Bridle in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Flight into Egypt, Sandro Botticelli

The Flight into Egypt, 1510.

La Fuite en Égypte (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

Jacquemart-André Museum, France

The Bride, 1917.

The Bride (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Klimt Foundation, Austria

Horse, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, Takeuchi Seihō

Horse, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, 1905.

Horse, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), woodblock print; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Circassien tenant un cheval par la bride son, Eugène Delacroix

Circassien tenant un cheval par la bride son, 1858.

Circassien tenant un cheval par la bride son (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Frederik V grants the theologian's application (C. D. Biehl's Letters, ed. 1865), Wilhelm Marstrand

Frederik V grants the theologian's application (C. D. Biehl's Letters, ed. 1865), 1865.

Frederik V bevilger teologens ansøgning, (C. D. Biehls… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, Eugène Delacroix

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, 1856.

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Athens, Greece

The Harrower, 1900.

Äestäjä (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Peasant riding a rearing horse, Wilhelm Marstrand

Peasant riding a rearing horse, c. 1860.

Ridende bonde på en stejlende hest (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pen and ink over pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Hunter on Horseback, c. 1864.

Chasseur à cheval retrouvant la piste (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Pair of horses galloping in harness, Józef Chełmoński

Pair of horses galloping in harness, 1873–1880.

Para pędzących w zaprzęgu koni (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), ink on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Head of a Horse, 1920s.

Cabeça de cavalo (museum title)

Henrique Bernardelli (Brazilian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Arabian Horse - Study, 1886.

Cavalo Árabe - Estudo (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), charcoal on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules, Francisco de Goya

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules, 1816.

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La justice de Trajan, 1858.

La justice de Trajan (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Honolulu Museum of Art, United States

Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597–1599.

Saint Martin and the Beggar (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Knight and the Serpent King, Illustration for Seven Brothers, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Knight and the Serpent King, Illustration for Seven Brothers, 1907.

Ritari ja kuningaskäärme, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, Titien

Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, 1548.

Charles Quint à cheval à Mühlberg (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Sketch of horse’s head for the painting “Zamoyski at Byczyna”, Jan Matejko

Sketch of horse’s head for the painting “Zamoyski at Byczyna”, 1883.

Szkic głowy konia do obrazu "Zamoyski pod Byczyną" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on paper mounted on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Cavalier allant au galop, tête de cheval de profil, cheval vu par la croupe, Leonardo da Vinci

Cavalier allant au galop, tête de cheval de profil, cheval vu par la croupe, 1487.

Cavalier allant au galop, tête de cheval de profil, cheval… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), ink

Department of Prints and Drawings, Louvre Museum, France

Study of Horses and Riders, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of Horses and Riders, 1481.

Study of Horses and Riders (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), metalpoint on paper

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Native American on Horseback, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Native American on Horseback, 1925.

Intiaani ratsain (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Reindeer on the Snow, 1912.

Poro lumella (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid, 1816.

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Circassien tenant son cheval par la bride, Eugène Delacroix

Circassien tenant son cheval par la bride, 1858.

Circassien tenant son cheval par la bride (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Wadsworth Atheneum, United States

A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman, Eugène Delacroix

A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman, 1856.

A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Harvard Art Museums, United States

Study of horse’s head for “The Maid of Orléans”, Jan Matejko

Study of horse’s head for “The Maid of Orléans”, 1886.

Studium łba końskiego do "Dziewicy Orleańskiej" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ), Vincent van Gogh

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ), 1890.

Morning. Going to Work (after Millet ) (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Study of a figure and a horse, Adolph Tidemand

Study of a figure and a horse, c. 1868.

Figur- og hestestudie (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River, Katsushika Hokusai

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River, c. 1830–1832.

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Study of a Horse Head, 1875.

Studium głowy konia (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Priest on a Galloping Donkey, Wilhelm Marstrand

Priest on a Galloping Donkey, c. 1870.

Præst på galopperende æsel (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Courser, 1907.

Dojeżdżacz (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles, Diego Velázquez

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles, 1634–1635.

Le Prince Balthazar Carlos à cheval (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Caricature of a military man on horseback, Nicolai Abildgaard

Caricature of a military man on horseback, after 1794.

Karikatur af militærperson til hest (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le sultan du Maroc entouré de sa garde, Eugène Delacroix

Le sultan du Maroc entouré de sa garde, 1856.

Le sultan du Maroc entouré de sa garde (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Norton Simon Museum, United States

Arabes en voyage, 1855.

Arabes en voyage (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rhode Island School of Design Museum, United States

Preparatory study for the illustration of The Family at Gilje, Jonas Lie, Copenhagen 1903, Erik Werenskiold

Preparatory study for the illustration of The Family at Gilje, Jonas Lie, Copenhagen 1903, 1903.

Forarbeid til illustrasjon, Jonas Lie, "Familien på Gilje"… (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage (right part), Albrecht Dürer

The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage (right part), 1518.

The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage (right… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

British Museum, United Kingdom

Rider on a Rearing Horse, Leonardo da Vinci

Rider on a Rearing Horse, 1481.

Rider on a Rearing Horse (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), metalpoint on paper

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Study of a Horse and Rider, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of a Horse and Rider, c. 1481.

Study of a Horse and Rider (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Private collection

Cabul - English Horse - Study, Pedro Américo

Cabul - English Horse - Study, c. 1886.

Cabul - Cavalo Inglês - Estudo (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, Diego Velázquez

Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, c. 1636.

Gaspar de Guzmán, comte-duc d'Olivares, à cheval (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV, Diego Velázquez

Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV, c. 1634–1635.

Philippe IV à cheval (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Chasse au lion, 1858.

Chasse au lion (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

The Good Samaritan, 1890.

The Good Samaritan (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Presenting a horse, sketch for the painting “Horse fair”; verso: composition sketch of a landscape with a lake and reeds, Józef Chełmoński

Presenting a horse, sketch for the painting “Horse fair”; verso: composition sketch of a landscape with a lake and reeds, before 1888.

Targ na konie; verso: Szkic kompozycyjny pejzażu z jeziorem… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Rider, 1860s.

Rytter (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study of galloping horses in a team, sketch for “Four-in-Hand” of 1880, Józef Chełmoński

Study of galloping horses in a team, sketch for “Four-in-Hand” of 1880, c. 1880.

Studium pędzących koni w zaprzęgu, szkic do obrazu… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Study of a horse's head for “Battle of Grunwald”, Jan Matejko

Study of a horse's head for “Battle of Grunwald”, 1875.

Studium łba końskiego do "Bitwy pod Grunwaldem" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Cavalier arabe donnant un signal, Eugène Delacroix

Cavalier arabe donnant un signal, 1851.

Cavalier arabe donnant un signal (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Chrysler Museum of Art, United States