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National Gallery of Art

391 works

Engraved emblem of a tree of life with Christ at top, scripture texts on branches, skeleton and feast scenes in the trunk.

The Tree of Man's Life

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with arrows piercing his body, by Albrecht Dürer.

Saint Sebastian Bound to the Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1500/1501

Circular woodcut of a couple embracing among trees, with a large animal on the right and an armored figure at left.

The Embrace (A Couple of Lovers by a Tree)

Attributed to Hans Springinklee

Watercolor drawing of a stream cascading over rocks in a dense mountain forest with tall trees and foliage.

Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1797

Engraving of Saint Jerome praying at a table with a sleeping lion at his feet beside a pollard willow, dated 1512.

Saint Jerome by the Pollard Willow

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Etching of a windswept lone tree with bare twisted branches beside a tree stump in a grassy field.

Lone Tree

Lithograph of a forest waterfall with rocky cliffs, dense trees, and two small figures standing on a boulder.

Forest Stream near Teissnach

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1810

Lithograph of a winding forest road lined with birch trees, with light breaking through the trees in the distance.

Landscape with Birch Trees (Le paysage aux bouleaux)

Alphonse Legros, 1878

Engraving of two couples walking in a forest, one man gesturing as he talks, with bare trees behind them.

The Two Couples in the Forest

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1509

Pen and ink drawing of a steep rocky hillside with dead and fallen trees, signed by Adolphe Viollet-le-Duc.

A Rocky Hillside with Dead and Dying Trees

Adolphe Viollet-le-Duc

Etching of a rural landscape with two tall trees, farm buildings, and a rainy sky on the right.

Landscape with Two Trees (Paysage aux deux arbres)

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of a young man seated on rocks, arm around a palm tree, with bare branches and a small animal nearby.

Man Seated by a Palm Tree

Benedetto Montagna, c. 1510/1515

Etching of wind-bent trees, a fallen branch, a reclining figure, and a smoking mountain under a stormy sky.

The Withered Tree

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Etching of two kneeling women in headscarves at the foot of a tree with papers pinned to its trunk, clogs beside them.

The Tree of Salvation (L'arbe de salut)

Alphonse Legros

Oval engraved portrait of a cardinal in robes and white collar with a cross, inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Cardinal d'Estrees

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Pencil sketch of a seated man and woman under a tree with a dog at their feet and a figure in the background.

Lovers under a Tree

John Everett Millais, 1840

Etching of a boy perched in a large tree with a walking stick on the ground below and dense foliage around.

Landscape with a Boy in a Tree (Paysage avec un garcon gimpe sur un arbre dite "Le denicher d'oiseaux)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched farm buildings, trees, wooden posts and a distant tower under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings and a Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1651

Pen and ink drawing of a flooded forest with leaning trees, still water, and two small figures near the trunks.

Flooding in the Forest of the Ile Séguin

Paul Huet, 1833

Etching of a forest edge with a large gnarled tree on the left and slender trees receding into an open landscape.

In the Forest (Lisiere de foret)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of three trees on a hill above a flat plain, with a dramatic stormy sky and distant windmill.

The Three Trees

William Byron after Rembrandt van Rijn, 18th century

Twilight landscape drawing of a wooded lake with a Gothic abbey spire rising at right beneath a streaked sky.

An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight

Paul Huet, 1831

Etching of tall poplar trees lining a marshy riverbank, with a small rowboat on the grass in the foreground.

Poplars near Amiens (Pres d'Amiens, les tourbieres)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a kneeling bearded man praying under a large tree, with a crucifix at left and a small church at upper right.

Saint Francis beneath a Tree Praying

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657

Etching of windblown apple trees in an open field with two figures on a path under a hatched cloudy sky.

Apple Trees in Auvers (Pommiers a Auvers)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1877

Etching of a dense forest with large gnarled tree trunks framing a sunlit clearing and distant hills.

In the Forest of Conteville (Dans la foret de Conteville)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a tall tree, a small figure below, and a shadowed head in a cap on the right.

Sheet with Two Studies: a Tree, and the Upper Part of a Head of the Artist Wearing a Velvet Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1642

Pen and ink drawing of a pollard willow beside a stream, with shrubs, clouds and a flock of birds in the sky.

A Pollard Willow by a Stream

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of a centaur carrying a tree trunk across a rocky landscape under a cloudy sky.

Centaur Carrying a Tree Trunk

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of the Madonna and infant Christ under a palm tree with a kneeling boy holding a cross and a distant lakeside town.

Madonna under a Palm Tree

Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael