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Animals

11,205 works

Design drawing of a gilded ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, swallows, floral garlands and ornate scrolled frame.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil sky

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

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a white-haired cat ghost with pointed ears before a blue sea.

Shirasuka (Onoe Kikugorō III) as a Cat Ghost

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a shrine maiden in white robes beside a white horse with a patterned saddle, with Japanese calligraphy abo

Shrine Maiden with White Shrine Horse

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1810

Watercolor design for an ornate ceiling with gilded frame, four medallions, and a central sky with flying birds.

Design for a ceiling with four medallions and sky motif in center

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted balustrade, flowering vines, an oval medallion and a bird flying in blue sky.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade and sky

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

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with lilac panels, gilded moldings, and two putti on a cloud in the center.

Design for a ceiling with putti

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

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central putto among clouds and garlands, surrounded by panels of birds and fl

Design for a ceiling with a putto

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

Sheet with eight pencil and watercolor designs for a decorative ceiling, including coffered panels, floral motifs and scrollw

Eight designs for a ceiling

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

Design for an arched ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, flying birds, gilded frame, flower garlands and a central medallion.

Deign for a ceiling a a trompe l'oeil sky

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

Painted decorative panel with a gilded urn, roses, foliage, a perched bird and red drapery in a trompe l'oeil niche.

Trompe l'oeil design of birds and flowers

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

Grey lithograph of a mounted soldier raising a sabre, with cannon and cavalry receding behind him and the word Modèle at uppe

Modèle

Théodore Géricault, 1800-1824

Black-and-white heraldic print of Johan Stabius's coat of arms with a double-headed eagle, crown, and laurel wreath.

Coat -of-Arms of Johan Stabius, edition of 1781

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a group of hounds resting on a stone terrace, one spotted dog standing in the foreground.

Dogs

Woodcut of a heraldic eagle perched on a helmet above a shield with ornate scrollwork, by Albrecht Dürer.

Arms of Michel Beheim

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Black and white woodcut of a woman at a spinning wheel with labeled animals, beside a procession of men in armour.

The Tapestry at Michelfeld

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two armored knights on ornate horses in a tournament, one with a raised lance and flying banners.

The Tournament on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517-18

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with long white hair, red face paint, and a patterned kimono with peony designs.

Spirit of a Lion Mask

Toyohara Kunichika, 1893

Woodcut of Saint Jerome reading in a cave with a lion, crucifix, and distant town and boat, dated 1512.

Saint Jerome in a Cave

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Engraving of a stallion and kicking mare with wild horses in a forest clearing, signed Baldung and dated 1534.

Stallion and Kicking Mare with Wild Horses

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Pen and red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing, with sketched figures and rays of light at right.

Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape

Hans Stutte, 1600-1625

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped female figure beside a horse with curled mane, a winged figure and two putti above.

Diana and Hecate

Rosso Fiorentino, n.d.

Watercolor of a villa garden seen through an arch, with statues, a fountain, ivy walls, and figures in the foreground.

Villa Farnese

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Etching of cattle, a horse, sheep and goats crossing a hillside toward two men under trees, with a distant building and boat.

The animals entering Noah's ark

Giovanni Castiglione, 1650

Hand-coloured engraving of a male and female pinnated grouse with a leafy branch and rocky ground.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 11)

Unknown artist, 1835

Sepia etching of a pale robed figure and grimacing faces menacing a kneeling man beneath a shadowy hooded specter.

Swallow it, dog!

Francisco Goya, 1799

Engraved frontispiece of a forest with a crocodile, a statue on a pedestal, and insects, frog and lizard on the ground.

An exposition of English insects - Plate (page 10)

Unknown artist, 1776

Lithograph plate of eight numbered freshwater snail shells and one operculum from Lake Tanganyika, 1888.

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1888

Lithographed title page with lions, tigers and an antelope among rocks, a waterfall and palm trees, with German title letteri

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate (page 5)

Unknown artist, 1824

Engraved plate of fifteen bird heads and beaks labelled in French, showing varied bill shapes across species.

Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraved plate of stag beetles with anatomical details of mandibles and legs, from Voets's 1785 coleoptera work.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1785

Woodcut of a bearded pilgrim with a staff and shield in a rocky landscape, with a walled city and bridge behind him.

Gerson as a Pilgrim, frontispiece to Gersonis Opera, 1489

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Colour plate of four buccinid sea snail shells numbered 17 to 20, with species captions below.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1897