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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,087 works

Watercolor of a stone monument among cypress trees, with a figure in a red cloak and a seated figure beside it.

Oriental Scene

William James Müller, ca. 1844

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined road with bare trees, water and a distant building under a pale sky.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tree-Lined Road

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843

Grey wash drawing of a winter village with skaters on ice, a stone bridge, a windmill, a horse and children.

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Sledges on the Ice, a Bridge and a Mill behind

Abraham van Strij, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit river with a pale moon, clouds, and a low shoreline of trees and a mast.

The River Elbe in Moonlight

Johan Christian Dahl, 1833

Grey wash drawing of St. Peter's dome and Vatican buildings under a stormy sky, framed by large trees.

View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum

Richard Wilson, 1754

Grey wash drawing of a classical landscape with two figures, a stone monument, a pine tree, and a distant town.

Arcadian Landscape

Johannes Glauber, n.d.

Drawing of a river landscape with a hilltop group of sketching figures, a town with spires, boats, mountains and a ruined cas

Fantasy Rhine Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1650

Watercolor drawing of prehistoric standing stones on a grassy mound overlooking a wide valley with hills under cloudy sky.

A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a group of large gnarled oak trees with dense foliage and spreading branches over grass.

Study of Oak Trees (recto)

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of three gnarled, weathered tree trunks standing on grass, with textured bark and exposed roots.

Study of Three Old Gnarled Trees

Johannes Siberechts, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a domed circular temple among tall trees, with a winding path, figures, cattle and a stone urn.

Idyllic Landscape with Temple

Johann Heinrich Müntz, 1770

Watercolor of thatched and red-roofed farmhouses beside a sandy track in open dunes under a cloudy sky.

Farmhouses

Johannes Bosboom, 19th century

Watercolor landscape of an open plain under cloudy sky, with a figure and sheep in the foreground and distant hills.

Salisbury Plain with Old Sarum in the distance, Wiltshire

William Turner, 1835-45

Watercolor landscape of a dark mountain above a lake under a cloudy sky, with warm light and small figures by the shore.

Study for "The Ferry"-Snowdon from Lyyn Padran, North Wales

Peter De Wint, after 1829

Sepia drawing of a rocky cave with a hunter playing a horn and a dog running in front of overhanging cliffs.

Rocky Landscape with Hunters

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with figures harvesting wine, barrels, a temple and a distant city.

Landscape with Wine Harvest

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1630

Etching of a courtyard with a stone well, pulley bucket, brick ruins, washing basins, a donkey, and a figure at work.

The Well, from the series Landscape Scenes

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a tall obelisk beside a thatched cottage and footbridge in a flat landscape with distant buildings.

Cottage and Boundary Post on the Spaarndammerdijk ('L'Obelisque')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Brown ink drawing of a wide dune landscape with a herdsman and sheep under a cloudy sky.

A Panoramic Landscape with a Herdsman and His Flock

Jan Ruischer, 17th century

Charcoal drawing of slender trees on a slope overlooking calm water, low hills and a cloud-filled sky.

Le Cap Martin

Henri Harpignies, 1910

Etching of a great tree with a spiral wooden staircase on a stone terrace, surrounded by tall pines and small figures.

The Tree House at Pratolino

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Engraving of a young boy riding a large eagle in flight above a landscape with a river, trees, and a half-timbered house.

Ganymede as a young boy riding a large eagle (Zeus) in flight above a landscape

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1500-1505

Etching of three thatched gabled cottages beside a dirt road, with a large tree on the right and a distant village at left.

Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Lithograph of nude bathers in a landscape with clouds, rocks and trees, by Paul Cézanne, in soft grey and green tones.

The Large Bathers (Les Baigneurs)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1898

Engraving of an old shepherd lying on a hill playing a pipe, with a goat and sheep and timber buildings behind.

The old shepherd lying in a landscape, buildings behind, a goat and a sheep to the left

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1500-1515

Etching of a gnarled tree by a river with a standing man in a hat, sailboats, a windmill, and houses on the far bank.

The Omval

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Etching with a tall tree and a small figure on the left, and a dark study of a man's head in a cap on the right.

Sheet with Two Studies: A Tree and the Upper Part of a Head of Rembrandt Wearing a Velvet Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1642

Etching of a marble vase with figures on a garden terrace, a seated boy sketching it, cypress trees and an obelisk behind.

The Medici vase, a large vase to right decorated with a representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, on a garden ter…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Engraving of a cannon on a carriage beside a tree, with men at right and a village with a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with a Cannon

Albrecht Dürer, 1518