Leg in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Demon, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', Francisco Laso

Demon, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', c. 1860–1868.

Demonio, estudio para 'El entierro del cura o Manchaypuito' (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), charcoal on paper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Sunlight, c. 1925.

Sunlight (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on panel

National Gallery of Ireland

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, 1908.

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Reclining Female Model, Study, Maria Wiik

Reclining Female Model, Study, 1908–1911.

Makaava naismalli, harjoitelma (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Subway Stairs, 1926.

Subway Stairs (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Two Squatting Women, 1918.

Hockendes Frauenpaar (museum title)

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

Leopold Museum, Austria

Danseuses à la barre, 1900.

Danseuses à la barre (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Male model figure. Study for the figure of Frederik III in the University painting 1887-89, Carl Bloch

Male model figure. Study for the figure of Frederik III in the University painting 1887-89, 1888.

Mandlig modelfigur. Studie til Frederik III's figur på… (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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

Study for "Astronomy", 1892.

Study for "Astronomy" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain avec craie de couleur sur papier

National Gallery of Art, United States

Trois Danseuses (Jupes Bleues, Corsages Rouges), Edgar Degas

Trois Danseuses (Jupes Bleues, Corsages Rouges), 1903.

Trois Danseuses (Jupes Bleues, Corsages Rouges) (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Fondation Beyeler, Switzerland

Female Nude at the Beach. Study for "Bathing Women", Théo van Rysselberghe

Female Nude at the Beach. Study for "Bathing Women", 1920.

Studie van vrouwelijk naakt aan zee voor "De baadsters" (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), red and black chalk on paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mother and Child in the Conservatory, Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child in the Conservatory, 1906.

Mother and Child in the Conservatory (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

New Orleans Museum of Art, United States

Three Standing Women (Fragment), Egon Schiele

Three Standing Women (Fragment), 1918.

Drei stehende Frauen (Fragment) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Leopold Museum, Austria

Nude Man Standing, with Left Hand Raised, Edgar Degas

Nude Man Standing, with Left Hand Raised, c. 1900.

Nude Man Standing, with Left Hand Raised (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French), charcoal

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Child, 1905.

The Child (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Speed Art Museum, United States

Sketch of figures, after 1870.

Figurrids (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Chahut (Study I), 1889.

Étude Pour "Le Chahut" (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Nude Female Figure, Study, Ellen Thesleff

Nude Female Figure, Study, 1936.

Alaston naisfiguuri, harjoitelma (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby, Mary Cassatt

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby, 1913.

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), paper, pastel

Memorial Art Gallery, United States

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise, John Sloan

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise, 1929.

Miss Angna Enters Antique a la Francaise (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Study of a standing male nude, William Mulready

Study of a standing male nude, 1859.

Study of a standing male nude (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), black and red chalk on paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Reclining Nude Female Model, 1904.

Alaston makaava naismalli (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Nude Study, Standing Boy, 1903.

Alastontutkielma, seisova poika (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Woman with a Sunflower, 1905.

Woman with a Sunflower (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Female Nude Torso, 1918.

Weiblicher Akttorso (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), chalk on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Bunka, 1913.

Bunka-lammas (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Two fantasy creatures (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Two fantasy creatures (verso), 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Male nude, on back, three-quarter view from head, William Mulready

Male nude, on back, three-quarter view from head, 1852.

Male nude, on back, three-quarter view from head (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), black and red chalk on paper

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

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

Saint Jean-Baptiste, 1610.

Saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Borghese Gallery, Italy

La tasse de chocolat, 1903.

La tasse de chocolat (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

A Standing Female Nude, 1878–1879.

A Standing Female Nude (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), charcoal on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Jonah, c. 1800.

Jonah (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Satan Summoning His Legions, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Satan Summoning His Legions, 1802.

Satan über dem feurigen See, Beelzebub zu sich aufrufend (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Woman combing her hair, 1900.

Woman combing her hair (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Study of a Male Nude, c. 1852.

Study of a Male Nude (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), pen and black ink, watercolor and white gouache over graphite, on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Odalisque jaune, 1926.

Odalisque jaune (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Canada

Study of Legs (Phryne) for “Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusis”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study of Legs (Phryne) for “Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusis”, c. 1888.

Studium nóg kobiecych (Fryne) do obrazu „Fryne w Eleuzis” (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Indigenous Bearers, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', Francisco Laso

Indigenous Bearers, Study for 'The Burial of the Priest or Manchaypuito', c. 1860–1868.

Cargadores indígenas, estudio para 'El entierro del cura o… (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), charcoal on paper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Two Dancers, 1905.

Two Dancers (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Albertina, Austria

The child plays "Ride Ranke", Wilhelm Marstrand

The child plays "Ride Ranke", after 1870.

Barnet rider ranke (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

With Parasol

mit Sonnenschirm (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), watercolor and pencil on black ground on paper, mounted on a second paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

A Seated Male Nude, 1878–1879.

A Seated Male Nude (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), charcoal on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Le Chahut, 1889.

Le Chahut (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Anatomical Drawings of the Muscles and Veins of the Arm and Chest, and the Head of an Old Man, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomical Drawings of the Muscles and Veins of the Arm and Chest, and the Head of an Old Man, 1510–1511.

Anatomical Drawings of the Muscles and Veins of the Arm and… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Study for "The Naval Battle of Riachuelo", Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Naval Battle of Riachuelo", c. 1871–1872.

Estudo para Batalha Naval do Riachuelo (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

무희

무희 (museum title)

Na Hye-sok (Korean)

Korea Copyright Commission, Corée du Sud

Odalisque au tambourin, 1925.

Odalisque au tambourin (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States