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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,219 works

Engraving of a forest with a seated man holding a staff, two goats, fallen trees and a stream.

A man holding a staff and seated on a tree trunk; with two goats to either side; surrounded by downed trees, foliage,…

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge as a bearded God in robes points a warning finger, 1540.

God at right forbidding the nude Adam and Eve at left to eat from the tree of knowledge in center, from "Adam and Eve"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Painting of a large beech tree in a woodland clearing, with a mother and children resting at left and deer grazing at right.

A mother and children resting beneath a large beech tree, deer grazing beyond, possibly in Norbury Park, Surrey

the elder George Barret, 1776

Watercolor of misty trees beside a rocky stream, with grazing cows and a seated figure in soft morning light.

Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland

John Glover, before 1831

Watercolor of woodcutters felling and stacking logs in a forest, with a river valley visible through the trees.

Woodcutters at Park Place, Henley, the river Thames beyond

William Havell, ca. 1826

Grey-wash drawing of a crowded Amsterdam square with a town hall, a tall decorated liberty pole, and celebrating figures.

Popular Celebrations in Dam Square, Amsterdam, on 4 March 1795, marking the erection of the Liberty Tree and the succ…

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1795 or after

Etching of Villa d'Este gardens in Tivoli with a curved staircase, two statues, tall cypress trees and small figures.

View of the gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, cyprus trees to right, a staircase leading to the villa at left, t…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1764

Etching of an arched aqueduct and cypress trees on a hillside, with figures, donkeys and a cart on a path below.

View of the entrance to Tivoli and the walls of the Villa d'Este, horsemen approaching the entrance at bottom center,…

Richard de Saint-Non, 18th century

Engraving of a garden scene under trees: a man with raised arms at center, a boy holding a torch, and a crowd of figures in 1

A young boy holds a torch under trees in a garden, at center a man raises both arms, surrounded by male and female fi…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Circular etching of figures skating on a frozen lake with bare trees in the foreground and a town with windmills beyond.

Winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen body of water in a roundel composition; a church and trees in the f…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Etching of a man reaching toward a fallen column beside a seated man, with ruined arches and a bare tree behind.

A man reaches toward a fallen column, a seated man beside him, trees and ruins beyond, frontispiece from "Views of It…

Israël Silvestre, 1645

Engraving of a formal French garden with a central fountain, scrolled parterres, strolling figures, pavilions, and forest bey

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demie Lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Etching of two travelers passing classical ruins and columns overgrown with trees, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Travelers Visiting Ruins

Gabriel Perrelle, mid-17th century

Engraving of two laughing satyrs pinning a drawing to a tree, a globe beneath one, with a bearded man and woman watching.

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at…

Claude Mellan, ca. 1636-45

Engraved title page of a Chinese children's games collection, showing a smiling man holding a cloth inscribed with the title

Title page: a smiling man holds a corner of a cloth tied to a fig tree and points with a stick to the cloth's inscrip…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1759

Etching of two men by an ancient relief-carved sarcophagus, with a pyramid and cypress trees behind and a sleeping man at rig

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagu…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Sepia etching of a title page: an inscribed pedestal draped in ivy, topped by a satyr-head vase, flanked by trees and ruins.

Title page: a wall in center surrounded by ruins and poplar trees, surmounted by a vase decorated with the head of a…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Sepia etching of a classical female bust on a pedestal among trees, with a fallen amphora in the foreground.

Plate 2: The Bust: a bust of a female wearing a diadem at top left, two amphoras at bottom left, surrounded by trees…

Hubert Robert, 1764

Etching of a standing lion beside a tree, with a bird flying overhead and a distant landscape with ruins.

Plate 4 from "The Lions"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of a woman in period dress walking with a dog standing on its hind legs beside a tree and a pastoral landscape.

A shepherdess, accompanied by her dog, dancing to the sound of a musette

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1640

Etching of a billy goat standing with a nanny goat and two resting kids beside a wooden fence and a tree.

Four goats; at the back a nanny goat lies on the ground, in the middle a billy goat stands, in the front two kids lie…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of four sheep, three lying and one standing, beside a thatched shed and a large tree.

Four sheep, one sheep stands among three others lying on the ground next to a shed with thatched roof and open door

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Etching of a large tree with exposed roots by a stream, a man walking with cattle, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Tree with roots laid bare alongside a stream, a hilly landscape and a man walking behind quadrupeds beyond

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Etching of a walled village on a hill with a church spire at left, trees and a grassy slope in the foreground.

Walled village on a hill, with church at left and buildings constructed on the downslope at right, trees and hillside…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Etching of a cow, sheep and lamb resting in grass, with a shepherd peering from behind a tree and a village on a hill.

Cow, adult sheep, and young sheep lying in the grass; beyond, a shepherd stands partially behind a tree

Karel Dujardin, 1656

Etching of a landscape framed by two large trees, with a rocky cliff, a river, and goats in the foreground right.

Landscape flanked by trees in the left and right foreground, silhouettes of two goats, a river with cliffs beyond, fr…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of Saint John the Baptist with a halo, holding a staff beside a resting lamb in an oval wooded landscape.

Saint John the Baptist

Balthazar Moncornet, 17th century

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stone pedestal, vases, standing man, seated figure, dog, and distant castle.

Nancy, from "Diverses Veue et Perspectives nouvelles de Rome, Paris et des autres lieux"

Israël Silvestre, 1640-79

Engraving of a seated woman in period dress holding a closed fan, with a drawn curtain and a tree and clouds behind her.

A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1710-41

Etched print of a standing officer in a long coat and tricorn hat with a sword, trees behind him.

Man in officer's dress, with sword hanging at left hip, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, t…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1700-39