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51 works by 27 artists

51 works featuring “Scythe” by 27 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 28 museums.

Harvest Time, Anna Ancher

Harvest Time, 1901.

I høstens tid (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Fuglsang Art Museum, Denmark

Harvesters, Ellen Thesleff

Harvesters, 1926.

Elonkorjaajia (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Harvesters, Anna Ancher

Harvesters, 1905.

Høstarbejdere (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Mower, Ellen Thesleff

The Mower, 1924.

Niittomies (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Bad Doctors, James Ensor

The Bad Doctors, 1895.

The Bad Doctors (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Divers projets d'armes, Leonardo da Vinci

Divers projets d'armes, 1487.

Divers projets d'armes (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Department of Prints and Drawings, Louvre Museum, France

Saturday on the Farm, Józef Chełmoński

Saturday on the Farm, 1869.

Sobota na folwarku (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Mowers, Jacek Malczewski

The Mowers, 20th century.

Kosiarze (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Autumn, Carl Larsson

Autumn

Höst (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), pen and black ink on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Haymaker, Edvard Munch

The Haymaker, 1917.

Slåttekar (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Plague, Arnold Böcklin

The Plague, 1898.

Die Pest (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera (?) on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Scythemen Praying Before the Battle, sketch, Józef Chełmoński

Scythemen Praying Before the Battle, sketch, 1905.

Kosynierzy modlący się przed bitwą, szkic (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters, 1565.

The Harvesters (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death, 1560.

The Triumph of Death (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Prado Museum, Spain

My Life, right panel of the triptych, Jacek Malczewski

My Life, right panel of the triptych, 1911.

Moje życie - prawa część tryptyku (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Scythed Chariot, Leonardo da Vinci

Scythed Chariot, c. 1485.

Scythed Chariot (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque royale de Turin, Italy

Saturday. Winged male figure of Time or Death, with a scythe in one hand and a closed ring in the other, Nicolai Abildgaard

Saturday. Winged male figure of Time or Death, with a scythe in one hand and a closed ring in the other

Lørdag. Tidens eller dødens vingede mandsfigur, med en le i… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash in two shades

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, 1888.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The False Start, Edgar Degas

The False Start, 1870.

The False Start (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

The Haymaker, Edvard Munch

The Haymaker, 1917.

Slåttekar (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The War, Arnold Böcklin

The War, c. 1897.

Der Krieg (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, James Ensor

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, 1904.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Hay Harvest (early summer June/July), Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Hay Harvest (early summer June/July), 1565.

The Hay Harvest (early summer June/July) (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

The Lobkowicz Collections, Tchéquie

Kościuszko at Racławice, Jan Matejko

Kościuszko at Racławice, 1888.

Kościuszko pod Racławicami (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Mower, Georges Seurat

The Mower, 1881–1882.

The Mower (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

View of the Country near Jægerspris, Jens Juel

View of the Country near Jægerspris, 1782.

Prospekt af egnen om Jægerspris (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Death, Jacek Malczewski

Death, 1902.

Śmierć (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Thanatos, Jacek Malczewski

Thanatos, 1898–1899.

Thanatos (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

View of the Road at Ennery, Camille Pissarro

View of the Road at Ennery, 1879.

View of the Road at Ennery (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Pola Museum of Art, Japan

Landscape with a lake surrounded by woods and fields, in the foreground peasants playing with a small child, C.W. Eckersberg

Landscape with a lake surrounded by woods and fields, in the foreground peasants playing with a small child

Landskab med en sø, omgivet af skov og marker, i forgrunden… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Young harvester riding home, Michael Ancher

Young harvester riding home, 1915.

Ung høstmand rider hjem (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Kościuszko on horseback with the scythemen, sketch for “Prayer before the Battle. Racławice” of 1906; verso: in the stable, Józef Chełmoński

Kościuszko on horseback with the scythemen, sketch for “Prayer before the Battle. Racławice” of 1906; verso: in the stable, c. 1905.

Kościuszko na koniu z kosynierami, szkic do obrazu… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Mower, Ellen Thesleff

The Mower, 1924.

Niittomies (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals, James Ensor

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals, 1896.

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

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

Adoration of the Madonna, central panel of the triptych "Go to the Streams", Jacek Malczewski

Adoration of the Madonna, central panel of the triptych "Go to the Streams", 1910.

Adoracja Madonny, część środkowa tryptyku "Idź nad… (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Un Faux vase du Japon faisant..., Honoré Daumier

Un Faux vase du Japon faisant..., 1855.

Un Faux vase du Japon faisant... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Red Cow, Paul Gauguin

The Red Cow, 1889.

La Vache rouge (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

A reaper swinging a scythe, reversed, Nicolai Abildgaard

A reaper swinging a scythe, reversed

En høstmand, der svinger en le, bagvendt (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brush and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Haymaker from Häme, study for At the Gate, Albert Edelfelt

Haymaker from Häme, study for At the Gate

Hämäläinen heinämies, luonnos Veräjällä-maalaukseen (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pencil and ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Thy word is the truth, Piet Mondrian

Thy word is the truth, 1894.

Thy word is the truth (museum title)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch), oil on canvas

Private collection

Summertime, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Summertime, 1568.

Summertime (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), drawing

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Amolação Interrompida (Estudo), Almeida Júnior

Amolação Interrompida (Estudo), 1893.

Amolação Interrompida (Estudo) (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

The Mower, Ellen Thesleff

The Mower, 1924.

Niittomies (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study of a scythe-bearing peasant soldier, Jan Matejko

Study of a scythe-bearing peasant soldier, 1886–1888.

Studium postaci kosyniera (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Death Asks for an Image on His Scythe, Hugo Simberg

Death Asks for an Image on His Scythe, 1897.

Kuolema pyytää kuvaa viikatteeseen (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La moisson, Vincent van Gogh

La moisson, 1889.

La moisson (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Museum Folkwang, Germany

Design for a Scythed Chariot and Armoured Car (?), Leonardo da Vinci

Design for a Scythed Chariot and Armoured Car (?)

Design for a Scythed Chariot and Armoured Car (?) (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

British Museum, United Kingdom

Brother Martin with Goetz, Eugène Delacroix

Brother Martin with Goetz, 1836.

Brother Martin with Goetz (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Allegorical composition; two young men with donkey's ears and a seated naked woman, in the background Time and Fame hovering, C.W. Eckersberg

Allegorical composition; two young men with donkey's ears and a seated naked woman, in the background Time and Fame hovering, 1806.

Allegorisk komposition; et par unge mænd med æselører og en… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Man sharpening a scythe, Erik Werenskiold

Man sharpening a scythe, 1878.

Mann som sliper ljå (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway