Battle in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Daniel Maclise

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c. 1854.

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", Victor Meirelles

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", c. 1874–1878.

Esboceto para Batalha dos Guararapes (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

The Boarding of the Frigate Imperatriz, Edoardo De Martino

The Boarding of the Frigate Imperatriz, c. 1875.

Abordagem da Fragata Imperatriz (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Passage of Humaitá, Victor Meirelles

The Passage of Humaitá, 1870s.

Passagem de Humaitá (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Battle of Yataytí Corá, July 2, 1866, Cándido López

Battle of Yataytí Corá, July 2, 1866, 1887–1902.

Batalla de Yataytí Corá, 2 de julio de 1866 (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Drunkenness of Noah, Michel-Ange

Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Drunkenness of Noah, c. 1504–1508.

Studies of Two Male Nudes on Horseback and a Male Head… (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), black chalk

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Zrínyi’s Sally, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Zrínyi’s Sally, 1903.

Zrínyi kirohanása (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

The Naval Battle of Riachuelo, Edoardo De Martino

The Naval Battle of Riachuelo, 1870.

Combate naval do Riachuelo (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Retreat from Marignano (Full-Scale Design II), Ferdinand Hodler

The Retreat from Marignano (Full-Scale Design II), 1897–1898.

Rückzug von Marignano. Karton II (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Painting of the 30th of June 1826, Edoardo De Martino

The Painting of the 30th of June 1826, c. 1869–1876.

Benedetto quadro del 30 de Giugno 1826 (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite, wash and white gouache on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Attack of the Brazilian Squadron on the Curupaytí Batteries, September 22, 1866, Cándido López

Attack of the Brazilian Squadron on the Curupaytí Batteries, September 22, 1866, 1901.

Ataque de la escuadra Brasileña a las baterías de… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes, Eugène Delacroix

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes, 1863.

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), Viktor Madarász

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), 1875.

Zrínyi Miklós szigetvári kirohanása előtt (vázlat) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", c. 1868–1870.

Estudo para Passagem do Humaitá (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Study for "The Naval Battle of Riachuelo", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Naval Battle of Riachuelo", c. 1871–1872.

Estudo para Batalha Naval do Riachuelo (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Scythemen Praying Before the Battle, sketch, Józef Chełmoński

Scythemen Praying Before the Battle, sketch, 1905.

Kosynierzy modlący się przed bitwą, szkic (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Botzaris Surprises the Turkish Camp and Falls Fatally Wounded, Eugène Delacroix

Botzaris Surprises the Turkish Camp and Falls Fatally Wounded, 1860–1862.

Botzaris Surprises the Turkish Camp and Falls Fatally… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art, United States

The Suicide of Saul, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Suicide of Saul, 1562.

The Suicide of Saul (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Saluting his Army on the Battlefield, Alexandre Roslin

Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Saluting his Army on the Battlefield, 1757.

Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Saluting his Army on the… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes", c. 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, George W. Lambert

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, 1920.

The charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), pencil on paper

Art Gallery of South Australia

Trench of Curupaytí (former title: Interior View of Curupaytí Seen from the Mast of an Argentine Ship), Cándido López

Trench of Curupaytí (former title: Interior View of Curupaytí Seen from the Mast of an Argentine Ship), 1893.

Trinchera de Curupaytí (Tít. ant.: Vista interior de… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cavalry Combat in the Time of Rosas, Carlos Morel

Cavalry Combat in the Time of Rosas, c. 1839.

Combate de caballería en la época de Rosas (museum title)

Carlos Morel (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Étude de la tête d'un soldat pour La Bataile d'Angiari, Leonardo da Vinci

Étude de la tête d'un soldat pour La Bataile d'Angiari, 1504.

Étude de la tête d'un soldat pour La Bataile d'Angiari (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Study of Horsemen in Combat and Foot Soldiers, Leonardo da Vinci

Study of Horsemen in Combat and Foot Soldiers, 1503–1504.

Study of Horsemen in Combat and Foot Soldiers (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Galeries de l'Académie, Italy

The Surrender of Brea, 1635.

La Reddition de Bréda (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Retreat from Marignano (Full-Scale Design III), Ferdinand Hodler

The Retreat from Marignano (Full-Scale Design III), 1897–1898.

Rückzug von Marignano. Karton III (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Kościuszko at Racławice, 1888.

Kościuszko pod Racławicami (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Le siège d'une forteresse, Albrecht Dürer

Le siège d'une forteresse, 1527.

Le siège d'une forteresse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), print

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Assault of the 2nd Brazilian Column on Curupaytí, Cándido López

Assault of the 2nd Brazilian Column on Curupaytí, 1894.

Asalto de la 2ª columna brasileña a Curupaytí (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Felipe Camarão), Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Felipe Camarão), c. 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (Felipe Camarão) (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Cavalry Charge – Buenos Aires Customs and Manners Series, Carlos Morel

Cavalry Charge – Buenos Aires Customs and Manners Series, c. 1839.

Carga de caballería - Serie Usos y Costumbres de Buenos… (museum title)

Carlos Morel (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Study for "The Naval Battle of Riachuelo", c. 1871–1872.

Estudo para Batalha Naval do Riachuelo (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Kościuszko on horseback with the scythemen, sketch for “Prayer before the Battle. Racławice” of 1906; verso: in the stable, Józef Chełmoński

Kościuszko on horseback with the scythemen, sketch for “Prayer before the Battle. Racławice” of 1906; verso: in the stable, c. 1905.

Kościuszko na koniu z kosynierami, szkic do obrazu… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

"Too weak, too weak is the king's bow!", Christian Krohg

"Too weak, too weak is the king's bow!", 1895–1899.

"For veik, for veik er kongens bue!" (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Dull Gret, 1561.

Dull Gret (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Belgium

The 30th of June, c. 1869–1876.

30 di Giugno (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite, wash and white gouache on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, Eugène Delacroix

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, 1856.

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Athens, Greece

Assault of the 1st Brazilian Column on Curupaytí (under Colonel Augusto Fco. Caldas), Cándido López

Assault of the 1st Brazilian Column on Curupaytí (under Colonel Augusto Fco. Caldas), 1897.

Asalto de la 1a Columna Brasileña a Curupaytí (al mando del… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Fallen Dutch Warrior), Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Fallen Dutch Warrior), c. 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (guerreiro holandês… (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil and graphite on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Wounded Paraguayan Soldiers, Prisoners of the Battle of Yatay, Cándido López

Wounded Paraguayan Soldiers, Prisoners of the Battle of Yatay, 1892.

Soldados paraguayos heridos, prisioneros de la batalla de… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Boarding of the Corvette Maceió and the Schooner Dois de Dezembro, Edoardo De Martino

The Boarding of the Corvette Maceió and the Schooner Dois de Dezembro, 1873.

Abordagem da corveta Maceió e da escuna Dois de Dezembro (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes", 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), pencil on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Study of Horsemen in Combat and Foot Soldiers, 1503–1504.

Study of Horsemen in Combat and Foot Soldiers (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Galeries de l'Académie, Italy

Forarbeid til Snorre Sturlason, Kongesagaer, Kristiania 1899, Christian Krohg

Forarbeid til Snorre Sturlason, Kongesagaer, Kristiania 1899, 1895–1899.

Forarbeid til Snorre Sturlason, Kongesagaer, Kristiania 1899 (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen and gouache on paper

National Museum of Norway

Harald Gråfell dro til Danmark om sommeren, Christian Krohg

Harald Gråfell dro til Danmark om sommeren, 1895–1899.

Harald Gråfell dro til Danmark om sommeren (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Sketchbook, folio 38: sketch for “The Wake of Sviatoslav's Warriors”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 38: sketch for “The Wake of Sviatoslav's Warriors”, 1883.

Karta 38 verso: szkic do obrazu "Stypa wojowników… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Battle of Nude Men

Battle of Nude Men (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), drawing

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States