harvest workers, sheaves of grain and a castle under a cloudy sky.

August

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of figures harvesting fruit beside a river, with a rowboat and sailing boat nearby.

September

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor landscape of a grape harvest with figures resting by a barrel, a river, sailboat, and distant town.

October

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor village scene with a church steeple, thatched cottages, butchered pigs and villagers in the foreground.

November

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, church tower, and villagers with a horse cart and firewood.

December

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Watercolor of a village in rolling countryside under a gilded coat of arms, framed by painted tulips and bulbs.

Le Villaige de Monceaulx

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Painted landscape of a village with a church spire below a heraldic shield, with two travelers on a hill in the foreground.

Le Villaige de Brimeu

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Oval watercolor of a formal reception with couples in evening dress in a room with red drapery and a framed print.

British Reception in Baghdad

W. Henry Pierson, 1865

Watercolor of a young woman with a croquet mallet on a lawn, with a turquoise door and flowers in a garden behind her.

Girl Playing Croquet

William Stephen Coleman, 1904-35

Ink and wash design for a ceiling with an oval central scene of figures on clouds, surrounded by scrolls and panels.

Designs for the decoration of a ceiling

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 18th-mid-19th century

Watercolor of a domed palace facade with balconies and rooftops under a cloudy sky, with trees in the foreground.

Belvedere Palace, Vienna

Attributed to Rudolf von Alt

Watercolor of a wooded pool with trees reflected in the water, a wooden fence, and a distant red-roofed building.

Reflections in a Wooded Pool

Watercolor of a dark starling and a speckled lark lying dead on a tan ground with grasses behind them.

A Starling and a Lark

William Page, 1863

Pencil and watercolor drawing of spruce trees and mossy boulders beside a rocky stream, with distant hills.

A Clump of Trees by a Rocky Stream in the Ramsau

Carl Morgenstern, 1832/1833

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a chariot in the sky above figures gathered in an ornate rococo frame.

A Ceiling with Apollo Presiding over Military and Historical Learning

Anton Kern, 1740s

Watercolor of trees on a bank above a still lake, with a dirt path at lower right and a partly cloudy sky.

Trees by the lake, Peamore Park, near Exeter, Devon

Francis Towne, 1790-1810

Watercolor of two cattle resting on a hillside above a river and hazy mountains under a pale sky.

Cattle resting in a mountainous landscape, Bengal

George Chinnery, ca. 1808-12

Watercolor design of a neoclassical bedroom with a canopied bed between columns, red drapery, and relief panels.

Design for a Bedroom

Charles Percier, 1785-1838

Watercolor of monks buying fish at a Gothic Madonna portal beside a Venetian canal, with a gondola and fishermen.

Monks Buying Fish before the Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia

Ludwig Passini, 1855

Watercolor of a calm lake at dusk with trees, reeds, a distant town, and pink and blue sky reflected on the water.

Landscape near Strasbourg Looking toward St. Gall

W. van Detta, 1879

Watercolor of a sunlit hilltop village with ruined walls above olive trees and a winding dirt road.

Sun-Drenched Hills near Menton

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1880