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107 works by 25 artists

107 works featuring “Bone” by 25 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 29 museums.

Koningstijger met prooi, Raden Saleh

Koningstijger met prooi, 1866.

Koningstijger met prooi (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Skeleton study for the painting “Skeleton dance”, Władysław Podkowiński

Skeleton study for the painting “Skeleton dance”, 1892.

Studium szkieletu do obrazu "Taniec szkieletów" (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), charcoal and gouache on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Christ on the Cross (2000.40), Le Greco

Christ on the Cross (2000.40), 1600–1610.

Christ on the Cross (2000.40) (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Post Festum, Hugo Simberg

Post Festum, 1898.

Post Festum (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

côte de bœuf, Gustave Caillebotte

côte de bœuf, 1882.

côte de bœuf (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions, Eugène Delacroix

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions, 1849.

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Cured leg of mutton, Adolph Tidemand

Cured leg of mutton, c. 1857.

Fenalår (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Side View of Human Skull in Sagittal Section, with Cranial Nerves, Leonardo da Vinci

Side View of Human Skull in Sagittal Section, with Cranial Nerves

Side View of Human Skull in Sagittal Section, with Cranial… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Arms, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Arms

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Arms (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Neck and Shoulder, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Neck and Shoulder

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Neck and Shoulder (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Spirit of the drought, Arthur Streeton

The Spirit of the drought, c.1896.

The Spirit of the drought (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Australia

Study of a skeleton, Władysław Podkowiński

Study of a skeleton, 1892.

Studium szkieletu (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), charcoal and gouache on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Trois crânes, Paul Cézanne

Trois crânes, 1902–1906.

Trois crânes (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French)

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

La Crucifixion, Albrecht Dürer

La Crucifixion, 1518.

La Crucifixion (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), print on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Death and the Peasant, Hugo Simberg

Death and the Peasant, 1896.

Sallittu (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), tempera on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La Crucifixion, Albrecht Dürer

La Crucifixion, 1511.

La Crucifixion (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Christ sur la Croix avec la Vierge et de saint Jean, Albrecht Dürer

Christ sur la Croix avec la Vierge et de saint Jean, 1510.

Christ sur la Croix avec la Vierge et de saint Jean (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section, Seen from the Front, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section, Seen from the Front

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Comparison of the Flexor Muscles of a Man (right) with those of an Ape (left), Leonardo da Vinci

Comparison of the Flexor Muscles of a Man (right) with those of an Ape (left)

Comparison of the Flexor Muscles of a Man (right) with… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Cross-sections of the Human Leg, Leonardo da Vinci

Cross-sections of the Human Leg

Cross-sections of the Human Leg (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, c. 1520.

Zwei Schädel in einer Fensternische (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient, Paul Cézanne

Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient, 1904.

Trois crânes sur un tapis d'Orient (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Figure in the Desert and a Skull, fresco study for Tampere Cathedral, Hugo Simberg

Figure in the Desert and a Skull, fresco study for Tampere Cathedral, 1904.

Hahmo erämaassa ja pääkallo, Tampereen tuomiokirkon… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), fresco

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A pair of hens in a cage pecking at grain, Nicolai Abildgaard

A pair of hens in a cage pecking at grain, c. 1784–1787.

Et par høns i et bur pikker korn op (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lemminkäinen's Mother, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lemminkäinen's Mother, 1905.

Lemminkäisen äiti (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A Burial at Ornans, Gustave Courbet

A Burial at Ornans, 1849–1850.

Un enterrement à Ornans (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

La Mort et le Lansquenet, Albrecht Dürer

La Mort et le Lansquenet, 1510.

La Mort et le Lansquenet (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

Musée Groeninge, Belgium

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

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

Anatomical Study of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Study of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm

Anatomical Study of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder and… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Legs and a Comparison of these Muscles in Man and Horse, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Legs and a Comparison of these Muscles in Man and Horse

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Legs and a… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Skeleton Study for the Painting “Dance of the Skeletons”, Władysław Podkowiński

Skeleton Study for the Painting “Dance of the Skeletons”, 1892.

Studium szkieletu do obrazu "Tanic szkieletów" (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), charcoal, ink, and gouache on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Skull and Snake Bottle, Hugo Simberg

Skull and Snake Bottle, 1907.

Pääkallo ja käärmepullo (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Brothers Lying in the Clearing, Chapter 9, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Brothers Lying in the Clearing, Chapter 9, 1907.

Veljekset makaavat aholla, 9.luku (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas), Frans Hals

Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas), 1626.

Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas) (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Trois crânes, Paul Cézanne

Trois crânes, c. 1898.

Trois crânes (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Death and the Flower, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Death and the Flower, 1896.

Kuolema ja kukka (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La Tauromachie, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Tauromachie, 1894.

La Tauromachie (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on cardboard

Private collection

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section, Seen from the Side, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section, Seen from the Side

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Sagittal Section… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of Horse's Legs, Carl Larsson

Anatomical Studies of Horse's Legs

Anatomiska studier av hästben (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Studies of the Muscles of the Leg with Knee Bent, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of the Muscles of the Leg with Knee Bent

Studies of the Muscles of the Leg with Knee Bent (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Skeleton Study for the Painting “Dance of the Skeletons”, Władysław Podkowiński

Skeleton Study for the Painting “Dance of the Skeletons”, 1892.

Studium szkieletu do obrazu "Taniec szkieletów" (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Skull, Study, Hugo Simberg

Skull, Study, 1906.

Pääkallo, harjoitelma (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Brurestas, Hans Gude

Brurestas, 1878–1879.

Brurestas (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen, wash and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Crâne et chandelier, Paul Cézanne

Crâne et chandelier, 1900.

Crâne et chandelier (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Lemminkäinen's Mother, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lemminkäinen's Mother, 1897.

Lemminkäisen äiti (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Self-Seers II (Death and Man), Egon Schiele

Self-Seers II (Death and Man), 1911.

Selbstseher II (Tod und Mann) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Leopold Museum, Austria

Oedipus with the Sphinx, Honoré Daumier

Oedipus with the Sphinx, 1842.

Oedipe chez le Sphinx (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Blood Vessels (Cranial and Maxillary Veins), Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Blood Vessels (Cranial and Maxillary Veins)

Anatomical Study of the Human Skull in Blood Vessels… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles and Tendons of a Bird's Wing, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles and Tendons of a Bird's Wing

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles and Tendons of a Bird's… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and of the Movement of the Foot and Shoulder Joints, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and of the Movement of the Foot and Shoulder Joints

Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and of the Movement… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom