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480 works by 62 artists

480 works featuring “Rock face” by 62 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 111 museums.

The Snow Melt, Maurice Cullen

The Snow Melt, 1930.

La Fonte des neiges (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

The Blue Grotto, João Batista da Costa

The Blue Grotto, 1898.

Gruta azul (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume, Alfred Sisley

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume, 1897.

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir, Alfred Sisley

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir, 1897.

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

Villa among Pine Trees, Maria Wiik

Villa among Pine Trees, 1910–1919.

Huvila mäntyjen keskellä (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Lion on the Watch, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Lion on the Watch, c. 1885.

Lion on the Watch (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Seascape, João Batista da Costa

Seascape, 1900–1925.

Marinha (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on wood

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt), Edward Lear

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt), 1884–1885.

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt) (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), gray wash on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Great Tar Brook in the Tatras, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

The Great Tar Brook in the Tatras, 1904–1905.

A Nagy Tarpatak a Tátrában (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

River and Rocks, Gustave Courbet

River and Rocks, 1873–1877.

River and Rocks (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa), J. E. H. MacDonald

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa), 1932.

Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa) (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

La roche porte en Neurathen, Caspar David Friedrich

La roche porte en Neurathen, 1837.

La roche porte en Neurathen (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), watercolor and pencil on paper

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Promenade au crépuscule, Caspar David Friedrich

Promenade au crépuscule, 1837.

Promenade au crépuscule (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Mondaufgang über einem einsamen Ufer, Caspar David Friedrich

Mondaufgang über einem einsamen Ufer, 1837.

Mondaufgang über einem einsamen Ufer (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Winter in the Jura, Gustave Courbet

Winter in the Jura, c. 1875.

Paysage de neige (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

In a corner on the Macintyre (The bushranger), Tom Roberts

In a corner on the Macintyre (The bushranger), 1895.

In a corner on the Macintyre (The bushranger) (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Tiger and Cubs, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Tiger and Cubs, c. 1884.

Tiger and Cubs (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, Titien

Saint Margaret and the Dragon, c. 1565.

Sainte Marguerite et le dragon (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Grey Sea, Arild, Richard Bergh

Grey Sea, Arild, 1902.

Grått hav, Arild (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on panel

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Lot's Wife, Waitomo Caves, Charles Blomfield

Lot's Wife, Waitomo Caves

Lot's Wife, Waitomo Caves (museum title)

Charles Blomfield (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Head of the Mitta Mitta, Eagle's View of the Mountains, Eugene von Guérard

Head of the Mitta Mitta, Eagle's View of the Mountains, 1879.

Head of the Mitta Mitta, Eagle's View of the Mountains (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on cardboard

State Library Victoria, Australia

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania, Eugene von Guérard

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania, 1877.

Waterfall on the Clyde River, Tasmania (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi, Edward Lear

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi, c. 1885.

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Giendesheim, Norway, Richard Bergh

Giendesheim, Norway, 1910.

Giendesheim, Norge (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Waterside with Boats, Anders Askevold

Waterside with Boats, 1869.

Strandbredd med båter (museum title)

Anders Askevold (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

A Rocky Landscape, Leonardo da Vinci

A Rocky Landscape, 1510.

A Rocky Landscape (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), black chalk on paper

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Dusk on the Rivière Cachée, Maurice Cullen

Dusk on the Rivière Cachée, 1912–1932.

À la brunante sur la rivière Cachée (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Stugunøset at Filefjell, Johan Christian Dahl

Stugunøset at Filefjell, 1851.

Stugunøset på Filefjell (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

The Hidden Brook, Gustave Courbet

The Hidden Brook, c. 1873–1877.

The Hidden Brook (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Paysage dans le massif des Géants, Caspar David Friedrich

Paysage dans le massif des Géants, 1835.

Paysage dans le massif des Géants (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

The penitent Saint Jerome, Titien

The penitent Saint Jerome, c. 1575.

Saint Jérôme pénitent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Malham Cove, Arthur Streeton

Malham Cove, 1910.

Malham Cove (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Scuir of Eigg, David Young Cameron

The Scuir of Eigg, 1931.

The Scuir of Eigg (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Capo Sant' Angelo, Amalfi, Edward Lear

The Capo Sant' Angelo, Amalfi, c. 1885.

The Capo Sant' Angelo, Amalfi (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), graphite and gray wash on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Algoma Waterfall, J. E. H. MacDonald

Algoma Waterfall, 1920.

Algoma Waterfall (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on canvas

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Marine with rocks, August Strindberg

Marine with rocks, 1894.

Marine with rocks (museum title)

August Strindberg (Swedish), oil on cardboard

Musée d'Orsay, France

Tityus, Titien

Tityus, c. 1565.

Tityos (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Landscape, Gudvangen, Hans Gude

Landscape, Gudvangen, 1889.

Landskap, Gudvangen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Épave au clair de lune, Caspar David Friedrich

Épave au clair de lune, 1835.

Épave au clair de lune (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Sketch for a scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", book 4. The robber band's housekeeper tells the young girl the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Below, a pair of dolphins and a nude figure, possibly Aquarius, zodiac signs for February and January, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sketch for a scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", book 4. The robber band's housekeeper tells the young girl the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Below, a pair of dolphins and a nude figure, possibly Aquarius, zodiac signs for February and January, c. 1806–1809.

Udkast til scene af Apuleus' "Det gyldne æsel" 4.bog.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Goat Range, Rocky Mountains, J. E. H. MacDonald

Goat Range, Rocky Mountains, 1932.

Goat Range, Rocky Mountains (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on canvas

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Stonehenge at Sunset, John Constable

Stonehenge at Sunset, 1836.

Stonehenge au soleil couchant (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Forest Wilderness, J. E. H. MacDonald

Forest Wilderness, 1921.

Forest Wilderness (museum title)

J. E. H. MacDonald (Canadian), oil on canvas

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

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

Souvenirs dans le massif des Géants, Caspar David Friedrich

Souvenirs dans le massif des Géants, 1835.

Souvenirs dans le massif des Géants (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Lion in the Desert, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Lion in the Desert, c. 1885.

Lion in the Desert (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Thrym and Loki, Erik Werenskiold

Thrym and Loki, c. 1915.

Trym og Loke (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

North-East View from the Top of Mt Kosciusko, N.S.W., Eugene von Guérard

North-East View from the Top of Mt Kosciusko, N.S.W., c. 1865.

North East View from the top of Mt. Kosciusko. N S W (museum title)

Eugene von Guérard (Australian), chalk lithograph with tint stones on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Landscape at Nystuen in Filefjell, Johan Christian Dahl

Landscape at Nystuen in Filefjell, 1850.

Fra Nystuen på Filefjell (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Crête de haute montagne avec les nuages de conduite, Caspar David Friedrich

Crête de haute montagne avec les nuages de conduite, 1835.

Crête de haute montagne avec les nuages de conduite (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States