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National Gallery of Art

258 works

Pencil and wash sketch of a windmill on a hill, with a horse and cart and figures in the foreground.

A Cart with Two Horses near a Windmill

Pole Holding the Bridle of a Horse while Speaking with Two Other Men

Stefano Della Bella

The Horse of Selene from the Elgin Marbles [recto]

William Etty, after 1807

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a cart piled high with hay, with a wheel visible at lower right.

A Horse Pulling a Load of Hay

J. Frederick Tayler

Etching of a man in a turban riding a horse while leading another horse across a flat landscape.

Polish Attendant with Two Horses

Stefano Della Bella

Engraving of a lark and two smaller birds in a landscape with a river, hills, and towns in the distance.

Lark and Two Smaller Birds

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Sepia drawing of a cow, horse, and sleeping man with a cat in a rustic stable filled with hay.

Animals in a Stable

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II

Head of a Horse Seen in Profile and in Three-Quarters

Stefano Della Bella

Engraving of a toucan and a crested bird before a landscape of mountains, a village, and boats on water.

Toucan and Another Tropical Bird

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Pencil sketch of herdsmen and cattle moving beneath a large tree in an open pastoral landscape.

Herdsmen and Cattle

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

An Antique Sculpture of a Horse

Jacques-Louis David, 1780

Engraving of two birds in a landscape with a city, stone bridge, sailboat, palm and willow trees.

Waxwing and Another Bird

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Pencil sketch of uniformed officers standing among saddled horses, with smaller studies of horses above, on tan paper.

Officers and Horses at Rest

Winslow Homer, 1864

Charcoal study on brown paper of horses in motion, one with a rider, plus studies of legs and heads.

Study of Horses

Edgar Degas, c. 1886

Engraving of a magpie and another bird on a branch, with a watermill, cottage and cow in the rural background.

Magpie and Another Bird

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Lithograph of a lion crouched over a dead horse on rocky ground, with a dark rock face behind them.

Lion Devouring a Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Sketch of two horses standing on open ground under loose clouds, drawn in dark chalk on brown paper.

Horses

after Paulus Potter Anonymous

Watercolor of ostlers changing horses at a French post house as a carriage passenger waves from the coach.

Changing Horses at a Post House in France

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1790

Sepia etching of a saddled horse, a pipe-smoking soldier in a greatcoat, and a wagon with soldiers behind them.

Horse with Soldiers Smoking Pipe/Military Scene

Johann Adam Klein, 1816

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a wooded pond at dusk, with tall trees and rolling hills under a pale evening sky.

Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

Henri Harpignies, 1882

Pen and wash landscape with large trees on the left, three small figures and a dog in the foreground, and rolling hills.

A Landscape with Three Figures and a Dog

Théodore Rousseau

Watercolor drawing of two drovers in hats wrestling a pair of rearing grey horses, one man raising a whip overhead.

Drovers with a Pair of Rearing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson

Sepia drawing of two cows and a goat beside a cliff, with a reclining shepherd in the foreground and mountains in the distanc

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, 1774

Two Lions (Zwei Löwen)

Paul Gangolf, 1900-1945

Engraving of Thisbe fleeing a lion in a mountain landscape with a tree, temple, distant city and stormy sky.

Thisbe Frightened by the Lion

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1615

Etching of a horse at a wooden post with a seated man in a hat, set in a hilly landscape.

A Pissing Horse Bound to a Post

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Red chalk sketch of a reclining dog with its head resting at lower right, drawn in loose feathery strokes.

A Dog

Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760

Daumier lithograph, 1856: a man in a cap coaxes a reluctant horse toward a butcher's block, with hanging pans behind.

Un animal rempli de modestie...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Etching of a man in a broad hat leading a saddled horse past a stone building, with a dog and a second horse nearby.

A Pissing Horse Held by a Man

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Watercolor drawing of two lions resting in a sandy clearing beside rocks and pale tree trunks.

Sleeping Lions

Antoine-Louis Barye, possibly 1830s