Horn in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Study of Cows, 1884.

Seks rødbrokete kuer (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

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

Cowshed, 1856.

Fjøs (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1481–1488.

L'Enfer (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Calling Home the Cows, Jean-François Millet

Calling Home the Cows, c. 1866.

Calling Home the Cows (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), pastel and Conté crayon on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Quellnymphe mit Füllhorn (Flora), Arnold Böcklin

Quellnymphe mit Füllhorn (Flora), 1866.

Quellnymphe mit Füllhorn (Flora) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on walnut wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Farmwife and the Poor Devil with His Twins, Hugo Simberg

The Farmwife and the Poor Devil with His Twins, 1907.

Emäntä ja piruparka kaksosineen (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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 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

Fight between a Javanese Rhinoceros and Two Tigers, Raden Saleh

Fight between a Javanese Rhinoceros and Two Tigers, 1840.

Fight between a Javanese Rhinoceros and Two Tigers (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

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

Two Cows Lying Down, 1861.

To liggende kuer (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Plucking the Angel's Wings, Hugo Simberg

Plucking the Angel's Wings, 1911.

Enkelin siipiä kynitään (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Ox, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, Takeuchi Seihō

Ox, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, 1905.

Ox, 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

Woodcut with a Horned Head, Paul Gauguin

Woodcut with a Horned Head, 1898–1899.

Woodcut with a Horned Head (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on tissue paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wayside Shrine in Brittany (Le calvaire Breton), Paul Gauguin

Wayside Shrine in Brittany (Le calvaire Breton), 1898–1899.

Wayside Shrine in Brittany (Le calvaire Breton) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery 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 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

Head of a Woman with Ram's Horns, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Head of a Woman with Ram's Horns, 1853.

Tête de femme coiffée de cornes de bélier (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Arts de Nantes, France

Running reindeer, 1904.

Løpende rein (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

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

Witches' Sabbath, 1820–1823.

Le Sabbat des sorcières (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Study of four Reindeers

Fire reinsdyr (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Reindeer Head, 1850.

Reinsdyrhode (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Head of a Bull, 1907–1908.

Sonnin pää (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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

The Devil Is Dead, 1907.

Piru on kuollut (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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

The Banks of the Oise, 1907.

The Banks of the Oise (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Golden Horn. Morning, 1907.

La Corne d'Or. Matin (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

L'Herbage, 1910.

L'Herbage (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Artizon Museum, Japan

Four soldiers drinking from a barrel, Adolph Tidemand

Four soldiers drinking from a barrel, 1875.

Fire soldater som drikker av en tønne (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Scapegoat, 1854–1855.

The Scapegoat (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Lady Lever Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Scene in Bagneux on the Outskirts of Paris, Henri Rousseau

Scene in Bagneux on the Outskirts of Paris, 1909.

Scene in Bagneux on the Outskirts of Paris (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Ohara Museum of Art, Japan

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

Untitled (sketch of a cow); Verso: Untitled (sketch of a cottage)

Untitled (sketch of a cow); Verso: Untitled (sketch of a… (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), pencil on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

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

Study of goats and a male figure; cloud study, Johan Christian Dahl

Study of goats and a male figure; cloud study, 1847.

Stude av geiter og mannsfigur; skystudie (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Les Vaches, 1890.

Les Vaches (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Threshing in the Abruzzi. Cività d'Antino, Peder Severin Krøyer

Threshing in the Abruzzi. Cività d'Antino, 1890.

Tærskning i Abruzzerne. Cività d'Antino (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

Animal Studies, 1901–1902.

Animal Studies (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), monotype on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Study of two Cows

To kuer (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Seven Reindeers, 1850.

Syv reinsdyr (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

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

A Roebuck, 1845–1850.

A Roebuck (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

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

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

Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil (Planche au diable cornu), Paul Gauguin

Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil (Planche au diable cornu), 1895.

Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil (Planche au diable… (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States