Deity in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, Nicolai Abildgaard

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, 1809.

Apollon pålægger Parcerne at opsøge den fra jorden… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Painted Shroud Fragment, 1st century BCE–1st century CE.

Painted Shroud Fragment (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, paint on gessoed linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Atropos, 1819.

Les Parques (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Pythia, 1917.

Pytia (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Athena Pours Oil into a Lamp, Nicolai Abildgaard

Athena Pours Oil into a Lamp, c. 1792–1793.

Athene gyder olie på en lampe (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and black and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch of the stained glass "Apollo - Copernicus's Solar System" in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Sketch of the stained glass "Apollo - Copernicus's Solar System" in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, 1904.

Szkic witraża "Apollo - System słoneczny Kopernika" w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Artemis, 1893–1894.

Artemis (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1853.

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Takanen's "Venus and Amor"

Takasen "Venus ja Amor" (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1850.

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

View and Plan of Toledo, 1610–1614.

Vue et plan de Tolède (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Ancient Egypt

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century.

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Venus and Mars, c. 1485.

Vénus et Mars (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on wood

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Venus, seated in the clouds, embraces Cupid, Nicolai Abildgaard

Venus, seated in the clouds, embraces Cupid, c. 1795–1798.

Venus, siddende i skyerne, omfavner Amor (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1736.

Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Moses Saved from the River, Nicolas Poussin

Moses Saved from the River, 1647.

Moïse sauvé des eaux (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Pax triumphans, c. 1786–1789.

Pax trimphans (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Pan and Syrinx, 1637.

Pan et Syrinx (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Arearea, 1892.

Arearea (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Mars and Venus, c. 1630.

Mars et Vénus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, Ancient Egypt

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, 120–150.

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

“Aurora” (“Goddess of the Dawn”), sketch for a ceiling, Henryk Siemiradzki

“Aurora” (“Goddess of the Dawn”), sketch for a ceiling, c. 1886.

"Aurora" ("Jutrzenka") - szkic do plafonu w domu Jury… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Sat-Bhai Champa

Sat-Bhai Champa (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Jean-Étienne Liotard

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1737.

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Athena with a Young Man, Nicolai Abildgaard

Athena with a Young Man, c. 1792–1794.

Athene med en ung mand (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Frederik V as Patron of Science and the Arts, Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik V as Patron of Science and the Arts, 1787.

Frederik V som videnskabens og kunsternes beskytter.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Ceiling Design, 1875–1900.

Projekt plafonu (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on paper mounted on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

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

Thunder God, 1847.

Thunder God (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Sunday. A crowned naked god strewing flowers with both hands

Søndag. En kronet nøgen gud, udstrør blomster med begge… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

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

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, Eugène Delacroix

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, 1861.

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate, Rembrandt van Rijn

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate, 1659.

Jupiter en Antiope: grote plaat (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

God the Father Supported by Angels, Rembrandt van Rijn

God the Father Supported by Angels, 1655–1660.

God the Father Supported by Angels (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink

National Gallery of Art, United States

A flying Cupid with an arrow in his hand, Nicolai Abildgaard

A flying Cupid with an arrow in his hand, c. 1792–1795.

En svævende Amor med pilen i hånden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), Paul Gauguin

Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), 1894.

Jour de Dieu (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Day of God, 1894–1895.

The Day of God (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on China paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Maruru (Thank You), 1894.

Maruru (Thank You) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Dominion of Culture

Kulturens herredømme (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tuesday. Mars tests the sharpness of his spearhead

Tirsdag. Mars prøver skarpheden af sin lansespids (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Venus Genitrix, 1895.

Venus Genitrix (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego'), Leonardo da Vinci

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego'), c. 1504–1505.

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego') (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters), Paul Gauguin

Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters), 1898.

Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to Giovanna degli Albizzi

Vénus et les trois Grâces offrant des présents à une jeune… (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), fresco

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Flora Seated on a Cloud, Alexandre Roslin

Flora Seated on a Cloud, 1755.

Flora sittande på en sky (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), encaustic on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Peder Paars, book 1, canto 2. Venus rises from the chest, Wilhelm Marstrand

Peder Paars, book 1, canto 2. Venus rises from the chest, 1863.

Peder Paars 1. bog 2. sang. Venus stiger op af kisten (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, Nicolas Poussin

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, 1638.

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Tahitian Series: Worship, 1893–1894.

Tahitian Series: Worship (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodblock print

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

A loving divine couple, seated in the clouds

Et elskende gudepar, siddende i skyerne (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Thursday. Jupiter with the thunderbolt in his right hand

Torsdag. Jupiter med lynet i højre hånd (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark