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54 works by 27 artists

54 works featuring “Guard” by 27 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 27 museums.

Portrait du sultan du Maroc, Eugène Delacroix

Portrait du sultan du Maroc, 1862.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas and wood panel

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c. 1727–1730.

Ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen op audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed… (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Sentry, Frits Thaulow

The Sentry, 1903.

Skiltvakten (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint on paper, hand-coloured

National Museum of Norway

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, 1861.

Chr. IV lader bødlen tage ordenskæden og sværdet fra… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pensil, pen and watercolour

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Doors of Timur (Tamerlane), Vassili Verechtchaguine

The Doors of Timur (Tamerlane), 1872.

Двери Тимура (Тамерлана) (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Mounting Guard, St. James's Park, Thomas Rowlandson

Mounting Guard, St. James's Park, 1809.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Visitant l'interieur..., Honoré Daumier

Visitant l'interieur..., 1859.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Policeman in Winter, Adolph Menzel

A Policeman in Winter, 1860–1865.

Ein Schutzmann im Winter (Profilansicht in ganzer Gestalt… (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

A man with a magic lantern shows a theft taking place under the nose of the sleeping night watchman, Nicolai Abildgaard

A man with a magic lantern shows a theft taking place under the nose of the sleeping night watchman

En mand med en laterna magica viser et tyveri, der foregår… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Corps de garde marocain, Eugène Delacroix

Corps de garde marocain, 1847.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

A Guard, Ernest Meissonier

A Guard, 1840.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

Sultan Ahmed III, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Sultan Ahmed III, c. 1727–1730.

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square), Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square), c. 1720–1737.

De grootvizier steekt de Atmeydanı (hippodroom) over (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Head of a Halberdier, Hieronymus Bosch

Head of a Halberdier, 1490.

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Marriage a la Mode: pl.5, William Hogarth

Marriage a la Mode: pl.5, 1745.

William Hogarth (British), etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, Frans Hals

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c. 1636–1638.

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Liberation of Saint Peter, Raphaël

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Délivrance de Saint Pierre (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Don Quixote’s Vigil, Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote’s Vigil, 1855.

La veille de don Quichotte (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Dupas Deposition (Déposition Dupas), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Dupas Deposition (Déposition Dupas), 1896.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Une Famille chez qui réside l'instinct guerrier, Honoré Daumier

Une Famille chez qui réside l'instinct guerrier, 1847.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Sultan Mahmud I, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Sultan Mahmud I, c. 1730–1737.

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Yeoman of the Guard, John Everett Millais

The Yeoman of the Guard, 1876.

John Everett Millais (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

On Duty, Jean-Léon Gérôme

On Duty, 1870s.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

The Picket, Édouard Detaille

The Picket, 1875.

Édouard Detaille (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

A Party of Life Guards, Théodore Géricault

A Party of Life Guards, 1821.

Théodore Géricault (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Audience of the Emperor of China, François Boucher

The Audience of the Emperor of China, c. 1742.

L'Audience de l'empereur de Chine (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besançon, France

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver (Plate 2), James Gillray

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver (Plate 2), 1804.

Koninklijk stel kijkt naar een man in een boot (museum title)

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

In Naples: Parade of the New Bodyguards, Honoré Daumier

In Naples: Parade of the New Bodyguards, 1855.

A Naples: Défilé des... gardes-du-corps... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Ribot Deposition (Déposition Ribot), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Ribot Deposition (Déposition Ribot), 1896.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Corps de garde à Meknès, Eugène Delacroix

Corps de garde à Meknès, 1846.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Von der Heydt Museum, Germany

Opening Session of the Estates General, 5 May 1789, Auguste Couder

Opening Session of the Estates General, 5 May 1789, 1839.

Séance d'ouverture de l'Assemblée des états généraux, 5 mai… (museum title)

Auguste Couder (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard, Édouard Detaille

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard, 1891.

Édouard Detaille (French), watercolor and graphite on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz, 1861.

Chr. IV lader bødlen tage ordenskæden og sværdet fra… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Deserter, William Orpen

The Deserter, 1917.

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Party of Life Guards, Théodore Géricault

A Party of Life Guards, 1821.

Théodore Géricault (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Le sultan du Maroc entouré de sa garde, Eugène Delacroix

Le sultan du Maroc entouré de sa garde, 1856.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Norton Simon Museum, United States

The Mass at Bolsena, Raphaël

The Mass at Bolsena

Messe de Bolsena (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, Théodore Géricault

Mounted Trumpeters of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, 1813–1814.

Théodore Géricault (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Soudais Deposition (Déposition Soudais), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Soudais Deposition (Déposition Soudais), 1896.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Le Sultan du Maroc, Eugène Delacroix

Le Sultan du Maroc, 1845.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c. 1727–1730.

Cornelis Calkoen op weg naar de audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed… (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Sultan's Tiger, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

The Sultan's Tiger

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, 1839.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Allons bon!... il parait... chasse réservée, Honoré Daumier

Allons bon!... il parait... chasse réservée, 1864.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Ronde des prisonniers, Vincent van Gogh

La Ronde des prisonniers, 1890.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

The Resurrection of Christ, Raphaël

The Resurrection of Christ, 1499–1502.

Ressurreição de Cristo (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on wood

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre, Théodore Géricault

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre, 1818.

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre (Le factionnaire Suisse au… (museum title)

Théodore Géricault (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 1 and 2, Grandville

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 1 and 2, 1831.

Procession à l’Autel de la Paix, Planches 1 et 2 (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Lebaudy Trial - Testimony of Mlle. Marsy (Procès Lebaudy - Déposition de Mlle. Marsy), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Lebaudy Trial - Testimony of Mlle. Marsy (Procès Lebaudy - Déposition de Mlle. Marsy), 1896.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), print

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Cavalier de la garde du sultan du Maroc, Eugène Delacroix

Cavalier de la garde du sultan du Maroc, 1845.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France