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Animals

11,188 works

Etching with sketch studies of hares, rabbits and a standing figure carrying a bundle, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Study with Brigands (Upper Section)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1633

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

Lithograph of a classical palace garden front with colonnaded terrace, flowering shrubs, strolling figures and trees.

Palais de S.A.I.Mgr. Le Duc de Leuchtenberg, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de S…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Etching of a shepherd and shepherdess with cattle, sheep and goats beside a river, bridge and town under trees.

Shepherd and Shepherdess Conversing in a Landscape

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1651

Lithograph of a gabled ivy-covered villa with a carriage and riders on a drive, flanked by a large tree and garden trellises.

Le Cottage D'Alexandrie près de Péterof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. P…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Sepia engraving of a coastal bay with sailing ships, tall trees, grazing cattle, and figures on the shore.

Rape of Europa

Richard Earlom, 1776

Print of a woman in period dress reaching toward a dog that stands on its hind legs in a shaded outdoor landscape.

Young Woman with a Dog

Gilles Demarteau, 1775

Engraved pastoral landscape with dancing figures under tall trees, grazing cattle, a stone bridge, and a distant valley.

Dance Under the Trees (Landscape with Rural Dance)

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Pen drawing of a scaffolded building, an equestrian statue, and pedestrians and carriages on a Paris street.

Place des Pyramides, Paris

Giuseppe De Nittis, ca. 1883

Engraving of St. George lancing a dragon while a princess watches from a hill and a walled town appears at right.

St. George and the Dragon; Designs for Goldsmiths

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470-1503

Etching of a harbor with stone towers, sailing ships, a donkey rider, walking figures and large trees.

Coast Scene with an Artist

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a square stone tower topped by a double-headed eagle and crown, flanked by two crowned female allegorical figures.

The Square Tower

Claude Lorrain, 1637

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

Etching of a figure flung upward while a large horse rears on a rocky ground under a dark sky.

The horse abductor, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Album page with black calligraphy in a central cartouche, surrounded by painted animals including deer, gazelles and a lion a

Album Page with Calligraphic Specimen and Animal Border

Unknown artist, , late 17th century (border); c. 16th century (calligraphy)

Etching of goats and shepherds on a path beneath a large tree, with a stone bridge and distant town in the background.

Departure for the Fields

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of animals in a clearing: a rooster and dead hen at left, a fox and sheep at right, a lion seated behind.

The Rooster Accuses Renard of the Murder of One of His Chickens from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a forest with large twisted trees and two men with a donkey and dog on a path.

A Forest with Two Men Conversing

Jacobus Pelgrom, 1842

Engraved sheet with a central Circumcision scene, Adoratio Magi and Conversio Pauli panels, and eight framed saints.

Circumcision

Laurent de La Hyre

Etching of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider and horse below, a divine figure with angels in the clouds above.

Conversion of St. Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, ca. 1637

Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

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

Charcoal sketch of a horse with its head turned left, carrying a rider seen from behind.

Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Etching of a nude woman seated on a swing bar beside a large dark bird with spread wings, with a vertical post between them.

Schaukel, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a nude man slumped on a rocky ledge with a vulture perched behind him and a staff on the ground.

Sterbender Wanderer, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a woman resting in a hammock under flowering branches, with a seated cat and a distant mountain.

Siesta II (from the series Etched Sketches)

Max Klinger, 1879

Etching of a fallen horse and rider beneath a large tree, with birds scattering in the sky and a broken sword on the ground.

Gefallener Reiter, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of nude figures on a rock above the sea, with winged creatures and the title Arnold Böcklin in large letters.

Dedication (from the series A Life)

Max Klinger, 1887-1903

Etching of an armored knight on horseback above a seated woman in a flowery meadow, with a distant castle.

Ritter Tod, from the series Brahmsphantasie

Max Klinger, 1894

Etching of an old woman seated on a stool with a cat in her lap, another cat on the floor, and a basket nearby.

Old Woman with Cats, plate 25 from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of a plague ward where a nun raises a crucifix as ravens fly through open windows over sick patients in iron beds.

Plague (Pest), from the series Death, Part II (Vom Tode Zweiter Teil)

Max Klinger, 1903 (published 1904)

Etching of a battle by a river, with a giant armored figure with a sword above a burning town and crowds of soldiers.

Krieg, from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil

Max Klinger, n.d.