Knight in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, 3rd Count of Guaqui, in the Uniform of a Knight of the Order of Santiago, Daniel Hernández

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, 3rd Count of Guaqui, in the Uniform of a Knight of the Order of Santiago, c. 1910.

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, III conde de Guaqui, con… (museum title)

Daniel Hernández (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, Honoré Daumier

Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, 1868.

Don Quichotte et Sancho Pansa (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Joute italienne, 1526.

Joute italienne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Knight and the Maiden, Richard Bergh

The Knight and the Maiden, 1897.

Riddaren och jungfrun (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Christ, probably Francisco de Andrade Leitão, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Christ, probably Francisco de Andrade Leitão, 1640–1660.

Portrait d'un chevalier de l'ordre du Christ (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, Eugène Delacroix

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, 1860.

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, United States

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier, Eugène Delacroix

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier, 1858.

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Self-Portrait in Armour, Jacek Malczewski

Self-Portrait in Armour, 1914.

Autoportret w zbroi (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

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

Frise Beethoven, 1901.

Frise Beethoven (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), casein, paint, graphite, and chalk on plaster

Belvedere Museum, Austria

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Daniel Maclise

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c. 1854.

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Rytter i landskap; kvinne og tre barn ved gotisk kirke, Erik Werenskiold

Rytter i landskap; kvinne og tre barn ved gotisk kirke, 1914.

Rytter i landskap; kvinne og tre barn ved gotisk kirke (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (The Maiden), Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (The Maiden), 1897.

Skiss till Riddaren och jungfrun (Jungfrun) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sancho Panza and Don Quixote in the mountains, Honoré Daumier

Sancho Panza and Don Quixote in the mountains, 1866.

Don Quichotte et Sancho Panca dans les montagnes (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelions), Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelions), 1895.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun (maskrosstånd) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (The Knight's Shoe), Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (The Knight's Shoe), 1895.

Skiss till Riddaren och jungfrun (Riddarens sko) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1819.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

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

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Knight, 1905.

The Knight (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend, Honoré Daumier

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend, c. 1860–1870.

Sancho Pansa, unter einem Baum ausruhend (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Beethoven Frieze (plate 3, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, Gustav Klimt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 3, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, 1901.

Beethoven Frieze (plate 3, left wall): Yearning for… (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, c. 1870.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom

Roger Liberating Angelica, Félix Vallotton

Roger Liberating Angelica, 1907.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Don Quixote Reading, c. 1866.

Don Quixote Reading (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

Study for The Knight and the Maiden, Richard Bergh

Study for The Knight and the Maiden, c. 1897.

Studie till Riddaren och jungfrun (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Low Sky, Dandelions), Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Low Sky, Dandelions), 1895.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun (låg himmel, maskrosor) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Resting Beneath a Tree, Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Resting Beneath a Tree, 1865.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Resting Beneath a Tree (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, Eugène Delacroix

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, 1856.

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

the man in armor, 1868.

L'Homme à l'armure (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Roger délivrant Angélique, Eugène Delacroix

Roger délivrant Angélique, 1855–1858.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée de Grenoble, France

Composition sketch; a king, surrounded by warriors at a thing site, gives a man the knight's sword, Nicolai Abildgaard

Composition sketch; a king, surrounded by warriors at a thing site, gives a man the knight's sword, before 1785.

Kompositonsudkast; en konge, der omgivet af krigere på et… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil and white chalk

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum], Arnold Böcklin

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum], 1888.

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum] (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on mahogany

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Don Quixote reading, c. 1867.

Don Quichotte lisant (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelion Meadow), Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelion Meadow), 1897.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun (maskrosäng) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden, Visby City Wall, Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden, Visby City Wall, 1895.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun, Visby Ringmur (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

The Founding of the Order of the Elephant, C.W. Eckersberg

The Founding of the Order of the Elephant, 1840.

Elefantordenens indstiftelse (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch for The Knight and the Maid, Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maid, 1894.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun. Skiss 1894 till den 1897… (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas mounted on hardboard

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597–1599.

Saint Martin and the Beggar (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Knight and the Serpent King, Illustration for Seven Brothers, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Knight and the Serpent King, Illustration for Seven Brothers, 1907.

Ritari ja kuningaskäärme, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Knight with a Clock, c. 1550.

Le Chevalier à l'horloge (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Hierarchy at its Peak at the time of the Crusades, Nicolai Abildgaard

Hierarchy at its Peak at the time of the Crusades, 1784.

Hierarkiet på sit højeste i korstogenes periode. Allegori… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Virgin Adoring the Host, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Virgin Adoring the Host, 1852.

The Virgin Adoring the Host (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait d'Antonio Martelli, 1607.

Portrait d'Antonio Martelli (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Palatine Gallery, Italy

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, 1866.

Don Quichotte et Sancho Pansa (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelion Meadow), 1895.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun (maskrosäng) (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The Crusader", Rembrandt van Rijn

Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The Crusader", 1659–1661.

Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The… (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Don Quixote and the Dead Mule, Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and the Dead Mule, after 1864.

Don Quixote and the Dead Mule (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait d'Alof de Wignacourt, Caravaggio

Portrait d'Alof de Wignacourt, 1600.

Portrait d'Alof de Wignacourt (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Golden Knight, 1903.

The Golden Knight (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Portrait of a nobleman, c. 1623.

Portrait d’homme (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

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