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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,087 works

Engraving of a river valley with a large tree, resting soldiers on a hillside, a village church, and a distant castle.

Soldiers at Rest (Milites Requiescentes), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Etching of thatched farm houses, trees, and a ploughed field with small travelers on a road in the foreground.

Country Houses, couple and cornfield in the foreground, from the series The Small Landscapes (Praediorum Villarum)

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1559-61

Blue-toned wash drawing of figures on a wooded shore beside a boat, with a large tree and distant cliffs.

Landscape with a Scene from Fénelon's Télémaque

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1780

Drawing of a riverside landscape with a thatched stone cottage, windblown trees, a sailboat, and a distant church tower.

The Bend in the River

Simon Mathurin Lantara, 1767

Watercolor drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a forest, with riders on horseback and two seated figures in the foregr

Versailles Seen from the Southwest

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Pastel drawing of a shepherdess leaning on a tree beside grazing sheep and a dog in a shaded pastoral landscape.

A Shepherdess and Her Flock in the Shade of Trees

Jean-François Millet, 1854-55

Drawing of a woman shearing a sheep beside a man in a hat under a large tree, with a fence and cottage behind.

Sheepshearing Beneath a Tree

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1854

Pen and ink landscape drawing with green wash showing sandy dunes, a cluster of trees, and shrubs under open sky.

Landscape, Vichy

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1866-67

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7

Red chalk drawing of a hilltop villa among trees, with a reclining cow and a resting figure in the foreground.

Landscape with a Large Villa on a Hilltop

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1759

Brown wash drawing of a town beside a river in a steep mountain valley with terraced hillsides and a stone bridge.

Town in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures in a landscape with an obelisk and ruined arched architecture.

Standing and Seated Figures in a Landscape with an Obelisk

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1520-83

Brown wash drawing of a ruined columned temple with a cart, oxen, and figures in a landscape setting.

Landscape with a Ruined Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop villa on a cliff above trees, grazing cattle, and a distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Hilltop Villa

Guillerot, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Florence (verso)

Bartolomeo Ammanati, 1511-92

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of trees, buildings, a stone bridge, and small figures on winding paths.

Landscape (Wooded Approach to a Town)

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1508

Pen and ink drawing of a city skyline with a church tower, rooftops, trees and small figures in the foreground.

Padua from the East, with San Francesco and the Salone

Bernardo Bellotto, 1721-80

Pen and ink landscape with figures, tall poplars and a garlanded tomb structure beneath a hatched sky.

Landscape with Figures near a Tomb

Gian Antonio Burrini, 1656-1727

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky mountains, and small figures in the foreground.

River Landscape near Narni

Giovanni Battista Busiri, 1698-1757

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal landscape with ships in a harbor, ruined city buildings, rocky cliffs, and clouds.

Imaginary Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Domenico Campagnola, 1500-1564

Pen drawing of a seated woman with goats beside a leaning tree, a hilltop town with a tower, and two riders on a path.

Landscape with an Old Woman Holding a Spindle

Domenico Campagnola, 1500-1564

Pen and brown ink drawing of an arched building, balcony with figures, tower with equestrian statue, and cypress trees.

Fanciful Landscape (Landscape with Villa Building and Equestrian Monument)

Canaletto, 1697-1768

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling young man, cherubs in a tree, and a winged figure on a rock, with an ACADEMIA banner.

Design for a Frontispiece; Allegorical Composition with a Young Man Kneeling before a Tree

Giovanni Angelo Canini, 1615-66

Pen and ink drawing of a farmhouse, well, and large tree in a rural landscape with a bell tower at left.

Landscape with a Farm House and a Bell Tower

Remigio Cantagallina, 1582-1656

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sleeping man beneath a large tree, with a distant village and hills in the landscape.

Landscape with Jacob Sleeping

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Circular drawing of an imaginary landscape with classical ruins, a draped statue beside a fountain, and trees.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins; Fountain in Foreground

Carlo Fantaccini, 1700-50

Grey wash drawing of overgrown classical ruins with receding arches and a large tree, set in a circular vignette.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

Carlo Fantaccini, 1700-50

Gray wash drawing of a mountain under clouds with sunbeams, trees and a wooden fence in the foreground.

Landscape with Mountains in the Distance

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Etching of a lake framed by dense forest trees, with distant spires and birds flying across the sky.

La Lac au Milieu de la Forêt (The Lake in the Middle of the Forest)

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1849

Graphite sketch of steep rocky cliffs and a ridge with a small ruined tower under a pale sky.

Cliffs of Malbec at Mont-Dore, the Auvergne

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1830