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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,935 works

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees, a walled town, and figures in a boat where a man holds up a snake to a child.

Landscape with a man holding a snake to a terrified child, watched by a fashionably dressed couple on the riverbank a…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Drawing of a family group with children, a seated woman in a lace bonnet, and a standing man in a powdered wig beside a table

Family Portrait

Georg David Matthieu, 1737-78

Watercolor landscape of a monastery beside a lake in a mountain valley, with trees framing the view and a shepherd with sheep

View of the Monastery in Tegernsee seen from the north-east

Johann Georg von Dillis, late 18th-mid 19th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a shepherd and dogs in foreground trees, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Roman landscape with figures near Paliano

Joseph Anton Koch, 18th-19th century

Etching of a clump of trees on rocks at left, with a valley, water and distant hills receding under a sky with birds.

Clump of Trees

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Watercolor of a river winding past tall trees and misty wooded hills under a cloudy sky.

On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey

William Callow, September 30, 1858

Grey wash drawing of a layered rock cliff with trees on top and an umbrella pine on the right, under a pale sky.

Near Santa Maria de' Monti, Naples

Thomas Jones, May 10, 1781

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling old man serving two seated nude men at a table in a rustic kitchen.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Baucis and Philemon

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated putto on a corbel within a shell niche, with scrolls and sketched wings.

Study of a Putto Seated on a Corbel in a Shell Niche

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1674-76

Brown wash drawing of ruined castle walls with grazing cattle and sheep and a shepherd in a hilly landscape.

Italianate Landscape with the Ruins of Brederode Castle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Engraved rocky landscape with a cave arch, waterfall, tall trees, and two small kneeling figures under rays of light.

Rocky Landscape with the Stigmatisation of Saint Francis

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Engraved coastal scene with moored sailing boats, a windmill on a hill, village houses, and figures working on the shore.

Coast Scene with a Windmill

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Etching of a village road with two horse carts, travelers, chickens, geese and houses under a cloudy sky.

Village Street with Two Carts

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Engraved landscape with a large tree framing a river view, a hilltop town, distant mountains, and a small seated figure.

Riverscape

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Etching of tall bare trees beside a still river with shrubs and a distant treeline under an overcast sky.

Autumn's Grey and Melancholy

Henry Farrer, 1884

Etching of a peasant with a shovel on a dirt path beside large trees, sheep grazing, and a fence in the distance.

A Peasant with a Shovel

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a forest scene with a seated traveller and dog beside a stream, tall trees filling the composition.

A Traveller Resting

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a forest path with tall trees on the left, a small wooden footbridge over a stream, and an open landscape beyond.

The Entrance to a Forest by a Small Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched landscape of a forest path, a large tree, and a man and woman with a dog beside a stream.

A Man and a Woman Crossing a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Red chalk anatomical studies of shoulder muscles and a raised arm, with a faint graphite skull outline at left.

Ecorché: Two Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and of the Arm, Raised

Eugène Delacroix, 1810-63

Etching of a farmhouse courtyard with a large tree, a vine trellis arbor, figures dining at tables, and a horse by a well.

The Little Trellis

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Engraving of Jesus and the tribute money in a colonnaded hall, framed by an ornate rococo border with cherubs and candelabra.

Le Denier de César (The Tribute Money), from Le Nouveau Testament (The New Testament)

Jacques Callot, printed 18th century

Etching of a dense forest with a large tree, a small wooden footbridge with a woman and child, and resting figures on a path.

A Peasant Woman and Daughter on a Small Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a large tree beside a thatched inn with travelers on a dirt road and rolling hills in the distance.

A Large Linden Tree Before an Inn

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a thatched farmhouse among tall trees beside a river, with a rowing boat and distant town on the water.

A Farmhouse Beside the Water

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a wooden fence, a dirt path and a small figure walking on the right.

A Horseman by a Fence

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a path winding through a woodland clearing with tall trees, a figure in the foreground and two distant walkers.

A Path Through the Woods

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched forest landscape with a dirt path, wooden fence, and a shepherd with grazing animals on a grassy hummock.

Shepherd Asleep on a Hummock

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Two studies of a saddled horse and of a horse with a boy astride; verso: Study of a bean plant

Jacob de Gheyn II, ca. 1602

Brown wash drawing of a sea nymph on a dolphin with a triton and a cherub beside her on a rocky ledge.

A Sea Nymph and a Triton on a Dolphin

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, 18th century