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Animals

11,091 works

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with two lions, chains, scaffolding and small workmen among towering arches.

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1761

Illuminated manuscript border with flowers, grapes, a snail, a dragonfly, a bird and gilded scrollwork on gold and red.

Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Etching of a man on a prancing horse holding a pennant, with a young attendant holding a crowned shield and a city behind.

Portrait of Bernardino Ricci

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Circular engraving of a reclining figure on a shore with sea creatures, crabs, birds in flight and lions on rocks.

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Pen drawing of three draped female figures leading horses across a starry sky, in a classical style.

The Hours Taking the Horses from Juno's Car

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Engraving of fowlers trapping small birds under an oak, with owl decoys, cages and a mountain landscape behind.

Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium (Hunts of wild animals, birds and fish). Plate 68. Trapping warblers

Jan Collaert the Younger, 1596

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

Etching of a horseman with raised sword galloping right, with other riders and animals racing in the background.

A horseman with sword in hand galloping towards the right, other horsemen galloping towards the left in the backgroun…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-46

Etching of a cavalier and lady galloping on horseback in a landscape, framed by cherubs, fruit garlands and cornucopias.

A cavalier and a lady on horseback, within an ornate border decorated with fruit and cornucopias

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1655

Etching of a plumed horseman with bow and quiver seen from behind on a horse facing right, with other riders in a distant lan

Polish horseman with a bow and arrow, seen from behind with his horse facing right, a circular composition, from "Fig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed rider in a fur hat on a harnessed horse, facing right, in a circular frame with a landscape behind.

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed Hungarian horseman riding right, with two riders in the background, inside a circular frame.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the right, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from "Figures o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a young woman in a tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tree in a hilly landscape.

A Nymph Holding a Large Dog by its Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

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

Panther and Young Lion Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono playing with a small cat beside a paper lantern.

Girl Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Etching of a laden horse cart with riders on a road, a dead horse in the foreground, and cannons in the distance.

Plate 1: a horse drawn cart carrying people and goods, dead horse in the foreground, from "Various Military Caprices"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a groom seen from behind holding a plumed horse by the bridle, with a small rider on horseback at left.

A Polish groom, from the back, holding a horse by the bridle

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Woodcut frieze of a mounted procession of turbaned riders and foot soldiers passing domed mosques, columns and an obelisk.

Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs a…

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1553

Etching of two horsemen on horseback in a circular frame, with smaller riders in the background.

Two Polish horsemen with their horses facing left, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hongrois)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a rear-facing rider on a horse in a circular frame, with companion riders and figures in a distant landscape.

A Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a bearded horseman in a feathered hat riding a prancing horse, with two riders in the background, within a circle.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the left, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from 'Figures on…

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Etching of an equestrian statue on a pedestal in a city square, with horsemen, pedestrians, dogs and long façades behind.

La Place Royale, equestrian statue of Louis XIII in profile facing the left in center, various horsemen and figures i…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of two horsemen and dogs chasing a deer past a large group of trees on the right.

A deer hunt, two horsemen galloping towards the left behind three dogs and a deer, a group of trees to right, plate 4…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of two pilgrims resting under a tree at left while a horseman rides past ruined arches on the right.

Two pilgrims with hats rest to the left, seen from behind, a horseman rides towards the background to the right, plat…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of two seated women, one nursing a child, with a dog and a horse carrying a pack, figures and sheep in the distance.

Two women, one nursing a child, seated next to a dog and a horse carrying a pack, horses and figures to left in the b…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of cannon carriages on the left, horsemen fighting and a dead horse on the right, with a bridge and smoke in the back

A procession of horse-drawn cannon carriages to left, horsemen in combat and a dead horse to right, battle on a bridg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a military procession with horsemen, a cannon on a carriage, and foot soldiers crossing an open landscape.

A procession of horsemen and cannons in the middle ground walking to the left, a cannon and two men to left, from "Pe…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Watercolor drawing of a hunting party with dogs and horsemen beside a castle on a hill and village houses.

Landscape with a Hunting Party

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 19th century

Etching of a turbaned horseman with a bow on a rearing horse, with figures and riders in a distant landscape.

A Moorish horseman facing the left, standing and seated Turks in the middle ground, and other horsemen in the backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a young sailor and an old bearded man seated by the sea with a dog, sailboats at right.

A young sailor and an old man sitting by the sea

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a warrior carrying a woman as a horse, soldiers and a child appear in a dramatic scene.

The Rape of the Sabines

Willem van Mieris, late 17th-mid 18th century