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Engraved coat of arms with a lion on the shield, a crested helmet, ornate scrollwork, and a monogram above.

Coat of Arms with Lion

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480/1490

Engraved ornament with curling foliage scrolls, an owl at bottom center, and small birds among the leaves.

Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

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

Engraving of nude Hercules strangling a lion beside a tree, with a club on the ground and a small figure in the background.

Hercules Slaying the Lion of Nemea

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

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

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

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, 1453

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion beside a tree and rocks, with a second lion in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Engraved hexagonal print of a coat of arms with a rampant lion, helmet, feathered crest and German inscription.

Coat of Arms with a Rampant Lion

Sebald Beham, 1544

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 a muscular nude Hercules grappling with a bull while cattle crowd the wooded background, with a club on the ground

Hercules Carrying Off the Cattle of Geryon

Sepia print of a landscape with a tall tree, resting cattle in a field, a small figure, and a wooded hillside under cloudy sk

Drowsing Cattle (Le Dormoir des vaches)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

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

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

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

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

Hand-colored print of a lion pinning a sheep beside a rock outcrop, with a second lion and trees in the background.

The Lion

A.-J. de Fehrt / After Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1759

Engraving of a coat of arms with a cock standing on a helmet and a rampant lion below, framed by ornate scrolling foliage.

Coat of Arms with a Lion and a Cock

Albrecht Dürer, 1502/1503

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

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

Engraving of a large horse seen from behind beside a column, with a helmeted armored rider and lance behind it, dated 1505.

Large Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1505

Monotype of a seated woman in a pale dress, head turned, beside a dark interior with a partial figure at right.

Mlle Bécat

Edgar Degas, c. 1877/1878

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 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, 1607

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

Etching of a horse, buffalo, sheep and goat resting among rocks and a tree, with a distant mountain landscape.

A Horse, Buffalo, Sheep, and Goat in an Italian Landscape

Johann Elias Ridinger

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

Head of a Horse from the Parthenon

Alphonse Legros, 1898

Wash drawing of Noah leading deer, goats, an ox and fowl toward an ark on the right, with a woman carrying an urn.

Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645