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National Gallery of Art

149 works

Hand-colored bird plate of Great American shrikes perched and flying among hawthorn branches with red berries and green leave

Great American Shrike or Butcher Bird

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Etching of a ragged beggar with a tall hat, staff and bucket, seen from behind beside a seated shaggy dog.

Beggar with Dog

after Jacques Callot, 1622 or later

Engraved title page with a symmetrical brooch-like ornament, snail-like creatures above and two centaurs with spears below.

Title-Page: Brooch, Snail-like Animals Above, Centaurs with Banners at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraving of a young man in period dress with a cane, sword and hound beside him, numbered 12 in the corner.

Young Man with Sword, Cane and Dog

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1784

Etching of an old woman seated on a stool with a cat on her shoulder and another cat sleeping at her feet.

Old Woman with Cats

after Jacques Callot, 1622 or later

Etched print of symmetrical ornament with winged fauns playing trumpets, fantasy creatures, birds, and a central jeweled broo

Brooch with Winged Fauns Blowing Trumpets at Top and Fantasy Creatures with Birds at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraved oval portrait of Jacob Cats, an older bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed coat, with Dutch verse below.

Jacob Cats

Willem Jacobsz Delff after Michiel van Miereveld, 1636

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a white pleated ruff and fur-trimmed dark coat, with Dutch verse below.

Jacob Cats, Poet

Cornelis van Dalen I after Michiel van Miereveld, 1635

Engraved ornamental design with a central scrolled brooch, feathers, faceted arches, perched birds, winged scorpions and drag

Brooch with Table-Stones, Flying Scorpions at Top, and Dogs at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraving of a laurel-crowned armored rider on a rearing horse, holding a spear, with a battle scene behind him.

Emperor Rudolph II on Rearing Horse

Aegidius Sadeler II after Adriaen de Vries

Old Horse (Le vieux cheval)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Engraved ornament sheet with a central brooch design, winged fantasy creatures at top, and fauns with vases below.

Brooch with Fantasy Animals at Top and Fauns with Vases at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Animal Sketches

Lithograph of a pale winged creature tumbling in a dark, textured space, by Odilon Redon, 1883.

L'Aile impuissante n'eleva point la bete en ces noirs espaces (The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that bl…

Odilon Redon, 1883

Engraved ornament print showing a symmetrical brooch design with winged creatures, winged figures, and floral scrollwork.

Brooch with Table-Stones, Winged Animals at Top, and Winged Human Beings at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Lithograph of a sea lion balancing a globe on its nose, with a small dog at left and the caption Der britische Leu below.

The British Lion

Engraving of a robed man among animals in a landscape, with sun, moon, comet and lightning in the sky above.

The Creation of Animals

William Faithorne, published 1673

Engraved ornamental jewelry design with a tall hyacinth-shaped spike, scrollwork, two birds, fruit baskets and winged heads.

Hyacinth-Shaped Brooch with Birds at Top and Devil's- and Angel's-Head at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Pencil sketch of a woman in a hat holding a dog on a balcony, with city rooftops in the background.

Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog [recto]

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Vertical engraved ornament panel with putti, scrolling foliage, a tiered urn, and rabbits at the base.

Ornament Panel: Four Children with a Cat and a Dog

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Engraved ornamental design with a central hyacinth-shaped brooch, winged animals above and crouching swans below, on cream pa

Hyacinth-Shaped Brooch with Winged Animals at Top and Crouching Swans at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Etching of a winding country lane lined with tall trees, small birds in the branches, and two distant figures under a cloudy

Little Birds (Les Petits oiseaux)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Soft brown drawing of a woman in a hat riding a large winged bird, with lettering for a February 1912 Japanese dinner.

Femme et Cygne, 22 fevrier 1912, Diner Japonaise (Woman and Bird, 22 February 1912, J

Pierre Roche, 1912

Engraved ornamental design with a central hyacinth-shaped brooch, winged snakes above, and winged animals below.

Hyacinth-Shaped Brooch with Winged Snakes at Top and Winged Animals at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Woodcut of a bearded man in a turban wrestling a lion in a landscape with trees, castles and distant mountains.

Samson Fighting with the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1497/1498

Sketch of several cattle in loose black lines on cream paper, with faint red guide lines.

Animal Studies

Paul Gauguin, 1901/1902

Engraved plate of three ornamental brooch designs with crowns and rosettes, flanked by stylized fantasy birds.

Three Brooches with Fantasy Birds at Left, Right, and Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Pen drawing with red accents of a seated woman with flowers in her hair, framed by stylized leafy foliage.

Seated Girl with a Dog

Unknown artist, c. 1325

Etching of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a ledge, with a halo, a curtain and a bird in flight above.

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Engraved print of ornamental jewelry designs with birds, a winged snake, griffins holding vases, and scrollwork.

Two Brooches with Bird and Winged Snake at Top and Griffins with Vases at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596