Pedestal in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Constable

Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1836.

Le Cénotaphe à la mémoire de Sir Joshua Reynolds (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Julius Caspar, Merchant, 1904.

Grosshandlare Julius Caspar (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

A Figure of the Virgin Adored by Fauns, Jacek Malczewski

A Figure of the Virgin Adored by Fauns, 1923.

Figura Matki Boskiej adorowana przez fauny (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Raised Terrace of the Pont-Neuf, Place Henri IV: in Morning Rain, Camille Pissarro

The Raised Terrace of the Pont-Neuf, Place Henri IV: in Morning Rain, 1902.

The Raised Terrace of the Pont-Neuf, Place Henri IV: in… (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Arkansas Arts Center, United States

Sketchbook, folio 31: a standing figure on a pedestal, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 31: a standing figure on a pedestal, 1883.

Karta 31 recto: szkic postaci stojącej z uniesionymi rękami… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Nemesis, 1792.

Nemesis (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Standing man with his right hand resting on a basin, shown in three-quarters view with his head turned toward the left, from "Figures of Fashion" (Figures de Modes), c. 1710.

Standing man with his right hand resting on a basin, shown… (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Porta Romana, 1898.

Porta Romana (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Offering scene, 1779.

Offerscene (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Chimaera, 1888.

Chimaera (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), Albrecht Dürer

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), 1523.

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Feast of Love, c. 1718–1719.

Les plaisirs de l’amour (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

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

Die verlassene Venus, c. 1860.

Die verlassene Venus (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Jean-Étienne Liotard

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1737.

The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Design for a hall of the "Jubilee Exhibition" of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Design for a hall of the "Jubilee Exhibition" of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, 1904.

Projekt sali „Wystawy Jubileuszowej” Towarzystwa Przyjaciół… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Tobit Burying the Dead, c. 1710.

Tobit Burying the Dead (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red chalk

National Gallery of Art, United States

Adoration of the Madonna, central panel of the triptych "Go to the Streams", Jacek Malczewski

Adoration of the Madonna, central panel of the triptych "Go to the Streams", 1910.

Adoracja Madonny, część środkowa tryptyku "Idź nad… (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Julian Romero de las Azanas and his patron St. Julian

Julián Romero et son Saint Patron (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Eva Upmark, 1852-1944, née Kindstrand, Carl Larsson

Eva Upmark, 1852-1944, née Kindstrand, 1896.

Eva Upmark, 1852-1944, född Kindstrand (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

The Stagecoach, 1903–1906.

Diligensen (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint, burnisher and drypoint on paper

National Museum of Norway

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, 1788.

Theseus und Ariadne (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Statue de Diane au parc, 1909.

Statue de Diane au parc (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom

The Pythia, 1917.

Pytia (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Seated nude man with a poodle, an agave on the left, Nicolai Abildgaard

Seated nude man with a poodle, an agave on the left, 1794–1796.

Siddende nøgen mand med en puddel t.v. en agave (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Luxembourg Gardens, 1903.

Luxembourgin puistossa (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Children Parodying a Triumph of Bacchus, Antoine Watteau

Children Parodying a Triumph of Bacchus, c. 1708–1709.

Children Parodying a Triumph of Bacchus (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red chalk, wash

National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of Clarissa Strozzi, 1542.

Portrait de Clarissa Strozzi (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Composition study for a full-length portrait of Frederick VI as young crown prince, Jens Juel

Composition study for a full-length portrait of Frederick VI as young crown prince, 1781.

Kompositionsstudie til portræt i hel figur af Frederik den… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pencil pen and black Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Achille Fould, 1849.

Achille Fould (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Young Girl Preparing to Adorn the Statue of Cupid with a Garland of Flowers, Alexandre Roslin

Young Girl Preparing to Adorn the Statue of Cupid with a Garland of Flowers, 1783.

Jeune Fille s'apprêtant à orner la statue de l'Amour d'une… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Bregentved Castle, 1902.

Bregentvedin linnasta (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), zinc plate print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Archangel from the altar in Koronowo, Leon Wyczółkowski

Archangel from the altar in Koronowo, 1930–1931.

Archanioł z ołtarza w Koronowie (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Ulrik Scheffer (1716–99), Alexandre Roslin

Ulrik Scheffer (1716–99), 1763.

Porträtt (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Nike of the Legions, 1916.

Nike Legionów (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on panel

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Bouddha (Buddha), 1895.

Bouddha (Buddha) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Sketch of a man's bust (recto). Monument design (verso), Stanisław Wyspiański

Sketch of a man's bust (recto). Monument design (verso), 1903.

Szkic popiersia mężczyzny (recto). Projekt pomnika (verso) (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Cover suggestion for the Ateneum magazine, Albert Edelfelt

Cover suggestion for the Ateneum magazine, 1898.

Ateneum-lehden kansiehdotus, julkaisija Wentzel Hagelstam… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Artist Drawing from a Model, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Artist Drawing from a Model, c. 1639.

De kunstenaar tekenend naar een model (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching and drypoint

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Boys Carrying a Garland, "Tvillingarna", Sketch for the Gallery Paintings of Tampere Cathedral, Two Sections of Balustrade

Köynnöstä kantavia poikia "Tvillingarna", luonnos Tampereen… (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), pencil and ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

First Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the National Museum, Stockholm, Carl Larsson

First Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the National Museum, Stockholm, 1913.

Första förslaget till fresker i NM:s nedre trapphall (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), pen drawing with watercolour

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Virgin and Child with Two Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Virgin and Child with Two Angels, 1485–1495.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Paule Gobillard peignant, Berthe Morisot

Paule Gobillard peignant, 1887.

Paule Gobillard peignant (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Musée Marmottan Monet, France

Virgin and Child with two Angels, c. 1467–1468.

Vierge à l'Enfant et aux deux anges (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on wood

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

View of Pont-Neuf with Statue of Henri IV, Camille Pissarro

View of Pont-Neuf with Statue of Henri IV, 1901.

View of Pont-Neuf with Statue of Henri IV (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A sleigh ride by torchlight over Holmens Bro, Jens Juel

A sleigh ride by torchlight over Holmens Bro, 1790s.

En kanefart i Fakkelskin over Holmens bro (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Umbrella Pines, Villa Borghese, Ellen Thesleff

Umbrella Pines, Villa Borghese, 1898.

Pinjoja Villa Borghesen puistossa (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), paint on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Spanish Gypsy Preciosa, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Spanish Gypsy Preciosa, c. 1642.

De Spaanse heidin Preciosa (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Ewald's memorial celebration on the Danish stage, Jens Juel

Ewald's memorial celebration on the Danish stage, 1781.

Ewalds mindefest på den danske skueplads (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Cartoon for the Lower Hall of the NM. Patron of the Fine Arts and Founder of the Museum King Gustav III of Sweden Receiving Antique Pieces of Art, Carl Larsson

Cartoon for the Lower Hall of the NM. Patron of the Fine Arts and Founder of the Museum King Gustav III of Sweden Receiving Antique Pieces of Art, 1895–1896.

Kartong till fresk i NM:s nedre trapphall. Konsternas… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), distemper on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden