Cannon in art: paintings, drawings and prints

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

Arrival of the Frigate Constituição in Rio de Janeiro, Edoardo De Martino

Arrival of the Frigate Constituição in Rio de Janeiro, 1872.

Chegada da Fragata Constituição ao Rio de Janeiro (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Monitors, Dover Harbour, 1918, John Lavery

Monitors, Dover Harbour, 1918, 1918.

Monitors, Dover Harbour, 1918 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Kościuszko at Racławice, 1888.

Kościuszko pod Racławicami (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Temperance, 1560.

Temperance (museum title)

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

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples, 1554.

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Italy

Le Canon, 1518.

Le Canon (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), print

Louvre Museum, France

Sketch for the painting in Christian IV's chapel at Roskilde, "Christian IV on the Trinity", Wilhelm Marstrand

Sketch for the painting in Christian IV's chapel at Roskilde, "Christian IV on the Trinity", c. 1860.

Udkast til maleriet i Chr. IV's kapel i Roskilde "Chr. 4.… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Harbour of Copenhagen the 1st of May 1832, C.W. Eckersberg

The Harbour of Copenhagen the 1st of May 1832, 1832.

Københavns red 1. mai 1832 (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Les Artilleurs, 1894.

Les Artilleurs (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, United States

HMS 'Edinburgh' on anti-torpedo exercise, Edoardo De Martino

HMS 'Edinburgh' on anti-torpedo exercise, c. 1887.

HMS 'Edinburgh' on anti-torpedo exercise (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums Greenwich, United Kingdom

Edinburgh from the Castle, David Roberts

Edinburgh from the Castle, 1847.

Edinburgh from the Castle (museum title)

David Roberts (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Guns. HMS Terror, 1918, 1918.

The Guns. HMS Terror, 1918 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

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

A Heavy Gun near Arras, 1917.

A Heavy Gun near Arras (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Sketch for the painting in Christian IV's chapel at Roskilde, "Christian IV on the Trinity", c. 1860.

Udkast til maleriet i Chr. IV's kapel i Roskilde "Chr. 4.… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Deck of a Warship, Seen Looking Forward, C.W. Eckersberg

The Deck of a Warship, Seen Looking Forward, 1834.

Dækket af et orlogsskib, set forefter (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781.

Frederik II bygger Kronborg (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch of the Itororó Bridge, Edoardo De Martino

Sketch of the Itororó Bridge, 1866.

Bossetto Del Ponte de Itororó (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), pen, watercolor and graphite

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Columbus Leaving Palos (From Behind, with Falconet), Joaquín Sorolla

Columbus Leaving Palos (From Behind, with Falconet), 1909.

Columbus Leaving Palos (From Behind, with Falconet) (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

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

The Warships Salute as Crown Prince Frederik and His Consort Are Rowed into Copenhagen, 22 June 1841. Shown Are the Brig Allart, the Ship of the Line Christian VIII and the Corvette Flora, 1841.

Krigsskibene salutere idet Kronprins Frederik og Gemalinde… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A canon handing a crucifix to a man, Pancho Fierro

A canon handing a crucifix to a man, 1848.

A canon handing a crucifix to a man (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

Christian IV on the "Trinity", Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV on the "Trinity", 1861.

Chr. IV på "Trefoldigheden" (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The 84-Gun Danish Warship "Dronning Marie" in the Sound, C.W. Eckersberg

The 84-Gun Danish Warship "Dronning Marie" in the Sound, 1834.

Et dansk orlogsskib "Dronning Marie" på 84 kanoner under… (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Christian IV Aboard his Flagship "The Trinity", Nicolai Abildgaard

Christian IV Aboard his Flagship "The Trinity", 1782.

Christian IV på "Trefoldigheden" i slaget på Kolberger… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781–1782.

Frederik II bygger Kronborg (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Baron of Triunfo, Edoardo De Martino

The Baron of Triunfo, c. 1866.

Barone del Triunfo (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), pen, watercolor and graphite

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

A View towards the Swedish Coast from the Ramparts of Kronborg Castle, C.W. Eckersberg

A View towards the Swedish Coast from the Ramparts of Kronborg Castle, 1829.

Udsigt fra Kronborg Vold over flagbatteriet og Sundet til… (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

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

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918, John Lavery

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918, 1918.

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Troops Embarking at Southampton for the Western Front, 1917, John Lavery

Troops Embarking at Southampton for the Western Front, 1917, 1917.

Troops Embarking at Southampton for the Western Front, 1917 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

In Tonkin. Setting up field guns on the road to Lang Son, Józef Chełmoński

In Tonkin. Setting up field guns on the road to Lang Son, 1885.

W Tonkinie. Ustawianie dział polowych na drodze do Lang-Son (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), ink on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Richborough. The Gantries

Richborough. The Gantries (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Starboard Battery and the Deck of the Corvette "Najaden", C.W. Eckersberg

The Starboard Battery and the Deck of the Corvette "Najaden", 1833.

Korvetten "Najaden"s styrbords batteri og dæk (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Two Warships in Combat (the English Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeak?), C.W. Eckersberg

Two Warships in Combat (the English Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeak?), c. 1833–1837.

To orlogsskibe i kamp (den engelske fregat Shannon og den… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Christian III Succouring Denmark, Nicolai Abildgaard

Christian III Succouring Denmark, 1780–1781.

Christian III ophjælper Danmark. Allegori (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cannon Trailers, France, John Singer Sargent

Cannon Trailers, France, 1918.

Cannon Trailers, France (museum title)

John Singer Sargent (American), graphite on wove paper

Drawings in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Important People, 1914–1921.

Important people (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Armed four-master putting out to sea, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Armed four-master putting out to sea, 1565.

Armed four-master putting out to sea (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Musea Brugge, Belgium

Munitions, Newcastle, 1917, 1917.

Munitions, Newcastle, 1917 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Temperance, 1560.

Temperance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Musea Brugge, Belgium

Plate 7 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What courage!' (Que valor!), Francisco de Goya

Plate 7 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What courage!' (Que valor!), 1810.

Plate 7 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America, 1784.

Videnskabernes fornyelse, bogtrykkerkunstens og krudtets… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Battle of Lissa, 1866.

Baltaglia di Lizsa (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), watercolor and graphite

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Christian III Succouring Denmark, 1780.

Christian III ophjælper Danmark. Allegori (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

“Can You Give Away a Young Life Without a Second Thought?”, Illustration for the Tales of Ensign Stål, Albert Edelfelt

“Can You Give Away a Young Life Without a Second Thought?”, Illustration for the Tales of Ensign Stål, 1897–1900.

"Elon nuoren arvelematta pois voitteko lahjoittaa".… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pencil and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Surrender of the Corvette General Dorrego, Edoardo De Martino

The Surrender of the Corvette General Dorrego, 19th century.

Rendição da Corveta General Dorrego (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil