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Hanging scroll of two red-crowned cranes beside a peach tree, pink roses, bamboo, rock and a waterfall.

Cranes, peach tree, and China rose

Shen Quan, 18th century

Ink landscape on round silk fan: thatched house beside pine trees and a rocky cliff, with distant mountains in misty sky.

Returning Home in a Driving Rain

Xia Gui, early 13th century

Ink painting on silk of a weeping willow, bamboo, and a rock with grasses, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Bamboo, old tree, and rock

Wu Zhen, dated 1338

Hanging scroll landscape with a pavilion and figures among trees, misty mountains, a stream, and calligraphic inscription at

Living Aloft

Wen Zhengming, 1543

Triptych: angel announces to Mary in a domestic interior, donors kneel at left, a carpenter works in his shop at right.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin, ca. 1427-32

Ink painting of a twisted pine tree beside rocks and grass on a brown silk hanging scroll, with calligraphy at left.

Crooked Pine

Wu Zhen, dated 1335

Hanging scroll of a plum branch with pink blossoms rising from dark rocks, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Wintry plum

Ni Jing, 14th century

Ink painting of gnarled plum branches under a pale moon, with two figures on rocks and misty mountains behind.

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Ink landscape on silk with sparse trees, a thatched pavilion, and column of Chinese inscription with red seals.

Sparse trees and pavilion

Wang Meng, late 1350s

Folding screen showing two red-crowned cranes beneath a pine tree with azaleas, rocks, and stylized water at left.

Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo

Ogata Kōrin, early 18th century

Six-panel gold screen with green hills, blossoming trees, a thatched house, and small horsemen and attendants travelling thro

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Tawaraya Sotatsu, first half of the 17th century

Six-panel screen with robed figures among pine branches, rocks, and misty mountains in ink and pale color.

Immortals

Hasegawa Sakon, ca. 1620s-30s

Ink handscroll of a winter landscape with bare trees, pale rocks, a small roofed building and red seals.

Winter landscape

Jiang Song, first half 16th century

Ink handscroll landscape of bare trees, an arched bridge, a small rowing boat and misty mountains, with red seals.

Farewell at the Bridge of the Hanging Rainbow

Tang Yin, datable to 1508

Ink and color painting of an old man and woman seated under a pine tree, with a child peeking from behind the trunk.

Old Man and Woman

Hanging scroll of two birds perched among willow fronds and pink peach blossoms on a gnarled tree above rocks.

Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Yosa Buson, ca. 1760s

Hanging scroll of a small bird on a blooming crepe myrtle branch beside a pale moon and clouds, with calligraphy.

Small Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch

Tsubaki Chinzan, ca. 1850s

Hanging scroll of drooping cherry branches with pale pink blossoms in grey ink wash on pale paper.

Cherry Blossoms

Matsumura Goshun, late 18th century

Ink painting of gnarled pine and bare trees on a grassy rise, with a small boat and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Song and Yuan masters

Ink painting of a long-tailed pheasant on a rock under a tree, with two small birds perched on a branch above.

Pheasant beneath Paulownia Tree

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Ink painting on a folding fan leaf of plum branches with white blossoms, with calligraphy and red seals.

Plum

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree with white blossoms on bare branches, with a red seal and inscription.

Flowering Plum

Ink painting of a black crow perched on a pale branch beside feathery pine needles against an empty background.

Crow on a Tree

Hanging scroll of standing Avalokiteshvara with a willow branch and vase, wearing jewelry and robes, against a dark backgroun

The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Wu Daozi, late 19th century

Ink landscape with twisted pine trees on a rocky cliff, two seated figures, and a distant misty mountain.

Landscapes in the styles of old masters

Six-panel folding screen of children playing by a sandy shore, with a boat and gold leaf clouds.

Children Playing in Summer and Winter

Maruyama Ōshin, early 19th century

Painting of a sunlit path beside a picket fence covered in red roses, with dense dark green trees behind.

Rose Hedge

Wilhelm Trübner, 1910

Japanese print of a potted pine tree in a dragon-patterned pot beside a koto harp draped with floral silk.

Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp)

Keisai Eisen, 19th century

Two yellow-green white-eyes on a plum branch with blossoms and drooping willow, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Japanese White-eyes with Plum Tree and Willow, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 3)

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1810

Japanese print of two samurai-dressed men by a river beneath a gnarled pine tree, one in a pink patterned kimono.

Print - Kajita Hanko, 1870

Kajita Hanko, 1870

Moonlit winter landscape with bare trees, snowy hills, a frozen stream and streaky white clouds under a deep blue sky.

Winter Scene in Moonlight

Henry Farrer, 1869

Three green and yellow white-eye birds perch among pink peach blossoms on branches, with Japanese calligraphy beside them.

Japanese White-eyes on a Branch of Peach Tree,” from the Series An Array of Birds (Tori awase), from Spring Rain Suri…

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1805-10

Grey wash drawing of a large oak tree on a sandy dune beside a winding road, with hills and a fence in the distance.

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650-55

Pencil and wash drawing of a road lined with pollarded willows, with a figure sweeping in the foreground and walkers in the d

Road in Etten

Vincent van Gogh, 1881

Loose oil sketch of oak trees and rocky ground in a sunlit forest clearing under a blue sky with white clouds.

Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Bréau

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1832 or 1833

Watercolor of a log cabin and fishing nets on a riverbank, with three men, barrels, a sailboat, and hills.

View from the Packet Wharf at Frenchtown Looking down Elk Creek

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1806

Pastel drawing of a dirt road lined with blossoming trees, a wooden shed and small figures on tan paper.

Spring Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum

Pencil and chalk drawing of a forest stream with a kneeling figure drinking beside a fallen tree and boulder.

The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst

Thomas Cole, 1843

Watercolor of two men sawing logs beside a palmetto-thatched hut among tall palms and cypress trees by a misty river.

The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida

Harry Fenn, 1870

Watercolor of wind-bent palm trees on a grassy shore, with blue waves and a white lighthouse under a gray sky.

Palm Tree, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898

Watercolor of a young woman in a flower garland beside an outrigger canoe under a tree, with a thatched hut behind.

Portrait of Faase, the Taupo, or Official Virgin, of Fagaloa Bay, and Her Duenna, Samoa

John La Farge, 1891 (?)

Pencil drawing of canoes with paddlers crossing a lake toward tipis on a wooded shore, with rocks in the foreground.

Indians Returning from the Hunt (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Charles Lanman, 1841

Watercolor of a man with an axe on his shoulder looking over a sunlit clearing with stumps and distant hills.

The Pioneer

Winslow Homer, 1900

Watercolor of a porched dining room building and stage offices at White Sulphur Springs, surrounded by trees and hills.

Dining Room and Stage Offices at White Sulphur Springs

John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe, 1832

Pencil sketch on grey paper of birch-like trees with pale trunks and branches in a woodland, inscribed Dry Brook, Aug 9 1888.

Dry Brook

Jervis McEntee, 1888

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat sitting and drawing in an open field with a lone tree, by William Sidney Mount, 1840.

Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook)

William Sidney Mount, 1840

Watercolor of a stone tomb with an arched wooden door on a grassy hill, framed by trees and cypresses under a pale sky.

General Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon (Copy after Engraving in The Port Folio Magazine, 1810)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca.1813

Pencil drawing of birch tree trunks with pale bark and dark fissures against a faint background of branches and undergrowth.

Study of Birch Trunks (Scribners')

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Watercolor of trees and boulders on a shore, with rowboats and sailboats on a calm river and wooded cliffs beyond.

Weehawken from Turtle Grove

William James Bennett, ca. 1830

Watercolor of tall trees on a riverbank, an American flag on a dock, sailing ships and a distant city skyline.

Philadelphia from across the Delaware River

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of gnarled trees on a hillside overlooking a winding road and open fields under a pale sky.

Olive Trees at Tivoli

George Inness, 1873

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Watercolor of fishermen hauling a net on a rocky Hudson shore, with sailboats on the river and hills beyond.

Shad Fishermen on the Shore of the Hudson River

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall forest trees, on an open sketchbook spread.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with tall trees beside a still waterway and a small boat on a distant lake.

A View from the Artist's Estate, Springland, or the Elysian Bower

William Russell Birch, ca. 1800

Pen and wash drawing of gnarled trees beside a winding river and rocky cliffs under a swirling sky.

Wooded Landscape

Gillis van Coninxloo, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall trees in a misty forest, in a sketchbook.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit forest clearing with trees, a horseback rider, walking figures and hunting dogs.

Forest Clearing with Figures

Jan Frans van Bloemen, before 1700

Pen and wash drawing of a young man in a cape pursuing a woman through a wooded path among tall trees.

A Young Man Pursuing His Beloved into the Woods

David Vinckboons, ca. 1621

Drawing of a river with a boating party in a rowboat, a village with a church spire and a bridge beyond.

Boating Party on a River

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of tall trees framing a winding path through a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1630-90

Pen and ink drawing of many hanged men on a bare tree, with soldiers and tents in a camp behind.

The Hangman's Tree

Jacques Callot, after 1633

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper showing tree trunks and leafy branches in a woodland scene.

Trees

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1650

Sepia drawing of umbrella pines with a leaning trunk, small groups of figures on a lawn, and a pale villa behind.

Imaginary View of a Roman Villa

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, mid-1770s

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a stream, rocks, and a small figure crossing a bridge at right.

Wooded Landscape with a Man Crossing a Bridge

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1780s

Charcoal drawing of a moonlit landscape with a tree on the right, a walking figure, and a pale moon among clouds.

Moonlit Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900-1910

Loose watercolor and pencil study of a park promenade with large trees and small strolling figures in blue and green tones.

Study for 'Le Ranelagh'

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1899

Brown wash drawing of masked Punchinello figures in pointed hats felling or planting a tree, with a crowd and an overturned d

Punchinellos Felling (or Planting) a Tree

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 18th-early 19th century

Loose watercolor sketch of women in hats and long skirts near a railing and tree, with figures sketched in the foreground.

Figures under a Tree

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880-82 (?)

Pencil sketch of a winding country road past a cottage beneath tall leaning trees, by Charles-François Daubigny.

Country Road Landscape with Trees (recto); Landscape with Trees (verso)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1860s or 1870s

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall over cliffs with bathers in a pool, a wooden building and shop beside it.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (Sōshū Ōyama Rōben no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Vari…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1827

Watercolor sketch of a seated girl in a blue blouse and red skirt beneath loose, colorful trees, with a hat on the ground.

Landscape with a Girl

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880s or early 1890s

Woodblock print of travelers on a pine-lined path above a bay with sailboats and mountains, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Otomo Kihan

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of figures tumbling on a shore beside a wooden fence, with a seated man, blossoming tree and sea.

Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono under a pine tree, one holding a folded letter.

A Girl Brings a Love Letter to Another Girl Under a Pine-Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse walking through falling snow past snow-laden pine trees and hills.

Ōi Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above clouds, with travelers and pack horses on a path beside a pine tree and rocky cliffs.

View from the Other Side of Fuji from the Minobu River (Minobugawa ura Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mou…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono walking beneath blossoming trees by a stone wall, with calligraphic signs.

Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom along a river, with boatmen poling a flat boat and travelers on a hillside path.

Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama, from the series Famous Places of Kyōto

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above thatched village houses and green hills, with a rowing boat on still water.

Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province (Kōshū Misaka suimen), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (F…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a chrysanthemum fan on a veranda beside a pine and lantern

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of travelers caught in a sudden rain shower on a hillside path, with village rooftops at right.

Sudden Shower at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834-35

Woodblock print of travelers beside a huge tree trunk on a hillside, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance under clouds.

Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Kōshū Mishima goe), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms beside a river.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Horizontal Japanese woodblock print of a flat landscape with a curved bridge, thatched houses, pines, and a distant blue moun

View of Azuma Wood

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1858

Woodblock print of a craftsman working on a large wooden hoop, framing a distant view of Mount Fuji over a river plain.

Fujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishū Fujimigahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Triptych print of noble women and attendants beneath cherry trees beside an ox-drawn carriage, in soft pastel colors.

A Cherry-Viewing Excursion by a Noble Lady and Attendants

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of a full moon over a willow, rooftops, and a palanquin carried along a road past a thatched house.

Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka Aki no Tsuki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above misty water, with a large dark pine grove and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Cushion Pine at Aoyama (Aoyama enza no matsu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Vertical Japanese print of a red and green phoenix flying beside a flowering paulownia branch and pine fronds.

Phoenix Flying Over a Paulownia Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of night rain falling on pine trees, a shrine and boats along a lake shore.

Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of workers at a smoking kiln beside a river, with a distant mountain and a bare tree at right.

Asakusa Imado

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono carrying a pole and lantern beneath stylized pine branches.

Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Ise no Saburo

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of red maple and pine trees beside a calm blue river, with figures on a wooden platform at left.

Inside the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji

Utagawa Hiroshige, 8th month, Snake year 1857

Woodblock print of paulownia trees in heavy evening rain, with umbrella-carrying figures walking a path beside a yellow fence

Paulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a room, one carrying a wooden bucket in a checkered robe, the other kneeling and hold

Scene from the Play Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees (Yoshitsune senbon zakura)

Katsukawa Shunkō, 8th or 9th month, 1784