Capital in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Church at Dixmude, West Flanders, David Roberts

The Church at Dixmude, West Flanders, c. 1863.

The Church at Dixmude, West Flanders (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Roman Ruins, 1845.

Roman Ruins (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt, David Roberts

From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt, 1846.

From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Interior of Durham Cathedral

Interior of Durham Cathedral (museum title)

David Roberts (British), gray wash and graphite on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

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

Sketch of a moresque capital, John Frederick Lewis

Sketch of a moresque capital, 1832.

Sketch of a moresque capital (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, Albrecht Dürer

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, 1512.

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Riddaren och pilgrimen på knä i kyrkan (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Cloisters of the Franciscan Monastery Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome, C.W. Eckersberg

The Cloisters of the Franciscan Monastery Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome, 1815.

Fra franciskanerklosteret ved Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rom (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Part of the Garden of Villa Borghese with the Porta Egizia, Rome, C.W. Eckersberg

Part of the Garden of Villa Borghese with the Porta Egizia, Rome, 1814.

Parti fra Villa Borgheses have med Porta Ægiziana, Rom (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Inattentive Jailer, Wilhelm Marstrand

The Inattentive Jailer, after 1870.

Den upåpasselige fangevogter (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Duomo at Brescia, Interior, David Roberts

The Duomo at Brescia, Interior, 1851.

The Duomo at Brescia, Interior (museum title)

David Roberts (British), graphite on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, Sketch for the Mural of the Great Hall of the University of Helsinki, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, Sketch for the Mural of the Great Hall of the University of Helsinki, 1912.

Lönnrot ja runonlaulajat, luonnos Helsingin yliopiston… (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Madonna and Child, c. 1470.

Madonna and Child (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

The model by the stove, 1908.

Modellen vid kaminen (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Sketch of an Islamic capital, probably from the Alhambra, John Frederick Lewis

Sketch of an Islamic capital, probably from the Alhambra, 1832–1833.

Sketch of an Islamic capital, probably from the Alhambra (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite on wove paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Subra of the Opera? (Subra, de l'opéra?), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Subra of the Opera? (Subra, de l'opéra?), 1896.

Subra of the Opera? (Subra, de l'opéra?) (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

View of the Interior of the Colosseum, C.W. Eckersberg

View of the Interior of the Colosseum, 1816.

Et parti af det indre af Colosseum (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Monastery of St. Maria in Aracoeli, C.W. Eckersberg

The Monastery of St. Maria in Aracoeli, 1814.

Klostergården i S. Maria in Aracoeli (museum title)

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

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Cloisters of the Franciscan Monastery Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome, 1813–1816.

I franciskanerklosteret Santa Maria in Aracoeli i Rom (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Adoration of Cupid, Alexandre Roslin

The Adoration of Cupid, 1787.

Amors tillbedjan (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

"St Mary's Church", Stanisław Wyspiański

"St Mary's Church", 1905.

"Kościół Panny Maryi" (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Temple of Baalbec, 1839.

The Temple of Baalbec (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Preparatory Sketch for 'Seville Cathedral'

Preparatory Sketch for 'Seville Cathedral' (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The model by the stove, 1908.

Modellen vid kaminen (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities (verso), Nicolas Poussin

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities (verso), c. 1632–1635.

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities… (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Mademoiselle La La au cirque Fernando, Edgar Degas

Mademoiselle La La au cirque Fernando, 1879.

Mademoiselle La La au cirque Fernando (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Corridor in the Asylum, Vincent van Gogh

Corridor in the Asylum, 1889.

Corridor in the Asylum (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian), C.W. Eckersberg

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian), 1814–1815.

En sektion af Via Sacra, Rom (Kirke Saints Cosmas og Damian) (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Interior of the Church at Mantes

Interior of the Church at Mantes (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

The Circus, Concarneau, James Wilson Morrice

The Circus, Concarneau, c. 1909–1910.

Le cirque à Concarneau (museum title)

James Wilson Morrice (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Aberothock Abbey, 1848.

Aberothock Abbey (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Mosque at Cordova, 1833.

The Mosque at Cordova (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Rosslyn Chapel, 1901.

Rosslyn Chapel (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Colonne, 1517.

Colonne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Drawing of Jean-Léon Gérôme's Painting The Cockfight, "Un combat des coqs", Helene Schjerfbeck

Drawing of Jean-Léon Gérôme's Painting The Cockfight, "Un combat des coqs", 1880–1885.

Piirustus Jean-Léon Gérômen maalauksesta Kukkotappelu, "Un… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Jésus couronné d'épines, 1511.

Jésus couronné d'épines (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Lobby of the hospital of Saint-Paul, Vincent van Gogh

Lobby of the hospital of Saint-Paul, 1889.

Lobby of the hospital of Saint-Paul (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

The Christiania palace and other architecture, Johan Christian Dahl

The Christiania palace and other architecture, 1837.

Slottet i Christiania og annen arkitektur (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

La Présentation au temple, Albrecht Dürer

La Présentation au temple, 1504.

La Présentation au temple (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Annunciation, c. 1492.

Annunciation (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

The Hyde Collection, United States

Still Life (Blue Guitar and Vase), Fernand Léger

Still Life (Blue Guitar and Vase), 1926.

Nature morte (Guitare bleue et vase) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Adoration of the Magi, Sandro Botticelli

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1478–1482.

The Adoration of the Magi (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Sacrament of Penance, Nicolas Poussin

The Sacrament of Penance, 1647.

La Pénitence ou Le Repas chez Simon (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom

Study of classical architecture, Johan Christian Dahl

Study of classical architecture, 1844.

Studie av klassisk arkitektur (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Marguerite à l'église, 1850.

Marguerite à l'église (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Pilate se lavant les mains, Albrecht Dürer

Pilate se lavant les mains, 1511.

Pilate se lavant les mains (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Prise de Constantinople par les croisés (12 avril 1204), Eugène Delacroix

Prise de Constantinople par les croisés (12 avril 1204), 1840.

Prise de Constantinople par les croisés (12 avril 1204) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Part of the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum with the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina and a View towards the Campidoglio, Rome, C.W. Eckersberg

Part of the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum with the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina and a View towards the Campidoglio, Rome, 1814.

Et parti fra Via Sacra, på Forum Romanum med Antonius og… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), Eugène Delacroix

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), 1834.

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States