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National Gallery of Art

433 works

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a cloaked figure leading a horse by its bridle on pale paper.

Figure Leading a Horse

Stefano Della Bella

Head of a Horse from the Parthenon

Alphonse Legros, 1898

Engraving of a nude Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree, with the lion's pelt draped over his shoulders.

Hercules Killing the Lion

Studies of a Lion's Head

Stefano Della Bella

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

Etching of a lion in the foreground attacked by mounted hunters with spears, rendered in loose hatched lines.

The Small Lion Hunt (with One Lion)

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629

Brown and grey wash drawing of cattle, deer, a milkmaid and herdsman in a meadow beneath large trees.

A Meadow with Cattle and Deer

Francis Barlow, 1684

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

Ornamental print with strapwork, foliage, monkeys, a griffin, a lion and a double-headed eagle on a dark ground.

Strapwork and Foliage Ornament on Dark Ground with Monkeys and other Animals

Virgilius Solis

Engraved forest landscape with tall pines, fallen trunks, a marshy pool, small hunters with dogs, and light breaking through

Three Hunters and Two Dogs near a Pool

Aegidius Sadeler, 1609

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

Charcoal drawing of three cats curled together in a tight cluster against a hatched background.

The Cats: Tsching, Batzar and Blanc-Blanc

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Engraved woodland scene with two hunters and a dog beside fallen trees, with a farmhouse on a rise in the distance.

Woodland Scene with Two Hunters and a Dog to the Left

Aegidius Sadeler, 1609

Etching of a large grazing horse in the foreground, with a foal, sheep, and a farm in a flat landscape beneath clouds.

Grazing Horse

Adriaen van de Velde, c. 1657/1659

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

Pen and ink sketch sheet with several studies of horses in standing and walking poses, plus a head and a hoof detail.

Studies of Horses [recto]

Jacques Callot, 1612

Etching of two dogs fighting in an open landscape, one standing over the other, with a third dog sniffing the ground at left.

Fighting Dogs

Adriaen van de Velde, c. 1657/1659

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

Pen and brown ink sheet with multiple studies of horses in rearing, galloping and standing poses.

Studies of Horses [verso]

Jacques Callot, 1612