Bull in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Christian Dirce, 1897.

Dirce chrześcijańska (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Philosophy. Allegorical figure, Nicolai Abildgaard

Philosophy. Allegorical figure, 1800.

Filosofien (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open, 1816.

Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza, Francisco de Goya

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza, 1816.

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, Francisco de Goya

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, 1816.

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Andalucía, El Encierro, 1914.

Andalucía, El Encierro (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Fight on the Hiidenkivi Rock, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Fight on the Hiidenkivi Rock, 1906.

Ottelu Hiidenkivellä (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), black chalk and ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Rape of Europa

L'Enlèvement d'Europe (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French)

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Sketch for the Paintings of Tampere Cathedral

Neljän evankelistan tunnuskuvat, luonnos Tampereen… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", Francisco de Goya

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", 1825.

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux" (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Saint Luke the Evangelist, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Luke the Evangelist, 18th century.

San Lucas Evangelista (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Head of a Bull, 1907–1908.

Sonnin pää (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, Henri Rousseau

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908.

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on fabric

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Fleeing the Bulls, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Fleeing the Bulls, 1907.

Härkiä pakoon (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Secession poster, 1898.

Secession poster (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Wien Museum, Austria

Caricature of a clergyman in the shape of a bull with a human face and a ruff around the neck

Karikatur af en gejstlig person, i skikkelse af en tyr med… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Tauromachie, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Tauromachie, 1894.

La Tauromachie (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on cardboard

Private collection

Study for “Christian Dirce”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study for “Christian Dirce”, before 1897.

Studium do obrazu "Dirce chrześcijańska" (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on photographic paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Yawar Fiesta, c. 1850–1860.

Yawar Fiesta (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country, Francisco de Goya

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country, 1816.

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Dans la forêt tropicale - Combat d'un tigre et d'un taureau, Henri Rousseau

Dans la forêt tropicale - Combat d'un tigre et d'un taureau, 1908.

Dans la forêt tropicale - Combat d'un tigre et d'un taureau (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon, Francisco de Goya

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon, 1816.

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull, Francisco de Goya

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull, 1816.

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bullring with mules dragging away a bull (title page), John Frederick Lewis

Bullring with mules dragging away a bull (title page), 1836.

Stierenvechtarena met muilezels die een stier wegslepen (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), lithograph with tint stone

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste, Albrecht Dürer

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste, 1515.

L'Hémisphère nord de la sphère céleste (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Bull with a human face, figures in animal disguise and two faces with helmets

Tyr med menneskeansigt, figurer med dyreforklædning samt to… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Reproduction of an ancient Apis bull, turned to the left with the head seen from the front

Gengivelse af en antik apis, vendt mod venstre med hovedet… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Europa and the Bull, 1845.

Europa and the Bull (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Taft Museum of Art, United States

Boschbrand, 1849.

Boschbrand (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

National Gallery Singapore, Singapour

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

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse, Francisco de Goya

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse, 1816.

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Abduction of Europa, 1919.

The Abduction of Europa (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art, United States

The Abduction of Europa, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Abduction of Europa, 1632.

The Abduction of Europa (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The bullfight, 1779.

La Novillada (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Studies of a lying bull, Adolph Tidemand

Studies of a lying bull, c. 1848.

Studier av liggende tyr (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La Chasse au taureau sauvage, Raden Saleh

La Chasse au taureau sauvage, 1855.

La Chasse au taureau sauvage (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Bull, 1907–1908.

Sonni (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, Francisco de Goya

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, 1816.

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bullfight, 1865–1866.

Bullfight (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Niels Klim thinks he hears the Deacon when he is awakened by a Bull, Nicolai Abildgaard

Niels Klim thinks he hears the Deacon when he is awakened by a Bull, c. 1785–1787.

Niels Klim tror at høre degnen i Fane Kirke, da han vågner… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Niels Klim Hears the Parish Clerk in Fane Church in a Dream

Niels Klim hører i drømme degnen i Fane kirke (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Oh!... une bête a cornes..., Honoré Daumier

Oh!... une bête a cornes..., 1845.

Oh!... une bête a cornes... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Junger Stier, 1496.

Junger Stier (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), ink on handmade paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States