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Creatures, painted with affection

Animals

Animals from every corner of the collection. Rosa Bonheur's horse fair, Landseer's deerhound, sheep coming home to the fold at dusk, Rosetsu's puppies tumbling in the snow, a cat asleep on bare paper, a maharana's prize stallion, the emperor's horse Night-Shining White. Painters have always been fonder of animals than they let on.

66 pictures, pick one to build

The Horse Fair Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55 Dreaming Cat Hōzōbō Shinkai, mid-17th century Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion Stipple Master, ca. 1712 "The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525 Wild Geese Flying under the Full Moon Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833 Study of a lying cow Paulus Potter, ca. 1650 The Repast of the Lion Henri Rousseau (le Douanier), ca. 1907 Fish William Merritt Chase, by 1910 Night-Shining White Han Gan, ca. 750 A Woman and a Man on Horseback Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1879–81 Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter Kano Chikanobu, early 18th century Monk Zhaozhou and Dog, with Geese and Mynah Unkoku Tōeki, first half 17th century Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion Tara, 1845–46 Birds and Flowers Unidentified artist, late 19th–early 20th century Composite Camel with Attendant Unknown artist, third quarter 16th century Ducks Resting in Sunshine Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753 Going to Market Constant Troyon, 1860 A Shepherdess and Her Flock Anton Mauve Seated Arab Man with Horse Alfred Dedreux, possibly ca. 1850–58 A Hare and Birds Jan Fyt Copy after Rubens's "Wolf and Fox Hunt" Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, ca. 1824–26 Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto), late 1640s Hummingbird and Passionflowers Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1875–85 Detail of a Desert Animal, Tomb of Khnumhotep Nina de Garis Davies or, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Tiger and Cubs Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1884 Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832 Grooms and horses Zhao Mengfu, dated 1296 and 1359 Puppies in the Snow Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪, 1792–99 Gibbons in a Landscape Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継, ca. 1570 Pleasures of the Hunt Unknown artist, ca. 1800 Hawk at Sunrise Attributed to Jeong Hong-Rae 정홍래 鄭弘來, second half 18th century–first half 19th century "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds) Painting by Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600 Dog Guarding Dead Game Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753 Landscape with Ducks Charles-François Daubigny, 1872 Twilight Anton Mauve Horsewoman Théodore Géricault, 1820 or later Fox With Two Herons Frans Snyders, ca. 1630–40 Dying Stag Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, ca. 1830 Detail of a Fish, Tomb of Khnumhotep Nina de Garis Davies or, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Swans and Winter Landscape Unidentified artist Kingfisher Kano Tsunenobu Bird After Kenkō Shōkei Great Indian Fruit Bat Painting attributed to Bhawani Das or a follower, ca. 1777–82 Golden Rooster and Hen Unidentified artist, 19th century "Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, 1523–24 Sheep in a Landscape Eugène-Joseph Verboeckhoven, 1870 A Basket and Birds Jan Fyt A Deerhound Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1826 Geese and Ducks Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1916; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE Fish and rocks Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1699 Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙, right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793 Kingfisher and Bamboo Formerly attributed to Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟等楊, 19th century A Stallion Painting by Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1601–6 The Return to the Fold Anton Mauve A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit Jan Fyt The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog George Stubbs, 1768 Men Preparing Fish Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1915; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE Wang Xizhi watching geese Qian Xuan, ca. 1295 Deer Suzuki Kiitsu, 19th century Cows in a Landscape Eugène-Joseph Verboeckhoven, 19th century Wolf and Fox Hunt Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop, ca. 1616 Autumn Millet and Small Birds Attributed to Kano Sanraku Weaning the Calves Rosa Bonheur, 1879 Shepherds and Sheep David Teniers the Younger A Man Mounting a Horse Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630 A Man Riding a Horse Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630