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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,266 works

Etching of a mounted figure raising a sword before a crowd with staves, a dog and horses, trees behind, by William Hogarth.

The Encounter with Talgol and Magnano (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 3)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Grey wash drawing of a forest with large trees, birch trunks, a winding path and stream in the foreground.

Forest Landscape

Lodewijk de Vadder, early 17th-mid 17th century

Etching of a treehouse with draped canopy, bells, and three figures among flowers, pines, and rococo scrollwork.

Treehouse

the Elder Jean Jacques Avril, 1773

Etching of a windswept pine tree in a pastoral landscape with seated figures, a sailboat, and distant hills.

Pastoral Scene

Etching of a windswept landscape with three porters carrying loads on a dirt path and a standing man at left.

The Three Porters

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of two men wading in a river beside a rocky outcrop, with trees and a distant hilltop in the background.

Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water with a rocky outcrop behind them, to the left a rocky bank, trees and…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Engraving of a nude youth crowned with cypress branches beside a wounded stag in an oval woodland scene.

Cyparissus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Etching of two men on a rocky outlook beside a tall spruce, overlooking a wooded valley, village and distant hills.

Two Men on a Rock Terrace

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a ship with tritons and mermaids in the sea, a tree with the Golden Fleece over a dragon, and a winged Fame blowin

The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mer…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etched landscape with large trees on the right, figures on a bank, and a distant town with spires across water.

A landscape with a monk and an angel in the center, a town to the left (The Vision)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630-40

Etched landscape with a multi-arched bridge over a river, small boats, large trees, a rocky foreground and figures.

Landscape with bridge traversing a river occupied with three small boats, one of which is encroaching the near river…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1626-80

Etched ornamental panel with two eagles, leopard heads and curling foliage beneath a circular title cartouche.

Two eagles with wings spread, below two leopard heads attached to tree trunks that form three circles, from "Ornament…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of Venus seated under a tree as Cupid draws a bow and arrow beside her, with a landscape behind.

Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, two nymphs on the sides, and a duck at the base, by Stefano della Bella.

A cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, plate 6 from "No…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a windswept tree, a draped skull at top, and bones at the sides, with a Latin scroll.

A cartouche with a tree blowing in the wind, a skull with drapery at top, bones to either side, from "Eight Emblems f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etching of two monks in a forest, one holding a skull beside a dark cave, with a wooden cross and dense trees.

Two Monks in Contemplation in a Forest

Carl Baron von Vittinghoff, 1809

Engraving of a reclining piper under a large oak beside a standing shepherd gesturing toward grazing cattle and sheep.

Mercury and Battus, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book II

Robert Willemsz de Baudous, after 1590

Etching of a woodland path with a herdsman, cattle, and a dog beneath trees, with a bright sunburst through the leaves.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of revelers in a woodland with a radiant Bacchus figure, above a vignette of children harvesting grapes by a ladder.

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Print of a leaning tree with pale trunks and sprawling branches beside a winding dirt lane, shrubs in foreground.

Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome, 1811-13

Etched river landscape with trees, a sailboat, a hilltop castle labeled Hernenstein, and a distant town labeled Coblentz.

Coblentz and Harmenstein [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1664

Etching of a rural landscape with travelers on horseback, a small columned shrine, billowing clouds, and farm buildings among

The First Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a ruined round temple with columns beside trees, a path with two figures, and a calm river under clouds.

The Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from "Landscapes and Ruins"

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1615

Etching of a woodland with large trees, a hunter and dog, a marsh with herons, and a distant tower under clouds.

Woodland scene with marshy banks, from "Six Landscapes in Tyrol"

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraving of a forest with a seated man holding a staff, two goats, fallen trees and a stream.

A man holding a staff and seated on a tree trunk; with two goats to either side; surrounded by downed trees, foliage,…

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge as a bearded God in robes points a warning finger, 1540.

God at right forbidding the nude Adam and Eve at left to eat from the tree of knowledge in center, from "Adam and Eve"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Painting of a large beech tree in a woodland clearing, with a mother and children resting at left and deer grazing at right.

A mother and children resting beneath a large beech tree, deer grazing beyond, possibly in Norbury Park, Surrey

the elder George Barret, 1776

Watercolor of misty trees beside a rocky stream, with grazing cows and a seated figure in soft morning light.

Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland

John Glover, before 1831

Watercolor of woodcutters felling and stacking logs in a forest, with a river valley visible through the trees.

Woodcutters at Park Place, Henley, the river Thames beyond

William Havell, ca. 1826

Grey-wash drawing of a crowded Amsterdam square with a town hall, a tall decorated liberty pole, and celebrating figures.

Popular Celebrations in Dam Square, Amsterdam, on 4 March 1795, marking the erection of the Liberty Tree and the succ…

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1795 or after

Etching of Villa d'Este gardens in Tivoli with a curved staircase, two statues, tall cypress trees and small figures.

View of the gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, cyprus trees to right, a staircase leading to the villa at left, t…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1764

Etching of an arched aqueduct and cypress trees on a hillside, with figures, donkeys and a cart on a path below.

View of the entrance to Tivoli and the walls of the Villa d'Este, horsemen approaching the entrance at bottom center,…

Richard de Saint-Non, 18th century

Engraving of a garden scene under trees: a man with raised arms at center, a boy holding a torch, and a crowd of figures in 1

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female fi…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Circular etching of figures skating on a frozen lake with bare trees in the foreground and a town with windmills beyond.

Winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen body of water in a roundel composition; a church and trees in the f…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Etching of a man reaching toward a fallen column beside a seated man, with ruined arches and a bare tree behind.

A man reaches toward a fallen column, a seated man beside him, trees and ruins beyond, frontispiece from "Views of It…

Israël Silvestre, 1645

Engraving of a formal French garden with a central fountain, scrolled parterres, strolling figures, pavilions, and forest bey

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demie Lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Etching of two travelers passing classical ruins and columns overgrown with trees, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Travelers Visiting Ruins

Gabriel Perrelle, mid-17th century

Engraving of two laughing satyrs pinning a drawing to a tree, a globe beneath one, with a bearded man and woman watching.

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at…

Claude Mellan, ca. 1636-45

Engraved title page of a Chinese children's games collection, showing a smiling man holding a cloth inscribed with the title

Title page: a smiling man holds a corner of a cloth tied to a fig tree and points with a stick to the cloth's inscrip…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1759

Etching of two men by an ancient relief-carved sarcophagus, with a pyramid and cypress trees behind and a sleeping man at rig

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagu…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Sepia etching of a title page: an inscribed pedestal draped in ivy, topped by a satyr-head vase, flanked by trees and ruins.

Title page: a wall in center surrounded by ruins and poplar trees, surmounted by a vase decorated with the head of a…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Sepia etching of a classical female bust on a pedestal among trees, with a fallen amphora in the foreground.

Plate 2: The Bust: a bust of a female wearing a diadem at top left, two amphoras at bottom left, surrounded by trees…

Hubert Robert, 1764

Etching of a standing lion beside a tree, with a bird flying overhead and a distant landscape with ruins.

Plate 4 from "The Lions"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of a woman in period dress walking with a dog standing on its hind legs beside a tree and a pastoral landscape.

A shepherdess, accompanied by her dog, dancing to the sound of a musette

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1640

Etching of a billy goat standing with a nanny goat and two resting kids beside a wooden fence and a tree.

Four goats; at the back a nanny goat lies on the ground, in the middle a billy goat stands, in the front two kids lie…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of four sheep, three lying and one standing, beside a thatched shed and a large tree.

Four sheep, one sheep stands among three others lying on the ground next to a shed with thatched roof and open door

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Etching of a large tree with exposed roots by a stream, a man walking with cattle, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Tree with roots laid bare alongside a stream, a hilly landscape and a man walking behind quadrupeds beyond

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Etching of a walled village on a hill with a church spire at left, trees and a grassy slope in the foreground.

Walled village on a hill, with church at left and buildings constructed on the downslope at right, trees and hillside…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Etching of a cow, sheep and lamb resting in grass, with a shepherd peering from behind a tree and a village on a hill.

Cow, adult sheep, and young sheep lying in the grass; beyond, a shepherd stands partially behind a tree

Karel Dujardin, 1656

Etching of a landscape framed by two large trees, with a rocky cliff, a river, and goats in the foreground right.

Landscape flanked by trees in the left and right foreground, silhouettes of two goats, a river with cliffs beyond, fr…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of Saint John the Baptist with a halo, holding a staff beside a resting lamb in an oval wooded landscape.

Saint John the Baptist

Balthazar Moncornet, 17th century

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stone pedestal, vases, standing man, seated figure, dog, and distant castle.

Nancy, from "Diverses Veue et Perspectives nouvelles de Rome, Paris et des autres lieux"

Israël Silvestre, 1640-79

Engraving of a seated woman in period dress holding a closed fan, with a drawn curtain and a tree and clouds behind her.

A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1710-41

Etched print of a standing officer in a long coat and tricorn hat with a sword, trees behind him.

Man in officer's dress, with sword hanging at left hip, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, t…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1700-39

Etching of a man in a tricorn hat holding a vine-wrapped staff, with trees and a cottage in the landscape behind him.

Man in tricorn hat and overcoat, shown in frontal view and holding a staff with a winding vine, landscape with trees…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1710-39

Etching of a chaotic battle in a forest, with rearing horses, armored foot soldiers with shields and spears, and a flag.

Battle between cavalry and infantry in a wood

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Woodcut of a bearded horseman drawing his sword beside a kneeling beggar, with trees and a distant castle.

Saint Martin on Horseback

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Etching of three trees on a hill under stormy clouds, with a flat plain, distant town, and cattle at right.

The Three Trees, after Rembrandt

Captain William E. Baillie, 1758

Etching of Pan reclining with two satyrs, a large vase on a pedestal, a sheep, and trees under a distant landscape.

Pan reclining at left with two standing satyrs, a large vase on a pedestal at right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant beside a child and an older woman under a tree, with a landscape behind.

Charity

Goltzius School

Hand-colored print of a hilltop castle above a lake, with women at a stone fountain and trees in the foreground.

Bracciano, plate 2 from "Views of Rome and Its Environs"

Edward Lear, 1841

Engraved landscape of a seated woman under trees overlooking a harbor with sailing ships and ruined arches.

Seascape with Bacchus and Ariadne

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Brown ink drawing of a rhinoceros in a landscape with mountains and a tree, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Rhinoceros in a Landscape within an Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Etching of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with archers and onlookers in the background and a dedicatory inscription below.

Saint Sebastian being tied to a tree

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1625-50

Etching of bearded scholars reading and talking beneath a tree, with a child and books on the ground and figures in the dista

La recompense des Sciences

Carlo Maratti, 1640-1713

Watercolor landscape of a hilltop town near Rome with tall stone pines in the foreground and distant mountains under a pale s

Frascati, near Rome

William Cowen, 1819

Woodcut of haloed Saint Ita reading in a forest with a dove above and a heraldic shield at left.

Saint Ita (of Toggenburg), from "The Habsburg Saints"

Leonhard Beck, 1516-18

Woodcut of a battle in a snowy forest between nude men and clothed fighters with swords and pikes, bodies on the ground.

Battle Between Peasants and Naked Men in a Forest

Master NH, 1522

Etching of a bearded man sleeping under a gnarled tree while a raven flies toward him, with ruins and an aqueduct in the dist

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1549

Etching of a dense forest with tall trees, a reclining figure, a spear and hunting dogs, with hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Venus and Adonis, from "Six Mythological Scenes"

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a gnarled tree and a hunter with dogs in a hilly landscape with pines and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a hunter and his dogs

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Pencil sketch of a leaning tree with spreading branches beside a winding dirt lane and shrubs in the foreground.

Study for Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome, ca. 1812

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop town with a church spire, framed by a large tree and figures on a path.

View of Aix-en-Provence

called Constantin d'Aix Jean Antoine Constantin, ca.1773-92

Pencil sketch of tall forest trees with bare and leafy branches beside a sloping path.

Trees near Diessen

Carl Maria Nicolaus Hummel, mid 19th-early 20th century

Watercolor of a stag and several deer walking past large beech trees on a pale clearing beside a wooden fence.

Deer under Beech Trees in Summer

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1853

Watercolor of deer resting and standing by a pool beneath tall beech trees, with a wooden fence and pale sky.

Deer under Beech Trees in Winter

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1853

Monochrome print of two horseback riders on a road, a seated figure under a leaning tree, and a cottage among trees.

Landscape with Figures on Horseback, Another Resting Under a Gnarled Tree, and a Cottage at Right Nestled in Trees

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Pencil-like sepia print of a herder with cattle on a road beside a cottage, trees at left and a wooded valley at right.

Landscape with a Figure Herding Cattle Along a Road Beside a Cottage, a Hillside at Left, a Forest in the Valley Belo…

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Grey wash print of a river curving past a wooded hill with houses, a rowboat in the foreground and a seated figure.

Hilly River Landscape, a Boat in the Water at Foreground Left, a Figure on the Far Shore, Houses on a Wooded Hill Beyond

Thomas Rowlandson, 1783-84

Monochrome print of an open landscape with windblown trees at left and three horsemen riding in the middle distance.

Open Landscape with Three Horsemen in the Middle Distance Heading to the Right, Windblown Trees at Left

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Monochrome print of a thatched cottage beneath tall trees, with a distant church spire visible on the right.

Landscape with Cottage Among Trees at Left, and a Distant Church Spire at Right

Thomas Rowlandson, 1783-84

Print of crumbling stone ruins and a pillar beside a pool, framed by dense trees in a wooded landscape.

Ruins Next to a Pool in a Wooded Landscape

Thomas Rowlandson, 1783-84

Etching of several stags with antlers drinking and grazing at a river edge beneath a large tree, with clouds and a distant hi

A Group of Stags Drinking

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-88

Etching of a man playing flute beside a seated woman on a stone bench, with a dog and trees in a landscape.

Rest from Labour on Sunny Days

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-87

Chromolithograph of a woman in a pink head wrap picking olives from a branch, part of an 1891 Allen & Ginter cigarette card.

Olive, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1891

Sepia etching of fishermen beaching a boat in stormy surf, with wind-bent trees and a stone building on the shore.

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

Robert Blyth, April 26, 1783

Etching of two wreathed figures in a pastoral landscape with a goat, basket and overhanging tree branch.

Pastoral, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

John Hamilton Mortimer, December 8, 1778

Etching of a wooden cabin with a picket fence beside tall trees, with a small sign hanging from the left tree trunk.

Cabin Among Trees

Hanns Lautensack, 1551

Narrow etching of a landscape with tree trunks framing ruins, a small bridge over a river, and distant hills.

Landscape

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Engraving of a village with a Carnival procession on the left and a Lent cart on the right, with figures fighting and a churc

Lent and Carnival

Frans Hogenberg, 1558

Engraving of a wounded man lying under a tree while a bearded traveler with a staff gestures nearby, with ruins behind.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1549

Etching of two horsemen and hunting dogs chasing a deer past a large tree group on the right, with a distant landscape.

Plate 4: a deer hunt, two horsemen galloping towards the left behind three dogs and a deer, a group of trees to right…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of a seated horse in the foreground with three horses, a leaning tree and a cottage in an open landscape.

Plate 8: a seated horse to right, seen from behind and turned to the left, three other horses in middleground, a tree…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of two goats resting in the foreground, with figures by a river, windswept trees and hills beyond.

Plate 9: Two goats resting to right, turned towards the left, four men and a horse in a river in the background, from…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of a seated satyr beside a tree at right, with a child playing with a goat at left in a rocky landscape.

Plate 23: a satyr sitting against a tree to right and holding a flute in his right hand, a child playing with a goat…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a herdsman on horseback leading cattle down a hill, with a tower and pine trees in the landscape.

Plate 24: herdsman atop a horse, seen from behind, leads his cattle down a hill, a tower on a hill to left in the bac…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47