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Wild Boar Collection

"Discover the European Wild Pig: A Playful Pair of Piglets Frolicking in Snowy Hessen, Germany" Meet the magnificent wild boar, scientifically known as Sus scrofa

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Wild boars, artwork C016 / 3163

Wild boars, artwork C016 / 3163
Wild boars. Artwork of a wild boar (Sus scrofa) with its piglet. The wild boar is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig and is native across much of Northern and Central Europe

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Wild boar -Sus scrofa-

Wild boar -Sus scrofa-

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Detail of the coat of arms of Richard III, from window w12 depicting Corpus Christi

Detail of the coat of arms of Richard III, from window w12 depicting Corpus Christi
1077814 Detail of the coat of arms of Richard III, from window w12 depicting Corpus Christi, Isaiah and King Edwin (stained glass) by English School, (15th century); York Minster, Yorkshire

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Tamworth pig

Tamworth pig
Illustration of a Tamworth pig

Background imageWild Boar Collection: European Wild Pig / Boar - two piglets running through snow - Hessen - Germany

European Wild Pig / Boar - two piglets running through snow - Hessen - Germany
USH-4914 European Wild Pig / Boar - two piglets running through snow Hessen - Germany Sus scrofa Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Il Porcellino

Il Porcellino, rubbing the nose of the wild boar statue will bring you luck and you will return to Florence, Mercato Nuovo, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein (engraving)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein (engraving)
7197475 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: December - the Chateau de Vincennes, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Paul Limbourg

December - the Chateau de Vincennes, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Paul Limbourg
December - the Chateau de Vincennes, 15th century, (1939). Decembre - Le Chateau De Vincennes. Hunting scene in a forest: dogs tear apart a wild boar. The man on the right sounds a horn

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Cave painting of a boar, artwork

Cave painting of a boar, artwork
Cave painting of a boar. Artwork of a cave painting found on the roof of the Altamira Cave in northern Spain, which was inhabited during the the Upper Palaeolithic period

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Wild Boar - wild sow with young ones - Germany

Wild Boar - wild sow with young ones - Germany
SM-1994 Wild Boar - wild sow with young ones Germany Sus scrofa Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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Background imageWild Boar Collection: Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' on a hunt (colour litho)

Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' on a hunt (colour litho)
8663532 Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' on a hunt (colour litho) by Vasnetsov, Victor Mikhailovich (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vladimir II Monomakh)

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Background imageWild Boar Collection: Secretarybird, brown rat, wild boar and mouse (colour litho)

Secretarybird, brown rat, wild boar and mouse (colour litho)
8677384 Secretarybird, brown rat, wild boar and mouse (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.:s for secretaire (secretarybird), surmulot (brown rat)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Attacks by a boar - Cover of 'The Eye of the Police', 1911 (engraving)

Attacks by a boar - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949867 Attacks by a boar - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Fibula with representations of animals and an ornamental object (7th c. BC)

Fibula with representations of animals and an ornamental object (7th c. BC)
CUL4934238 Fibula with representations of animals and an ornamental object (7th c. BC); (add.info.: Hallstatt Culture. Iron Age. Decorative Arts. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia); AIC.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: An engraving depicting a boar hunt in Ceylon, 19th century

An engraving depicting a boar hunt in Ceylon, 19th century
5311014 An engraving depicting a boar hunt in Ceylon, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331064 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Page from William Caxton's edition of the prologue of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'

Page from William Caxton's edition of the prologue of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
3329855 Page from William Caxton's edition of the prologue of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'; (add.info)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Ms 134 December: Slaughtering a Pig, from a Book of Hours (vellum)

Ms 134 December: Slaughtering a Pig, from a Book of Hours (vellum)
XIR243425 Ms 134 December: Slaughtering a Pig, from a Book of Hours (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Angers, France.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Bier, Bill, Bill, Bind, Bird, Blow, Boar, Boat, Bolt, Bomb, Bone, Book (engraving)

Bier, Bill, Bill, Bind, Bird, Blow, Boar, Boat, Bolt, Bomb, Bone, Book (engraving)
8649992 Bier, Bill, Bill, Bind, Bird, Blow, Boar, Boat, Bolt, Bomb, Bone, Book (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bier, Bill, Bill, Bind, Bird)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: A renaissance door in Prostejov, Czech Republic

A renaissance door in Prostejov, Czech Republic
3569848 A renaissance door in Prostejov, Czech Republic by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Prostejov, Czech Republic 1940 ca. Date of Artwork: 1538 ca)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Panel depicting Adam in Paradise with the animals, Italian, c.1400 (ivory)

Panel depicting Adam in Paradise with the animals, Italian, c.1400 (ivory)
BEN79973 Panel depicting Adam in Paradise with the animals, Italian, c.1400 (ivory); Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: A Wild Boar. After a 19th century print

A Wild Boar. After a 19th century print
5322646 A Wild Boar. After a 19th century print.; (add.info.: A Wild Boar. After a 19th century print.).

