Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 100,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

The Great Ant-Eater by George Catlin, Paul Mellon — VisualArtsDB

Home
Paintings
The Great Ant-Eater

The Great Ant-Eater

The Great Ant-Eater

George Catlin Paul Mellon

1854–1869

Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions: overall: 46.2 x 61.9 cm (18 3/16 x 24 3/8 in.)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

Related works

The School Walk

The School Walk

Paul Mellon, 1783

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

George Catlin, 1854

An Open Carriage

An Open Carriage

Paul Mellon, 1805

Three Peoria Indians

Three Peoria Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Flowers

Flowers

Paul Mellon, 1843

Three Creek Indians

Three Creek Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Les flèches

Les flèches

Paul Mellon, 1976

Mandan Village - A Distant View

Mandan Village - A Distant View

Paul Mellon, 1861

Returning to Fort Frontenac by Sled. February 1679

Returning to Fort Frontenac by Sled. February 1679

Paul Mellon, 1847

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

George Catlin, 1861

Dog Dance - Sioux

Dog Dance - Sioux

George Catlin, 1861

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

George Catlin, 1861