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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,084 works

Pencil sketch of a panoramic view of a city with domes and minarets beyond trees, a distant shoreline, and hills.

Landscape near Constantinople

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of two obelisks, one in the Vatican and one on the Esquiline, with a papal medallion and classical ornam

A View of Two Obelisks, One in the Vatican and the Other on the Esqualine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen-and-ink landscape of a church with a spire, a stone arch bridge, four trees and thatched cottages in a village.

Landscape with Four Trees and a Church at Right (counterproof)

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545 (?)

Pencil drawing of a stone aqueduct with pointed arches crossing a rocky landscape with trees and shrubs.

Landscape with Acquaduct near Smyrna

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins and houses on a hillside, with horsemen on a road and a cherub on a pedestal at left.

View of the Ruins of the Palatine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Black-and-white print of a wide landscape with large trees, a river, a distant town, mountains and a seated figure at right.

Landscape with Saint John the Evangelist

Virgilius Solis, mid-16th century

Watercolor of a long building with tall spired towers on a flat plain under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Large Building

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 1818-83

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed classical palace with arcades, an eagle, and an Augustus medallion in the foreground.

A Reconstructed View of the Palace on the Palantine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree, with a hanging monogram tablet in the upper right.

The Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree

Jan Gossaert, 1522

Engraving of a soldier in puffed dress leaning against a tree with a sword and staff, grass at lower left, dated 1520.

Bending Soldier Leaning against a Tree

Barthel Beham, 1520

Ink and wash drawing of a walled Roman camp with a central classical temple, flanked by standards and coin reliefs.

A Reconstruction of a Castle on the Viminal Hill at the Esqualine Gate

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Etching of two tree trunks beside a river with loose foliage and a small boat at lower right.

Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River)

Berthe Morisot, 1888

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude male figure seen from behind, leaning on an urn.

Reclining River God

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1694-1715

Grey wash drawing of a hawk-headed Osiris statue in a formal garden with terraces, figures and an inscribed pedestal.

Statue of Osiris in a Garden

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with arcaded buildings, trees, a hillside, and small figures near water.

A Classical Landscape with Buildings by a River

Sébastien Bourdon

Brown wash drawing of a country chapel with a bell tower among trees, with a distant town at the left.

Landscape with a Country Chapel

Jacques Callot, 1605-35

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical frame with a statue, bust, Roman coins, and Latin inscriptions on a banner.

Adumbration of Capitoline Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a wide sandy landscape with scrubby bushes, a distant walled city by the water, and small figures restin

Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor

Claude Louis Châtelet, late 18th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with trees, a man leading a donkey, and a seated woman with a child by a road.

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635

Pen and ink sketch of a nude male figure tied to a tree, one arm raised, body turned in contrapposto.

Saint Sebastian (?) Tied to a Tree

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Grey wash drawing of a covered wooden bridge over a river with stone buildings, a hillside and small figures on the bank.

The Covered Bridge at Fribourg

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Pen and ink landscape with tall trees, a distant castle, a shepherd and cattle beside a stream.

Sunrise (recto); Landscape with Figures (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Black chalk sketch of a long-haired river god with raised arm beside a reclining male figure among clouds.

River God and Another Male Figure

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside a nude woman, with Neptune and nymphs on a sea creature and a city behind.

Apollo and Galatea in a Landscape with Neptune and Three Nymphs

Orazio Samacchini, 1550-60

Wash drawing of a wooded landscape with robed figures gathered on rocks beside a waterfall and swans in the pool below.

Landscape with Apollo and the Muses

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Moonlit coastal drawing with a rocky arch, a winged horse, small figures on the shore, and a calm sea beyond.

Coast View with Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Engraved landscape with rocky peaks, a walled hilltop town with a domed church, trees, a house and ducks in the foreground.

Landscape from "Venus Pushing Cupid" frame

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Etching of a river landscape with boats framed by ornate scrollwork, reclining figures, putti, and flaming urns.

Landscape with Ornamental Frame

Antonio Fantuzzi, ca. 1543

Engraving of a nude youth guiding an ox plow as helmeted warriors rise from the earth among tree trunks.

Cadmus Tilling the Field Where He Sawed the Dragon's Teeth

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Charcoal drawing of a forest pond with a seated fisherman, boulders and leaning trees under a cloudy sky.

A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain

Adolphe Appian, 1868-70