Peacock in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Study of Modern German Artists in Rome, Wilhelm von Kaulbach

The Study of Modern German Artists in Rome, c. 1848.

Das Studium der deutschen Künstler neuerer Zeit in Rom (museum title)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach (German), oil on canvas

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

The Bubble Boy, 1884.

Paul Peel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

The peacock / Paradise garden, Karel Albert Schmidt

The peacock / Paradise garden, 1919.

De Pauw/ Paradijstuin (museum title)

Karel Albert Schmidt (Dutch), oil on canvas

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Adoration of the Magi

L'Adoration des mages (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

View of Madrid, with scenes of animals, Ferdinand van Kessel

View of Madrid, with scenes of animals, 17th century.

Ansichten aus den vier Weltteilen mit Szenen von Tieren… (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on copper

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The White Peacock with Turkey Hen and Chickens (Children's Album), Adolph Menzel

The White Peacock with Turkey Hen and Chickens (Children's Album), 1863–1883.

Der weiße Pfau mit Truthenne und Hühnern. Aus dem… (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Two Peacocks (Children's Album), Adolph Menzel

The Two Peacocks (Children's Album), 1863–1883.

Die zwei Pfauen. Aus dem "Kinderalbum" (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Pride, 1557.

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

Fondation Custodia, France

Malvern Hall, 1821.

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Peacock in a cherry tree, 1900–1930.

Pauw in kersenboom (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study of an ornament for the polychrome decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, peacock feather and pussy willow motif, Stanisław Wyspiański

Study of an ornament for the polychrome decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, peacock feather and pussy willow motif, 1895.

Studium ornamentu do polichromii kościoła Franciszkanów w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Study of an ornament for the painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Study of an ornament for the painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, 1895.

Studium ornamentu do dekoracji malarskiej kościoła… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Madame Charpentier et ses enfants, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Madame Charpentier et ses enfants, 1878.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Venus with an Organist and Cupid, Titien

Venus with an Organist and Cupid, c. 1555.

Vénus avec un organiste et Cupidon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], 1895.

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Toilet of Bathsheba, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Toilet of Bathsheba, 1643.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pride, published in 1558.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two peacocks on a tree branch, Ohara Koson

Two peacocks on a tree branch, 1900–1930.

Twee pauwen op boomtak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study of an ornament for the painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, 1895.

Studium ornamentu do dekoracji malarskiej kościoła… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Portrait of Honorata Leszczyńska as Katherine in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", Stanisław Wyspiański

Portrait of Honorata Leszczyńska as Katherine in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", 1894.

Portret Honoraty Leszczyńskiej w roli Katarzyny w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper mounted on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Peacock family, 1908–1909.

Påfuglefamilie (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer, known as The Poultry Yard, Jan Steen

Portrait of Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer, known as The Poultry Yard, 1660.

Portrait of Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer (1654-1683), known… (museum title)

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

View of Brussels, with scenes of animals, Ferdinand van Kessel

View of Brussels, with scenes of animals, 17th century.

Ansichten aus den vier Weltteilen mit Szenen von Tieren… (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on copper

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Rape of Europa (L'enlevement d'Europe), Paul Gauguin

The Rape of Europa (L'enlevement d'Europe), 1898–1899.

Paul Gauguin (French), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Peacock, 1925–1936.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Garden of Eden, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Garden of Eden, 1530.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), oil on poplar panel

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Sketches of Decorative Landscape and Animal Compositions, Théodore Géricault

Sketches of Decorative Landscape and Animal Compositions, 1813–1814.

Théodore Géricault (French), graphite on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

You insist on playing with the gentleman; you can see he turns up the king every time, Grandville

You insist on playing with the gentleman; you can see he turns up the king every time, c. 1829.

Tu 'entetes a jouer avec Monsieur; tu vois bien qu'il… (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Peacock feather motif, design for the polychrome decoration of the transept of the Franciscan church in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Peacock feather motif, design for the polychrome decoration of the transept of the Franciscan church in Kraków, 1895.

Motyw pawiego pióra. Projekt do polichromii transeptu… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Isis, published in 1819.

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Madame Pierre Henri Renoir (Blanche-Marie Blanc, 1841-1910?), Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Madame Pierre Henri Renoir (Blanche-Marie Blanc, 1841-1910?), 1870.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Annunciation, c. 1580.

Paul Véronèse (Italian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, 1898–1899.

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Venus and Music, c. 1550.

Vénus avec un organiste (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Judgment of Paris, 1710s.

Le jugement de Pâris (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1853.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Peacock, c. 1898.

Paw (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Pride and baseness, 1828–1829.

Orgueil et Bassesse (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Peacock eye motif, design for the painted decoration of the chancel of the Franciscan church in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Peacock eye motif, design for the painted decoration of the chancel of the Franciscan church in Kraków, 1895.

Motyw pawich oczek. Projekt do dekoracji malarskiej… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Head of a Little Angel, Stanisław Wyspiański

Head of a Little Angel, 1890–1891.

Głowa Aniołka (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), Arnold Böcklin

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), c. 1872.

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas on gold ground

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Origin of the Milky Way, Le Tintoret

The Origin of the Milky Way, c. 1575.

L'Origine de la Voie lactée (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Peacock Spreading Its Tail Feathers

清郎世寧孔雀開屏軸 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Geisha and peacock on a plum blossom branch, Yashima Gakutei

Geisha and peacock on a plum blossom branch, c. 1822.

Geisha en pauw op pruimenbloesem (museum title)

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Still Life with Dead Peacocks, Rembrandt van Rijn

Still Life with Dead Peacocks, c. 1639.

Stilleven met pauwen (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1635.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Playing Birds, 19th century.

鳥の遊び (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Fragment of an ornament for the polychrome decoration of the north wall of the transept arm of the Franciscan church in Kraków, stylised peacock feather, 1895.

Fragment ornamentu do polichromii na północnej ścianie… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), 1878.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States