Marble in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Marble Rocks — Nerbudda Jubbolpore, Edward Lear

The Marble Rocks — Nerbudda Jubbolpore, 1882.

Edward Lear (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Amo te, ama me, 1881.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil

Fries Museum, Netherlands

A Foregone Conclusion, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

A Foregone Conclusion, 1885.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on wood

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Annalena Altarpiece, c. 1437–1440.

Pala di Annalena (museum title)

Fra Angelico (Italian), tempera on wood

Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

A Favourite Custom, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

A Favourite Custom, 1909.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on wood

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Sappho and Alcaeus, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sappho and Alcaeus, 1881.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Walters Art Museum, United States

My Sister Is Not In, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

My Sister Is Not In, 1879.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Walters Art Museum, United States

The Vintage Festival, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The Vintage Festival, 1871.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Trauer der Maria Magdalena an der Leiche Christi, Arnold Böcklin

Trauer der Maria Magdalena an der Leiche Christi, 1867.

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Moti Masjid ('Pearl Mosque') in Agra, Vassili Verechtchaguine

The Moti Masjid ('Pearl Mosque') in Agra, 1874–1876.

Моти Масджид («Жемчужная мечеть») в Агре (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Preparations for the Festivities (The Floral Wreath), Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Preparations for the Festivities (The Floral Wreath), 1866.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), Jacques-Louis David

General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), 1816.

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer, Le Tintoret

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer, c. 1577.

Le doge Alvise Mocenigo présenté au Rédempteur (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

Roses jaunes dans un vase, Gustave Caillebotte

Roses jaunes dans un vase, 1882.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Le Palais Dario, 1908.

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

Pygmalion, 1842.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Café table with absinth, Vincent van Gogh

Café table with absinth, 1887.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

Madonna and Child with an Angel, Sandro Botticelli

Madonna and Child with an Angel, c. 1465.

Vierge à l’Enfant soutenu par un ange sous une guirlande (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Fesch Museum, Ajaccio, France

Five O'Clock Tea, 1880.

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, United States

Poissons, 1911.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Langmatt Museum, Switzerland

Forum Romanum, for Mr Soane's Museum, J. M. W. Turner

Forum Romanum, for Mr Soane's Museum, 1826.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Coffin of St. Stanislaus, Leon Wyczółkowski

Coffin of St. Stanislaus, 1907.

Trumna św. Stanisława (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), pastel on paper mounted on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Hopeful, 1909.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Clark Art Institute, United States

A Difficult Line from Horace, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

A Difficult Line from Horace, 1881.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

Victorious Venus, 1875.

Vénus victorieuse (museum title)

Alexandre Cabanel (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

The Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos, Vasily Polenov

The Parthenon, Temple of Athena Parthenos, 1882.

Парфенон. Храм Афины-Парфенос (museum title)

Vasily Polenov (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Rubino de Oliveira, 1892, Almeida Júnior

Rubino de Oliveira, 1892, 1892.

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

The Taj Mahal in Morning Mist, No.5, Yoshida Hiroshi

The Taj Mahal in Morning Mist, No.5, 1932.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Bouquet champêtre, 1850.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Devotion at the Holy Door of St Peter's in Rome, C.W. Eckersberg

Devotion at the Holy Door of St Peter's in Rome, c. 1814.

Andagt ved den hellige port i Peterskirken (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

The Marble Palace, James McNeill Whistler

The Marble Palace, 1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), chalk and pastel on brown paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Spring, 1894.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Marie Walewska, c. 1810.

Marie Laczinska (1789-1817) comtesse Walewska, puis… (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Armée, France

Boating (Opus LVI), Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Boating (Opus LVI), 1868.

Spelevaren (Opus nr. LVI) (museum title)

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mesdag Collection, Netherlands

The Tepidarium

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil

Lady Lever Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Ancient Rome

Wall painting from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 50–40 BCE.

Ancient Rome (Italian), fresco

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Outskirts of Agra No. 3, Yoshida Hiroshi

The Outskirts of Agra No. 3, 1932.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Actor Frederik Schwarz

Skuespilleren Frederik Schwarz (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Claude Renoir en clown, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Claude Renoir en clown, 1909.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection, France

Le polisseur de marbre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Le polisseur de marbre, 1885.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

The Triumph of Titus: AD 71, The Flavians, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The Triumph of Titus: AD 71, The Flavians, 1885.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Walters Art Museum, United States

Double Portrait of Jacob Meyer zum Hasen and his Wife Dorothea Kannengiesser (interior panels); full coat of arms of Jacob Meyer on red ground (exterior of the male portrait), 1516.

Doppelbildnis des Jacob Meyer zum Hasen und seiner Frau… (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of the Artist's Son (Heikki Järnefelt), Eero Järnefelt

Portrait of the Artist's Son (Heikki Järnefelt), 1897.

Taiteilijan pojan muotokuva (Heikki Järnefelt) (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Holy Water Font in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Léon Bonnat

The Holy Water Font in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, 1868.

Чаша для святой воды у собора св. Петра в Риме (museum title)

Léon Bonnat (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Marble Bath in Kassel, Adolph Menzel

The Marble Bath in Kassel, 1866.

Das Marmorbad in Kassel (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), watercolor and gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Sideboard, 1917.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on plywood

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen, C.W. Eckersberg

Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1820.

Porträt des Bertel Thorvaldsen (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark

Nude, 1892.

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Sorolla Museum, Spain

The Palace; white and pink, James McNeill Whistler

The Palace; white and pink, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), pastel and Conté crayon on brown paper

National Gallery of Art, United States