Monk in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Funerals of Inca Atahualpa, Luis Montero

The Funerals of Inca Atahualpa, 1867.

Los funerales de Atahualpa (museum title)

Luis Montero (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Izabella Zápolya, 1879.

Zápolya Izabella (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Scenes from the Life of Saint Salvador of Horta

Escenas de la vida de San Salvador de Horta (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Virgin of Carmel with Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross

La Virgen del Carmen con santa Teresa y san Juan de la Cruz (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Plainchant, 1855.

El canto llano (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, Sandro Botticelli

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, 1490.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Allegory of the Virgin as Protector of the Dominicans

Alegoría de la Virgen como protectora de los dominicos (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Eminence Grise, 1873.

L'Éminence grise (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Le Martyr de sainte Julie, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Martyr de sainte Julie, 1497.

Le Martyr de sainte Julie (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta, c. 1720.

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta (Milagros del beato… (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv, Jan Matejko

Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv, 1885.

Bohdan Chmielnicki z Tuhaj-bejem pod Lwowem (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1501.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1500.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, United States

The Appearance of the Virgin and Child to Saint Francis

Aparición de la Virgen y el niño a san Francisco (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Christopher Columbus before the Scholars at Salamanca, Ignacio Merino

Christopher Columbus before the Scholars at Salamanca, 1863.

Cristóbal Colón ante los sabios en Salamanca (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

La Madone du rosaire, 1607.

La Madone du rosaire (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Titus in Monk's Habit, Rembrandt van Rijn

Titus in Monk's Habit, 1660.

Titus in monniksdracht (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Mourning of László Hunyadi, Viktor Madarász

Mourning of László Hunyadi, c. 1859.

Hunyadi László siratása (Vázlat) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas and cardboard

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

A monk from the order of Barbones, Pancho Fierro

A monk from the order of Barbones, 1848.

A monk from the order of Barbones (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

The Last Communion of Saint Bonaventure

La última comunión de san Buenaventura (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Friar Painter and His Critics, Ignacio Merino

The Friar Painter and His Critics, 1865.

El fraile pintor y sus críticos (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

A Monk, c. 1895–1899.

Munkki (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish), oil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, 1854.

Jeanne d'Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII, dans la… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Weiner Neustadt (reduction), Viktor Madarász

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Weiner Neustadt (reduction), 1864.

Zrínyi Péter és Frangepán Kristóf a bécsújhelyi börtönben… (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), Hieronymus Bosch

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), 1500.

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Saint Francis of Assisi in Prayer and Penance, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Francis of Assisi in Prayer and Penance, 1694.

San Francisco de Asís en oración y penitencia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Le Portement de Croix, 1500.

Le Portement de Croix (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind, Pancho Fierro

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind, c. 1848.

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans, Shitao

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans, 1856.

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans (museum title)

Shitao (Chinese)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Funeral in a Coal Mine – Blessing of the Coffins, Constantin Meunier

Funeral in a Coal Mine – Blessing of the Coffins, 1879.

Funeral in a Coal Mine – Blessing of the Coffins (museum title)

Constantin Meunier (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Miracle of Saint Francis of Assisi

Milagro de San Francisco de Asís (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Concert in an Egg (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Concert in an Egg (verso), 1500.

Concert in an Egg (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Last Tamoio, 1883.

O Último Tamoio (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

La Nef des fous, 1500.

La Nef des fous (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Mourning of László Hunyadi (Sketch), Viktor Madarász

Mourning of László Hunyadi (Sketch), c. 1860.

Hunyadi László siratása (Redukció) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Altarpiece of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Friar Juan de Zumárraga and Juan Diego

Retablo de la Virgen de Guadalupe, fray Juan de Zumárraga y… (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on metal

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

Portrait of Ren'an in a Landscape, Shitao

Portrait of Ren'an in a Landscape, 1684.

Portrait of Ren'an in a Landscape (museum title)

Shitao (Chinese)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Our Lady of the Rosary with Saint Dominic and Saint Rose, École de Cuzco

Our Lady of the Rosary with Saint Dominic and Saint Rose, c. 1750.

Virgen del Rosario con santo Domingo y santa Rosa (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

A Monk Looking at Himself in a Mirror, Carl Bloch

A Monk Looking at Himself in a Mirror, 1875.

En munk, der spejler sig (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on wood

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Christopher Columbus at the Court of the Catholic Monarchs, Juan Cordero

Christopher Columbus at the Court of the Catholic Monarchs, 1850.

Cristóbal Colón en la corte de los Reyes Católicos (museum title)

Juan Cordero (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

An Augustinian father, c. 1850–1860.

Un padre de San Agustín (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Saint Ignatius Sends Saint Francis Xavier to the East Indies, Miguel Cabrera

Saint Ignatius Sends Saint Francis Xavier to the East Indies, 1756.

Envía San Ignacio a la India Oriental a San Francisco Javier (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of the Viceroyalty (Tepotzotlán), Mexico

Saint Peter of Alcántara, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Peter of Alcántara, 18th century.

San Pedro de Alcántara (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, Ignacio Merino

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, 1857.

Cristóbal Colón y su hijo Diego solicitan hospitalidad en… (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

A monk holding playing cards in his hand and six women, Wilhelm Marstrand

A monk holding playing cards in his hand and six women, 1870s.

En munk med spillekort i hånden og seks kvinder (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Friars Crossing a Ford, c. 1850–1876.

Los frailes atravesando un vado (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Monks on the Deck, 1898.

Munker på dekket (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on wood panel

National Museum of Norway

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Le Greco

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, 1609.

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States