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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,399 works

Etching of an overgrown ruined tomb with garlands, carved reliefs, rococo scrollwork and cypress trees under clouds.

The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pencil landscape drawing of a tree on a embankment overlooking a plain, with a distant tower on the horizon.

A View of the Roman Campagna with the Tiber near Torre Quinto

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1820

Ink drawing of a lake with a small boat, framed by dark trees and shrubs, with a faint outline of sky at upper left.

A blot-lake with boat, surrounded by trees

Alexander Cozens, 1750-86

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined castle with an arched opening on a rocky hill, with trees and distant hills.

Ruined Castle and Trees

Alexander Cozens, ca. 1762

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large gnarled tree at left and a winding road leading to distant trees and hills.

Landscape

Ercole Bazicaluva, mid-17th century

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern beside a pile of dead animals, a nude figure, a dog, and a tree.

Diogenes in search of an honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Woodcut print of a standing nude, two embracing seated women, a reclining animal, and leafy foliage on cream paper.

Women, Animals, and Foliage

Paul Gauguin, 1898

Etching of a seated chained woman and standing figures beside a pile of bones, with bare trees and a cloudy sky.

Chained Woman and Other Figures Regarding a Pyre of Bones, from the "Capricci"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Pencil sketch of a woman in a cloak speaking to a couple in period dress beside a large tree in a park.

In the Park

Thomas Dalziel, ca. 1859

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, two small figures on the shore, and yellow autumn trees at right.

Lakeland Landscape

Copley Fielding, early 19th century

Grey-wash drawing of a wide river with a promenade of walkers and a carriage on the left, cliffs and trees beyond.

View of a river with a promenade

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Grey wash drawing of a winding river through woodland, framed by a large tree, with figures in the foreground.

View of the Thames with Figures in Foreground

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Grey wash drawing of a classical landscape with trees framing a river, ruined columns, and a distant town under a pale sky.

Classical Landscape

George Washington Lambert, 1720-65

Pen and watercolour sketch of an angler seated by a river with cows and ducks, under windblown trees.

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

John Leech, 1830-64

Pen and ink drawing of oxen and a horse hauling a felled log past trees and rolling hills.

Landscape with Oxen and Felled Tree

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Pen and grey wash drawing of a dense tree cluster on a rolling hillside with woodland fading into the distance.

Wooded hillside with deer

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and ink study of a leaning tree with dense foliage beside a clearing, with smaller trees to the right.

Study of trees

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and grey wash drawing of a path past ruined stone walls and tall trees in a wooded landscape.

Wooded Landscape with Ruins

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Watercolor landscape of a winding country road with riders, walkers, farm fields, a farmhouse and a distant church tower.

Landscape

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and wash drawing of a herd of deer resting beneath a large spreading oak tree in a wooded landscape.

Herd of deer under an oak tree

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Ink and wash landscape of a windswept tree on a hillside, with distant mountains and a grazing animal at left.

Landscape

Samuel Shelley, 1776-1808

Watercolor landscape of autumn-tinged trees beside a pale path, with blue hills and clouds behind.

Landscape with a Path between Trees

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1886

Engraved landscape with a ruined church, a peasant reading a tombstone, grazing sheep, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Peasant Reading a Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and a Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns and carved frieze beside a Roman street with houses, trees, figures and animals.

The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Ink and wash drawing of a classical stone gateway with central arch, flanked by lodges and a large tree beside a drive.

Entrance to Laxton in Northamptonshire

Charles Randle, 1825

Engraving of a haloed woman leading a procession with drummer and piper through a wooded landscape, 1519.

Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Lucas van Leyden, 1519

Pen and ink drawing of a small house beside a wooden footbridge over a river, framed by tall trees and willows.

Landscape with a House near a Bridge over a River

Albert Meyeringh, n.d.

Etching of the Fontainebleau palace courtyard with formal gardens, a canal with boats, and strollers and a carriage in front.

Autre Veüe de la Cour de Fontaines et la Galerie d'Ulisse à Fontaine-bleau

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Etching of a herd of cattle and goats led by a herdsman past classical columns, with a tower on a hill in the distance.

The Herd Returning in Stormy Weather

Claude Lorrain, 1651

Lithograph of the St. Peter churchyard in Salzburg with crosses, gravestones, an arcade and a rocky cliff behind.

Sonnabend from Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden dur…

Ferdinand Olivier, 1800-1841