Bare feet in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, 1809.

Catullus og Lesbia, der i hans arme søger trøst for hendes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Odalisque au fauteuil, 1928.

Odalisque au fauteuil (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, Nicolai Abildgaard

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, 1809.

Apollon pålægger Parcerne at opsøge den fra jorden… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

By the Cellar, 1917.

Vid källaren (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Crowning with Thorns, c. 1570.

Le Couronnement d'épines (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Thetis Entreats Hephaestus to Provide Achilles with Armour, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Thetis Entreats Hephaestus to Provide Achilles with Armour, 1803.

Thetis bittet Hephaistos um Waffen für Achilleus (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, 1497–1500.

Judith avec la tête d'Holopherne (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Saint John the Evangelist, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint John the Evangelist, 18th century.

San Juan Evangelista (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Demon, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', Francisco Laso

Demon, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', c. 1860–1868.

Demonio, estudio para 'El entierro del cura o Manchaypuito' (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), charcoal on paper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Saint Christopher, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Christopher, c. 1710–1720.

Saint Christopher (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Tobie et l'ange, 1863.

Tobie et l'ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

The Young Gleaner or The Butterflies, Paul Peel

The Young Gleaner or The Butterflies, 1888.

The Young Gleaner or The Butterflies (museum title)

Paul Peel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Almansaris Visits Huon in Prison, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Almansaris Visits Huon in Prison, 1804–1805.

Almansaris besucht Hüon im Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

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

Chevaux à la fontaine, 1862.

Chevaux à la fontaine (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Evening in Polesia, 1909.

Wieczór na Polesiu (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Nude Study, Standing Boy, 1903.

Alastontutkielma, seisova poika (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Cheerful Woman, 1911–1912.

Fröhliches Weib (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Indigenous Bearers, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', Francisco Laso

Indigenous Bearers, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', c. 1860–1868.

Cargadores indígenas, estudio para 'El entierro del cura o… (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), charcoal on paper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Deux odalisques dont l'une dévetue, fond ornemental et damier, Henri Matisse

Deux odalisques dont l'une dévetue, fond ornemental et damier, 1928.

Deux odalisques dont l'une dévetue, fond ornemental et… (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Moderna Museet, Sweden

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Médée furieuse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Boy Sitting on the Shore, Amélie Lundahl

Boy Sitting on the Shore, 1880–1889.

Rannalla istuva poika (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Breakfast, 1866.

Frukosten (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Study for Jesus in Capernaum, Rodolfo Amoedo

Study for Jesus in Capernaum, 1885.

Estudo para Jesus em Cafarnaum (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne, Leonardo da Vinci

La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne, 1511.

La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et sainte Anne (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), oil on poplar panel

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

View to Infinity, 1916.

Blick ins Unendliche (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The penitent Saint Jerome, c. 1575.

Saint Jérôme pénitent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668.

Return of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

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

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

A Woman Standing in a Landscape, Leonardo da Vinci

A Woman Standing in a Landscape, c. 1513–1516.

A Woman Standing in a Landscape (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, 1804–1805.

Titania findet am Strand den Zauberring (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Source, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Source, 1856.

La Source (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Cabin, 1918.

Kajutan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Holy Family, 1719.

La Sainte Famille (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa, 1921.

Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Two Girls, c. 1894.

Two Girls (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Poem by Sōsei Hōshi, 1921.

Poem by Sōsei Hōshi (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et damier, Henri Matisse

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et damier, 1928.

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et… (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

In the Studio, 1891.

En el taller (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Liberty (Helvetia), 1891.

Die Freiheit (Helvetia) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Las Hilanderas, 1655–1660.

Les Fileuses (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

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

Nymph and Shepherd, c. 1570–1575.

Nymphe et Berger (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria