List of artwork by Jose Rizal

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Rizal is known to have created 56 sculptural works, 18 of which are still in existence,^[1] which range from different mediums such as wood, clay and plaster-of-paris.

Wood

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Image	Title	Location	Notes	Link
	Untitled self-portrait	Private Collection	Early self-portrait in wood done in 1879. Sold at auction.	[3]
	Untitled Bas Relief	Private Collection	Resurfaced work depicting an athletic man lifting a barbel. Sold at auction	[4]
	Sacred Heart of Jesus	Ateneo de Manila University	Carved at age 14 of Baticuling wood. The image left at Rizal's cell in Intramuros.	[5]
	Image of the Virgin Mary	unknown	"Partner" to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
	Josephine Bracken (Bas Relief)	unknown	Bas Relief depicting Josephine Bracken, Rizal's Wife	[2]
	Bust of Francisco Mercado	unknown	Wooden bust of his father, Francisco Mercado	[2]

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Clay, terracotta, plaster

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Image	Title	Location	Notes	Link
	The Triumph of Science over Death	Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art,[2] now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros[6]	Allegorical work symbolizing science illuminating the world. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt.	[2]: 134
	The Triumph of Death over Life	Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art,[2] now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros[7]	Allegorical work representing the death as a hooded skeleton embracing a woman. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt.	[2]: 134
	Prometheus Bound	Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art,[2] now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros[7]	Representation of Greek god Prometheus. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt, now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros	[8]
	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	[9][2]: 200
	San Pablo el Ermitaño	National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila	A representation of St. Paul the First Hermit	[9]
	Oyang Dapitana	originals unknown	A representation of a laundry woman.	[2]: 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	[10]
	Jabali (Baboy Ramo)	Private collection	Depicts wild boar, sold at auction	[11]
	Composite Statuette	unknown	A nude woman reclining	[2]
	Model head of a Dapitan girl	unknown	A young girl from Dapitan	[2]
	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[12]	[13]
	San Francisco de Padua	unknown	Image of Catholic saint, Anthony of Padua	[2]
	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.[14] Currently on display at the National Museum of Fine arts in Manila.[15]

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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.

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Image	Title	Location	Medium	Notes	Link
	Portrait of Saturnina Rizal	Rizal Shrine, Intramuros	oil	Painting depicting Rizal's eldest sister, Saturnina Rizal Hidalgo	[17][2]: 105
	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	[18]
	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.	[19][2]: 269–279
	Untitled self-portrait	unknown	unknown	A shirtless self-portrait of a young Rizal	[20][2]: 105
	Untitled landscape	unknown	oil on mother-of-pearl	Given as a token to Doña Leonor Valenzuela and later passed on to Doña Margarita Valenzuela	[18]
	Spanish coat-of-arms	unknown	watercolor	Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in Calamba in 1867	[21]
	Allegory on a pair of porcelain vases of the new year celebration	unknown	oil on porcelain		[21]
	Christ crucified	unknown	crayon		[21]
	Immaculate concepcion	unknown	crayon		[21]
	Portrait of Morayta	unknown	crayon	Depicts Miguel Morayta	[21]
	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
	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.	[22]
	Imitaion of Japanese art	unknown	Ink on paper	Sketch imitating Japanese art	[23][24]
	Portrait of a European Gentleman	Salcedo Auction house	Charcoal on paper	Sketch of a male human head. Provenance comes from a descendant of Narcisa Mercado Rizal. Set to be auctioned off.	[25]

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