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National Gallery of Art

258 works

Five riders on horseback cross a vast green prairie toward a distant herd under a blue sky with streaked clouds.

Connibos Starting for Wild Horses

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Christ in a rowboat as fishermen haul a full net of fish, with sailing ships and a coastal town on the sea behind.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Jacopo Bassano, 1545

Painting of a roaring lion guarding a dead deer while a snake coils above it beside a forest pool.

Lion Defending its Prey

Edwin Landseer, c. 1840

Oval painting of figures with bows and horses grazing in a grassy clearing beside a dense palm forest.

Indians and Horses in the Forest

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Small painting of a horse, seated figures on a grassy bank, a swimmer and rowboats on a sunlit river.

Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Still life with a glass vase of tulips, a gilded dish of grapes, and dead songbirds and game birds on a table.

Still Life with Flowers, Grapes, and Small Game Birds

Frans Snyders, c. 1615

Engraving of a nude man with a shield watching animals fight, including a lion, dragon, unicorn and boar, by a rocky cliff.

Allegorical Theme: Combat of Animals

Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, c. 1515/1520

Pencil and chalk sketch of cattle grazing on a grassy riverbank with a flat landscape beyond, on gray paper.

River Bank with Cattle

Constant Troyon, 1850

Woodcut print of seven horses in a forest, with a monkey beside an inscribed tablet in the foreground.

Group of Seven Horses

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Etching of a seated woman embracing a child beside a glowing halo, with a cat on a cushion and a man at a window.

The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Pen and ink print of a horse and cart beside a rocky quarry, with a seated man, a dog, and a stone hut.

Horse and Cart in Quarry

Franz Joseph Manskirsch, 1806

Etching of a soldier with a sword beside a saddled horse, an attendant behind him and a dog in the foreground.

Soldier with Horse and Attendant

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, published 1785

Woodcut of seven horses in a forest, some rearing and some lying down, with trees behind them.

Group of Seven Horses in Woods

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Charcoal and chalk drawing of cattle and a standing figure near a cottage and trees on rising ground.

Landscape with Cattle by a Cottage

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

Profile Study of Two Horse Heads

Sebald Beham, c. 1528/1529

Engraving of putti playing with a bitch and three young dogs in front of a hatched background.

Children Playing with a Bitch and Three Young Dogs

Master of the Horse Heads

Brown-toned print of a grey horse with lowered head beside a rocky cave, a small figure on a ledge at left.

The Pissing Horse

Nicolaas Verkolje

Etching of a plumed knight grappling a fallen bull beside his horse in a bullring arena.

Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having L…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Woodcut of armored knights jousting on horseback in a tournament arena, with spectators watching from galleries above.

The Second Tournament with the Tapestry of Samson and the Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Etched landscape with a figure leading a lion along a path, tall trees, a village and hills, and a winged figure on a cloud a

Apollo and a Nymph Leading a Lion

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Etching of a mounted bullfighter striking a bull in an arena while spectators watch from the stands behind the barrier.

Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull f…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a horse turning a wooden well mechanism while two men work at a stone well under a timber frame.

Horse-driven Mill (Le manege)

Alphonse Legros, probably 1869

Hand-colored print of two dapple-gray horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a red coat across an open field.

Two Dapple-Gray Horses Exercising (Deux chevaux gris pommele que l'on promene)

Léon Cogniet, 1822

Etching of a bull attacked by dogs in an arena while a plumed horseback rider watches from the right.

Echan perros al toro (They Loose Dogs on the Bull)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Head of a Horse from the Parthenon

Alphonse Legros, 1898

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse beside a tree in an open landscape.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Engraved forest scene with tall pines, fallen trunks, a reedy pool and small hunters with dogs under stormy sky.

Three Hunters and Two Dogs near a Pool

Aegidius Sadeler II after Roelandt Savery, 1609

Sepia ink drawing of a skeletal rider on a galloping horse under a windswept sky, with a bare tree at right.

Death and Its Horse

Alphonse Legros

Brown ink landscape of two cattle and a goat by a cliff, with a resting shepherd in the foreground and a distant town.

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

the elder Palmieri Pietro, 1774

Engraved woodland scene with two hunters and a dog in the foreground, a fallen tree, and cottages on a hill beyond.

Woodland Scene with Two Hunters and a Dog to the Left

Aegidius Sadeler II after Roelandt Savery, probably c. 1609