Pastoral Scenes

This 17th-century ink and wash landscape by Zha Shibiao captures a moment of quiet industry in the rural Chinese countryside.

A peaceful 19th-century French landscape capturing the quiet beauty of the Marne riverbank with soft, impressionistic brushwork.

This 18th-century landscape captures the serene enclosure of the Chartreux in Paris, marked by a prominent windmill and a distant cityscape.

This 17th-century Dutch landscape captures a serene moment of pastoral life bathed in warm, atmospheric light.

A luminous Impressionist study of light and water along the Loing river by Alfred Sisley.

A serene 19th-century landscape capturing a quiet moment on a riverbank with figures and a rowboat.

An elegant 18th-century Danish landscape depicting a tranquil rural scene with figures and a distant coastal view.

This luminous late 19th-century landscape captures the quiet beauty of a Spanish riverbank with delicate, atmospheric brushwork.

This 1884 landscape by Claude Monet captures the luminous, airy atmosphere of the Italian Alps with soft, rhythmic brushstrokes.

A nostalgic and sun-filled watercolor by Winslow Homer capturing a tranquil afternoon of berry picking by the sea.

A hallmark of Impressionism, this iconic landscape captures the fleeting beauty of a poppy-filled meadow in the French countryside.

An expansive 19th-century landscape painting of a lush valley under a soft, cloud-filled sky.