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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,095 works

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with reeds, with a town skyline, church tower and windmills in the distance.

View of Gouda Seen from the Southeast with the Janskerk in the Center

Abraham Rutgers, 17th century

Woodcut of a woman in a long veil standing by a bed where a bearded man lies, with a table and vineyard scenes behind.

Jezebel Promising Naboth's Vineyards to King Ahab

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Pen and ink drawing of a small house beside a wooden footbridge over a river, framed by tall trees and willows.

Landscape with a House near a Bridge over a River

Albert Meyeringh, n.d.

Engraved view of the Villa Borghese gardens showing a palace, formal parterre, tree-lined avenues and figures under cloudy sk

View of the Villa Borghese

Simon Felice, after 1677

Pastel drawing of children resting on a grassy hillside with wildflowers, with distant figures and buildings in a soft landsc

Three Children in a Landscape

Charles-Emmanuel Serret, 1840-1900

Etching of a woman bathing in a stream under willows, with three ducks in the grass in the foreground.

Canards surpris

Félix Bracquemond, 1882

Grey wash drawing of a young man in a tricorn hat leaning against a tree and holding a book, with distant houses.

Young Man Leaning Against a Tree With a Book

William Wellings, ca. 1780-89

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with ruined temple columns at left and a stepped hill at right.

Plate 13: Arch of Settimius Severus 1. Temple of Concord. 2. Ascent to the Capitoline Hill (Arco di Settimio Severo.…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Colosseum in Rome with rows of arches, the Arch of Constantine at right, and figures in the foreground.

Plate 12: Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum. 1. Arch of Constantine. 2. Palatine Hill. (Anfiteatro Flavio de…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Watercolour of a pale shingle beach with figures and driftwood, a boat, and white chalk cliffs under a grey sky.

Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight

William Dyce, 1847

Ink and wash drawing of a peasant couple on a country road beside large trees, with a cart and church spire in the distance.

Peasant Couple in an Extensive Landscape

Johannes Goedaert, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a woodland scene with a large twisted tree at upper left, slender trunks, and an open path below.

Study of Trees

François Ryckhals, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns, a sarcophagus, a pyramid and an obelisk in a landscape.

Classical Landscape with Ruins (recto); Two men in Roman military dress (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Grey wash drawing of wooded sand dunes with a windmill on a ridge at left and a pair of small figures under clouds.

Wooded Dune Landscape near Haarlem, with Windmill and a Pair of Figures

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside city with church spires, towers, a bridge and a sailboat, with handwritten labels.

View of Mâcon Seen from the East

Jan Peeters, mid-17th-late 17th century

Etching of horses grazing in a field beside a tree, with a village in the distance and a banner reading UN CHAMP.

Decoration for a Plate: A Field

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Pen drawing of an ornate bucket-shaped vessel with figural handle, garlands, and reclining river gods among reeds.

Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Interlaced Figures, on a Body Adorned with Bucrania, Garlands, and T…

Girolamo Genga, 1540-50

Pen and brown ink design for a vessel with scrolled handle, a reclining river god and two putti on its body.

Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Non-Figural Interlaces, on a Body Adorned with a River God and Two P…

Girolamo Genga, 1540-50

Engraving of two robed saints in a wooded landscape with a pig, a bird, a castle, and boats in the distance.

Saint John and Anthony in a Landscape

Master IQV, ca. 1544-45

Brown wash drawing of a hilly landscape with large gnarled trees, a road with travelers, and a distant river valley.

Hilly Landscape with Trees and a Road on the Right

Georg Heinrich Busse, 1833

Night drawing of a moonlit river with sailing boats, dark trees on the right bank, and moon reflected on the water.

The River Elbe Downstream of Hamburg by Moonlight

Christian Ernst Morgenstern, ca. 1828

Watercolor of large trees over a pastoral field with a rustic building, a shepherd with sheep, and a distant village.

Italian Landscape with Trees (recto)

Friedrich Salathé, 1815-21

Sepia ink and wash drawing of hunters on a rocky ledge under trees, overlooking a distant blue mountain valley.

Hunters in an Outlook on a Mountain

August Leopold Venus, ca. 1870

Grey wash drawing of a rocky hillside with trees, a stone path, arched ruins, and a building on the ridge.

Italianate Buildings on a Hill at Tivoli

Adriaen Honich, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a female Fortune figure between two river gods, with sea creatures and reeds in a landscape.

An Allegory of Fortune with Two River Gods

Hans Jakob Ebelmann, 1624

Circular ink and wash drawing of a prophet amid skeletons and nude figures beneath clouds and a divine figure.

Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones

Georg Pecham, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large old tree with dense foliage, a seated figure at lower left and distant walkers at right.

Study of an Old Tree

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river with sailboats, a walking couple on a bank, and a cloudy sky with birds.

River Landscape

Jan Porcellis, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian landscape with a gnarled tree, robed figures on a path, and a distant town.

Arcadian Landscape with Figures

Johannes de Bosch, 18th century