Embrace 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

The Mystical Nativity, Sandro Botticelli

The Mystical Nativity, 1500.

La Nativité mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

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

The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Sandro Botticelli

The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, 1495–1500.

The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Sappho and the Woman of Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho and the Woman of Mytilene, c. 1807–1808.

Sappho og Mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Knight and the Maiden, Richard Bergh

The Knight and the Maiden, 1897.

Riddaren och jungfrun (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Spring. From the Seasons Series, Eero Järnefelt

Spring. From the Seasons Series, 1910–1920.

Kevät. Vuodenajat-sarjasta (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Two Figures (Nudes on a Red Ground), Fernand Léger

Two Figures (Nudes on a Red Ground), 1923.

Les deux figures (Nus sur fond rouge) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Virgin and Child with an Angel, Sandro Botticelli

Virgin and Child with an Angel, 1475–1485.

Virgin and Child with an Angel (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Flight into Egypt, Sandro Botticelli

The Flight into Egypt, 1510.

La Fuite en Égypte (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

Jacquemart-André Museum, France

Singes dans la forêt vierge, Henri Rousseau

Singes dans la forêt vierge, 1910.

Singes dans la forêt vierge (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, James Barry

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, 1809.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and mezzotint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Médée furieuse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Golden Age, 1898.

Aranykor (museum title)

János Vaszary (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, William Holman Hunt

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, 1862.

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Sudley House, United Kingdom

The Faux Pas, 1717.

Le faux-pas (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1, William Holman Hunt

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1, 1850.

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom)… (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Two Women Standing, 1922.

Les deux femmes debout (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap), Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap), 1899.

Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap) (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Couple Spied on by a Woman in a Half-Open Door, C.W. Eckersberg

A Couple Spied on by a Woman in a Half-Open Door, 1853.

Et par belures af en kvinde i en halvåben dør (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, brush and brown wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Father's Leave-Taking, William Holman Hunt

Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Prison, 1805–1807.

Das Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Fight, 1925.

Le Combat (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

La Surprise (2017.72), c. 1718–1719.

La Surprise (2017.72) (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ, Titien

The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ, 1565–1575.

La Vierge allaitant l'Enfant Jésus (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Visit, 1899.

La Visite (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), gouache on cardboard

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Errand Girls (for Terrasse's "Bonnard"), Pierre Bonnard

Errand Girls (for Terrasse's "Bonnard"), 1927.

Trottins (Pour le "Bonnard" de Terrasse) (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), drypoint

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Sketchbook, folio 20: an embracing couple on a terrace, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 20: an embracing couple on a terrace, 1883–1884.

Karta 20 recto: szkic obejmującej się pary stojącej na… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror), Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror), 1899.

Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror) (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ecstasy, 1894.

Szał (museum title)

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

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

Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890.

Pygmalion and Galatea (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Head by Head, 1905.

Hode ved hode (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Denise Holding Her Child, 1904.

Denise Holding Her Child (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American)

Vanderbilt Museum of Art, United States

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Sandro Botticelli

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1490.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Les Vierges, 1913.

Les Vierges (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

National Gallery Prague, Tchéquie

Léda et le cygne, 1503.

Léda et le cygne (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Chatsworth House, United Kingdom

"The King, Krasawica", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The King, Krasawica", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), 1904.

"Król, Krasawica”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Preparatory work for an illustration, Jonas Lie, 'The Family at Gilje', Copenhagen 1903, Erik Werenskiold

Preparatory work for an illustration, Jonas Lie, 'The Family at Gilje', Copenhagen 1903, 1904.

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

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668.

Return of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Father's Leave-Taking, William Holman Hunt

The Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

The Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

The Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of Peter Tutein with His Youngest Son Louis Alexander, Jens Juel

Portrait of Peter Tutein with His Youngest Son Louis Alexander, c. 1800.

Portræt af Peter Tutein med sin yngste søn Louis Alexander (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, Eugène Delacroix

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, 1861.

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil, plaster, and wax

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, 1788.

Theseus und Ariadne (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Caresse Maternelle, 1902.

Caresse Maternelle (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, United States

The embrace, 1917.

The embrace (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child, Mary Cassatt

Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child, 1901.

Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Brooklyn Museum, United States

Heinrich Pestalozzi with the Orphans of Stans, Albert Anker

Heinrich Pestalozzi with the Orphans of Stans, 1870.

Heinrich Pestalozzi und die Waisenkinder in Stans (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland