Quiver in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Bashkirs (The Bashkirs Escorting Prisoners), William Allan

The Bashkirs (The Bashkirs Escorting Prisoners), 1814.

Башкиры (Башкиры, конвоирующие приговоренных) (museum title)

William Allan (British), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

On the Lookout, 1896.

Aux aguets (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

San Antonio Museum of Art, United States

Cupid and Psyche, 1817.

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Love in the French Theatre, Antoine Watteau

Love in the French Theatre, 1716.

L'amour à la Comédie française (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Venus and Cupid with a Mirror, 1555–1576.

Vénus et Cupidon au miroir (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Love the Sentinel, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Love the Sentinel, c. 1773–1776.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Pallas and the Centaur, Sandro Botticelli

Pallas and the Centaur, c. 1482.

Pallas et le Centaure (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

Cupid on Guard, c. 1780.

L'Amour en sentinelle (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on copper

Cognacq-Jay Museum, France

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, Charles Meynier

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, 1798.

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Cupid and Psyche, 1813.

Jacques-Louis David (French), gray wash and pen and black ink with white paint and traces of black chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Venus and Adonis, 1554.

Vénus et Adonis (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Venus asks Vulcan to cast arms for her son Aeneas, Antoine van Dyck

Venus asks Vulcan to cast arms for her son Aeneas, 1630s.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Hunt of Meleager, c. 1634–1639.

La Chasse de Méléagre et Atalante (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Cupids and Geniuses, c. 1631.

Jeux d'enfants et putti (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Venus and Adonis, c. 1628–1629.

Vénus et Adonis (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States

The Baptism of the Eunuch, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Baptism of the Eunuch, c. 1626.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Museum Catharijneconvent, Netherlands

L'Enlèvement de Rebecca, Eugène Delacroix

L'Enlèvement de Rebecca, 1846.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Katsushika Hokusai

Minamoto no Yoshitsune, 1824.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Venus and Adonis, c. 1628.

Venus et Adonis (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Rhode Island School of Design Museum, United States

Moses lader Det Røde Hav vende tilbage og Faraos hær oversvømmes, C.W. Eckersberg

Moses lader Det Røde Hav vende tilbage og Faraos hær oversvømmes, 1815.

Moses lader Det Røde Hav træde tilbage og Faraos hær… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Apollon et Diane, 1504.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Flight of Love, 1901.

L'Amour s'envole (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Frye Art Museum, United States

The Nymph of the Spring, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Nymph of the Spring, after 1537.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Art, United States

Mademoiselle Duchesnois, Tragedian of the Comédie-Française, François Gérard

Mademoiselle Duchesnois, Tragedian of the Comédie-Française, 1805–1837.

Portrait de Mademoiselle Duchesnois (1777-1835), sociétaire… (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

The Doors of Timur (Tamerlane), Vassili Verechtchaguine

The Doors of Timur (Tamerlane), 1872.

Двери Тимура (Тамерлана) (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, Eugène Delacroix

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, 1856.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Separation of David and Jonathan, Rembrandt van Rijn

Separation of David and Jonathan, 1642.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Vertumnus and Pomona, c. 1625.

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian)

Musei di Strada Nuova, Italy

The Legendary Empress Jingū, Katsushika Hokusai

The Legendary Empress Jingū, 1847.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Day and Night. Erland bends the Bow (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

Day and Night. Erland bends the Bow (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Dag och natt. Erland spänner bågen (Illustration till… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), india ink and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Echo and Narcissus, John William Waterhouse

Echo and Narcissus, 1903.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, Charles Meynier

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, c. 1800.

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Abu Dhabi, Émirats arabes unis

Archery, from the Album of genre paintings by Danwon

활쏘기, 《단원 풍속도첩》 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

The Death of Actaeon, 1559–1575.

La Mort d'Actéon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Paris and Helen, 1788.

Les Amours de Pâris et d'Hélène (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, Jacques-Louis David

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, 1772.

Diane et Apollon perçant de leurs flèches les enfants de… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1850–1851.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Raising of Lazarus, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Raising of Lazarus, 1630.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Apollo and Daphne, 1625.

Apollon et Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658.

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, Jacques-Louis David

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, 1818.

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis (87.PA.27) (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Bukharan Soldier (Sarbaz), Vassili Verechtchaguine

Bukharan Soldier (Sarbaz), 1873.

Бухарский солдат (сарбаз) (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

The Nymph of the Fountain, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Nymph of the Fountain, 1534.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), paint on wood panel

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Nymph at the Fountain, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

The Nymph at the Fountain, 1530s.

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (German), oil on wood panel

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Hercule attachant Nérée, Eugène Delacroix

Hercule attachant Nérée, 1852.

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

Mars and Venus, 1630s.

Vénus et Mars (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art, United States

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones, Eugène Delacroix

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones, 1849–1852.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

L'Éducation d'Achille, 1847.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil

Assemblée Nationale, France