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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

796 works

Brown monochrome print of slender bare trees, small seated figures in grass, and a pale opening in the hillside beyond.

The Philosophers' Retreat (Le Repos des philosophes)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Woodcut of two bearded hermits at a table in a forest, with a raven bringing bread above them.

Saint Anthony and Saint Paul in the Desert

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1503

Watercolor botanical study of oak branches with catkins and acorns, a bark and wood block, and loose acorns on paper.

Studies of the blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English oak (Quercus robur)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Charcoal sketch of a grove with tall trees and three figures on a path, one carrying a basket and one holding a child.

The Meeting in the Grove (La Rencontre au bosquet)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Black and white print of a bearded hero struggling with armored warriors among bare trees, with a distant town and birds.

Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins

Albrecht Dürer, 1496

Watercolor botanical study of a wild apple branch with blossoms, fruit, bark, cut wood, and a halved apple with seeds.

Studies of the trunk, blossoms and fruit of a wild apple tree (Malus sylvestris)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Blue and black Christmas greeting print of a snowy forest with a lit fir tree and a hooded figure, with German text.

Merry Christmas! (Frohe Weihnachten!)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Woodcut of an angel with a flaming sword expelling two nude figures from a tree, on a sheet with faint printed text.

The Expulsion from Paradise, from "The Small Passion", edition Venice

Albrecht Dürer, 1612

Engraving of a barefoot shepherdess holding a spindle beside a tree, with sheep, lambs and a seated boy nearby.

La Bergère Laborieuse

François Boucher, 18th century

Etching of a fashionably dressed man seen from behind, leaning on a long mallet in a park with trees and figures.

A Man Seen from the Back Leaning on a Croquet Mallet (Le Jouer de mail)

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of two women embracing before an arched doorway, with a castle and mountains in the background and a small dog belo

The Visitation, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Engraving of St. Jerome reading beside a resting lion under a large tree, with a distant town and church in the background.

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Engraving of a child reaching toward a birdcage held by a woman in a Chinese-style pavilion, with a tree and garden furniture

Child Reaching for a Caged Bird

Gabriel Huquier, ca. 1742

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, pierced by arrows, with a small monogram on the trunk.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Etching of a sleeping herdsman by a tree with a cow, a goose and a seated child in a shaded wooded landscape.

The Sleeping Herdsman

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1644

Pencil drawing of a large tree with a dense leafy canopy, gnarled trunk, and exposed roots, dated 1832.

Study of a Tree; verso: Study of Houses

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1832

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with arrows piercing his body, with a monogram at right.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1501

Engraving of a draped woman watering a tree labeled Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, beside a fountain and a royal bust.

Frontispiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited in Spring Garden

I Charles Grignion, May 7, 1761

Engraving of a kneeling bearded man praying beside a large tree, with a garden and distant building behind him.

St. Augustine

Claude Mellan, 1660

Engraving of seated nude Tantalus speaking to Diana beside a tree, within an ornate frame with Italian verse below.

Tantalus at left speaking to Diana at right, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a footsoldier seen from behind with a plumed hat, sword and pike, in front of a bare tree, dated 1520.

Footsoldier in front of a Tree

Barthel Beham, mid-17th century

Engraving of a young woman with a shepherd's staff and open book resting beside grazing sheep under oak trees.

St. Genevieve as a Young Girl

Claude Mellan, 1680

Engraving of a flayed male figure with visible muscles carrying a tree branch over his head against a hatched background.

Flayed man holding the branch of a tree

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraved page: children dance around a decorated Christmas tree in a parlor; above, people gather evergreens in a forest.

The Christmas Tree (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Engraving of a woman resting her head on her hand beside a book and crook, with sheep grazing under an oak tree.

St. Genevieve

Daumier lithograph of two seated landscape painters at easels outdoors, one copying the other's canvas, with a hill and smoke

The landscape painters, the first copies nature, the second copies the first, from 'The artists,' published in Le Cha…

Honoré Daumier, May 12, 1865

Engraving of a man reading a newspaper beside a seated woman in a wooded forest setting with tall trees.

A Quiet Day in the Country (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. III)

Winslow Homer, June 6, 1870

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk at a tree, gazing up at a crucifix in a landscape with a distant church spire.

St. Bernard Kneeling Before a Crucifix

Claude Mellan, ca. 1655

Engraving of a plumed lansquenet soldier in puffed costume standing beside a tree trunk, with mountains behind him.

A Lansquenet Standing by a Tree

Sebald Beham, 1520

Engraving of Jesus Christ with a halo, arm outstretched, beside a tree and clouds, inside an arched frame.

Jesus Christ

Simon de La Vallée, 1726