Breastplate in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Figure Study for Christian IV founding Christiania, Adolph Tidemand

Figure Study for Christian IV founding Christiania, 1876.

Christian IV grunnlegger Christiania (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, 1900.

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out', 1917.

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), king of Sweden, married to Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg

Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), kung av Sverige, gift med… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Self-Portrait in Armour, Jacek Malczewski

Self-Portrait in Armour, 1914.

Autoportret w zbroi (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Magnus Stenbock Surrenders the Fortress of Tønningen to Frederik IV in 1714, Nicolai Abildgaard

Magnus Stenbock Surrenders the Fortress of Tønningen to Frederik IV in 1714, 1785.

Magnus Stenbock overgiver fæstningen Tønningen til Frederik… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Petri korsfästelse

Petri korsfästelse (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), chalk on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Armour and Weapons from the Musée de Cluny, Helene Schjerfbeck

Armour and Weapons from the Musée de Cluny, 1880.

Cluny-museon haarniska ja aseita (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Julian Romero de las Azanas and his patron St. Julian

Julián Romero et son Saint Patron (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Titien

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c. 1508–1510.

Jésus et la femme adultère (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, United Kingdom

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, Titien

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, 1573–1575.

Philippe II offrant au ciel son fils l'infant don Ferdinand (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Ironclad Rio de Janeiro, Edoardo De Martino

The Ironclad Rio de Janeiro, 1871.

Corazsata Rio de Janeiro (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), watercolor

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Karl XI (1655-1697), count palatine of Zweibrücken, king of Sweden, married to Ulrika Eleonora t.E. of Denmark

Karl XI (1655-1697), pfalzgreve av Zweibrücken, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

The Jester Named Don John of Austria, Diego Velázquez

The Jester Named Don John of Austria, 1632.

Le Bouffon don Juan d'Autriche (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, Frans Hals

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c. 1636–1638.

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Titien

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, c. 1548.

Jean-Frédéric Ier de Saxe (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Boarding of the Ironclad Barroso and the Monitor Rio Grande, Edoardo De Martino

The Boarding of the Ironclad Barroso and the Monitor Rio Grande, c. 1868.

Abordagem do Encouraçado Barroso e Monitor Rio Grande (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Self-Portrait in Armour with a Small Violin, Jacek Malczewski

Self-Portrait in Armour with a Small Violin, 1908.

Autoportret w zbroi ze skrzypeczkami (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Companions of Rinaldo, Nicolas Poussin

The Companions of Rinaldo, c. 1633.

The Companions of Rinaldo (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mars and Venus, 1630s.

Vénus et Mars (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art, United States

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

L'Espagne au secours de la religion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Landsknecht with sword and banner pole, Adolph Tidemand

Landsknecht with sword and banner pole, 1875.

Lanseknekt med sverd og fanestang (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

In the Servants' Quarters, Harriet Backer

In the Servants' Quarters, 1877.

I borgstuen (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

L'Amour victorieux, 1601.

L'Amour victorieux (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Portrait of King Gustav III as a child (ca 8 years old)

Porträtt av Kung Gustav III som barn (ca 8 år) (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Titien

Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, c. 1545.

Portrait de Guidobaldo II della Rovere, duc d'Urbin (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on wood

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops, Titien

Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops, c. 1540–1541.

Allocution d’Alphonse d’Avalos (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page (2003.486), Titien

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page (2003.486), c. 1533.

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor… (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Bravo, c. 1515–1520.

Le Bravo (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Le Condottiere, 1470.

Le Condottiere (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), silverpoint on paper

British Museum, United Kingdom

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, 1900.

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Antique Vases and Helmeted Warrior, Wilhelm Marstrand

Antique Vases and Helmeted Warrior, 1868.

Antikke vaser og hjelmklædt kriger (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", presumably Act 2, Scene 2, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", presumably Act 2, Scene 2, c. 1798–1801.

Scene fra Voltaires "Le triumvirat", formodentlig 2.akt.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, white chalk, pen and Indian ink on brown paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

the man in armor, 1868.

L'Homme à l'armure (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, Le Greco

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, 1586.

L'Enterrement du comte d'Orgaz (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Church of Santo Tomé, Spain

Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere, Titien

Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere, c. 1536–1538.

Portrait de Francesco Maria della Rovere (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column, Nicolas Poussin

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column, c. 1635.

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madonna and Child with Saints Dorothy and George, Titien

Madonna and Child with Saints Dorothy and George, 1515–1518.

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec sainte Dorothée et saint Georges (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on wood

Prado Museum, Spain

The Death of Germanicus, Nicolas Poussin

The Death of Germanicus, 1627.

La Mort de Germanicus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Launch of the Ironclad Sete de Setembro at the Naval Arsenal, Rio de Janeiro, 16 May 1874, Edoardo De Martino

Launch of the Ironclad Sete de Setembro at the Naval Arsenal, Rio de Janeiro, 16 May 1874, 1874.

Lançamento do Encouraçado Sete de Setembro no Arsenal da… (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Sigismund I / III (1566-1632), king of Sweden, king of Poland, married to 1. Anna of Austria, 2. Constantia of Austria

Sigismund I/III (1566-1632), kung av Sverige, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", possibly Act 1, Scene 4, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", possibly Act 1, Scene 4, c. 1798–1801.

Scene fra Voltaires "Le triumvirat", muligvis 1.akt.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597–1599.

Saint Martin and the Beggar (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Duke of Chartres, later Duke of Orléans

Hertigen av Chartres, senare av Orléans (1725-1785) (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Sheet of Studies of Geometric Figures and the Bust of an Old Man in Profile, c. 1490.

Sheet of Studies of Geometric Figures and the Bust of an… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Disrobing of Christ, 1577–1579.

Le Dépouillement du Christ (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Toledo Cathedral, Spain

Portrait of a Man in Armor, c. 1530.

Portrait d'homme en armure (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Hammer Museum, United States

Study of Stephen Báthory's Armour, Jan Matejko

Study of Stephen Báthory's Armour, 1871.

Studium zbroi Stefana Batorego (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Mme. Simon-Girard, Brasseur, and Guy in "La belle Helene" (Mme. Simon-Girard, Brasseur et Guy dans "La belle Hélène"), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Mme. Simon-Girard, Brasseur, and Guy in "La belle Helene" (Mme. Simon-Girard, Brasseur et Guy dans "La belle Hélène"), 1895.

Mme. Simon-Girard, Brasseur, and Guy in "La belle Helene"… (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States