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51 works by 21 artists

51 works featuring “Nun” by 21 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 24 museums.

Mother Catherine-Agnès Arnauld (1593-1671) and Sister Catherine de Sainte Suzanne Champaigne (1636-1686), the Artist's Daughter, Philippe de Champaigne

Mother Catherine-Agnès Arnauld (1593-1671) and Sister Catherine de Sainte Suzanne Champaigne (1636-1686), the Artist's Daughter, 1662.

La mère Catherine-Agnès Arnauld (1593-1671) et la soeur… (museum title)

Philippe de Champaigne (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Mother Angélique Arnauld (1591-1661), Abbess of Port-Royal, Philippe de Champaigne

Mother Angélique Arnauld (1591-1661), Abbess of Port-Royal, 1654.

Mère Angélique Arnauld (1591-1661), abbesse de Port-Royal (museum title)

Philippe de Champaigne (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

La Madone du rosaire, Caravaggio

La Madone du rosaire, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Rue Saint-Romain, Rouen, Eugène Boudin

Rue Saint-Romain, Rouen, 1895.

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Clark Art Institute, United States

Faith, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Faith, 1559.

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

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Nun in church, Gwen John

Nun in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Figure in church, Gwen John

Figure in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Nuns and other figures in church, Gwen John

Nuns and other figures in church

Gwen John (British), pencil and watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Two nuns in church, Gwen John

Two nuns in church

Gwen John (British), gouache on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Glorification of Mary, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Glorification of Mary, 1763–1764.

Verheerlijking van Maria (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Convent, Sigrid Hjertén

The Convent, 1922.

Klostret (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

La Nef des fous, Hieronymus Bosch

La Nef des fous, 1500.

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Study of a Nun, Gwen John

Study of a Nun, c. 1915.

Gwen John (British), oil on board laid on panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Italian Camp after the Battle of Magenta, Giovanni Fattori

The Italian Camp after the Battle of Magenta, 1862.

Il campo italiano dopo la battaglia di Magenta (museum title)

Giovanni Fattori (Italian), oil on canvas

Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy

Caress (Cardinal and Nun), Egon Schiele

Caress (Cardinal and Nun), 1912.

Liebkosung (Kardinal und Nonne) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), oil on canvas

Leopold Museum, Austria

Nun in church, Gwen John

Nun in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Figure in church, Gwen John

Figure in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, portrait as a widow, Antoine van Dyck

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, portrait as a widow, 1627.

Infantin Isabella Clara Eugenia, portrait as a widow (museum title)

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Figure in church, Gwen John

Figure in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Dormitory in the Hospital in Arles, Vincent van Gogh

Dormitory in the Hospital in Arles, 1889.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

The Nun, Gwen John

The Nun, c. 1915–1921.

Gwen John (British), oil on panel

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

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

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

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

The Vale of Rest, John Everett Millais

The Vale of Rest, 1858–1859.

John Everett Millais (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Nasturtium, Grandville

Nasturtium, 1846.

Capucine, from Les Fleurs Animees (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored steel engraving

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), Francisco de Goya

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), c. 1812–1820.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, brown ink wash, black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Nun in church, Gwen John

Nun in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Pride, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pride, published in 1558.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

Figures in church, Gwen John

Figures in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Christ on the Cross with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic and an angel, Antoine van Dyck

Christ on the Cross with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic and an angel, c. 1622–1627.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

The nun, Gwen John

The nun, c. 1915–1920.

Gwen John (British), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Mercy: St Bartholomew’s Day, 1572, John Everett Millais

Mercy: St Bartholomew’s Day, 1572, 1886.

John Everett Millais (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Claudio and Isabella, William Holman Hunt

Claudio and Isabella, 1850.

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on wood

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Mère Poussepin Seated at a Table, Gwen John

Mère Poussepin Seated at a Table, 1915–1916.

Gwen John (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Faith, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Faith, 1560.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia as Nun, Antoine van Dyck

Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia as Nun, 1632.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Liechtenstein Museum, Austria

Nun in church, Gwen John

Nun in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor and pencil on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Seated nuns in church, Gwen John

Seated nuns in church

Gwen John (British), charcoal and watercolour on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Figures in church, Gwen John

Figures in church

Gwen John (British), gouache on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Figure of a nun, Gwen John

Figure of a nun

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Sten Sture Frees the Captive Danish Queen Kristina from Vadstena Convent, Carl Larsson

Sten Sture Frees the Captive Danish Queen Kristina from Vadstena Convent, 1876.

Sten Sture dä befriar den fågna Danska drottningen Kristina… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The nun, Karel Albert Schmidt

The nun, 1919.

De non (museum title)

Karel Albert Schmidt (Dutch), oil on canvas

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

The Sisters' School, François Marius Granet

The Sisters' School, 1833.

L'École des sœurs (museum title)

François Marius Granet (French), oil on canvas

Musée Granet, France

Nenuphar, Grandville

Nenuphar, 1847.

Nenuphar, from "Les Fleurs Animées" (museum title)

Grandville (French), wood engraving and lithograph, hand-colored

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente, Diego Velázquez

The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente, 1620.

La Vénérable Mère Jerónima de la Fuente (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Figure in church, Gwen John

Figure in church

Gwen John (British), watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Nuns and other figures in church, Gwen John

Nuns and other figures in church

Gwen John (British), pencil and watercolor on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Figures in church, Gwen John

Figures in church

Gwen John (British), gouache on paper

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

The Madonna with SS. Catherine, Rose from Lima, and Agnes from Montepulciano, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Madonna with SS. Catherine, Rose from Lima, and Agnes from Montepulciano, 1763–1764.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching on buff laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Saint Odile, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Odile, 1500.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States