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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,079 works

Lithograph of a standing man and seated woman in a room with rain falling past the window, by Honoré Daumier.

We are approaching mid-November when the weather starts getting nasty, from 'The countryside gentlemen,' published in…

Honoré Daumier, November 28, 1864

Red chalk drawing of a wooded path with a large tree at left, a small figure walking, and a cottage among trees.

Wooded Landscape

Friedrich August Brand, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a shadowed wooded ravine with a creek flowing toward a bright waterfall beneath overhanging trees.

Wooded Landscape with a Creek

Christoph Nathe, 1770-1806

Grey wash drawing of centaurs by a pond beneath tall, twisting trees with hills in the distance.

Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1824-78

Watercolor of a forest stream with a small waterfall, a leaning mossy tree, and several figures resting on the banks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Friedrich Christian Klass, late 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a large tree with two seated travelers, a walking figure on a path, and a distant town.

Landscape with Wayfarers

Ferdinand Kobell, 1740-99

Grey wash drawing of rocky landscape with ruins, a windswept pine, a thatched cottage and pale cliffs under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a ruin near Mödling

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1796

Grey wash drawing of an idealized landscape with cliffs, a waterfall, grazing cows, a lake, and a distant temple.

Ideal Landscape with a Shepherd and Cows

Johann Christian Klengel, 1770-1824

Etching of a ruined stone tower and wall beside a tall poplar and leafy trees on a rocky bank.

Rustic Landscape

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of a ruined stone arch and broken column among shrubs and cypress trees in a rustic landscape.

Rustic Landscape with Stone Monument

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of two women conversing on a grassy bank by a stream, with a dog and trees in the background.

Two Women in a Landscape

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a grazing cow beside a tree under storm clouds, with a shaft of light over flat fields and a distant spire.

Landscape with Storm

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing with tall trees, a winding road, a river, a distant building and hills.

Classical Landscape with a Building and a River

Abraham Genoels, 17th-early 18th century

Ink and white heightening study of a broken, splintered tree trunk with twisted branches on a blue-grey ground.

Study of a Blasted Tree Trunk and Branches

Simon de Vlieger, 1600-1653

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a pedimented temple, two small figures, trees, a rocky outcrop and distant mountains.

Landscape with a Pedimented Temple and Two Figures

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winter landscape with two peasants walking on a road past gabled houses and bare trees.

Winter Landscape with Two Peasants Walking

August Dahlsteen, 1710-69

Brown wash drawing of hunters resting by a campfire in a night forest, with pack horses and a moonlit sky.

Hunters resting in a forest at night

Kilian Christoffer Zoll, 1830-60

Etching of a rustic cottage with thatched roof, figures, chickens, a ruined tower and a river with a sailboat.

Rustic Landscape

Nicolas Pérignon the Elder, 1772

Lithograph of a Parisian couple in a top hat and wide hat walking past haystacks in a countryside field.

A Summer Sketch: Parisians in the Countryside

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Etching of a rocky forest clearing with a large boulder, fallen log, bare tree, and a small figure by the stone.

Simplicius in der Waldeinöde, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of an old bearded man and a young girl reading a book together in a forest hut surrounded by trees and rocks.

Simplici Schreibstunde, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etched landscape of a country road lined with windswept trees, a fence, and distant houses under an open sky.

Landscape after Dürer

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, n.d.

Sepia drawing of an armored warrior raising a sword among fallen figures, with a winged figure flying overhead in clouds.

Rinaldo in the Enchanted Forest

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1763

Pencil drawing of a classical landscape with tall trees, draped figures by a fountain, and a building beside water.

Classical Landscape with Women at a Fountain

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a gnarled tree with twisting branches and feathery foliage on pale paper.

Study of a Tree

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded river landscape with a stone bridge, a tower, and large framing trees.

Ancient buildings next to water in the woods (recto); A variation of the same landscape in reverse (verso)

Robert Adam, 1740-55

Engraving of a gentleman seen from behind in a plumed hat, pointing toward a landscape with a castle, bridge and river.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Indicating a Landscape

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a plain with a hilltop town on the right and tall trees on the left, with faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pencil drawing of a stage backdrop with palm trees, a stone column, and distant pyramids over a grid.

Design for a Stage Set: Backdrop of Tropical Landscape

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90