Drapery in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, 1809.

Catullus og Lesbia, der i hans arme søger trøst for hendes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Desire for Love, 1932.

Desejo de amor (museum title)

Ismael Nery (Brazilian), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

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

Regents of the Old Men's Almshouse, Frans Hals

Regents of the Old Men's Almshouse, 1664.

Regents of the Old Men's Almshouse (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

L'Espagne au secours de la religion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Dancing Women, c. 1515.

Dancing Women (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Galeries de l'Académie, Italy

Sketch for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir"; verso: sketch of drapery, Jan Matejko

Sketch for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir"; verso: sketch of drapery, before 1893.

Szkic do obrazu "Śluby Jana Kazimierza"; verso: szkic… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1571.

Tarquin et Lucrèce (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Study for "Divine Justice", c. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice" (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl, Ancient Egypt

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl, vers 25-37.

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on limewood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Divine Justice, 1808.

Divine Justice (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of a young woman in red, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of a young woman in red, 90-120.

Portrait of a young woman in red (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic and gold leaf on limewood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Nude Holding a Book, 1924.

Femme nue tenant un livre (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Model, c. 1900.

The Model (museum title)

Daniel Hernández (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, 1899.

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax)… (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 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

Infanta Margaret Theresa in a White and Silver Dress, Diego Velázquez

Infanta Margaret Theresa in a White and Silver Dress, 1656.

L'Infante Marguerite en robe blanche (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Entombment of Christ, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

The Entombment of Christ, c. 1702.

The Entombment of Christ (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hand Studies for the Portrait of Gustaf Fröding, Richard Bergh

Hand Studies for the Portrait of Gustaf Fröding, c. 1909.

Handstudier till porträttet av Gustaf Fröding (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil and graphite on canvas mounted on cardboard

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, 1821.

Die Erinnyen vertreiben Alkmaion von der Leiche seiner von… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House, Frans Hals

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House, 1664.

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands

Lady in Blue, 1874.

La Dame en bleu (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Meal, 1885.

De maaltijd (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Contrastes d'objets, 1930.

Contrastes d'objets (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

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

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, 1809.

Den græske digter Sappho og mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Judgement of Paris, Henryk Siemiradzki

The Judgement of Paris, 1892.

Sąd Parysa (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, Nicolai Abildgaard

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, 1809.

Alexander den Store og Diogenes (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Madonna with a Rabbit, 1910.

Nyulas Madonna (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Jósa András Museum, Hungary

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", James Barry

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", 1792–1795.

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), graphite, brush and brown ink, gray and brown wash heightened with white

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Cupid and Psyche, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Cupid and Psyche, c. 1810.

Amor und Psyche (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath, 120–140.

Portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic and gold leaf on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Noémie, Eugénie, Antoinette and Séphora Hamel, The Artist's Nieces, Théophile Hamel

Noémie, Eugénie, Antoinette and Séphora Hamel, The Artist's Nieces, 1854.

Noémie, Eugénie, Antoinette et Séphora Hamel, nièces de… (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Portrait of Archibald Campbell, 1790-1862, Théophile Hamel

Portrait of Archibald Campbell, 1790-1862, c. 1852.

Portrait of Archibald Campbell, 1790-1862 (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée McCord Stewart, Canada

Eastern Patriarch, 1803.

Eastern Patriarch (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Konrad Dynowski, Władysław Podkowiński

Portrait of Konrad Dynowski, c. 1894.

Portret Konrada Dynowskiego (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Jonah, c. 1800.

Jonah (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Turkish Bath, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Turkish Bath, 1862.

Le Bain turc (museum title)

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

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Still Life Requisites, Henri de Braekeleer

Still Life Requisites, 1885.

Stillevenbenodigdheden (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero, 1659.

Le Prince Philippe Prosper (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, c. 1717.

San Estanislao de Kostka (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Sem título, 1917.

Sem título (museum title)

Maria Pardos (Brazilian)

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, Luis Juárez

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, c. 1615.

La imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso de manos de la… (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Mrs. María de la Cárcova de Ferrari, Ernesto de la Cárcova

Portrait of Mrs. María de la Cárcova de Ferrari, 1894.

Retrato de la Sra. Maria de la Cárcova de Ferrari (museum title)

Ernesto de la Cárcova (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, 1497–1500.

Judith avec la tête d'Holopherne (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study for 'La Fête nègre', Henri Evenepoel

Study for 'La Fête nègre', c. 1898.

Studie voor 'La Fête nègre' (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), pencil on paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium