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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,059 works

Painting of a pine forest at dusk with a glowing red horizon and a dirt path winding through grass.

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of a rowboat on calm water at sunset, with dark trees on the right and a distant sailboat under a rose-colored sky.

Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Whaling ship among ice floes off Greenland, crew on the ice, icebergs and mountains under a pale sky.

Off Greenland - Whaler Seeking Open Water

William Bradford

Farmers pitch hay beside oxen in a green field under a dark, approaching storm sky with a distant farmhouse.

Approaching Storm

William Keith, 1880

Painting of misty mountains, a thatched cottage, and cattle beside a lake under a cloudy sky.

View in County Kerry

Alexander Helwig Wyant, ca. 1875

Painting of a seated couple and a child with a flower by a stream, with a gabled Victorian house in a sunlit meadow.

Summer Flowers

Jerome Thompson, 1859

Painting of a riverside village with a barge on a canal, a rider on a dirt path under tall trees, and a hillside beyond.

Banks of the Loing

William Lamb Picknell, ca. 1894-97

Dark storm clouds over a still inlet with a sailboat, a rowboat, and a seated man with a dog on the shore.

Approaching Thunder Storm

Martin Johnson Heade, 1859

Painting of a village with a church steeple on a cliff above a lake with sailboats and distant mountains.

Lake George and the Village of Caldwell

Thomas Chambers, ca. 1850s

Painting of a man in a straw hat mowing golden wheat with a scythe under a bright blue sky.

The Veteran in a New Field

Winslow Homer, 1865

Painting of autumn oak trees with red and gold leaves, grazing cattle in a meadow, and a stormy cloudy sky.

Autumn Oaks

George Inness, ca. 1878

Two ink landscape hanging scrolls with misty mountains, a pavilion, willow trees, a rider on an ox and a footbridge.

Two Views from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Kantei, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of white hibiscus, pink blossoms and two small birds on a pale background.

Flowering Shrubs and Field Sparrows (?)

Hasegawa Gyokuhō, 19th century

Medieval painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, an ox and donkey, shepherds, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bartolo di Fredi, 1374

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a spotted cloth in a landscape with trees, water and small background figures.

Bacchante in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865-70

Painting of a shallow brook flowing between rocky cliffs and dense green trees under a pale turquoise sky.

The Hidden Brook

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1873-77

Painting of pomegranates, grapes, figs and apples on rocks, with a lizard and butterfly, before a dark mountain landscape.

Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape

Abraham Brueghel

Painting of mounted soldiers in a cavalry skirmish on a dirt road, with rearing horses, smoke, and trees.

A Cavalry Engagement

Adam Frans van der Meulen

Painting of a sunlit dirt road lined with green trees, with a small group of figures in period dress walking toward a distant

A Road in Louveciennes

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1870

Painting of a calm river lined with green trees, a rowboat, fishermen on the bank, and a cloudy sky.

On the Seine

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1869

Painting of a calm river with a figure in a small boat, grassy meadows, trees and a tall poplar under a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1845-50

Circular painting of Roman ruins with brick towers, fallen columns, and small figures under a blue sky.

A Roman Landscape with Figures

Goffredo Wals, probably 1630s

Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen canal, bare trees, crows, a tall castle tower and snowy cottages.

A Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and an Imaginary Castle

Christoffel van den Berghe, ca. 1615-20

Painting of a sunlit meadow at the edge of a wood, with tall trees on the left and clouds in a blue sky.

Edge of a Wood

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, ca. 1850

Painting of village outskirts with green fields, trees, rooftops, a church steeple, and a sandy path in the foreground.

The Outskirts of a Village

Edmond Aman-Jean, ca. 1880

Painting of a calm lake beneath hazy mountains, with poplar trees and green fields along the shore under a pale sky.

Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains

Joseph Bidauld, ca. 1789

Painted landscape of sunlit hills under a blue sky with cumulus clouds, and a village with church towers at lower right.

Mountainous Landscape at Vicovaro

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-97

Painting of wooded hills, a rocky slope, and a farmhouse beneath a cloudy sky, with trees and a meadow in the foreground.

Mountainous Landscape at Tivoli

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-97

Painting of Roman rooftops, a dome, a bell tower, and an umbrella pine under a pale sky with distant hills.

View on the Quirinal Hill, Rome

Simon Denis, 1800

Landscape with a stone wall and two towers in the foreground, cypress trees, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Fortified Wall at Tivoli

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806