Elbow in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Jeanne Pontillon, c. 1893.

Jeanne Pontillon (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), watercolor over graphite on ivory wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

L'Arlésienne, 1890.

L'Arlésienne (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

When he had come out into the middle of the bog, there were so many people that he really had to elbow his way through, Hans Gude

When he had come out into the middle of the bog, there were so many people that he really had to elbow his way through, 1878.

Da han var kommen midt ut på myra, var det så fullt med… (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil, pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Nude Lying on Her Front with Propped-Up Arms, Egon Schiele

Nude Lying on Her Front with Propped-Up Arms, 1913.

Auf dem Bauch Liegende mit aufgestützten Armen (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), pencil on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Portrait of Albert Edelfelt, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Portrait of Albert Edelfelt, 1889.

Albert Edelfeltin muotokuva luonnoskirjasta A II 1517:11 (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), pencil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Seated woman with her elbow resting on her right knee

Siddende kvinde med albuen støttet på højre knæ (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Anatomical Studies of the Female Pelvis, the Coccyx and the Lower Limbs and of the Rotation of the Arm (Pronation and Supination)

Anatomical Studies of the Female Pelvis, the Coccyx and the… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Seated man at a table, 1807–1809.

Siddende mand ved et bord (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen and black ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Anatomical Studies of the Developing Foetus

Anatomical Studies of the Developing Foetus (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies on the Rotation of the Arm (Pronation and Supination)

Anatomical Studies on the Rotation of the Arm (Pronation… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

A Bend in the River Loing, Alfred Sisley

A Bend in the River Loing, 1896.

A Bend in the River Loing (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

Unused costume study for the portrait of Marie Elisabeth, wife of an admiral, Jens Juel

Unused costume study for the portrait of Marie Elisabeth, wife of an admiral, 1790s.

Ikke anvendt dragtstudie til portrættet af admiralinde… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), red chalk

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dr. Gachet (Man with a Pipe), Vincent van Gogh

Dr. Gachet (Man with a Pipe), 1890.

Dr. Gachet (Man with a Pipe) (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Jeune Italienne accoudée, 1895–1900.

Jeune Italienne accoudée (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Alfred Niaudet, 1877.

Alfred Niaudet (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, United States

Le Fumeur accoudé, 1890.

Le Fumeur accoudé (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and Arm

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Study of the Veins of the Left Arm

Study of the Veins of the Left Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Ecorché: Right Arm and Shoulder Blade with Right Hand Intact, Edgar Degas

Ecorché: Right Arm and Shoulder Blade with Right Hand Intact, 1857–1858.

Ecorché: Right Arm and Shoulder Blade with Right Hand Intact (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French), charcoal and red chalk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and Arm

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Shoulder and Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Profile portrait of the artist's second wife, Juliane Marie Abildgaard, née Ottesen, pregnant, seated in an armchair with her chin resting on her hand and her elbow on her knee, c. 1803.

Profilbillede af kunstnerens anden hustru Juliane Marie… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study of a woman's right elbow, Jens Juel

Study of a woman's right elbow, 1790s.

Studie af en kvindes højre albueled (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Femme assise de profil, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Femme assise de profil, 1915.

Femme assise de profil (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Langmatt Museum, Switzerland

Portrait de Lorenzo Pagans, 1882.

Portrait de Lorenzo Pagans (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

National Gallery Prague, Tchéquie

Preparatory study for the illustration of The Family at Gilje, Jonas Lie, Copenhagen 1903, Erik Werenskiold

Preparatory study for the illustration of The Family at Gilje, Jonas Lie, Copenhagen 1903, 1894.

Forarbeid til illustrasjon, Jonas Lie, "Familien på Gilje"… (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Study of the Proportions of the Length of the Arm

Study of the Proportions of the Length of the Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Studies of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm

Studies of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister, Edgar Degas

Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister, 1860–1862.

Marguerite De Gas, the Artist's Sister (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French), etching and drypoint; unique impression of the second state of six

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Gueule de bois, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Gueule de bois, 1889.

Gueule de bois (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Sittende mann, 1839–1841.

Sittende mann (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil and charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Femme accoudée, 1917.

Femme accoudée (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection, France

Self-Portrait, 1915.

Selbstbildnis (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), pencil on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Squatting Woman, 1914.

Squatting Woman (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Le Voyage en chemin de fer..., Honoré Daumier

Le Voyage en chemin de fer..., 1848.

Le Voyage en chemin de fer... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Thinka and Inger-Johanna studied the catechism in the summerhouse, Erik Werenskiold

Thinka and Inger-Johanna studied the catechism in the summerhouse, 1894.

Thinka og Inger Johanne duret katekismus i lysthuset (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Study of the Proportions of the Arm

Study of the Proportions of the Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Studies of the Mucles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm

Studies of the Mucles of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Anatomical Studies of the Nerves of the Arms and Hand

Anatomical Studies of the Nerves of the Arms and Hand (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Hat Pin (Le chapeau epingle), Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Hat Pin (Le chapeau epingle), 1894.

The Hat Pin (Le chapeau epingle) (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), drypoint

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Drapery study, c. 1838–1839.

Draperistudie (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Portrait of Johann Harms, 1916.

Portrait of Johann Harms (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, United States

When he had come out into the middle of the bog, there were so many people that he really had to elbow his way through, 1878.

Da han var kommen midt ut på myra, var det så fullt med… (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen, wash and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Portrait Gertrud Osthaus, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Portrait Gertrud Osthaus, 1913.

Portrait Gertrud Osthaus (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Germany

The Jurist and Statesman Anders Sandøe Ørsted, C.W. Eckersberg

The Jurist and Statesman Anders Sandøe Ørsted, 1821.

Juristen og statsmanden Anders Sandøe Ørsted (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Selbstbildnis mit aufgestütztem Arm, Caspar David Friedrich

Selbstbildnis mit aufgestütztem Arm, 1802.

Selbstbildnis mit aufgestütztem Arm (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German)

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Arms

Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Arms (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

L'Arlésienne, 1888.

L'Arlésienne (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Drawings of the Foetus in utero and the three surronding Membranes, and of the Movements of the Elbow Joint

Drawings of the Foetus in utero and the three surronding… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Two Studies of the Hands and Arms of a Seated Woman

Kaksi käsi- ja käsivarsiharjoitelmaa istuvasta naisesta (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Studies of a male figure, Adolph Tidemand

Studies of a male figure, c. 1838–1839.

Studier av mannsfigur (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway