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114 works by 35 artists

114 works featuring “Desert” by 35 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 43 museums.

Saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Saint Jean-Baptiste, 1610.

Saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Borghese Gallery, Italy

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance, John Frederick Lewis

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance, 1856.

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The… (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Camel Drivers' Halt at the Caravanserai, Charles-Théodore Frère

The Camel Drivers' Halt at the Caravanserai, 19th century.

La halte des chameliers au caravansérail (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), oil on canvas

Archbishops' Palace Museum, Narbonne, France

Study for 'Pascana in the Cordillera', Francisco Laso

Study for 'Pascana in the Cordillera', c. 1850–1857.

Estudio para 'Pascana en la cordillera' (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai, Edward Lear

Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai, c. 1880.

Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), graphite, pen and gray ink, brown ink and gray wash on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs, John Frederick Lewis

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs, 1841–1851.

A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Desert, David Young Cameron

The Desert, 1909.

The Desert (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Sketches of camels and a Bedouin encampment, John Frederick Lewis

Sketches of camels and a Bedouin encampment, 1841–1850.

Sketches of camels and a Bedouin encampment (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite on paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Estudo para "Fuga da Sagrada Família para o Egito", Almeida Júnior

Estudo para "Fuga da Sagrada Família para o Egito", 1881.

Estudo para "Fuga da Sagrada Família para o Egito" (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Figure in the Desert and a Skull, fresco study for Tampere Cathedral, Hugo Simberg

Figure in the Desert and a Skull, fresco study for Tampere Cathedral, 1904.

Hahmo erämaassa ja pääkallo, Tampereen tuomiokirkon… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), fresco

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Charles-Théodore Frère

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, before 1880.

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Halt in the Desert, John Frederick Lewis

A Halt in the Desert, 1855.

A Halt in the Desert (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, 1850.

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Nile Journey, No. 20, Elihu Vedder

Nile Journey, No. 20, 1890.

Nile Journey, No. 20 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), charcoal and crayon on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Scene in the Desert, Francisco Laso

Scene in the Desert, c. 1845.

Escena en el desierto (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on wood

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Napoleon in Egypt, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Napoleon in Egypt, 1867–1868.

Napoleon in Egypt (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, Caravaggio

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, 1605.

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

Sunset on the Savannah, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Sunset on the Savannah, 1909.

Auringonlasku aavikolla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on wood

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Lion Hunt, Raden Saleh

The Lion Hunt, 1841.

The Lion Hunt (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Art Museum Riga Bourse, Lettonie

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend, Honoré Daumier

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend, c. 1860–1870.

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Belvedere Museum, Austria

The Passage of the Liberators (Apotheosis of Ayacucho), Daniel Hernández

The Passage of the Liberators (Apotheosis of Ayacucho), 20th century.

El paso de los libertadores (Apoteosis de Ayacucho) (museum title)

Daniel Hernández (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée central de la Banque centrale de réserve du Pérou (MUCEN), Peru

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), 1906.

Baalbek (A Naplemente Baalbekben) (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Caravan, Charles-Théodore Frère

The Caravan

La Caravane (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), oil on paper mounted on canvas

Salies Fine Arts Museum, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France

Biskra, Maurice Cullen

Biskra, 1893.

Biskra (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank Encampment", John Frederick Lewis

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank Encampment", 1842.

Rough composition sketch for the painting "A Frank… (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite and watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, 1841–1851.

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Suez Landscape, Takeuchi Seihō

Suez Landscape, 1901.

Suez Landscape (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Umi-Mori Art Museum, Japan

An Arabic Horseman and his Horse in the Desert, Raden Saleh

An Arabic Horseman and his Horse in the Desert, 1843.

An Arabic Horseman and his Horse in the Desert (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Song in the Wilderness, Elihu Vedder

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Song in the Wilderness, 1883–1884.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Song in the… (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), craie, crayon, encre et aquarelle sur papier

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Diego Velázquez

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Arab at Prayer, Charles-Théodore Frère

Arab at Prayer, c. 1860.

Arab at Prayer (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), watercolor on paper

Walters Art Museum, United States

Lion on the Watch, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Lion on the Watch, c. 1885.

Lion on the Watch (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Hagar in the Desert, Pierre Paul Rubens

Hagar in the Desert, c. 1630.

Hagar in the Desert (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on canvas

Dulwich Picture Gallery, United Kingdom

The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai, David Roberts

The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai, 1839.

The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Ramesseum at Thebes, John Frederick Lewis

The Ramesseum at Thebes, 1841–1851.

The Ramesseum at Thebes (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Acacia on the Savannah, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Acacia on the Savannah, 1909.

Akaasiapuu aavikolla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on wood

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, Hieronymus Bosch

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, 1489.

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Spain

Rough sketches of seated Arabs at an encampment, John Frederick Lewis

Rough sketches of seated Arabs at an encampment, 1841–1850.

Rough sketches of seated Arabs at an encampment (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), graphite on buff paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd, Elihu Vedder

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd, 1883–1884.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of… (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), craie, crayon, encre et aquarelle sur papier

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

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

Moroccan Teacher, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Moroccan Teacher, 1908.

Marokkói tanító (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Lion in the Desert, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Lion in the Desert, c. 1885.

Lion in the Desert (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Leaving the Oasis, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Leaving the Oasis, 1880s.

Leaving the Oasis (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt

The Scapegoat, 1854–1855.

The Scapegoat (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Lady Lever Art Gallery, United Kingdom

View of Kom Ombo, David Roberts

View of Kom Ombo, 1838.

View of Kom Ombo (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor and gouache on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion, Raden Saleh

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion, 1849.

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia

Dwarf Tree in the Desert, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Dwarf Tree in the Desert, 1909–1910.

Vaivaispuu aavikolla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on wood

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Battle between Arab Horsemen and a Lion, Raden Saleh

Battle between Arab Horsemen and a Lion, 1842.

Battle between Arab Horsemen and a Lion (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Arab Fantasia, Théo van Rysselberghe

Arab Fantasia, 1884.

Fantasia arabe (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Arab Cavalry Charge - sketch for a painting (?), Józef Chełmoński

Arab Cavalry Charge - sketch for a painting (?), 1884–1886.

Atak jazdy arabskiej - szkic do obrazu (?) (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), gouache and ink on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland