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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,399 works

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil drawing of a cottage among trees, with a man and dog crossing a wooden footbridge at right.

House among Trees, at Right Man and Dog on a Footbridge

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat and rowboat beside a densely wooded bank.

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded river landscape with the Virgin and Child, a donkey, and kneeling angels in the foregr

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Herman van Swanevelt, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn covered carriage on a road beside a leaning tree and a horseman.

Carriage In A Landscape

Gérard ter Borch, 17th century

Drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a winding path, and a distant village on blue-grey paper.

Wooded Landscape with a House by a River

Lucas van Uden, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of jagged mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge over a river, and travelers on a road.

Mountainous Landscape with Travelers on a Road

Tobias Verhaecht, 1616

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees, shrubs, clouds, and a traveler with a dog on a path.

River Landscape with Traveler

Cornelis Vroom, 17th century

Pencil drawing of thatched farm buildings, a mill wheel, a rowboat and a bare tree in a rolling landscape.

Landscape with a Mill (recto); A Steepled Façade and Farm House (verso)

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a farmyard courtyard with a stone arch, wooden gates, a barred shed and tall trees behind.

Courtyard of a Farmhouse

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river with boats, a large tree, and buildings along the banks.

River View in Italy

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river winding past leaning trees and a wooden gate under a pale sky.

River Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Engraving of a helmeted tooth-puller on horseback pulling a tooth from a woman while a crowd watches in a town street.

The Tooth-Puller

Pieter van der Borcht

Etched landscape with hills, a walled town by a river, grazing cattle, and a mythological chariot in the clouds above.

Landscape with Mercury Holding Argus's Head

Hieronymus Cock, 16th century

Etching of a village road with thatched cottages, a post mill, cultivated fields, and a rider on horseback.

Fields with a Village Road with Post Mill, from the series The Small Landscapes (Multifariarum Casularum)

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Engraved landscape with a rocky hill, hermitage chapel, kneeling saint, lion, crucifix, and village in the valley.

Landscape with Saint Jerome

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Etching of soldiers and cavalry marching at night along a forest road, with a burning tree and wagon.

A Night March, Plate 16 from "Life Studies of the Great Army"

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sketch of a tree bent by wind, a figure walking across a field, and a cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Gust of Wind (Le Coup de Vent)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Etching of a river landscape with a large tree, boats, a walled town, a rocky mountain, and birds in the sky.

Mountain Landscape

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of European men and turbaned figures trading near a stone pedestal, palm trees and boats.

Europeans Engaging in Commerce and Trade in Asia

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a Dutch street with a windmill, a stone city gate, strolling figures and a dog.

Entrance to The Hague from the South East

Jacob Elias La Fargue, 1750-76

Watercolor battle scene with soldiers fighting near a ruined church and a burning farmhouse under smoky skies.

Battle Scene with Church at left

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Etching of a naiad beside an overturned urn pouring water, with a triton and sea figures rising from the waves and putti at l

Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large tree at right, a steep rocky cliff, a village, and a bridge over a river.

Mountainous Landscape

Denijs van Alsloot, ca. 1608-11 (?)

Pen and ink study of a palm tree with a scaled trunk and arching fronds on aged paper.

Study of a Palm Tree (recto); Mountain Landscape (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-40

Red chalk drawing of a wide panoramic landscape with a windmill, farm buildings, and a large tree on the right.

An Extensive Panoramic Landscape with a Windmill

Jan Baptist Weenix, mid-17th century

Drawing of huntsmen and dogs retrieving ducks from a pond, with a company by a carriage and a distant town under a willow tre

Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April)

Pieter Stevens, ca. 1610-20

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal under a brick bridge, with a snowy thatched cottage and windblown tree beneath stormy

Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a rainbow over a farmhouse, grazing cows and a distant village under a stormy sky.

Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.