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National Gallery of Art

391 works

Watercolor of leaning trees arching over a green river with reflections and a cow on the bank.

Trees over the River Frome at Stapleton

James Jackson Curnock, 1862

Charcoal drawing of a wooded pond with a stone arched sluice, and a fisherman standing in a rowboat fishing.

Wooded Pond by the Ancient Sluice of Levaux near Vienne

Adolphe Appian, 1861

Lithograph of a landscape with a tree trunk, broad leaves, a hillside and distant buildings under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Tree Trunk

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a man reaching among tree branches while pruning, seen from behind.

Man Pruning a Tree

Pastel drawing of a hillside path beside a tree with pink blossoms under a gray, overcast sky.

A Hillside Path with Blooming Cherry Trees under an Overcast Sky

Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1905

Print of a rocky forest floor with large ferns, mushrooms, a dead tree on the right and conifers fading into the distance.

Hilly Forest View with a Fern

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Brown wash drawing of two gnarled oak trunks twisting together under a leafy canopy, with faint background trees and undergro

Two Intertwined Oak Trees

Johann Christian Reinhart, c. 1800

Etching of a farmhouse on a grassy rise beside a large tree trunk in the right foreground, under striated clouds.

Farm with a Large Tree (La Ferme au Grand Arbre)

Alphonse Legros, mid-19th century

Ink and brown wash drawing of gnarled, bare tree trunks arching over a pool with a heron and distant hills.

Tree Trunks

Thomas Cole, 1825-1840

Pencil sketch of tall oak trees with leafy canopies and trunks above low undergrowth, on tan paper.

Oaks, Wolf Hill, Ulster County

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Graphite sketch of large oak trees in a field, with a seated figure at the trunk and a standing man with a staff at left.

By the Old Oak Trees

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1839

Pencil drawing of three trees in a meadow beside a shallow stream with reeds in the foreground.

Landscape with Three Trees

James Wells Champney, 1863

Pencil drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping branches rising from sloping ground, dated 1867.

Trees, West Virginia

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree with leafy branches and two small figures standing on open ground at lower right.

Tree Near the Shore

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Watercolor of a gnarled ancient tree beside a path, with a small boy standing at its base under a pale sky.

Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Giovanni Costa, 1850s

Pencil sketch of a leaning tree with broken branches over a grassy field and distant hills, dated June 1866.

Trees, Hudson

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1866

Pen and ink drawing of a gnarled pollard willow beside a stream, with bushes, fallen branches and birds in the sky.

A Pollard Willow by a Stream

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840

Pen and watercolor study of a dense stand of pine trees on a grassy slope, with faint sketched outlines of hills and trees.

A Study of Pine Trees

Johann Jakob Dorner the younger, c. 1820

Loose watercolor study of a leafy tree with green and brown foliage and visible branches on tan paper.

Tree [verso]

Jr Enoch Wood Perry, c. 1870-1900

Etching of a large beech tree with a hollow trunk, three robed figures below, and the Virgin and Christ Child appearing on a

Apparition of the Virgin in the Beech Tree (Faggio dell'apparizione della Vergine) [plate P]

Jacopo Ligozzi, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Lino Moroni, 1612

Engraved plate of a brick chapel with an arched niche holding a tree, set in woodland, with three figures on the path below.

Chapel of the Spring in the Beech Tree (Cappella del faggio dell'acqua) [plate Q]

Jacopo Ligozzi, Anonymous engraver possibly Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni, 1612

Etching of a large oak beside a ravine, with grazing cows and a herdsman on a hill at right and a distant village.

Le chêne au ravin (Oak Tree by a Ravine)

Eugène Bléry, 1845

Engraving of a large beech tree with a hanging bell beside a small chapel, with monks and a walking man on rocks.

Beech Tree with the Bell (Faggio della campana) [plate X]

Jacopo Ligozzi, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Lino Moroni, 1612

Watercolor of an autumn forest with bare birch trees, mossy rocks, a dirt path, and birds flying across a cloudy sky.

Autumn Landscape in the Forest of Fontainebleau

Auguste Allongé, c. 1860

Drawing of tall trees framing a river and grassy bank, with a small figure near the water under an overcast sky.

Wooded Landscape beside a River

Henri Harpignies, 1861

Grey wash drawing of large gnarled trees arching over a woodland path, with a bright clearing in the distance.

Trees at Fordland, Devon

John White Abbott, 1841

Charcoal drawing of tall trees by a river with a rowboat and figure in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Three Tall Trees

Auguste Allongé, c. 1860

Engraved forest landscape with travelers resting near a rustic hut, ruined stone arches, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Travelers Resting in a Forest near a Hut

Pieter Stevens Aegidius Sadeler II, late 16th/early 17th century

Engraved print of a seated man in a forest beside an easel with a painting of a stag, with German verse below.

Self-Portrait of the Artist's Father in a Forest

after Johann Elias Ridinger Martin Elias Ridinger, after 1767

Grey wash drawing with red chalk of a young boy in a hat seated on a bank beneath a tree, with distant hills at left.

A Young Boy Seated Beneath a Tree

John Hoppner, c. 1790s/1810