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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,286 works

Brown ink landscape drawing of gnarled trees, a winding road, two figures, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with old trees and figures

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Engraving of a wooded road with several riders on horseback passing large trees and a rocky bank under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with Riders

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Pen and ink landscape of a country cart on a wooded road beside a thatched cottage, with figures near the doorway.

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart, Cottage and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, 1784-86

Engraving of cows drinking at a pond in a wooded landscape, with a seated figure at left and hills under clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Figures and Cows at a Watering Place (The Watering Place)

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Hand-colored print of herdsmen driving cattle over an arched bridge near a ruined tower and trees.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Thomas Gainsborough, 1797

Hand-colored print of a hillside with a ruined church, gravestones, a man leaning on a staff, a donkey, and sheep.

Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Engraving of a sower scattering seed over rocky ground, with birds in flight and feeding and pine trees at left.

The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with a river, rocky cliffs, large trees, resting figures and a shepherd with shee

Classical Landscape with Figures

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1749-1822

Brown wash drawing of a forest scene with a young girl in a hat beside a waterfall beneath a large tree.

Landscape with a Young Girl at a Waterfall

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Watercolor study of gnarled tree branches with moss-covered limbs and broad green leaves against a pale sky.

Tree Branches

Charles Reginald Aston, 1860-1900

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rocky river with boulders, shrubs and conifer trees along the banks.

Landscape with Rocks in a River (near Kronau?)

Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels, late 19th-early 20th century

Black chalk and white heightening on blue paper: two seated male figures in a wooded landscape beside a lying cow.

Mercury and Argus

Januarius Zick, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pencil drawing of a walled castle complex with steep roofs, a church spire and trees, dated 1690.

View of the castle at Oberbürg

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1690

Etching of a tavern courtyard beneath large trees, with seated diners, a rider on horseback and figures near a low building.

A Tavern at Monte Testaccio

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1793

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a shepherd and dogs in foreground trees, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Roman landscape with figures near Paliano

Joseph Anton Koch, 18th-19th century

Etching of a clump of trees on rocks at left, with a valley, water and distant hills receding under a sky with birds.

Clump of Trees

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Pen and brown ink drawing of a forest clearing with tall slender trees around a grassy mound.

Forest view in the Menterschweige district near Munich

Heinrich Dreber, 1841

Grey wash drawing of a layered rock cliff with trees on top and an umbrella pine on the right, under a pale sky.

Near Santa Maria de' Monti, Naples

Thomas Jones, May 10, 1781

Engraved rocky landscape with a cave arch, waterfall, tall trees, and two small kneeling figures under rays of light.

Rocky Landscape with the Stigmatisation of Saint Francis

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Engraved landscape with a large tree framing a river view, a hilltop town, distant mountains, and a small seated figure.

Riverscape

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Etching of tall bare trees beside a still river with shrubs and a distant treeline under an overcast sky.

Autumn's Grey and Melancholy

Henry Farrer, 1884

Etching of tall trees over a small wooden footbridge crossing a stream, with reeds in the foreground and a distant tower.

A Small Bridge over a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a dense forest on a rocky ledge, with two small figures and a dog on a path and hills in the distance.

The Little Hunchback

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of two travellers resting in a shaded woodland beside a path, with dogs and a large twisted tree.

Two Travellers Resting in the Woods

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched landscape of a wooded path with tall trees, a fence, a cottage, and a woman and children resting at the roadside.

A Mother and Children Resting

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a forest scene with a seated traveller and dog beside a stream, tall trees filling the composition.

A Traveller Resting

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a forest path with tall trees on the left, a small wooden footbridge over a stream, and an open landscape beyond.

The Entrance to a Forest by a Small Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched landscape of a forest path, a large tree, and a man and woman with a dog beside a stream.

A Man and a Woman Crossing a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

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

Etching of a dense forest with large oak trees, an angel beside a seated woman, and a reclining child in a clearing.

Hagar Consoled by the Angel

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century