Eagle in art: paintings, drawings and prints

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, Bruno Liljefors

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, 1924.

Zeearend stoot op een mannetje eidereend (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Saint John the Evangelist, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint John the Evangelist, 18th century.

San Juan Evangelista (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Tityus, c. 1565.

Tityos (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire -31 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Passion of Christ, 1489.

The Passion of Christ (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, Le Greco

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, 1600s.

Saint Jean l'Evangéliste et saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Christian VII Uniting the Ducal with the Royal Part of Holstein in 1773, Nicolai Abildgaard

Christian VII Uniting the Ducal with the Royal Part of Holstein in 1773, 1790.

Christian VII forener den hertugelige med den kongelige del… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Eagle and Hare, 1904.

Örn och hare (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, Nicolai Abildgaard

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, 1787.

En adelig herre og en bonde på en vippe. Den første bliver… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and grey Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856.

Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki, from the series One… (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), Albrecht Dürer

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), 1523.

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala, 1922.

Kokko, Suur-Kalevalan kuvitusta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Under the sign of the eagle, Michael Ancher

Under the sign of the eagle, 1907.

Under Ørnens Tegn (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, 1781–1785.

Herakles erlegt den Adler des Prometheus (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Sea Eagle's Nest, 1907.

Havsörnbo (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

White-tailed Eagle with a Male Eider as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, Bruno Liljefors

White-tailed Eagle with a Male Eider as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, 1907.

Zeearend met eidereend-woerd als prooi bij zijn nest aan de… (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Armoiries du Saint Empire Germanique et de la ville de Nuremberg, Albrecht Dürer

Armoiries du Saint Empire Germanique et de la ville de Nuremberg, 1521.

Armoiries du Saint Empire Germanique et de la ville de… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Atlas, sketch for a stained-glass window for the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Atlas, sketch for a stained-glass window for the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, 1904.

Atlas. Szkic witraża do Domu Towarzystwa Lekarskiego w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Portrait de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, Albrecht Dürer

Portrait de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, 1519.

Portrait de l'empereur Maximilien Ier (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on limewood panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Kaiser Maximilians I., 1519.

Kaiser Maximilians I. (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), paint on canvas

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, Leonardo da Vinci

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, c. 1516.

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Shuysky Tsars at the Seym of Warsaw, Jan Matejko

The Shuysky Tsars at the Seym of Warsaw, 1892.

Carowie Szujscy na sejmie warszawskim (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Eagle and ibex, unrealised design for a stained-glass window in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków (left side window), Stanisław Wyspiański

Eagle and ibex, unrealised design for a stained-glass window in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków (left side window), 1905.

Orzeł, koziorożec. Niezrealizowany projekt witraża do Domu… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Char triomphal de l'empereur Maximilien I, Albrecht Dürer

Char triomphal de l'empereur Maximilien I, 1523.

Char triomphal de l'empereur Maximilien I (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Reoccupation of Ruthenia. Wealth and Learning. AD 1366, Jan Matejko

The Reoccupation of Ruthenia. Wealth and Learning. AD 1366, 1888.

Powtórne zajęcie Rusi. Bogactwo i oświata. R.P. 1366 (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Madonna Bardi

La Madone Bardi (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Eagles and Hare, 1905.

Örnar och hare (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Armoiries de Michel Beheim, Albrecht Dürer

Armoiries de Michel Beheim, 1520.

Armoiries de Michel Beheim (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640.

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Ecce Homo, 1543.

Ecce Homo (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Way to Calvary, 1527.

Way to Calvary (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Académie Carrara, Italy

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, c. 1853.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apothéose de… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Le temps et un renard tournant la Roue de la Fortune, Albrecht Dürer

Le temps et un renard tournant la Roue de la Fortune, 1526.

Le temps et un renard tournant la Roue de la Fortune (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg, Albrecht Dürer

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg, 1523.

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Founding of the Studium Generale Confirmed by Its Transfer to Kraków. AD 1361–1399–1400, Jan Matejko

The Founding of the Studium Generale Confirmed by Its Transfer to Kraków. AD 1361–1399–1400, 1888.

Założenie szkoły głównej przeniesieniem do Krakowa… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Capitoline Eagle, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Capitoline Eagle, c. 1601–1602.

The Capitoline Eagle (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), drawing

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Eagle motif for the second exhibition of "Sztuka" of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Eagle motif for the second exhibition of "Sztuka" of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, 1904.

Motyw orła do drugiej wystawy "Sztuki" Towarzystwa… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Project for Frontispiece to: Au pied du Sinaï, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Project for Frontispiece to: Au pied du Sinaï, 1898.

Project for Frontispiece to: Au pied du Sinaï (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

History of Human Civilisation – Architecture, Sculpture and Painting (Image 8), Jan Matejko

History of Human Civilisation – Architecture, Sculpture and Painting (Image 8), 1885.

Dzieje Cywilizacji Ludzkości - Architektura, rzeźba i… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), drawing on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos, c. 1618.

Saint Jean à Patmos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Liberty (Helvetia), 1891.

Die Freiheit (Helvetia) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

雨霽, 1928.

雨霽 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk, pair of six-panel screens

Adachi Museum of Art, Japan

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at Its Zenith. Golden Liberty. Election. AD 1573, Jan Matejko

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at Its Zenith. Golden Liberty. Election. AD 1573, 1889.

Potęga Rzeczypospolitej u zenitu. Złota wolność. Elekcja.… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

An Eagle, 1560–1565.

An Eagle (museum title)

Titien (Italian), pen and brown ink on laid paper, on decorated mount

National Gallery of Art, United States

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1 von 8), Albrecht Dürer

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1 von 8), 1523.

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Eagles (Ceiling above the stairs), Bruno Liljefors

Eagles (Ceiling above the stairs), 1905.

Örnar (Plafond över entrétrappan) (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

La Gloria, c. 1551–1554.

La Gloire (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Jupiter, Neptune et Pluton, 1599.

Jupiter, Neptune et Pluton (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Villa Ludovisi, Italy

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg, 1519.

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Camille Delivers the Schoolmaster of Falerii to His Pupils, Nicolas Poussin

Camille Delivers the Schoolmaster of Falerii to His Pupils, 1637.

Camille livre le maître d'école de Faléries à ses écoliers (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France