The Amazing World Of Hedgehog Art History

Our pet hedgehog, Princess Perdita Pricklepants, is a very talented art historian and critic. Let her introduce you to some of the amazing milestones of Hedgehog art through the ages.

For those who are interested in this fascinating field of art history, there’s much more on her blog/etc. with interpretations and commentary on each work.

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#1 Van Gogh’s 1888 ‘The Starry Hedgehog Night’

#2 The Creation Of Hedgehog

#3 Michelangelo’s Hedgehog

#4 Birth Of A Hedgehog Princess

#5 Recent Discovery Of An Ancient Papyrus Presents A Fascinating View Of What Scholars Believe Is A Hedgehog Goddess Judging The Souls Of The Deceased

#6 Rembrandt’s Hedgehog Noble Portrait

#7 The Quilly Supper

#8 Mona Lisa With Hedgehog

#9 Jacques-Louis David’s “Hedgehog Crossing The Alps” (1800)

#10 Hedgehog Crossing The Delaware

#11 Alphonse Mucha – Poster

#12 Monet’s ‘Hedgehog With A Parasol’ (1874)

#13 Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Irises And Also A Hedgehog’

#14 Caravaggio’s Boy With Hedgehogs

#15 Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer Above The Sea Of Hog’

#16 Vitruvian Hedgehog (c. 1490)

#17 Hedgehog Gothic

#18 Hopper’s Night Hogs

#19 Vermeer’s Hedgehog With A Pearl Earring

#20 Utagawa Kunimasa’s ‘Woman With Hedgehog’

#21 The Persistence Of Hedgehog By Salvador Dali (1930)

#22 Magritte’s Treachery Of Hedgehog Images

#23 Rembrandt – Belshazzar Sees The Hedgehog On The Wall

#24 A Less Well Known Magritte

#25 While Norman Rockwell’s Love Of Hedgehogs Is Not Well Known, He Made This Painting As A Cover For The Saturday Evening Post In 1958

#26 Toshi’s Cherry Blossoms And Parachuting Hedgehog

#27 Escher’s Hedgehogs Drawing Hedgehogs

#28 Hokusai’s Hedgehog Catching Wave

#29 Katsushika Hokusai ‘Courtesan Asleep, And Also A Hedeghog’ (1800)

#30 Raphael’s Portrait Of A Woman With Hedgiecorn

#31 Hogs Playing Poker

#32 Whistler’s Hedgie Mom

#33 Da Vinci’s Lady With A Hedgehog

#34 David’s The Awkwardness Of Socrates

#35 Katsushika Hokusai ‘Hedgehog Views Mount Fuji’ (1828)