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National Gallery of Art

258 works

Engraving of a camel, donkey, dog and several birds, with an owl perched on the donkey's back, in a dark hatched setting.

Owl on Back of Donkey, Bird on Back of Camel with Other Animals

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Etching of horses in a pasture, one lying in the foreground, others grazing near a leaning tree and a small cottage.

Horses in a Pasture

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of a grey horse, a herder, sheep and a goat in the foreground, with a stag beside a wooded path at right.

The Horse and the Stag

Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656

Brown wash drawing of a striped thylacine beside a platypus on rocky ground, with grasses and a flowering plant.

Illustration for "Bird Beast"

Charles Livingston Bull

Graphite sketches of a panther and a young lion head, with handwritten labels, on aged paper.

Panther and Young Lion Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Etching of a rider on horseback chasing a leaping stag past resting sheep and a goat in a wooded landscape.

The Horse Forced to Pursue the Stag

Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656

Brown wash drawing of a violent lion hunt with horsemen, spears, shields, rearing horses and attacking lions.

Lion Hunt

Pieter Claesz Soutman and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615-1618

Pen and brown ink sketch of a cavalryman mounting a horse, with flowing mane and tail, on pale paper.

Cavalryman Mounting a Horse

Luigi Sabatelli

Etching of a gnarled tree with a cat on a branch, a dog and wolf resting below, and small figures in a distant forest clearin

Reynard's Father and the Cat Pursued by Hounds

Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656

Watercolor sketch of a seated couple under a parasol on a beach with two dogs, a woman in blue and a man in black.

A Couple Seated on the Beach with Two Dogs

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Horse

Edgar Degas, c. 1890

Tabby cat with yellow eyes lying on a pink cushion against a grey background, signed Steinlen.

Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Watercolor and pen sketch of a man and woman in period dress with two dogs on a beach, with figures in the background.

Ladies and Gentleman Walking on the Beach with Two Dogs

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1866

Etching of a grand equestrian festival with riders, carriages, a central fountain, triumphal arch and crowded stands.

The Prince of Tuscany, His Horse Troops and Carriages around Mount Atlas

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Watercolor of cattle grazing in a meadow with trees, a church tower, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

A Meadow with Cattle near Glastonbury

Watercolor sketch of seated men and women in blue dresses and top hats on a beach, with a standing man and a dog.

Ladies and Gentlemen Seated on the Beach with a Dog

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1866

Etching of a doe attacked by two dogs in a marsh, with a horseman and a leaping stag in the background.

Doe in a Marsh Attacked by Two Dogs

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of three horses in a grassy field beside a tree, with a fence and distant building on the right.

Three Horses in a Field

Pieter van Laer, 1636

Pencil sketch of cattle walking across a field, with a small herder figure raising an arm above the herd.

Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson

Etching of a wild boar chased by a dog, with mounted hunters in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

Boar Chased by a Dog

Stefano Della Bella

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630

Etching of a horse, buffalo, sheep and goat resting among rocks and a tree in an open hilly landscape.

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

Johann Elias Ridinger after Johann Heinrich Roos

Etching of a leaping doe chased by a dog past a large oak, with a mounted hunter and a stag in the distance.

Deer Chased by a Dog to the Right

Stefano Della Bella

Black chalk drawing of a wooded hillside with a man walking a path accompanied by a dog.

Landscape with a Man and a Dog

Leandro Bassano after Titian, c. 1580

Pencil drawing of a horse lying on grass, head turned back, mane falling over its neck, on blue-grey paper.

Resting Horse

Attributed to Paulus Potter

Etching of a leaping stag chased by two dogs from the left, with another deer running behind across an open landscape.

Deer Chased by Two Dogs to the Left

Stefano Della Bella

Engraving of cats performing music around a table, watched by an owl, with a monkey playing a flute on the floor.

The Cat's Concert

Coryn Boel after David Teniers the Younger

Two Studies of a Child's Head; Two Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman in Profile, and a Man Wrestling an Animal [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Etching of a turbaned attendant in a long coat holding a horse's bridle, with a small mounted rider at left.

Polish Attendant Holding the Bridle of a Horse

Stefano Della Bella

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse on a pedestal with faint measurement lines and proportional notes.

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael, c. 1513