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265 works by 44 artists

265 works featuring “Knee” by 44 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 76 museums.

Drawing of a Man disguised as a Beggar, Leonardo da Vinci

Drawing of a Man disguised as a Beggar, c. 1517.

Drawing of a Man disguised as a Beggar (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

L'Adoration des bergers, Caravaggio

L'Adoration des bergers, 1609.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Regional Museum of Messina, Italy

La Madone du rosaire, Caravaggio

La Madone du rosaire, 1607.

La Madone du rosaire (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Study for the Ryberg family portrait; Johan Christian Ryberg's right leg, Jens Juel

Study for the Ryberg family portrait; Johan Christian Ryberg's right leg, 1796–1797.

Studie til det Rybergske familiebillede; Johan Christian… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix, Caravaggio

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix, 1606.

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Italy

Oluf Wold-Thorne, Erik Werenskiold

Oluf Wold-Thorne, 1908.

Oluf Wold-Thorne (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Study for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Leonardo da Vinci

Study for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, 1501–1506.

Study for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Galeries de l'Académie, Italy

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, 1898–1899.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Nude in Black Stockings, Egon Schiele

Nude in Black Stockings, 1917.

Nude in Black Stockings (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), gouache, watercolor, and charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Cardboard for the Polychromy in the St Mary's Church – Figure of an Angel Playing the Lute, Jan Matejko

Cardboard for the Polychromy in the St Mary's Church – Figure of an Angel Playing the Lute, 1888–1891.

Karton do polichromii Kościoła Mariackiego - Postać anioła… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), watercolor on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et damier, Henri Matisse

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et damier, 1928.

Odalisque assise, genou gauche replié, fond ornamental et… (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Woman in a Winter Coat, Knee-Length, Amélie Lundahl

Woman in a Winter Coat, Knee-Length, 1877–1889.

Talvitakkiin pukeutunut nainen, polvikuva (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), pencil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Seated Nude, John Sloan

Seated Nude, c. 1913.

Seated Nude (museum title)

John Sloan (American), black crayon on wove paper

Barnes Foundation, United States

Seated Woman in Corset and Boots, Egon Schiele

Seated Woman in Corset and Boots, 1918.

Seated Woman in Corset and Boots (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), black crayon on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Torso of a Seated Woman with Boots, Egon Schiele

Torso of a Seated Woman with Boots, 1918.

Torso of a Seated Woman with Boots (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Two Figures (Nudes on a Red Ground), Fernand Léger

Two Figures (Nudes on a Red Ground), 1923.

Les deux figures (Nus sur fond rouge) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Odalisque au magnolia, Henri Matisse

Odalisque au magnolia, 1923.

Odalisque au magnolia (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), lithograph on japan paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Light in the dark. Seated woman in antique dress holding fire-making implements in her lap, Nicolai Abildgaard

Light in the dark. Seated woman in antique dress holding fire-making implements in her lap, c. 1798–1801.

Lys i mørket. Siddende kvinde i antik dragt, der holder… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange, Caravaggio

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange, 1602.

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

A Fallen Rose, Hugo Simberg

A Fallen Rose, 1906.

Ruusunpoimija (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Reclining Female Model, Study, Maria Wiik

Reclining Female Model, Study, 1908–1911.

Makaava naismalli, harjoitelma (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1608.

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malte

The Adoration of the Magi, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1624.

The Adoration of the Magi (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), huile sur bois de chêne

The Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Reclining Woman with Raised Skirt, Egon Schiele

Reclining Woman with Raised Skirt, 1918.

Reclining Woman with Raised Skirt (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee, Mary Cassatt

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee, 1902.

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), graphite, wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Madone des pèlerins, Caravaggio

La Madone des pèlerins, 1605.

La Madone des pèlerins (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio, Italy

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, Caravaggio

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, 1605.

Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

Studies of a Virgin and Child (right, a Study for the Benois Madonna), Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of a Virgin and Child (right, a Study for the Benois Madonna), 1500.

Studies of a Virgin and Child (right, a Study for the… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

British Museum, United Kingdom

Figure Study for ʻDayʼ, Ferdinand Hodler

Figure Study for ʻDayʼ, 1899.

Der Tag, Einzelfigur (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), graphite pencil and oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Naked Woman Reclining. Study for Reclining Woman, Egon Schiele

Naked Woman Reclining. Study for Reclining Woman, 1916.

Liegende Entblößte. Studie zu Liegende Frau (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), pencil and gouache on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

A Seated Male Nude, Sarah Purser

A Seated Male Nude, 1878–1879.

A Seated Male Nude (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), charcoal on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Nude Self-Portrait, Squatting, Egon Schiele

Nude Self-Portrait, Squatting, 1918.

Hockender Akt, Selbstbildnis (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), chalk on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Torso of a Nude, Egon Schiele

Torso of a Nude, 1918.

Torso of a Nude (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Reclining Nude, Egon Schiele

Reclining Nude, 1918.

Reclining Nude (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), black crayon on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Female Nude Bending to the Left, Egon Schiele

Female Nude Bending to the Left, 1918.

Female Nude Bending to the Left (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), chalk on buff wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Reclining Woman, Egon Schiele

Reclining Woman, 1917.

Liegende Frau (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Leopold Museum, Austria

Sainte Anne, la Vierge et l'Enfant, Leonardo da Vinci

Sainte Anne, la Vierge et l'Enfant, 1500.

Sainte Anne, la Vierge et l'Enfant (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Department of Prints and Drawings, Louvre Museum, France

Après le bain, Edgar Degas

Après le bain, 1896.

Après le bain (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange, Caravaggio

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange, 1602.

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français, Italy

Portrait of Edward Maurizio, Jacek Malczewski

Portrait of Edward Maurizio, 1915.

Portret Edwarda Maurizio (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Two Squatting Women, Egon Schiele

Two Squatting Women, 1918.

Hockendes Frauenpaar (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), recto: Oil, opaque color on canvas, verso: Oil on canvas

Leopold Museum, Austria

Group of Dancers (Groupe de danseuses), Edgar Degas

Group of Dancers (Groupe de danseuses), 1900.

Group of Dancers (Groupe de danseuses) (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Barnes Foundation, United States

Profile portrait of the artist's second wife, Juliane Marie Abildgaard, née Ottesen, pregnant, seated in an armchair with her chin resting on her hand and her elbow on her knee, Nicolai Abildgaard

Profile portrait of the artist's second wife, Juliane Marie Abildgaard, née Ottesen, pregnant, seated in an armchair with her chin resting on her hand and her elbow on her knee, c. 1803.

Profilbillede af kunstnerens anden hustru Juliane Marie… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Reclining Nude with Boots, Egon Schiele

Reclining Nude with Boots, 1918.

Reclining Nude with Boots (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Le Petit Paysan, Amedeo Modigliani

Le Petit Paysan, 1918.

Le Petit Paysan (museum title)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

La Madone des palefreniers, Caravaggio

La Madone des palefreniers, 1605.

La Madone des palefreniers (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Borghese Gallery, Italy

Seated Man, Knee-Length, Amélie Lundahl

Seated Man, Knee-Length, 1877–1889.

Istuva mies, polvikuva (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), drawing

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Nude, Egon Schiele

Nude, 1917.

Nude (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), charcoal on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Johann Harms, Egon Schiele

Portrait of Johann Harms, 1916.

Portrait of Johann Harms (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, United States

Model Bending Over, Hugo Simberg

Model Bending Over, 1905–1910.

Kumartuva malli (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland