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490 works by 72 artists

490 works featuring “Ruins” by 72 artists, from the 2nd to the 20th century, held in 116 museums.

Tantallon, David Young Cameron

Tantallon, 1932.

Tantallon (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Descente aux Limbes, Hieronymus Bosch

La Descente aux Limbes, 1510.

La Descente aux Limbes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

Private collection

Stonehenge, David Young Cameron

Stonehenge, 1928.

Stonehenge (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Eule in gotischem Fenster, Caspar David Friedrich

Eule in gotischem Fenster, 1836.

Eule in gotischem Fenster (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), sepia

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Gentelles, Maurice Cullen

Gentelles, 1918.

Gentelles (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Canadian War Museum, Canada

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, John Frederick Lewis

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon, 1850.

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor and gouache over graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, John Frederick Lewis

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt, 1850.

Camels, West Thebes, Egypt (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Sketch of a Fragment from a Wall in Capri, Elihu Vedder

Sketch of a Fragment from a Wall in Capri, c. 1897.

Sketch of a Fragment from a Wall in Capri (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), graphite sur papier brun

National Gallery of Art, United States

Javanese Temple in Ruins, Raden Saleh

Javanese Temple in Ruins, 1860.

Javanese Temple in Ruins (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Athens, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Athens, 1904.

A Jupiter-templom romjai Athénban (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

Landscape from Gotland (at city wall in Visby), Amélie Lundahl

Landscape from Gotland (at city wall in Visby), 1888.

Maisema Gotlannista (Visbyn muureilla) (museum title)

Amélie Lundahl (Finnish), painting

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Forum Romanum, Eero Järnefelt

Forum Romanum, 1925.

Forum Romanum (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), paint on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study for an illustration in the "Revista Renascença", no. 11, 1905, p. 15, Henrique Bernardelli

Study for an illustration in the "Revista Renascença", no. 11, 1905, p. 15, 1905.

Estudo para ilustração na "Revista Renascença", ed. 11… (museum title)

Henrique Bernardelli (Brazilian), gouache and tempera on cardboard

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

The Sunken Road, Hangard, Maurice Cullen

The Sunken Road, Hangard, 1918.

The Sunken Road, Hangard (museum title)

Maurice Cullen (Canadian), oil on canvas

Canadian War Museum, Canada

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Baalbek (Sunset in Baalbek), 1906.

Baalbek (A Naplemente Baalbekben) (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella, David Young Cameron

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella, 1925.

Tepidarium, Baths of Caracella (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Flight into Egypt, Nicolas Poussin

The Flight into Egypt, 1658.

La Fuite en Égypte (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France

Roman Ruins, Alexandre Calame

Roman Ruins, 1845.

Roman Ruins (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

Thebes, Edward Lear

Thebes, 1884–1885.

Thebes (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), black and gray wash over traces of graphite on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

Aberothock Abbey, David Roberts

Aberothock Abbey, 1848.

Aberothock Abbey (museum title)

David Roberts (British), watercolor on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Daniel Maclise

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c. 1854.

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Reminiscence of Morro do Castelo, João Batista da Costa

Reminiscence of Morro do Castelo, 1923.

Reminiscência do Morro do Castelo (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

La Tentation de saint Antoine, Hieronymus Bosch

La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1501.

La Tentation de saint Antoine (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil

National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal

The Installation of Captain Rock, Daniel Maclise

The Installation of Captain Rock, 1834.

The Installation of Captain Rock (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Painted Shroud Fragment, Ancient Egypt

Painted Shroud Fragment, 1st century BCE–1st century CE.

Painted Shroud Fragment (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, paint on gessoed linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ruins, Frances Hodgkins

Ruins, 1937.

Ruins (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), gouache

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina, 1904–1905.

A taorminai görög színház romjai (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Varemed Capril, Konrad Mägi

Varemed Capril, 1922–1923.

Varemed Capril (museum title)

Konrad Mägi (Estonian), oil on canvas

Art Museum of Estonia

Ruin by the Sea, Arnold Böcklin

Ruin by the Sea, 1881.

Ruin by the Sea (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Triumphal Arch of Djémila, Province of Constantine, Adrien Dauzats

The Triumphal Arch of Djémila, Province of Constantine

L'Arc de triomphe de Djemila (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), lithograph

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Holy Family, known as 'The Pearl', Raphaël

The Holy Family, known as 'The Pearl', c. 1518.

Sagrada Familia, llamada la Perla (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on wood

Prado Museum, Spain

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, Jean-François Millet

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, 1873.

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Mesdag Collection, Netherlands

Ruine de l'abbaye Eldena à Greifswald de l'est, Caspar David Friedrich

Ruine de l'abbaye Eldena à Greifswald de l'est, 1836.

Ruine de l'abbaye Eldena à Greifswald de l'est (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German)

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Campagna di Roma, Edward Lear

Campagna di Roma, 1884–1885.

Campagna di Roma (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), gray wash over traces of graphite on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Ancient Egypt

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century.

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Funerary Panel of a Man, Ancient Egypt

Funerary Panel of a Man

Funerary Panel of a Man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on linen

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Ruins of Mendoza, Fernando Fader

Ruins of Mendoza, 1908.

Ruinas de Mendoza (museum title)

Fernando Fader (Argentinian), oil on canvas

Juan B. Castagnino Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina

The People's Census at Bethlehem, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The People's Census at Bethlehem, 1566.

The People's Census at Bethlehem (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theater at Taormina, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Ruins of the Ancient Greek Theater at Taormina, 1904.

A taorminai görög színház romjai (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Inverlochy, David Young Cameron

Inverlochy, 1914.

Inverlochy (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

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

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, Ancient Egypt

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man, 120–150.

Fragmentary Shroud with a Bearded Young Man (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Baths of Nezahualcóyotl, José María Velasco

The Baths of Nezahualcóyotl, 1878.

Baño de Nezahualcoyotl (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on paper mounted on canvas

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

Ruined Church, Adrien Dauzats

Ruined Church, c. 1840.

Ruined Church (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

ruines du monastère Oybin, Caspar David Friedrich

ruines du monastère Oybin, 1835.

ruines du monastère Oybin (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel, 1568.

The Tower of Babel (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on wood

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Funerary Portrait of a Woman, Ancient Egypt

Funerary Portrait of a Woman

Funerary Portrait of a Woman (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, encaustic on linen

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), Hieronymus Bosch

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo), 1500.

La tentation de saint Antoine (Hieronymus Bosch, São Paulo) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Crucifixion, Titien

Crucifixion, c. 1565.

Crucifixion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), Camille Corot

Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), 1872.

Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens) (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States