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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

795 works

Hanging scroll of blossoming plum branches rising from an ink rock, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Plum Blossoms

Minagawa Kien, 18th-19th century

Watercolor album leaf of tiered rice stacks hanging from a branch beside slender trees with red berries and a small bird, fra

Rice Stacks and Trees

Japanese painting on gold leaf of courtiers seated on green platforms beside pine trees, a willow screen, and a flowering vin

“The Oak Tree”

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and attendant walking beneath a flowering cherry tree, in patterned black and red kimono.

Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, early 19th century

Brown ink painting of a crow perched on a gnarled bare tree branch, with a red seal mark on the right.

Crow on Tree

Hanging scroll of a woman and small child beneath a blossoming cherry tree, in striped red robes and green clothing.

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of Willow Kannon holding a willow sprig, with a green halo and jeweled robes against a gold ground.

Willow Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, probably 1810s

Hanging scroll of red maple branches above a kettle hanging over a fire, with smoke, dried fungi, and a rock.

Autumn Maple

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of a plum tree in white bloom above two white waterfowl swimming in rippling water beside reeds.

Plum Tree and Waterfowl

Kano Masanobu, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, and a stream, with small figures beneath trees on the left.

Brewing Tea in the Shade of Trees

Aoki Mokubei, 1820s

Ink landscape of a misty mountain, bare trees, a small house and a footbridge, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Wintry Landscape with Trees

Urakami Shunkin, 1833

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pines and red trees among white clouds, with a small pavilion and figures at the base.

White Clouds and Crimson Trees

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1888

Painting of a white horse grazing near a bare tree in a muted autumn meadow under a cloudy sky.

Autumn Meadows

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1912-17

Medieval painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, an ox and donkey, shepherds, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bartolo di Fredi, 1374

Portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and fur-trimmed coat holding a rosary, with a river landscape behind him.

Heinrich(?) vom Rhein zum Mohren (1477-1536)

Conrad Faber von Creuznach, late 1520s

Grayscale study of a gnarled tree trunk and branches with loose brushwork and a pale patch of ground below.

Study of a Tree

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864

Painting of a leafy tree, iron fence and shrubs before a brick townhouse with green shutters, in soft impressionist brushwork

View from the Artist's Window, Grove Street

Robert Frederick Blum, ca. 1900

Landscape painting of a rocky hillside with tall evergreens, grass, and a hazy distant valley under a pale sky.

Morning on the Mountain

Richard William Hubbard, 1856

Painting of a windswept pine on a rocky cliff above a calm sea under a pale overcast sky.

The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of a bare-branched village lane with a small child in a red coat walking past a white picket fence.

Connecticut Village (Going to School)

J. Alden Weir, after 1891

Painting of a forest path with tall trees, a woodland stream, and warm evening light glowing through the canopy.

Evening in the Woods

Worthington Whittredge, 1876

Oil painting of pale birch trunks beside a lake under green, sunlit foliage, with a shadowed earthen path below.

Study of Beeches

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of a forest stream winding past birch trees and rocks beneath a cloudy sky.

An Old Clearing

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1881

Oil portrait of a seated woman and a child on a wooden bench in a shaded woodland with a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Lady and Child

George W. Twibill Jr., 1833

Nude Venus in red hat stands by a tree as winged Cupid is stung by bees, with a Latin inscription and landscape behind.

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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 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

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

Crooked Pine

Wu Zhen, dated 1335