Old woman in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Christina Augusta von Fersen, married Löwenhielm (1754–1846), Countess, Lady of the Bedchamber, Amalia Lindegren

Christina Augusta von Fersen, married Löwenhielm (1754–1846), Countess, Lady of the Bedchamber, 1844.

Christina Augusta von Fersen, g. Löwenhielm (1754–1846)… (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

The Spinner, 1908.

Die Spinnerin (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), watercolor on paper

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Three old women sewing a blue dress for a fancy dress ball, Anna Ancher

Three old women sewing a blue dress for a fancy dress ball, 1920.

Tre gamle syersker (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Las Hilanderas, 1655–1660.

Les Fileuses (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Mrs. Brøndum reading the Bible, Michael Ancher

Mrs. Brøndum reading the Bible, 1909.

Fru Brøndum læser i Bibelen (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

My Grandmother, 1894.

Öreganyám (museum title)

József Rippl-Rónai (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, Michael Ancher

The Artist's Mother -in-Law, Ane Hedvig Brøndum, Reading a Letter, 1907.

En gammel kone, der læser et brev. Ane hedvig Brøndum… (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Katarzyna Potocka née Branicka (1825–1907), wife of Adam, Jan Matejko

Portrait of Katarzyna Potocka née Branicka (1825–1907), wife of Adam, 1890.

Portret Katarzyny z Branickich Potockiej (1825-1907), żony… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

A Tavern Quarrel, 1500.

A Tavern Quarrel (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), tempera on canvas

Centrum voor Oude Kunst 't Vliegend Peert, Belgium

Christmas Day 1900, 1903.

Juledag 1900 (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Self-Portrait, en face I, Helene Schjerfbeck

Self-Portrait, en face I, 1945.

Omakuva, en face I (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), Reinaldo Giudici

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), 1884.

La sopa de los pobres (Venecia) (museum title)

Reinaldo Giudici (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1609.

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Gallery of the Royal Collections, Spain

Head of Peasant, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Head of Peasant, 1568.

Head of Peasant (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Alte Pinakothek, Germany

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1608.

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malte

Feeding the Pigs, 1904.

La comida de los cerdos (museum title)

Fernando Fader (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Portrait of Mrs. Betsy Gude, b. Anker, Christian Krohg

Portrait of Mrs. Betsy Gude, b. Anker, 1910.

Fru Betsy Gude, f. Anker (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, Anna Ancher

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, 1910.

Kunstnerindens mor, Ane Brøndum, læsende i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Three Witches, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Three Witches, 1783.

Die drei Hexen (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House, Frans Hals

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House, 1664.

Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands

Vedastine Aubert, c. 1910.

Vedastine Aubert (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Christmas, 1903–1904.

Karácsony (museum title)

József Rippl-Rónai (Hungarian), oil on wood

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Garden Pergola, 1891.

In der Gartenlaube (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Mrs Ane Brøndum in the blue room, Anna Ancher

Mrs Ane Brøndum in the blue room, 1913.

Fru Ane Brøndum i den blå stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Old woman kneeling with clenched hand, Adolph Tidemand

Old woman kneeling with clenched hand, 1875.

Gammel kone på kne med knyttet hånd (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

L'Arracheur de dents, 1608.

L'Arracheur de dents (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Palatine Gallery, Italy

Ane Hedvig Brøndum at her table, Anna Ancher

Ane Hedvig Brøndum at her table, 1910.

Ane Hedvig Brøndum sidder ved bordet (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Museum Kunst der Westküste, Germany

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1607.

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Judith and Holofernes, Francisco de Goya

Judith and Holofernes, 1819.

Judith et Holopherne (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

When the day's work is done, Anna Ancher

When the day's work is done, 1917.

“Efter Dagens Møje”. Søstrene Brøndum hviler sig (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Two Old Women Talking, 1874.

To koner, der taler sammen (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on wood

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath, Ancient Egypt

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath, 100–125.

Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreath (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on limewood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Lord’s Day, 1902.

Ünneplők (museum title)

János Vaszary (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Mrs Blom, 1913–1914.

Mrs Blom (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mary Walker Waugh, 1868.

Mary Walker Waugh (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Old People by the Beach, Richard Bergh

The Old People by the Beach, 1903.

The Old People by the Beach (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish)

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Old Woman in Bed, 1906.

Gamle Ole Eriksens (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, Anna Ancher

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, 1909.

Kunstnerens mor Ane Hedvig Brøndum i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Family Group in a Landscape, Frans Hals

A Family Group in a Landscape, 1648.

A Family Group in a Landscape (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Self-Portrait with Red Spot, Helene Schjerfbeck

Self-Portrait with Red Spot, 1944.

Punatäpläinen omakuva (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Portrait of Marie Krohg, the Artist's Aunt, Christian Krohg

Portrait of Marie Krohg, the Artist's Aunt, c. 1918.

Marie Krohg, kunstnerens tante (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

The Artist's Sister Bronisława in an Interior, Jacek Malczewski

The Artist's Sister Bronisława in an Interior, 1926.

Siostra artysty Bronisława we wnętrzu (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Artist's Sister Helena in an Interior, Jacek Malczewski

The Artist's Sister Helena in an Interior, 1926.

Siostra artysty Helena we wnętrzu (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Nicolai Abildgaard

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", 1808.

Røverbandens husholderske trøster den unge pige ved at… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of mother, 1913.

Portræt af mor (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Josefa Anglada, c. 1850–1869.

Josefa Anglada (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Marie Congnard-Bathailhy, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Marie Congnard-Bathailhy, 1757.

Marie Congnard-Bathailhy (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Atropos, 1819.

Les Parques (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret, Camille Pissarro

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret, 1902.

Paysanne assise. Intérieur à Moret (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Montserrat, Spain