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100 works by 51 artists

100 works featuring “Bread” by 51 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 59 museums.

The Peasant Wedding, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant Wedding, 1568.

The Peasant Wedding (museum title)

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

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Le Petit Déjeuner, Sarah Purser

Le Petit Déjeuner, 1881.

Le Petit Déjeuner (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

At A Tavern, Amalia Lindegren

At A Tavern, 1853.

Krogscen (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Le Souper à Emmaüs, Caravaggio

Le Souper à Emmaüs, 1606.

Le Souper à Emmaüs (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy

La Cène, Albrecht Dürer

La Cène, 1523.

La Cène (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Charity, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Charity, 1560.

Charity (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Institution of the Eucharist, Nicolas Poussin

The Institution of the Eucharist, 1641.

L'Institution de l'eucharistie (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, Eugène Delacroix

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, 1853.

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Brooklyn Museum, United States

Errand Boy drinking Coffee, Christian Krohg

Errand Boy drinking Coffee, 1885.

Springpojke dricker kaffe (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Breakfast in Sora, Peder Severin Krøyer

Breakfast in Sora, 1880.

Frokost i Sora (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on wood

National Museum of Norway

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), Reinaldo Giudici

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), 1884.

La sopa de los pobres (Venecia) (museum title)

Reinaldo Giudici (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Miracle of Saint Francis of Assisi, José Juárez

The Miracle of Saint Francis of Assisi

Milagro de San Francisco de Asís (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Girl with Bread, Albert Anker

Girl with Bread, 1887.

Mädchen mit Brot (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters, 1565.

The Harvesters (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Warehouse (Bolzano Branch of the Imperial and Royal Supply Depot for Officers on Active Service), Egon Schiele

Warehouse (Bolzano Branch of the Imperial and Royal Supply Depot for Officers on Active Service), 1917.

Lagerraum (Filiale Bozen der k. u. k. Konsum-Anstalt für… (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), chalk on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Édouard Manet

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1863.

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Baker, Pancho Fierro

Baker

Panadero (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The Lunch, Diego Velázquez

The Lunch, 1617.

Trois hommes à table, le déjeuner (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Last Supper, Le Greco

The Last Supper, 1568.

La Cène (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on wood

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

Madame Chapotard se disposant a faire ses confitures, Honoré Daumier

Madame Chapotard se disposant a faire ses confitures, 1852.

Madame Chapotard se disposant a faire ses confitures (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Still Life: Old Wine, Albert Anker

Still Life: Old Wine, 1897.

Stillleben: Alter Wein (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Coffee, Milk and Potatoes, Albert Anker

Coffee, Milk and Potatoes, c. 1896.

Kaffee, Milch und Kartoffeln (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Les Noces de Cana, Hieronymus Bosch

Les Noces de Cana, 1500.

Les Noces de Cana (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Huis Bergh, Netherlands

Philemon and Baucis, Rembrandt van Rijn

Philemon and Baucis, 1658.

Philemon and Baucis (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

Summer, Ceres, Jean-François Millet

Summer, Ceres, 1864–1865.

L'Été ou Cérès (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France

Castilla, la fête du pain, Joaquín Sorolla

Castilla, la fête du pain, 1913.

Castilla, la fête du pain (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

La Cène, Leonardo da Vinci

La Cène, 1490.

La Cène (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), détrempe sur gesso

Église Santa Maria delle Grazie de Milan, Italy

Struggle for Survival, Christian Krohg

Struggle for Survival, 1889.

Kampen for tilværelsen (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

“He Seizes the Pistol and Aims It at His Brother's Breast, the Hammer Cocked”. Illustration for The Tales of Ensign Stål, Albert Edelfelt

“He Seizes the Pistol and Aims It at His Brother's Breast, the Hammer Cocked”. Illustration for The Tales of Ensign Stål, 1897–1900.

"Hän tempaa pistoolin ja tähtää sen päin veljen rintaa… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), black chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616, Frans Hals

The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616, 1616.

The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia… (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands

Without Bread and Without Work, Ernesto de la Cárcova

Without Bread and Without Work, 1894.

Sin pan y sin trabajo (museum title)

Ernesto de la Cárcova (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1500.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

Het melkmeisje, Johannes Vermeer

Het melkmeisje, 1660.

Het melkmeisje (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Sem Pão, Maria Pardos

Sem Pão, 1914.

Sem Pão (museum title)

Maria Pardos (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

Saint Anthony Abbot and St. Paul, the first hermit, Diego Velázquez

Saint Anthony Abbot and St. Paul, the first hermit, c. 1634.

Saint Antoine Abbé et saint Paul, premier ermite (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559.

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Three Musicians, Diego Velázquez

Three Musicians, c. 1618.

Trois musiciens (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

The Exile, left wing of the triptych, Jacek Malczewski

The Exile, left wing of the triptych, 1909.

Zesłaniec - lewa część tryptyku (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Last Supper. Altarpiece, C.W. Eckersberg

The Last Supper. Altarpiece, 1829.

Nadveren. Altertavle (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Artists' lunch. Cernay-la-Ville, Peder Severin Krøyer

Artists' lunch. Cernay-la-Ville, 1879.

Kunstnerfrokost i Cernay-la-Ville (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on wood

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Summer, Nicolas Poussin

Summer, 1660–1664.

L'Été (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Still Life with Jar, Henri de Braekeleer

Still Life with Jar, 1881–1885.

Stilleven met kruik (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Basket of Fruit in the Sun, Pierre Bonnard

Basket of Fruit in the Sun, c. 1927.

Basket of Fruit in the Sun (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

The Brioche, Édouard Manet

The Brioche, 1870.

The Brioche (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Le Souper à Emmaüs, Caravaggio

Le Souper à Emmaüs, 1601.

Le Souper à Emmaüs (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Charity, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Charity, 1559.

Charity (museum title)

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

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Stine Bollerhus counts the money earned selling bread, Anna Ancher

Stine Bollerhus counts the money earned selling bread, 1879.

Stine Bollerhus tæller de ved salg af hvedebrød indvundne… (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Pilgrims at Emmaus, Titien

Pilgrims at Emmaus, c. 1533–1534.

Les Pèlerins d'Emmaüs (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Around the Evening Lamp, Carl Larsson

Around the Evening Lamp, 1900.

Kring aftonlampan (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolour, Indian ink and graphite on paper

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Villageois de Léon, Joaquín Sorolla

Villageois de Léon, 1907.

Villageois de Léon (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States