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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,817 works

Grey wash drawing of a rider, horse-drawn wagon, and dog on a road, with an obelisk and tower in the distant landscape.

Travellers and wagons fording a river in a Southern landscape

Hendrik Verschuring, ca. 1646-62

Pencil drawing of travelers on a dirt road beside large trees, with a horse-drawn carriage and hills in the distance.

Figures on a Road

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a village on an estuary with trees, figures, a rowing boat on the shore, and a distant sailboat under a clo

Village on an estuary, with a rowing boat on the shore

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Etching of a torchlit procession of mounted riders, soldiers with torches, and carriages moving across an open field.

Torchlight Procession at the Modena Carrousel

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Engraving of a young man bowed over a pipe, surrounded by a pack of wolves on a rocky ledge in a forest.

The Wolf-Charmer

John La Farge, 1867

Engraving of three robed wise men gazing at a bright star over a desert plain, with horses and camels in the background.

The Wise Men out of the East

John La Farge, 1868

Etched map of the Siege of Saint-Omer with a lettered key, fortifications, ships at sea, and officers studying a map in the f

Siege of Saint-Omer

Stefano Della Bella, 1638

Etching of a young woman, an old man, a monkey and an ox beside a tree and a stone trough with horse heads.

Young shepherdess and old man with a monkey, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Ink sketch of a mounted officer in a bicorne hat on a rearing horse, with a fallen soldier and battlefield below.

Battlefield with Soldier on Horseback (Napoleon?)

Antoine-Jean Gros, ca.1810

Drawing of a bearded clergyman in an oval medallion framed by allegorical figures, putti, and a coat of arms.

Portrait of Johann Schweickhardt von Kronberg, Archbishop of Mainz

Gerhard Brück, early 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

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

Engraving of a sower scattering seed over rocky ground, with birds in flight and feeding and pine trees at left.

The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak carrying a bundle of stalks across a dark field at night, a wolf watching nearby.

The Tares (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Wood engraving of a bent farmer guiding a plow pulled by two oxen across a furrowed field under an open sky.

The Hidden Treasure (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a cloaked man with a loaf of bread at a door, a dog beside him, and a fence under a stormy sky.

The Importunate Friend (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a ragged bearded man with dogs in foreground, and feasting figures at a table in a dim hall behind.

The Rich Man and Lazarus (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a lion watching a prone shepherd in thistle-covered grass while sheep flee across a hilly landscape.

The Good Shepherd (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of an elegant salon with columns, a chandelier, and fashionably dressed figures gathered at tables beside two dogs.

L'Assemblee au Salon

François Nicolas Barthélemy Dequevauviller, N.D.

Grey wash drawing of a bare-chested figure and kneeling men in a prison courtyard with mosque minarets behind.

An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria

Jan Goeree, ca. 1706

Lithograph of a proposed horse-drawn rail road on Broadway with a street scene, track section, and streetcar views.

Proposed Rail Road for Broadway

H. A. Harvey, 1848

Black chalk and white heightening on blue paper: two seated male figures in a wooded landscape beside a lying cow.

Mercury and Argus

Januarius Zick, mid-18th-late 18th 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

Grey wash drawing of crucified Christ above an armored warrior, allegorical figures, a lion, and Latin inscriptions.

Allegory of Christian Virtues

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Etching of a tavern courtyard beneath large trees, with seated diners, a rider on horseback and figures near a low building.

A Tavern at Monte Testaccio

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1793

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 an arena theater filled with spectators, a triumphal car at center, and horsemen in formation at the corners.

Theater at Modena, seen from above and filled with spectators, with a triumphal car at center and horses in formation…

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a crowned allegorical woman with scepter riding a chariot pulled by two horses, with French text below.

Allegory of Europe, from "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched card showing a feathered allegorical woman holding a shield with three lions, with French caption Grande Bretagne belo

Grande Bretagne, from "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644