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National Gallery of Art

391 works

Etching of an elderly man seated with bowed head beneath a large, shadowed bare tree with spreading branches.

Old man, Old Tree (Vieil homme, vieil arbre)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man in a cap bending to cut a slender shrub, with windblown trees and a distant town in the landscape.

Man Cutting a Balm-Tree

Jacques Callot, 1628

Pencil drawing of a leafy tree with a sturdy trunk and spreading branches on tan paper, dated 1839.

Tree

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1839

Narrow etching of a landscape with six trees, three small farmhouses, a fence, and a tower at the right edge.

Landscape with Six Single Trees and Three Small Farm-Houses

Augustin Hirschvogel

Etched landscape with a pollarded willow, a large rocky tree, and a distant town with a church tower under a hatched sky.

Landscape with a Willow

Hanns Lautensack, 1553

Pencil sketch of a tall twisting tree in a glade with smaller trees and undergrowth behind it.

A Glade of Trees

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1835

Engraving of stags and deer in a forest with two monkeys and a rabbit in the foreground.

Stags in the Forest

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Small etched landscape of trees, a house at left, a pool of water and rolling hills under a hatched sky.

Small Gray Landscape: a House and Trees beside a Pool

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640

Brown wash drawing of a large tree beside a pond and rocks, with a distant cottage and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

The Trees, Bedford, New York

Régis François Gignoux, 1849

Etching of tall trees with a small seated woman reading at their base, with an open landscape and distant hills to the right.

Woman Reading: Lesson under the Trees (La liseuse: La lecture sous les arbres)

Alphonse Legros

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a ruff collar and pearl necklace, with a verse inscription below.

Gabrielle D'Estrees, Marquise de Monceaux

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled ancient tree beside fallen logs, with a herder and cattle on a hill beyond.

Ancient Trees in a Pastoral Landscape

Karl Schallhas, 1790

Engraving of the Tree of Man's Life with Christ in a sunburst above, skeleton Death, feasting scene, and scripture labels.

The Tree of Man's Life

after Richard Dey John Goddard, c. 1637 or after

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearl necklaces, framed by flowers, with French verse below.

Gabrielle D'Estrees, Marquise de Montceaux

Pen and wash drawing of a cluster of tall trees with gnarled trunks and foliage above a yellow horizon.

Study of Trees

Lucas van Uden, 1640

Black and white print of slender female figures by a forest pond, with jagged trees and rippling water in bold strokes.

Five Girls at a Forest Pond (Funf Madchen am Waldteich)

Otto Mueller, c. 1919

Etching of a shaded tree-lined avenue with arching branches and small figures walking toward a bright opening.

Under the Oaks

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a large tree, craggy rocks, shrubs and distant hills under an open sky.

Landscape with Trees and Craggy Rocks

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Black and cream print of a walled stone courtyard with a palm tree and houses with a tiled roof.

Courtyard with Tree and Houses (Ummauerter Hof mit Baum und Dachern)

Otto Mueller, 1920/1925

Watercolor landscape of leafy trees above a sandy bank and calm river reflecting the shoreline under a pale sky.

Landscape with Trees and Water

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large tree beside a grassy shore, with a reclining figure and water in the foreground.

Seacoast with a Great Tree

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Black-and-white print of a landscape with a tree at upper right, rippling water at left, and grassy tufts along the shore.

Landscape with Tree and Water (Landschaft mitBaum und Wasser)

Otto Mueller, c. 1920

Two watercolor landscape sketches of large green trees, one with a distant blue hill and path, one with a stormy sky.

Two Sketches of Trees

Attributed to James Bulwer

Brown wash drawing of heavy clouds over a dark band of forest trees along the bottom edge.

Clouds over a Forest

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stream and bare tree stumps under a pale sky.

Gorge with Tree Stumps

John Sell Cotman

Pencil drawing of a hillside with large trees, bare branches, and two small figures on a path below.

Landscape with Trees

after John Sell Cotman Anonymous

Brown wash drawing of a forest edge with dark tree masses, lighter shrubs, and clouds drifting across a pale sky.

Forest Edge on a Brilliant Day

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1800

Etching of tall pine trees and undergrowth in a forest, with a pale sky opening between the trunks.

In the Forest of Fontainebleau (Dans le foret de Fontainebleau)

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of stags and does resting and grazing in a forest clearing beside a pond, with an owl perched in a tree.

Deer in the Forest

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Brown wash drawing of tall tree trunks and dense leafy undergrowth in a forest with light breaking through the canopy.

Trees with Dense Undergrowth

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1800