Base in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Theology. Allegorical figure, Nicolai Abildgaard

Theology. Allegorical figure, 1800.

Teologien. Allegorisk figur (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Bouddha (Buddha), 1895.

Bouddha (Buddha) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Cover of the Ateneum Magazine, Published by Wentzel Hagelstam, Albert Edelfelt

Cover of the Ateneum Magazine, Published by Wentzel Hagelstam, 1898.

Ateneum-lehden kansikuva, julkaisija Wentzel Hagelstam (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), paint on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La Fenêtre bleue, 1913.

La Fenêtre bleue (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Museum Folkwang, Germany

Bear Standing on its Hind Legs, drawing from sculpture, Helene Schjerfbeck

Bear Standing on its Hind Legs, drawing from sculpture, 1877–1878.

Takajaloillaan seisova karhu, veistoksen mukaan (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Atlas Statue, 1877–1878.

Atlas -veistos (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study for the Sforza Monument

Study for the Sforza Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Study for the Trivulzio Monument

Study for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Standing model, frontal, head resting against the raised right arm; unfinished

Model stående en face, hovedet støttet mod den løftede… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne, Albrecht Dürer

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne, 1501.

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Anémones et Vase chinois, 1922.

Anémones et Vase chinois (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, Nicolai Abildgaard

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, 1787.

En forfatter i gabestokken. Med hentydning til korporal… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study Drawing after a Plaster Cast of an Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Torso from c. 500 BC

Studietegning efter en gipsafstøbning efter en antik græsk… (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), charcoal on paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Head of a Bearded Man, after a Sculpture, Helene Schjerfbeck

Head of a Bearded Man, after a Sculpture, 1877–1878.

Parrakkaan miehen pää, veistoksen mukaan (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on cardboard

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Ilissos, after an Antique Sculpture, Helene Schjerfbeck

Ilissos, after an Antique Sculpture, 1877–1878.

Ilissos, antiikin veistoksen mukaan (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on cardboard

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Small Seated Boy, Sculpture Seen from Behind, Helene Schjerfbeck

Small Seated Boy, Sculpture Seen from Behind, 1877–1878.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos takaapäin (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Design for the railing in front of the Sorgenfri building

Udkast til gitteret foran Sorgenfri bygning (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and watercolour

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Standing Male Model with a Sword in His Hand, Academic Study, Albert Edelfelt

Standing Male Model with a Sword in His Hand, Academic Study, 1874.

Seisova miesmalli, miekka kädessä, akatemiaharjoitelma (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), charcoal on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, Nicolai Abildgaard

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, c. 1792–1795.

Polyhymnia, hymnedigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Variant of illustration for the 'Saga of Haakon the Good', Christian Krohg

Variant of illustration for the 'Saga of Haakon the Good', 1895–1899.

Variant av illustrasjon til "Håkon den godes saga" i Snorre… (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Takanen's "Venus and Amor"

Takasen "Venus ja Amor" (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Small Seated Boy, Sculpture, Helene Schjerfbeck

Small Seated Boy, Sculpture, 1877–1878.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Seated Little Boy, Sculpture Seen from the Front, Helene Schjerfbeck

Seated Little Boy, Sculpture Seen from the Front, 1877–1878.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos edestäpäin (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Head of Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, after a Sculpture, Helene Schjerfbeck

Head of Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, after a Sculpture, 1873–1877.

Carl Jonas Love Almqvistin pää, veistoksen mukaan (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study for the Trivulzio Monument

Study for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Sappho, seated with her lyre, in the background a hermaphrodite reclines

Sappho, siddende med sin lyre, i baggrunden hviler en… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Seated figure wearing a mask, framed in a circle. Design for a decoration in the tea house in Sorgenfri park

Siddende maskefigur, cirkelrundt indrammet. Udkast til… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Standing Male Model, in Profile to the Left, 1805.

Mandlig stående model, profil til venstre (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Republic, 1848–1849.

La République (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil paint

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

Drawing of Edgar Degas's Sculpture Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, Helene Schjerfbeck

Drawing of Edgar Degas's Sculpture Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, 1881–1882.

Piirustus Edgar Degas'n balettityttö-veistoksesta "Petite… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Monument, c. 1866.

Monumento (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), watercolor and graphite

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Design for a Memorial Monument for Sinclar (Sinclair)

Udkast til mindestøtte for Sinclar (Sinclair) (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, Indian ink and watercolour

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Seated Little Boy, Sculpture Seen from Behind, Helene Schjerfbeck

Seated Little Boy, Sculpture Seen from Behind, 1877–1878.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos takaapäin (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A genio lumen. A Seated Woman Writes; to the Right of Her Another Woman Pours Oil into a Lamp

A genio lumen. En siddende kvinde skriver, til højre for… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study for the Trivulzio Monument

Study for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Pontus Fürstenberg and his Wife by Hasselberg's "The Frog", Anders Zorn

Pontus Fürstenberg and his Wife by Hasselberg's "The Frog", 1895.

Pontus Fürstenberg och hans hustru vid Hasselbergs "Grodan" (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Side View, showing the Eye Sockets and Maxillary Sinus

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Side View, showing… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Kneeling Male Model, in Profile to the Left, 1804.

Mandlig knælende modelfigur, profil til venstre (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Luxembourg Gardens, 1903.

Luxembourgin puistossa (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Cover Proposal for the Ateneum Magazine, Published by Wentzel Hagelstam, Albert Edelfelt

Cover Proposal for the Ateneum Magazine, Published by Wentzel Hagelstam, 1898.

Ateneum-lehden kansiehdotus, julkaisija Wentzel Hagelstam (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Man with a cigarette looking at an artwork, Christian Krohg

Man with a cigarette looking at an artwork, 1882–1892.

Mann med sigarett som betrakter kunstverk (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Small Boy Seated, Sculpture Seen from the Side, Helene Schjerfbeck

Small Boy Seated, Sculpture Seen from the Side, 1877–1878.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos sivulta (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), black chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Nature morte avec amour en plâtre, Paul Cézanne

Nature morte avec amour en plâtre, c. 1895.

Nature morte avec amour en plâtre (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on paper

Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom

Cupidon en plâtre, c. 1894–1895.

Cupidon en plâtre (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Harvard Art Museums, United States

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument

Studies for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

A kneeling woman holding an object in her outstretched right hand

En kvinde, der ligger på knæ, holdende en genstand i den… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Drawings of Antiquities for the Gustav III Fresco in the Staircase of Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Cinerary Urn, Basin and Rhyton

Antiker till Gustav III-fresken. Askurna, bäcken och rhyton (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite and watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Zeichnung für einen Tischbrunnen, Albrecht Dürer

Zeichnung für einen Tischbrunnen, 1498–1503.

Zeichnung für einen Tischbrunnen (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German)

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom