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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,219 works

Engraving of a phoenix on a tree above resting animals including stags, lions and a bull, with pigeons on a ruin at right.

A phoenix sat atop a tree, wings open, an assortment of animals below

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a village kermess under a large tree, with peasants drinking at a table beside a thatched cottage and a church tow

The Kermess Under the Great Tree

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of two men on horseback on a wooded path, one pointing forward, beneath a large leaning tree and cloudy sky.

Hudibras Sallying Forth (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 1)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Pen and ink landscape drawing of farm buildings, trees, a brook and rocks under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Brook and Farm Buildings

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Sepia drawing of a winding forest path with a strolling couple, two seated beggars, and a fallen log beneath tall trees.

A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars and a Couple Strolling

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with herders and cattle, a ruined tower on a hill, and a sailboat on the water.

Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger, 1686

Etching of a mounted figure raising a sword before a crowd with staves, a dog and horses, trees behind, by William Hogarth.

The Encounter with Talgol and Magnano (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 3)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Grey wash drawing of a forest with large trees, birch trunks, a winding path and stream in the foreground.

Forest Landscape

Lodewijk de Vadder, early 17th-mid 17th century

Etching of a treehouse with draped canopy, bells, and three figures among flowers, pines, and rococo scrollwork.

Treehouse

the Elder Jean Jacques Avril, 1773

Etching of a windswept pine tree in a pastoral landscape with seated figures, a sailboat, and distant hills.

Pastoral Scene

Etching of a windswept landscape with three porters carrying loads on a dirt path and a standing man at left.

The Three Porters

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of two men wading in a river beside a rocky outcrop, with trees and a distant hilltop in the background.

Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water with a rocky outcrop behind them, to the left a rocky bank, trees and…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Engraving of a nude youth crowned with cypress branches beside a wounded stag in an oval woodland scene.

Cyparissus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Etching of two men on a rocky outlook beside a tall spruce, overlooking a wooded valley, village and distant hills.

Two Men on a Rock Terrace

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a ship with tritons and mermaids in the sea, a tree with the Golden Fleece over a dragon, and a winged Fame blowin

The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mer…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etched landscape with large trees on the right, figures on a bank, and a distant town with spires across water.

A landscape with a monk and an angel in the center, a town to the left (The Vision)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630-40

Etched landscape with a multi-arched bridge over a river, small boats, large trees, a rocky foreground and figures.

Landscape with bridge traversing a river occupied with three small boats, one of which is encroaching the near river…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1626-80

Etched ornamental panel with two eagles, leopard heads and curling foliage beneath a circular title cartouche.

Two eagles with wings spread, below two leopard heads attached to tree trunks that form three circles, from "Ornament…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of Venus seated under a tree as Cupid draws a bow and arrow beside her, with a landscape behind.

Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, two nymphs on the sides, and a duck at the base, by Stefano della Bella.

A cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, plate 6 from "No…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a windswept tree, a draped skull at top, and bones at the sides, with a Latin scroll.

A cartouche with a tree blowing in the wind, a skull with drapery at top, bones to either side, from "Eight Emblems f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etching of two monks in a forest, one holding a skull beside a dark cave, with a wooden cross and dense trees.

Two Monks in Contemplation in a Forest

Carl Baron von Vittinghoff, 1809

Engraving of a reclining piper under a large oak beside a standing shepherd gesturing toward grazing cattle and sheep.

Mercury and Battus, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book II

Robert Willemsz de Baudous, after 1590

Etching of a woodland path with a herdsman, cattle, and a dog beneath trees, with a bright sunburst through the leaves.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of revelers in a woodland with a radiant Bacchus figure, above a vignette of children harvesting grapes by a ladder.

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Print of a leaning tree with pale trunks and sprawling branches beside a winding dirt lane, shrubs in foreground.

Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome, 1811-13

Etched river landscape with trees, a sailboat, a hilltop castle labeled Hernenstein, and a distant town labeled Coblentz.

Coblentz and Harmenstein [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1664

Etching of a rural landscape with travelers on horseback, a small columned shrine, billowing clouds, and farm buildings among

The First Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a ruined round temple with columns beside trees, a path with two figures, and a calm river under clouds.

The Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from "Landscapes and Ruins"

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1615

Etching of a woodland with large trees, a hunter and dog, a marsh with herons, and a distant tower under clouds.

Woodland scene with marshy banks, from "Six Landscapes in Tyrol"

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600