Greece in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos, Vasily Polenov

The Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos, 1882.

Парфенон. Храм Афины-Парфенос (museum title)

Vasily Polenov (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

The Aegean Sea, c. 1877.

Frederic Edwin Church (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes, Angelica Kauffmann

Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes, c. 1788.

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Terracotta statuette of a draped woman, anonyme, Grèce (Attique)

Terracotta statuette of a draped woman, c. 315–285 BCE.

anonyme, Grèce (Attique), terracotta

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827, Ambroise Louis Garneray

The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827, 1831.

Bataille de Navarin. 20 octobre 1827 (museum title)

Ambroise Louis Garneray (French), oil

Palace of Versailles, France

Calypso, 1869.

Henri Lehmann (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Venus Persuading Helen to Love Paris, Angelica Kauffmann

Venus Persuading Helen to Love Paris, 1790.

Венера уговаривает Елену любить Париса (museum title)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Parthenon, 1871.

Frederic Edwin Church (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso, Angelica Kauffmann

Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso, 1782.

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Battle of Navarino, Ambroise Louis Garneray

The Battle of Navarino, 1830.

La Bataille de Navarin (museum title)

Ambroise Louis Garneray (French)

Archbishops' Palace Museum, Narbonne, France

Plato's Symposium, 1869.

Das Gastmahl des Plato (museum title)

Anselm Feuerbach (German), oil on canvas

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

The Erechtheion, Porch of the Maidens, Vasily Polenov

The Erechtheion, Porch of the Maidens, 1882.

Эрехтейон. Портик Кариатид (museum title)

Vasily Polenov (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta, Benjamin West

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta, 1768.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

La Grèce expire sur les ruines de Missolonghi, Eugène Delacroix

La Grèce expire sur les ruines de Missolonghi, 1850.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Zagori, Greece, 1860.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Rhodes, 1823.

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Timoleon, 1791.

Timoléon (museum title)

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman, Eugène Delacroix

A Turk Surrenders to a Greek Horseman, 1856.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Harvard Art Museums, United States

Peisistratos complains to the Athenians about the assault he claims to have suffered. He sits on a donkey-drawn cart, surrounded by many people

Peisistratos beklager sig for Athenienserne over det… (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Corfu from Ascension, c. 1860.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Edward Lear

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, 1850–1885.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Monastir, 1848.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor and pen and ink on gray paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sketches of Athens, 1848.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Ulysses Discovers Achilles Hidden among the Daughters of King Lycomedes, Angelica Kauffmann

Ulysses Discovers Achilles Hidden among the Daughters of King Lycomedes, 1780s.

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Battle of Salamis, Wilhelm von Kaulbach

The Battle of Salamis, c. 1858.

Die Schlacht bei Salamis (museum title)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach (German), oil on canvas

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

The Sorrow of Telemachus, Angelica Kauffmann

The Sorrow of Telemachus, 1783.

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Landscape, Site of Greece, Jean-Victor Bertin

Landscape, Site of Greece, 1812.

Landscape, Site of Greece (Paysage, Site de la Grèce) (museum title)

Jean-Victor Bertin (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Western Art, Japan

Hector Calling Paris to Battle, Angelica Kauffmann

Hector Calling Paris to Battle, 1775.

Гектор призывает Париса на битву (museum title)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Demosthenes on the Seashore, Eugène Delacroix

Demosthenes on the Seashore, 1859.

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Ireland

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, Eugène Delacroix

Combat entre Grecs et Turcs, 1856.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Athens, Greece

Lycurgue consulte la Pythie, Eugène Delacroix

Lycurgue consulte la Pythie, 1840.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

University of Michigan Museum of Art, United States

Mount Athos and the Monastery of Stavronikétes, Edward Lear

Mount Athos and the Monastery of Stavronikétes, 1857.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Battle of Salamis, c. 1862–1864.

Die Schlacht bei Salamis (museum title)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach (German), painting on paper mounted on canvas

Lenbachhaus, Germany

The Parthenon, 1911.

Парфенон (museum title)

Vasily Polenov (Russian), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Sappho and Alcaeus, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sappho and Alcaeus, 1881.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Walters Art Museum, United States

Ariadne Abandoned, before 1782.

Die verlassene Ariadne (museum title)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

Triumphant Athlete, 1813–1814.

Atleta trionfante (museum title)

Francesco Hayez (Italian), oil on canvas

National Academy of Saint Luke, Rome, Italy

The Death of Epaminondas, 1773.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Sketch of a set for Stanisław Wyspiański's "Protesilaus and Laodamia", Stanisław Wyspiański

Sketch of a set for Stanisław Wyspiański's "Protesilaus and Laodamia", 1903.

Szkic dekoracji do "Protesilasa i Laodamii" Stanisława… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Corfu from Santa Decca, 1862.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Corfu, c. 1856.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Alexander the Great Giving Campaspe to Apelles, Charles Meynier

Alexander the Great Giving Campaspe to Apelles, 1822.

Alexandre le Grand cédant Campaspe à Apelle (museum title)

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France

The Women of Amphissa, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The Women of Amphissa, 1887.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (French), watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ulysses, 1827.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas laid down on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony, John Frederick Lewis

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony, 1840.

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Cavaliers grecs au repos dans une forêt, Eugène Delacroix

Cavaliers grecs au repos dans une forêt, 1858.

Eugène Delacroix (French), fabric

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

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

Corfu from Ascension, 1862.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Greek Woodcutter, June 13 /56, Edward Lear

Greek Woodcutter, June 13 /56, 1856.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States