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National Gallery of Art

391 works

Brown wash drawing of a forest clearing with tall trees, a small figure on a path, and a pale distant sky.

A Clearing in a Forest

John Varley, late 1830s

Pencil drawing of a valley with mountains, a village, and a seated couple beneath windswept trees in the foreground.

An Alpine Landscape with a Couple Seated by Trees Overlooking a Valley

Benjamin West, 1760/1763

Pencil sketch of a row of leafy trees along a horizon above an open field with bare trunks in the foreground.

Landscape with Trees

Paul Cézanne, 1895/1898

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall conifer on a mound, with distant hills and village buildings on a yellow-ochre ground.

Study of Trees in a Landscape

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a stream winding through a gnarled ancient forest toward distant hills.

Stream through an Ancient Forest

Pencil sketch of a pine tree with twisting branches and hatched foliage on an open sketchbook page.

Pine Tree

Paul Cézanne, 1882/1885

Brown wash drawing of a dense stand of trees with a pencil sketch of trees and figures in the upper right corner.

A Stand of Trees [recto]

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two walking figures, a small bridge over a stream, and a wooden fence.

Wooded Landscape with a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Pencil sketch of trees and shrubs on a sloping hillside, drawn loosely across a sketchbook page.

Trees and Shrubs

Paul Cézanne, 1883/1887

Blue monochrome drawing of river rapids below wooded rock cliffs, with a wooden bridge and figures at right.

River Rapids by Wooded Cliffs

Claude Louis Châtelet, c. 1780

Etching of a peasant couple seated under a tree, the man pouring from a jug into a bowl, with a distant town at right.

Peasant Couple Sitting under a Tree

Willem Basse, c. 1630/1660

Pencil study on tan paper: a loose conifer branch at upper left and a stylized leafy border sprig at right.

Study for a Border Design with a Sketch of a Tree

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Engraved ornamental border with robed figures among vines framing a blank central panel, with a Virgin and Child at top.

Border Illustration for the Missale Romanum: The Tree of Jesse

Theodor Galle after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1613

Engraved border with kings, prophets and the Virgin and Child among vine leaves, framing an empty central field.

Border Illustration with the Tree of Jesse

Unknown artist, 1613/1646

Pen and ink landscape with a gnarled tree, a fisherman in a boat, a distant village and mountain under cloudy sky.

Landscape with Gnarled Trees and Fisherman

Circle of Jacques de Gheyn, 1620s?

Red chalk drawing of a large old tree over fallen logs, with a herdsman and cattle on a hill in the distance.

Ancient Trees in a Pastoral Landscape

Karl Schallhas, 1790/1795

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a shadowy forest interior with large trees, a fallen log, and grass.

Forest Interior

Unknown artist, c. 1610

Etching of a female satyr nursing a child in a wooded landscape, with a second child and garland at lower left.

Female Satyr Nursing a Child in a Wooded Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Lithograph of two laden men with walking sticks trudging across bare ground toward distant trees.

A la recherche d'une forêt en Champagne (In Search of a Forest in Champagne)

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Red chalk drawing of a walled town with a tower and cypress trees beside a winding path under a cloudy sky.

An Italian Walled Town Seen through Trees

François Lemoyne, c. 1724

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone tower on a rocky hill with trees and wooded hills receding into a hazy sky.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Loose colored crayon sketch of two standing nude women among angular green and teal forest strokes.

Two Nudes in a Forest

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Pastel drawing of chestnut trees with yellow-green foliage on a hillside above a river and distant hills.

Chestnut Trees above a River

Louis Auguste Lepère, c.1900

Pencil sketch of a gnarled ancient tree with a split trunk and small figures in a landscape at its base.

An Ancient Tree with Figures in a Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1835

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Ink and chalk drawing of a leafy oak beside a woodland path, with white highlights on the trunk and branches.

A Leafy Oak by a Woodland Path

Johann Caspar Huber, 1780s

Pencil and wash sketch of a ruined tower among wooded hills under a cloudy sky, with a bare tree in the foreground.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Watercolor of a rocky alpine valley with tall evergreen trees, boulders, and jagged peaks under a cloudy sky.

An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

Gustave Doré, 1876

Muted watercolor landscape of wooded cliffs, a shallow river, a stone arched bridge, and small figures under misty grey sky.

Wooded Cliffs along a Riverbank

Johann Caspar Huber, 1796

Drawing of a wide flat landscape with a church tower and village, seen from under trees in the foreground.

Extensive Landscape Seen from the Edge of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 1666