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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,975 works

Ink painting of willow trees along a misty river with three small boats and a wooden footbridge.

Painting - Bi Chang

Bi Chang, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of misty green mountains with cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees and small pavilions among blossoming trees.

Landscape

Nakabayashi Chikkei, 19th century

Oil landscape of cows wading in a stream beneath trees, with distant mountains, a lake and a sailboat under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1871

Painting of snowy mountains above a valley with a waterfall, lake, and a camp of tepees and horses in the foreground.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

Albert Bierstadt, 1863

Painting of a snow-capped Andean peak above a waterfall, river, and lush tropical trees, with a path and cross in the foregro

Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Painting of a winding river oxbow through farmland beneath a storm on the left and sunlit clouds on the right.

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow

Thomas Cole, 1836

Panoramic 1865 landscape of a river valley with farms, distant mountains, and cows resting under a large tree.

The Valley of Wyoming

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1865

Painting of a shepherd and sheep walking a forest path beside large beech trees, with a sunlit valley and mountains beyond.

The Beeches

Asher Brown Durand, 1845

Painting of a giant goblet-shaped rock with waterfalls and a lake on its rim, set in mountains under a glowing sunset sky.

The Titan's Goblet

Thomas Cole, 1833

Painting of a hazy golden mountain gorge with birch trees and a rocky cliff in the foreground, a waterfall and lake below.

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1862

Painting of a woman walking in a green meadow past white flowering spring trees under a pale blue sky with a moon.

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey

George Inness, ca. 1891

Painting of a river valley with tall trees, figures on the riverbank, and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View on the Catskill - Early Autumn

Thomas Cole, 1836-37

Hazy landscape of a calm lake with wooded islands, mountains, a small boat, and a cloudy sky.

Lake George

John Frederick Kensett, 1869

Soft, muted landscape of a river lined with reeds, flat green fields, distant trees, and a pale cloudy sky.

Arques-la-Bataille

John Henry Twachtman, 1885

Painting of a sunlit forest stream with a fallen log, tall trees, and a small waterfall over rocky ledges.

The Trout Pool

Worthington Whittredge, 1870

Ink handscroll of gnarled bare trees, a pavilion on a hill, a small bridge with figures, and misty distant hills.

Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi, ca. 1080

Ink handscroll of misty mountains, trees and sailing boats on a river, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Summer Mountains

Qu Ding, ca. 1050

Six-panel screen of ink gibbons climbing bare trees above rocks, waves and a pale moon on gold paper.

Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1570

Handscroll of misty mountains, pines and waterfalls with a procession of figures and temple buildings below.

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

Wang Hui, datable to 1698

Two hanging scroll landscapes with misty mountains, rock peaks, distant buildings and trees in muted brown ink tones.

Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)

An Gyeon, ca. 1450-1500

Thangka mandala with a central sun deity on a chariot, surrounded by lotus petals and rows of seated Buddhist figures in red

Mandala of the Sun God Surya

Kitaharasa, likely 1379

Harvesters rest and eat beneath a tree in a golden wheat field, with a village, church and bay in the distance.

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Painting of a kneeling woman in a dark cloak and a child in a rocky landscape, with a winged angel in the sky above.

Hagar in the Wilderness

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1835

Van Gogh painting of a golden wheat field with tall cypress trees, blue hills, and a swirling sky.

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Sheep graze in an autumn field beside tall haystacks under a dark stormy sky, with a shepherd and cottages in the distance.

Haystacks: Autumn

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874

Painting of nude men, centaurs and satyrs hunting wild animals in a forest, with fire and smoke in the distance.

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494-1500

Painting of a village on a green hillside with a woman in white on a dirt road, poplars, and clouds overhead.

Jalais Hill, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, 1867

Painting of a blind giant with a bow carrying a guide on his shoulders through a forest, toward clouds and a distant sea.

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

Nicolas Poussin, 1658

Painting of wheat fields under towering clouds, with a dirt road, small walking figures, trees and distant sailboats.

Wheat Fields

Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670

Dark painting of a dense winter forest of bare trees under a rust-colored sunset sky, with rocks in a clearing.

The Forest in Winter at Sunset

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846-67