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57 works by 31 artists

57 works featuring “Key” by 31 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 34 museums.

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, Benjamin West

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, c. 1816.

Benjamin West (American), oil on slate

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Apostle Saint Peter, Le Greco

Apostle Saint Peter, 1610–1614.

San Pedro Apóstol (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Satan and Death with Sin Intervening, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Satan and Death with Sin Intervening, 1799–1800.

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Saint Peter, Jusepe de Ribera

Saint Peter, c. 1632.

San Pedro (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Repentant St. Peter, Le Greco

The Repentant St. Peter, 1600s.

Las lágrimas de San Pedro (El Greco, obras originales) (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523, Carl Larsson

The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523, 1908.

Gustav Vasas intåg i Stockholm 1523 (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Saints Peter and Paul, Le Greco

Saints Peter and Paul, 1587.

Les Apôtres Pierre et Paul (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Tears of Saint Peter, Le Greco

Tears of Saint Peter, 1587–1596.

Las lágrimas San Pedro o San Pedro en lágrimas (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Scene outside a refreshment booth, Wilhelm Marstrand

Scene outside a refreshment booth, 1831.

Scene udenfor en konsumtionsbod (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Death as an Uninvited Guest: 1844, Plusquamperfectum, Adolph Menzel

Death as an Uninvited Guest: 1844, Plusquamperfectum, 1845.

Der Tod als ungebetener Gast. 1844: Plusquamperfectum (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on cardboard

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Still Life, Fernand Léger

Still Life, 1928.

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Sin, Pursued by Death, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Sin, Pursued by Death, 1794–1796.

Die Sünde, vom Tode verfolgt (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Burghers of Calais, Benjamin West

The Burghers of Calais, 1789.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Large Still Life with Telescope, Max Beckmann

Large Still Life with Telescope, 1927.

Großes Stillleben mit Fernrohr (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

St Peter and St Paul, Le Greco

St Peter and St Paul, 1600s.

Apóstol Pedro y Pablo (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Penitence of Saint Peter, Jusepe de Ribera

The Penitence of Saint Peter, 1621.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), etching and engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Melencolia, Albrecht Dürer

Melencolia, 1514.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, Le Greco

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, 1586.

L'Enterrement du comte d'Orgaz (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Church of Santo Tomé, Spain

Designs for Gray's Poems, design 49: "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face...", William Blake

Designs for Gray's Poems, design 49: "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face...", 1797–1798.

"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..."… (museum title)

William Blake (British), watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, with inlaid letterpress page

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Caricature of a stout man, walking to the left, with a large key in his left hand, Nicolai Abildgaard

Caricature of a stout man, walking to the left, with a large key in his left hand

Karikatur af tykmavet mand, gående mand mod venstre, med en… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brush and grey ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Victors of the Bastille before the Hôtel de Ville, 14 July 1789, Paul Delaroche

The Victors of the Bastille before the Hôtel de Ville, 14 July 1789, 1830–1838.

Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hôtel de Ville, le… (museum title)

Paul Delaroche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Contrastes d'objets, Fernand Léger

Contrastes d'objets, 1930.

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Crucifixion avec un donateur, Hieronymus Bosch

Crucifixion avec un donateur, 1485.

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

São Pedro, Maria Pardos

São Pedro

Maria Pardos (Brazilian)

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

A Rake's Progress, Plate 7: In Fleet Street Prison, William Hogarth

A Rake's Progress, Plate 7: In Fleet Street Prison, 1735.

William Hogarth (British), etching, engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, 1624.

Portrait du comte-duc d'Olivares (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Ordination, Nicolas Poussin

Ordination, c. 1636–1640.

L'Ordre (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States

Coronation of Saint Rosalia, Antoine van Dyck

Coronation of Saint Rosalia, 1629.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Invocation to the eternal Peer, Grandville

Invocation to the eternal Peer, 1831.

Invocation au Pair éternel (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

Le Voile de Véronique, Albrecht Dürer

Le Voile de Véronique, 1510.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Surrender of Granada, Francisco Pradilla

The Surrender of Granada, 1882.

La rendición de Granada (museum title)

Francisco Pradilla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Senate of Spain

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Sandro Botticelli

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1490–1495.

La Lamentation sur le Christ mort (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

The Surrender of Brea, Diego Velázquez

The Surrender of Brea, 1635.

La Reddition de Bréda (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Saint Peter, Jusepe de Ribera

Saint Peter, c. 1630.

San Pedro (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Sacrament of Ordination, Nicolas Poussin

The Sacrament of Ordination, 1647.

Le Sacrement d'ordination (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom

The Tears of Saint Peter, Jusepe de Ribera

The Tears of Saint Peter, c. 1612–1613.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Couple de paysans dansant, Albrecht Dürer

Couple de paysans dansant, 1514.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of Jan van Montfort, Antoine van Dyck

Portrait of Jan van Montfort, c. 1628.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Allegory-Ingenius Love, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Allegory-Ingenius Love, 1764.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), black chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

St Peter, Antoine van Dyck

St Peter, c. 1618.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on wood

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Allegory on the Union of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Allegory on the Union of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, 1692.

Allegori över konung Karl XI:s och drottning Ulrika… (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Nature morte, Fernand Léger

Nature morte, 1930.

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Christ's Charge to Peter, Pierre Paul Rubens

Christ's Charge to Peter, c. 1616.

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on oak wood

The Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (Colonna Altarpiece), Raphaël

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (Colonna Altarpiece), c. 1504.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil and gold on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Penitent Saint Peter, Jusepe de Ribera

Penitent Saint Peter, c. 1630.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Couple amoureux, Albrecht Dürer

Couple amoureux, 1515.

Albrecht Dürer (German)

Pinacothèque Ambrosienne, Italy

Frederik I Releases Sten Sture's Widow and Sons from Prison at Kalundborg Castle, 1524, C.W. Eckersberg

Frederik I Releases Sten Sture's Widow and Sons from Prison at Kalundborg Castle, 1524, 1833.

Frederik I udløser Sten Strures enke og sønner af fængslet… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Still Life with Fish, Carl Bloch

Still Life with Fish, 1878.

Et køkkenbord (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Death as an Uninvited Guest: 1844, Perfectum; 1845, Always Such Defenders, Adolph Menzel

Death as an Uninvited Guest: 1844, Perfectum; 1845, Always Such Defenders, 1845.

Der Tod als ungebetener Gast. 1844: Perfectum; 1845… (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on cardboard

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Apostle Peter, Antoine van Dyck

The Apostle Peter, 1618–1620.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on wood

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany