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Fantastic creature

254 works by 35 artists

254 works featuring “Fantastic creature” by 35 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 55 museums.

L'Homme-arbre, Hieronymus Bosch

L'Homme-arbre, 1510.

L'Homme-arbre (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), ink

Albertina, Austria

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1501.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal

Anger, James Ensor

Anger, 1904.

Anger (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Two fantasy creatures, Hieronymus Bosch

Two fantasy creatures, 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Roger Liberating Angelica, Félix Vallotton

Roger Liberating Angelica, 1907.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Awakening of Spring, Arnold Böcklin

The Awakening of Spring, 1880.

Frühlingserwachen (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on wood

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Plucking the Angel's Wings, Hugo Simberg

Plucking the Angel's Wings, 1911.

Enkelin siipiä kynitään (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Nightmare, Nicolai Abildgaard

Nightmare, 1800.

Mareridt (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Sorø Art Museum, Denmark

Sloth, James Ensor

Sloth, 1902.

Sloth (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Avarice, James Ensor

Avarice, 1904.

Avarice (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), Hieronymus Bosch

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), 1500.

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Woman with a Dolphin, Gyula Benczúr

Woman with a Dolphin, 1870–1880.

Žena s delfínom (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), pencil and red chalk on paper

East Slovak Gallery, Slovaquie

Battle Scene from the Comic-Fantastic Opera 'The Seafarer', Paul Klee

Battle Scene from the Comic-Fantastic Opera 'The Seafarer'

Kampfscene aus der komisch-phantastischen Oper "der… (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), oil transfer drawing, pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper, border strip at bottom in pen and watercolor, bordered in pen and gouache, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

St John the Evangelist, Le Greco

St John the Evangelist, 1609.

Saint Jean l'évangéliste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Triptyque des ermites, Hieronymus Bosch

Triptyque des ermites, 1493.

Triptyque des ermites (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Le Chariot de foin, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1500.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

Two Monsters (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Two Monsters (verso), 1500.

Two Monsters (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, Titien

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1565.

Sainte Marguerite et le dragon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, James Ensor

The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, 1904.

The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Bust of a devil with an open mouth, Jan Matejko

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Bust of a devil with an open mouth, 1890.

Karton do polichromii Kościoła Mariackiego - Popiersie… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), watercolor on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Centaur Watching Fish, Arnold Böcklin

Centaur Watching Fish, 1878.

Kentaur, den Fischen zuschauend (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil and tempera on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1481–1488.

L'Enfer (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, 1902.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

La Descente aux Limbes, Hieronymus Bosch

La Descente aux Limbes, 1510.

La Descente aux Limbes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

Private collection

Bacchante, Gyula Benczúr

Bacchante, 1881.

Bacchansnő (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Pride, James Ensor

Pride, 1904.

Pride (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Two fantasy creatures (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Two fantasy creatures (verso), 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Devil with a bird's head, Jan Matejko

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Devil with a bird's head, 1890.

Karton do polichromii Kościoła Mariackiego - Diabeł z głową… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), watercolor on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, Eugène Delacroix

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, 1861.

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

The Troll and the Three Princesses, Erik Werenskiold

The Troll and the Three Princesses, 1911.

Troll og tre prinsesser (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

A Figure of the Virgin Adored by Fauns, Jacek Malczewski

A Figure of the Virgin Adored by Fauns, 1923.

Figura Matki Boskiej adorowana przez fauny (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, Erik Werenskiold

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, 1909.

Di andre trølla va hjå budeiom og fridde (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, 1490.

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great, James Ensor

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great, 1927.

De verzoeking van de heilige Antonius (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Two Monsters, Hieronymus Bosch

Two Monsters, 1500.

Two Monsters (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Das Spiel der Nereïden, Arnold Böcklin

Das Spiel der Nereïden, 1886.

Das Spiel der Nereïden (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, c. 1807–1808.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Royal Arms of Scotland, David Young Cameron

Royal Arms of Scotland, 1914.

Royal Arms of Scotland (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego'), Leonardo da Vinci

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego'), c. 1504–1505.

Neptune with Four Seahorses ('Quos Ego') (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire -31 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins, J. M. W. Turner

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins, 1845.

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Wingless Chimera, David Young Cameron

The Wingless Chimera, 1911.

The Wingless Chimera (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Budeie og trehodet troll, Erik Werenskiold

Budeie og trehodet troll, 1908.

Budeie og trehodet troll (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway