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478 works by 105 artists

478 works featuring “Music” by 105 artists, from the 14th century BCE to the 20th century CE, held in 141 museums.

The Peasant Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Peasant Dance, 1568.

The Peasant Dance (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Clown, Károly Ferenczy

Clown, 1910.

Bohóc (museum title)

Károly Ferenczy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Rippl-Rónai Museum, Hungary

A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer

A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, c. 1670–1672.

A Young Woman standing at a Virginal (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Mandolin, Hugh Ramsay

The Mandolin, c. 1903.

The mandolin (museum title)

Hugh Ramsay (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, 18th century.

La Disputa del Santísimo Sacramento del Altar (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Nymph and Shepherd, Titien

Nymph and Shepherd, c. 1570–1575.

Nymphe et Berger (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Pastoral, Rupert Bunny

Pastoral, c. 1893.

Pastoral (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Adagio, Tom Roberts

Adagio, c. 1893.

Adagio (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on cardboard

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Mrs Best at the Piano, John Butler Yeats

Mrs Best at the Piano, 1907.

Mrs Best at the Piano (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, Francisco de Goya

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, 1820–1823.

Le Pèlerinage à l’ermitage de San Isidro (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

Home Tunes, Anders Zorn

Home Tunes, 1920.

Hemlandstoner (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Victory Boogie Woogie, Piet Mondrian

Victory Boogie Woogie, 1942.

Victory Boogie Woogie (museum title)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch), oil, adhesive tape, charcoal, and pencil on paper and canvas

Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

Broadway Boogie-Woogie, Piet Mondrian

Broadway Boogie-Woogie, 1942.

Broadway Boogie-Woogie (museum title)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, c. 1670–1672.

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

A Lady in Blue, Hugh Ramsay

A Lady in Blue, 1902.

A lady in blue (museum title)

Hugh Ramsay (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

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

Allegory of Music, Sketch for the Stage Curtain of the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, Henryk Siemiradzki

Allegory of Music, Sketch for the Stage Curtain of the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, c. 1892.

Alegoria muzyki, szkic do projektu kurtyny teatru… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil and pencil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Music Room, Mihály Munkácsy

The Music Room, 1878.

The Music Room (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on wood

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Payada in a Pulpería, Carlos Morel

Payada in a Pulpería

Payada en una pulpería (museum title)

Carlos Morel (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Nef des fous, Hieronymus Bosch

La Nef des fous, 1500.

La Nef des fous (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Guitar Player, Johannes Vermeer

The Guitar Player, c. 1672.

The Guitar Player (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kenwood House (English Heritage), United Kingdom

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

Jumping Jack, Amalia Lindegren

Jumping Jack, 1879.

Sprattelgubben (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Ols Maria, Anders Zorn

Ols Maria, 1919.

Ols Maria (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

L'Accord parfait, Antoine Watteau

L'Accord parfait, 1719.

L'Accord parfait (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Sunday Evening in a Farmhouse in Dalecarlia, Amalia Lindegren

Sunday Evening in a Farmhouse in Dalecarlia, 1860.

Söndagsafton i en dalstuga (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Mezzetin, Antoine Watteau

Mezzetin, c. 1718–1720.

Mezzetin (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Three Soldiers, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Three Soldiers, 1568.

The Three Soldiers (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

The Frick Collection, United States

Lucie Léon at the Piano, Berthe Morisot

Lucie Léon at the Piano, 1892.

Lucie Léon at the Piano (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Seattle Art Museum, United States

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 Turkish Bath, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Turkish Bath, 1862.

Le Bain turc (museum title)

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

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer, Daniel Maclise

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer, c. 1843.

Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer and Singer (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), graphite and wash on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

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

De liefdesbrief, Johannes Vermeer

De liefdesbrief, 1669.

De liefdesbrief (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Lavenders, Harriet Backer

Lavenders, 1914.

Lavendler (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

KODE, Bergen, Norway

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 Plainchant, Francisco Laso

The Plainchant, 1855.

El canto llano (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The Old Cottage at Kolbotn, Hulda and Arne Garborg's Home, Harriet Backer

The Old Cottage at Kolbotn, Hulda and Arne Garborg's Home, 1896.

Gamlestua på Kolbotn, Hulda og Arne Garborgs hjem (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Interior with Ida Playing the Piano, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior with Ida Playing the Piano, 1910.

Interior with Ida Playing the Piano (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Western Art, Japan

The harpist before Inherkhau and his wife, Ancient Egypt

The harpist before Inherkhau and his wife, c. 1184–1147 BCE.

Le harpiste devant Inherkhaou et son épouse (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, paint on plaster

Tomb of Inherkhau (TT359), Thebes, Egypt

O Violeiro, Almeida Júnior

O Violeiro, 1899.

O Violeiro (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

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

Paris Nocturne. The Singer, Carlos Baca-Flor

Paris Nocturne. The Singer, c. 1897–1901.

La cantante (París nocturno) (museum title)

Carlos Baca-Flor (Peruvian), oil on wood

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Gypsy Girl with Mandolin, Camille Corot

Gypsy Girl with Mandolin, 1874.

Gitane à la mandoline (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

The ball begins, Wilhelm Marstrand

The ball begins, after 1870.

Ballet begynder (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Spanish Types (Study), Ignacio Merino

Spanish Types (Study), 1865–1870.

Tipos españoles (estudio) (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

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

Vicke, Anders Zorn

Vicke, 1918.

Vicke (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Plink-a-plong, Tom Roberts

Plink-a-plong, 1893.

Plink-a-plong (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

At the Piano, Harriet Backer

At the Piano, 1894.

Ved pianoet (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway