Apron in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Peasant Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant Dance, 1568.

The Peasant Dance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Washing the sheep in front of a house, Anna Ancher

Washing the sheep in front of a house, c. 1920.

Fårevask foran et hus (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Copenhagen Street Scene with a Market Woman, C.W. Eckersberg

Copenhagen Street Scene with a Market Woman, 1852.

Københavnsk gadescene med sælgerkone (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Breton Girl Picking Flowers, Amélie Lundahl

Breton Girl Picking Flowers, 1880–1885.

Kukkia keräävä bretagnelainen tyttö (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), paint on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Shepherdess Seated in the Shade, Jean-François Millet

Shepherdess Seated in the Shade, 1872.

Shepherdess Seated in the Shade (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Seated mother and daughter, Johan Christian Dahl

Seated mother and daughter, 1853.

Sittende mor og datter (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Young Shepherdess, c. 1871.

Young Shepherdess (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Costume Study, c. 1854–1856.

Estudo de traje (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), watercolor on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

On a mountain path, a peasant with a donkey talks to a girl with a basket of fruit on her head, Wilhelm Marstrand

On a mountain path, a peasant with a donkey talks to a girl with a basket of fruit on her head, after 1870.

På en bjergsti taler en bonde med æsel med en pige med kurv… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Girl with Bread, 1887.

Mädchen mit Brot (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Street Scene in Windy and Rainy Weather, C.W. Eckersberg

Street Scene in Windy and Rainy Weather, 1846.

Gadescene i blæst og regn (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Breton Girl Holding a Jar, Amélie Lundahl

Breton Girl Holding a Jar, 1884.

Bretagnelaistyttö ruukku kädessä (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Portrait of Mrs Caughey, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of Mrs Caughey, 1916.

Portrait of Mrs Caughey (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Woman Ironing, 1915.

Strijkster (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), oil on cardboard

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Jeanne Hébuterne, 1919.

Jeanne Hébuterne (museum title)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

A Girl on the Field, Elin Danielson-Gambogi

A Girl on the Field, 1885.

Tyttö pellolla (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Festivities at Les Invalides, Henri Evenepoel

Festivities at Les Invalides, 1898.

La fête aux Invalides (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Italian Woman (La Morieri), Camille Corot

Italian Woman (La Morieri), c. 1872.

Italian Woman (La Morieri) (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two Girls Dyeing Fabric, 1913.

Kaksi kangasta värjäävää tyttöä (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Costume Study, c. 1854–1856.

Estudo de traje (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), watercolor on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Woman Sewing by Lamplight, Harriet Backer

Woman Sewing by Lamplight, 1890.

Syende kvinne ved lampelys (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on wood panel

National Museum of Norway

Climbing the Slope, c. 1883.

Subiendo la cuesta (museum title)

Reinaldo Giudici (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid, Johannes Vermeer

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid, c. 1670.

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

The Little Annuitant, 1889.

La Petite Rentière (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Dance, 1719.

La danse (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

The Keeper of the Flock, Jean-François Millet

The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–1874.

The Keeper of the Flock (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

A Norman Milkmaid at Gréville, Jean-François Millet

A Norman Milkmaid at Gréville, 1871.

Laitière normande à Gréville (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Young Girl with an Apron, Berthe Morisot

Young Girl with an Apron, 1891.

Young Girl with an Apron (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, John Lavery

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, 1919.

Elswick, 1917 : Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth & Company (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Lisbeth, 1912.

Lisbeth (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

When the day's work is done, Anna Ancher

When the day's work is done, 1917.

“Efter Dagens Møje”. Søstrene Brøndum hviler sig (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Peasant girl with a rake, sketch for “Return from the Meadows” of 1911; verso: portrait sketch of the artist's wife, Maria née Szymanowska, Józef Chełmoński

Peasant girl with a rake, sketch for “Return from the Meadows” of 1911; verso: portrait sketch of the artist's wife, Maria née Szymanowska, c. 1911.

Dziewczyna wiejska z grabiami, szkic obrazu "Powrót z łąk"… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

By the Cellar, 1917.

Vid källaren (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Two Sailors Courting a Pair of Girls, C.W. Eckersberg

Two Sailors Courting a Pair of Girls, 1848.

To sømænd gør kur til et par piger (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, brush, grey and brown wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The boy is heard, after 1870.

Drengen høres (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Maternité, 1919.

Maternité (museum title)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian), oil on canvas

Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, France

Old Woman in Bed, 1906.

Gamle Ole Eriksens (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Tavern Quarrel, 1500.

A Tavern Quarrel (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), tempera on canvas

Centrum voor Oude Kunst 't Vliegend Peert, Belgium

The Wedding Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Wedding Dance, 1566.

The Wedding Dance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Noon, 1894.

Noon (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Garden Girl, 1885.

Puutarhatyttö (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Market Women in Copenhagen, C.W. Eckersberg

Market Women in Copenhagen, 1852.

Torvekoner i København (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Man Descending a Staircase, a Woman and a Child in the Background, C.W. Eckersberg

Man Descending a Staircase, a Woman and a Child in the Background, c. 1848–1852.

Mand på vej ned ad trappe, i baggrunden kvinde og barn (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Apple Gatherer, c. 1911.

The Apple Gatherer (museum title)

Helen McNicoll (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée des beaux-arts de Hamilton, Canada

A lady in disguise out for a walk, Pancho Fierro

A lady in disguise out for a walk, c. 1850–1860.

Una Señora desfrasada en paseo (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

View through a Door to Running Figures, C.W. Eckersberg

View through a Door to Running Figures, 1845.

Udsigt gennem en dør til løbende figurer (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Crèche, 1890.

Die Kinderkrippe (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Museum "Am Stadtgarten", Winterthur, Switzerland

Letter-Writing, 1912.

Brevskrivning (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Poulterer, 1897.

De poelier (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Het melkmeisje, 1660.

Het melkmeisje (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands