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The Circus, 1891.

Le Cirque (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Entrée du port du Havre et le brise-lames ouest, soleil, matin, Camille Pissarro

Entrée du port du Havre et le brise-lames ouest, soleil, matin, 1903.

Entrée du port du Havre et le brise-lames ouest, soleil… (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Dixon Gallery and Gardens, United States

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs au Théâtre'), Honoré Daumier

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs au Théâtre'), c. 1870.

Studie van vijf mannenkoppen in een menigte ('Spectateurs… (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), charcoal, pen and black ink

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

The national game, 1889.

The national game (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on cardboard

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Strong Man, c. 1865.

The Strong Man (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, Francisco de Goya

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body, 1816.

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hop-Frog's Revenge, 1898.

Hop-Frog's Revenge (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

The Vengeance of Hop-Frog, 1898.

The Vengeance of Hop-Frog (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Carnaval à Nice, 1921.

Carnaval à Nice (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

La jetée de Trouville, 1893.

La jetée de Trouville (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

Johannesburg Art Gallery, Afrique du Sud

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, Camille Pissarro

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre, 1903.

Le Brise-lames Est, retour de la régate, Le Havre (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Norton Simon Museum, United States

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Spanish Entertainment from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Wrestling Barrack at a Fair, Henri Evenepoel

Wrestling Barrack at a Fair, 1898.

Barak met worstelaars (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), 1887–1888.

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque) (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Spectators in the Theatre, Honoré Daumier

Spectators in the Theatre, c. 1865.

Une loge au théâtre (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French)

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza, Francisco de Goya

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza, 1816.

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon, Francisco de Goya

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon, 1816.

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, wash, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Tekiyeh Dowlat, 1892.

Tekiyeh Dowlat (museum title)

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

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, Nicolai Abildgaard

A nobleman and a peasant on a seesaw. The first is tossed up into the air, 1787.

En adelig herre og en bonde på en vippe. Den første bliver… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and grey Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Circus (Study), 1891.

Le Cirque (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Girls Sliding, 1915.

Girls Sliding (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

At the Concert Parisien, 1887–1888.

At the Concert Parisien (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), conté crayon heightened with white chalk on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Waterloo Bridge Seen from Whitehall Stairs, John Constable

Waterloo Bridge Seen from Whitehall Stairs, c. 1829.

Waterloo Bridge Seen from Whitehall Stairs (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, 1863–1883.

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse, Francisco de Goya

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse, 1816.

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, Francisco de Goya

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, 1816.

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hop-Frog's Revenge, 1896.

La vengeance de Hop-Frog (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Procession II, 1887.

Der Schwingerumzug (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky, Camille Pissarro

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky, 1903.

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Anse des pilotes, Le Havre, matin, temps gris, brumeux, Camille Pissarro

Anse des pilotes, Le Havre, matin, temps gris, brumeux, 1903.

Anse des pilotes, Le Havre, matin, temps gris, brumeux (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Wrestler's Challenge, Mihály Munkácsy

The Wrestler's Challenge, 1875.

The Wrestler's Challenge (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Decline of Drama in 1866, Honoré Daumier

Decline of Drama in 1866, 1866.

Décadence du drame en 1866 (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Side Show (La Parade), Honoré Daumier

The Side Show (La Parade), 1865–1867.

The Side Show (La Parade) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, with charcoal, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream)

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie, Honoré Daumier

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie, 1864.

Une Discussion littéraire a la deuxième Galerie (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull, Francisco de Goya

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull, 1816.

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Melodrama, c. 1860.

Le Mélodrame (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Woman walking and holding her skirt with her right hand, shown in three-quarters view with head turned toward the viewer, from "Figures of Fashion" (Figures de modes), c. 1710.

Woman walking and holding her skirt with her right hand… (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", Francisco de Goya

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux", 1825.

A picador caught by a bull, from the "Bulls of Bordeaux" (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Mariano Ceballos riding a bull, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), crayon lithograph, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Chariot Race, 1876.

Chariot Race (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Connoisseurs of Prints, 1905.

Connoisseurs of Prints (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”), John Constable

Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”), 1829–1831.

Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge… (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Variety Show, 1887.

Variété (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

La Fête des fleurs, Nice, 1922.

La Fête des fleurs, Nice (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French)

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid, Francisco de Goya

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid, 1816.

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Three gentlemen in 17th-century dress watch a young classical couple, Nicolai Abildgaard

Three gentlemen in 17th-century dress watch a young classical couple, 1790s.

Tre herrer i 1600-tals dragter betragter et ungt klassisk… (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, Nicolai Abildgaard

An author in the pillory. With an allusion to Corporal Sigvard Lycke, 1787.

En forfatter i gabestokken. Med hentydning til korporal… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark