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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

162 works

Brown wash drawing of trees beside a river, with a ruined tower on the left and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape

Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1770-1812

Grey wash drawing of a rolling landscape with clusters of trees, a winding path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Derbyshire landscape

John Constable, ca. 1801-2

Pencil sketch of Mount Vesuvius rising over shrubland, with an umbrella pine and handwritten notes on the slopes.

View of Vesuvius

John Robert Cozens, August 18 [1782]

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

Pencil drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat and rowboat beside a densely wooded bank.

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Pencil drawing of thatched farm buildings, a mill wheel, a rowboat and a bare tree in a rolling landscape.

Landscape with a Mill (recto); A Steepled Façade and Farm House (verso)

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Engraved print of a procession of grotesque figures with beaked masks and elaborate costumes walking across a landscape.

Procession of Monstrous Figures

the Younger Wendel Dietterlin, 1615

Etching of a long covered wooden bridge with a central stone tower over a river, flanked by half-timbered houses and a tree.

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Pen and wash drawing of European men and turbaned figures trading near a stone pedestal, palm trees and boats.

Europeans Engaging in Commerce and Trade in Asia

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Etching of a ruined Roman triumphal arch with small figures and overgrown walls, by Piranesi, ca. 1750.

Plate 24: Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate (Arco di Pola in Istria vicino alla Porta), from "Alcune Vedute di Arc…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of Rüsselsheim town along a riverbank, with a sailing boat and a rowing boat on the water.

Rüsselsheim

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Engraving of Perseus with a severed head beside a winged figure, and draped nymphs among fruit trees in a garden.

Perseus in the Garden of the Hesperides

Cherubino Alberti, 1628

Engraving of woodcutters sawing a log in a forest, with a standing overseer, a small dog and tall pine trunks.

The Wood-cutters

Hubert von Herkomer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat river landscape with windswept trees at left and church spires on the distant horizon.

View of Calcar on the Lower Rhine near Cleves

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1640-42

Grey-wash drawing of a dense forest with tall trees, a winding path, and a small house half hidden among trunks.

View of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 17th century

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched farm buildings, trees, a distant tower, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings, and a Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1651

Etching of a forest scene with a monument topped by a statue and coat of arms, a seated draughtsman at right, and strolling f

Plate 1: a monument with statues and a coat of arms in the center, a draughstman on the ground beneath a tree to righ…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643

Etching of a farmhouse courtyard with a large tree, a vine trellis arbor, figures dining at tables, and a horse by a well.

The Little Trellis

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Wood engraving of a bearded seated figure under a fruit tree with raised arms, a full moon, sheep, and a cottage in a hilly l

Thenot Under a Fruit Tree, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Etching of a river landscape with wading cows, a bent figure by the stream, a stone bridge, and windswept trees.

Plate 2: a peasant woman removing her shoes in center, another peasant woman and two cows in a stream to left, a brid…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Brown wash drawing of a hilly Italian landscape with stone buildings, trees, a bridge, and small figures on a path.

Italian Landscape with Buildings and Figures

Nicolas-Didier Boguet, n.d.

Etching of a wooded landscape with dense trees, a hillside, and distant buildings on the left.

Landscape study, outside Sèvres

Félix Bracquemond, 1873

Etching of two pilgrims beside ruins under trees, with a shepherd and cattle herd crossing a distant open landscape.

Plate 4: two pilgrims observing ruins to right, one pointing towards the right, a shepherd and a herd of cattle in ce…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a farmhouse and trees beside a canal, with a dirt road on the right and a distant church tower.

Landscape with a Farmhouse Along a Road Beside a Canal

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Engraving of two mounted figures in plumed hats before an army with banners and a walled town beyond.

The French Forces: Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Etching of a windswept tree, a fisherman with a net, two horsemen in a stream, and a ruined castle in the distance.

Plate 6: a fisherman carrying a net to left, two horsemen in a stream to right, a tree in center, a castle in ruins t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a hilly landscape with a village church, trees, and travelers with pack animals on a path.

La Terre, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century

Etching of horsemen crossing a river, a woman on a donkey, trees framing the scene, and a stone bridge in the distance.

Plate 3: two horsemen crossing a river to right, a woman with two baskets atop a donkey to left, trees to the left an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641