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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

796 works

Watercolor design of a classical tomb with urn, willow and cypresses, a mourning figure, and a ground plan below.

Design for a Tomb, Rothgeisser in Nuremberg (Elevation and Ground Plan)

Johann Georg Dürschner, 1826

Engraving of the death of Adonis: a reclining youth surrounded by women, Cupid with a bow above, forest behind, fruit-garland

The Death of Adonis

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etching of a wooded riverbank with a tall cypress, a dirt path, a small pond, and dark trees on the right.

The Banks of Cousin

Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1850

Engraving of a gnarled forest with an ox cart, oxen and workers carrying firewood along a woodland path.

A View in the Forest of Morvan

Antoine Alphée Piaud, 1837-66

Graphite drawing on blue-gray paper of dense forest trees with bare branches and a rocky forest floor.

Forest View Near Fontainebleau

Paul Flandrin, 19th century

Etching of a winding dirt road through tall trees with small birds in the branches and a distant pair of figures.

Little Birds

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Painting of ruined stone arches receding into a vaulted tunnel, framed by green trees and a blue sky with clouds.

Ruins of a Roman Bath or Reservoir

Louis Gauffier, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of leaning trees with yellow and green foliage, a small building on a hill, and sea at right.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900

Etched landscape with a pollarded willow over a stream, dense trees at right, and a small satyr figure at lower left.

The Satyr

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Charcoal drawing of three laborers resting on a grassy bank beside a tree, with shovels and tools in the foreground.

Roadworkers at Lunch

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1850-52

Watercolor of stone ramparts with rooftops and large green trees under a pale blue sky, by Harpignies, 1893.

View from the Ramparts at Chartres

Henri Harpignies, 1893

Etching of tall slender trees in a forest with deer running through a clearing and a pool in the foreground.

Deer in the Woods

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a shepherdess in a cloak and cap beside a tree, with a grazing sheep flock in an open field behind her.

Shepherdess Knitting

Jean-François Millet, 1862

Pencil drawing of a forest interior with leaning tree trunks, branches and undergrowth shaded softly on pale paper.

Forest Interior

Henri Harpignies, 1835-1916

Etching of a forest clearing with a shepherd, shepherdess, sheep and goats resting beneath tall trees.

Shepherd and Shepherdess

Charles-François Daubigny, 1874

Black and grey lithograph of a bowed seated woman beside a standing man, with a tree and a figure in its branches above.

Human Misery, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Pastel drawing of a shepherdess leaning on a tree beside grazing sheep and a dog in a shaded pastoral landscape.

A Shepherdess and Her Flock in the Shade of Trees

Jean-François Millet, 1854-55

Red chalk drawing of a hilltop villa among trees, with a reclining cow and a resting figure in the foreground.

Landscape with a Large Villa on a Hilltop

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1759

Woodcut print of a standing woman beside large pink flowers and foliage, with a seated figure at left, in black and cream ton

Fragrance (Noa Noa), small block

Paul Gauguin, 1894-95

Drawing of a woman shearing a sheep beside a man in a hat under a large tree, with a fence and cottage behind.

Sheepshearing Beneath a Tree

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1854

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Dark wooden woodblock with carved scene of a horse, figures, a tree, and an ornamental title cartouche above.

Fragrance (Noa Noa), from Fragrance (Noa Noa), title block

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Charcoal drawing of a woodcutter raising an axe over bundled faggots beside a stacked pile of wood, with a forest behind.

Woodcutter Trimming Faggots

Jean-François Millet, 1853-54

Grey wash drawing of shepherds and sheep in a hilly landscape, with an angel appearing in the sky above.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jacopo Bassano, 1510-92

Pen and ink landscape with figures, tall poplars and a garlanded tomb structure beneath a hatched sky.

Landscape with Figures near a Tomb

Gian Antonio Burrini, 1656-1727

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling young man, cherubs in a tree, and a winged figure on a rock, with an ACADEMIA banner.

Design for a Frontispiece; Allegorical Composition with a Young Man Kneeling before a Tree

Giovanni Angelo Canini, 1615-66

Pen and ink drawing of a stone farmhouse with a thatched roof, a tall tree at right, and three small figures in the foregroun

Three Figures by a Rustic Dwelling

Remigio Cantagallina, 1582-1656

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ speaking with the Woman of Samaria at a well, with onlookers and a column behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Pen and wash drawing of classical figures, putti and a tree in a columned garden, with a seated woman tending an urn.

The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1633

Red chalk sketch of a seated muscular figure beneath a tree with tangled branches, Hercules in the Hesperides garden.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Baldassare Franceschini, 1612-56