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Art Institute of Chicago

382 works

Etching of a forest path with tall trees leading to a small wooden footbridge over a pond, with a distant village.

The Entrance to the Forest by the Little Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Lithograph of a misty lake surrounded by rocky cliffs and distant mountains, with a small boat on the water.

Lake of the Four Forest Cantons

Alexandre Calame, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a leaning tree and trees on a riverbank with distant hills under a loose, cloudy sky.

River Bank with Trees (recto); Herd of Cattle Beneath Trees, with Inset Sketch of Landscape (verso)

Possibly by John Constable, 1796/1837

Etching of a forest with tall trees, a pond, and a traveler with a dog resting on the bank.

Traveler Resting in the Forest

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of horses and riders, a wooded landscape, and a cavalry battle scene.

Three Studies with Sketches of a Wooded Landscape and a Cavalry Battle

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil drawing of a Versailles park with a memorial column on a stepped base, an open lawn, and groves of trees.

View of the Park st Versailles: Landscape with Memorial Column and Grove of Trees

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Watercolor of sheep and cows grazing beside an uprooted tree, with a herdsman in blue and a distant church spire.

Sheep, Cows, and Herdsman by Uprooted Tree

Frederick Nash, 1802/1856

Pencil and wash sketches of trees, dogs and a pheasant in a wooded landscape, with arched panels at lower right.

Sketches of a Wooded Site, Dogs and Pheasants in Landscape

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with tall trees, clipped hedges, classical statues on pedestals, and a fountain.

View of the Park at Versailles: Trees and Statuary

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large tree with a seated man and dog beside a river, with distant hills.

Man and Dog Seated Below Trees by River

Attributed to Paul Sandby, n.d.

Watercolor of a decaying hollow tree with a long limb over a woodland path, autumn leaves and ferns at its base.

Rotting Tree

Elizabeth Murray, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with dense trees, an open lawn, and a distant hill under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1754/97

Pencil sketch of a woodsman raising an axe beside a fallen tree trunk on sloping ground.

Woodsman Axing Fallen Tree

William Henry Pyne, .d.

Brown wash drawing of a timber-framed blacksmith's shop on a village street with figures and a large tree at left.

Blacksmith's Shop at Guildford (recto); Sketch of Two Tree Trunks (verso)

George Wallwyn Shepheard, n.d.

Etching of a farmhouse with smoking chimney beside tall evergreen trees and a grassy meadow with a pond.

Farmhouse in an Evergreen Forest

Johan Christian Dahl, 1828

Etching of a seated wanderer beneath a large tree, with a ruined building and grazing animals in the distance.

Wanderer Resting in the Forest

Martin von Molitor, n.d.

Engraving of a fisherman beside a river under large oak trees, with a stone bridge and village in the distance.

Fisherman in Wooded Landscape

the elder Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with large trees, an arched stone bridge, cattle, and small figures.

A Wooded River Landscape with Jacob, Laban, and His Daughters

Claude Lorrain, 1661

Grey-toned drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees on a grassy bank above a shallow stream with reeds.

Wooded Landscape with Stream

Thomas Gainsborough, 1750-59

Watercolor study of a tree in pink and white blossom in a grassy field, with a dark hedgerow and blue sky behind.

Study of a Tree in Bloom

William Turner, c. 1835

Etching of a forest path with a large oak, a fallen tree trunk, and two figures carrying bundles at the lower left.

The Fallen Tree Trunk

Martin von Molitor, n.d.

Engraving of a spotted leopard resting beneath a large tree, looking toward a distant landscape with mountains.

A Tyger (A Recumbent Leopard by a Tree)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Black and white lithograph of workers clearing a tropical forest, with felled logs, a rider on horseback, and a wooden house.

Clearing the Forest, plate 6 from Customs and traditions of Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Etching of three sheep resting and grazing beneath five leafless trees in an open pastoral landscape.

Sheep and Five Trees

Charles Émile Jacque, 1868

Etching of a cow lying on grass beside a tree, head turned toward the viewer, with fine hatched lines.

Cow Lying Beside a Tree, plate 7 from Eight Bulls and Cows

Paulus Potter, c. 1640-54

Monochrome print of snowy pine trees, rocks and a chamois on a slope, with misty mountains rising behind.

Pine Trees in the Mountains

John Robert Cozens, 1789

Etching of a large leafy tree beside a figure on a path, with fields and distant trees stretching to the right.

Landscape with a Large Tree

Johann Christian Klengel

Etching of a village road lined with tall trees, thatched farmhouses on both sides, and two small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with Hewed Trees, plate seventeen after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum v…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of two large oak trees beside a dirt path, with rocks and undergrowth in the foreground and forest behind.

The Two Oaks, Fontainebleau

Eugène Bléry, 1842

Etching of a forest river with large trees on a rocky bank, reeds in the foreground, and clouds in the sky.

The River in the Forest, plate three from Set of Landscapes

Herman Naijwincx, 1640/51