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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,399 works

Etching of a brick church with a tall spire, people in procession, riders and a carriage under large trees.

Going to Church

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Etched landscape with a large tree trunk in the foreground and a terraced building on a hill beyond.

Albury with tree-stump in foreground

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etched landscape of a country road with travelers, a cart, a dog, trees, a stream with fishermen and village houses.

Going to Market

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Etching of a village road with carts, horses, figures, and a canal lined with houses and trees.

The Straight Canal

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Etching of a nude woman asleep under a large tree, with a quiver of arrows beside her and a landscape behind.

Sleeping figure of Diana the huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, grazing sheep near a pond, small figures in the foreground, and clouds above.

Wooded Landscape

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Etched forest clearing with herders, pigs and cattle on a path beneath tall trees, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Pigherder and Cowherd Conversing in a Clearing

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648-50

Etching of winged putti among clouds with parrots and songbirds in a tree and an eagle flying above.

Air

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of seven nude putti under a large tree, one raising a wine cup, others playing flute and tambourine, with dancing fig

Seven boys

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646-54

Etching of peasants resting outside a farmhouse in summer, with a nursing mother, a pig, and a distant village church.

Summer (Aestas)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of a brawling crowd beside a brick house with barrels, bare trees, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Winter (Hymens)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of a bare-treed winter landscape with a plowing farmer, cottages, a cart on a road, and a distant church tower.

March (Martius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a rural April landscape with thatched farmhouses, a church steeple, horse riders, and grazing cattle.

April (Aprills)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of shepherds and cattle in a village landscape with a bridge, windmill and farmhouses, with Latin text below.

June (Junius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a Gothic church and harvest workers in a field, with rolling hills and a Latin inscription below.

August (Augustus)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a castle on a rock above a river, with grape pickers filling barrels in the foreground and boats on the water.

October

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a village street in November with bare trees, sheep, a pig, figures at a doorway, and moored boats on a river.

November

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Engraved aerial view of Tongerloo abbey with formal gardens, tree-lined avenues, and flat fields, with heraldic crests above.

Tongerloo (Tungerloa)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Etching of a river with moored boats, large trees on the right, and a town with a tower on the left bank.

Schiff-math (Boat Yard), from "Small Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1629

Etching of a round crenellated tower beside a city wall, with figures walking under trees and a boat seen through an arched g

The Kunibert Tower near Cologne [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Etching of a nude man astride a horse as a soldier with a raised sword and fallen figures appear in a landscape behind.

Plate 37 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'This is worse' (Esto es peor)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Grey wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures talking beneath an oak tree near a fence and thatched cottage.

Drawing for a book illustration

Samuel Wale, 1738-86

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-style mill with a blue roof, central spire and weathervane, flanked by trees.

An Elevation for the Projected Mill at Méréville

François Joseph Belanger, n.d.

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Pen and brown wash landscape with a skeleton hanging from a bare tree, a stone bridge, and a figure on distant hills.

Skeleton Hanging from a Tree in a Landscape

Paul Bril, late 16th-early 17th century

Watercolor design of a gothic tower with spire flanked by domed pavilions and an arcaded gallery, with figures on a lawn.

Design for a Gothic "Belle Vue"

William Hurst Ashpitel, ca. 1800

Engraved landscape of pilgrims walking beneath a large tree beside a winding river, with a castle and sunset in the distance.

Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Engraving of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a covered wagon on a road, and a village church tower in the distance.

Wooded Region (Pagus Nemorosus), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Etching of a herdsman leading oxen and a dog past a cottage under a moonlit, cloudy sky with dark trees.

The Weary Ploughman, or The Herdsman, or Tardus Bubulcus

Samuel Palmer, begun 1858

Etching of a ploughman guiding oxen past tall cypress trees, under a dramatic hatched sky with birds and distant hills.

The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861