Pilgrim in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta, c. 1720.

The Miracles of Saint Salvador of Horta (Milagros del beato… (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, Francisco de Goya

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, 1820–1823.

Le Pèlerinage à l’ermitage de San Isidro (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

Shiojiri Pass in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

Shiojiri Pass in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

Shiojiri Pass in Shinano Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Embarkation for Cythera, Antoine Watteau

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1710s.

L'Embarquement pour Cythère (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, Eugène Delacroix

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, 1853.

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Brooklyn Museum, United States

Landscape with Pilgrims, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Landscape with Pilgrims, 1540.

Landscape with Pilgrims (museum title)

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

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

Groups of Mountain Climbers, Katsushika Hokusai

Groups of Mountain Climbers, c. 1830–1832.

Groups of Mountain Climbers (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, c. 1827.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Christ et les disciples d'Emmaüs, Albrecht Dürer

Christ et les disciples d'Emmaüs, 1511.

Christ et les disciples d'Emmaüs (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Saint Roch, 1500.

Saint Roch (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, William Holman Hunt

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1892–1899.

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Tone River at Kōnodai, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

The Tone River at Kōnodai, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

The Tone River at Kōnodai (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, 1833.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la région de Shimotsuke, Katsushika Hokusai

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la région de Shimotsuke, 1831.

Pèlerins à la cascade Kirifuri sur le Mont Kurokami dans la… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), ink on paper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Saint Sébald, 1518.

Saint Sébald (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, United States

Detail Study of a Peregrine Falcon's Nest, Bruno Liljefors

Detail Study of a Peregrine Falcon's Nest, 1896.

Detaljstudie till Pilgrimsfalkbo (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

No. 22, Odai, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 22, Odai, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, c. 1835–1838.

No. 22, Odai (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Numazu: Twilight Picture, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Numazu: Twilight Picture, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Numazu: Twilight Picture (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Ishibe--Megawa Village, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Ishibe--Megawa Village, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Ishibe--Megawa Village (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Heller-Altar, erster linker Flügel, Innenseite, Martyrium des Apostels Jakobus des Älteren, Albrecht Dürer

Heller-Altar, erster linker Flügel, Innenseite, Martyrium des Apostels Jakobus des Älteren, 1500.

Heller-Altar, erster linker Flügel, Innenseite, Martyrium… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on fir panel

Musée historique de Francfort, Germany

Roman Pilgrims, 1854.

Roman Pilgrims (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite and gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717.

Le Pèlerinage à l'île de Cythère (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Karbala-ye-Moalla Square, 1902.

Karbala-ye-Moalla Square (museum title)

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

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

The Holy Well, 1916.

The Holy Well (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), tempera on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg

Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas mounted on panel

National Gallery of Ireland

Saint Jacques, 1516.

Saint Jacques (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on canvas

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roch, Titien

The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roch, c. 1510.

La Vierge à l'Enfant entre saint Antoine de Padoue et saint… (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Nissaka--Sayo Mountain Pass, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Nissaka--Sayo Mountain Pass, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Nissaka--Sayo Mountain Pass (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province, 1760–1849.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Un faucon pèlerin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Un faucon pèlerin, 1880.

Un faucon pèlerin (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French)

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, France

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, Bruno Liljefors

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, 1923.

Slechtvalk met nonnetje als prooi bij zijn nest aan de kust (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Der Gang nach Emmaus. Rechtes Bild der Fresken aus dem Gartensaal des Ratsherrn Karl Sarasin-Sauvain, Arnold Böcklin

Der Gang nach Emmaus. Rechtes Bild der Fresken aus dem Gartensaal des Ratsherrn Karl Sarasin-Sauvain, 1868.

Der Gang nach Emmaus. Rechtes Bild der Fresken aus dem… (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), fresco transferred to canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - In Front of a Southern Church, C.W. Eckersberg

Linear Perspective as Applied in Painting - Draft for an Unused Illustration - In Front of a Southern Church, 1838–1840.

Linearperspektiven anvendt paa Malerkunsten - Udkast til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen and black ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch of the 'The Holy Well', William Orpen

Sketch of the 'The Holy Well', 1916.

Sketch of the 'The Holy Well' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Christ in Emmaus, 1867–1927.

Kristus i Emmaus (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Ribe Art Museum, Denmark

Pilgrims at Emmaus, c. 1533–1534.

Les Pèlerins d'Emmaüs (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

No. 51, Fushimi, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 51, Fushimi, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, c. 1835–1838.

No. 51, Fushimi (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Supper at Emmaus, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Supper at Emmaus, c. 1628.

The Supper at Emmaus (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Jacquemart-André Museum, France

Wallfahrt bei Sonnenuntergang/Sonnenaufgang, Caspar David Friedrich

Wallfahrt bei Sonnenuntergang/Sonnenaufgang, 1805.

Wallfahrt bei Sonnenuntergang/Sonnenaufgang (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), sepia and pencil

Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany

Gerson als Pilger, 1489.

Gerson als Pilger (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Saint James the Greater, 1610–1614.

Saint Jacques le Majeur (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

La Madone des pèlerins, 1605.

La Madone des pèlerins (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio, Italy

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, Katsushika Hokusai

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, c. 1832.

Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Kneeling Figure of a Woman: Study for 'The Holy Well', William Orpen

Kneeling Figure of a Woman: Study for 'The Holy Well', c. 1914.

Kneeling Figure of a Woman: Study for 'The Holy Well' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Distant View of the Elephant Head Mountain in Sanuki Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige

Distant View of the Elephant Head Mountain in Sanuki Province, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1855.

Distant View of the Elephant Head Mountain in Sanuki… (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Mountain Landscape with the Journey to Emmaus

Mountain Landscape with the Journey to Emmaus (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), drawing

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

No. 68 (sic; actually 69), the Crossroad at Kusatsu, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 68 (sic; actually 69), the Crossroad at Kusatsu, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, c. 1835–1838.

No. 68 (sic; actually 69), the Crossroad at Kusatsu (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

The Knight and the Pilgrim Kneeling in the Church (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Riddaren och pilgrimen på knä i kyrkan (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne, Albrecht Dürer

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne, 1501.

Saint-Sébald debout sur une colonne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Astrologer and a pilgrim in Subiaco and Rome, Adolph Tidemand

Astrologer and a pilgrim in Subiaco and Rome, 1841.

Astrolog og pilegrim i Subiaco og Roma (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway