Lyre in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Portrait of Doña María de los Ángeles Osio de Cordero, Juan Cordero

Portrait of Doña María de los Ángeles Osio de Cordero, 1860.

Retrato de doña María de los Ángeles Osio de Cordero (museum title)

Juan Cordero (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

Orpheus instructing..in Theology (Designs for the Walls of… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Education of Achilles, c. 1772.

The Education of Achilles (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Rome as Ruler of the World, Nicolai Abildgaard

Rome as Ruler of the World, 1784.

Roma behersker de øvrige verdensdele. Allegori på en af… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Władysław Żeleński, Jacek Malczewski

Portrait of Władysław Żeleński, 1908.

Portret Władysława Żeleńskiego (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Portrait of the pianist Joseph Pembauer, Gustav Klimt

Portrait of the pianist Joseph Pembauer, 1890.

Portrait of the pianist Joseph Pembauer (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Tiroler Landesmuseum, Austria

The Inspiration of the Poet, Nicolas Poussin

The Inspiration of the Poet, c. 1629–1630.

L'Inspiration du poète (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Apollo playing the lyre, study for an illustration of Homer's "Iliad" in Lucjan Rydel's translation, Stanisław Wyspiański

Apollo playing the lyre, study for an illustration of Homer's "Iliad" in Lucjan Rydel's translation, 1896.

Apollo grający na lirze, studium ilustracji do "Iliady"… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Cul-de-four de la Paix, Eugène Delacroix

Cul-de-four de la Paix, 1838.

Cul-de-four de la Paix (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil

Palais Bourbon, France

Anacreon and Amaryllis warming their hands over a basin

Anakreon og Amaryllis, der varmer hænderne over et bækken (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and brown ink on grey paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, 1899.

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax)… (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, United States

Sappho and the Mytilenian woman, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho and the Mytilenian woman, c. 1807–1808.

Sappho og Mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), white chalk, pen and brown ink on greyish-brown paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketchbook, folio 35: figure for the ceiling “Light and Shadow”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 35: figure for the ceiling “Light and Shadow”, 1883.

Karta 35 verso: szkic postaci do plafonu "Światło i cień" w… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Oxenstierna, 1909.

Oxenstierna (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

A Dance to the Music of Time, Nicolas Poussin

A Dance to the Music of Time, 1634–1636.

La Danse de la vie humaine (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities (verso), Nicolas Poussin

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities (verso), c. 1632–1635.

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities… (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Minerve, Eugène Delacroix

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Minerve, 1849–1852.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Apollo and music-making genii, Jens Juel

Apollo and music-making genii, 1764.

Apollon og musicerende genier (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld

Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States

Sketches of paintings shown at Carl Larsson's solo exhibition in 1906 at Konstnärshuset

Skisser av tavlor utställda på Carl Larssons… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), pen and red ink on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Surf, c. 1877.

Die Meeresbrandung (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil varnish on tempera on canvas over wood

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Frederik V as Patron of Science and the Arts, Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik V as Patron of Science and the Arts, 1787.

Frederik V som videnskabens og kunsternes beskytter.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Draft for the picture of Ossian (or Homer?), Nicolai Abildgaard

Draft for the picture of Ossian (or Homer?), c. 1783–1786.

Udkast til billedet af Ossian (eller Homér?) (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Pine Marten and Black Grouse, Bruno Liljefors

Pine Marten and Black Grouse, 1888.

Mård och orrhöna (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Sappho, 1889.

Sappho (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Wien Museum, Austria

Apollo and Daphne, 1625.

Apollon et Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

"Apollo and Melpomene", sketch for the illustration of Homer's "Iliad", Stanisław Wyspiański

"Apollo and Melpomene", sketch for the illustration of Homer's "Iliad", 1896.

"Apollo i Melpomene". Szkic do ilustracji "Iliady" Homera (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Les Néréides, 1886.

Les Néréides (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Presidential Museum and Library, Philippines

Attila suivi de ses hordes barbares foule aux pieds l’Italie et les Arts, Eugène Delacroix

Attila suivi de ses hordes barbares foule aux pieds l’Italie et les Arts, 1830s.

Attila suivi de ses hordes barbares foule aux pieds… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil

Palais Bourbon, France

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, 1791.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Edvard and Nina Grieg at the Piano (state V), Peder Severin Krøyer

Edvard and Nina Grieg at the Piano (state V), 1899.

Edvard og Nina Grieg ved klaveret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Wernyhora, 1884.

Wernyhora (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Ossian Singing His Swan Song, Nicolai Abildgaard

Ossian Singing His Swan Song, c. 1780–1782.

Ossian. Den gamle blinde skotske barde synger til harpen… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Hymenaios disguised, 1634–1638.

Hyménée travesti en femme à l'occasion d'un sacrifice à… (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

The Theatre at Taormina, 1887.

The Theatre at Taormina (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil and marble

Burgtheater, Austria

Hermes Teaches a Young Man (Apollo?) to Play the Flute

Hermes lærer en ung mand (Apollo ?) at spille på fløjte (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sappho, seated with her lyre, in the background a hermaphrodite reclines

Sappho, siddende med sin lyre, i baggrunden hviler en… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous Recounting His Life, C.W. Eckersberg

Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous Recounting His Life, 1812.

Odysseus hos Alkinoos beretter om sit liv (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Winged little boys by the chariots of Apollo and Jupiter, drawn by griffins and eagles

Vingede smådrenge ved Apollos og Jupiters kærrer, trukne af… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Odysseus and Calypso, 1882.

Odysseus und Kalypso (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on mahogany

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, c. 1650.

Paysage avec Orphée et Eurydice (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Beethoven Frieze (plate 7, right wall): Yearning for happiness is assuaged in poetry, Gustav Klimt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 7, right wall): Yearning for happiness is assuaged in poetry, 1901.

Beethoven Frieze (plate 7, right wall): Yearning for… (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz, Francisco de Goya

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz, 1805.

Portrait de la marquise de Santa Cruz (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Music I, 1895.

The Music I (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Helios and Phaeton with Saturn and the Four Seasons, Nicolas Poussin

Helios and Phaeton with Saturn and the Four Seasons, 1630.

Hélios et Phaëton avec Saturne et les quatre saisons (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French)

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, as a Statue in a Niche

Erato, kærlighedsdigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch of the same figure as on the recto, in profile

Udkast til samme figur som på recto i profil (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Anacréon et une jeune fille, Eugène Delacroix

Anacréon et une jeune fille, 1834.

Anacréon et une jeune fille (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), fresco

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

"Grecya" - figural group of characters described as Poetry, Hermes, Cupid and knight, Stanisław Wyspiański

"Grecya" - figural group of characters described as Poetry, Hermes, Cupid and knight, 1883.

"Grecya" - grupa figuralna złożona z postaci określonych… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and ink on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland