Prisoner in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Inattentive Jailer, Wilhelm Marstrand

The Inattentive Jailer, after 1870.

Den upåpasselige fangevogter (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Wiener Neustadt, Viktor Madarász

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Wiener Neustadt, 1864.

Zrínyi Péter és Frangepán Kristóf a bécsújhelyi börtönben (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Condemned Man, 1870.

Veroordeelde man (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on wood

Mesdag Collection, Netherlands

Russian Prisoner of War (Ivan Ivtinovitch Tarasinko), Egon Schiele

Russian Prisoner of War (Ivan Ivtinovitch Tarasinko), 1916.

Russischer Kriegsgefangener (Ivan Ivtinovitch Tarasinko) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), recto: Pencil, gouache on paper, verso: Pencil on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Charity, 1560.

Charity (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

German Sick, Captured at Messines, in a Canadian Hospital, William Orpen

German Sick, Captured at Messines, in a Canadian Hospital, 1917.

German Sick, Captured at Messines, in a Canadian Hospital (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on panel

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men, Eugène Delacroix

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men, 1853.

Weislingen Captured by Götz’s Men (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Saint Louis Art Museum, United States

Le Christ à la colonne, Eugène Delacroix

Le Christ à la colonne, 1852.

Le Christ à la colonne (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

Flaying a Convict, 1888.

Flaying a Convict (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

King Christian II in Prison, 1871.

Christian II i fængslet på Sønderborg Slot (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, Titien

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, 1573–1575.

Philippe II offrant au ciel son fils l'infant don Ferdinand (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Weiner Neustadt (reduction), Viktor Madarász

Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Weiner Neustadt (reduction), 1864.

Zrínyi Péter és Frangepán Kristóf a bécsújhelyi börtönben… (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, Eugène Delacroix

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule, 1860.

Scene from the Romance of Amadis de Gaule (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, United States

The Age of Augustus: The Birth of Christ, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Age of Augustus: The Birth of Christ, 1855.

Siècle d'Auguste : Naissance de N.S. Jésus Christ (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

German Prisoners by the Roadside, William Orpen

German Prisoners by the Roadside, 1917.

German Prisoners by the Roadside (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Prisoners in irons; page 80 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), Francisco de Goya

Prisoners in irons; page 80 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), c. 1812–1820.

Prisoners in irons; page 80 from the "Images of Spain"… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, brown ink wash over black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plate 38 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'Barbarians!' (Bárbaros!), Francisco de Goya

Plate 38 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'Barbarians!' (Bárbaros!), 1810.

Plate 38 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La… (museum title)

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

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler, Rembrandt van Rijn

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler, c. 1639.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker… (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Flaying a Convict, 1888.

Flaying a Convict (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

At the Halting Place (The Exiles), Jacek Malczewski

At the Halting Place (The Exiles), 1890.

Na etapie (Sybiracy) (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Prison, 1805–1807.

Das Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, 1781–1785.

Herakles erlegt den Adler des Prometheus (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

German Prisoners Captured at Messines, William Orpen

German Prisoners Captured at Messines, 1917.

German Prisoners Captured at Messines (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Type of Captured German, William Orpen

A Type of Captured German, 1917.

A Type of Captured German (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), charcoal on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Hope, 1559.

Hope (museum title)

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

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

From Ludvig Holbergs´s The Journey of Niels Klim to The World Underground, Nicolai Abildgaard

From Ludvig Holbergs´s The Journey of Niels Klim to The World Underground, 1785–1787.

Vægterne fører en potuaner bort (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Conquest of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus, Nicolas Poussin

The Conquest of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus, 1635.

La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Le Christ à la colonne, 1849.

Le Christ à la colonne (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Canada

Il parait... que mon gaillard est un grand scélérat..., Honoré Daumier

Il parait... que mon gaillard est un grand scélérat..., 1848.

Il parait... que mon gaillard est un grand scélérat... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Samson and the Philistines, 1863.

Samson hos filistrene (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Almansaris Visits Huon in Prison, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Almansaris Visits Huon in Prison, 1804–1805.

Almansaris besucht Hüon im Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

La Ronde des prisonniers, Vincent van Gogh

La Ronde des prisonniers, 1890.

La Ronde des prisonniers (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

The Deserter, 1917.

The Deserter (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Hope, 1560.

Hope (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Charity, 1559.

Charity (museum title)

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

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Camille Delivers the Schoolmaster of Falerii to His Pupils, Nicolas Poussin

Camille Delivers the Schoolmaster of Falerii to His Pupils, 1637.

Camille livre le maître d'école de Faléries à ses écoliers (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Andromède, 1852.

Andromède (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States

Ecce homo, 1848.

Ecce homo (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on cardboard

Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Det var gråt og jamring av de hærtatte folk, Erik Werenskiold

Det var gråt og jamring av de hærtatte folk, 1898.

Illustrasjon til "Olav den Helliges Saga" i Snorre… (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

At the Halting Place (Prisoners), Jacek Malczewski

At the Halting Place (Prisoners), 1883.

Na etapie (Aresztanci) (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Wounded Paraguayan Soldiers, Prisoners of the Battle of Yatay, Cándido López

Wounded Paraguayan Soldiers, Prisoners of the Battle of Yatay, 1892.

Soldados paraguayos heridos, prisioneros de la batalla de… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Condemned Cell I, 1870.

Siralomház I. (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on wood

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

German Sick, Captured at Messines, William Orpen

German Sick, Captured at Messines, 1917.

German Sick, Captured at Messines (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Writing Desk in Prisoner-of-War Camp Mühling, Egon Schiele

Writing Desk in Prisoner-of-War Camp Mühling, 1916.

Schreibtisch im Kriegsgefangenenlager Mühling (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), pencil, gouache, colored ink, colored crayon on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Daniel in the Lions’ Den, Rembrandt van Rijn

Daniel in the Lions’ Den, c. 1650.

Daniël in de leeuwenkuil (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Plate 15 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): And there is nothing to be done (Y no hai remedio), Francisco de Goya

Plate 15 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): And there is nothing to be done (Y no hai remedio), 1810.

Plate 15 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, drypoint, burin, burnisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Christ Taken before Caiaphas, Rembrandt van Rijn

Christ Taken before Caiaphas, c. 1641–1642.

Christ Taken before Caiaphas (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

A Captured German Munition Dump

A Captured German Munition Dump (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Portrait of the Prisoner Carl Gustav Svendsen, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of the Prisoner Carl Gustav Svendsen, 1857.

Fangen Carl Gustav Svendsen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Garroted Man, c. 1775–1778.

Garroted Man (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, printed in blue (working proof)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States