Antiquity in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Portrait of a young woman in red, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of a young woman in red, 90-120.

Portrait of a young woman in red (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic and gold leaf on limewood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Stonehenge at Sunset, 1836.

Stonehenge au soleil couchant (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, Ancient Egypt

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, 120–150.

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Study for “Christian Dirce”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study for “Christian Dirce”, before 1897.

Studium do obrazu "Dirce chrześcijańska" (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on photographic paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Curtain for the City Theatre in Kraków, Sketch, Henryk Siemiradzki

Curtain for the City Theatre in Kraków, Sketch, 1893–1894.

Kurtyna teatru krakowskiego, szkic (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Judgement of Paris, Henryk Siemiradzki

The Judgement of Paris, 1892.

Sąd Parysa (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), 1906.

Baalbek (A Naplemente Baalbekben) (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Ancient Egypt

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century.

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Jacopo Strada, 1567–1568.

Portrait de Jacopo Strada (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Orphée secourant Eurydice, Eugène Delacroix

Orphée secourant Eurydice, 1862.

Orphée secourant Eurydice (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Papirius and his Mother, Nicolai Abildgaard

Papirius and his Mother, 1809.

Papirius og hans moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath, 120–140.

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic and gold leaf on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, J. M. W. Turner

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850.

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches, 100–150.

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Narrative of Philitas, Rodolfo Amoedo

The Narrative of Philitas, 1887.

A Narração de Filectas (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl, Ancient Egypt

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl, vers 25-37.

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on limewood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Libyan Sibyl, 1511–1512.

The Libyan Sibyl (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, John Frederick Lewis

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, 1850.

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache over graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Funerary Panel of a Man

Funerary Panel of a Man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on linen

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

A Roman Slave Market, c. 1884.

A Roman Slave Market (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Head of a Woman, before 1900.

Głowa kobiety (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on oak panel

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, 1899.

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax)… (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, United States

Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890.

Pygmalion and Galatea (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Médée furieuse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Homer, 1663.

Homer (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Painted Shroud Fragment, 1st century BCE–1st century CE.

Painted Shroud Fragment (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, paint on gessoed linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella, David Young Cameron

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella, 1925.

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, 1904–1905.

A taorminai görög színház romjai (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Great Pyramid, Giza, after 1830.

The Great Pyramid, Giza (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man, 160–180.

Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on limewood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Forum Romanum, 1925.

Forum Romanum (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), paint on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Stonehenge, 1928.

Stonehenge (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Departure of the Fleet, J. M. W. Turner

The Departure of the Fleet, 1850.

The Departure of the Fleet (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath, 100–125.

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on limewood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ruined Church, c. 1840.

Ruined Church (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, 1808.

Den romerske digter Tibul der græder uden for sin elskedes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Girl at the Well, 1890s.

Dziewczyna przy studni (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Messaline, 1900.

Messaline (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, 1809.

Odysseus rådspørger i underverdenen spåmanden Teiresias (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Christian Dirce, 1897.

Dirce chrześcijańska (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, 1809.

Den græske digter Sappho og mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La visite au tombeau, 1850.

La visite au tombeau (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, Nicolai Abildgaard

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, 1809.

Alexander den Store og Diogenes (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Sketch for “The Judgement of Paris”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketch for “The Judgement of Paris”, c. 1892.

Szkic do "Sądu Parysa" (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Allegory of Music, Sketch for the Stage Curtain of the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, Henryk Siemiradzki

Allegory of Music, Sketch for the Stage Curtain of the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, c. 1892.

Alegoria muzyki, szkic do projektu kurtyny teatru… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil and pencil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Funerary Portrait of a Woman

Funerary Portrait of a Woman (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on linen

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Ovide chez les Scythes, Eugène Delacroix

Ovide chez les Scythes, 1862.

Ovide chez les Scythes (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States