Rooster in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The red wooden horse, 1933–1934.

Den röda trähästen (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Bonatzi with the rooster, 1906.

Bonatzi med hanen (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort, Katsushika Hokusai

Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort, c. 1832.

Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Lisbeth and the calf, 1909.

Lisbeth och kalven (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

By the Farmhouse (2nd trial proof), Carl Bloch

By the Farmhouse (2nd trial proof), 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Luxuria, 1557.

Luxuria (museum title)

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

Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium

Harmonious Times, 1895–1896.

Harmonious Times (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Beach, Valencia (Two Men Seated), Joaquín Sorolla

The Beach, Valencia (Two Men Seated), 1909.

The Beach, Valencia (Two Men Seated) (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish)

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Letter Windows and Ornamental Friezes. Sketches for the Paintings of Tampere Cathedral

Kirjainikkunat ja ornamenttifriisejä. Luonnoksia Tampereen… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), pencil and watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

From Ludvig Holberg's "Erasmus Montanus", Act III, Scene 3, Wilhelm Marstrand

From Ludvig Holberg's "Erasmus Montanus", Act III, Scene 3, 1844.

Fra Ludvig Holbergs "Erasmus Montanus", III akt, 3. scene (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cockfighting, 1926.

Cockfighting (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

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.

Two musicians and a man carrying on his head a rooster in… (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Faith, 1560.

Faith (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

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

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Invitation to the cockfight arena

Convite al coliseo de gallos (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Woman Feeding Chickens, Jean-François Millet

Woman Feeding Chickens, 1853–1856.

鶏に餌をやる女 (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

The Repentant Peter (pure etching state), Carl Bloch

The Repentant Peter (pure etching state), 1882.

Den angrende Peter (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Repentant Peter, 1882.

Den angrende Peter (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Offering to Aesculapius

Ofring til Æsculap (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Bird page from The Manga

Bird page from The Manga (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, United States

The People's Census at Bethlehem, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The People's Census at Bethlehem, 1566.

The People's Census at Bethlehem (museum title)

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

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Gamecocks, 1838.

Gamecocks (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Why Are You Angry? (No Te Aha Oe Riri), Paul Gauguin

Why Are You Angry? (No Te Aha Oe Riri), 1896.

Pourquoi es-tu fâchée ? (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight, 1846.

Jeunes Grecs faisant battre des coqs (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Envoys at the Court of the Emperor of Ovama, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Envoys at the Court of the Emperor of Ovama, 1787–1789.

Gesandterne hos Ovamas kejser (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Rooster, 1882.

Hane (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Closing Vignette with a Rooster for the Poem “The Baggage Driver”, Original Drawing for the Illustration of The Tales of Ensign Stål, Albert Edelfelt

Closing Vignette with a Rooster for the Poem “The Baggage Driver”, Original Drawing for the Illustration of The Tales of Ensign Stål, 1897–1900.

Kuormarenki-runon kukkoaiheinen loppuvinjetti… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Drawing of Jean-Léon Gérôme's Painting The Cockfight, "Un combat des coqs", Helene Schjerfbeck

Drawing of Jean-Léon Gérôme's Painting The Cockfight, "Un combat des coqs", 1880–1885.

Piirustus Jean-Léon Gérômen maalauksesta Kukkotappelu, "Un… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La Messe de Saint Grégoire, Albrecht Dürer

La Messe de Saint Grégoire, 1511.

La Messe de Saint Grégoire (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Vue de ma fenêtre, Éragny, Camille Pissarro

Vue de ma fenêtre, Éragny, 1887.

Vue de ma fenêtre, Éragny (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

Habitant Couple in the Blizzard, Cornelius Krieghoff

Habitant Couple in the Blizzard, c. 1855.

Couple d'habitants sous le blizzard (museum title)

Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Studies of Chickens, a Peacock and a Turkey's Head, Jacek Malczewski

Studies of Chickens, a Peacock and a Turkey's Head, c. 1919.

Szkice kur, pawia i głowy indyka (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

By the Farmhouse (pure etching state), Carl Bloch

By the Farmhouse (pure etching state), 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

By the Farmhouse, 1884.

Ved bondehuset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lust, published in 1558.

Lust (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Taperaa Mahana, 1892.

Le Coucher de soleil (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

At the farm, 1869.

Na folwarku (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Animal drawings and fragment of a letter in Italian

Dyretegninger samt brudstykke af brev på italiensk (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Gate. From A Home (26 watercolours)

Grinden. Ur Ett Hem (26 akvareller) (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Horse's Meal, c. 1853.

Le Repas du cheval (museum title)

Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Erasmus Montanus proves that Per Degn is a rooster, Wilhelm Marstrand

Erasmus Montanus proves that Per Degn is a rooster, after 1865.

Erasmus Montanus beviser, at Per Degn er en hane (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Greek Interior, 1848.

Intérieur grec (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Musée d'Orsay, France

Faith, 1559.

Faith (museum title)

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

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Orchard at the Manoir d'Ango with Hens, Varengeville, Camille Pissarro

The Orchard at the Manoir d'Ango with Hens, Varengeville, 1899.

The Orchard at the Manoir d'Ango with Hens, Varengeville (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Cincinnati Art Museum, United States

In Times of Harmony, 1895–1896.

In Times of Harmony (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), color lithograph on buff wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Roosters and hens. Study for the painting 'The Cockfight', Erik Werenskiold

Roosters and hens. Study for the painting 'The Cockfight', c. 1902.

Haner og høner. Studie til maleriet "Haneslagsmålet" (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and watercolour on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two Hens, c. 1902.

To høner (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Rooster and fox, 1895.

Hane og rev (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Cock, Hen, and Nadeshiko (Dianthus Superbus)

Cock, Hen, and Nadeshiko (Dianthus Superbus) (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States