Grimace in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Pride, 1904.

Pride (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

A Tavern Quarrel, 1500.

A Tavern Quarrel (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), tempera on canvas

Centrum voor Oude Kunst 't Vliegend Peert, Belgium

Le Couronnement d'épines, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Couronnement d'épines, 1495.

Le Couronnement d'épines (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Two Old Men, 1819.

Deux Vieux (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Disorderly Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

Disorderly Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), c. 1815–1819.

Disorderly Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies /… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint, drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Gamblers, 1895.

The Gamblers (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

The Brothers Shouting on the Devil's Rock, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Brothers Shouting on the Devil's Rock, 1906–1908.

Veljekset huutavat Hiidenkivellä, luonnos, loppukuva (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Multiplication of the Fishes, James Ensor

The Multiplication of the Fishes, 1891.

The Multiplication of the Fishes (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

The glutton, 1860s.

Frossenpinden (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Belgium in the 19th Century, James Ensor

Belgium in the 19th Century, 1889.

Belgium in the 19th Century (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Envy, 1904.

Envy (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, 1792.

Falstaff im Wäschekorb (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Seven Deadly Sins: Title Page, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Title Page, 1902–1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Title Page (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Dancing Giant, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

Dancing Giant, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), c. 1815–1819.

Dancing Giant, from "The Disparates" (Follies /… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Unholy Union, c. 1813–1819.

Unholy Union (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, India ink and wash, traces of pen and ink, on laid paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Time and the old woman, Francisco de Goya

The Time and the old woman, 1810s.

Les vieilles (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Head of the Serpent Beast, End Illustration for Chapter 5; Lucifer, End Illustration for Chapter 10, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Head of the Serpent Beast, End Illustration for Chapter 5; Lucifer, End Illustration for Chapter 10, 1906.

Käärmepedon pää, 5. luvun loppukuva Lusifeerus, 10. luvun… (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Pulling the Stick, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Pulling the Stick, 1906.

Käsikapulaa vetämässä (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889, James Ensor

Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889, 1888.

Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

El tío Paquete, c. 1820.

Le Tío Paquete (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Le Portement de Croix, 1500.

Le Portement de Croix (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro, Francisco de Goya

Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro, 1819.

Procession du Saint-Office (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D), Francisco de Goya

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D), c. 1819–1823.

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, black and gray ink and wash, touches of black chalk, on laid paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Monk Has a Stomach Ache, 1884.

Munken har mavepine (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Scandalized Masks, 1895.

Scandalized Masks (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Tre manshuvuden

Tre manshuvuden (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red chalk on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Woman Picking Fruit and the Savage (Femme cueillant des fruits et oviri), Paul Gauguin

Woman Picking Fruit and the Savage (Femme cueillant des fruits et oviri), 1894–1895.

Woman Picking Fruit and the Savage (Femme cueillant des… (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Old Lady with Masks, 1889.

Old Lady with Masks (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

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

Various profile sketches, 1780–1802.

Forskellige profikudkast (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pencil, pen and ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

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

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire), Paul Gauguin

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire), 1899.

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on China paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Grotesque Portrait Study of a Man, Leonardo da Vinci

Grotesque Portrait Study of a Man, 1500–1505.

Grotesque Portrait Study of a Man (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Christ Church, United Kingdom

Carnival Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

Carnival Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), c. 1815–1819.

Carnival Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies /… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Demons Teasing Me, 1895.

Démons me turlupinant (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching on paper

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Man of Sorrows, 1891.

Man van Smarten (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on panel

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Fable, c. 1580.

La Fable (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Two Initials for Chapter 2 and Ten Initials for Chapter 3, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Two Initials for Chapter 2 and Ten Initials for Chapter 3, 1906.

2 alkukirjainta 2. lukuun ja 10 alkukirjainta 3. lukuun (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Plate 13 from "Los Caprichos": They are hot (Estan calientes), Francisco de Goya

Plate 13 from "Los Caprichos": They are hot (Estan calientes), 1799.

Plate 13 from "Los Caprichos": They are hot (Estan… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Comedian

Der Komiker (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), etching on zinc

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Two Old Men Eating Soup, Francisco de Goya

Two Old Men Eating Soup, 1819.

Deux vieillards mangeant de la soupe (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Man Mocked by Two Women, Francisco de Goya

Man Mocked by Two Women, 1819.

Femmes riant (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

VI. Soularde, 1898.

VI. Soularde (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph printed with beige tint stone on laid paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Demons Teasing Me, 1895.

Demons Teasing Me (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

The Good Judges, 1894.

The Good Judges (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

"Linger, Longer, Loo", Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

"Linger, Longer, Loo", 1898.

"Linger, Longer, Loo" (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Têtes grotesques, 1490.

Têtes grotesques (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Jester with lute, 1623.

Jester with lute (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Candelabra and Vase, 1888.

Candelabra and Vase (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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