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2,279 works

Etching of a gnarled pollard willow with a lion at its base and a kneeling bearded man in the lower right landscape.

St. Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of three leafy trees on a rise under a stormy sky, with a flat plain and distant town at left.

The Three Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1643

Etching of thatched cottages, a haystack and trees in flat countryside, with a man sketching in the lower right corner.

Cottages and Farm Buildings with a Man Sketching

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Etching of a clump of trees and cottages beside an open field, with a tall tree at left and a distant horizon at right.

Clump of Trees with a Vista

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Pencil sketch of a small man standing between tall bare trees, with sailboats on the water at right.

Study of Man between Trees

Odilon Redon, 1860-80

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man on a dirt path beside a thatched cottage and gate, with trees and clouds behind.

Landscape with Figure

George Morland, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a stone arch bridge over a river with trees and a steep hillside, two small figures on the bridge.

Denham Bridge upon the Tavy

William Payne, 1780-1830

Elderly couple on a garden bench gazing at a classical marble statue, with a man in a top hat and a cane beside a woman.

--No matter what one says, old things are always beautiful. --Yes, my dear, but only in marble., from 'As you like it…

Honoré Daumier, January 21, 1850

Circular etching of large trees on a riverbank with a small boat, figures, a tower at left, and distant buildings.

Landscape with Trees by the Water

Goffredo Wals, n.d.

Etching of sheep gathering at a wooden fold beneath trees, with a shepherd, distant hills and a radiating dawn sky.

Opening the Fold, or Early Morning

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a forest ravine with a waterfall, tall trees, rock walls, and a seated man with a staff at lower l

A Memory of Caldera, from "Histoire des Iles Canaries"

Félix Achille Beaupoil Saint-Aulaire, 1830

Watercolor landscape of a double rainbow arching over a wooded riverbank with dense trees and distant pale hills.

The Rainbow

John Glover, 1794

Etching of two men resting under a large tree in a forest, with a wicker basket and walking staff beside them.

The Artist, Resting with his Guide

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1819

Engraved allegorical monument with golden tree, dragon, classical figures, coins and coats of arms on rocky mountain.

Pompa Introitus...Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Engraving of a fortune teller reading coffee grounds for women seated at a garden table under trees, with a dog and servant.

The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens

Francis Hayman, 1748-60

Engraving of a seated herdsman under a tree with goats grazing beside him and a clay jug in the foreground.

Pastoral with goat herd and goats, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Etching of a seated traveler with a basket and walking staff, a dog beside him, with the sea and sky behind.

Traveler with Dog, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical rock cave arch with overhanging leaves and stone steps, cut out at the centre.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Snowy forest path with bare trees and two dark-coated figures standing in the center, drawn in gray and white tones.

Winter Scene with Two Men

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Red chalk landscape drawing of a river with trees, two reclining figures on the near bank, and wading figures on the right.

Landscape with Figures on the Bank of a River

Gaspard Dughet, 17th century

Lithograph title page showing a stone watering trough, fountain pedestal lettered Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault, with horse

Watering Trough, Title Page of "Studies of Horses" (Etudes de Chevaux)

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man and a nude woman on a rock looking up at an eagle flying among forest trees.

Jupiter and Io, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded country road with a carriage full of passengers, pedestrians, dogs, and trees.

Fairlop Fair, Essex

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1816

Engraved print of a procession of grotesque figures with beaked masks and elaborate costumes walking across a landscape.

Procession of Monstrous Figures

the Younger Wendel Dietterlin, 1615

Etching of a cabbage field with a leaning tree, a low wall, and farm buildings in the background.

The Cabbage Field

Camille Pissarro, ca. 1880

Etching of cows grazing in a pasture beneath a row of trees, with a farm building and figures in the background.

Cows in the Fields of Éragny, near Gisors

Camille Pissarro, 1888

Monochrome lithograph of bathers in shade beneath trees, with figures bending and standing near a wooded bank.

Bathers in the Shade of Wooded Banks

Camille Pissarro, 1894

Etching of a riverside village with gabled houses, a jetty, windmills and church spires across a flat landscape.

Village on a River

Jan Ruischer, 17th century

Etching of a two-masted sailing boat by a shore, with a mountain, trees and clouds in the background.

Greek Landscape

Edgar Degas, 1856

Grey wash drawing of two seated figures beside a white cow and cattle under trees, with a draped cloth hanging overhead.

Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Watercolor of a dense forest with gnarled trees framing a pool where a figure wades, a path of trees receding in the distance

Windsor Great Park

Paul Sandby, 1790-99

Watercolor of a river at dusk with glowing trees, a distant castle tower, pink reflections on the water, and a small boat.

Windsor from Datchet

William Collingwood Smith, 1870-78

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Grey wash drawing of a wooded mountain valley with a waterfall on the right and grazing cattle in the foreground.

The Falls of Lodore

Thomas Sunderland, 1764-1828

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined road with bare trees, water and a distant building under a pale sky.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tree-Lined Road

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Drawing of a draped woman seated on clouds beside a large eagle, with trees and a column in the background.

Jupiter and Astraea

Giulio Campi, ca. 1545-50

Watercolor of geese and goslings alarmed by foxes and cubs emerging from rushes beside a pond under a willow.

A Goose and a Gander with their Goslings Honking in Alarm as Two Foxes with their Cubs Emerge from the Rushes

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a group of large gnarled oak trees with dense foliage and spreading branches over grass.

Study of Oak Trees (recto)

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of three gnarled, weathered tree trunks standing on grass, with textured bark and exposed roots.

Study of Three Old Gnarled Trees

Johannes Siberechts, 1660

Watercolor of thatched and red-roofed farmhouses beside a sandy track in open dunes under a cloudy sky.

Farmhouses

Johannes Bosboom, 19th century

Watercolor landscape of large trees along a dirt road on a grassy slope, with a dusky blue sky and distant hills.

A Parkland View at Dusk

William Leighton Leitch, ca. 1879

Sepia drawing of a rocky cave with a hunter playing a horn and a dog running in front of overhanging cliffs.

Rocky Landscape with Hunters

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1786

Etching of a great tree with a spiral wooden staircase on a stone terrace, surrounded by tall pines and small figures.

The Tree House at Pratolino

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Lithograph of a tree seen through a six-pane window in a dark interior, with leaves scattered across the light sky.

Day (Le Jour), from the series, Dreams (Songes), plate VI

Odilon Redon, 1891

Etching of three thatched gabled cottages beside a dirt road, with a large tree on the right and a distant village at left.

Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of St. John writing on Patmos with an eagle, a tree, sea and boats, and the Virgin and Child in light above.

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Etching of a forest scene with a stone grotto, a crowd of figures in period dress, a seated woman, and tall trees.

The Fourth Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a coastal landscape with tall trees, sailing ships, cattle, a ruined temple, and a group of women on the shore.

The Rape of Europa

Claude Lorrain, 1634

Lithograph of nude bathers in a landscape with clouds, rocks and trees, by Paul Cézanne, in soft grey and green tones.

The Large Bathers (Les Baigneurs)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1898

Engraving of an angel and a young boy walking through a dark wooded landscape with a distant tower and cloudy sky.

Tobias and the Angel (large plate)

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Engraving of an old shepherd lying on a hill playing a pipe, with a goat and sheep and timber buildings behind.

The old shepherd lying in a landscape, buildings behind, a goat and a sheep to the left

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1500-1515

Etching with a tall tree and a small figure on the left, and a dark study of a man's head in a cap on the right.

Sheet with Two Studies: A Tree and the Upper Part of a Head of Rembrandt Wearing a Velvet Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1642

Engraving of Minerva and Mercury arming Perseus in a wooded landscape, with nymphs watching from rocks above.

Minerva and Mercury Arming Perseus

Jan Müller, 1604

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a bare tree, pierced by arrows, standing on a rocky mound.

Saint Sebastian

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Etching of spectators seated on chairs in the Tuileries gardens beside a statue group under tall trees.

Scene in the Tuileries: The Chairs

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Etching of men pulling a watering cart past a statue on a pedestal in a shaded garden with trees and onlookers.

Scene in the Tuileries: The Watering Cart

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Etching of a marble vase with figures on a garden terrace, a seated boy sketching it, cypress trees and an obelisk behind.

The Medici vase, a large vase to right decorated with a representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, on a garden ter…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a village festival in a landscape with trees, musicians, seated figures, a stone wall, and a farmhouse.

The Village Festival (Fête de village dans la campagne romaine)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1735-40

Engraving of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape, with a winged cupid in the tree above.

Allegory of the Power of Love, with a man at center embracing a semi-naked woman, who is bound to a tree by Cupid

Cristofano di Michele Martini, 1480-1535

Brown wash drawing of the prophet Elijah seated by a stream in a forest, with birds flying above him.

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Jan Müller, late 16th-early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, travellers on a roadside path, and a stream in the distance.

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Brown-toned print of a wooded landscape with cows on a path, a herdsman, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Print of a wooded road with two horse-drawn carts, figures, a dog, large trees and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797