Tambourine in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

L'odalisque au paravent, 1923.

L'odalisque au paravent (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dance in an Osteria, c. 1860.

Dans i et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on cardboard

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Triumph of Pan, 1630s.

Triomphe de Pan (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), pen over black chalk, on paper

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Manzai Performers, 1816.

Manzai Performers (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Noce juive dans le Maroc, Eugène Delacroix

Noce juive dans le Maroc, 1839.

Noce juive dans le Maroc (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

October Festival evening outside the walls of Rome, Wilhelm Marstrand

October Festival evening outside the walls of Rome, 1839.

Lystighed uden for Roms mure på en oktoberaften (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark

Two little Italian girls, one with a small child in her arms, Wilhelm Marstrand

Two little Italian girls, one with a small child in her arms, c. 1838–1840.

To italienske småpiger, den ene med et lille barn på armen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dancing Italian Couple

Dansende italiensk par (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, brush and sepia

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The sleeping Silenus woken by bacchantes

Den sovende Silen vækkes af Bacchantinder (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Odalisque au tambourin, 1925.

Odalisque au tambourin (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Reminiscence of the Beach of Naples, Camille Corot

Reminiscence of the Beach of Naples, 1870.

Souvenir de la plage de Naples (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Western Art, Japan

The Triumph of Pan, 1636.

Le Triomphe de Pan (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Villageois de Léon, 1907.

Villageois de Léon (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Bacchanal, 1624–1625.

Bacchanale (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

A Dance in the Open Air on Ischia, Wilhelm Marstrand

A Dance in the Open Air on Ischia, c. 1845–1846.

En dans i det fri på Ischia (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Roman Citizens Gathered for Merriment in an Osteria, Wilhelm Marstrand

Roman Citizens Gathered for Merriment in an Osteria, 1839.

Romerske borgere forsamlede til lystighed i et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Italian Woman with a Blue Tambourine

Italienerinde med blå tamburin (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Dance in an osteria

Dans i et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dance outside an osteria

Dans uden for et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Triomphe de Bacchus, Eugène Delacroix

Le Triomphe de Bacchus, 1861.

Le Triomphe de Bacchus (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Artist's Family, 1861–1862.

Kunstnerens hustru og børn i atelieret på Charlottenborg (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Adoration of the Golden Calf, Nicolas Poussin

The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1634.

L'Adoration du Veau d'or (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

L'Espagnole au tambourin, 1909.

L'Espagnole au tambourin (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, as a Statue in a Niche

Terpsikore, dansens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Danse mauresque, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Danse mauresque, 1895.

La Danse mauresque (museum title)

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

Musée d'Orsay, France

Roman women playing tambourines, wearing tall feather-trimmed hats, Wilhelm Marstrand

Roman women playing tambourines, wearing tall feather-trimmed hats, 1839.

Tamburinspillende romerinder med høje fjerprydede hatte (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Sister's Bed

Søstersengen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Interior of a tavern with a dancing couple

Interiør fra en taverne med et dansende par (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Woman and Tambourine, J. M. W. Turner

The Woman and Tambourine, published in 1807.

The Woman and Tambourine (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Still Life, c. 1883–1884.

Asetelma (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Country Dance, 1706.

The Country Dance (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Indianapolis Museum of Art, United States

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520–1523.

Bacchus et Ariane (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Musiciens juifs de Mogador, Eugène Delacroix

Musiciens juifs de Mogador, 1847.

Musiciens juifs de Mogador (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, as a Statue in a Niche

Erato, kærlighedsdigtningens muse, som statue i en niche (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Dancing Italian Girl, 1813–1816.

En dansende italienerinde (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Drawn Preliminary Study for "Dancing Roman Woman", Wilhelm Marstrand

Drawn Preliminary Study for "Dancing Roman Woman", before 1838.

Tegnet forstudie til Dansende romerinde (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), graphite and brown pen on paper

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Dance outside an osteria

Dans uden for et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Agostina Segatori au café du Tambourin, Vincent van Gogh

Agostina Segatori au café du Tambourin, 1887.

Agostina Segatori au café du Tambourin (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

The Woman and Tambourine, published in 1807.

The Woman and Tambourine (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Love in the French Theatre, Antoine Watteau

Love in the French Theatre, 1716.

L'amour à la Comédie française (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

The Italian Serenade

La Sérénade italienne (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Theatre at Taormina, 1887.

The Theatre at Taormina (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil and marble

Burgtheater, Austria

Le Pèlerinage de Childe Harold - Italie, J. M. W. Turner

Le Pèlerinage de Childe Harold - Italie, 1832.

Le Pèlerinage de Childe Harold - Italie (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Dancing Girl with Tambourine, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Dancing Girl with Tambourine, 1909.

Dancing Girl with Tambourine (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

A seated woman raising a mask high above her head

En siddende kvinde der løfter en maske højt op over sit… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Italian street musicians in a square, Wilhelm Marstrand

Italian street musicians in a square, 1838.

Italienske gademusikanter på et torv (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dance in an osteria

Dans i et osteri (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Two dancing women with tambourine and triangle, on the ground a thyrsus

To dansende kvinder med tamburin og triangel, på jorden en… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Right side of a torch dance

Højre side af en fakkeldans (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark