Fire in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Chippewas Hunting Caribou, Cornelius Krieghoff

Chippewas Hunting Caribou, 1861.

Chippewas à la chasse au caribou (museum title)

Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Removing the Broken Crucible, Constantin Meunier

Removing the Broken Crucible, 1885.

L'enlèvement du creuset brisé (museum title)

Constantin Meunier (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Burning Windmill at Stege, Johan Christian Dahl

Burning Windmill at Stege, 1856.

Brennende mølle, Stege (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

La Descente aux Limbes, Hieronymus Bosch

La Descente aux Limbes, 1510.

La Descente aux Limbes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

Private collection

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

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, Katsushika Hokusai

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, 1841.

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

View of the Town and Port of Bayonne from the Pathways of Boufflers, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

View of the Town and Port of Bayonne from the Pathways of Boufflers, 1771.

View of the Town and Port of Bayonne from the Pathways of… (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

Millstone of the Caste System, Gaganendranath Tagore

Millstone of the Caste System, 1917.

Millstone of the Caste System (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, William Holman Hunt

London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1863.

London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince… (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Passage of Humaitá", 1886.

Estudo para Passagem de Humaitá (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), gouache on paper

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

The Rape of Persephone, c. 1913.

The Rape of Persephone (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Procession of Silence, Sevilla, Constantin Meunier

Procession of Silence, Sevilla, c. 1883.

Procession of Silence, Sevilla (museum title)

Constantin Meunier (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", Victor Meirelles

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", c. 1874–1878.

Esboceto para Batalha dos Guararapes (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Fire, 1566.

Feuer (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night, Raden Saleh

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night, 1865.

The Eruption of Mount Merapi, by Night (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1565.

Sainte Marguerite et le dragon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Fire's on, 1891.

Fire's on (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church, 18th century.

San Agustín, doctor de la iglesia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, William Holman Hunt

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1892–1899.

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1858.

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, José Juárez

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 17th century.

El martirio de San Lorenzo (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach, Peder Severin Krøyer

Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach, 1906.

Sankt Hansblus (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

爐邊, 1935.

爐邊 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

Adachi Museum of Art, Japan

By the fireside, 1903.

Ved kaminilden. Portræt af Holger Drachmann med rød fez (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Under the sign of the eagle, Michael Ancher

Under the sign of the eagle, 1907.

Under Ørnens Tegn (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

The Fugitives, c. 1868.

The Fugitives (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

In the Smithy, 1894.

Pajassa (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Arab Wedding in Cairo, Charles-Théodore Frère

Arab Wedding in Cairo, 1866.

Noce arabe au Caire (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, Caravaggio

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, 1610.

Le Reniement de saint Pierre (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bird's-Nesters, 1874.

Chasse aux oiseaux de nuit (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

One Hour Before Departure, 1841.

Una hora antes de partir (museum title)

Carlos Morel (Argentinian), lithograph on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

The Elements, 1916.

The Elements (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on cardboard

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, 1791.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Blue Inn

The Blue Inn (museum title)

Constantin Meunier (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), 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

Eruption

Erupción (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on cardboard

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

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

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

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

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Boarding of the Frigate Imperatriz, Edoardo De Martino

The Boarding of the Frigate Imperatriz, c. 1875.

Abordagem da Fragata Imperatriz (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Passage of Humaitá, Victor Meirelles

The Passage of Humaitá, 1870s.

Passagem de Humaitá (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Satan Summoning His Legions, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Satan Summoning His Legions, 1802.

Satan über dem feurigen See, Beelzebub zu sich aufrufend (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Battle of Yataytí Corá, July 2, 1866, Cándido López

Battle of Yataytí Corá, July 2, 1866, 1887–1902.

Batalla de Yataytí Corá, 2 de julio de 1866 (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pentecost, 18th century.

Pentecostés (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Two Women by the Hearth, 1901.

Två kvinnor vid härden (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Cozinha Caipira, 1895.

Cozinha Caipira (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil