Literature in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

See Fierce Belinda on the Baron Flies, Harry Clarke

See Fierce Belinda on the Baron Flies, 1913.

See Fierce Belinda on the Baron Flies (museum title)

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

National Gallery of Ireland

Composition (Romeo and Julia), Ellen Thesleff

Composition (Romeo and Julia), 1940–1949.

Kompositio (Romeo ja Julia) (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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

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

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

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise, Harry Clarke

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise, 1913.

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise (museum title)

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

National Gallery of Ireland

The Nightingale

The Nightingale (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

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

The Pontine Marshes above Terracina, Edward Lear

The Pontine Marshes above Terracina, c. 1880.

The Pontine Marshes above Terracina (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Divine Justice, 1808.

Divine Justice (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Faust, 1924–1925.

Faust (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

A Scene from Gil Blas, 1839.

A Scene from Gil Blas (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on panel

National Gallery of Ireland

Study for "Divine Justice", c. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice" (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Book 10. The Noble Lady Encourages the Donkey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Book 10. The Noble Lady Encourages the Donkey, 1808–1809.

Scene af Apulejus' "Det gyldne æsel" 10.bog. Den fornemme… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sin, Pursued by Death, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Sin, Pursued by Death, 1794–1796.

Die Sünde, vom Tode verfolgt (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet

Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Choosing the Wedding Gown, William Mulready

Choosing the Wedding Gown, 1845.

Choosing the Wedding Gown (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on panel

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweeper

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweeper (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

The Travelling Companion

The Travelling Companion (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolour, gouache and glazes with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Little Sea Maid, 1915.

The Little Sea Maid (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Thomas Moore, 1842.

Thomas Moore (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), engraving

National Gallery of Ireland

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of 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

Her Guardian Sylph Prolonged the Happy Rest, Harry Clarke

Her Guardian Sylph Prolonged the Happy Rest, 1913.

Her Guardian Sylph Prolonged the Happy Rest (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland

Down to the Central Earth, his Proper Scene, Harry Clarke

Down to the Central Earth, his Proper Scene, 1913.

Down to the Central Earth, his Proper Scene (museum title)

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

National Gallery of Ireland

The Garden of Paradise

The Garden of Paradise (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

Purgatorio 17, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 17, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire - 17 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

A Collaboration (Molière and Corneille), Jean-Léon Gérôme

A Collaboration (Molière and Corneille), c. 1873.

A Collaboration (Molière and Corneille) (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas mounted on panel

Denver Art Museum, United States

Bodmer and Fuseli with a Bust of Homer, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Bodmer and Fuseli with a Bust of Homer, 1778–1780.

Bodmer und Füssli vor der Büste Homers (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", James Barry

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", 1792–1795.

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), graphite, brush and brown ink, gray and brown wash heightened with white

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Desdemona, 1892.

Desdêmona (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

Sketch for an illustration for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, Albert Edelfelt

Sketch for an illustration for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, 1904.

Kuvitusluonnos Selma Lagerlöfin romaaniin Aarne herran rahat (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), charcoal and watercolour on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Wild Swans, 1915.

The Wild Swans (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink and watercolour, with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Now Awful Beauty Puts on all its Arms; Rough Sketches (on verso), Harry Clarke

Now Awful Beauty Puts on all its Arms; Rough Sketches (on verso), 1913.

Now Awful Beauty Puts on all its Arms; Rough Sketches (on… (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland

Titania, Bottom and the Fairies, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Titania, Bottom and the Fairies, 1793–1794.

Titania liebkost Zettel mit dem Eselskopf (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Cloister, 1900.

Le Cloître (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, 1866.

Don Quichotte et Sancho Pansa (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

The Swineherd

The Swineherd (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolour, gouache and glazes with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Hardy Tin Soldier

The Hardy Tin Soldier (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolour, gouache and glazes with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, 1809.

Odysseus rådspørger i underverdenen spåmanden Teiresias (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketches for illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, Albert Edelfelt

Sketches for illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, 1904.

Kuvitusluonnoksia Selma Lagerlöfin romaaniin Aarne herran… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), sepia on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld, Harry Clarke

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld, 1922.

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, ink, watercolour and glazes on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Nicolai Abildgaard

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", 1808.

Røverbandens husholderske trøster den unge pige ved at… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, James Barry

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, c. 1788–1792.

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland

Don Quixote reading, c. 1867.

Don Quichotte lisant (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Don Quixote Reading, c. 1866.

Don Quixote Reading (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

The Tinderbox

The Tinderbox (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

The Intercepted Billet, William Mulready

The Intercepted Billet, 1844.

The Intercepted Billet (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on panel

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The Sonnet, c. 1839.

The Sonnet (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), graphite, red and brown chalk with white highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland