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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,292 works

Engraving of a river with a double-tiered arched bridge, sailing ships, rowboats, towers and a tall statue column.

Riverscape with a Double Bridge

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Wood engraving of children picking berries in a meadow, with a sailboat on the sea and clouds overhead.

Gathering Berries (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1874

Hand-coloured print of a night fireworks display around an ornate waterside theatre, with crowds in boats watching.

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye Water near ye Court at ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace…

Robert Laurie, 1794

Watercolor of a misty sea with a moored sailboat, gulls, and dark mountains of the Isle of Arran under pale clouds.

Isle of Arran, early morn

Thomas Miles Richardson, 1830-39

Wood engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a lean-to, a campfire, fish, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in Adirondacks (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, November 7, 1874

Dense engraving of allegorical scenes of human folly, with a central globe, ladder, fighting figures and a skeleton with a sc

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de' matti)

Sebastiano di Re, 1557-63

Etching of Dutch warships under full sail, with a large ornate vessel in front and a cannon battle with smoke on the left.

Naves Bellicæ Hollandicæ (Dutch Warships)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Wood engraving of children in a rowboat on harbor water, with sailboats and a cloudy sky behind them.

Gloucester Harbor (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, September 27, 1873

Black and white panoramic print of New York harbor with steamboats, sailing ships, rowboats and a city skyline.

Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

Robert Havell Jr., 1840

Hand-colored print of the Novelty Iron Works waterfront in New York, with factory buildings, smokestacks, a barge, and worker

Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co., Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Ma…

John Penniman, 1842-55

Wood engraving of two men in a canoe on a marsh pond, one holding up a dead bird, with wooded hills behind.

Trapping in the Adirondacks (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, December 24, 1870

Drawing of scholars around globes and charts beneath a lantern, with ships on a sea panel above.

Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation

David Vinckboons, early 17th century

Engraving of a seated bearded man at a desk beside an angel, with a walled city, a swan, a boat and animals.

The artist Jean Duvet in the guise of St. John the Evangelist, sitting at a desk

Jean Duvet, ca. 1546-55

Pen and watercolor drawing of sailing boats and a crowded rowing boat on calm water, with ships and a distant shore.

Ships and Sailors

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a harbor quay with moored sailing ships, masts, rooftops, and small figures walking beside a horse and cart.

The Port of Rouen

Camille Pissarro, 1885

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

Greek Landscape

Edgar Degas, 1856

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

Engraved design of a triumphal bridge with arches over a river, boats with figures, and classical columns and statues.

Design for a Triumphal Bridge

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

Drawing of a river landscape with a hilltop group of sketching figures, a town with spires, boats, mountains and a ruined cas

Fantasy Rhine Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1650

Watercolor of a hilltop castle above a beach with beached sailing boats, fishermen, and distant island under clouds.

Bamborough Castle from the Northeast, with Holy Island in the Distance, Northumberland

John Varley, 1827

Watercolor of grey-sailed fishing luggers on calm water beside a stone pier at sunset, with figures and distant sails.

Fishing Luggers (Chasse-marée) Making Sail, Off Calais

Louis François Thomas Francia, ca. 1823

Engraved panorama of a Venetian ceremonial procession with gondolas on the water and crowds in a city square.

Procession of the Doge to the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, with a View of Venice, ca. 1565

Jost Amman, 1697

Etching of a sinking sailing ship in smoke, crew in lifeboats and swimmers in rough sea, with a steamship at left.

Combat Naval (L'Alabama coulant sous le feu de Kearsage)

Charles Longueville, August 1864

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

Etching of a river ferry with passengers, a riverside inn with travelers and horses, and a town with a spire beyond.

The Ferry

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Etching of a gnarled tree by a river with a standing man in a hat, sailboats, a windmill, and houses on the far bank.

The Omval

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Etching of a harbor with classical arch, stone towers, rowboats, sailing ships and figures on the shore under a rising sun.

Harbor Scene with Rising Sun

Claude Lorrain, 1634

Engraved view of a palace facade with a formal garden, strolling figures, rowing boats on a canal, and a distant church spire

View of the Summer Palace

Giuseppe Valeriani, 18th century

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin at Versailles with sailing ships on the canal, carriages and riders on the terraces.

Le Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles]

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Watercolor of a lake with a pagoda, large trees, grazing sheep, and a rowing boat carrying three people.

View of the Lake and the Island from the Lawn at Kew

William Marlow, 1763