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Brown wash drawing of a vast chestnut tree sheltering a stretched cloth canopy and small figures working on the ground below.

View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli

Claude Louis Châtelet, 1784

Engraved view of a huge chestnut tree with a canvas canopy, small hut and groups of figures resting beneath it.

Vuë du fameux Chataignier de l'Etna...(View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli)

François Alix, 1784/86

Engraving of a crowned figure enthroned in clouds above angels, with a falling nude figure and a city burning below.

The Besiegers of the Holy City Are Consumed by Fire and the Devil Thrown into the Lake of Fire and Sulfur, from Icone…

Attributed to Adriaen Collaert, 1585

Etching of a walled river town with a tall round tower on rocks, figures by the water, and hatched clouds above.

Town on a River, from Variae Antiquitates Romanae (Roman Ruins)

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1618

Etching of a gnarled tree beside a lake with mountains and hatched clouds, with small figures on the shore.

Lake in the Mountains, from Revue Fantaisiste

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etched landscape of a hunter with a staff and dog on a rocky path, with a windswept tree, distant village and clouds.

The Hunter, from Landscapes

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Etching of a wooded landscape with a large tree, rolling hills, and two small figures near a rocky bank in the foreground.

The Beggar, from Landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648/50

Etching of a forest landscape with tall trees, hunters and a dog in the foreground, and a heron by a pond beside an open mead

Heron Shooting, from Landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648-50

Black-and-white etched landscape of a village with a church spire beside a stream, trees, boats and cloudy sky.

Village by a Stream at Nighttime, plate 3 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Black and white etching of two travellers on a road by trees, a stone bridge, a church and village houses under a cloudy sky.

Travellers on a Road by a Village, plate 5 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Etching of a stone millhouse with a water wheel and smoking chimney, with a tree, figures, and rolling hills.

A Millhouse, plate 4 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Etching of a tall brick tower beside a church under dramatic clouds, with trees and a path in the landscape.

A Tower by a Church, plate 2 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Etching of a large tree beside a stone house and tower, with small figures, a river, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a House

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Etching of a wooded landscape with two figures on a hill, a river with a small boat, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky

Two Men on a Mountain Top

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Engraving of a cannon on a wheeled carriage with soldiers, a tree at left, and a village with church spire in the distance.

Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon)

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Etching of a walled town with spires and towers beyond trees and a river, with two figures by a well in the foreground.

Landscape with Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Giovanni Battista Fontana, 1572

Etched page with two landscape views: a hillside house above, and a fortified town with towers and a minaret below.

Paisages (Landscapes), from Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui…

Anne Claude de Caylus, 1729

Etching of a rocky valley with cliffs, dark shrubs at center, and a flat foreground beneath an open sky.

The Valley (known also as Glencrutten)

David Young Cameron, 1914

Etching of a cow wading in a river beside two sheep, with a flat meadow and distant spire in the background.

Cow and Two Sheep in a River

Jan Kobell II, n.d.

Etching of a large spreading tree on a grassy slope, with a ruin and distant hills in the background.

Landscape with Large Tree, in Background a Ruin

Johann Christian Klengel, n.d.

Two women wash white cloth in a river with Mount Fuji and willow trees in the background, Japanese woodblock print.

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu) and the Noji Jewel River in Omi Province (Omi Noji no Tamag…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a riverbank under a full moon, with a servant and a waterfall inset.

The Toi Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Toi) and the Koya Jewel River in Kii Province (Kii Koya no Tamagawa),…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a mounted nobleman and attendant by a river under cherry blossoms, with a round inset of waves and birds.

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide) and the Noda Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Noda no T…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Engraving of the Virgin seated by a tree holding the infant Christ, with a fence and distant landscape behind them.

Madonna by the Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1513

Etching of a mounted rider with a lance crossing a stream in a steep rocky mountain gorge, with small figures to the right.

Rider in the Mountains

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1866

Etching of a rapid river flowing past boulders and wooded banks under a dramatic cloudy sky.

A Salmon River, No. II

Francis Seymour Haden, 1884

Etching of a man in a hat walking away along a path lined with tall trees, with light on puddles.

Wooded Walk with Figure

Giovanni Fattori, n.d.

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral seen across the Thames, with a bridge, barges and a rowboat in the foreground.

St. Paul's from the River

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Pale watercolor of figures in a garden by a lake, with trees and distant hills, by Charles Conder, 1906.

Scene on a Lake in the Morning

Charles Conder, 1906

Etching of a thatched farm building beside trees, with a distant tower on the right under a hatched cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Farm Building and the "House with the Tower"

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650