Elephants in Art

Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra, ca. 1465

Standing Ganesha

Guru Dragpo

Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752

Dish with Recumbent Elephant Surrounded by Clouds

Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene

Seated Ganesha

A Pair of Royal Earrings

Vishnu

Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari|Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif, dated A.H. 715/1315 CE

Lineage Portrait of an Abbot

Elephant, from the Wild Animals of the World series (N25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter|George S. Harris & Sons, 1888

Pair of elephant-head vases (vases à tête d'éléphant)

Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis, ca. 1758

Vase with Elephant Heads and Cloud Designs

An Elephant and Keeper

Sultan Muhammad 'Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan Riding an Elephant

Haidar 'Ali|Ibrahim Khan, ca. 1645

Plaque with figures

Ewer in the Form of an Elephant

Amulet in the form of a head of an elephant

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds

Eadweard Muybridge, 1880s

A clown standing with one hand on his hip and an elephant peering out from behind a curtain, illustration for 'El Clown Mexicano (The Mexican Clown)' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez, ca. 1880–1910

The Elephant King Wrestles a Crocodile: Illustration from a Gajendramoksha Series

Hakurai taizo no zu|View of the Large Imported Elephant

Taguchi (Utagawa) Yoshimori, 1863 (Bunkyo 3, 4th month)

Print

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, ca. 1863

Sleeping Elephant

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810–75

'Animal Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), ca. 1815–19 (published before 1877)

鳥獣略画式|Abbreviated Drawing Styles for Birds and Animals (Chōjū ryakuga shiki)

Kuwagata Keisai, 1797

勝川春章筆 佛母恵選賛　江口の君図|Courtesan of Eguchi

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章|Butsumo Keisen, painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s–30s

Elephant and Rider

Hashim, ca. 1640

Sari Border

Jean Parisot de la Vallette

Mario d'Aluigi ("Marius"), ca. 1566

Military Procession

Polidoro da Caravaggio, second half 16th century

明 佚名 遊行天王圖 軸|Journey of the Tianwang (Devaradja)

Unidentified artist, 16th–17th century

[Four Elephants with Western Travellers and Attendants, Jaipur, India]

Unknown, 1860s–70s

[Lady Canning]

Unknown, 1858–61

Another Impossible Task

Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut, 1854

Diane chasseresse

Oberkampf Manufactory|Jean-Baptiste Huet I, 1805

Case (Inrō) with Design of Blind Men Climbing all over Elephant Beside Banana Plants

Africa (part of a set)

Castelli|Charles Le Brun|Frederick de Wit, 19th century

Maharana Raj Singh II in Procession with Members of His Court

清　陳字　洗象圖　軸|Washing the White Elephant

Chen Zi, undated

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Wild Animals, from antique wall paintings, plate 2

Antonio Lafreri|Anonymous|Claudio Duchetti, late 16th century

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Wild Animals, from antique wall paintings, plate 1

Antonio Lafreri|Anonymous|Antonio Lafreri, 1547

Cantle Plate

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini (1417–1468)

Matteo de' Pasti|Veronese, 1446

明/清　佚名　錢選(僞款)　洗象圖　卷|Washing the Sacred Elephant

Unidentified artist|Qian Xuan