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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Pen and brown wash drawing with two scenes: a giant blinded by men above, and a body on a bier with onlookers below.

Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Engraving of a boy in a ruff collar riding a spaniel and holding a bird on his raised hand beside an oak tree.

The Dog of Goltzius

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Ink sketch in two registers: robed figures and animals above, a crowd confronting a satyr among rocks below.

Apollonius meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; Apollonius Quelling the Ghost of a Satyr in Ethiopia […

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink sketch of a cat standing beside a setting hen on grassy ground, with a bird flying overhead.

A Cat and a Setting Hen

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Red chalk study of a rearing horse with raised head and flowing tail on an octagonal sheet of paper.

Study of a Rearing Horse after Leonardo da Vinci

Francesco Melzi, 1530

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Engraving of a bearded winged figure seated on clouds atop a lion, reading a scroll against radiating light.

Saint Mark, seated on a Lion

Giulio Romano, 1510

Engraving of a braided horse labeled Saxo walking on a hill, with a walled town and river boats behind it.

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of two lions caught in a net as shielded hunters with torches approach through a palm landscape.

Lion trap

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

Engraving of a rearing horse with a braided tail against a distant landscape of hills and buildings, labelled Danus.

A Danish Horse, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraving of two horses, labeled Romanus and Equus Matronalis, before a distant walled city with a bridge.

A Roman Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraving of a rearing horse with a bridle, labeled GALLICVS, with a city and hills in the background.

A French Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraving of fighting horses rearing in a hilly landscape with a wolf at lower left and trees at upper right.

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600