Gardens
Gardens in Art
Clipped hedges, fountains, flower beds and shaded paths — the garden is where painting goes to relax. Tranquil corners of the collection’s gardens, up close.
20 details · cropped from original museum images
Overall view of George Sand's Garden at Nohant
Eugène Delacroix · George Sand's Garden at Nohant
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
rose hedge
Wilhelm Trübner · Rose Hedge
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Semicircular design of the Great Fountain Garden
Jan Kip (Dutch, c. 1653-1722) · Hampton Court, plate six from Britannia Illustrata
Art Institute of Chicago
geometric garden beds
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) · The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo
Art Institute of Chicago
Formal parterre garden
Jan Kip (Dutch, c. 1653-1722) · Cashiobury, plate 28 from Britannia Illustrata
Art Institute of Chicago
Palermo cityscape and harbor
Anthony van Dyck · Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Geometric formal garden
Jan van der Heyden · The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden (View from the South)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
colorful flower bed
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895) · Woman in a Garden
Art Institute of Chicago
fence or hedge
Vincent van Gogh · Landscape at Arles
Art Institute of Chicago
foreground kitchen garden
Camille Pissarro · A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
dark green foreground hedge
Henri Rousseau · Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris
Art Institute of Chicago
Dark hedge background
George Hitchcock (American, 1850–1913) · The Annunciation
Art Institute of Chicago
Garden greenery visible outside
Edgar Degas · Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Enclosed garden (Hortus Conclusus)
Fra Filippo Lippi · The Annunciation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hedge rows dividing valley fields
John Linnell · Underriver–The Golden Valley
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
background hedge and trees
Vincent van Gogh · Tetards (Pollards)
Art Institute of Chicago
hedgerow-like vegetation
Robert William Vonnoh · Spring in France
Art Institute of Chicago
red flower bed on the right
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · The Artist's House at Argenteuil
Art Institute of Chicago
flower bed around the fountain
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta · Masquerade Ball at the Ritz Hotel, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
lush garden vegetation
India · Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari
Art Institute of Chicago