New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,292 works

Woodblock print of tall sea stacks with pine trees, rowboats with figures, and sailboats on the horizon under a pale sky.

Upright Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Engraving of fishermen in boats and on a riverbank hauling nets, with a village and tower in the distance.

Fishing Scene

Léon Davent, 1547

Etching of two figures on a river boat with a cabin, smoking pot and fish in the water, with a distant village and church spi

Gobbling a Meal

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

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

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

Etching of two men in a rowboat with a small cabin, cattle on a distant shore, and a heron flying over water.

Calling to Shore

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Etching of a seated man in a beret with a cigarette, surrounded by sketched women and a sailing ship.

Frontispiece for an edition of "Les Ballades" by Théodore de Banville

Édouard Manet, 1874

Watercolor drawing of the Château de Versailles facade over formal gardens, with a fountain, strollers, a dog and a boatman.

The Château de Versailles Seen from the Gardens

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Etching of a rowboat in rough water with a steamboat trailing dark smoke on the river behind it, under a cloudy sky.

The Steam Boats

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rowing boat, a stone arched bridge, a round temple and a brick tower.

A View of the Tiber from the North Bank, with the Temple of Vesta, the Campanile of S. Maria in Cosmedin and the Pont…

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Grey wash drawing of a river with boats, a fisherman, a stone villa with figures on its terrace, and a tower in the distance.

The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Etching of several men sleeping in a dim boat cabin, with lamps overhead and reeds visible through an opening.

Sleeping on Board the Boat

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with haloed apostles, an angel in clouds, and a figure walking on waves.

Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", and other…

Parri Spinelli, ca. 1420

Pen and ink drawing of a domed church facade on the Grand Canal with gondolas and palazzi along the water.

San Simeone Piccolo, Venice, Seen from the Grand Canal

Bernardo Bellotto, 1721-80

Etching of a steam train with passengers running along an embankment beside a river with boats and birds.

The Departure

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Watercolor of a Venetian palace water entrance with an arched doorway, a moored gondola and leaded windows above the canal.

Portal of a Venetian Palace

Daniele Bucciarelli, 1839-1911

Pen and wash drawing of two rigged sailing boats beached on a shoreline with two small rowboats beside them.

Four Boats

Michelangelo Cerquozzi, 1602-60

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tying a bearded man to an anchor by the sea, with a crowd and a classical dome on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Clement I, Pope

Agostino Ciampelli, 1596-97

Wash drawing of angels above a crowd and boat, one angel raising an illuminated cross, on three joined tan sheets.

Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

Pietro da Cortona, 1652

Engraving of an allegorical scene labeled Invidia, with a seated woman, monsters, a bird, pigs, a canal, and a city.

Envy (Invidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Etching of an imaginary Roman harbor with monumental arches, staircases, columns, small boats, and smoke rising from an urn.

Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio.…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Brown wash drawing of a mythological scene with warriors on horseback, a serpent, towers, and ships on a rocky coast.

Mythological Scene

Antonio Gandini, 1602-30

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship on rough seas with Daedalus and Icarus flying in the sky above.

Armed Three-master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Watercolor landscape with a blue mountain, a hillside village, a leaning tree, and fishermen hauling a boat on rocks.

Landscape with Fishermen

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Brown ink drawing of a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, rowers, palazzi, and a church tower under a pale sky.

The Grand Canal above the Rialto (recto); A Priest Celebrating Mass and Saint Vincent Ferrer Preaching (verso)

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Engraving of a large sailing ship escorted by galleys on rough sea under a sun breaking through clouds.

Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Grey wash drawing of a domed waterfront building with boats and sailing ships on calm water.

A Port near Venice: Chioggia (?)

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Pen and ink sketch of an ornate ceremonial galley with rows of oars on rippling water, with distant boats.

The Bucintoro Moving to the Left (recto); The Bucintoro Moving to the Right (verso)

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Engraving of three sailing ships anchored near a fortified island with a round tower, with small rowing boats on calm water.

Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from "The Sailing Vessels"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Ink and wash drawing of a lagoon town with tall bell towers, gondolas with rowers, and a sailing ship at left.

Quinta Valle at Castello

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835