See also Exploring Mouse Trap History.

• Mousetrap found at Niya in China, 3rd century
• A rat in a rat-trap, Bestiaire d'Amours (BNF Fr. 1951, fol. 15), 13th-14th century
• Medieval mousetrap detail from The Mérode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, c. 1427
  See The Merode Mousetrap for a reconstruction.
• Frau Venus und der Verliebte, Meister Casper von Regensburg, c. 1485
• Detail from St. Peter and Job, c. 1515-1520
• Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto, 1523; the mousetrap appears in the lower right-hand corner
• CAPTIVUS OB GULAM (Caught by greed), Emblematum liber, 1534
• A Booke of Engines and traps to take Polcats, Buzardes, Rattes, Mice and all other kindes of Vermine and beasts whatsoever, most profitable for all Warriners, and such as delight in this kinde of sport and pastime by Leonard Mascall, 1590
  See also Unmasking Mascall's Mouse Traps.