Cage in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Red Macaw and Cockatoos (Children's Album), Adolph Menzel

The Red Macaw and Cockatoos (Children's Album), 1863–1883.

Der rote Ara und Kakadus. Aus dem "Kinderalbum" (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

گربه و قفس قناری, 1890.

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

Intérieur, fleurs et perruches, Henri Matisse

Intérieur, fleurs et perruches, 1924.

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Pug Dog, c. 1928–1930.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Lute Player, 1596.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Gluttony, 1557.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Fondation Custodia, France

Christ Cleansing the Temple, c. 1570.

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Guest, 1847.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Armenia, Arménie

The Stolen Kiss, c. 1760.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Boccaccio Relating the Tale of the Bird-Cage, J. M. W. Turner

Boccaccio Relating the Tale of the Bird-Cage, 1828.

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

A Barber's Shop in Assize Time, James Gillray

A Barber's Shop in Assize Time, 1811–1818.

Een kapperszaak (museum title)

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Two musicians and a man carrying on his head a rooster in cage, Pancho Fierro

Two musicians and a man carrying on his head a rooster in cage, c. 1848.

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Embroidery, 1889.

La Broderie (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, 1809.

Catullus og Lesbia, der i hans arme søger trøst for hendes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

An Old Maid on a Journey, 1804.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Lady with a Birdcage, 1900–1905.

William Orpen (Irish), pastel on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Les Malheurs du chimiste Dumas, Honoré Daumier

Les Malheurs du chimiste Dumas, 1851.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Cage of Fireflies at Dawn in Summer, Katsushika Hokusai

Cage of Fireflies at Dawn in Summer, c. 1800.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, James Gillray

Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, 1792.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Bedroom (Le Coucher or Ma Chemise brule)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), brush and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika kacho fugetsu)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika kacho fugetsu)", c. 1805.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Circus Caravan, 1940.

Zirkuswagen (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

The Cage, 1885.

La Cage (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Women in the Arts, United States

The Abandoned Garden, 1913.

Le jardin abandonné (museum title)

Raoul Dufy (French), oil

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France

The Goldfinches and the Canary in the Cage (Children's Album), Adolph Menzel

The Goldfinches and the Canary in the Cage (Children's Album), 1863–1883.

Die Distelfinken und der Kanarienvogel im Bauer. Aus dem… (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Gluttony, published in 1558.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

Suzume-gai, 1821.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Japanese Bush Warbler

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Lucy, Countess of Carlisle, and Dorothy Percy’s Visit to their Father Lord Percy, when under Attainder ..., J. M. W. Turner

Lucy, Countess of Carlisle, and Dorothy Percy’s Visit to their Father Lord Percy, when under Attainder ..., 1831.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on oak panel

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Mother and Children in Summer Night, Katsushika Hokusai

Mother and Children in Summer Night, 18th–19th century.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Life of Man, c. 1665.

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet, Berthe Morisot

The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet, 1890.

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher, Thomas Rowlandson

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher, c. 1815.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

National Gallery of Art, United States

Little Red Riding Hood, 1872.

Lille Rødhette (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Visitant l'interieur..., 1859.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (1571), Le Greco

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (1571), c. 1570.

L'Expulsion des marchands du temple (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Mendel Levin Nathanson's Elder Daughters, Bella and Hanna, C.W. Eckersberg

Mendel Levin Nathanson's Elder Daughters, Bella and Hanna, 1820.

Mendel Levin Nathansons ældste døtre, Bella og Hanna (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), Francisco de Goya

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), 1787–1788.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hunting with a decoy, 1775.

Chasse avec un appeau (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Mother and Children in Summer Night, 18th–19th century.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, Jan Steen

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, c. 1663–1665.

'As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young' (museum title)

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Bashi-Bazouk Singing, 1868.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Zoological Garden I, 1912.

Zoologischer Garten I (museum title)

August Macke (German), oil on canvas

Lenbachhaus, Germany

Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Three Bears in a Cage (Children's Album), Adolph Menzel

Three Bears in a Cage (Children's Album), 1863–1883.

Drei Bären im Käfig. Aus dem "Kinderalbum" (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Designs for Gray's Poems, design 29: "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle...", William Blake

Designs for Gray's Poems, design 29: "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle...", 1797–1798.

"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29) (museum title)

William Blake (British), watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, with inlaid letterpress page

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Vendor of Melodious Insects, Kitagawa Utamaro

Vendor of Melodious Insects, 18th century.

虫売り (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Je ne loue pas aux gens qui ont des enfants!, Honoré Daumier

Je ne loue pas aux gens qui ont des enfants!, 1847.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Bridge. From A Home (26 watercolours)

Bron. Ur Ett hem (26 akvareller) (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Bird-Cages, Chelsea, James McNeill Whistler

Bird-Cages, Chelsea, c. 1886–1888.

Bird-Cages Chelsea (museum title)

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States