# List of artwork by Jose Rizal

This article lists the visual artwork done by José Rizal, Filipino polymath and a national hero of the Philippines.

## Background

Jose Rizal, among many other things, was also a trained artist. He was trained at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura in Manila and the training shop of Romualdo de Jesus in Santa Cruz, Manila. He entered medical school at the University of Santo Tomas, where his sketching and drawing was refined by his anatomy classes.
In Spain, he studied medicine and, literature and philosophy at the Universidad Central de Madrid and sculpture, drawing and art in San Carlos University.
He was among the illustrados, Filipino intelligentsia of the Spanish colonial period, where he would collaborate with other elite Filipino artisans Juan Luna, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Félix Pardo de Tavera. They influenced each other's creative output, with him sometimes posing as character references for paintings.
His work, celebrated by his countrymen are displayed in private collections and national institutions like the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila and the Rizal Shrine in Intramuros, however many are destroyed during the Liberation of Manila.

## 3-dimensional art

Rizal is known to have created 56 sculptural works, 18 of which are still in existence, which range from different mediums such as wood, clay and plaster-of-paris.

### Wood

| Image | Title | Location | Notes |
| Default sculpture icon | Untitled self-portrait | Private Collection | Early self-portrait in wood done in 1879. Sold at auction. |
| Default sculpture icon | Untitled Bas Relief | Private Collection | Resurfaced work depicting an athletic man lifting a barbel. Sold at auction |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | Sacred Heart of Jesus | Ateneo de Manila University | Carved at age 14 of Baticuling wood. The image left at Rizal's cell in Intramuros. |
| Default sculpture icon | Image of the Virgin Mary | unknown | "Partner" to the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Josephine Bracken wood carving | Josephine Bracken (Bas Relief) | unknown | Bas Relief depicting Josephine Bracken, Rizal's Wife |
| Wooden bust of Francisco Mercado by Dr. Jose Rizal. Snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | Bust of Francisco Mercado | unknown | Wooden bust of his father, Francisco Mercado |

### Clay, terracotta, plaster

| Image | Title | Location | Notes | Link |
| This is the copy of Triumph of Science Rizal sculpture given by Jose Rizal to Ferdinand Blumentritt | The Triumph of Science over Death | Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art, now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros | Allegorical work symbolizing science illuminating the world. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt. | $^{:134}$ |
| Sculpture given by Jose Rizal to Ferdinand Blumentritt | The Triumph of Death over Life | Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art, now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros | Allegorical work representing the death as a hooded skeleton embracing a woman. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt. | $^{:134}$ |
| Original copy of the sculpture gifted to Ferdinand Blumentritt by Jose Rizzal | Prometheus Bound | Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art, now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros | Representation of Greek god Prometheus. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt, now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros | |
| La venganza de la madre (The Mother's Revenge) | La venganza dela madre (A Mother's Revenge) | National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila | Known to be an allegorical representation of the condition of the Philippines in the Spanish colonial period. Declared National Cultural Treasure in 2008 | $^{:200}$ |
| San Pablo Ermitaño | San Pablo el Ermitaño | National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila | A representation of St. Paul the First Hermit | |
| Default sculpture icon | Oyang Dapitana | originals unknown | A representation of a laundry woman. | $^{:103}$ |
| | Bust of Ricardo Carcinero | National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila | Bust of Ricardo Carcinero, Spanish Politico Military Governor of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte | |
| Default sculpture icon | Jabali (Baboy Ramo) | Private collection | Depicts wild boar, sold at auction | |
| Default sculpture icon | Composite Statuette | unknown | A nude woman reclining | |
| a sculpture by Dr. Jose Rizal, snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | Model head of a Dapitan girl | unknown | A young girl from Dapitan | |
| Bust of Fr. Jose Guerrico, Jesuit Teacher from Ateneo Municipal, screenshot from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | Bust of Father Jose Guerrico | unknown | Bust of Fr. Jose Guerrico, Jesuit teacher from Ateneo Municipal. Received a gold medal at the St. Louis (1904) Exposition | |
| Snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | San Francisco de Padua | unknown | Image of Catholic saint, Anthony of Padua | |
| Default sculpture icon | Josephine Sleeping | Private collection of the descendants of Narcisa Rizal. | Plaster model of his wife, Josephine Bracken. Resurfaced and was auctioned of by the Leon Gallery. Currently on display at the National museum of Fine arts in Manila. | |

### Others

* Orate Frantes (let us pray brethren), wax figure
* Untitled chalk pipe of a girl (gift to his father)
* Biscuit molds, wood
* Wooden tops, wood

## 2-dimensional art

This section lists notable works of 2-dimensional art by Rizal. As an artist, he created numerous sketches and doodles scattered throughout papers and sketchpads which he carried around in his travels. He was also an accomplished painter which used oil paints, lacquer and watercolors.
| Image | Title | Location | Medium | Notes | Link |
| Portrait of Saturnina Rizal Hidalgo by Dr. Jose P. Rizal snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913 | Portrait of Saturnina Rizal | Rizal Shrine, Intramuros | oil | Painting depicting Rizal's eldest sister, Saturnina Rizal Hidalgo | $^{:105}$ |
| Default 2D icon | Dapitan church curtains | Used to be at the Ateneo de Manila University | oil | Used as a backdrop for a senakulo, a holy week play in Dapitan Catholic Church. Destroyed during WWII | |
| The Monkey and The Turtle 3 | The Turtle and the Monkey | | Ink on paper | Illustrations on The Turtle and the Monkey, a children's book he created. Considered by many to be the first Filipino comic book. | $^{:269–279}$ |
| | Untitled self-portrait | unknown | unknown | A shirtless self-portrait of a young Rizal | $^{:105}$ |
| Default 2D icon | Untitled landscape | unknown | oil on mother-of-pearl | Given as a token to Doña Leonor Valenzuela and later passed on to Doña Margarita Valenzuela | |
| Default 2D icon | Spanish coat-of-arms | unknown | watercolor | Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in Calamba in 1867 | |
| Default 2D icon | Allegory on a pair of porcelain vases of the new year celebration | unknown | oil on porcelain | | |
| Default 2D icon | Christ crucified | unknown | crayon | | |
| Default 2D icon | Immaculate concepcion | unknown | crayon | | |
| Default 2D icon | Portrait of Morayta | unknown | crayon | Depicts Miguel Morayta | |
| | Cover of Noli me Tangere | National Library of the Philippines | Ink on paper | The cover depicts symbols of the Filipino condition during the Spanish colonial period | |
| View of a public square in Berlin | Vista de Gendarmenmarkt en Berlin | National Museum of Fine arts of the Philippines | Graphite on paper | View of a public square in Berlin drawn up by Rizal during a visit. | |
| | Imitaion of Japanese art | unknown | Ink on paper | Sketch imitating Japanese art | |

## Other

* Relief map of Mindanao, a landscaping feature in front of Dapitan Catholic church, declared National Cultural Treasure