Pastoral

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

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

This serene 18th-century landscape captures a fortified castle along a wide river, set against a backdrop of towering, hazy mountains.

A luminous 18th-century landscape capturing the serene light and quiet activity of a riverbank at dawn.

A breathtaking 18th-century French landscape capturing the vastness of the countryside near Paris with elegant figures in the foreground.

An elegant Rococo landscape featuring the sun-drenched, vine-draped ruins of the Aqua Julia in Rome.

This 18th-century landscape features the picturesque ruins of a Roman temple under a soft, expansive sky.

This delicate watercolor by Thomas Girtin captures the quiet grandeur of a ruined brick gatehouse in the English countryside.

An airy 18th-century watercolor of the rugged Cumbrian landscape, capturing the serene scale of the Borrowdale valley.

This charming Dutch genre scene captures the lively bustle of an outdoor vegetable market amidst sunlit ruins.