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143 works by 32 artists

143 works featuring “Monster” by 32 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 54 museums.

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, 1496.

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Medusa, Julio Ruelas

Medusa, c. 1906.

Medusa (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

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

Two Monsters, Hieronymus Bosch

Two Monsters, 1500.

Two Monsters (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Avarice, James Ensor

Avarice, 1904.

Avarice (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Battle Scene from the Comic-Fantastic Opera 'The Seafarer', Paul Klee

Battle Scene from the Comic-Fantastic Opera 'The Seafarer'

Kampfscene aus der komisch-phantastischen Oper "der… (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), oil transfer drawing, pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper, border strip at bottom in pen and watercolor, bordered in pen and gouache, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Nightmare, Nicolai Abildgaard

Nightmare, 1800.

Mareridt (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Sorø Art Museum, Denmark

Triptyque des ermites, Hieronymus Bosch

Triptyque des ermites, 1493.

Triptyque des ermites (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Le Jardin des délices, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Jardin des délices, 1490.

Le Jardin des délices (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Hell scene and monsters, Hieronymus Bosch

Hell scene and monsters, 1465–1516.

Hell scene and monsters (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstich-Kabinett, Germany

Descent into Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Descent into Hell

Descent into Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Plague, Arnold Böcklin

The Plague, 1898.

Die Pest (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera (?) on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Critic, Julio Ruelas

The Critic, c. 1905–1907.

The Critic (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Witches' Sabbath, Francisco de Goya

Witches' Sabbath, 1820–1823.

Le Sabbat des sorcières (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, Titien

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1565.

Sainte Marguerite et le dragon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Atropos, Francisco de Goya

Atropos, 1819.

Les Parques (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, Honoré Daumier

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, 1866.

Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, 1902.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Troll hag and three princesses, Erik Werenskiold

Troll hag and three princesses, 1908–1910.

Trollkjerring og tre prinsesser (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1819.

Roger délivrant Angélique (museum title)

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

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Perseus and Andromeda, Titien

Perseus and Andromeda, c. 1554–1556.

Persée et Andromède (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Criticism, Julio Ruelas

Criticism, c. 1907.

La crítica (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

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

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

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Two fantasy creatures (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Two fantasy creatures (verso), 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Troll and the Three Princesses, Erik Werenskiold

The Troll and the Three Princesses, 1911.

Troll og tre prinsesser (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1481–1488.

L'Enfer (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, 1490.

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

La Mort de l'avare, Hieronymus Bosch

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

Two Medallions with Symbolic-Religious Representations, Hieronymus Bosch

Two Medallions with Symbolic-Religious Representations, 1515.

Two Medallions with Symbolic-Religious Representations (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Fortitude, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Le Chariot de foin, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

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

Two Monsters (verso), Hieronymus Bosch

Two Monsters (verso), 1500.

Two Monsters (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

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

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, Erik Werenskiold

The Other Trolls Were with the Dairymaids and Courted Them, 1909.

Di andre trølla va hjå budeiom og fridde (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Budeie og trehodet troll, Erik Werenskiold

Budeie og trehodet troll, 1908.

Budeie og trehodet troll (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Croquis pour une tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

Croquis pour une tentation de saint Antoine, 1465.

Croquis pour une tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), ink

Department of Prints and Drawings, Louvre Museum, France

Fortitude, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitude, 1560.

Fortitude (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

La Descente aux Limbes, Hieronymus Bosch

La Descente aux Limbes, 1510.

La Descente aux Limbes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

Private collection

Hercules and Alcestis, Eugène Delacroix

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Two fantasy creatures, Hieronymus Bosch

Two fantasy creatures, 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

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

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins, J. M. W. Turner

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins, 1845.

Lever de soleil avec monstres marins (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Sloth, James Ensor

Sloth, 1902.

Sloth (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell, 1490.

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Dull Gret, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Dull Gret, 1561.

Dull Gret (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Belgium

Portraits of Barry and Burke in the Characters of Ulysses and his Companion fleeing from the Cave of Polyphemus, James Barry

Portraits of Barry and Burke in the Characters of Ulysses and his Companion fleeing from the Cave of Polyphemus, c. 1776.

Portraits of Barry and Burke in the Characters of Ulysses… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

Crawford Art Gallery, Ireland

King Pest, James Ensor

King Pest, 1895.

King Pest (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium