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Soft green wash landscape of a thatched cottage, grazing cows and sheep, and windswept trees under dramatic clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1770

Watercolor of a river lined with old buildings, moored sailing boats with masts, and figures on the quay under a pale sky.

River at Norwich

Thomas Girtin, early 19th century

Red chalk landscape drawing of a hillside with a church tower, trees, a low wall and soft clouds.

Landscape

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 16th century

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Etching of a herdsman leading a bull through a river past a leaning tree and a thatched cottage.

Herdsman and Bull, after Ruisdael

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of a forest path beside a thatched cottage, with a rider and pack horse passing a large tree trunk.

Entrance to the Forest of Brie with Cottage on the Right

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of a gnarled tree with leafy branches above grazing cattle, sheep, and seated figures in a wooded landscape.

Spring, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a leaning bare tree, goats on a hill, figures in hats at left and a wooden shed at right.

Winter, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a river landscape with a fortified castle on a rocky cliff, a stone bridge, and boatmen in the foreground.

View of the Convent of the Barefooted Carmelites at Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Engraving of seated Apollo with a lyre, a cow, a dog, and a serpent around a dead tree beside classical columns.

Apollo tending the flocks of Admetus, Apollo seated holding a lyre and flanked by a cow and a dog, a serpent winding…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a nude bearded man reaching toward a reclining woman and winged cupid beside a tree over water.

A naked man pursing a naiad and a cupid into the water

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a nude male figure seated on a tree stump in an arched niche, playing pan pipes.

Olympus naked seated on a tree stump holding pipes, set within a niche

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a nude woman seated by palm trees, bending to her foot, with a hare and distant town in the landscape.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth next to trees, a hare lower right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a seated nude Venus removing a thorn from her foot beside palms, with a hare and river landscape.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of nude Venus pulling a thorn from her foot beside trees, with a hare eating grass and a river landscape behind.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass befor…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Jupiter and Semele embracing with an eagle, a tree with a hanging tablet, and a winged putto with a thunderbolt.

Jupiter and Semele embracing, an eagle beneath them, a tree at right with a blank tablet hanging from a branch, a win…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of nude Adam offering fruit to Eve beside trees, with a village and church spire in the background.

Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1512-14

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin kneeling before the Christ Child, shepherds, a stable and a lands

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1504

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and the young John the Baptist beneath a palm tree in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and John the Baptist, called 'The Virgin of the Palm Tree'

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-25

Engraving of the Virgin with outspread arms standing over the dead Christ lying on a stone ledge, with a landscape behind.

The Pietà: the Virgin standing over the dead Christ, her hands outspread

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1515-17

Engraving of John the Baptist with halo, holding a cross-topped staff, standing between two tree trunks in a woodland setting

John the Baptist holding a staff, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of Saint Sebastian with a halo, bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, with a loincloth and bare torso.

Saint Sebastian tied to tree pierced with arrows, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of a haloed kneeling friar praying before a crucifix at the base of a tree in a forest.

Saint Francis of Assisi praying before a crucifix, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of a nude Apollo statue in an arched niche, holding a lyre, with a serpent and tree trunk beside him.

A statue of Apollo, naked standing in a niche, holding a lyre in his left hand and leaning on a tree trunk

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1512-15

Engraving of a seated young man playing violin, flanked by nude women with flutes, before a tree-lined landscape.

A young man, seated and playing the violin at centre, flanked by two woman holding flutes, another woman in the backg…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of Venus crouching beside a plinth with winged Cupid standing on top, with a tree and landscape behind.

Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of Venus seated with a cupid while Vulcan hammers at an anvil beside a brick forge, with a town in the distance.

Venus at left holding a golden apple in her right hand and an arrow in her left, Vulcan at his forge beating a piece…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1505

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude youth with a cloak and quiver beside a tree trunk with a python.

The Apollo Belvedere from the Vatican his left hand resting on the tree trunk around which coils a python

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of nude Mars and Venus beside a winged Cupid, with a shield, armor, and a castle in the background.

Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1508

Engraving of a reclining nude woman embraced by a man under a tree, with a horned animal and a distant town in the landscape.

Medor and Angelica from Lodovico Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", or Venus and Adonis embracing, set within a landscape

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-34