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3,059 works

Painting of peasants with water jugs at a waterfall and stone arch, framed by trees, with a village and hills in the distance

Landscape with Peasants at a Fountain

Francesco Zuccarelli

Painting of a stormy sea at sunset with a small boat near rocky cliffs, sunlight breaking through clouds above a silhouetted

Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily

Andreas Achenbach, 1853

Painting of gnarled olive trees on ochre ground with violet shadows and a dotted, swirling sky.

Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painting of a wide river valley with fields, a dirt road, tree clusters, a distant church tower, and cumulus clouds.

Valley of the River Loire

Seated woman in white gown with a harp, lamp at left, and a veiled attendant in shadow beside a column.

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Painting of a couple embracing on a forest swing, a man in red and a woman in white, with irises and butterflies nearby.

Springtime

Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873

Landscape painting of a flat dune terrain with a distant city, church tower, windmills, and travelers under a cloudy sky.

A View of The Hague from the Northwest

Jan van Goyen, 1647

Painting of brown-sailed fishing boats and rowing boats on a calm river under a cloudy sky, by Salomon van Ruysdael.

Fishing Boats on a River

Salomon van Ruysdael, early 1660s

Oil sketch of tall trees along a sunny path, with figures seated and a distant town with church spires beyond.

View near Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington, ca. 1825

Painting of travelers on a woodland path with horses, a covered wagon, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1607

Impressionist painting of haystacks in a sunlit meadow beside tall trees, with a small figure walking under a pale sky.

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1899

Small painting of a hunter with rifle and dog walking along a reedy lake shore toward distant hills at dusk.

An Evening beside Lake Arresø

Johan Thomas Lundbye, ca. 1837

Two men in coats look toward a waterfall at sunset, framed by tall spruce trees and a distant lake.

Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset

Johan Christian Dahl, 1823

Painting of a shaded forest edge with mossy rocks and leafy branches, opening onto a meadow and distant pale mountains.

At the Edge of the Forest

August Heinrich, ca. 1820

Painting of a double rainbow over a classical hillside city, with a shepherd piping beside seated women and grazing goats.

Heroic Landscape with Rainbow

Joseph Anton Koch, 1824

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Painting of a mountain valley under stormy clouds, with dark spruce trees in the foreground and a glowing sunset behind dista

View over Hallingdal

Johan Christian Dahl, 1844

Painting of a shepherd boy in a red cap guiding sheep and a cow beside a tree, with a distant Roman landscape and herd.

Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Oil sketch of a deep valley with several waterfalls falling down steep brown cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.

Gudvangen

Thomas Fearnley, 1839

Painting of snow-capped Canadian Rockies rising above a turquoise lake with fallen logs and pine trees in the foreground.

Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889

Dark nocturnal landscape with a large silhouetted tree over a waterfall and moonlit river beneath a glowing sky.

A Waterfall, Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock, by 1886

Small painting of militia drilling in an open field, with a mounted rider, brick building with flag, and distant city skyline

Militia Drilling

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Painting of Yosemite Valley with granite cliffs, a calm river, pine trees, canoes and grazing horses under cloudy sky.

Merced River, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1866

Painting of a rider on a white horse crossing a river below a rocky cliff, with trees and distant hills under a glowing sky.

The Mountain Ford

Thomas Cole, 1846

Landscape of the Alhambra palace on a hill above Granada, with a procession crossing a stone bridge below.

The Hill of the Alhambra, Granada

Samuel Colman, 1865

Painting of snow-capped mountains above a calm lake with wooded islands and birds in flight.

Mountain Scene

Albert Bierstadt, 1880-90

Landscape with ivy-covered Roman ruins, an arched aqueduct, small figures, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

A View near Tivoli (Morning)

Thomas Cole, 1832

Autumn valley with a winding river, golden meadows, distant hills and a hazy sun under a pale sky.

Pompton Plains, New Jersey

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1867

Painting of Nevada Falls in Yosemite with rushing white water, tall pines, and small figures on a log in the foreground.

Nevada Falls, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1872 or 1873