Flame in art: paintings, drawings and prints

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

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

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

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

Two Women by the Hearth, 1901.

Två kvinnor vid härden (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1565.

Le Martyre de saint Laurent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, Honoré Daumier

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, 1866.

Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Sacrificial Fire, 1924.

Uhrituli (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Hop-Frog's Revenge, 1898.

Hop-Frog's Revenge (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

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

Bird's-Nesters, 1874.

Chasse aux oiseaux de nuit (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

The Crowning with Thorns, c. 1570.

Le Couronnement d'épines (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Neubrandenburg en flammes, Caspar David Friedrich

Neubrandenburg en flammes, 1835.

Neubrandenburg en flammes (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, 1791.

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching strengthened by engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

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

À la porte de l'éternité, Vincent van Gogh

À la porte de l'éternité, 1890.

À la porte de l'éternité (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Julia and Fulvia, 1800.

Julia og Fulvia (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine, Elihu Vedder

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine, c. 1890.

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), colored pencil on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Demons Teasing Me (poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris), James Ensor

Demons Teasing Me (poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris), 1898.

Demons Teasing Me (poster for the James Ensor Exhibition at… (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), color lithograph

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

The Devil and the Windmill (after Horace Van Offel), James Ensor

The Devil and the Windmill (after Horace Van Offel), 1934.

The Devil and the Windmill (after Horace Van Offel) (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), softground etching

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

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

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

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Confusion of Ideas, Gaganendranath Tagore

Confusion of Ideas, 1917.

Confusion of Ideas (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, 1792–1808.

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

In the Smithy, 1894.

Pajassa (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, Sketch for the Mural of the Great Hall of the University of Helsinki, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, Sketch for the Mural of the Great Hall of the University of Helsinki, 1912.

Lönnrot ja runonlaulajat, luonnos Helsingin yliopiston… (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Alley in Düsseldorf, 1867–1870.

Alej v Düsseldorfe (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Slovak National Gallery, Slovaquie

Love in the Italian Theatre, Antoine Watteau

Love in the Italian Theatre, 1716.

L'amour au Théâtre Italien (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Study of burning candles, Peder Severin Krøyer

Study of burning candles, 1896.

Studie af tændte lys i stager (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish)

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Rape of Persephone, c. 1913.

The Rape of Persephone (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

La Descente aux Limbes, Hieronymus Bosch

La Descente aux Limbes, 1510.

La Descente aux Limbes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

Private collection

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

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

Der heilige Hain, 1882.

Der heilige Hain (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, 1839.

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Zrínyi’s Sally, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Zrínyi’s Sally, 1903.

Zrínyi kirohanása (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

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

Twee medaillons met symbolisch-religieuze voorstellingen, Hieronymus Bosch

Twee medaillons met symbolisch-religieuze voorstellingen, 1515.

Twee medaillons met symbolisch-religieuze voorstellingen (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

The Vengeance of Hop-Frog, 1898.

The Vengeance of Hop-Frog (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

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

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

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

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

Pentecost, 18th century.

Pentecostés (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Interior. Artificial Light, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior. Artificial Light, 1909.

Interiør. Kunstigt lys (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Man and woman with a torch, Christian Krohg

Man and woman with a torch, 1899.

Mann og kvinne med fakkel (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Shaded Flame

Shaded Flame (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), watercolor on paper

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, James Barry

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, 1776.

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, aquatint and open bite

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The University and the Country in the Fifteenth Century. New Currents: Hussitism and Humanism, Jan Matejko

The University and the Country in the Fifteenth Century. New Currents: Hussitism and Humanism, 1888.

Wpływ Uniwersytetu na kraj w wieku XV. Nowe prądy. Husytyzm… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland