Kneeling in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Women Bathing (Landscape), Eduardo Sívori

Women Bathing (Landscape), 1916.

Mujeres bañándose (paisaje) (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), watercolor

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

At a Window in the Artist's Studio, C.W. Eckersberg

At a Window in the Artist's Studio, 1852.

Ved et vindue i kunstnerens atelier (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, Luis Juárez

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, c. 1615.

La imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso de manos de la… (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

L'Annonciation, 1609.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, 1803.

Achilleus greift nach dem Schatten des Patroklos (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Déclaration, 1900.

Déclaration (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Old woman kneeling with clenched hand, Adolph Tidemand

Old woman kneeling with clenched hand, 1875.

Gammel kone på kne med knyttet hånd (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

He Takes the Gift with Reverence and Extends, Harry Clarke

He Takes the Gift with Reverence and Extends, 1913.

He Takes the Gift with Reverence and Extends (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, traces of graphite underdrawing and touches of bodycolour on card

National Gallery of Ireland

The Annunciation, c. 1490.

The Annunciation (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Children Looking for Shellfish, Joaquín Sorolla

Children Looking for Shellfish, 1919.

Children Looking for Shellfish (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Fundación Banco Santander, Spain

Last Miracle and the Death of Saint Zenobius, Sandro Botticelli

Last Miracle and the Death of Saint Zenobius, c. 1500.

Le Dernier Miracle et la Mort de saint Zénobe (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Sketch for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir"; verso: sketch of drapery, Jan Matejko

Sketch for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir"; verso: sketch of drapery, before 1893.

Szkic do obrazu "Śluby Jana Kazimierza"; verso: szkic… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Shadow of Death, William Holman Hunt

The Shadow of Death, 1878.

The Shadow of Death (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), engraving

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Eliezer and Rebecca, c. 1660–1665.

Éliézer et Rebecca (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

El matrimonio místico de santa Catalina de Alejandría (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Circumcision, 1661.

The Circumcision (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

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 Last Communion of Saint Jerome, Sandro Botticelli

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, 1490.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Kneeling in an Armchair, 1903.

Kneeling in an Armchair (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668.

Return of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Interior of a school, Cairo, John Frederick Lewis

Interior of a school, Cairo, 1865.

Interior of a school, Cairo (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Figures on Beach, 1917.

Figurer på badstrand (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on panel

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Breton Girl Picking Flowers, Amélie Lundahl

Breton Girl Picking Flowers, 1880–1885.

Kukkia keräävä bretagnelainen tyttö (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), paint on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Shuysky Tsars at the Seym of Warsaw, Jan Matejko

The Shuysky Tsars at the Seym of Warsaw, 1892.

Carowie Szujscy na sejmie warszawskim (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Fight with Cudgels, 1820–1823.

Duel au gourdin (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

The Baptism of Christ, c. 1658.

Saint Jean baptisant le Christ (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, 1900.

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Cozinha Caipira, 1895.

Cozinha Caipira (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

The Mystical Nativity, Sandro Botticelli

The Mystical Nativity, 1500.

La Nativité mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Artist's Five Children in a garden. Study, Jens Juel

The Artist's Five Children in a garden. Study, 1801.

Kunstnerens fem børn i en have. Studie (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", Jan Matejko

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", 1893.

Studium postaci króla do obrazu "Śluby Jana Kazimierza" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, 1701.

La Doble Trinidad con San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de… (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

L'Accord parfait, 1719.

L'Accord parfait (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Shadow of Death, 1873–1874.

The Shadow of Death (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Annunciation, c. 1492.

Annunciation (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

The Hyde Collection, United States

Der heilige Hain, 1882.

Der heilige Hain (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Studies for "The Unveiling of Truth", John Singer Sargent

Studies for "The Unveiling of Truth", 1922.

Studies for "The Unveiling of Truth" (museum title)

John Singer Sargent (American), charcoal on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Boy Fastening his Skies, Erik Werenskiold

Boy Fastening his Skies, 1913.

Gutt som binder på seg skiene (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), line etching on paper

National Museum of Norway

Tobie et l'ange, 1863.

Tobie et l'ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Baptism of Saint Zenobius, Sandro Botticelli

Baptism of Saint Zenobius, c. 1500.

Le Baptême de Zénobe et son Ordination en tant qu'évêque (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, Sandro Botticelli

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, c. 1500.

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, 1854.

Jeanne d'Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII, dans la… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Orphée secourant Eurydice, Eugène Delacroix

Orphée secourant Eurydice, 1862.

Orphée secourant Eurydice (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Saint Frances Announcing the End of the Plague in Rome, Nicolas Poussin

Saint Frances Announcing the End of the Plague in Rome, c. 1657.

Sainte Françoise Romaine annonçant à Rome la fin de la peste (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Christ and Doubting Thomas, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christ and Doubting Thomas, 1870.

Kristus og den vantro Thomas (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sappho, 1917.

Sappo (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden