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An interesting article on related vehicles in Antiquity: Roman Traction Systems
- Wagons on the Oseberg Tapestry, 9th century; for construction, see The Oseberg Cart.
- The Maciejowski Bible, 1250
Joseph is honored: A wagon drawn by two horses.
Barak attacks Sisera: A wagon drawn by two horses.
The Ark comes to Beth-Shemesh: A wagon drawn by two cows.
- 14th century Bible historiale (BNF Fr 152) fol. 71 has a wagon pulled by cattle; another wagon in fol. 128v
- The Luttrell Psalter (British Library MS Add. 42130), c. 1325-1335: a farm cart (fol. 162); A hay-cart (fol. 173v); and a very long covered wagon (fol. 181v)
- Transporting the wounded Arthur by carriage, Spieghel Historiael (The Hague, KB, KA 20, fol. 163v), c. 1325-1335
- A cart for transporting a winebarrel in an edition of Brunetto Latini's Book of the Treasure (BNF Fr 571, fol. 66v), ca. 1326
- The Romance of Alexander (Bodl. 264), 1338-1344, fols. 42v, 83v, 109r, and 152v
- Tres Riches Heures 1412-16
August: A wagon loaded with hay in the far background. I think those are horses drawing the wagon, but am not sure.
September: A pair of oxen draw a cart, laden with grapes that have been harvested.
- Border (base-de-page), The Book of Hours of Margaret of Orleans (BNF Latin 1156 B, fol. 158v), c. 1426
- Cybele, goddess of the Earth, from Livre des checs amoureux, 15th century
In this allegorical illustration, Cybele rides in a covered wagon drawn by a pair of lions.
- Elijah's ascension in a Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 9, fol. 168v), 15th century; note the saddles and yokes on the horses, and the simplistic box-like construction of the wagon
- De casibus (BNF Fr. 226), 15th century: Similar wagons with canopy-like covers in images of triumphs in fols. 143v and 219; a plainer (and more open) wooden wagon carries the dying Darius III in fol. 104v; and simple carts (with barred sides) are employed in the torture of Mettius Fufetius in fol. 60v.
- The battle between the Romans and the Latins (fol. 77v), Ad urbe condita (BNF Fr. 33, fol. 77v), mid-15th century
- Tarquin the Elder and his wife Tanaquil sit together in their carriage in Valerius Maximus' Facta et dicta memorabilia (The Hague, KB, 66 B 13, fol. 180v), c. 1475
- September, The Grimani Breviary, c. 1490-1510
- Mars (fol. 36) and Cybele (fol. 147v), Êchecs amoreux (BNF Fr. 143), c. 1496-1498
- The Haywain by Hieronymus Bosch, 1500-02
- Escape of St. Cantius, St. Cantianus, and Cantianilla, c. 1505-1515; wagon wheel
- Ydonia on a journey in the Chronicle of Flanders (The Hague, KB, 132 A 13, fol. 1r)
- Detail fro m The Mockery of Job in an altarpiece from Innsbruck, c. 1515-1525
- Assistance in a nobleman's wagon-accident (detail) from the Great Altar of the Miracles of Mary at Graz, c. 1518-1522
- Covered wagon in the April section of the Augsburger Monatsbilder, 1520s
- Upper section of a Prunkwagen, c. 1527?
- Fol. 11r in the Hennessy Book of Hours, c. 1530-1540
- Market Scene by Pieter Aertsen, 1550
There are horse-drawn carts at the right and left sides of the scene.
- The Numbering at Bethlehem by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566
- The Wagon-Wright, Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auf Erden, 1568
- Village Feast by Joachim Beuckelaer
A partially-covered horse-drawn wagon. (Note here that the drivers are riding the horses; the wagon contains only passengers.)
- Village Feast (Annual Fair) by Hans Bol
Several covered horse-drawn wagons.
- Village Feast by Gillis Mostaert
Two covered wagons.
- Carolla Padoena in the Album Amicorum of a German Soldier, 1595
- The Battle of Carnival and Lent by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
A few carts, pulled by women.
- Travellers on the Way by Jan Brueghel the Elder
Three horse-drawn wagons, two of which are covered.
- Landscape With Windmills by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1607
A horse-drawn cart and two wagons.
- Village Feast by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
A horse-drawn wagon.
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