Background imageWild Boar Collection: The wild boar (Sus scrofa), 1864

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), 1864
7125171 The wild boar (Sus scrofa), 1864; (add.info.: The wild boar (Sus scrofa), aka the wild swine, common wild pig, or wild pig

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Animals from heraldry (litho)

Animals from heraldry (litho)
8673161 Animals from heraldry (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The heraldic zoo that never was)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Caesar, Gallic War: Gauls (colour litho)

Caesar, Gallic War: Gauls (colour litho)
8636517 Caesar, Gallic War: Gauls (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gauls)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: An engraving depicting a boar hunt, 19th century

An engraving depicting a boar hunt, 19th century
5311013 An engraving depicting a boar hunt, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Sauhatz / Pig Hunt (colour litho)

Sauhatz / Pig Hunt (colour litho)
8666173 Sauhatz / Pig Hunt (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sauhatz)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: What an outcry animals would make if they could only read! (engraving)

What an outcry animals would make if they could only read! (engraving)
8672773 What an outcry animals would make if they could only read! (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: The stud required for three men to hunt pigs seven days a week for two months (b/w photo)

The stud required for three men to hunt pigs seven days a week for two months (b/w photo)
8648448 The stud required for three men to hunt pigs seven days a week for two months (b/w photo) by English Photographer

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8625787

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Penrith, Giant's Grave (litho)

Penrith, Giant's Grave (litho)
8633422 Penrith, Giant's Grave (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penrith, Giant's Grave, Supposed to be the grave of the giant Sir Hugh Caesarius)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: The United Society of Brush Makers, c.1840 (engraving on paper)

The United Society of Brush Makers, c.1840 (engraving on paper)
7485260 The United Society of Brush Makers, c.1840 (engraving on paper) by Shury, John & Son (fl.c.1840); 41x31 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Background imageWild Boar Collection: The Pluckiest animal in the world (b/w photo)

The Pluckiest animal in the world (b/w photo)
8651315 The Pluckiest animal in the world (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pluckiest animal in the world)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Wild boar hunt, 16th Century (woodcut)

Wild boar hunt, 16th Century (woodcut)
8672920 Wild boar hunt, 16th Century (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wild boar hunt, 16th Century)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Abattage du cochon, Slaughter of the pork, miniature 1490

Abattage du cochon, Slaughter of the pork, miniature 1490
3434862 Abattage du cochon, Slaughter of the pork, miniature 1490; (add.info.: Agriculture. Bibl. Agriculture. Slaughter of the pork. December. Miniature from a calendar, France, 1490)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Reproduction of a prehistoric painting found in the Spanish cave of Altamira depicting a boar

Reproduction of a prehistoric painting found in the Spanish cave of Altamira depicting a boar
NWI4855746 Reproduction of a prehistoric painting found in the Spanish cave of Altamira depicting a boar.; (add.info.: Reproduction of a prehistoric painting found in the Spanish cave of Altamira)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Meleager, 17th century (engraving)

Meleager, 17th century (engraving)
3480573 Meleager, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Meleager. Engraving from 'Tableaux du temple des muses' (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

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Background imageWild Boar Collection: Nordic mythology: the giant Skrymir and the god Freyr and his boar Gullinbursti (Norse mythology)

Nordic mythology: the giant Skrymir and the god Freyr and his boar Gullinbursti (Norse mythology)
ELD4958728 Nordic mythology: the giant Skrymir and the god Freyr and his boar Gullinbursti (Norse mythology: the giant Skrymir and god Frey (Freyr)

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Still Life with Dead Game, a Monkey and a Dog. Creator: Frans Snyders

Still Life with Dead Game, a Monkey and a Dog. Creator: Frans Snyders
Still Life with Dead Game, a Monkey and a Dog

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori Killing a Boar, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori Killing a Boar, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori Killing a Boar, 1866. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Italian landscape with wild boar hunting. Creator: Dirck Dalens II

Italian landscape with wild boar hunting. Creator: Dirck Dalens II
Italian landscape with wild boar hunting

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Bringing in the Boar's Head, 1845. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville

Bringing in the Boar's Head, 1845. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville
Bringing in the Boar's Head, 1845

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Yamamoto Kansuke Kills the Wild Boar, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Yamamoto Kansuke Kills the Wild Boar, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yamamoto Kansuke Kills the Wild Boar, 1868

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Creator: Unknown

Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Creator: Unknown
Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Two princely figures on horseback powerfully charge at a wild boar, simultaneously plunging their weapons into its side just in time to save their companion

Background imageWild Boar Collection: Dancer's Headpiece in the Form of a Panjurli Bhuta (boar spirit deity)

Dancer's Headpiece in the Form of a Panjurli Bhuta (boar spirit deity), 18th century Creator: Unknown
Dancer's Headpiece in the Form of a Panjurli Bhuta (boar spirit deity), 18th century. Created in the southwestern coastal region of India (modern Kerala)



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"Discover the European Wild Pig: A Playful Pair of Piglets Frolicking in Snowy Hessen, Germany" Meet the magnificent wild boar, scientifically known as Sus scrofa. These fascinating creatures have captivated humans for centuries with their strength and resilience. In one captivating image, two adorable piglets can be seen dashing through a snowy landscape in Hessen, Germany. Their playful antics remind us of the joy found in nature's wonders. The Tamworth pig, also known as "Il Porcellino, " is closely related to these majestic beasts. With its reddish-brown coat and sturdy build, it shares similarities with its wild cousins. Throughout history, wild boars have been depicted in various forms of art. From ancient cave paintings showcasing their primal existence to intricate engravings like "Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein, " they have left an indelible mark on our cultural heritage. Even during medieval times at the Chateau de Vincennes in France, artists like Paul Limbourg immortalized these creatures' presence through their masterpieces. Not only do we find them inspiring visually but also emotionally. In North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a sow tenderly protects her precious piglets from harm's way—a testament to the strong maternal instincts that exist within this species, and are not confined to Europe alone; they roam across continents too. In Patagonia province of Argentina lies La Pampa where captive specimens were captured on camera sniffing the air and nuzzling a dog—an endearing display of curiosity and affection between different species. As we marvel at these enchanting animals' beauty and diversity captured throughout time and space—from animation cels depicting Michel Ocelot's Kirikou et la Sorciere (1998) to modern-day photographs—we are reminded of our shared connection with the natural world.