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Animals

11,196 works

Collage of ornamental design studies with scrollwork, putti, a crowned female bust, and a lion paw sketch.

Ten designs for the decoration of houses, including at least one for the stairway of the Chateau d'Ognon of M. deMach…

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design elevation of a church altar table with gilded crucifix, pink columns, heraldic shields and floral panels.

Design for an altar table surmounted by a crucifixion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Etching of a winter forest at dusk with bare trees and a wolf walking across the snow on the right.

Hiver (Le Loup dans la neige)

Félix Bracquemond, 1864

Antique engraved map of New Netherlands, New England and part of Virginia with animals, ships, a compass rose and a city view

Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula [Map of New Netherlands, New England, and part of Virgi…

Nicolas Visscher I, ca. 1656

Etching of an eagle perched on rocks, beak open, beneath a radiating sun and drifting clouds.

L'Assiette Républicaine

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Title page with reeds, a resting duck at water's edge, and flying ducks, with printed title Six Eaux-fortes par Bracquemond.

Six Eaux-fortes par Bracquemond

Félix Bracquemond, 1887

Etching of a reclining youth with curly hair beside a tree in a wooded landscape, with a dog at his feet.

Narcissus

Laurent de La Hyre, 17th century

Painted lunette design of riders on horseback in a wooded landscape with a rocky outcrop and distant buildings.

Mural design picturing riders in a landscape for a lunette in the library of the Chateau de Lude (Sarthe)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Lunette-shaped painting of a hunting scene with hounds chasing game and horsemen in green coats riding through a landscape.

Hunting Scene; Mural design for a lunette in the library of the Chateau de Lude (Sarthe)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Angora Rabbits, plate two from Animal Studies

Theo van Hoytema, 1898, printed 1917/19

Hand-colored print of a white egret flying above green bamboo branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: An Egret Flying Above Bamboo Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Etching of a forest clearing with birch trees, a rider on a white horse, and a stream in the foreground.

Le cheval blanc

Félix Bracquemond, 1858?

Etching of cranes wading by a pond among tall grasses, one bird flying overhead, with a ribbon reading UN ETANG at lower left

Decoration for a Plate: A Pond

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Hand-colored print of a cat peering down at a red crab beside water, within a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: A Cat Hunting a Crab

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Two ink drawings of an ornate grand foyer with draped curtains, columns, a statue, chandeliers, and a heraldic crest.

Two Views of a Grand Foyer

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted vaulted ceiling with floral garlands, scrolling foliage, a griffin and a bird.

Designs for the painted decoration of a vaulted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and watercolor designs for a ceiling border and a wall with climbing vines, floral motifs and small animal scenes.

Designs for the ceiling and wall of a room decorated with waterbirds and flowering vines

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Black and cream woodcut print of a horse in center with a dog on a bench at right, surrounded by dense ornamental patterns.

Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded interior wall with a fireplace, framed landscape paintings, and a decorated door.

Design for the decoration of a wall punctuated by a fireplace and a door and hung with gold-framed pictures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a door with Chinese-style panels, bird vignettes, flowering branches, and a gold dragon in the central

Design for the decoration of a door with Chinese motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Hand-colored print of a reclining lion in front of a rock face beneath a leafy tree.

The Lion

John Baptist Jackson, 1754

Sketch of two horses standing on open ground under loose clouds, drawn in dark chalk on brown paper.

Horses

after Paulus Potter Anonymous

Engraving of the Nativity with shepherds crowding around the Christ Child in a stable, angels overhead, and a bare tree at ri

The adoration of the shepherds, various figures surrounding the Christ Child in the centre

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Watercolor of ostlers changing horses at a French post house as a carriage passenger waves from the coach.

Changing Horses at a Post House in France

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1790

Etching of a Chinese figure playing a long flute beside a cat and monkey on a stone pedestal bearing a French title.

Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures

François Boucher, 1738-45

Etching of a seated woman in Chinese-style dress with a parasol, a small dog, a teapot and smoking vase beside her.

Chinese Lady

François Boucher, 1738-45

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several male nude figure studies, a small animal, and ornamental designs.

Sketches of Male Nudes, Animals, and Ornamental Details

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Etching of a young couple startled beside a tree, with sheep, a goat and a wooden gate in a pastoral landscape.

Surprised Young Couple Under a Tree

François Boucher, 1730-70

Etching of armored cavalry charging over rocky ground, with a fallen horse in the foreground and smoke in the sky.

Cavalry Charge

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, mid to late 18th century

Watercolor design of a gilded ceiling with a blue cloudy sky, birds in flight, and ornamental panels.

Design for a ceiling decorated with clouds and birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97