Goddess in art: paintings, drawings and prints

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 Feast of Love, c. 1718–1719.

Les plaisirs de l’amour (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Sketchbook, folio 16: studies for the ceiling “Andromeda”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 16: studies for the ceiling “Andromeda”, 1883–1884.

Karta 16 recto: szkice do plafonu "Andromeda": grupa z… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Venus and Cupid with a Mirror, 1555–1576.

Vénus et Cupidon au miroir (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Nemesis, 1792.

Nemesis (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Venus and Music, c. 1550.

Vénus avec un organiste (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Pax triumphans, c. 1786–1789.

Pax trimphans (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Christian III Succouring Denmark, Nicolai Abildgaard

Christian III Succouring Denmark, 1780–1781.

Christian III ophjælper Danmark. Allegori (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Jugement de Pâris, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Le Jugement de Pâris, 1913.

Le Jugement de Pâris (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Hiroshima Museum of Art, Japan

Mars and Venus, c. 1630.

Mars et Vénus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 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

“Aurora” (“Goddess of the Dawn”), sketch for a ceiling, Henryk Siemiradzki

“Aurora” (“Goddess of the Dawn”), sketch for a ceiling, c. 1886.

"Aurora" ("Jutrzenka") - szkic do plafonu w domu Jury… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Death of Actaeon, 1559–1575.

La Mort d'Actéon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Jean-Étienne Liotard

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1737.

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Flora Seated on a Cloud, Alexandre Roslin

Flora Seated on a Cloud, 1755.

Flora sittande på en sky (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), encaustic on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Judgment of Paris, 1710s.

Le jugement de Pâris (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, Nicolas Poussin

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, 1638.

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Tahitian Series: Worship, 1893–1894.

Tahitian Series: Worship (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodblock print

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Dominion of Culture

Kulturens herredømme (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Friday. Venus seated with a mirror and a jewellery box

Fredag. Venus siddende med spejl og smykkeæske (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Adoration of Cupid, Alexandre Roslin

The Adoration of Cupid, 1787.

Amors tillbedjan (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Aurora, Design for a Ceiling, Henryk Siemiradzki

Aurora, Design for a Ceiling, c. 1886.

Jutrzenka, projekt plafonu (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Summer, Ceres, 1864–1865.

L'Été ou Cérès (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France

Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to Giovanna degli Albizzi

Vénus et les trois Grâces offrant des présents à une jeune… (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), fresco

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, Nicolai Abildgaard

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, c. 1792–1795.

Polyhymnia, hymnedigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Venus with the Organ Player, c. 1550.

Vénus et l'organiste (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Pallas Athéna, 1899.

Pallas Athéna (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Wien Museum, Austria

Secession poster, 1898.

Secession poster (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Wien Museum, Austria

Diana Resting, c. 1845.

Diana repos (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Athena Bridles Pegasus

Athene lægger tømme på Pegasus (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Painted Shroud Fragment, 1st century BCE–1st century CE.

Painted Shroud Fragment (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, paint on gessoed linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Rokeby Venus, c. 1647–1651.

Vénus à son miroir (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Venus with an Organist and Cupid, Titien

Venus with an Organist and Cupid, c. 1555.

Vénus avec un organiste et Cupidon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Athena Pours Oil into a Lamp, Nicolai Abildgaard

Athena Pours Oil into a Lamp, c. 1792–1793.

Athene gyder olie på en lampe (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and black and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Flora, c. 1654.

Flora (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Peder Paars, book 1, canto 2. Venus rises from the chest, Wilhelm Marstrand

Peder Paars, book 1, canto 2. Venus rises from the chest, 1863.

Peder Paars 1. bog 2. sang. Venus stiger op af kisten (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study Drawing after a Plaster Cast of an Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Torso from c. 500 BC

Studietegning efter en gipsafstøbning efter en antik græsk… (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), charcoal on paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Takanen's "Venus and Amor"

Takasen "Venus ja Amor" (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, Gustav Klimt

Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, 19th century.

Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Ceres, 1849–1853.

Ceres (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Ancient Egypt

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century.

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Venus and Mars, c. 1485.

Vénus et Mars (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on wood

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Venus, seated in the clouds, embraces Cupid, Nicolai Abildgaard

Venus, seated in the clouds, embraces Cupid, c. 1795–1798.

Venus, siddende i skyerne, omfavner Amor (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Athena with a Young Man, Nicolai Abildgaard

Athena with a Young Man, c. 1792–1794.

Athene med en ung mand (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Flora, 1750.

Flora (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France

Artemis, 1893–1894.

Artemis (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Christian III Succouring Denmark, 1780.

Christian III ophjælper Danmark. Allegori (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Flora, c. 1517.

Flore (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Sleeping Venus with Cupid, Nicolas Poussin

Sleeping Venus with Cupid, 1630.

Vénus dormant avec l'Amour (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Flora, 1634.

Flora (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia