Queen in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolor, gouache and glazes, with bodycolor highlights

National Gallery of Ireland

Christopher Columbus at the Court of the Catholic Monarchs, Juan Cordero

Christopher Columbus at the Court of the Catholic Monarchs, 1850.

Cristóbal Colón en la corte de los Reyes Católicos (museum title)

Juan Cordero (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Portrait of Mariana of Austria, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Mariana of Austria, 1652–1653.

La Reine Marianne d'Autriche (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Esther before Ahasuerus, Nicolas Poussin

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1655.

Esther devant Assuérus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa (No. 2), Mary Cassatt

Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa (No. 2), 1902.

Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa (No. 2) (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress, 1747.

Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), enamel on copper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Founding of the Studium Generale Confirmed by Its Transfer to Kraków. AD 1361–1399–1400, Jan Matejko

The Founding of the Studium Generale Confirmed by Its Transfer to Kraków. AD 1361–1399–1400, 1888.

Założenie szkoły głównej przeniesieniem do Krakowa… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), princess of Prussia, queen of Sweden, married to Adolf Fredrik of Sweden

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), prinsessa av Preussen, drottning… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Second Study for the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Mary, Buckingham Palace, John Lavery

Second Study for the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Mary, Buckingham Palace, 1913.

Second Study for the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales… (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Ulster Museum, United Kingdom

Queen Jadwiga and Dymitr of Goraj, Jan Matejko

Queen Jadwiga and Dymitr of Goraj, 1881.

Królowa Jadwiga i Dymitr z Goraja (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on plywood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Louise (1851–1926), Princess of Sweden and Norway, Queen of Denmark, Amalia Lindegren

Louise (1851–1926), Princess of Sweden and Norway, Queen of Denmark, 1873.

Lovisa (1851-1926), prinsessa av Sverige och Norge… (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Izabella Zápolya, 1879.

Zápolya Izabella (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Caroline Mathilde and Struensee riding near Hørsholm, Wilhelm Marstrand

Caroline Mathilde and Struensee riding near Hørsholm, after 1870.

Caroline Mathilde og Struensee på ridetur ved Hørsholm (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), Dowager Queen of Sweden, Alexandre Roslin

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), Dowager Queen of Sweden, 1775.

Lovisa Ulrika, 1720-1782, prinsessa av Preussen, drottning… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Sofia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden, Alexandre Roslin

Sofia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden, 1774.

Sofia Magdalena 1746-1813, prinsessa av Danmark, drottning… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Kristina (1626-1689), queen of Sweden

Kristina (1626-1689), drottning av Sverige (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

"The Queen Mother", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The Queen Mother", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), 1904.

"Królowa Matka". Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Ulrika Eleonora t.Y. (1688-1741), queen of Sweden, married to Fredrik I of Sweden

Ulrika Eleonora d.y. (1688-1741), drottning av Sverige… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on wood

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

The Family of King George V, John Lavery

The Family of King George V, 1913.

The Family of King George V (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926

The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at… (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Louise (1828–1871), Princess of the Netherlands, Queen of Sweden and Norway, Amalia Lindegren

Louise (1828–1871), Princess of the Netherlands, Queen of Sweden and Norway, 1859.

Lovisa (1828-1871), prinsessa av Nederländerna, drottning… (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Table of Monarchs from Gustav Vasa to Gustav III, c. 1787, Ulrika Pasch

Table of Monarchs from Gustav Vasa to Gustav III, c. 1787, 1780.

Regentlängd Gustav Vasa till Gustav III, ca 1787 (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish)

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Caroline Mathilde and Struensee riding near Hørsholm, after 1870.

Caroline Mathilde og Struensee på ridetur ved Hørsholm (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta (1759-1818), Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Södermanland, later Queen of Sweden and Norway, Alexandre Roslin

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta (1759-1818), Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Södermanland, later Queen of Sweden and Norway, 1775.

Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta, 1759-1818, prinsessa av… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Oath of John Casimir, 1889.

Śluby Jana Kazimierza (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Queen of Beauty -- Langorous, Paul Gauguin

The Queen of Beauty -- Langorous, 1898.

The Queen of Beauty -- Langorous (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on tissue paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

“The Queen's Wife". Costume design for the drama “Boleslaw the Bold” (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

“The Queen's Wife". Costume design for the drama “Boleslaw the Bold” (Act Two), 1904.

„Królowa Żona”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), princess of Prussia, queen of Sweden, married to Adolf Fredrik of Sweden

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), prinsessa av Preussen, drottning… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on wood

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Queen Mary (1867-1953), 1913.

Queen Mary (1867-1953) (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Queen Jadwiga, 1881.

Królowa Jadwiga (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Michael Ancher

King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, 1915.

Kong Christian X og Dronning Alexandrine af Danmark (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish)

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Dona Tereza Cristina, 1864.

Dona Tereza Cristina (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

Portrait of Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain, 1650s.

Portrait de Marianne d'Autriche, reine d'Espagne (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portrait of Reine LeFebvre Holding a Nude Baby, Mary Cassatt

Portrait of Reine LeFebvre Holding a Nude Baby, 1902.

Portrait of Reine LeFebvre Holding a Nude Baby (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil paint

Worcester Art Museum, United States

Queen Parysatis, 1899.

Queen Parysatis (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

"The Queen Consort, the King's Son", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The Queen Consort, the King's Son", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), 1904.

„Królowa Żona Królów Syn". Projekt kostiumu do dramatu… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Gunilla Bielke (1568-1597), queen of Sweden, married to Johan III of Sweden

Gunilla Bielke (1568-1597), drottning av Sverige, gift med… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on wood

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain, Joaquín Sorolla

Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain, 1911.

Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Drawing after Jean-Paul Laurens's Painting L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux (The Excommunication of Robert the Pious), Helene Schjerfbeck

Drawing after Jean-Paul Laurens's Painting L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux (The Excommunication of Robert the Pious), 1880–1881.

Piirustus Jean-Paul Laurens’in maalauksesta… (museum title)

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Mama Ocllo Huaco I, Coya of Peru, École de Cuzco

Mama Ocllo Huaco I, Coya of Peru, 1830–1850.

Mama Ocollo Huacco I Ccoya del Peru (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Lovisa (1828-1871), princess of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway, married to Karl XV, king of Sweden and Norway, Amalia Lindegren

Lovisa (1828-1871), princess of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway, married to Karl XV, king of Sweden and Norway, c. 1859.

Lovisa (1828-1871), prinsessa av Nederländerna, drottning… (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Queen Bertha and the Spinners, Albert Anker

Queen Bertha and the Spinners, 1888.

La reine Berthe et les fileuses (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies), James Barry

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies), after 1783.

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies) (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee, Mary Cassatt

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee, 1902.

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), graphite, wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

"The King, Krasawica", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The King, Krasawica", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act One), 1904.

"Król, Krasawica”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław… (museum title)

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

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Maria Eleonora (1599-1655), princess of Brandenburg, queen of Sweden, married to Gustav II Adolf of Sweden

Maria Eleonora (1599-1655), prinsessa av Brandenburg… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Portrait of Maria Anna of Spain, Queen of Hungary (1606-1646), Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Maria Anna of Spain, Queen of Hungary (1606-1646), c. 1630.

La Reine Marie-Anne d'Autriche (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Sofia (1836-1913), princess of Nassau-Weilburg, queen of Sweden and Norway, married to Oskar II of Sweden and Norway, Anders Zorn

Sofia (1836-1913), princess of Nassau-Weilburg, queen of Sweden and Norway, married to Oskar II of Sweden and Norway, 1909.

Sofia (1836-1913), prinsessa av Nassau-Weilburg, drottning… (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Profile portraits of Queen Caroline Mathilde, J.F. Struensee and Enevold Brandt, and a sketch, possibly of Juel himself. All in profile to the left, 1784.

Profilportrætter af dronning Caroline Mathilde, J.F.… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark