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National Gallery of Art

149 works

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a mounted rider, a hilltop group, and a distant town.

The Martyrdom of Saint Alexander of Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1524

Lithograph of a pale winged horse with its head turned left, set against heavy dark shading and a diagonal band.

Cheval aile (Winged Horse)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Hand-colored print of two sicklebill birds of paradise on a branch, one male with red wing plumes and a curved black bill.

Drepanornis albertisi (Black-billed Sicklebill Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored plate of Sickle-billed Birds of Paradise with long iridescent tails perched on branches among tropical leaves.

Epimachus speciosus (Sickle-billed Bird of Paradise)

Hand-colored plate of two perched songbirds with detail studies of a tail and two heads with dark caps.

Birds - U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, 35th Parallel

Unknown artist

Hand-colored plate of two Diphyllodes chrysoptera birds of paradise on branches with berries and leaves.

Diphyllodes chrysoptera (Magnificent Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored lithograph of two green fruit doves with grey necks and orange foreheads on a rocky ledge among reeds.

Two Birds (Ptilonopus Auranthfrons)

Hand-colored engraving of a green touraco bird with a tall crest and long red-brown tail perched on a branch.

The Touraco Bird

Unknown artist

Hand-colored plate of two reddish-brown rail birds with barred flanks standing among grasses on sandy ground.

Birds of Philippines

John Gerrard Keulemans

Hand-colored engraving of five flycatchers on branches, with four bird eggs and an insect, numbered plate 13.

Five Birds with Their Eggs and an Insect

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson, published 1808/1814

Hand-colored engraving of a lion standing over a dead sheep beside rocks and trees, with a second lion in shadow.

Le lion (The Lion)

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

Hand-colored engraving of a wolf and a thin dog facing each other before a windmill and cottages by a river.

Le loup et le chien maigre (The Wolf and the Thin Dog)

Louis-Simon Lempereur after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1756

Hand-colored engraving of a cat pinning a rabbit beside a weasel, with ruined arches and conifers behind.

Le chat, la balette et le petit lapin (The Cat, the Weasel, and the Rabbit)

Martin Marvie after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1756

Hand-colored engraving of two dogs by a river with a dead donkey, a town with church spires and a stone bridge behind.

Les deux chiens et l'ane mort (Two Dogs and the Dead Donkey)

Elie du Mesnil after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1756

Hand-colored engraving of a lioness and a seated bear beside a stream in a wooded landscape.

La lionne et l'ours (The Lion and the Bear)

Louis-Simon Lempereur after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1759

Hand-colored engraving of a large dog carrying a basket with a cloth, with a smaller dog running in a landscape beside a tree

Le chien qui porte a son cou le diner de son maitre (The Dog Carrying His Master's Supper)

Martin Marvie after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1756

Two striped cats with dead mice in an attic beside books and a red trunk, with rooftops visible through an opening.

La querelle des chiens et des chats et celle des chats et des souris (The Quarrel of Cats and Dogs, and that of Cats…

Johann Christoph Teucher after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1759

Etching of two riders on horseback passing a herd of sheep and goats beneath a large tree on a rocky hillside.

Two Riders Passing Near a Herd of Animals

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Aldrich's Dog

Arthur Bowen Davies, late 1880s

Expressive black crayon drawing of a lion with head lowered, shown on a cream paper background.

Löwe (Lion) from Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)

René Beeh, 1920

Pencil sketch of a woman in flowing robes leaning down to pat a seated dog beside a stone wall.

Woman Patting a Dog

Pastel portrait of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet holding a white dog on her lap, seated in a chair.

Child with Pet Dog

Micah Williams, c. 1825

Pen and brown ink sketch of two ragged beggars walking with a small shaggy dog at their feet.

Two Beggars with Their Dog

Paul Troger, c. 1728

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with two lions, chains, scaffolding and small workmen among towering arches.

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1761

Sepia print of two horses drinking at a pond beneath trees and bright, feathery foliage, by Charles-François Daubigny.

Two Horses at a Watering Place (Les Deux chevaux a l'abreuvoir)

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1859/1862

Etching of a nymph in a flowing tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tall tree and distant hills.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by a Collar

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil sketch sheet of many cattle studies: standing bulls, reclining cows, and small grazing herd figures on pale paper.

Studies of Cattle

Print with a standing horse above a circular portrait of a man in armor and ruff, with ink sketches below.

Sketches of a Horse and a Nobleman

Unknown artist

Etching of a curly-haired child seated beside a large dog, with a second child and a town landscape behind them.

Child Playing with a Dog

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil sketch of a standing hunter with a wide-brimmed hat, staff, and leash, with two dogs at his feet.

Study of Hunter with Dogs

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858