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	Link
	Untitled self-portrait	Private Collection	Early self portrait in wood done in 1879. Sold at auction.
	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.
	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 Rizal Shrine, Intramuros	Allegorical work symbolizing science illuminating the world. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt.
	The Triumph of Death over life	Exhibited at the Dresden museum of modern art originals unknown	Allegorical work representing the death as a hooded skeleton embracing a woman. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt.
	Prometheus Bound	originals unknown	Representation of Greek god Prometheus. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt.
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
San Pablo Ermitaño	San Pablo el Ermitaño	National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila	A representation of St. Paul the First Hermit
	Oyang Dapitana	originals unknown	A representation of a laundry woman.
	Bust of Ricardo Carcinero	National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila	Bust of Ricardo Carcinero, Spanish Politico Military Governor of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte
	Jabali (Baboy Ramo)	Private collection	Depicts wild boar, sold at auction
	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
	Josephine sleeping	unknown	Plaster model of his wife, Josephine Bracken

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
	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.
	Untitled Self portrait	unknown	unknown	A shirtless self-portrait of a young Rizal
	Untitled landscape	unknown	oil on mother-of-pearl	Given as a token to Doña Leonor Valenzuela and later passed on to Doña Margarita Valenzuela
	Spanish coat-of-arms	unknown	watercolor	Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in Calamba in 1867
	Allegory on a pair of porcelain vases of the new year celebration	unknown	oil on porcelain
	Christ crucified	unknown	crayon
	Immaculate concepcion	unknown	crayon
	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

Other

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