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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,279 works

Engraving of a river valley with a large tree, resting soldiers on a hillside, a village church, and a distant castle.

Soldiers at Rest (Milites Requiescentes), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Etching of thatched farm houses, trees, and a ploughed field with small travelers on a road in the foreground.

Country Houses, couple and cornfield in the foreground, from the series The Small Landscapes (Praediorum Villarum)

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1559-61

Engraving of bearded men in turbans searching sacks on a camel beside donkeys, a tree and an ornate urn in a landscape.

Search through the baggage of Joseph's brothers

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-56

Pencil drawing of Rome's rooftops, domes, bell tower and ruined arches seen from a terrace with cypress trees.

View of Rome from the Palatine

Pierre Charles Jombert, ca. 1775

Blue-toned wash drawing of figures on a wooded shore beside a boat, with a large tree and distant cliffs.

Landscape with a Scene from Fénelon's Télémaque

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1780

Grey ink drawing of a brick tower and arched ruins beside a road, with women at a stone fountain and pine trees.

Italian Country House Beside a Road

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, n.d.

Watercolor of a courtly procession with horsemen, a royal carriage, elegant women, and a windmill over distant troops.

Camp de Compiègne, 1698

Eugène Lami, ca. 1860

Watercolor drawing of a Renaissance château with towers seen above trees, with two workers in a garden in front.

The Château of Chambord Seen from the Southwest

Simon Mathurin Lantara, 18th century

Drawing of a riverside landscape with a thatched stone cottage, windblown trees, a sailboat, and a distant church tower.

The Bend in the River

Simon Mathurin Lantara, 1767

Engraving of a seated figure by a fire beneath a tree, with kneeling and reclining figures and flowering plants around them.

Sloth, from "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Pen and grey wash drawing of a church with a bell tower above a garden, trees, and figures on a path.

The Church of São Martinho in Sintra, Portugal

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a farmyard with a thatched shed, a woman in the doorway, chickens, straw stacks and a cloudy sky.

Farmyard

Jean-Baptiste-Denis Lempereur, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shepherd with sheep and a dog in a clearing beside large gnarled trees.

Shepherd with His Flock in a Clearing

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1776

Watercolor drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a forest, with riders on horseback and two seated figures in the foregr

Versailles Seen from the Southwest

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Sepia drawing of an oxcart and figures approaching a fortified stone tower, framed by large trees and a stream.

Oxcart Approaching a Fortified Building

Achille Etna Michallon, 1817

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

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

Charcoal drawing of a shepherdess with a staff beside her grazing sheep flock, with tall trees on the right.

A Shepherdess with Her Flock

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1852

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

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

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

Pen and ink landscape drawing with green wash showing sandy dunes, a cluster of trees, and shrubs under open sky.

Landscape, Vichy

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1866-67

Sepia drawing of a classical building with arched entrance and cupola, with wind-blown trees at left.

A Building

Brown ink and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers and riders passing through a wooded landscape with dogs.

Outing in a Wood

Jean-Michel Moreau, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7

Black and white woodcut of a large carved idol-like figure, a seated woman, and small figures in a dark landscape.

Maruru

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

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

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

Grey wash drawing of a shaded garden path leading to a trellis gate between tall trees and hedges.

View in the Gardens of Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744

Brown wash drawing of a monumental fountain with a seated classical statue, cherubs, rocks and trees.

Project for a Monumental Fountain

Augustin Pajou, 1767

Pen drawing of a robed bearded figure on a cloud among birds, ostriches, and fish in a landscape with rocks and trees.

The Creation of the Fish and the Birds

Johannes Wierix, mid-16th-early 17th century

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

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of trees, buildings, a stone bridge, and small figures on winding paths.

Landscape (Wooded Approach to a Town)

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1508

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

Ink drawing of two riders on a rearing horse, a sword-carrying soldier walking left, and sketched trees in the background.

Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky mountains, and small figures in the foreground.

River Landscape near Narni

Giovanni Battista Busiri, 1698-1757

Pencil drawing of farm buildings and a water mill beside a stream, with wooded hills rising behind them.

Farm Buildings with Water Mill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal landscape with ships in a harbor, ruined city buildings, rocky cliffs, and clouds.

Imaginary Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Domenico Campagnola, 1500-1564

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

Pen and ink drawing of a farmhouse, well, and large tree in a rural landscape with a bell tower at left.

Landscape with a Farm House and a Bell Tower

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

Brown wash drawing of nomads herding sheep and an ox with a woman and children riding on its back beneath trees.

Pastoral Scene: Nomads with Sheep and Cattle

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Pen and wash drawing of seated Diana gesturing toward a satyr, with winged cherubs under a tree.

Diana and Satyr

Filippo Cavori, 1800-(?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded figure in robes presenting a woman to a sleeping man beneath a tree.

The Creation of Eve

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

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

Gray wash drawing of a mountain under clouds with sunbeams, trees and a wooden fence in the foreground.

Landscape with Mountains in the Distance

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Etching of a lake framed by dense forest trees, with distant spires and birds flying across the sky.

La Lac au Milieu de la Forêt (The Lake in the Middle of the Forest)

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1849

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

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

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a herdsman leading a donkey past sheep resting beneath a large tree.

A Herdsman with a Donkey

Jacob Van Der Does, 1658

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of women finding a child on a riverbank beneath a tree, with a distant hilltop town.

The Finding of Moses

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Pen and ink landscape drawing of trees, low farm buildings, walls and towers beneath a pale sky.

Landscape Study: Surburbs of Rome

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1606-80

Pen and wash drawing of a lagoon with an obelisk, a pine tree, small figures on the shore, and sailboats in the distance.

Lagoon Capriccio with an Obelisk

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1750-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical villa with a pedimented facade, gate with statues, trees, and a broad lawn.

The Villa Loredan, near Treviso

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1778

Etched landscape of a sandy rural road, a large tree, a thatched cottage, a seated figure with a dog, and distant farm buildi

Wheat Field

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

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

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a farmhouse, large trees, small figures on a path and seated figures in the foreground.

Landscape with Figures and a Farm House