Bare-chested in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Rescue, 1870.

Le sauvetage (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Penitent Saint Jerome, 1652.

San Jerónimo penitente (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Death of Marat, 1793.

La Mort de Marat (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Apple Harvest, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Apple Harvest, c. 1890.

Recolte des Pommes (museum title)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Saint Sebastian, 1910–1912.

Odilon Redon (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Turtle Seller, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Turtle Seller, 1854.

Le Marchand de tortues (museum title)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Smoke Signal, 1905.

Frederic Remington (American), oil on canvas

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States

The Oath of the Omladina under the Slavic Linden, Alphonse Mucha

The Oath of the Omladina under the Slavic Linden, 1926.

Přísaha /omladiny/ u slovanské lípy (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, oil and tempera on canvas

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

Ulysses and the Sirens, John William Waterhouse

Ulysses and the Sirens, 1891.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Compassion, 1897.

Compassion ! (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Dance to the Berdash, 1835–1837.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, Jacques-Louis David

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, 1818.

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis (87.PA.27) (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Four Dancers, 1843–1844.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Wrestlers, 1899.

Thomas Eakins (American), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Bulgarian Tsar Simeon, Alphonse Mucha

The Bulgarian Tsar Simeon, 1923.

Car bulharský Symeon (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, oil and tempera on canvas

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

Flagellation of Christ, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

Flagellation of Christ, 1538.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), paint on wood panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Beggar's Dance, Mouth of Teton River, George Catlin

Beggar's Dance, Mouth of Teton River, 1835–1837.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Bride's Toilet, 1937.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

And she is the one I love, Auguste Rodin

And she is the one I love, 1899–1900.

Et c'est celle-là que j'aime (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody, Auguste Rodin

And yet, he said, I who speak to you, Milady … I am not just anybody, 1899–1900.

Et pourtant, dit-il, moi qui vous parle Milady … je ne suis… (museum title)

Auguste Rodin (French), color lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Nude Group, 1935.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Saint Bartholomew, 1641.

San Bartolomé (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Cutting tobacco, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon

담배썰기, 《단원 풍속도첩》 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Don Quixote Disputing with the Mad Cardenio, Francis Hayman

Don Quixote Disputing with the Mad Cardenio, 1765–1770.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

The Death of Nelson, 1806.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Admiration, 1897.

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

San Antonio Museum of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, Jusepe de Ribera

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639.

El martirio de San Felipe (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Single Figure, Oblique, 1928.

Einzelfigur schräg (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil and tempera on canvas

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Young Black Man with a Sword, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Young Black Man with a Sword, 1850.

Jeune noir à l'épée (museum title)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Cycle of the Passion: The Resurrection, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

Cycle of the Passion: The Resurrection, c. 1537–1538.

Cycle of Passion: The Resurrection (museum title)

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German)

Grunewald Hunting Lodge, Germany

Threshing maize, Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine

Threshing maize, 1938.

Battage du maïs (museum title)

Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine, print on paper

Cernuschi Museum, France

Taking the Count, 1898.

Thomas Eakins (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Self-Portrait as a Half-Length Nude with Amber Necklace II, Paula Modersohn-Becker

Self-Portrait as a Half-Length Nude with Amber Necklace II, 1906.

Selbstbildnis als Halbakt mit Bernsteinkette II (museum title)

Paula Modersohn-Becker (German), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Kagero: Akushichibei Kagekiyo, from the series "Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji)", Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kagero: Akushichibei Kagekiyo, from the series "Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji)", 1855.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Good Samaritan, 1751–1752.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Saint Paul the Hermit, 1640.

San Pablo Ermitaño (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Prodigal Son, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Prodigal Son, c. 1879.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on linen

National Gallery of Art, United States

Saint Genevieve as a Child at Prayer, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Saint Genevieve as a Child at Prayer, c. 1877.

Sainte Geneviève enfant en prière (museum title)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Historians of the Tribe, Frederic Remington

Historians of the Tribe, 1890–1899.

Frederic Remington (American), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Nude, Woman, and Approaching Figure (verso: Study of a Nude), Oskar Schlemmer

Nude, Woman, and Approaching Figure (verso: Study of a Nude), 1925.

Akt, Frau und Kommender (verso : Skizze eines Aktes) (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil on canvas

Neue Nationalgalerie, Germany

Háh-je-day-ah'-shee, Meeting Birds, a Brave, George Catlin

Háh-je-day-ah'-shee, Meeting Birds, a Brave, 1835–1836.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Torso, 1931.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Spoliarium, 1884.

Juan Luna, oil on canvas

National Museum of the Philippines

Echo and Narcissus, John William Waterhouse

Echo and Narcissus, 1903.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Apotheosis of the Slavs (Slavs for Humanity), Alphonse Mucha

The Apotheosis of the Slavs (Slavs for Humanity), 1926.

Apoteóza /Slovanstvo pro lidstvo!/ (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, oil and tempera on canvas

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

Saint Jerome, 1640.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Harvard Art Museums, United States

The Prodigal Son, c. 1879.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on canvas

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

Saint Paul the Hermit, c. 1638.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Saint Jerome, c. 1638–1640.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Strong Man, c. 1865.

Honoré Daumier (French)

Phillips Collection, United States