In profile in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Vertumnus, 1591.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Summer, 1572.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Stairway Scene, 1932.

Treppenszene (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil on canvas mounted on plywood

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Spring, 1563.

La Primavera (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain

Lesson III, 1929.

Unterricht III (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil and tempera on canvas

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Portrait of Doris McIntyre, Raymond McIntyre

Portrait of Doris McIntyre, 1908.

Raymond McIntyre (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Saint James the Less, Francisco de Zurbarán

Saint James the Less, 1633.

São Tiago Menor (museum title)

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish)

National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal

Three Women, 1817.

Drie vrouwen (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), chalk

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), Antoine van Dyck

Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), 1638.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Recumbent Lion, c. 1660.

Liggende leeuw (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), reed pen and brown ink, brown wash

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Karl XI's horse, Brilliant, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Karl XI's horse, Brilliant, 1680.

Karl XI:s livhäst Brilliant (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Single Figure on a Grey Ground, Oskar Schlemmer

Single Figure on a Grey Ground, 1928.

Einzelfigur auf grauem Grund (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil and tempera on canvas

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Summer, 1563.

Sommer (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Saint Diego of Alcalá, Francisco de Zurbarán

Saint Diego of Alcalá, c. 1640.

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Allegory of Spring, c. 1555–1560.

Allegorie des Frühlings (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Allegory: Winter, c. 1555–1560.

Allegorie: Der Winter (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Woman with Iris, 1895.

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

Woman in profile, c. 1931.

Gwen John (British), mixed media on cardboard

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Nude Group, 1935.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Nude, 1933.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Four Seasons in One Head, Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Four Seasons in One Head, c. 1590.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art (Washington), United States

Portrait of Ferdinand Barrot (1806-1883), Politician, Adolphe Yvon

Portrait of Ferdinand Barrot (1806-1883), Politician, 1867.

Portrait de Ferdinand Barrot (1806-1883), homme politique (museum title)

Adolphe Yvon (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

Deformed Dog, 1690.

Missbildad hund (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Small Cafe, Revolving Door, Max Beckmann

Small Cafe, Revolving Door, 1944.

Klein café, draaideur (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

Turck, a Hound Belonging to King Karl XI, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Turck, a Hound Belonging to King Karl XI, 1686.

Turck, Karl XI:s hund (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Saint Andrew, 1633.

Santo André (museum title)

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish)

National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal

Against Each Other (Study for Red), Oskar Schlemmer

Against Each Other (Study for Red), 1928.

Gegeneinander (Studie zu Rot) (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), tempera on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Saint Ambrose, c. 1626–1627.

San Ambrosio (museum title)

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, Spain

Half-Length Figure Turned to the Left, Oskar Schlemmer

Half-Length Figure Turned to the Left, 1924.

Halbfigur nach links (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil and tempera on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

Phryne before Her Judges, Jacques-Louis David

Phryne before Her Judges, c. 1816–1820.

Jacques-Louis David (French), black chalk on wove paper discolored to beige

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Fair Rosamund, 1916.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Woman in Profile, c. 1937.

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

Winter, 1563.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Magic Circle, John William Waterhouse

The Magic Circle, 1886.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Allegory: Summer, c. 1555–1560.

Allegorie: Der Sommer (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Head of a bearded man wearing a Phrygian cap, mouth open, in profile to the left, c. 1819–1823.

Tête d'homme barbu, coiffé d'un bonnet phrygien, la bouche… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), black crayon on paper

Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besançon, France

Violette Heymann, 1910.

Odilon Redon (French), pastel on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Nude, Woman, and Approaching Figure (verso: Study of a Nude), Oskar Schlemmer

Nude, Woman, and Approaching Figure (verso: Study of a Nude), 1925.

Akt, Frau und Kommender (verso : Skizze eines Aktes) (museum title)

Oskar Schlemmer (German), oil on canvas

Neue Nationalgalerie, Germany

Old Jølster Maiden, before 1914.

Gammel Jølsterjente (museum title)

Nikolai Astrup (Norwegian), woodcut with hand coloring in black

National Museum of Norway

Portrait of the late John Newton, Esq., James Nairn

Portrait of the late John Newton, Esq., 1893.

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Portrait of Baron Haussmann (1809-1891), Prefect of the Seine, Adolphe Yvon

Portrait of Baron Haussmann (1809-1891), Prefect of the Seine, 1867.

Portrait du baron Haussmann (1809-1891), préfet de la Seine (museum title)

Adolphe Yvon (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

Fire, 1566.

Feuer (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The French Baby, 1897.

Le Bebe francais (museum title)

James McNeill Whistler (American), oil on canvas

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Librarian, probably the scholar Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565), Giuseppe Arcimboldo

The Librarian, probably the scholar Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565), 1562.

Porträttkarikatyren "Bibliotekarien" troligen på forskaren… (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on canvas

Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Polar Bear, 1686.

Isbjörn (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of Constance McIntyre, Raymond McIntyre

Portrait of Constance McIntyre, 1905.

Raymond McIntyre (New Zealander), monotype

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Lady with veil, 1895.

James Nairn (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Aristotle, 1637.

Aristotele (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

Charles XI's Horse Blå Tigern, 1673, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Charles XI's Horse Blå Tigern, 1673, 1673.

Karl XI:s livhäst Blå Tigern (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-1669, c. 1638.

Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-69 (museum title)

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums Greenwich, United Kingdom