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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,059 works

Pen and grey ink drawing of a house by a grotto, a roadside chapel, trees, and a distant hilltop town across a lake.

A House near a Grotto and a Roadside Chapel at Lake Nemi, with a View of Genzano from the North; verso: Sketch of Tre…

Johann Martin von Rohden, early-mid 19th century

Watercolor of a country château beside a lake, with tall cypress trees and wooded hills behind it.

View of the Château at Folembray

Paul Huet, ca. 1831

Watercolor of Dumbarton Rock with a fortress on its cliffs, a sailboat and rowing boat on calm water.

Dumbarton Rock from the South

Joseph Farington, 1788

Pen drawing of a seated shepherd in a broad hat holding a small child on his lap against rocky terrain.

A Seated Italian Shepherd with a Small Child on his lap; verso: A Southern Landscape with a Woman Carrying a Jar on h…

Franz Horny, ca. 1820

Engraving of a kneeling man comforting a wounded figure beside a donkey on a road, with hills and a distant traveler behind.

The Good Samaritan (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Hand-colored etching of a man struggling with a rearing horse as a carriage overturns and a balloon floats above a hillside.

Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting

Thomas Rowlandson, October 25, 1811

Grey wash drawing of a stone tomb with stepped base among tall forest tree trunks.

A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower

Christen Købke, 1830

Pen and ink drawing of a brook lined with bare trees, with a farm, grazing cows, and two figures in an open field.

A Brook near a Farm in Usserød with Cows and Two Figures

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1847

Engraving of dancing figures at a Grecian harvest festival, with a bearded elder, grapevines, an ox, and winged figures in cl

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc.

James Barry, dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a stone house and trees overlooking a calm sea and distant hills, Calabria, Italy.

Pentedatelo, Calabria, Italy

Edward Lear, 1847 (?)

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, a stone cottage, seated figures and sheep under a cloudy sky.

The Honister Pass from Gatesgarth Farm, Gatesgarthdale, Lake District

Edward Dayes, 1789-1804

Pen and brown ink drawing of a ruined brick building with a staircase, a bare tree, and a boat on a river bank.

An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1630-40

Pen and ink with grey wash drawing of a hooded woman sheltering a child, with a boat and trees in a landscape.

Woman sheltering a child in a landscape

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled tree with a knotted trunk, spreading branches and leafy crown on pale paper.

Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1773

Etching of a pond framed by leaning trees, with a heron on the bank and distant hills under a hatched sky.

A Pond

Adolphe Appian, 1867

Etching of two wild boars running through a bare-trunked forest clearing with scattered undergrowth.

Wild Boar, from "Eaux-Fortes Animaux & Paysages"

Karl Bodmer, ca. 1860

Watercolor of a coastal path with grazing cows, a wooden gate, autumn shrubs, and the sea under clouds.

Bonchurch Downs

John Brett, December 1865

Pen and ink drawing of two sailboats on a river beside a cottage, trees and walking figures on the right bank.

Riverscape with Two Sailboats and Several Figures; verso: A Mountainous Landscape near a River with a Horse-Drawn Bar…

Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen, early 17th century

Watercolor of a figure with a dog on ancient stone walls overlooking a plain, a winding road, and a distant sea under stormy

View of Norba from the North, towards San Felice Circeo

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1856

Watercolor of a shepherd driving sheep along a path beneath steep rocky cliffs and a twisted tree under cloudy skies.

Driving sheep in a rocky landscape

David Cox, ca. 1846

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with a large tree, rocky cliffs, a waterfall, and three small figures on a path.

Figures beside a waterfall and pool in a wooded landscape

John Varley, 1812

Watercolor of a woman, children in a cart, and a dog on a path, with a distant city dome and cows on a hillside.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: woman and children with a baby carriage

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Watercolor of a craggy mountain under stormy clouds, with rocky boulders and tawny moorland in the foreground.

Snowdon, after an April Hailstorm [or Snowdon through Clearing Clouds]

Alfred William Hunt, ca. 1857

Watercolor of a calm lake with wooded hills, distant mountains, and a small tower on a ridge under cloudy skies.

View of Lake Como

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781

Watercolor of a family pausing on a road with a dog, grazing cattle, and a distant city dome under a cloudy sky.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: a family pausing on a road

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Dark woodland path at dusk with tall trees on both sides and pale light on the ground, in brown and blue wash.

A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso)

William James Müller, 1833-45

Drawing of a wooded and rocky landscape with trees on the left, boulders on a steep slope, and white highlights on grey paper

A wooded and rocky landscape

Raphael Lamar West, ca. 1800

Watercolor of a wooded Caucasus valley with a river, village huts, and figures in traditional dress on a path.

Valley of Vardan, Caucasus

William Simpson, 1855-58

Pencil sketch of armed men in a rowing boat on a shore beside a ship, with rocks and trees in the landscape.

Rinaldo rescued from Armida

Benjamin West, 1766-1800