Lily in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, Luis Juárez

Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, c. 1630–1680.

San Antonio de Padua y el Niño Jesús (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

Museo Soumaya, Mexico

Saint Joseph Holding the Christ Child, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Joseph Holding the Christ Child, c. 1710.

Saint Joseph Holding the Christ Child (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil and gold leaf on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

An Offering, 1900.

An Offering (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), drypoint

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Birthday. A woman at the end of a table with candles and a flag, Anna Ancher

Birthday. A woman at the end of a table with candles and a flag, 1910–1915.

Fødselsdag. En kvinde for enden af et bord med lys og flag (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

I lock my door upon myself, Fernand Khnopff

I lock my door upon myself, 1891.

I lock my door upon myself (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), oil on canvas

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Madonna and Child with Five Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Madonna and Child with Five Angels, 1470s.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entourés de cinq anges (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

October Morning Along the River Lys

Ochtend in oktober aan de oevers van de Leie (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), crayon on laid paper

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

Kersti in black, 1909.

Kersti i svart (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Saint Anthony of Padua, c. 1580.

Saint Antoine de Padoue (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Design of a vignette with the motif of white lilies and spear thistle for "Życie. Illustrated magazine on literature and art", Stanisław Wyspiański

Design of a vignette with the motif of white lilies and spear thistle for "Życie. Illustrated magazine on literature and art", 1898.

Projekt winiety z motywem lili białych i ostrożenia… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Lady of the Lilies, Dorothy Kate Richmond

Lady of the Lilies, 1900.

Lady of the Lilies (museum title)

Dorothy Kate Richmond (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Annunciation, c. 1615.

Anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Blaisten Museum (Andrés Blaisten Collection, Mexico City), Mexico

An Offering, 1900.

An Offering (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), etching and drypoint

Musea Brugge, Belgium

The Annunciation, c. 1490.

The Annunciation (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La Vierge entourée par de nombreux anges, Albrecht Dürer

La Vierge entourée par de nombreux anges, 1518.

La Vierge entourée par de nombreux anges (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Study of burning candles, Peder Severin Krøyer

Study of burning candles, 1896.

Studie af tændte lys i stager (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish)

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Two Candles on a Table, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Two Candles on a Table, c. 1901.

To lys på et bord (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Flowers in a Vase, 1901.

Flowers in a Vase (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Seated Naked Girl, 1906.

Sittande naken flicka (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

The Resurrection of Christ (4th trial proof), Carl Bloch

The Resurrection of Christ (4th trial proof), 1881.

Kristi Opstandelse (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Heart of Mary

El Corazón de María (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

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

Small Lilies, 1942.

Pienet liljat (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), paint on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Interior. Artificial Light, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior. Artificial Light, 1909.

Interiør. Kunstigt lys (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Frieze of stylised leaves and lilies in square fields, Jan Matejko

Cartoon for the polychromy of St Mary's Church - Frieze of stylised leaves and lilies in square fields, 1889.

Karton do polichromii Kościoła Mariackiego - Fryz o motywie… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), watercolor on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Virgin and Child with two Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Virgin and Child with two Angels, c. 1467–1468.

Vierge à l'Enfant et aux deux anges (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on wood

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Landscape with the River Lys

Leielandschap (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), charcoal on laid paper

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

Karin by the Shore, 1908.

Karin vid stranden (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Annunciation, 1535.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Italy

The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roch, Titien

The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roch, c. 1510.

La Vierge à l'Enfant entre saint Antoine de Padoue et saint… (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Holy Family, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Holy Family, 1717.

La Sagrada Familia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

The Annunciation

La anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

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

The Annunciation, c. 1490–1495.

L'Annonciation de la chiesa fiorentina di San Barnaba (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on wood

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, United Kingdom

Flores, 1916.

Flores (museum title)

Maria Pardos (Brazilian)

Museu Mariano Procópio, Brazil

Mary with the Child and Singing Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Mary with the Child and Singing Angels, c. 1478.

La Vierge à l'Enfant et huit anges chantants (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Holy Family with Angels and Saint John, École de Cuzco

Holy Family with Angels and Saint John, 18th century.

Holy Family with Angels and Saint John (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Annunciation, 1597–1600.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of Oscar Levertin, Carl Larsson

Portrait of Oscar Levertin, 1906.

Porträtt av Oscar Levertin (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, Gustave Courbet

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, 1862.

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

L'Annonciation de San Martino, Leonardo da Vinci

L'Annonciation de San Martino, 1472.

L'Annonciation de San Martino (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), oil on wood panel

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Miguel Cabrera

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760.

La Virgen del Apocalipsis (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Saint Alexius

San Alejo (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Hair Study, 1898.

Haarstudie (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), drypoint

Plantin-Moretus Museum, Belgium

Cows Crossing the Lys, 1899.

Vaches traversant la Lys (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

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

Madonna Bardi

La Madone Bardi (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

The Annunciation, c. 1596–1600.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Spain

A girl entering with large flowers, Anna Ancher

A girl entering with large flowers, 1877–1935.

En lille pige kommer med meget store blomster i Den vestre… (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Pastorales tahitiennes, 1892.

Pastorales tahitiennes (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

View towards Gammelholm with the tower of the Nikolaj church in the background. Clear summer evening in Copenhagen, Peder Severin Krøyer

View towards Gammelholm with the tower of the Nikolaj church in the background. Clear summer evening in Copenhagen, 1867.

Udsigt mod Gammelholm med Nikolaj tårn i baggrunden. Lys… (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish)

Skagens Museum, Denmark