Legend in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Great Princess Mama Occollo, École de Cuzco

The Great Princess Mama Occollo, c. 1840–1850.

La Gran Ñusta Mama Occollo (The Great Princess Mama Occollo) (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Sinchi Roca II, Inca, 1830–1850.

Sinchi Rocca II, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Jonah, c. 1800.

Jonah (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Nymphs of the Danube Warn Hagen of the Unhappy Outcome of Gunther's Expedition to Krimhild and Etzel, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Nymphs of the Danube Warn Hagen of the Unhappy Outcome of Gunther's Expedition to Krimhild and Etzel, 1800–1815.

Die Donaunixen prophezeien Hagen den unglücklichen Ausgang… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, 1791.

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching strengthened by engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Huayna Capac XII, Inca, 1830–1850.

Huaina Ccapac, XII, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Don Francisco Pizarro, Conqueror of Peru, École de Cuzco

Don Francisco Pizarro, Conqueror of Peru, 1830–1850.

D. Francisco Pizarro Conquistador del Peru (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies), James Barry

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies), after 1783.

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies) (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Väinämöinen's Voyage, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Väinämöinen's Voyage, 1909.

Väinämöisen venematka (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), charcoal on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, James Barry

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, 1776.

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, aquatint and open bite

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Kriemhild Throws Herself over Dead Siegfried, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Kriemhild Throws Herself over Dead Siegfried, 1817.

Kriemhild über der Leiche Siegfrieds (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Lloque Yupanqui III, Inca, École de Cuzco

Lloque Yupanqui III, Inca, 1830–1850.

Lloqqe Yupanqui III, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Inca Roca VI, Inca, 1830–1850.

Inca Rocca, VI, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Viracocha VIII, Inca, 1830–1850.

Viracocha VIII, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

A lottery ticket seller, c. 1850–1860.

Un suertero (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tupac Cusi Huascar XIII, Inca, École de Cuzco

Tupac Cusi Huascar XIII, Inca, 1830–1850.

Topacusi Huascar, XIII, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Diagorides Victors at Olympia (Design for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

The Diagorides Victors at Olympia (Design for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

The Diagorides Victors at Olympia (Design for the Walls of… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Dwarkapuri

Dwarkapuri (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

Sat-Bhai Champa

Sat-Bhai Champa (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province, Katsushika Hokusai

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province, c. 1832.

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Manco Capac I, Inca of Peru, École de Cuzco

Manco Capac I, Inca of Peru, 1830–1850.

Mancco Ccapac I, Inca del Peru (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Mayta Capac IV, Inca, 1830–1850.

Maita Ccapac IV, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, 1792–1808.

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Kullervo Herding his Wild Flocks, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Kullervo Herding his Wild Flocks, 1917.

Kullervo petokarjoineen (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Inca Yupanqui X, Inca, 1830–1850.

Inca Yupanqui X, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Troll and the Three Princesses, Erik Werenskiold

The Troll and the Three Princesses, 1911.

Troll og tre prinsesser (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Conversion of Polemon, 1778.

The Conversion of Polemon (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and aquatint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Budeie og trehodet troll, Erik Werenskiold

Budeie og trehodet troll, 1908.

Budeie og trehodet troll (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

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

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, James Barry

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, 1792–1801.

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Capac Yupanqui V, Inca, 1830–1850.

Ccapac Yupanqui V, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Yahuar Huacac VII, Inca, 1830–1850.

Yuhar-Huaccac VII, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Thrym and Loki, c. 1915.

Trym og Loke (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Tupac Yupanqui XI, Inca, 1830–1850.

Tupac Yupanqui XI, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Atahualpa XIV, Inca, 1830–1850.

Atahuallpa, XIIII, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (Designs for the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (Designs for the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (Designs for the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Conversion of Polemon, 1778–1790.

The Conversion of Polemon (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching with engraving, roulette and traces of aquatint

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos, James Barry

Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos, 1777.

Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

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

Mama Ocllo Huaco I, Coya of Peru, École de Cuzco

Mama Ocllo Huaco I, Coya of Peru, 1830–1850.

Mama Ocollo Huacco I Ccoya del Peru (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala, 1922.

Kokko, Suur-Kalevalan kuvitusta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., James Barry

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., 1791.

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pachacutec IX, Inca, 1830–1850.

Pachacutec IX, Inca (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Storm in the Skerries. "The Flying Dutchman", August Strindberg

Storm in the Skerries. "The Flying Dutchman", 1892.

Storm in the Skerries. "The Flying Dutchman" (museum title)

August Strindberg (Swedish)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Grecian Harvest Home (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

A Grecian Harvest Home (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

A Grecian Harvest Home (Designs for the Walls of the Great… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, Erik Werenskiold

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, 1909.

Di andre trølla va hjå budeiom og fridde (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Troll hag and three princesses, Erik Werenskiold

Troll hag and three princesses, 1908–1910.

Trollkjerring og tre prinsesser (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Monster and the Maiden, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Monster and the Maiden, 1906.

Peikko ja impi (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland