Son in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Mariano Alejo Álvarez and his Son, José Gil de Castro

Mariano Alejo Álvarez and his Son, c. 1834.

Mariano Alejo Álvarez y su hijo (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Portrait of Peter Tutein with His Youngest Son Louis Alexander, Jens Juel

Portrait of Peter Tutein with His Youngest Son Louis Alexander, c. 1800.

Portræt af Peter Tutein med sin yngste søn Louis Alexander (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

L'Enfant au chien, fils de Madame Marthe et la chienne Pamela, Taussat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

L'Enfant au chien, fils de Madame Marthe et la chienne Pamela, Taussat, 1900.

L'Enfant au chien, fils de Madame Marthe et la chienne… (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on cardboard

Minnesota Marine Art Museum, United States

The Widow Anna Johanna Grill with Son and Daughter, Alexandre Roslin

The Widow Anna Johanna Grill with Son and Daughter, c. 1775.

Änkefru Anna Johanna Grill med son och dotter (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the Artist's Son, John Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the Artist's Son, 1898.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the… (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite and wash with white highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Meu filho Afonso, 1938.

Meu filho Afonso (museum title)

Eliseu Visconti (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Portrait of Julia Puget, née Kwilecka, with Her Son Jacek, Olga Boznańska

Portrait of Julia Puget, née Kwilecka, with Her Son Jacek, c. 1907.

Portret Julii z Kwileckich Pugetowej z synem Jackiem (museum title)

Olga Boznańska (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Mãe e filho, 1930.

Mãe e filho (museum title)

Eliseu Visconti (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Jacob and his Sons, c. 1641.

Jacob en zijn zonen (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink, heightened with white

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 2, Elihu Vedder

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 2, c. 1867–1868.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 2 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668.

Return of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her Son Eugène, Théophile Hamel

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her Son Eugène, 1841.

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her… (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Portrait of Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos and Her Son, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Portrait of Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos and Her Son, 1861.

Retrato de Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos y su hijo (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son, John Frederick Lewis

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son, 1842–1843.

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son (museum title)

John Frederick Lewis (British), watercolor, graphite, black chalk, red chalk and white gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

"The Queen Consort, the King's Son", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The Queen Consort, the King's Son", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), 1904.

„Królowa Żona Królów Syn". Projekt kostiumu do dramatu… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Portrait of a Child (Anton Peschka Jr.), Egon Schiele

Portrait of a Child (Anton Peschka Jr.), 1916.

Portrait of a Child (Anton Peschka Jr.) (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), gouache, watercolor, and graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethière, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethière, 1808.

Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Meu filho Tobias, 1930.

Meu filho Tobias (museum title)

Eliseu Visconti (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son, Robert Kelso Cassatt, Mary Cassatt

Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son, Robert Kelso Cassatt, 1884.

Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son, Robert Kelso… (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 3, Elihu Vedder

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 3, c. 1867–1868.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 3 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, Titien

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, 1573–1575.

Philippe II offrant au ciel son fils l'infant don Ferdinand (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Draft for a portrait group. Regine Sophie Tutein, née Wraatz, with her son Peter, Jens Juel

Draft for a portrait group. Regine Sophie Tutein, née Wraatz, with her son Peter, c. 1798–1801.

Udkast til en portrætgruppe. Regine Sophie Tutein, f.… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pastel on brown paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Niels Ryberg with His Son Johan Christian and His Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe, Jens Juel

Niels Ryberg with His Son Johan Christian and His Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe, 1797.

Niels Ryberg med sin søn Johan Christian og svigerdatter… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Ugolin et ses fils, 1860.

Ugolin et ses fils (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Ordrupgaard, Denmark

Henri Rouart and His Son Alexis, Edgar Degas

Henri Rouart and His Son Alexis, 1895.

Henri Rouart und sein Sohn Alexis (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Portrait of the Artist's Son (Heikki Järnefelt), Eero Järnefelt

Portrait of the Artist's Son (Heikki Järnefelt), 1897.

Taiteilijan pojan muotokuva (Heikki Järnefelt) (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Miller, Son and Donkey, Ferdinand Hodler

Miller, Son and Donkey, c. 1883.

Müller, Sohn und Esel (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Frederik I Releases Sten Sture's Widow and Sons from Prison at Kalundborg Castle, 1524, C.W. Eckersberg

Frederik I Releases Sten Sture's Widow and Sons from Prison at Kalundborg Castle, 1524, 1833.

Frederik I udløser Sten Strures enke og sønner af fængslet… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lemminkäinen's Mother, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lemminkäinen's Mother, 1905.

Lemminkäisen äiti (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 4, Elihu Vedder

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 4, c. 1867–1868.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 4 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, and Her Son Amable, Théophile Hamel

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, and Her Son Amable, 1852.

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, et son fils Amable (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, Ignacio Merino

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, 1857.

Cristóbal Colón y su hijo Diego solicitan hospitalidad en… (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Retrato de Joaquín Sorolla García, hijo de Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquín Sorolla

Retrato de Joaquín Sorolla García, hijo de Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1917.

Retrato de Joaquín Sorolla García, hijo de Joaquín Sorolla… (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish)

Sorolla Museum, Spain

Ottard, Ebbe's son, c. 1799–1802.

Ottard, Ebbes søn (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen and black ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lesson (Mary and Jorma Gallén), Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lesson (Mary and Jorma Gallén), 1909.

Oppitunti (Mary ja Jorma Gallen) (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Landscape with the Artist's Son on a Path, Jacek Malczewski

Landscape with the Artist's Son on a Path, 1913–1917.

Pejzaż z synem na ścieżce (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Retrato do filho (Tobias), Eliseu Visconti

Retrato do filho (Tobias), 1932.

Retrato do filho (Tobias) (museum title)

Eliseu Visconti (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

Sketch for the portrait of Countess Sophie Magdalene Raben, née von Qualen, with her eldest son, born in 1784, Jens Juel

Sketch for the portrait of Countess Sophie Magdalene Raben, née von Qualen, with her eldest son, born in 1784, 1785.

Udkast til portrættet af grevinde Sophie Magdalene Raben… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sketch for the painting "Nicolaus Copernicus" - Bust of Copernicus. Sketch for the painting "The Sons of Władysław Herman" (double-sided drawing), Jan Matejko

Sketch for the painting "Nicolaus Copernicus" - Bust of Copernicus. Sketch for the painting "The Sons of Władysław Herman" (double-sided drawing), c. 1871.

Szkic do obrazu "Mikołaj Kopernik" - Popiersie Mikołaja… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1635.

Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), Pierre Paul Rubens

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), c. 1635.

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans… (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on wood

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait Study (Rafał, the Artist's Son), Jacek Malczewski

Portrait Study (Rafał, the Artist's Son), c. 1924.

Studium portretowe (syn artysty Rafał) (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria, Nicolai Abildgaard

Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria, 1803.

Simo betror sin frigivne Sosia sine bekymringer over sin… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, Rembrandt van Rijn

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, 1656.

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis, Diego Velázquez

Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis, c. 1632.

Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós et son fils don Luis (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Variant of illustration for "The Saga of Eirik's Sons" in Snorre Sturlason, Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, Christian Krohg

Variant of illustration for "The Saga of Eirik's Sons" in Snorre Sturlason, Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, 1895–1899.

Variant av illustrasjon til "Eirikssønnenes saga" i Snorre… (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Artist's Son Erik Edelfelt at Home Reading, Albert Edelfelt

The Artist's Son Erik Edelfelt at Home Reading, 1898.

Interiööri taiteilijan kotoa, Erik lukemassa (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Karin and Esbjörn, 1904.

Karin och Esbjörn (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 1, Elihu Vedder

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 1, c. 1867–1868.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 1 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 5, Elihu Vedder

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 5, c. 1867–1868.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 5 (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States