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National Gallery of Art

1,541 works

Watercolor of a cornfield at sunset with haystacks, a large tree on the left, and birds flying under a lavender sky.

A Cornfield at Sunset

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Pale watercolor landscape with blue misty mountains, a white tower building at left, and a stream in the foreground.

A Landscape with Mountains and a Stream

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Engraved landscape with a large tree, shepherds with sheep and goats, rocky bank, and distant hills and church tower.

Landscape with Shepherds

Watercolor of a large feathery tree before a distant mountain peak, with a flat plain and misty horizon.

Two Ancient Trees before a Mountain Peak

attributed to Jules Dupré, c. 1830

Charcoal sketch of rocky boulders and scrubby vegetation in a mountain landscape, by Egon Schiele, 1917.

Mountain Stream

Egon Schiele, 1917

Watercolor landscape of a valley at sunset with blue cypress trees and rolling hills in pointillist dots.

A Broad Valley at Sunset

Hippolyte Petitjean, c. 1897

Etching of a snowy hillside landscape with bare trees and several deer grazing and walking across the fields.

Wintry Fields

Harold Denison, 1936

Etching of a nude bound figure, arm raised, leaning against a hatched tree trunk with a draped cloth at the hips.

St. Sebastian, Bound to a Tree

Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1589

Etching of a large oak tree over a rowboat with three nude figures, dense foliage and clouds in the sky.

Landscape with Nudes Boarding a Boat

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1799

Engraving of a huge tree with two draped figures at its base and a distant temple and lake beyond.

Italian Landscape with a Pair of Shepherds

Johann Heinrich Meyer, 1795

Engraved landscape with a river, dense trees, reclining figures in the foreground, and distant hills under clouds.

Landscape

after Jacques Rousseau Elisha Kirkall, 1733/1742

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Grey wash drawing of a wooded valley with tall trees, a winding stream, and mountain slopes under a pale sky.

Sunlit Trees in a Valley near Lacoux

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1840

Drawing of a stand of tall trees with pale trunks and spreading branches in brown wash on blue-grey paper.

A Stand of Birch Trees

Johann Caspar Huber

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit path beside a forest edge with birch trees and grazing animals on a slope.

A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

Carl Wagner, 1861

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountains with trees and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Richter, c. 1824

Sepia print of a gnarled old oak tree beside a wooden fence, with distant houses and hills under a cloudy sky.

Ancient Oaks in a Landscape

after Jan Wijnants Wilhelm von Kobell, 1792

Etched landscape of a hamlet on a hillside overlooking a wide valley with fields, trees, a distant town and clouds.

Hamlet in a Valley

Anthonie Waterloo and Johannes Ruischer

Etching of a large tree beside a path leading to village houses on a hill, with a river and distant windmill.

A Village on a Hill

Anthonie Waterloo

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in a landscape with animals, a village, and an angel in the clouds.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Aegidius Sadeler II after Albrecht Dürer, c. 1598

Engraving of women turning into poplar trees beside a swan at a river, with a classical building behind them.

Phaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, and Cygnus into a Swan

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Mercury raising a sword over sleeping Argus under a tree, with a cow and dog beside them.

Landscape with Mercury Raising His Sword to Kill a Sleeping Argus

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Daphne transforming into a laurel as Apollo pursues her across a mountain landscape, with Cupid flying above.

Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Etching of an arcadian landscape with large oaks, a willow, a pond, a classical temple, and a satyr family with a sheep.

Arcadian Landscape with a Satyr Family

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1759-1835

Pen and wash drawing of the hilltop town of Ariccia with a domed church and arched aqueduct across a valley.

Ariccia Seen from across a Valley

August Christian Geist, 1866

Watercolor landscape of ruins on a rocky hill above a valley, with a wooden bridge, grazing cattle and a thatched cottage.

The Ruins of the Monastery of Oybin in the Zittau Mountains

Philipp Veith, 1792

Watercolor of a sunlit mountain valley with craggy cliffs and trees, with a seated man at lower right.

A Seated Man Contemplating a Sunlit Mountain Valley

Jakob Alt, c. 1825

Pen and wash drawing of classical ruins, fallen columns, a wind-bent palm, and a river winding toward a distant mountain.

Antique Ruins along a Mountain Coast

Johann Franz Ermels, 1670s

Grey and white chalk drawing of forest treetops on blue-grey paper, with light striking the foliage on the right.

Forest Treetops Struck by Light

Heinrich Rieter, c. 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop church with a bell tower, cypress tree, and brick arches in the foreground.

The Church of S. Gregorio Magno on the Celian Hill (verso)

Antonie van den Wyngaerde, 1553