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National Gallery of Art

216 works

Hand-colored engraving of four wading birds on a shore: a tall white crane, a grey heron, a black-and-white oyster-catcher, a

Louisiana Heron, Pied Oyster-catcher, Hooping Crane, and Long-billed Curlew

John G. Warnicke, 1808

Engraved heraldic coat of arms with an eagle on the shield, a plumed helmet, and scrollwork, dated 1543.

Coat of Arms with an Eagle

Sebald Beham, 1543

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the nude infant Christ, who holds a parrot, with a tree and castle behind.

The Virgin and Child with a Parrot

after Barthel Beham Sebald Beham, 1549

Pencil sketch of hazy mountains and rolling hills with pine trees and rocks in the foreground.

Raven Hill

Homer Dodge Martin, 1868

Engraving of an angel in a sun above birds and a chaotic battle of armored soldiers and horsemen below.

The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey

Jean Duvet, 1546/1556

Engraved ornamental panel of scrolling foliage with birds, a squirrel, a dog and two small standing figures.

Ornament with Foliage and Birds

Bartolomeus van Lochom after Hans Janssen

Woodcut of a mounted archer drawing his bow toward a bird, with a rearing horse, a walled city and a large tree behind.

The Prince at the Bird-Catching

Leonhard Beck, 1514

Engraving of mourners lowering a body into a sarcophagus beside a rocky cliff, with three crosses and birds in the sky.

The Entombment with Three Birds

after Andrea Mantegna Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c.1500/1504

Engraving of a helmeted nude man and a woman with a flaming torch beside an eagle on a decorated pedestal.

Consecration of an Eagle

after Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1500/1525

Monochrome print of dead game birds on a stone ledge and hanging from a cord, with a draped cloth and jug at left.

Still Life with Game Birds

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak after William Gowe Ferguson

Etching of a canal with a fisherman and two swans, a grassy meadow, and a hill with town buildings behind.

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of a Chelsea street with shopfronts, bird cages in windows, small pedestrians, and a horse and cart at right.

Bird-Cages Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Engraving of a falconer on horseback lifting an owl from the ground while birds fly overhead in a cloudy landscape.

Falconeer Lifting an Owl from the Ground

Johann Elias Ridinger

Printed sheet in olive-green ink on pink paper showing many birds in rows, including roosters, peacocks, herons and owls, wit

Endpaper with Birds

Unknown artist, c. 1780

Etching of a woman holding a child in a doorway beneath shelves of caged birds, with a shop interior behind.

Bird-Cages, Drury Lane

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Engraving of a dense forest with gnarled trees, a rocky river, figures with a wheelbarrow, and a wooden bridge leading to a d

River Landscape with a Duck Hunter

Aegidius Sadeler

Rust-red decorative paper with rows of gold birds including a peacock, turkey, owl and stork, plus a Nuremberg inscription.

Endpaper with Birds

Johann Georg Eckart

Engraving of Leda with a swan and cupids beside broken eggshells, with a ruined domed building and landscape behind.

Leda and the Swan

Giovanni Battista Palumba, c. 1510

Watercolor drawing of an Italianate garden with a fountain, colonnades, a seated man, a poodle, and a red parrot.

An Italianate Garden with a Parrot, a Poodle, and a Man

Isaac de Moucheron, 1730

Two painted drawings of chalkware lovebird figurines on pedestal bases, each pair with beaks touching, in gray, green and red

Chalkware Lovebirds

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Painted rendering of a cast toy bank shaped as an eagle beside a nest with chicks, with a pencil study in the upper left.

Toy Bank: Eagle

William High, c. 1940

Hand-colored engraving of two small green parrots with red heads perched on a branch, with German and French captions.

Parrot (Le Perroquet Indien. Psittacus Minimus)

Johann Michael Seligmann

Watercolor of a carved wooden eagle with spread wings perched on a rocky base against a blue background.

Wooden Eagle

Henry Murphy, c. 1939

Gilt Eagle

James Vail, c. 1936

Engraving of two tritons struggling with a swan among rocks and waterfalls, with seaweed in the foreground.

Two Tritons and a Swan

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1736

Painted watercolor of a carved wooden eagle with outstretched wings and open beak perched on a wooden base.

Eagle

John Davis, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a green wooden shelf topped with two facing stylized birds and carved geometric decoration.

"Bird" Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1940

Hand-colored 1743 engraving of a white tropicbird in flight, a brown seabird on a wave, and a long detached tail feather.

The Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus)

Johann Michael Seligmann, 1743

Drawing of a gilded carved eagle with outstretched wings, mounted on a small ornamental base, in gold and red tones.

Eagle

Mina Lowry, c. 1941

Watercolor of a carved wooden golden eagle with spread wings perched on a round globe over a rectangular base.

Golden Eagle Gatepost

Henry Murphy, c. 1938