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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

796 works

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a wide hat riding an ox led by a man, with companions resting under a tree.

Peasant Girl Riding an Ox with Companions

François Boucher, 18th century

Sepia wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a rock outcrop, and two seated figures in foliage.

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep in a Landscape

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky valley with leaning trees, cliffs on the right, and a small figure on a path.

Rocky Landscape

Jan Both, mid-17th century

Ink and wash drawing of ruined arched stone walls with trees above and a small figure walking a dog on a path.

Roman View

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, early 17th century

Charcoal drawing of a mountain valley with a windswept pine, rocky boulders, and three goats, with snowy peaks behind.

Three Goats in a Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1830-64

Ink and wash landscape of a mounted herdsman under trees, with cattle, an arched bridge, and a distant city.

Landscape with a Mounted Herdsman and Cows, a City in the Background

Jan Both, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a sunlit street with old buildings, a palm tree, an archway, and figures.

Oriental Street Scene

Eduard Hildebrandt, 1850

Pen and ink title page design for Brahms songs with a flute player, a reclining woman, a flowering tree and decorative letter

Design for a Title Page for Sheet Music

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Grey pencil study of birds on a branch above sheet music, a flute, flowers and a cloth on a grassy bank.

Study for a Pastoral Scene

Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Print of a seated woman holding an infant with a kneeling boy beside her under a tree, with Latin inscription below.

A Woman Standing at the Foot of a Tree Holding an Infant, with a Seated Boy

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1724

Pen drawing of an ornate rococo frame with cypress trees, trellis work, scrollwork and a radiant emblem at the top.

Design for Frame with Trees and Trellises

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1755

Pen drawing of a man in a hat pruning a bare tree with a curved knife, inside an oval frame labeled FEBRVARIVS.

The Month of February: Man Pruning a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Engraved emblem of a deer beside a tree with a banner, framed by columns, female figures, and fruit garlands.

Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga

Giorgio Ghisi, before 1566

Brown ink and wash drawing of Roman baths reconstruction above and ruins with a domed church below.

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Novitian (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a hat grafting a leafy branch onto a tree, labeled APRILIS, in an oval frame.

The Month of April: Man Grafting a Branch onto a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Engraving of Saint John writing on Patmos beside an eagle, with the Virgin and Child in light above and a sea view.

Saint John on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Grey wash drawing of the Thermae of Titus reconstruction, Roman ruins, a bust of Vespasian and a bathing genius relief.

Reconstruction of the Thermae of Titus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child in a garden with angels holding a crown, a castle, a ship and rabbits in the landscape.

Virgin and Child

Hans Wechtlin I, ca. 1510

Engraving of a couple walking arm in arm beside a tree, with a hidden skeleton behind the trunk and a landscape behind them.

The Promenade

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman bath complex above, with statues and coins, and ruined arches with a kneeling figu

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Diocletian (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of a nude woman holding a sleeping baby beside a stag and deer in a wooded landscape with rocks and trees.

The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree, with a hanging monogram tablet in the upper right.

The Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree

Jan Gossaert, 1522

Brown ink drawing of a reconstructed circular mausoleum with obelisks above, and its ruins below beside a seated female figur

A Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Augustus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of a soldier in puffed dress leaning against a tree with a sword and staff, grass at lower left, dated 1520.

Bending Soldier Leaning against a Tree

Barthel Beham, 1520

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of a tall date palm with a Latin banner, with a haloed rider on a donkey and a crowd in a hillside lands

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

Jan Goeree, 1696-1704

Etching of two tree trunks beside a river with loose foliage and a small boat at lower right.

Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River)

Berthe Morisot, 1888

Watercolor of a sunlit road with umbrella pines, whitewashed buildings, an oxcart, and travelers near a column.

Road Leading to the Grotto of Posillipo

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of a nude male figure tied to a tree, one arm raised, body turned in contrapposto.

Saint Sebastian (?) Tied to a Tree

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Engraved oval vignette of a magpie with tail raised, standing on a rock by a stream among reeds and trees.

Magpie

Charles-François Daubigny, 1843