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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,956 works

Oil sketch of a wooded headland and rocky shore above calm green water, with distant cliffs under a pale sky.

The Banks of the Rance, Brittany

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, possibly 1785

Painting of several lions in a dark mountainous landscape, one central lion roaring while others rest on pale ground.

Lions in a Mountainous Landscape

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1818-20

Self-portrait of a man in a dark jacket beside a tall window with grey interior walls, in muted tones.

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911

Dark, softly brushed landscape of a pasture at evening with a large tree, a grazing cow, and a winding path.

Pasture at Evening

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1912-32

Painting of a farm with barns, a white farmhouse, haystacks and an ox cart with workers under a cloudy sky.

Leete Farm, West Claremont, New Hampshire

Francis Alexander, ca. 1822

Two lemmings, one cream and one reddish-brown, face each other on grass under a stormy sky with white flowers.

Hudson's Bay Lemming

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1846

Black and white painting of a bald eagle with spread wings on a scroll, surrounded by a laurel wreath and banners.

American Eagle on Red Scroll

W. H. Bean, 1860-1900

Painting of a battered shipwreck tilting in stormy seas, with survivors in a rowboat and sailboats nearby under heavy clouds.

Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)

William Bradford, ca. 1860-61

Night scene of figures husking corn beside a farmhouse and barn under a moonlit, cloudy sky.

Corn Husking

David Gilmour Blythe, ca. 1863-64

Painting of a misty woodland clearing with tall trees framing a pale hazy horizon and rocks in the foreground.

Landscape

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1885-95

Painting of beached sailing boats on a pebbled shore below steep cliffs, with a large building at right and a calm bay beyond

View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno

George Loring Brown, 1857

Oil painting of a calm bay with a sailboat, rocky beach, boulders and green hills under a pale sky.

Marine Landscape

Alfred Thompson Bricher, ca. 1895

Three elderly bearded men seated in a rustic barn interior with hanging harness and a lantern on the wall.

To Decide the Question

John George Brown, 1897

Painting of a sailing ship on New York harbor with a fort wall, American flag, and distant city skyline under clouds.

Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island

Edmund C. Coates, 1850-60

Grayscale landscape of the Roman Campagna with goats, a mounted shepherd, a seated figure on a ruined arch, and a stormy sky.

The Roman Campagna

John Gadsby Chapman, 1864

Painting of a double rainbow over a calm sea, with ruins, a distant city, robed figures, and a dark cliff on the left.

The Aegean Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877

Grayscale painting of a three-masted sailing ship in a harbor with sailboats, a city skyline, and a flagpole on a pier.

Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island

Edmund C. Coates, 1864 or 1866

Painting of hazy mountains over a plain, with cattle drinking at a river and adobe buildings on the left under a pale sky.

Spanish Peaks, Southern Colorado, Late Afternoon

Samuel Colman, 1887

Racing yachts with white sails cross choppy water while steamships trail smoke and rowboats fill the foreground.

Finish - First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870

Samuel Colman, 1870

Painting of a choppy harbor with a sailing boat, a tall ship, pilings, and a fortified waterfront under cloudy skies.

New York from the Harbor Showing the Battery and Castle Garden

Alfred Copestick, 1858

Painting of rolling hills with grassy meadows, dark tree clusters, a distant farmhouse and a pale sky with pink clouds.

Landscape

Kenyon Cox, 1883

Autumn valley at sunset with a pink-lit mountain, a white farmhouse, red-leaved trees, and a distant village.

Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York

Jasper Francis Cropsey, ca. 1870-75

Monochrome view of a river valley with grazing cows, rocks in the foreground, wooded hills and a hazy distant ridge.

View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853

Painted valley landscape with a large tree, grazing cattle, a winding river, farm buildings and distant hills under a pale sk

Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1864

Painting of well-dressed people skating and walking on a frozen lake lined with bare winter trees under cloudy skies.

Skating on the Wissahickon

Johan Mengels Culverhouse, 1875

Young girl reclining in bed among pillows, looking at a bouquet of red flowers on the blanket, with a teacup and vase nearby.

Heart's Ease

William P. W. Dana, 1863

Painting of a river with sailboats, framed by trees and rocks, with hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

On the Hudson

Thomas Doughty, 1830-35

Painting of a misty valley with tall trees, a waterfall, grazing sheep, a small house, and distant mountains under pink cloud

Spring Landscape

Thomas Doughty, ca. 1853-56

Painting of a river flowing past grazing cows and two anglers toward a blue mountain under a cloudy sky.

High Point: Shandaken Mountains

Asher Brown Durand, 1853

Painting of cattle walking a dirt road past large shady trees, with rolling hills and distant mountains under a pale sky.

River Scene

Asher Brown Durand, 1854