Star in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Light of the World, William Holman Hunt

The Light of the World, 1900–1904.

The Light of the World (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

St Paul's Cathedral, United Kingdom

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

Star, 1938.

Tähti (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Shadow of Death, William Holman Hunt

The Shadow of Death, 1873–1874.

The Shadow of Death (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise, Harry Clarke

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise, 1913.

But Trust the Muse, She Saw it Upward Rise (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink and traces of graphite underdrawing on card

National Gallery of Ireland

Samuel af Ugglas (1750-1812), Count, Provincial Governor, Governor of Stockholm, President of the Kammarkollegium, One of the Lords of the Realm

Samuel af Ugglas (1750-1812), greve, landshövding… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Seated Giant, before 1818.

Seated Giant (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), burnished aquatint, scraper, roulette, wash

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Fates Gathering in the Stars, Elihu Vedder

The Fates Gathering in the Stars, 1887.

The Fates Gathering in the Stars (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", Elihu Vedder

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", 1884–1887.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur papier gris

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Apostles from the Veit Stoss altarpiece, Leon Wyczółkowski

The Apostles from the Veit Stoss altarpiece, 1927.

Apostołowie z ołtarza Wita Stwosza (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Epiphany, 1655.

La Epifanía (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

French window, c. 1925.

French window (museum title)

Raymond McIntyre (New Zealander), linocut

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, married to Hedvig Sofia von Leopold, Ulrika Pasch

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, married to Hedvig Sofia von Leopold, 1780.

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, gift med Hedvig… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Portrait of Royal Chancellor Nils Barck (1713-1782), Alexandre Roslin

Portrait of Royal Chancellor Nils Barck (1713-1782), 1778.

Porträtt av Hovkanslern Nils Barck (1713-1782) (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Altarpiece of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Friar Juan de Zumárraga and Juan Diego

Retablo de la Virgen de Guadalupe, fray Juan de Zumárraga y… (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on metal

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

The Light of the World, 1853.

The Light of the World (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Keble College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Madonna and Child with Bird, École de Cuzco

Madonna and Child with Bird, c. 1730–1740.

Madonna and Child with Bird (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Pleiades, 1885.

The Pleiades (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

L'Adoration des Mages, 1475.

L'Adoration des Mages (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil, tempera, and gold leaf on oak panel

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Virgin and Child, 1470.

Vierge à l'Enfant (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Jacquemart-André Museum, France

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1858.

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Portrait of Arnold Ipolyi, Gyula Benczúr

Portrait of Arnold Ipolyi, 1892.

Ipolyi Arnold arcképe (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Study of the Crescent Moon in "The Ship", William Holman Hunt

Study of the Crescent Moon in "The Ship", c. 1875.

Study of the Crescent Moon in "The Ship" (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), gouache on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, c. 1853.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apothéose de… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Christ Carrying the Cross, called “The Lord of the Fall”, École de Cuzco

Christ Carrying the Cross, called “The Lord of the Fall”, c. 1770–1775.

Christ Carrying the Cross, called “The Lord of the Fall” (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Elf-hill

The Elf-hill (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink, graphite, watercolour, gouache and glazes with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Fortress of Varberg, 1890s.

Varbergs fästning (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Gustav III (1746-1792), king of Sweden, married to Sofia Magdalena of Denmark

Gustav III (1746-1792), kung av Sverige, gift med Sofia… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

L'Étoile du soir, Caspar David Friedrich

L'Étoile du soir, 1830.

L'Étoile du soir (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Maison de Goethe, Germany

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", 1884–1887.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur papier gris

National Gallery of Art, United States

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris, Gaganendranath Tagore

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris, 1921.

Poet's First Flight from London to Paris (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

The Shadow of Death, 1878.

The Shadow of Death (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), engraving

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Virgin and Child, c. 1700.

Virgin and Child (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

The Sentry, 1903.

Skiltvakten (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint on paper, hand-coloured

National Museum of Norway

Evening Star, Ranchi

Evening Star, Ranchi (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

Madonna of the Book, 1480–1481.

La Madone du livre (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Italy

Portrait of Duke Charles-Antoine de Gontaut Biron (1708-1798), Alexandre Roslin

Portrait of Duke Charles-Antoine de Gontaut Biron (1708-1798), 1767.

Porträtt av Hertig Charles-Antoine de Gontaut-Biron… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", 1884–1887.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", 1884–1887.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur papier gris

National Gallery of Art, United States

Our Lady of Guápulo, 18th century.

Our Lady of Guápulo (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril, J. E. H. MacDonald

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril, 1931.

Aurora, Georgian Bay, Pointe au Baril (museum title)

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

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada

Northern Lights, 1917.

Northern Lights (museum title)

Tom Thomson (Canadian), oil on plywood

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Portrait de Johann Kleberger, Albrecht Dürer

Portrait de Johann Kleberger, 1526.

Portrait de Johann Kleberger (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on wood panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Moral Levitation, 1917.

Moral Levitation (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

L'Épiphanie, 1494.

L'Épiphanie (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Prado Museum, Spain

The Virgin Adoring the Child, Sandro Botticelli

The Virgin Adoring the Child, 1480–1490.

The Virgin Adoring the Child (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

Fredrik I (1676-1751), count of Hessen-Kassel, king of Sweden, married to 1. Lovisa Dorotea Sofia of Prussia, 2. Ulrika Eleonora t.Y. of Sweden

Fredrik I (1676-1751), lantgreve av Hessen-Kassel, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars", 1884–1887.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars" (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur papier gris

National Gallery of Art, United States

Evening Star, 1869.

Esthajnalcsillag (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on cardboard

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Sketchbook, 1906.

Luonnoskirjan lehti: Tampereen tuomiokirkon pyöröikkuna, (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), pencil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland