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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Brown wash drawing of a lake with a sailboat, walking figures on the shore, a manor on a hill, and trees.

View of Naesse castle with Lake Furesø from the West

Erik Pauelsen, ca. 1780-84

Etching of fishermen in a boat hauling a net, with a wooded landscape and distant town behind them.

The miraculous draught of the fishes, Christ at the right accompanied by apostles in the boat

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52

Engraved shop card for Mrs. Holt's Italian Warehouse with allegorical figures, a ship, and views of Italian cities.

Shop Card for Mrs. Holt's Italian Warehouse

William Hogarth, 1720-72

Engraving of a river landscape with a waterfall, stone bridge, castle tower, fishermen in a rowboat and a leaning tree.

Vue Proche du Mont-Ferrat

Jean-Jacques Le Veau

Engraving of warriors in a boat on rough sea beside rocky shore, framed by nude figures and fruit garlands.

Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of Absyrtes (Tandis qu'il fait les membres ramasser, Grecs font devoir de leurs voiles hauls…

René Boyvin, 1563

Engraving of a gentleman in a plumed hat and lace collar before a castle and bridge, with a carved head at lower right.

A gentleman standing in front of a large castle and wearing a plumed hat and a lace collar, the tomb with an engravin…

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Etching of a harbor with a large ship firing a cannon, small boats, grazing animals on the shore and a city skyline.

Harbor Scene

Ludolf Bakhuysen

Etching of a ship-shaped parade float in an oval arena with riders, crowds in stands, and an eagle emblem atop a rocky hill.

Parade float in the form of a ship, coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Modena at top

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of fishermen collecting crabs and shellfish from tidal flats and boats, with a distant town and church towers.

1 of 8 plates on Hunting and Fishing

Etching of a ship with tritons and mermaids in the sea, a tree with the Golden Fleece over a dragon, and a winged Fame blowin

The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mer…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a stone building with an arched gateway beside a river, with fishermen in boats and a distant town under a rising

Landscape with water-mill and figures fishing in boat on the left river on the right, from "Italian landscapes" (Dive…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Etching of a naval battle with sailing ships, smoke rising from ruined rocky battlements, and a distant town on the coast.

Naval battle with ruined ship and smoking battlements, from "Italian landscapes" (Diverse vedute designate in Fiorenz…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Etching of a harbor with a colonnade, stone towers, sailing ships, and figures working boats on the shore.

Harbor with rising sun, figures in foreground, colonnade on left

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1634

Etching of a harbor with a large round tower at left, moored sailing ships, and figures carrying cargo on the shore.

Harbor with large tower at left, and figures in the foreground

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-40

Etched landscape with a multi-arched bridge over a river, small boats, large trees, a rocky foreground and figures.

Landscape with bridge traversing a river occupied with three small boats, one of which is encroaching the near river…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1626-80

Etching of a harbor with classical colonnaded buildings, a pediment, and two masted ships on choppy water.

Port Scene

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Engraving of a rowing boat on choppy water with an apprentice, a woman in a cloak, and a man at the oars; ships behind.

The Idle 'Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea: Industry and Idleness, plate 5

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Etched view of the Rhine with a sailboat, distant castle-topped hills, and walkers on a road near a wall at Bonn.

The Rhine near Bonn [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Etching of a man with a fish tub by a wooden sluice, a seated woman, and boats with fishermen on a pond.

Von Weihern und Fischteichen, figure 65 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Etching of a ruined aqueduct with a waterfall, gnarled trees, a reclining man and goats, and ships at sea.

Ruined aqueduct with water spilling from it to a stream below, ships at sea beyond, a man reclining on the ground wit…

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Circular etching of a stormy sea with sailing ships, rough waves, dark clouds, and figures on a shore at lower left.

Tempest in a roundel composition, at left waves toss a small ship occupied by seven figures, ships and dark clouds be…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Etching of a Paris street with a Gothic church, tower, and arcaded building beside small figures.

View of the Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, with the Church of the Holy Innocents beyond

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1636-91

Engraving of armored warriors seizing figures from a rowing boat on a rocky shore, with ships and a classical temple behind.

Tha Abduction of Helen (L'Enlèvement d'Hélène)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of a fortified town on a peninsula with a church spire, sailing boats on water, and figures in the foreground.

View of a peninsula with figures and ships with bare masts, in the right foreground five figures congregate around tw…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Pen and ink sketch of ship sterns, a balustrade, and a small boat with a lantern on calm water.

Studies of Boats

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Engraving of a flooded ruined colonnade with columns and arches, and a rowing boat with passengers in the foreground.

Boats Rowed Through Inundated Ruins

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1550-62

Etched title page showing harbor ships, a fortified wall, and two figures beside a ship's rigging and barrels, dated 1652.

Title page from "Quelque navieres deisseigner & graver par Remy Zeeman"

Reinier Nooms, 1652

Engraved landscape of a seated woman under trees overlooking a harbor with sailing ships and ruined arches.

Seascape with Bacchus and Ariadne

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Engraving of Tiber Island shaped as a ship, with two temples on deck, an obelisk between them, and choppy water below.

View of the Tiber Island represented as a ship, the Temple of Aesculapius at left

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of a naval battle with ornate ships, muscular warriors with shields, and sea creatures in choppy waves.

Plate 7: a battle taking place between men in boats

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90