Talons 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

Hawks in the Forest, 1895.

Ястребы в лесу (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), watercolor and gouache on paper

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Hobby Swooping on a Reed Bunting, Bruno Liljefors

Hobby Swooping on a Reed Bunting, 1907.

Boomvalk stotend op een rietgors (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Eagles and Hare, 1905.

Örnar och hare (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sea Eagles, 1897.

Havsörnar (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Hawk's Nest, 1886.

Hökbo (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Chouette-effraie, 1508.

Albrecht Dürer (German), watercolour and ink on watercolour paper

Albertina, Austria

Image of the sun god above an eagle

Solgudens billede over en ørn (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Owl at half moon, 1900–1930.

Uil bij halve maan (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Pheasant and Snake, 18th–19th century.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, Bruno Liljefors

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, 1923.

Slechtvalk met nonnetje als prooi bij zijn nest aan de kust (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Still Life with Two Black Grouse on a Stone Bench, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Still Life with Two Black Grouse on a Stone Bench, 1672.

Stilleben med två orrtuppar på en stenbänk (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (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

An Owl, an Eagle, Two Falcons, a Vulture and Other Birds Perched in Trees

Samuel Howitt (British), watercolor and ink on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Detail Study of a Peregrine Falcon's Nest, Bruno Liljefors

Detail Study of a Peregrine Falcon's Nest, 1896.

Detaljstudie till Pilgrimsfalkbo (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Hawk and Black-Game, 1884.

Duvhök och orrar (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Long-eared owl in a ginkgo, 1900–1930.

Ransuil in ginkgo (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study of the head and clutches of an eagle, Stanisław Wyspiański

Study of the head and clutches of an eagle, after 1895.

Studium głowy i szponów orła (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, Katsushika Hokusai

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, 19th century.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), album of one hundred and nine leaves; ink on paper, ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Long-eared owl on a bare tree branch, Ohara Koson

Long-eared owl on a bare tree branch, 1900–1930.

Ransuil op kale boomtak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Eagle, 16th century.

Adler (museum title)

Hans Verhagen de Stomme (Belgian), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Owl, c. 1928–1930.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

An Eagle Owl, 1905.

Berguv (Ugglan) (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Eagle and Hare, 1904.

Örn och hare (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Crow on a snowy branch, 1900–1930.

Kraai op besneeuwde tak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Sea eagle on a branch, c. 1900–1930.

Zeearend op tak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Goshawk with a sparrow, 1900–1930.

Havik met mus (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Hunting goshawk, 1900–1910.

Jagende havik (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Goshawk on a pine branch, 1900–1930.

Havik op pijnboomtak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Eagle on a tree branch, 1900–1910.

Arend op boomtak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

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

Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort, Katsushika Hokusai

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

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

Metropolitan Museum 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

Eagle Owl, 1901.

Berguv (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Goshawk with Partridge, 1892.

Duvhök med rapphöna (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Sea Eagle with Prey Returning to the Nest

Havsörn med byte på väg till boet (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Eagle of John the Evangelist, the Evangelist's Emblem, from the Vault of Perniö (?) Church. Sketch for the Paintings of Tampere Cathedral

Evankelista Johanneksen kotka, evankelistan tunnuskuva… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), colored pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Bird page from The Manga

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, United States

Goshawk hunting a hare, 1900–1910.

Havik op haas jagend (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Eagle eyeing its prey

Arend loerend naar prooi (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Gamecocks, 1838.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Scops Owl

Samuel Howitt (British), watercolor on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Goshawk on a snowy pine branch, Ohara Koson

Goshawk on a snowy pine branch, 1925–1936.

Havik op besneeuwde tak van pijnboom (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Snow eagle on a tree branch, Ohara Koson

Snow eagle on a tree branch, 1910–1930.

Sneeuwarend op een boomtak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Rape of Ganymede, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Rape of Ganymede, 1635.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Goshawk with a captured tree sparrow, Ohara Koson

Goshawk with a captured tree sparrow, 1900–1930.

Havik met gevangen ringmus (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Eagle flying downward, 1900–1930.

Neerwaarts vliegende arend (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Eagle on a branch, 1900–1910.

Arend op tak (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Okijiro Hironari, 18th–19th century.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Eagle on a snowy pine

Arend op besneeuwde pijnboom (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands