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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

796 works

Engraving of a bearded man in a hat and cloak leaning against a tree in a forest, with a coat of arms beside him.

James Howell Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Etching of a standing woman holding a fish beside a seated man, with a banana tree, thatched hut and pools.

Man Sitting and Woman Carrying a Fish

Martin Engelbrecht, first half 18th century

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree with tangled bare branches and sprigs of leaves, dated 1833, on tan paper.

Study of a Tree Standing in Water in the Düsseldorf Hofgarten; verso: Studies of Plants

Johann Wilhelm Preyer, 1833

Engraving of a man in a cloak and hat leaning on a tree in a forest, with a Latin inscription below.

James Howel Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of two seated children beside a gnarled tree with a hanging fruit, titled Taste, numbered 4.

Taste

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Etching of a shepherd girl weaving flowers beside a sheep under a large tree in a wooded landscape.

The Amusement of a Shepherd Girl

Marie Madeleine Igonet

Hand-colored print of a blue Egyptian water lily with buds and lily pads, with a domed building and palms in the background.

The Blue Egyptian Water Lily, from "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature"

Joseph Constantine Stadler, September 11, 1804

Engraving of a kneeling hooded monk gazing upward in a rocky cave with skulls, a dog, and a cross nearby.

St. Bruno

Sepia print of three women washing by a thatched cottage beneath tall trees, with a wooden shed and cloudy sky.

The Washerwomen (Les Laveuses)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1771

Etching of a gnarled tree with new leaves over grazing cows, a sheep, and seated figures in a pasture.

Spring, after a drawing made at Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Engraving of Saint Sebastian with a halo, bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, in a landscape with towers and a bridge.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a standing armoured man gesturing toward a seated woman and companions beneath a large tree, with palms behind.

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 2:

William Hogarth, 1725

Etching of peasants outside a tavern under a large tree, with a seated violinist, a child, and a distant church tower.

Violinist and Little Organgrinder

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of Saint Sebastian, nude and haloed, tied to a tree pierced by arrows, with castles and a river behind him.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree pierced by arrows

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a helmeted warrior beside seated women and onlookers under a draped tree, with hills in the distance.

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 4

William Hogarth, 1725

Etching of a man in a cap and loose clothes beside a barrel and jug, under a large tree, with a cottage in the distance.

The Pissing Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Sepia drawing of a winding forest path with a strolling couple, two seated beggars, and a fallen log beneath tall trees.

A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars and a Couple Strolling

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Etching of a cardinal, a woman holding a small animal, and a kneeling hermit in a rocky wooded landscape with a cross.

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 7: The Cardinal, a Hermit and Donna Angela Holding Fantasio

William Hogarth, 1724

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

Engraving of two men on horseback on a wooded path, one pointing forward, beneath a large leaning tree and cloudy sky.

Hudibras Sallying Forth (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 1)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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