Soldier in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Portrait du sultan du Maroc, Eugène Delacroix

Portrait du sultan du Maroc, 1862.

Portrait du sultan du Maroc (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas and wood panel

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Independence or Death, 1888.

Independência ou morte (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Paulista collection (Fundo Museu Paulista), Brazil

Boulogne, 1918.

Boulogne (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, 1809.

Odysseus rådspørger i underverdenen spåmanden Teiresias (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv, Jan Matejko

Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv, 1885.

Bohdan Chmielnicki z Tuhaj-bejem pod Lwowem (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

A Sergeant of the Light Horse, George W. Lambert

A Sergeant of the Light Horse, 1920.

A sergeant of the Light Horse (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", Victor Meirelles

Sketch for "The Battle of Guararapes", c. 1874–1878.

Esboceto para Batalha dos Guararapes (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Guard, 1889.

The Guard (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Felipe Camarão), Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Felipe Camarão), c. 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (Felipe Camarão) (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Paysage tropical : lutte de l'Indien et du gorille, Henri Rousseau

Paysage tropical : lutte de l'Indien et du gorille, 1910.

Paysage tropical : lutte de l'Indien et du gorille (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, United States

Red Cavalry Riding, c. 1932.

Скачет красная конница (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), oil on canvas

State Russian Museum, Russia

Transfer of the Image and First Miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe, José Juárez

Transfer of the Image and First Miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1653.

Traslado de la imagen y primer milagro de la Virgen de… (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

Musée de la Basilique de Guadalupe (Mexico), Mexico

Portrait of Simón Bolívar, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Simón Bolívar, 1825.

Retrato de Simón Bolívar (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Casa de la Libertad (Sucre), Bolivia

Man on Horseback - Study 3/6, Pedro Américo

Man on Horseback - Study 3/6, 1887.

Homem a Cavalo - Estudo 3/6 (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes, Eugène Delacroix

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes, 1863.

Arabes escarmouches dans les montagnes (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, George W. Lambert

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, 1920.

The charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), pencil on paper

Art Gallery of South Australia

Portrait of General José de San Martín, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of General José de San Martín, c. 1821.

Retrato del General José de San Martín (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

The Crowning with Thorns, c. 1570.

Le Couronnement d'épines (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

The Funerals of Inca Atahualpa, Luis Montero

The Funerals of Inca Atahualpa, 1867.

Los funerales de Atahualpa (museum title)

Luis Montero (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Le Martyre de sainte Ursule, 1610.

Le Martyre de sainte Ursule (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Gallerie d'Italia, Italy

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, Caravaggio

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, 1610.

Le Reniement de saint Pierre (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, José Juárez

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 17th century.

El martirio de San Lorenzo (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

L'Espagne au secours de la religion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Last Communion of Saint Bonaventure

La última comunión de san Buenaventura (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Way to Calvary, 1527.

Way to Calvary (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Académie Carrara, Italy

Assault of the 2nd Brazilian Column on Curupaytí, Cándido López

Assault of the 2nd Brazilian Column on Curupaytí, 1894.

Asalto de la 2ª columna brasileña a Curupaytí (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), Viktor Madarász

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), 1875.

Zrínyi Miklós szigetvári kirohanása előtt (vázlat) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Honoré Daumier

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, c. 1870.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom

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

Christian IV founding Christiania. Sketch, Adolph Tidemand

Christian IV founding Christiania. Sketch, c. 1876.

Christian IV grunnlegger Christiania. Skisse (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Le siège d'une forteresse, Albrecht Dürer

Le siège d'une forteresse, 1527.

Le siège d'une forteresse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), print

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Study of Three Men, Bust Length, Mihály Munkácsy

Study of Three Men, Bust Length, c. 1891–1893.

Study of Three Men, Bust Length (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), graphite on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Passage of the Liberators (Apotheosis of Ayacucho), Daniel Hernández

The Passage of the Liberators (Apotheosis of Ayacucho), 20th century.

El paso de los libertadores (Apoteosis de Ayacucho) (museum title)

Daniel Hernández (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée central de la Banque centrale de réserve du Pérou (MUCEN), Peru

Assault of the 1st Brazilian Column on Curupaytí (under Colonel Augusto Fco. Caldas), Cándido López

Assault of the 1st Brazilian Column on Curupaytí (under Colonel Augusto Fco. Caldas), 1897.

Asalto de la 1a Columna Brasileña a Curupaytí (al mando del… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Ransom of Atahualpa, Carlos Baca-Flor

The Ransom of Atahualpa, c. 1896–1898.

El rescate de Atahualpa (museum title)

Carlos Baca-Flor (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Study for “Christian Dirce”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study for “Christian Dirce”, before 1897.

Studium do obrazu "Dirce chrześcijańska" (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on photographic paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Trench of Curupaytí (former title: Interior View of Curupaytí Seen from the Mast of an Argentine Ship), Cándido López

Trench of Curupaytí (former title: Interior View of Curupaytí Seen from the Mast of an Argentine Ship), 1893.

Trinchera de Curupaytí (Tít. ant.: Vista interior de… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Iron Gates (Bibans), Algeria — Salon of 1841, Adrien Dauzats

The Iron Gates (Bibans), Algeria — Salon of 1841, 1841.

Portes de Fer (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), lithograph

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

March of the Argentine Army Taking Position for the Attack on Curupaytí, September 22, 1866, Cándido López

March of the Argentine Army Taking Position for the Attack on Curupaytí, September 22, 1866, 1902.

Marcha del Ejército Argentino a tomar posición para el… (museum title)

Cándido López (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, William Holman Hunt

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1892–1899.

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Arnaut Officer in Prayer, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Arnaut Officer in Prayer, 1857.

Arnaut Officer in Prayer (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), graphite on wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Don Alejandro Díaz, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Portrait of Don Alejandro Díaz, 1866.

Retrato de Don Alejandro Díaz (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Study for 'Curassier', c. 1899.

Studie voor 'Kurassier' (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), black chalk on laid paper

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

Christian Dirce, 1897.

Dirce chrześcijańska (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Portrait of Bernardo de Torre Tagle, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Bernardo de Torre Tagle, 1823.

Retrato de Bernardo de Torre Tagle (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Fallen Dutch Warrior), Victor Meirelles

Study for "The Battle of Guararapes" (Fallen Dutch Warrior), c. 1874–1878.

Estudo para Batalha dos Guararapes (guerreiro holandês… (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil and graphite on canvas

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Helmets - Study, 1887.

Capacetes - Estudo (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Portrait of Colonel General Ramón Freire y Serrano, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Colonel General Ramón Freire y Serrano, 1820.

Retrato del Coronel General Ramón Freire y Serrano (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum (Chile), Chili