Canopy in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Sisters Dressing for the Carnival, Wilhelm Marstrand

The Sisters Dressing for the Carnival, c. 1870.

Søstrenes påklædning til karnevallet (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

L'Annonciation, 1526.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), ink and pen

Musée Condé, France

Interior with a Woman and Two Children, Henri de Braekeleer

Interior with a Woman and Two Children, 1860.

Interieur met een vrouw en twee kinderen (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

By a sickbed, 1879.

Ved en sygeseng (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Aristotle and Phyllis, Leonardo da Vinci

Aristotle and Phyllis, 1475.

Aristotle and Phyllis (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Joseph Telling his Dreams, Rembrandt van Rijn

Joseph Telling his Dreams, 1633.

Jozef vertelt zijn dromen (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

La Mort de la Vierge, 1510.

La Mort de la Vierge (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Scene of Ossian; Agandecca appears to Fingal. From the Fingal poem

Scene of Ossian; Agandecca viser sig for Fingal. Af… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), white chalk, pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

L’Amende honorable, 1831.

L’Amende honorable (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Casimir Jagiellon, 1911–1912.

Kazimierz Jagiellończyk (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Circumcision, 1661.

The Circumcision (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Duke of Alba Receiving the Pope's Blessing in the Cathedral of Sainte-Gudule, Brussels, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Duke of Alba Receiving the Pope's Blessing in the Cathedral of Sainte-Gudule, Brussels, 1815.

The Duke of Alba Receiving the Pope's Blessing in the… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache, with black and red chalk and graphite

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Interior with a Woman and Two Children, 1860.

Interieur met een vrouw en twee kinderen (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), etching on chine collé

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The death of the Virgin, Rembrandt van Rijn

The death of the Virgin, 1639.

Het sterfbed van Maria (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Daughter of Jairus (1st trial proof), Carl Bloch

The Daughter of Jairus (1st trial proof), 1881.

Jairi Datter (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Daughter of Jairus, 1881.

Jairi Datter (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Bed with Curtains. Study for the painting "Niels Ebbesen and Count Gert" exhibited in 1868, Carl Bloch

A Bed with Curtains. Study for the painting "Niels Ebbesen and Count Gert" exhibited in 1868, before 1868.

En seng med omhæng. Studie til billedet "Niels Ebbesen og… (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lady in a Chariot

Lady in a Chariot (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

An affectionate couple in bed, C.W. Eckersberg

An affectionate couple in bed, 1807–1810.

Et kælent par i sengen (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Coffin of St. Stanislaus, Leon Wyczółkowski

Coffin of St. Stanislaus, 1911.

Trumna św. Stanisława (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

View of the Baldachin of St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Vue du baldaquin de la basilique Saint-Pierre, Rome (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), lithograph

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, 1814.

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Interior with a Woman and Two Children, 1860.

Interieur met een vrouw en twee kinderen (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), etching and drypoint

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Bedroom with Saskia in a Canopy Bed, Rembrandt van Rijn

Bedroom with Saskia in a Canopy Bed, c. 1638.

Slaapkamer met Saskia zittend in een hemelbed (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Daughter of Jairus (6th trial proof), Carl Bloch

The Daughter of Jairus (6th trial proof), 1881.

Jairi Datter (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Daddy's Room. From A Home (26 watercolours), Carl Larsson

Daddy's Room. From A Home (26 watercolours), 1895.

Pappas rum. Ur Ett hem (26 akvareller) (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Outlines for "A Bed with Curtains" on the recto, Carl Bloch

Outlines for "A Bed with Curtains" on the recto, before 1868.

Omrids til "En seng med omhæng" på recto (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV), 1834.

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

A Betrothal at the Sickbed

En trolovelse ved sygesengen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The coffin of St. Stanislaus, Leon Wyczółkowski

The coffin of St. Stanislaus, 1911.

Trumna Św. Stanisława (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Our Lady of Cocharcas, 1759.

Our Lady of Cocharcas (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Interior, 1865–1870.

Interieur (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Interior with a Woman and Two Children, 1860.

Interieur met een vrouw en twee kinderen (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), etching and drypoint on chine collé

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Un lit : étude de drapé, J. M. W. Turner

Un lit : étude de drapé, 1837.

Un lit : étude de drapé (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

British Museum, United Kingdom

Samson et Dalila, 1849.

Samson et Dalila (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on paper and wood panel

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Christ apparaît à sa Mère, Albrecht Dürer

Christ apparaît à sa Mère, 1511.

Christ apparaît à sa Mère (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Annonciation, 1841.

Annonciation (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on paper and canvas

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

La Naissance de la Vierge, Albrecht Dürer

La Naissance de la Vierge, 1504.

La Naissance de la Vierge (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Christian IV in Court

Christian IV i retten (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen and ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Interior with Dejected Young Man and a Girl on a Bed

Interiør med mismodig ung mand og en pige på en seng (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Chapelle du domaine de Láchar, Joaquín Sorolla

Chapelle du domaine de Láchar, 1917.

Chapelle du domaine de Láchar (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish)

Sorolla Museum, Spain

Danaë, 1550s.

Danaé (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, 1861.

Chr. IV lader bødlen tage ordenskæden og sværdet fra… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Danaë, 1636.

Danaë (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Partially undressed woman at the edge of the bed, Christian Krohg

Partially undressed woman at the edge of the bed, c. 1877.

Delvis avkledd kvinne på sengekanten (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Hérodiade recevant la tête de Saint Jean, Albrecht Dürer

Hérodiade recevant la tête de Saint Jean, 1511.

Hérodiade recevant la tête de Saint Jean (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on handmade paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, Wilhelm Marstrand

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, 1845.

Motiv fra Ludvig Holberg: Barselstuen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A bed with a very high canopy of green drapery

En seng med meget høj himmel af grønne draperier (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Louis d'Orléans montrant sa maîtresse, Eugène Delacroix

Louis d'Orléans montrant sa maîtresse, 1825–1826.

Louis d'Orléans montrant sa maîtresse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Tod Mariae (Kopie nach)

Tod Mariae (Kopie nach) (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German)

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany