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National Gallery of Art

258 works

Daumier lithograph of a frightened Parisian hunter crouched with a rifle between two lions on rocky ground.

Parisien commencant a regretter ... la chasse au lion ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Etching of cattle grazing on a riverbank at dusk, with trees, a herder, ducks on the water, and birds in the sky.

Cattle at Dusk

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Pencil sheet with multiple studies of cattle in various poses, a longhorn head, and a small standing figure.

Studies of Cattle

John Singer Sargent, c. 1872

Horse

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Lithograph of a large weary lion at a cave mouth, watched by a standing man in a coat and small figures near its paws.

L'antre du lion

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Pencil sketch studies of horses and a farrier bending to shoe a horse's hoof, on tan paper.

Studies for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Blue-toned drawing of rococo arabesques with putti, jesters, garlands, birds, squirrels, and female figures.

Arabesques with Frolicking Putti, Animals, and Jesters

Unknown artist, c. 1750

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man with a cane facing a wide-eyed lion on a wooden cart, satirical hunting scene.

Pour s'habiteur a attendre le lion ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Engraving of an elephant, two lions, a leopard, a bull, a goat, a sheep and a dog across hilly terrain.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Table II]

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1547-1577

Engraved plate of camels, a giraffe and elephants with riders on a hilly landscape, numbered Plate III.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Plate III]

Unknown artist, 1547-1577

Lithograph of a startled hunter with raised hands beside a crouching dog and tree, while another hunter walks in the field.

Faut-il qu'un animal soit bête

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Engraving of an elephant, a bull, several lions and a deer arranged across a hilly landscape on a book page.

Animals from an Ancient Wall Painting [Table I]

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1547-1577

Watercolor of a dead yellow songbird lying on its side with blue wing feathers and loose feathers on a dark brown background.

Dead Bird

Robert Bolling Brandegee, c. 1867

Daumier lithograph: a spiked-suited man beside a rifle and a man inside a dome-shaped wire cage, satirizing lion hunting gear

Nouveaux équipements pour la chasse au lion

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Engraved title page with a reclining lion, rocks and trees, and French lettering reading Recueïl de Lions, 1729.

Recueïl de Lions: Dessinés d'après nature par divers maitres et gravés par B. Picart (Collection of Lions: Drawn from…

Bernard Picart with plates after Albrecht Dürer, after Charles Le Brun and after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1729

Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider

Edgar Degas, c. 1860s

Etching of the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra with a central fountain, arcaded colonnades, and small figures in period dr

View into the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra

Louis Meunier, 1660s

Woodcut of a haloed bearded figure gesturing among many animals, with elephants, lions, birds and trees under sun and moon.

The Creation of the Animals

after Raphael Anonymous, c. 1550