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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,292 works

Woodblock print of geese flying over a misty lake with sailboats, a shore hut, and layered mountains at dusk.

Geese Flying Down to Katada

Utagawa Hiroshige

Watercolor landscape of a tall rocky cliff beside a river, with figures and a small boat on the sandy bank and blue hills bey

Landscape

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal village with ruined walls, rowing boats on the beach, a sailing ship and figures.

View of an Italian Coastal Village with Boats Landing on a Beach

Casper van Eyck, mid-17th century

Woodblock print of a long wooden bridge over a bay with white-sailed boats and a conical mountain at dusk.

Long Bridge of Seta

Utagawa Hiroshige

Grey wash drawing of a busy town fair with stalls, crowds, a church tower, and figures unloading a boat by the water.

A Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Watercolor of a girl in a bonnet seated in dune grass, looking toward a grey sea with a distant sailboat.

Girl in the Dunes

Jozef Israëls, mid-19th-early 20th century

Woodblock print of geese flying over a misty lake with sailboats, a wooded shore and a dark mountain.

Returning Geese at Katada

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Grey wash drawing of a river with a towboat, sailboat, rider on horseback, and figures under a tree on the bank.

River Scene with Towboat

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Watercolor and graphite sketch of Dutch sailing boats on choppy water with a windmill on the distant shore.

Dutch Fishing Boats; verso: Sketches of Boats

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1870

Woodblock print of sailboats on a lake below a mountain at dusk, with pine trees and travelers along the shore.

Clearing Weather at Awazu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Pencil drawing of a river with a sailboat, figures in rowboats, stacked timber, trees, and a distant church spire.

River Scene

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a chaotic galley battle with broken masts, struggling figures and a distant fleet.

The Naval Battle of Meloria

Giovanni David, 1743-90

Woodblock print of snowy mountains above a village by a blue lake, with travelers on the shore and a poem cartouche at upper

Evening Snow on Mount Hira

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Grey wash drawing of a riverside village with cottages, figures on a stone archway, and a small boat at the water's edge.

Landscape with Figures

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Watercolor of the domed Muiderpoort gatehouse beside a canal, with large trees, boats, a footbridge and a windmill.

The Muiderpoort, Amsterdam, seen from the Plantage

Hendrick Keun, 1771

Woodblock print of a sailing boat on a blue bay with a shoreline of trees and rooftops under a pale dawn sky.

Clearing Weather at Shibaura

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Grey wash drawing of a river with a large tree, figures in rowing boats, and a distant cottage under an open sky.

Landscape

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with a man beside a boathouse, moored boat, trees and a distant town.

River Landscape with a Man Standing by a Boathouse

Philips Koninck, mid-17th-late 17th century

Woodblock print of white-sailed boats on a river with thatched houses and pines under a pale sunset sky.

Boats Returning to Gyotoku

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Pencil drawing of a river estuary with thatched cottages, figures on the bank, sailboats and distant windmills.

A River Estuary

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of trees on a rocky riverbank, with two people in a rowboat on calm water and hills beyond.

Landscape

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, n.d.

Woodblock print of a harbor with red-hulled sailboats, pine-covered shore, mountains and a warm sunset sky.

Panorama of Miwo Pine Wood from Ejiri

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834

Pencil drawing of cows and figures on a riverbank, with sailboats, a windmill, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

River Scene with Cows

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with sailing ships, a fortified tower, arched bridge, and a statue on a pedestal.

Harbor Scene

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above a bay with pine trees, sailboats, and a yellow sky.

Pine Groves of Miho in Suruga Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Pencil drawing of winter river scene with skaters, horse-drawn sleds, a tent, and a windmill on the horizon.

River Landscape in Winter with Figures Skating and Sleds

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of a sailing warship squadron at sea under cloudy skies, with a French caption below.

Campagne du Vice-amiral Cte d'Estaing

Pierre Ozanne, 1778

Woodblock print of a moonlit arched bridge with pedestrians, a boatman poling a bamboo-laden punt on a river.

Bamboo Market at Capital Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Grey wash drawing of a harbor with a sailing ship, crates and barrels, and a central oval monogram cartouche.

Design for a Vignette: Harbor Scene

Charles Percier

Pen drawing of a riverside town with a tower, church spire, a rowing boat with two figures, and grazing animals.

A Town by a Rivers Edge

Nicolas Perelle