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53 works by 33 artists

53 works featuring “Diadem” by 33 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 36 museums.

The Love Letter, François Clouet

The Love Letter, c. 1570.

François Clouet (French), oil on paper mounted on wood

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Justice, Charles Meynier

Justice, 1814.

La Justice (museum title)

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Studies of Three Heads, Jacques-Louis David

Studies of Three Heads, 1821.

Studies of Three Heads (Trois études des têtes) (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), two types of black chalk on cream laid paper

Denver Art Museum, United States

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), Dowager Queen of Sweden, Alexandre Roslin

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), Dowager Queen of Sweden, 1775.

Lovisa Ulrika, 1720-1782, prinsessa av Preussen, drottning… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Abolition of Adscription in 1788, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Abolition of Adscription in 1788, 1790.

Stavnsbåndets løsning 1788. Allegori (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Queen Mary (1867-1953), John Lavery

Queen Mary (1867-1953), 1913.

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Charles IV of Spain and His Family, Francisco de Goya

Charles IV of Spain and His Family, 1800.

La Famille de Charles IV (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, Joaquín Sorolla

Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, 1908.

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Sketches after Paintings in the Trinità dei Monti and the Palazzo Spada, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Sketches after Paintings in the Trinità dei Monti and the Palazzo Spada

Schetsen naar schilderijen in de Trinità dei Monti en het… (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), chalk on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Queen Blanka. Study, Albert Edelfelt

Queen Blanka. Study, 1876.

Drottning Blanka. Studie (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), watercolor

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of Doña Isidora Zegers, Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin

Portrait of Doña Isidora Zegers, 1843.

Retrato de Doña Isidora Zegers (museum title)

Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin (French), oil on leather

National Historical Museum (Chile), Chile

Médée furieuse, Eugène Delacroix

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius, John William Waterhouse

The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius, 1883.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta (1759-1818), Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Södermanland, later Queen of Sweden and Norway, Alexandre Roslin

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta (1759-1818), Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Södermanland, later Queen of Sweden and Norway, 1775.

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta, 1759-1818, prinsessa av… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Eugène Delacroix

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1858.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain, Joaquín Sorolla

Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain, 1911.

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, Rembrandt van Rijn

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Portrait of a Noblewoman Sophie Hedvig Løvenskiold and her Three-Year-Old Daughter, C.W. Eckersberg

Portrait of a Noblewoman Sophie Hedvig Løvenskiold and her Three-Year-Old Daughter, 1817.

Kammerherreinde Sophie Hedvig Løvenskiold og hendes… (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Médée furieuse, Eugène Delacroix

Médée furieuse, 1836.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Je pars plus amoureux que... jamais..., Honoré Daumier

Je pars plus amoureux que... jamais..., 1841.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Kriemhild Throws Herself over Dead Siegfried, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Kriemhild Throws Herself over Dead Siegfried, 1817.

Kriemhild über der Leiche Siegfrieds (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Virgin with Angels, William Bouguereau

The Virgin with Angels, 1900.

La Vierge aux anges (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Judith, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Judith

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Woman with a Pink, Rembrandt van Rijn

Woman with a Pink, 1660s.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Fortitude, Sandro Botticelli

Fortitude

La Force (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Hamlet and his Mother. Episode from Shakspeare's Hamlet, Nicolai Abildgaard

Hamlet and his Mother. Episode from Shakspeare's Hamlet, c. 1776–1779.

Hamlet hos sin moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Louise Augusta, Jens Juel

Portrait of Louise Augusta, after 1760.

Portræt af Louise Augusta (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Princess Ingeborg I, Anders Zorn

Princess Ingeborg I, 1900.

Prinsessan Ingeborg I (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Médée furieuse (esquisse), Eugène Delacroix

Médée furieuse (esquisse), 1836.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Illustration of Adalmina’s Pearl, Albert Edelfelt

Illustration of Adalmina’s Pearl

Kuvitusta Topeliuksen satuun: Adalminan helmi (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Zodiac (La Plume), Alphonse Mucha

Zodiac (La Plume), 1896–1897.

Zodiaque ("La Plume") (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, color lithograph

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, Duchess of Angoulême, Antoine-Jean Gros

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, Duchess of Angoulême, 1816.

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France, duchesse d'Angoulême… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, Charles Meynier

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800.

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Madame Bonaparte in her Drawing Room at Malmaison, François Gérard

Madame Bonaparte in her Drawing Room at Malmaison, 1801.

Портрет Жозефины, жены Наполеона (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles, Benjamin West

Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles, 1804.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, Jacques-Louis David

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, 1772.

Diane et Apollon perçant de leurs flèches les enfants de… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Elisabeth (Lisa) de la Calmette, née Baroness Iselin, wife of Antoine de la Calmette, Jens Juel

Elisabeth (Lisa) de la Calmette, née Baroness Iselin, wife of Antoine de la Calmette

Elisabeth (Lisa) de la Calmette, f. baronesse Iselin… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Intérieur de harem à Oran, Eugène Delacroix

Intérieur de harem à Oran, 1847.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Thetis bringing arms to Achilles, who mourns over the body of Patroclus, C.W. Eckersberg

Thetis bringing arms to Achilles, who mourns over the body of Patroclus, 1807.

Thetis bringer våben til Achilles, som sørger ved… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Joséphine Gaujelin, Edgar Degas

Joséphine Gaujelin, 1867.

Edgar Degas (French)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, United States

Portrait of Doña Dolores Tosta de Santa Anna, Juan Cordero

Portrait of Doña Dolores Tosta de Santa Anna, 1855.

Retrato de doña Dolores Tosta de Santa Anna (museum title)

Juan Cordero (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte, Jacques-Louis David

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte, 1821.

Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Empress Joséphine in Coronation Costume, François Gérard

Empress Joséphine in Coronation Costume, 1808.

Joséphine en grand costume (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Girl with a Platter of Fruit, Titien

Girl with a Platter of Fruit, c. 1555.

Jeune Femme avec un plateau de fruits (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Vierge à l'Enfant couronnée par deux anges, Albrecht Dürer

Vierge à l'Enfant couronnée par deux anges, 1518.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

A Bravura Air. Mandane, James Gillray

A Bravura Air. Mandane, 1801.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mystical Bird, Katsushika Hokusai

Mystical Bird, 1820–1833.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI, C.W. Eckersberg

Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI, 1813.

Alkyones afskedshilsen til sin bortsejlende ægtefælle (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Va faire... admirer ta fureur..., Honoré Daumier

Va faire... admirer ta fureur..., 1841.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters, Eugène Delacroix

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters, 1832.

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States