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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

796 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of a tree-lined country road with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and a cloudy sky.

The Amstelveen Road from Amsterdam towards Amstelveen

Johann Edler Goll van Franckenstein, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence beside a grill, with a putto holding a palm frond and cherubs in a tree.

Saint Lawrence Standing and Holding the Grill, Instrument of His Martyrdom

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1715

Etching of a windswept juniper tree on a rocky outcrop, with shrubs and ferns in the foreground and an open sky.

The Juniper Tree, Fontainbleu

Eugène Stanislas Alexandre Bléry, 1840

Hand-colored drawing of three women in period dress with a drum, sword, shield, helmet and flag beneath a tree.

The Iron Age (L'Age de fer)

Nicolas Arnoult, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Grey wash drawing of a large tree beside a brook where a washerwoman and another figure work, with hills behind.

Washerwoman by a Brook

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of three winged angels on clouds appearing to a kneeling bearded man beside an oak tree.

The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Watercolor and ink drawing of tree trunks and foliage beside a pale blue pond with distant trees.

Trees Beside a Pond

Louis-Antoine-Léon Riesener, 1853-78

Pencil drawing of a tall tree with a full leafy canopy and twisted trunk rising from dark ground with exposed roots.

Study of a Tree

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of women beside stone ruins under a large leaning tree in a sketched landscape.

Young Women in a Landscape with Architectural Fragments

Hubert Robert, ca. 1773

Pencil drawing of a grove of trees beside a river, with a hazy meadow and distant trees receding into a pale sky.

Landscape (A Grove of Trees Standing Near a River)

Théodore Rousseau, 1828-67

Grey wash drawing of a goat-legged satyr carrying a nymph through a forest, with other figures and mushrooms in the foregroun

Satyrs Abducting Nymphs

François Jean Sablet, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of umbrella pines, a cypress, a villa and small figures with animals in a garden landscape.

Gardens of the Villa Pamphili, Rome

Hubert Robert, 18th Century

Brown ink drawing of a clearing framed by a fir tree on the left and a gnarled tree with budding branches on the right.

Clearing in a Wooded Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Red chalk drawing of a large tree in the foreground with distant hills and a small building on the right.

Distant Landscape with Tree in Foreground

Aureliano Milani, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of gnarled trees and rocky ground in a dense wooded landscape.

Trees and Rocks

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular man straining against a split tree trunk amid foliage, by Salvator Rosa.

Milo of Crotona

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Watercolor of a castle with a round crenellated tower above a river, trees, a stone bridge, and a small figure.

Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle

William Callow, ca. 1850

Brown wash drawing of two bearded men seated in clouds beside a tree, one pointing upward, with a figure above.

Death of a Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a draped woman with blossom beside a flowering tree, a ram, and crocuses at her feet.

The Month of March

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1866

Etching of several hounds attacking a fox in a wooded landscape beside a large tree and a stream.

Fox Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1736

Red chalk drawing of a large tree with a thick trunk and dense leafy canopy on cream paper.

Tree

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of two male warriors, one standing with raised arms and one clinging to a tree, on toned paper.

Two Warriors, One Standing, The Other Clinging to a Tree

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Engraving of Venus leaning on a tree beside a sleeping Cupid, with harvesters working in a landscape behind.

Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus

Agostino Carracci, 1599

Brown wash drawing of women under trees, a princess reaching toward a baby, and a kneeling woman beside a basket.

The Finding of Moses

Montalto, ca. 1671

Red chalk drawing of a bearded countryman in a wide hat holding a staff, with trees and landscape behind him.

Standing Countryman Holding a Staff

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Etching of Mary nursing the infant Christ beneath a palm while a winged angel bends its fronds and Joseph rests nearby.

Repose in Egypt, Mary nursing the infant Christ while an angel pulls at tree branches

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of a tree over a rocky slope with a small seated figure resting on a ledge.

Landscape with a figure seated on a rock

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640

Brown wash drawing of Christ gesturing to a kneeling woman, with bearded onlookers, trees and buildings, over printed text.

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a landscape while a winged angel pulls at palm branches above them.

Repose in Egypt, Holy Family seated while an angel pulls at tree branches, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-1639 or after