Cow in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, 1651.

Paysage orageux avec Pyrame et Thisbé (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

The Rainbow Landscape, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Rainbow Landscape, c. 1636.

The Rainbow Landscape (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), huile sur bois de chêne

The Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Landscape with Hercules and Cacus, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with Hercules and Cacus, 1660.

Paysage avec Hercule et Cacus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

The Yarra, Heidelberg, 1890.

The Yarra, Heidelberg (museum title)

Charles Conder (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Calling the Cows Home, Jean-François Millet

Calling the Cows Home, c. 1872.

Calling the Cows Home (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

At the Plönlein in Rothenburg, Aleksander Gierymski

At the Plönlein in Rothenburg, 1896–1897.

Zakątek Am Plönlein w Rothenburgu (museum title)

Aleksander Gierymski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

'Mount Fyans' homestead, 1869.

'Mount Fyans' homestead (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Landscape with a Church and a Mill, Jens Juel

Landscape with a Church and a Mill, 1798.

Landskap med kirke og mølle (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire), Frances Hodgkins

Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire), 1936.

Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire) (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), gouache on paper

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

View near Heidelberg, 1866.

View near Heidelberg (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The creek, 1925.

The creek (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Peasant and the Nest Robber, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant and the Nest Robber, 1568.

The Peasant and the Nest Robber (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The first seven of seventy, evening milking, Dorothy Kate Richmond

The first seven of seventy, evening milking, 1934.

The first seven of seventy, evening milking (museum title)

Dorothy Kate Richmond (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Washerwomen in the Bajo de Belgrano, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Washerwomen in the Bajo de Belgrano, 1865.

Lavanderas en el bajo de Belgrano (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Landscape with figures, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Landscape with figures, 1919.

Landscape with figures (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Dents du Midi from Champéry, Ferdinand Hodler

Dents du Midi from Champéry, 1916.

Die Dents du Midi von Champéry aus (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Winter Quarters of the Eastern Army, April 5, 1866, Cándido López

Winter Quarters of the Eastern Army, April 5, 1866, 1887–1902.

Invernada del Ejercito Oriental, 5 de abril de 1866 (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Terrinallum homestead, 1869.

Terrinallum homestead (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

State Library Victoria, Australia

Study for 'Pascana in the Cordillera', Francisco Laso

Study for 'Pascana in the Cordillera', c. 1850–1857.

Estudio para 'Pascana en la cordillera' (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Le Vagabond, 1500.

Le Vagabond (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Study of Cows, 1884.

Seks rødbrokete kuer (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Tess, 1893.

Tess (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Valley Farm, 1835.

La Ferme de la vallée (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Cattle on the Way Home, 1868.

Kreaturer på hjemvei (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Trondheim Art Museum, Norway

High Mountain Landscape, Anders Askevold

High Mountain Landscape, 1864.

Høyfjellsbilde (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Trondheim Art Museum, Norway

Itako in Early Summer, 1930.

Itako in Early Summer (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

Charcoal sketch of valley with livestock in A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12, Petrus van der Velden

Charcoal sketch of valley with livestock in A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12, c. 1908–1912.

Charcoal sketch of valley with livestock in A Wellington… (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), charcoal on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Animal Studies, 1901–1902.

Animal Studies (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), monotype on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Landscape, Nelson 1871, 1871.

Landscape, Nelson 1871 (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Study of six hooves, 1855.

Studie av seks dyreklover (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Apollo in Love with Daphne, Nicolas Poussin

Apollo in Love with Daphne, 1664.

Apollon amoureux de Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, Jean-François Millet

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, 1873.

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Mesdag Collection, Netherlands

Terrinallum House and Emu Creek from near the lower garden gate, Louis Buvelot

Terrinallum House and Emu Creek from near the lower garden gate, 1871.

Terrinallum House and Emu Creek from near the lower garden… (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Landscape [Waimea Plains, Nelson?], John Gully

Landscape [Waimea Plains, Nelson?], 1881.

Landscape [Waimea Plains, Nelson?] (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Two Cows Lying Down, 1861.

To liggende kuer (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy after Paulus Potter, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy after Paulus Potter, 1761.

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen), Paul Gauguin

Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen), 1900s.

Nuit de Noël, La bénédiction des bœufs (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

Cow II, 1935.

Cow II (museum title)

Arthur Dove (American), ink and watercolor on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Aberothock Abbey, 1848.

Aberothock Abbey (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Barrow, 1912.

Kurhan (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Woodland Pasture, 1878.

Hage (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania, Eugene von Guérard

Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania, c. 1867.

Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), color lithograph

State Library Victoria, Australia

View near Arundel, 1834–1835.

View near Arundel (museum title)

John Constable (British), graphite on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania, 1866–1868.

Ben Lomond, Epping Forest, Tasmania (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), color lithograph

Art Gallery of South Australia

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., James Barry

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., 1791.

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Cloudy Weather, 1871.

Borús idő (museum title)

László Paál (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Summer at Saint-Eustache, Maurice Cullen

Summer at Saint-Eustache, c. 1906.

Été à Saint-Eustache (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Cowshed, 1856.

Fjøs (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Country Scene, c. 1850–1860.

Escena de campo (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru