Poet in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, 1809.

Catullus og Lesbia, der i hans arme søger trøst for hendes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Thomas Moore, 1842.

Thomas Moore (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), engraving

National Gallery of Ireland

Homer, 1663.

Homer (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Portrait of Holger Drachmann, Peder Severin Krøyer

Portrait of Holger Drachmann, 1902.

Portræt af digteren Holger Drachmann i Skagens Plantage (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Portrait of Maurice Maeterlinck, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of Maurice Maeterlinck, c. 1903.

Portret van Maurice Maeterlinck (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), conté crayon on paper

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

Portrait of Dora Sigerson (Mrs Shorter) (c.1870-1918), Poet, John Lavery

Portrait of Dora Sigerson (Mrs Shorter) (c.1870-1918), Poet, 1919.

Portrait of Dora Sigerson (Mrs Shorter) (c.1870-1918), Poet (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Miklós Zrínyi poet and general, Viktor Madarász

Miklós Zrínyi poet and general, c. 1858.

Zrínyi Miklós a költő és hadvezér (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

A seated antique male figure, probably Anacreon, Nicolai Abildgaard

A seated antique male figure, probably Anacreon, after 1800.

En siddende antik mandsfigur, antagelig Anacreon (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the Artist's Son, John Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the Artist's Son, 1898.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the… (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite and wash with white highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Dante and Virgil, 1915.

Dante z Wergiliuszem (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris, Gaganendranath Tagore

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris, 1921.

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, 1809.

Den græske digter Sappho og mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Soffi and Holger Drachmann, Peder Severin Krøyer

Soffi and Holger Drachmann, 1903.

Soffi og Holger Drachmann (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), pastel on paper

Drachmanns Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Portrait of George W. Russell (AE) (1867-1935), Poet, Artist and Economist

Portrait of George W. Russell (AE) (1867-1935), Poet… (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Sappho and the Woman of Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho and the Woman of Mytilene, c. 1807–1808.

Sappho og Mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Muse inspirant le poète, Henri Rousseau

La Muse inspirant le poète, 1909.

La Muse inspirant le poète (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Portrait of AE (George W. Russell) (1867-1935), Poet, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of AE (George W. Russell) (1867-1935), Poet, 1903.

Portrait of AE (George W. Russell) (1867-1935), Poet (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Petrarca an der Quelle von Vaucluse, Arnold Böcklin

Petrarca an der Quelle von Vaucluse, 1867.

Petrarca an der Quelle von Vaucluse (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

George William Russell (AE), (1867-1935), Artist, Author and Poet, John Butler Yeats

George William Russell (AE), (1867-1935), Artist, Author and Poet, 1898.

George William Russell (AE), (1867-1935), Artist, Author… (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Gustav Fröding, Poet

Gustav Fröding, poet (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), tempera on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of the Poet Henrik Ibsen, Erik Werenskiold

Portrait of the Poet Henrik Ibsen, 1895.

Dikteren Henrik Ibsen (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Portrait of Emile Verhaeren, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of Emile Verhaeren, 1915.

Portrait d'Emile Verhaeren (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Francis Vielé-Griffin, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of Francis Vielé-Griffin, c. 1903.

Portret van Francis Vielé-Griffin (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), charcoal on paper

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

Portrait of Douglas Hyde, First President of Ireland (1860-1949), Poet and Scholar, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of Douglas Hyde, First President of Ireland (1860-1949), Poet and Scholar, 1906.

Portrait of Douglas Hyde, First President of Ireland… (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Purgatorio 17, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 17, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire - 17 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1481–1488.

L'Enfer (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Poet, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Poet, 1900.

Portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Poet (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

William Butler Yeats (1865-1839), Poet, John Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865-1839), Poet, 1886.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1839), Poet (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Minister Guldberg and Wessel, Wilhelm Marstrand

Minister Guldberg and Wessel, 1863.

Minister Guldberg og Wessel (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and sepia

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Poet, 1918, Carl Larsson

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Poet, 1918, 1918.

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), fil.dr h.c., författare… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Sketch of 'The Poet', 1921.

Sketch of 'The Poet' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

By the fireside, 1903.

Ved kaminilden. Portræt af Holger Drachmann med rød fez (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Troubadour, 1868–1873.

The Troubadour (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Sappho and the Mytilenian woman, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho and the Mytilenian woman, c. 1807–1808.

Sappho og Mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), white chalk, pen and brown ink on greyish-brown paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, Reading, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, Reading, 1898.

Portret van de schrijver Emile Verhaeren, lezend (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), etching

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

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, 1835.

Poem by Emperor Sanjo (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Susan Mitchell (1866-1926), Poet, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of Susan Mitchell (1866-1926), Poet, 1899.

Portrait of Susan Mitchell (1866-1926), Poet (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Holger Drachmann, 1895.

Holger Drachmann (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653.

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax) as Sappho, 1899.

Portrait of Caroline Sanders Truax (Mrs. Charles H. Truax)… (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of the Writer Emile Verhaeren, 1915.

Portret van de schrijver Emile Verhaeren (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), lithograph

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

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, 1808.

Den romerske digter Tibul der græder uden for sin elskedes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Dr Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), Poet, Scholar and First President of Ireland

Portrait of Dr Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), Poet, Scholar and… (museum title)

Sarah Purser (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet

Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Portrait of Henri de Régnier, Théo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of Henri de Régnier, 1898.

Portret van Henri de Régnier (museum title)

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian), lithograph

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

La Muse inspirant le poète, 1909.

La Muse inspirant le poète (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Apotheosis of Homer, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Apotheosis of Homer, 1827.

L'Apothéose d'Homère (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The poet Holger Drachmann, Peder Severin Krøyer

The poet Holger Drachmann, 1895.

Portræt af digteren Holger Drachmann (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish)

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Ewald in Rungsted receives a visit from his hard-hearted mother in a garden pavilion with a view of Hven, Wilhelm Marstrand

Ewald in Rungsted receives a visit from his hard-hearted mother in a garden pavilion with a view of Hven, c. 1863.

Ewald får i Rungsted i lysthus med udsigt mod Hven besøg af… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and sepia

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark