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Animals

11,033 works

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle, sheep and a goat resting in an Italianate landscape with trees and hills.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-17th-late 17th century

Pencil sketch of a family gathered around a table drinking, with a woman in an apron standing at right and a dog below.

A Family Carousing

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a top-hatted rider on a galloping horse across a grassy slope with trees at right.

Rider Reining in Horse

Hablot Knight Browne, n.d.

Watercolor of a little girl offering food to a dog beneath a tree, with toys on the ground and hills behind.

Little Girl and Dog

Hablot Knight Browne, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded rider on a prancing horse atop a stone pedestal, with a distant city and walls behind.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of Apollo seated with a lyre beside a cow and dog, with classical columns and a tree in the background.

Apollo Tending the Flocks of Admetus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Print of an older man playing with a toddler on a stone step, with a cat, a dog, and family members in a garden.

The Pleasures of Fatherhood

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Dog (A Foxhound Viewed from Behind)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Grayscale lithograph of a lioness and two cubs on a hillside, with a male lion and carcass in the foreground.

Lioness and Cubs

Antoine-Louis Barye, possibly 1832

Etching of a maned lion walking left across flat ground beneath a dark, cross-hatched sky.

Lion walking

Charles Courtry, 1866-97

Engraving of a maned lion seated on a rock ledge overlooking a sea, with a palm tree and hills in the distance.

A Lion (A Lion Resting on a Rock)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Pen and watercolour study sheet with a large death's-head moth, gentian flower, cats, birds, a chicken and decorative borders

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures…

Giorgio di Giovanni, 1530-40

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587-89

Hand-colored lithograph of a bird with a bespectacled man's head perched on a quill pen beside an inkwell and paper.

Literary Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Pen and brown wash design for a wall decoration with empty central panel, scrollwork, an eagle cartouche and reclining figure

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1618

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

Pencil drawing of floral scrollwork ornaments on the left and a half cartouche with laurel and a lion on the right.

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and…

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Etched print of a boat with huge bird-wing sails on a river, with a stilt house and tropical plants in the background.

A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird

Filippo Morghen, about 1769

Lithograph of a greyhound-type dog looking up at a monkey reaching from a broken tree trunk, with leafy plants below.

Dog and Monkey

Gottfried Engelmann, 1814/15

Lithograph of a fluffy cat standing below a monkey seated on a rock, holding a nut, with leaves nearby.

Cat and Monkey

Gottfried Engelmann, 1814/16

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

Pencil sketch on tan paper of three lion studies, one reclining lion and two head studies.

Three Studies of a Lion

Eugène Delacroix, 1815-63

Black and white woodcut by Paul Gauguin titled Le Sourire, showing a seated woman, a bird, and stylized faces with carved let

Le Sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo frame enclosing a scene of a seated woman, a standing man, and a cherub above.

Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame

Carlo Borrelli, 1776

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of an armorial trophy with a plumed helmet, spears, shield and lion head.

Armorial Trophy

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a recumbent lion with a curled mane resting its head over a rectangular stone pedestal.

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketches of grotesque wall ornaments with a central male figure, horses, masks and candelabra designs.

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Brown ink drawing of St. Michael flying over chained demons beneath God the Father and Christ among clouds and cherubs.

St. Michael Expurging Heresy

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

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

Watercolor drawing of a brambling perched on a twig above grass, with orange breast and black and white wing markings.

Bramling (Fringilla Montifringilla)

Gerardus van Veen, 1679