Genre
Wild Mammals
The wild beast brought danger and the exotic into the frame. The lion, the stag, and the boar ran through hunting scenes and menageries, and painters like Delacroix and the animaliers studied them for muscle and motion, the predator caught mid-spring or the prey at bay.
Key artists
Works
The Ark
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
釈迦三尊十六羅漢像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats
Mount Corcoran
The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)
God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible
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釈迦三尊像|Shaka (Shakyamuni) Triad
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釈迦三尊十六善神像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Benevolent Deities
涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
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The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard
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The Hunters in the Snow
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The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on by a fox who is tied to his leg, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night
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Daniel in the Lions' Den
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Christ in the Wilderness
Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements
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仏涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
Venus, Mars and Cupid
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A Hunting Scene
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Roundel with Annunciation to the Shepherds
Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field
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Paradise
Peaceable Kingdom
The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
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After the Hunt
Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis
The Silver Tureen
Hunting Scene
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高野四所明神像|The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
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The Annunciation
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The Wolf and Fox Hunt
Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer
The Fall of Man
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明 /清 佚名 李公麟 偽款 龍王請齋圖 卷|Buddhist luohans crossing the sea to the palace of the dragon king
雪兎図|Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit
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Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
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A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit
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Diana the Huntress
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The Hunting Party—New Jersey
Still Life of Fruit and Game
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曽我蕭白筆 寿老人図|The God of Good Fortune Jurōjin
Allegory of the Planets and Continents
Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Peach) (left)
Landscape with a Scene of the Conquest of America
石山師香筆 源氏物語八景 絵巻|Eight Views from The Tale of Genji
Boy with a Fawn
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Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold
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The Deer
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釈迦三尊十大弟子像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and the Ten Great Disciples
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Hunting from a Chariot, Tomb of Userhat
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Dog Guarding Dead Game
The Labors of Hercules
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Copy after Rubens's "Wolf and Fox Hunt"
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo
Große Landschaft mit Tieren
The Repast of the Lion
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The Rabbit Hunters
Orpheus and the Animals
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八字文殊菩薩像|Monju Bosatsu with Eight Sacred Sanskrit Syllables
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The Sultan's Tiger
Saint Agapitus of Praeneste in the Arena; (interior) The Beheading of Saint Agapitus of Praeneste
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荼枳尼天像|Dakini
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仏伝図|Scene from the Life of the Buddha
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春日鹿曼荼羅 (Kasuga shika mandara)|Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
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Hunter and Hounds being Judged
En jagt af kongelige personer
Noah's Ark
The Hermit
Monju on a Lion
一字金輪曼荼羅|Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel
A Hare and Birds
清 弘曆(乾隆皇帝) 鹿角雙幅 卷|Two Paintings of Deer Antlers
清 佚名 舊傳郎世寧 游鹿圖 軸|Fawn at Play
安底羅大将図像(付.裏書)|Anchira-taisho Jochi
The Deer Hunt
Roundel with Saint Mark
長澤蘆洲筆 七福神図|Seven Gods of Good Fortune
清 佚名 大勢至菩薩像 軸|Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
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明 佚名 送子觀音圖 軸|Guanyin the Bringer of Sons
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曽我蕭白筆 峨山南宗賛 天台山石橋図|Lions at the Stone Bridge of Mount Tiantai
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明/清 佚名 錢選(僞款) 洗象圖 卷|Washing the Sacred Elephant
兎を追う鷲図|Eagle Pursuing Rabbit
Expulsion from earthly Paradise.
Sleeping lion at night
Execution of Hunter and Hounds
Vertreibung aus dem Paradies
Landscape with St Jerome
The Wolf Hunt
The Lion Hunt
작자미상 소나무 아래 사슴 조선|作者未詳 松下雙鹿圖 朝鮮|Deer amid Pine Trees
La Chasse aux lions au Maroc
Eguchi no Kimi
Heraldic Panel with Arms of the House of Hapsburg
Holy Mountain IV
Syrians Bringing an Elephant and a Bear, Tomb of Rekhmire
Guru Dragpo
明 佚名 遊行天王圖 軸|Journey of the Tianwang (Devaradja)
明 佚名 溪鹿圖 冊頁|Deer by a Pine Stream
Rabbits on a Log
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元 佚名 第六羅漢跋陀羅圖 軸|Bhadra, The Sixth Luohan
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Lions in a Mountainous Landscape
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Tiger in Repose
清 陳字 洗象圖 軸|Washing the White Elephant
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Mischief and Repose
Tiger in Wind
Adam and Eve
Vision of Saint Hubert
Portrait of Four Children as Ceres Ganymede Cherub and Diana
The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal
Saint Jerome in His Study
San Jerónimo, Santa Margarita y San Francisco
The Bear Hunt
Adam and Eve
Diana and her Nymphs Hunting
Watching the Hunt in Aranjuez
Orpheus Enchanting the Animals
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水辺に牡丹と唐獅子図絵馬「寛永八 年末三月廿五日」|Ema (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion and Peony Tree by Flowing Water
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Rabbits
Frequently asked questions
What is Wild Mammals?
Wild Mammals is a motif in painting. The wild beast brought danger and the exotic into the frame.
How many Wild Mammals works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 347 public-domain Wild Mammals works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Wild Mammals artists?
Key Wild Mammals artists in the collection include Titian, Gustave Courbet and Albert Bierstadt.