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National Gallery of Art

433 works

Engraved print of ornamental jewelry designs with birds, a winged snake, griffins holding vases, and scrollwork.

Two Brooches with Bird and Winged Snake at Top and Griffins with Vases at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Etching of a horse grazing in a meadow with rolling hills, a village, and boats on a river beyond.

Horses in the Meadow (Chevaux dans la prairie)

Edgar Degas, 1891/1892

Vertical ornament panel with scrollwork, a central vase, putti, rabbits, and children at top and bottom, in grey line work.

Ornament Panel: Four Children with a Cat and a Dog

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Etching of Daniel kneeling in prayer among lions in a den, with a king and courtiers watching from a terrace above.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1549

Old Horse (Le vieux cheval)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Etching of a standing man with a leashed dog beside a seated woman in a headscarf, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Standing Peasant with a Dog and a Seated Woman

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1686

Animal Sketches

Lithograph of a pale winged creature tumbling in a dark, textured space, by Odilon Redon, 1883.

L'Aile impuissante n'eleva point la bete en ces noirs espaces (The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that bl…

Odilon Redon, 1883

Etching of cats gathered at a table with sheet music, an owl above, and monkeys playing wind instruments on the floor.

The Cat's Concert

Lithograph of a sea lion balancing a globe on its nose, with a small dog at left and the caption Der britische Leu below.

The British Lion

Engraving of a robed man among animals in a landscape, with sun, moon, comet and lightning in the sky above.

The Creation of Animals

William Faithorne, published 1673

Pen and brown ink drawing of peasants and cattle in a wooded landscape beside a thatched farmhouse and windmill.

Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1553

Pencil sketch of a small building, fence, and a cart with horses in a rural foreground.

Sketch of Buildings with Cart and Horses in Foreground

John Sell Cotman

Etching of three cats: a dark cat seated at left, a cat under a wooden chair at upper right, and a curled cat below.

The Cats (Les chats)

Édouard Manet, 1869

Pen drawing of a triumphal arch with three horses on pedestals, four obelisk pinnacles, and niche statues below.

A Triumphal Arch with Caparisoned Horses and Ornamented Pinnacles

Jacques Androuet Ducerceau I, 1570

Etching of a man watering a saddled horse at a stone trough beside a barn, with a seated figure and thatched buildings in the

Man Watering a Horse (Homme abreuvant un cheval)

Alphonse Legros

Lithograph of a dark horse with a saddle cloth held by a groom, a seated jockey, and riders in the misty background.

Horse before the Race

Célestin François Nanteuil

Pencil sketch of a woman in a hat holding a dog on a balcony, with city rooftops in the background.

Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog [recto]

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Black and cream woodcut of a deer, two tigers and a bird among angular, stylized trees and foliage.

Animal Legend (Tierlegende)

Franz Marc, 1912

Etching of a hunter with a dog on a road, a village church in the distance, hills behind, and a bare tree at right.

Landscape with Sportsman and Dog

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1653

Vertical engraved ornament panel with putti, scrolling foliage, a tiered urn, and rabbits at the base.

Ornament Panel: Four Children with a Cat and a Dog

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Etching of horses standing in a stream with figures on the left and trees and buildings in the background.

Scene with Horses Standing in Stream

George Hendrik Breitner

Gold-printed endpaper on rose paper showing many animals, small human figures and a central tree in rows.

Endpaper with Animals and Figures

Unknown artist

Engraved alpine landscape with mountains, a valley town, and a bird-catcher with cage and dog in the foreground.

Insidiosus Auceps (The Crafty Bird-Catcher)

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1555/1557

Etching of a winding country lane lined with tall trees, small birds in the branches, and two distant figures under a cloudy

Little Birds (Les Petits oiseaux)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Soft brown drawing of a woman in a hat riding a large winged bird, with lettering for a February 1912 Japanese dinner.

Femme et Cygne, 22 fevrier 1912, Diner Japonaise (Woman and Bird, 22 February 1912, J

Pierre Roche, 1912

Woodcut of a bearded man in a turban wrestling a lion in a landscape with trees, castles and distant mountains.

Samson Fighting with the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1497/1498

Sketch of several cattle in loose black lines on cream paper, with faint red guide lines.

Animal Studies

Paul Gauguin, 1901/1902

Hand-colored print of horses racing past a classical grandstand at Doncaster, with crowds and coaches along the rails.

Doncaster Races: The Horses Starting for the Great St. Ledger Stakes

James Pollard, published 1832

Etching of a procession of mounted riders in plumed hats crossing a flat landscape, with five Turkish horsemen at right.

Twenty Pages and Five Turkish Horses

Stefano Della Bella, 1633