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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,160 works

Painting of a sunlit rocky heath with a tall birch tree, a winding path, small figures, and a clear blue sky.

An Early Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau, probably 1861

Painting of a sunlit country road beside a white house with red roof, framed by tall trees and a cloudy sky.

The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès

Alfred Sisley, 1883-85

Painting of a woman in a pink blouse with hair in a bun, seated before green garden foliage and a pale wall.

Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889-91

Painting of gnarled olive trees on ochre ground with violet shadows and a dotted, swirling sky.

Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Seated woman in white gown with a harp, lamp at left, and a veiled attendant in shadow beside a column.

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Painting of a man leaning on a parapet beside a tree, with pale buildings and sunlit pavement behind him.

A Man Leaning on a Parapet

Georges Seurat, ca. 1881

Tiepolo painting of the Holy Family with a donkey and a kneeling winged angel beside a rocky cliff and sea.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1767-70

Painting of a couple embracing on a forest swing, a man in red and a woman in white, with irises and butterflies nearby.

Springtime

Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873

Painting of the Virgin Mary kneeling at a lectern as a winged angel with a lily approaches, with a dove and putti above.

The Annunciation

Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1644

Lone figure in a dark coat walks a stony path past a wall and bare tree under stormy grey clouds.

Wanderer in the Storm

Karl Julius von Leypold, 1835

Painting of a shaded forest edge with mossy rocks and leafy branches, opening onto a meadow and distant pale mountains.

At the Edge of the Forest

August Heinrich, ca. 1820

Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carries a heavy wooden cross past a walled city under a blue sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1520-25

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Seated woman in a white embroidered gown, lace ruff and pearl necklaces, holding a blue fan against a dark background.

Ellen Maurice (1578-1626)

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1597

Painting of Nevada Falls in Yosemite with rushing white water, tall pines, and small figures on a log in the foreground.

Nevada Falls, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1872 or 1873

Dark nocturnal landscape with a large silhouetted tree over a waterfall and moonlit river beneath a glowing sky.

A Waterfall, Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock, by 1886

Painting of a funeral procession with black-clad pallbearers carrying a hearse along a street beside willow and cypress trees

Adult Funeral Procession

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of a sandy cove with turquoise sea, rocks, and windswept cypress trees on a grassy bluff under a cloudy sky.

Sea Cove

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1880-90

Painting of a rider on a white horse crossing a river below a rocky cliff, with trees and distant hills under a glowing sky.

The Mountain Ford

Thomas Cole, 1846

Painted town street with tall trees, a yellow shop building, a horse-drawn cart with baskets, and pedestrians and a dog.

The Baker's Wagon

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark blue coat and tricorn hat pointing toward a river landscape with trees.

Marinus Willett

Ralph Earl, ca. 1791

Painting of a river lined with tall poplars, a hillside on the left, and a distant village with a church spire under cloudy s

View on the Seine: Harp of the Winds

Homer Dodge Martin, 1893-95

Painting of a clapboard farmhouse beside a bare tree under a stormy sky, with a split-rail fence and figures near the door.

Long Island Farmhouses

William Sidney Mount, 1862-63

Autumn river landscape with golden trees, fallen leaves, two figures on a rock, and a boat in misty light.

Indian Summer

William Trost Richards, 1875

Dark, dreamy landscape with a twisted tree, rolling hills, swirling clouds, and two draped figures at lower left.

The Forest of Arden

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1888-97 (?), reworked 1908 (?)

Painting of a crowd gathered under tall trees in a sunlit grove beside a reflecting pond, with a wooden platform at left.

The Camp Meeting

Worthington Whittredge, 1874

Portrait of a young man in red velvet with fur collar, hands clasped, before columns and a landscape view.

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Memling, ca. 1472-75

Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ Child on his shoulders, holding a staff, with cliffs and a chapel behind.

Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ

Painting of a sunlit brook winding through a dark forest with fallen logs and birch-like trunks.

The Brook in the Woods

Worthington Whittredge, ca. 1885-86

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, Saint Joseph, many angels, an ox and donkey in a brick stable.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Master of Frankfurt, possibly 1496-1502