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58 works by 32 artists

58 works featuring “Swan” by 32 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 39 museums.

Wagnonville Castle, Camille Corot

Wagnonville Castle, 1875.

Le Château de Wagnonville (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on wood

Musée de la Chartreuse, France

Swans, Frits Thaulow

Swans, c. 1903–1906.

Svaner (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint, burnisher and drypoint on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Swan, Anders Zorn

The Swan, 1915.

Svanen (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, 1898–1899.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Holy Family with Saints Anne, Elizabeth and John the Baptist, Nicolas Poussin

The Holy Family with Saints Anne, Elizabeth and John the Baptist, 1649.

Sainte Famille aux dix figures (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Swans, Bruno Liljefors

Swans, 1897.

Svanar (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Child with a Doll in a Landscape, Henri Rousseau

Child with a Doll in a Landscape

Child with a Doll in a Landscape (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Leda (Cover), Paul Gauguin

Leda (Cover), 1889.

Leda (Cover) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), lithograph on japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Pièce d'eau à Kew, Londres, Camille Pissarro

Pièce d'eau à Kew, Londres, 1892.

Pièce d'eau à Kew, Londres (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

High Museum of Art, United States

The Swan, Anders Zorn

The Swan

Svanen (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Asleep, Rupert Bunny

Asleep, c. 1904.

Endormies (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Venus and the Lute Player, Titien

Venus and the Lute Player, c. 1565–1570.

Venus and the Lute Player (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Cygnes dans les roseaux à la première aube, Caspar David Friedrich

Cygnes dans les roseaux à la première aube, 1832.

Cygnes dans les roseaux à la première aube (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Pond in Radziejowice, Józef Chełmoński

Pond in Radziejowice, 1898.

Staw w Radziejowicach (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Landscape with Travellers Resting, known as A Roman Road, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with Travellers Resting, known as A Roman Road, 1648.

Paysage avec un voyageur au repos (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Dulwich Picture Gallery, United Kingdom

Ossian Singing His Swan Song, Nicolai Abildgaard

Ossian Singing His Swan Song, c. 1780–1782.

Ossian. Den gamle blinde skotske barde synger til harpen… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Pastoral Concert, Camille Corot

Pastoral Concert, 1857.

Le Concert champêtre (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Sketch for a Leda and the Swan and Study of a Horse, Leonardo da Vinci

Sketch for a Leda and the Swan and Study of a Horse

Sketch for a Leda and the Swan and Study of a Horse (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Improvisation No. 29 (The Swan), Wassily Kandinsky

Improvisation No. 29 (The Swan), 1912.

Improvisation No. 29 (The Swan) (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

To svaner, Johan Christian Dahl

To svaner, 1830.

To svaner (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

A Summer Morning, Rupert Bunny

A Summer Morning, 1897.

A summer morning (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Lake Geneva with Mount Salève and Swans, Ferdinand Hodler

Lake Geneva with Mount Salève and Swans, 1914–1915.

Genfersee mit Salève und Schwänen (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Study for a Kneeling Leda and the Swan, Leonardo da Vinci

Study for a Kneeling Leda and the Swan, 1503.

Study for a Kneeling Leda and the Swan (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), ink on paper

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Swans in Reeds, Bruno Liljefors

Swans in Reeds, 1907.

Svanar i vass (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], 1895.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto] (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Young Girl Plucking a Swan, Anna Ancher

A Young Girl Plucking a Swan

En ung pige, der plukker en svane (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Lemminkäinen's Mother, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Lemminkäinen's Mother, 1897.

Lemminkäisen äiti (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Volpini Suite: Design for a Plate: Leda and the Swan (Projet d'Assiette: Léda et le Cygne), Paul Gauguin

Volpini Suite: Design for a Plate: Leda and the Swan (Projet d'Assiette: Léda et le Cygne), 1889.

Volpini Suite: Design for a Plate: Leda and the Swan… (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), zincograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Léda et le Cygne, Eugène Delacroix

Léda et le Cygne, 1834.

Léda et le Cygne (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), fresco

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

Three swans, Johan Christian Dahl

Three swans, 1830.

Tre svaner (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and white pastel on paper

National Museum of Norway

Mute Swans Migrating in the Evening, Bruno Liljefors

Mute Swans Migrating in the Evening, 1925.

Knobbelzwanen op avondtrek (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Les Noces de Cana, Hieronymus Bosch

Les Noces de Cana, 1500.

Les Noces de Cana (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Huis Bergh, Netherlands

Léda et le cygne, Leonardo da Vinci

Léda et le cygne, 1503.

Léda et le cygne (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Chatsworth House, United Kingdom

On the edge of the lake, Berthe Morisot

On the edge of the lake, 1883.

Au bord du lac (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Musée Marmottan Monet, France

Les baigneuses, Eugène Delacroix

Les baigneuses, 1854.

Les baigneuses (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Wadsworth Atheneum, United States

Cygnes dans les roseaux aux premières lueurs de l'aurore, Caspar David Friedrich

Cygnes dans les roseaux aux premières lueurs de l'aurore, 1820.

Cygnes dans les roseaux aux premières lueurs de l'aurore (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Freies Deutsches Hochstift, Germany

Venus and Adonis, Nicolas Poussin

Venus and Adonis, c. 1628–1629.

Vénus et Adonis (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States

Volpini Suite, Paul Gauguin

Volpini Suite, 1889.

Volpini Suite (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), zincograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

La Tamise à Hampton Court, Alfred Sisley

La Tamise à Hampton Court, 1874.

La Tamise à Hampton Court (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Saint Jean dévorant le Livre, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Jean dévorant le Livre, 1496.

Saint Jean dévorant le Livre (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Wild Swans, Harry Clarke

The Wild Swans, 1915.

The Wild Swans (museum title)

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

National Gallery of Ireland

The Swan, Anders Zorn

The Swan, 1915.

The Swan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sketchbook, folio 19: Andromeda and a swan-drawn chariot, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 19: Andromeda and a swan-drawn chariot, 1883–1884.

Karta 19 recto: szkic postaci Andromedy oraz sylwetek z… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Swans, Bruno Liljefors

Swans, 1906.

Svanar (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, Nicolas Poussin

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain, 1638.

Vénus présente à Énée les armes forgées par Vulcain (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

At Tuonela river, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

At Tuonela river, 1904.

Vid Tuonela älv (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), etching on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Wivenhoe Park, Essex, John Constable

Wivenhoe Park, Essex, 1816.

Wivenhoe Park, Essex (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, a Stag Drinking, J. M. W. Turner

The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, a Stag Drinking, 1829.

The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, a Stag Drinking (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

La Tamise à Hampton Court, Alfred Sisley

La Tamise à Hampton Court, 1874.

La Tamise à Hampton Court (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Hermann Göring collection, Germany

Léda au cygne, Paul Cézanne

Léda au cygne, c. 1880.

Léda au cygne (museum title)

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States