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42 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 17

Emblem of the Elephant Order
692_person · 1580
National Gallery of Denmark
The Elephant
Martin Schongauer · c. 1485
Art Institute of Chicago
Elephas (elephant)
Netherlands · 1350
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Bank: Elephant
Charles Moss · 1938
National Gallery of Art
An Elephant with Howdah
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) · c. 1485
Cleveland Museum of Art
Drawing of an Elephant
India, Mughal School, early 18th Century · c. 1700
Cleveland Museum of Art
Elephant
Martin Schongauer · c. 1480/1490
National Gallery of Art
Picture of Large Elephant from India (Tenjiku hakurai dai zo no shashin), An Attraction at Ryogoku in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogoku mimono)
Utagawa Yoshikazu · 1863
Art Institute of Chicago
Emblem of the Elephant Order
Lorck, Melchior · 1580
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Schlafender Elephant, an zwei Bäume gelehnt
http://data.europeana.eu/agent/4133
The Albertina Museum
Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Mewar, Udaipur, Court of Ari Singh (reigned 1761-73) · c. 1761
Cleveland Museum of Art
Olifant met berijder
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum
Prince Amar Singh (1672–1710) Drives His Own Elephant
Mewar Stipple Master (Indian) · c. 1695
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mahant of Tarakeshwar Rides on an Elephant
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat · c. 1890
Cleveland Museum of Art
Terra cotta elephant with depository Karta Wangingan, Kunigan district, West-Java province, period unknown.
1863-10 - 1864-04
Rijksmuseum
Iron Bank Elephant
Z.S. Lupus · c. 1938
National Gallery of Art
Arrival of the Europeans: The Great Elephant (Yoroppajin torai, Daizo no zu)
Utagawa Yoshitoyo · 1863
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 2 10

Penny Bank (Elephant)
Ben Lassen · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art
Toy Elephant
Orison Daeda · 1939
National Gallery of Art
Study of an Elephant
John Macallan Swan (British, 1847–1910) · c. 1867–1910
Cleveland Museum of Art
elephant from "Woodland Romances; or, Fables and Fancies".
United Kingdom · 1877
The British Library
Plate 1: Elephant with Insects
Joris Hoefnagel · c.1575/1590s
National Gallery of Art
The Elephant
https://d-nb.info/gnd/100454143 · 1807
The Albertina Museum
Indian elephant and tramp animal
Richter, Regine (Herstellung) (Fotograf)
Deutsche Fotothek
Plate Number 733. Elephant walking
Eadweard Muybridge · 1887
National Gallery of Art
Elefante. / Elephant. / Eléphant. / Olifant
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum
Plate Number 732. Elephant walking
Eadweard Muybridge · 1887
National Gallery of Art

Style 3 9

Elephant
Raoul Du Bois · c. 1936
National Gallery of Art
Rao Ram Singh I’s Elephant Gone Amok
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota · c. 1700
Cleveland Museum of Art
Toy Bank: Elephant
Frank Gray · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art
Toy Elephant
Stanley Chin · c. 1941
National Gallery of Art
Toy Bank: Elephant
William O. Fletcher · c. 1938
National Gallery of Art
Elephas (elephant)
Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Back View of the Elephant at the Regent's Park Zoological
John Leech · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago
Sôjô with an Elephant
c. 1821
Rijksmuseum
Taming a Wild Elephant in the Temporary Stable, rear view
1785-12
Rijksmuseum

Style 4 4

Elephant
Vietnam, Tra-Kieu, 1st half of 10th Century · 900–950
Cleveland Museum of Art
African Elephant
Antoine-Louis Barye · model n.d., cast 1857/1873
National Gallery of Art
Walking Elephant
India · 17th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Asian Elephant Walking
Antoine-Louis Barye · model c. 1830s
National Gallery of Art

Named in the museum's description 2

The elephant is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Tombstone
J. Henry Marley · c. 1936
National Gallery of Art
A prince riding a composite elephant
India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century · c. 1590
Cleveland Museum of Art