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54 works by 39 artists

54 works featuring “Hammer” by 39 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 30 museums.

Allegory of Painting and Sculpture, François Boucher

Allegory of Painting and Sculpture

Allégorie de la peinture et de la sculpture (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology, Troyes, France

Allegory of the Arts, Bernardo Strozzi

Allegory of the Arts, 1635–1640.

Аллегория искусств (museum title)

Bernardo Strozzi (Italian), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

A man with a magic lantern shows a picture of the decline of trade and crafts - the lame Mercury, the sleeping Vulcan, etc., Nicolai Abildgaard

A man with a magic lantern shows a picture of the decline of trade and crafts - the lame Mercury, the sleeping Vulcan, etc.

En mand med et laterna magica viser et billede af handelens… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vulcan's Forge, Giorgio Vasari

Vulcan's Forge, c. 1564.

Giorgio Vasari (Italian), oil on copper

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Vulcan's Forge (fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio), Giorgio Vasari

Vulcan's Forge (fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio), 1555–1557.

Volcano's forge (museum title)

Giorgio Vasari (Italian), fresco

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

The War, Arnold Böcklin

The War, c. 1897.

Der Krieg (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Shoeing a horse, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon, Kim Hong-do

Shoeing a horse, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon

편자박기, 《단원 풍속도첩》 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Fujimigahara in Owari Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Fujimigahara in Owari Province, c. 1830–1832.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Tinker, Henri de Braekeleer

The Tinker, 1861.

De koperslager (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Shoemaker, Ferdinand Hodler

The Shoemaker, 1887.

Der Schuhmacher (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Boat builders, Drøbak, Hans Gude

Boat builders, Drøbak, 1875.

Båtbyggere, Drøbak (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Children Setting up the Framework of a Storehouse, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Children Setting up the Framework of a Storehouse, c. 1842.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Petri korsfästelse, Antoine Watteau

Petri korsfästelse

Antoine Watteau (French), chalk on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Mind the skittles, Grandville

Mind the skittles, 1830s.

Gare les Quilles (museum title)

Grandville (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Art of Sculpture: Carl Michael Bellman in Sergel's studio. Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM, Carl Larsson

The Art of Sculpture: Carl Michael Bellman in Sergel's studio. Cartoon for the Fresco in the Lower Hall of the NM, 1895–1896.

Bildhuggarkonsten: Bellman i Sergels ateljé. Kartong till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), distemper on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Tyresmith, James McNeill Whistler

The Tyresmith, 1890.

James McNeill Whistler (American), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Sainte Apolline, Albrecht Dürer

Sainte Apolline, 1500.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Master Blacksmith, Anders Zorn

Master Blacksmith, 1907.

Mästersmed (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

La Messe de Saint Grégoire, Albrecht Dürer

La Messe de Saint Grégoire, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Christ cloué sur la Croix, Albrecht Dürer

Christ cloué sur la Croix, 1509.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

A reclining Vulcan, by the anvil. Allegory of the artists, Nicolai Abildgaard

A reclining Vulcan, by the anvil. Allegory of the artists

En liggende Vulkan, ved ambolten. Allegori på kunsterne (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Gipsy Forge, Anders Zorn

Gipsy Forge, 1885.

Zigenarsmedja (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), watercolor and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada, 1921.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Forge, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon, Kim Hong-do

The Forge, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon

대장간, 《단원 풍속도첩》 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

The Harvest Festival at Arkona, Alphonse Mucha

The Harvest Festival at Arkona, 1925–1926.

Obžínky na Arkoně (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, pencil on paper

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, Diego Velázquez

Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, 1630.

La Forge de Vulcain (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Sunny Smithy, James McNeill Whistler

The Sunny Smithy, 1895.

James McNeill Whistler (American), transfer lithograph on wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Forging of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Forging of the Sampo, 1893.

Sammon taonta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities, Thomas Rowlandson

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Swordsmith, Katsushika Hokusai

The Swordsmith, 1802.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Descent from the Cross, Nicolas Poussin

Descent from the Cross

Descente de croix (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

A Blacksmith (Un forgeron), Eugène Delacroix

A Blacksmith (Un forgeron), 1833.

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Roman Tinker, Jan Baptist Weenix

Roman Tinker, c. 1656.

Jan Baptist Weenix (Dutch), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

Smithy in Gastein, Adolph Menzel

Smithy in Gastein, 1879.

Schmiede in Gastein (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Jerusalem, Tailpiece, plate 100, William Blake

Jerusalem, Tailpiece, plate 100, 1804–1820.

Jerusalem, Tailpiece (Plate 100) (museum title)

William Blake (British), relief etching with watercolor and pen

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Jerusalem, plate 6: "His Spectre driv'n by the Starry Wheels of Albions sons...", William Blake

Jerusalem, plate 6: "His Spectre driv'n by the Starry Wheels of Albions sons...", 1804–1820.

"His Spectre driv'n by the Starry Wheels of Albions… (museum title)

William Blake (British), relief etching with watercolor and pen

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Venus asks Vulcan to cast arms for her son Aeneas, Antoine van Dyck

Venus asks Vulcan to cast arms for her son Aeneas, 1630s.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Cooper Tightening Staves on a Barrel, Jean-François Millet

Cooper Tightening Staves on a Barrel, c. 1848–1852.

Tonnelier resserrant un cordage sur un tonneau (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Blacksmith, Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine

Blacksmith, 1935.

Forgeron (museum title)

Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine, print on paper

Cernuschi Museum, France

The Metal Carver, Katsushika Hokusai

The Metal Carver, 1802.

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Les Raboteurs de parquet, Gustave Caillebotte

Les Raboteurs de parquet, 1875.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Francesco d'Este, Rogier van der Weyden

Francesco d'Este, c. 1460.

Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486) (museum title)

Rogier van der Weyden (Belgian), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet, 1780s.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper, laid down

National Gallery of Art, United States

Faith, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Faith, 1560.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Faith, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Faith, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Henning Jensen's smithy in Skagen Østerby, Peder Severin Krøyer

Henning Jensen's smithy in Skagen Østerby, 1885.

Henning Jensens smedie i Skagen Østerby (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on wood

Skagens Museum, Denmark

A Smithy in Hornbæk, Peder Severin Krøyer

A Smithy in Hornbæk, 1873.

Smedien i Hornbæk (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Quarry men, Gustave Courbet

Quarry men, 1849.

Les casseurs de pierres (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Boat-Building near Flatford Mill, John Constable

Boat-Building near Flatford Mill, 1815.

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Fire klokkere, karikatur, Adolph Tidemand

Fire klokkere, karikatur

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pen, pencil and chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway