Middle Ages in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Daniel Maclise

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c. 1854.

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix, Caravaggio

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix, 1606.

Saint François en méditation sur le crucifix (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Italy

Costume design for "The King" for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

Costume design for "The King" for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), 1904.

Projekt kostiumu "Króla" do dramatu "Bolesław Śmiały" (Akt… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier, Eugène Delacroix

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier, 1858.

Rébecca enlevée par le Templier (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius, 1855.

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Hierarchy at its Peak at the time of the Crusades, Nicolai Abildgaard

Hierarchy at its Peak at the time of the Crusades, 1784.

Hierarkiet på sit højeste i korstogenes periode. Allegori… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Drawing after Jean-Paul Laurens's Painting L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux (The Excommunication of Robert the Pious), Helene Schjerfbeck

Drawing after Jean-Paul Laurens's Painting L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux (The Excommunication of Robert the Pious), 1880–1881.

Piirustus Jean-Paul Laurens’in maalauksesta… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sketch for the painting "Wacław Wilczek During the Defence of the Benedictine Monastery in Třebíč in Moravia in 1468 Against Matthias Corvinus", 1876.

Szkic do obrazu "Wacław Wilczek podczas obrony klasztoru… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Hamlet et sa mère, 1849.

Hamlet et sa mère (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

L'Enlèvement de Rebecca, Eugène Delacroix

L'Enlèvement de Rebecca, 1846.

L'Enlèvement de Rebecca (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Troubadour, 1868–1873.

The Troubadour (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, Eugène Delacroix

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, 1860.

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, United States

L'Église de Moret, en hiver, Alfred Sisley

L'Église de Moret, en hiver, 1894.

L'Église de Moret, en hiver (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art of Romania, Roumanie

"Bishop Stanislaus", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), Stanisław Wyspiański

"Bishop Stanislaus", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), 1904.

„Biskup Stanisław”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Le vieux pont d'Ávila, 1910.

Le vieux pont d'Ávila (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Sorolla Museum, Spain

Cathedral and Gate of Santa María, Burgos, Joaquín Sorolla

Cathedral and Gate of Santa María, Burgos, 1910.

Cathedral and Gate of Santa María, Burgos (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

DEUX CHEVALIERS EN ARMURE, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

DEUX CHEVALIERS EN ARMURE, 1898.

DEUX CHEVALIERS EN ARMURE (museum title)

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

Private collection

Prise de Constantinople par les Croisés, Eugène Delacroix

Prise de Constantinople par les Croisés, 1852.

Prise de Constantinople par les Croisés (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Fighting Soldier, after Charles de Steuben, Helene Schjerfbeck

Fighting Soldier, after Charles de Steuben, 1877–1878.

Taisteleva sotilas, Charles de Stenbenin mukaan (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sorgbarn. Knight Erland and the Prior Receive Sorgbarn (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

Sorgbarn. Knight Erland and the Prior Receive Sorgbarn (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Sorgbarn. Riddar Erland och priorn mottaga Sorgbarn… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Joute italienne, 1526.

Joute italienne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Vision. Scene from Visby, 1894.

Vision. Motiv från Visby (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, 1859.

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Charlemagne Visiting a School, Albert Anker

Charlemagne Visiting a School, 1871.

Schulbesuch Karls des Grossen (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

The Cathedral of Burgos, Joaquín Sorolla

The Cathedral of Burgos, 1910.

The Cathedral of Burgos (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil

Sorolla Museum, Spain

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men, Eugène Delacroix

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men, 1853.

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Saint Louis Art Museum, United States

Marphise, 1852.

Marphise (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet, Eugène Delacroix

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet, 1850.

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on paper and canvas

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, Eugène Delacroix

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, 1847.

Saint Georges combattant le dragon (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Riddaren och pilgrimen på knä i kyrkan (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Coronation of the First King. AD 1001, Jan Matejko

The Coronation of the First King. AD 1001, 1889.

Koronacja pierwszego króla. R.P. 1001 (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Sketch for The Knight and the Maid, Richard Bergh

Sketch for The Knight and the Maid, 1894.

Skiss till Riddaren och Jungfrun. Skiss 1894 till den 1897… (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas mounted on hardboard

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

“The Queen's Wife". Costume design for the drama “Boleslaw the Bold” (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

“The Queen's Wife". Costume design for the drama “Boleslaw the Bold” (Act Two), 1904.

„Królowa Żona”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, Eugène Delacroix

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, 1856.

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Composition sketch; a king, surrounded by warriors at a thing site, gives a man the knight's sword, Nicolai Abildgaard

Composition sketch; a king, surrounded by warriors at a thing site, gives a man the knight's sword, before 1785.

Kompositonsudkast; en konge, der omgivet af krigere på et… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil and white chalk

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Interior of the Cluny Museum, Helene Schjerfbeck

Interior of the Cluny Museum, 1880.

Cluny-museon sisäkuva (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Christian I Proclaiming Holstein a Duchy in 1474. Painted for Christiansborg Castle, Nicolai Abildgaard

Christian I Proclaiming Holstein a Duchy in 1474. Painted for Christiansborg Castle, 1780.

Christian I ophøjer Holsten til hertugdømme i 1474.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Marguerite à l'église, 1850.

Marguerite à l'église (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

La mort de Valentin, 1847.

La mort de Valentin (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Day and Night. Erland bends the Bow (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

Day and Night. Erland bends the Bow (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Dag och natt. Erland spänner bågen (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), india ink and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Saint François en méditation, Caravaggio

Saint François en méditation, 1606.

Saint François en méditation (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ancient Art, Italy

Rue Saint-Romain, Rouen, 1895.

Rue Saint-Romain, Rouen (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Clark Art Institute, United States

La Mort de l'avare, 1480.

La Mort de l'avare (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Art, United States

Les Deux Foscari, 1855.

Les Deux Foscari (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

L'Extase de saint François, 1594.

L'Extase de saint François (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Wadsworth Atheneum, United States

Armour and Weapons from the Musée de Cluny, Helene Schjerfbeck

Armour and Weapons from the Musée de Cluny, 1880.

Cluny-museon haarniska ja aseita (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Rue de l'Épicerie, Rouen, Camille Pissarro

Rue de l'Épicerie, Rouen, 1898.

Rue de l'Épicerie, Rouen (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil, Eugène Delacroix

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil, 1850.

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Canada

Longing. Father Henrik Blesses Erland (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

Longing. Father Henrik Blesses Erland (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Längtan. Pater Henrik välsignar Erland (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Plague. Erland and Brother Johannes in the Dark (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

The Plague. Erland and Brother Johannes in the Dark (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Pesten. Erland och broder Johannes i mörkret (Illustration… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden