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National Gallery of Art

433 works

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a bonnet sewing while a small dog rests on her lap.

Young Woman Sewing with a Dog Resting on Her Lap

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1750s(?)

Engraving of Thisbe fleeing a lion in a mountain landscape with a tree, temple, distant city and stormy sky.

Thisbe Frightened by the Lion

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1615

Drawing of nude Adam and Eve embracing amid two sheep and two doves on a red patterned ground with gold scrollwork.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with Two Sheep and Two Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Etching of a horse at a wooden post with a seated man in a hat, set in a hilly landscape.

A Pissing Horse Bound to a Post

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Red chalk sketch of a reclining dog with its head resting at lower right, drawn in loose feathery strokes.

A Dog

Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760

Adam and Eve stand nude on a red patterned ground with a pair of sheep and two doves in the corners.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Etching of a man in a broad hat leading a saddled horse past a stone building, with a dog and a second horse nearby.

A Pissing Horse Held by a Man

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Poster of a black cat with a red ornamental halo, above French text advertising the Chat Noir company and Rodolphe Salis.

Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir (Poster for the Company of the Black Cat)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1896

Daumier lithograph, 1856: a man in a cap coaxes a reluctant horse toward a butcher's block, with hanging pans behind.

Un animal rempli de modestie...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Watercolor drawing of two lions resting in a sandy clearing beside rocks and pale tree trunks.

Sleeping Lions

Antoine-Louis Barye, possibly 1830s

Etching of cattle grazing on a riverbank at dusk, with trees, a herder, ducks on the water, and birds in the sky.

Cattle at Dusk

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Daumier lithograph of a frightened Parisian hunter crouched with a rifle between two lions on rocky ground.

Parisien commencant a regretter ... la chasse au lion ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Graphite sketch of two men shoeing a horse before a dark stable, with a second horse and resting dogs sketched below.

Men Shoeing a Horse

Walter Shirlaw, late 19th century

Pencil sheet with multiple studies of cattle in various poses, a longhorn head, and a small standing figure.

Studies of Cattle

John Singer Sargent, c. 1872

Horse

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Lithograph of a large weary lion at a cave mouth, watched by a standing man in a coat and small figures near its paws.

L'antre du lion

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Pencil sketch studies of horses and a farrier bending to shoe a horse's hoof, on tan paper.

Studies for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Pencil sketch on an oval sheet showing several studies of dogs and a seated boy in a hat at lower center.

Studies of Dogs and a Seated Boy [recto]

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man with a cane facing a wide-eyed lion on a wooden cart, satirical hunting scene.

Pour s'habiteur a attendre le lion ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Etching of a wooded landscape with a flock of birds overhead, a stone path, a shrine, and robed figures walking.

The Salutation of the Birds (Il Saluto degli uccelli) [plate C]

Lino Moroni, 1612

Blue-toned drawing of rococo arabesques with putti, jesters, garlands, birds, squirrels, and female figures.

Arabesques with Frolicking Putti, Animals, and Jesters

Unknown artist, c. 1750

Daumier lithograph of a couple at a dinner table with a small dog and a wine bottle, drawn in heavy black ink.

Monsieur a sa bête, Madame son animal...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Lithograph of winged Cupid with bow and quiver subduing a lion beside a rocky mountain landscape.

L’Amour terrassant un lion (Personification of Love Vanquishing a Lion)

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1825

Engraving of an elephant, two lions, a leopard, a bull, a goat, a sheep and a dog across hilly terrain.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Table II]

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1547-1577

Lithograph of a startled hunter with raised hands beside a crouching dog and tree, while another hunter walks in the field.

Faut-il qu'un animal soit bête

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Engraved plate of camels, a giraffe and elephants with riders on a hilly landscape, numbered Plate III.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Plate III]

Unknown artist, 1547-1577

Engraving of an elephant, a bull, several lions and a deer arranged across a hilly landscape on a book page.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Table I]

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1547-1577

Daumier lithograph: a spiked-suited man beside a rifle and a man inside a dome-shaped wire cage, satirizing lion hunting gear

Nouveaux équipements pour la chasse au lion

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pencil sketch on an oval sheet of several men: a standing figure with raised arm, a top-hatted man, and a small portrait head

Studies of Dogs and Men [verso]

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Drawing of an imaginary classical colonnade with Corinthian columns, vaulted ceilings, and a small soldier with a dog below.

Architectural Capriccio with a Soldier and Dog

Vittorio Maria Bigari, mid-18th century