Niche in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Papirius and his Mother, Nicolai Abildgaard

Papirius and his Mother, 1809.

Papirius og hans moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Esther before Ahasuerus, Nicolas Poussin

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1655.

Esther devant Assuérus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth, Le Greco

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth, 1605–1610.

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

رمال, 1892.

رمال (museum title)

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

حوضخانهٔ کاخ صاحبقرانیه, 1883.

حوضخانهٔ کاخ صاحبقرانیه (museum title)

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Niavaran Palace Complex, Tehran, Iran

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, Albrecht Dürer

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier, 1512.

L'Arc de triomphe de l'empereur Maximilien Ier (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, as a Statue in a Niche

Terpsikore, dansens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brush, brown and black ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Thalia as a statue in a niche

Thalia som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Heller-Altar, Stifterbildnis des Jacob Heller, Albrecht Dürer

Heller-Altar, Stifterbildnis des Jacob Heller, 1507.

Heller-Altar, Stifterbildnis des Jacob Heller (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), tempera on fir panel

Musée historique de Francfort, Germany

Jewish Woman of Algiers (Juive d'Alger), Eugène Delacroix

Jewish Woman of Algiers (Juive d'Alger), 1833.

Jewish Woman of Algiers (Juive d'Alger) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Entrance to a Bazaar in Damascus (Syria), Charles-Théodore Frère

Entrance to a Bazaar in Damascus (Syria), 1850–1875.

Entrée de bazar à Damas (Syrie) (museum title)

Charles-Théodore Frère (French), oil on wood

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau, France

Madonna and Child with Angels Carrying Candlesticks, Sandro Botticelli

Madonna and Child with Angels Carrying Candlesticks, c. 1485–1490.

Madonna dei Cantelabri (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Bode Museum, Germany

Portrait of Jahangir, Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Jahangir, c. 1656–1658.

Jahangir (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

View of the Garden of the Villa Medici, Diego Velázquez

View of the Garden of the Villa Medici, c. 1630.

Vue sur le jardin de la villa Médicis à Rome (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Excursion to Pont Neuf, accompanied by Marianne Preindlsberger, Mr Greenough, O.H., and Helene, who is driving the horse-drawn carriage, Helene Schjerfbeck

Excursion to Pont Neuf, accompanied by Marianne Preindlsberger, Mr Greenough, O.H., and Helene, who is driving the horse-drawn carriage, 1883.

Huvimatka Pont neuf'iin, mukana Marianne Preindlsberger… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A soldier finds Claudius, who fears becoming emperor, hidden behind a curtain

En soldat finder Claudius, der frygter for at blive Kejser… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, as a Statue in a Niche

Erato, kærlighedsdigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study for the Trivulzio Monument

Study for the Trivulzio Monument (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Bare Trees, Houses and Shrine (Klosterneuburg), Egon Schiele

Bare Trees, Houses and Shrine (Klosterneuburg), 1907.

Kahle Bäume, Häuser und Bildstock (Klosterneuburg) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil and pencil on cardboard

Leopold Museum, Austria

Moliere's Grave in Jardin Elysée des Petits Augustins, Paris 10th of June (1811), C.W. Eckersberg

Moliere's Grave in Jardin Elysée des Petits Augustins, Paris 10th of June (1811), 1811.

Ved Molières gravmæle i Jardin Elysée des Petits Augustins… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint Rose of Lima, 1859.

Santa Rosa de Lima (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Red Church Wall in Venice, Frits Thaulow

Red Church Wall in Venice, 1897.

Rød kirkevegg (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Fortune teller from Baghdad, Kamal-ol-Molk

Fortune teller from Baghdad, 1899.

Fortune teller from Baghdad (museum title)

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Library and Museum of the Iranian Parliament, Tehran, Iran

Golestan Palace Springhouse, Kamal-ol-Molk

Golestan Palace Springhouse, 1889.

Golestan Palace Springhouse (museum title)

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

Saint Sébald, 1518.

Saint Sébald (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, United States

Illustration Sketch for Esaias Tegnér's Frithiofs saga, Helene Schjerfbeck

Illustration Sketch for Esaias Tegnér's Frithiofs saga, 1873–1879.

Kuvitusluonnos Esaias Tegnérin teokseen Frithiofs saga (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, as a statue in a niche

Calliope, den episke digtnings muse som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Little Family Scenes: Prayer, Pierre Bonnard

Little Family Scenes: Prayer, 1893.

Petites scènes familières : Prière (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), lithograph

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Saints Stéphane, Sixte et Laurent, Albrecht Dürer

Saints Stéphane, Sixte et Laurent, 1505.

Saints Stéphane, Sixte et Laurent (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Femmes d'Alger, 1833.

Femmes d'Alger (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, c. 1520.

Zwei Schädel in einer Fensternische (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

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

An Apple, caville rouge, and other Fruits, Jens Juel

An Apple, caville rouge, and other Fruits, 1791.

Et æble, caville rouge, og andre frugter (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on wood

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Ana Cândida do Amaral Souza (A mãe do artista)

Ana Cândida do Amaral Souza (A mãe do artista) (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, Leon Wyczółkowski

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, 1923.

Portret Mikołaja Kopernika (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Caryatids (Cariatides); also called Deux baigneuses (panneau décoratif), Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Caryatids (Cariatides); also called Deux baigneuses (panneau décoratif), 1910.

Caryatids (Cariatides); also called Deux baigneuses… (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

Clio as a statue in a niche

Clio som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Monk's Cell

En munkecelle (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), brush and watercolour over pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vicelin distributing Bread among the Poor, C.W. Eckersberg

Vicelin distributing Bread among the Poor, 1812.

Vicelin deler ut mat til de trengende (museum title)

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

National Museum of Norway

Street with Trees and a Garden Wall, Hans Gude

Street with Trees and a Garden Wall, c. 1857.

Gate med trær og hagemur (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria, 1804.

Davus taler med Mysis, Androspigens tjenestepige, som har… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

König David. Mittelbild der Fresken aus dem Gartensaal des Ratsherrn Karl Sarasin-Sauvain, Arnold Böcklin

König David. Mittelbild der Fresken aus dem Gartensaal des Ratsherrn Karl Sarasin-Sauvain, 1868.

König David. Mittelbild der Fresken aus dem Gartensaal des… (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), fresco transferred to canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, Nicolai Abildgaard

Polyhymnia, the muse of hymn poetry, as a statue in a niche, c. 1792–1795.

Polyhymnia, hymnedigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Studies for a Stage Setting, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies for a Stage Setting, 1496.

Studies for a Stage Setting (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Studies of a Virgin worshipping the Christ Child, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of a Virgin worshipping the Christ Child, 1482.

Studies of a Virgin worshipping the Christ Child (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Caryatids (Cariatides); also called Deux baigneuses (panneau décoratif), 1910.

Caryatids (Cariatides); also called Deux baigneuses… (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

Urania as a Statue in a Niche

Urania som statue i en niche (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tombstones of Sigismund Old and Sigismund Augustus at the Sigismund Chapel in the Wawel Cathedral, Leon Wyczółkowski

Tombstones of Sigismund Old and Sigismund Augustus at the Sigismund Chapel in the Wawel Cathedral, 1916.

Nagrobki Zygmunta Starego i Zygmunta Augusta w kaplicy… (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), Eugène Delacroix

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), 1834.

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Hochkreuz near Bonn, C.W. Eckersberg

The Hochkreuz near Bonn, 1810.

Hochkreuz i nærheden af Bonn (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pen, black ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark