Birds in Art
Audubon's obsessive plates, Egyptian falcon gods, Japanese cranes at dawn — birds let artists study color, flight, and freedom in one subject. Seven thousand works from scientific illustration to pure ornament.
7,137 public-domain artworks from six world museums · free to view and download
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara)
Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire
새 모양 토기 삼국|鳥形土器 三國|Bird-shaped vessel
Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
Ahmed Tekelü, ca. 1525–30
청자 상감 국화 물가 풍경 무늬 합 고려|靑磁 象嵌菊花柳蘆水禽文 盒 高麗|Covered box decorated with chrysanthemums and waterfowl among lotus
北宋 徽宗 竹禽圖 卷|Finches and bamboo
Emperor Huizong, early 12th century
Striding Thoth
Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman
Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt
Tondo mirror frame
Italian, Siena, ca. 1490–1500
Enameled and Gilded Bottle
The Antioch "Chalice"
Whistling vessel
Maya artist, 400–500 CE
The Rajah Starting on a Hunt
Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1885
Tapestry Room from Croome Court
Joseph Rose|François Boucher|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Maurice Jacques|Louis Tessier|John Mayhew|William Ince|Jacques Neilson|Jacques Germain Soufflot|Joseph Wilton|John Wildsmith|Thomas Blockley|Sefferin Alken|Peter Langlois|John Hobcraft|Ince and Mayhew|Robert Adam, 1763–71
Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives
Rolltop desk
David Roentgen|Januarius Zick|Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1776–79
Seasons and Elements (Air) (set of four)
Charles Le Brun|Jean Lemoyen le Lorrain|Convent of Saint Joseph-de-la-Providence, Paris|Marquise de Montespan, ca. 1683
The Genius of Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)|Matthys van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwyck|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)
Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer, 1504
Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio
Giuliano da Maiano|Francesco di Giorgio Martini|Francesco di Giorgio Martini|Benedetto da Maiano, ca. 1478–82
Monteith with the Gibbs and Nelthorpe coats of arms
Hunters in a Landscape
Jost Amman|Anonymous Flemish weavers|Anonymous, 16th century, ca. 1575–95
Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
Vase
Ott and Brewer, 1882–90
Shield
He Nupa Wanica/ Joseph No Two Horns, ca. 1885
Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun
Léopold Bernard|J. C. A. Brun|Jean-Claude Tissot|François-Auguste Fannière|François-Joseph-Louis Fannière, dated 1866
Ladle
Raven rattle
Black Stork in a Landscape
Flintlock Gun of Louis XIII (1601–1643), King of France
Marin Le Bourgeois|Pierre Le Bourgeois, ca. 1620
Crescent-Shaped Pendant with Confronted Birds
Double Whistle
Ear Ornament, Winged Runner
Moche artist(s), 400–700 CE
Ear Ornament, Winged Runner
Moche artist(s), 400–700 CE
Bird Pendant
Central Region artist(s), 4th–7th century
Bird Head
Beaker with birds on the rim
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)
Jean Henri Riesener, 1783
Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants
Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll
Animal-Spouted Pitcher
Belt clasp
Beaker with birds and animals
Jug Decorated with Dolphins and Birds
High chest of drawers
Jacket
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves