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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,087 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mountainous river landscape with trees, hills, figures, and a distant village.

Mountainous River Landscape

Jacob Esselens, 17th century

Pencil drawing of two men resting on a log by a lake under a large spreading tree, with boats on the water.

Two Men Resting by a Lake (recto); Studies for Soldiers Mounted on Horseback (verso)

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pencil drawing of a windswept tree on a rocky cliff above a shadowed gorge with mountains and clouds behind.

Broken Tree in Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a river flowing past a rocky cliff and tall trees, with a small waterfall and figure in the distance.

At Nunnery in Cumberland

Joseph Farington, August 20, 1786

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

Etching of a barefoot peasant on a horse drinking at a river, with another rider and a horse on a bank at right.

A barefoot peasant on horseback crossing a river, another peasant on horseback and leading a horse on a bank to right…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of two wooden carts on a dirt road beside a stone house with a thatched roof and hills behind.

Irish cars (Study of two carts in a landscape)

Cornelius Varley, 1800-73

Engraving of a robed bearded man in a crown speaking with a half-naked worker, with onlookers behind them.

The Labourers in the Vineyard (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Moonlit bay with a distant volcano, a small sailboat, and dark trees framing the foreground in a blue-gray drawing.

Virgil's Tomb with a View of the Bay of Naples in the Moonlight

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1860-84

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

Gray wash drawing of a horseman talking to two seated figures by a river, with trees and a village in the distance.

Landscape with Horseman Talking to Seated Figures

Johann Christoph Dietzsch, 1730-68

Pencil drawing of a rocky path with trees, a village, a calm bay and distant hazy mountains under an open sky.

A view of Pozzuoli, seen from the Northeast

Robert Kummer, early 19th-late 19th century

Etching of a man seen from behind beside a leaning tree, with a pond and wooded landscape beyond, by Laurent de La Hyre.

Man Seen From Behind

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etched print of a siege: fortified town with camps and trenches below, a column of soldiers and wagons, and a city skyline ab

Plan and view of the siege of Arras: lower part of the plate with a topographical view with troops in the foreground…

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees, a walled town, and figures in a boat where a man holds up a snake to a child.

Landscape with a man holding a snake to a terrified child, watched by a fashionably dressed couple on the riverbank a…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Watercolor landscape of a monastery beside a lake in a mountain valley, with trees framing the view and a shepherd with sheep

View of the Monastery in Tegernsee seen from the north-east

Johann Georg von Dillis, late 18th-mid 19th century

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

Watercolor of a river winding past tall trees and misty wooded hills under a cloudy sky.

On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey

William Callow, September 30, 1858

Brown wash drawing of ruined castle walls with grazing cattle and sheep and a shepherd in a hilly landscape.

Italianate Landscape with the Ruins of Brederode Castle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

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.