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75 works by 28 artists

75 works featuring “Guitar” by 28 artists, from the 17th to the 20th century, held in 45 museums.

The Antiquarian's House, Cusco, Teófilo Castillo

The Antiquarian's House, Cusco, 1917.

La casa del anticuario, Cusco (museum title)

Teófilo Castillo (Peruvian), oil on wood

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Spanish Types (Study), Ignacio Merino

Spanish Types (Study), 1865–1870.

Tipos españoles (estudio) (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, Francisco de Goya

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, 1820–1823.

Le Pèlerinage à l’ermitage de San Isidro (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Portrait of Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray, 1757.

Bildnis Marie-Justine-Benoîte Favart-Duronceray (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Oskar Reinhart Museum "Am Stadtgarten", Winterthur, Switzerland

Mezzetin, Antoine Watteau

Mezzetin, c. 1716.

Mezzetin (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red and black chalk (counterproof)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Pierrot Content, Antoine Watteau

Pierrot Content, c. 1712.

Pierrot Content (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Les Chanteurs de rue, Honoré Daumier

Les Chanteurs de rue, 1860.

Les Chanteurs de rue (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

The Italian Serenade, Antoine Watteau

The Italian Serenade

La Sérénade italienne (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz, Francisco de Goya

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz, 1805.

Portrait de la marquise de Santa Cruz (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Woman Playing the Guitar, Anders Zorn

Woman Playing the Guitar, 1900.

Gitarrspelerska (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

The Guitar Player, Johannes Vermeer

The Guitar Player, c. 1672.

The Guitar Player (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kenwood House (English Heritage), United Kingdom

Mezzetin, Antoine Watteau

Mezzetin, c. 1718–1720.

Mezzetin (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pleasures of Love, Antoine Watteau

Pleasures of Love, c. 1718–1719.

Réunion en plein air (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Esbjörn at the Study Corner, Carl Larsson

Esbjörn at the Study Corner, 1912.

Studiehörnet. Esbjörn (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Chord, Antoine Watteau

The Chord, 1715.

Le Donneur de sérénades (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Musée Condé, France

The Wedding Procession, Antoine Watteau

The Wedding Procession, c. 1712.

The Wedding Procession (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red chalk (counterproof)

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Love Lesson, Antoine Watteau

The Love Lesson, 1710s.

La Leçon d'Amour (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Dance in an Osteria, Wilhelm Marstrand

Dance in an Osteria, c. 1860.

Dans i et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on cardboard

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Singing Guitarist (recto); Reclining Woman Leaning on Her Arm (verso), Honoré Daumier

Singing Guitarist (recto); Reclining Woman Leaning on Her Arm (verso), 1855–1860.

Singing Guitarist (recto); Reclining Woman Leaning on Her… (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), pen and black ink over charcoal?; framing lines in red chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Bacchanal with a Lute Player, Nicolas Poussin

Bacchanal with a Lute Player, 1620s.

Bacchanale à la joueuse de guitare (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

O Violeiro, Almeida Júnior

O Violeiro, 1899.

O Violeiro (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

La Surprise (2017.72), Antoine Watteau

La Surprise (2017.72), c. 1718–1719.

La Surprise (2017.72) (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

American Scene, Ignacio Merino

American Scene, 1853–1855.

Escena americana (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Still Life (Blue Guitar and Vase), Fernand Léger

Still Life (Blue Guitar and Vase), 1926.

Nature morte (Guitare bleue et vase) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

An Embarrasing Proposal, Antoine Watteau

An Embarrasing Proposal, 1715.

La Proposition embarrassante (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Guitarist: Portrait of the Spanish Painter Darío de Regoyos, Théo van Rysselberghe

Guitarist: Portrait of the Spanish Painter Darío de Regoyos, 1882.

Guitariste - Portrait du peintre espagnol Darío de Regoyos (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Spanish Singer, Édouard Manet

The Spanish Singer, 1860.

The Spanish Singer (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Three Musicians, Diego Velázquez

Three Musicians, c. 1618.

Trois musiciens (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

A Musical Family, Anders Zorn

A Musical Family, 1905.

Musikalisk familj (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Old Ballad, Anders Zorn

Old Ballad, 1898.

Gammal ballad (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Party in the Open Air, Antoine Watteau

Party in the Open Air, 1720.

Party in the Open Air (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Payada in a Pulpería, Carlos Morel

Payada in a Pulpería

Payada en una pulpería (museum title)

Carlos Morel (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Woman and Flower, Fernand Léger

Woman and Flower, 1926.

Woman and Flower (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

The Scale of Love, Antoine Watteau

The Scale of Love, c. 1717.

La Gamme d'Amour (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume, Alexandre Roslin

The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume, 1763.

The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Festivities in Honor of Pan, Antoine Watteau

Festivities in Honor of Pan, c. 1711.

Festivities in Honor of Pan (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Hammer Museum, United States

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), Francisco de Goya

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), c. 1812–1820.

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, brown ink wash, black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Peasants dancing the Bolero, John Frederick Lewis

Peasants dancing the Bolero, 1836.

Boeren dansen de bolero (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), lithograph with tint stone

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Music in the Cottage, Anders Zorn

Music in the Cottage, 1905.

Musik i stugan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

The blind guitarist, Francisco de Goya

The blind guitarist, 1778.

Aveugle à la guitarre (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

O caipira violeiro (Capadócio?), Maria Pardos

O caipira violeiro (Capadócio?), 1916.

O caipira violeiro (Capadócio?) (museum title)

Maria Pardos (Brazilian)

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

The Troubadour, Honoré Daumier

The Troubadour, 1868–1873.

The Troubadour (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Woman with a Guitar, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Woman with a Guitar, 1918.

Woman with a Guitar (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

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

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua, École de Cuzco

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua, c. 1670–1690.

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Street Singer, Édouard Manet

Street Singer, c. 1862.

Street Singer (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

A country dance; page 89 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), Francisco de Goya

A country dance; page 89 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), c. 1812–1820.

A country dance; page 89 from the "Images of Spain" Album… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, brown ink wash, traces of black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Girl with Guitar, Ellen Thesleff

Girl with Guitar, 1891.

Tyttö ja kitara (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Plate 38 from "Los Caprichos": Bravo! (Brabisimo!), Francisco de Goya

Plate 38 from "Los Caprichos": Bravo! (Brabisimo!), 1799.

Plate 38 from "Los Caprichos": Bravo! (Brabisimo!) (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Souvenir, Anders Zorn

Souvenir, 1895.

Souvenir (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States