Thread in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Spinner, 1908.

Die Spinnerin (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), watercolor on paper

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Las Hilanderas, 1655–1660.

Les Fileuses (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Old Spinner, Île d'Orléans, William Brymner

The Old Spinner, Île d'Orléans, 1883.

La Vieille Fileuse, île d'Orléans (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Atropos, 1819.

Les Parques (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley, Mary Cassatt

Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley, 1898.

Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R.… (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), paper, pastel

Clark Art Institute, United States

Spinning Wheel, 1497.

Spinning Wheel (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Knitting Lesson, c. 1854.

Knitting Lesson (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Standing Spinner, c. 1850–1855.

Standing Spinner (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, Mary Cassatt

Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, 1880.

Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), Francisco de Goya

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), 1787–1788.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Poet, 1918, Carl Larsson

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Poet, 1918, 1918.

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), fil.dr h.c., författare… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

La Dentellière, c. 1669–1670.

La Dentellière (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Sketch for a scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", book 4. The robber band's housekeeper tells the young girl the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Below, a pair of dolphins and a nude figure, possibly Aquarius, zodiac signs for February and January, c. 1806–1809.

Udkast til scene af Apuleus' "Det gyldne æsel" 4.bog.… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Rat, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, Takeuchi Seihō

Rat, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, 1905.

Rat, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), woodblock print; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, Adolph Tidemand

Portrait of Syneve Larsdatter from Vikør, 1873.

Syneve Larsdatter, Vikør (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Marionettes, 1907.

Marionetteja (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Figures in a landscape. Blind Kristian and Tine among the dunes, Michael Ancher

Figures in a landscape. Blind Kristian and Tine among the dunes, 1880.

Figurer i et landskab. Blinde Kristian og Tine i sandet (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Allegory of Industry, 1804.

Allégorie de l'Industrie (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), distemper on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Preparatory study for an illustration, Jonas Lie, 'The Family at Gilje', Copenhagen 1903, Erik Werenskiold

Preparatory study for an illustration, Jonas Lie, 'The Family at Gilje', Copenhagen 1903, 1900.

Forarbeid til illustrasjon, Jonas Lie, "Familien på Gilje"… (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Ph.D. G. Hörberg (Gesundheit), Carl Larsson

Ph.D. G. Hörberg (Gesundheit), c. 1893.

Fil.dr G. Hörberg (Prosit) (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Jumping Jack, 1879.

Sprattelgubben (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Scene in Berkshire, c. 1920.

Scene in Berkshire (museum title)

Raymond McIntyre (New Zealander), watercolor and gouache on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Petits accents, 1940.

Petits accents (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on wood panel

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, United States

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire, William Orpen

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire, 1917.

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

My Soul, from the cycle "My Life", Jacek Malczewski

My Soul, from the cycle "My Life", 1917.

Moja dusza, z cyklu "Moje życie" (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

"Hand me that ball of yarn," she said, Hans Gude

"Hand me that ball of yarn," she said, 1878–1879.

"Ta hit det garnnøstet du", sa hun (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The girl weaving red gold bands, Carl Larsson

The girl weaving red gold bands, 1907.

Flickan som väver röda gullband (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), lithograph on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Strandvejen at Hornbæk Plantation (pure etching state), Carl Bloch

Strandvejen at Hornbæk Plantation (pure etching state), 1882.

Strandvejen ved Hornbæksplantagen (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog, Mary Cassatt

Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog, 1876.

Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on panel

Harvard Art Museums, United States

Playing children, c. 1856–1857.

Lekende barn (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Movement of Lines, 1939.

Mouvement de lignes (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), pencil on tracing paper

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Untitled (Looking Through Strand Lane From Hereford Street, Christchurch), Rhona Haszard

Untitled (Looking Through Strand Lane From Hereford Street, Christchurch), 1921.

Untitled (Looking Through Strand Lane From Hereford Street… (museum title)

Rhona Haszard (New Zealander), oil on canvas and cardboard

Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Spinner, 1849.

La hilandera (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on wood

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

The Village Tailor, c. 1876.

Der Dorfschneider (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

German Wire, Thiepval, 1917.

German Wire, Thiepval (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Woman Spinning, c. 1855–1860.

Femme filant (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

A Woman and Baby, 1830s.

A Woman and Baby (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Strandvejen at Hornbæk Plantation (1st trial proof), Carl Bloch

Strandvejen at Hornbæk Plantation (1st trial proof), 1882.

Strandvejen ved Hornbæksplantagen (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sudare-gai, 1821.

Sudare-gai (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Weaving Factory, c. 1802.

The Weaving Factory (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Movement of Lines, 1939.

Mouvement de lignes (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), pencil on tracing paper

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Woman at the Loom, 1885.

La Femme au métier (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, 1788.

Theseus und Ariadne (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Farmer Mending His Vest, 1871.

Bauer, seine Weste flickend (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Woman Sewing beside her Sleeping Child, Jean-François Millet

Woman Sewing beside her Sleeping Child, c. 1858–1862.

Woman Sewing beside her Sleeping Child (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

History of Human Civilisation – The Invention of the Telegraph (Image 10), Jan Matejko

History of Human Civilisation – The Invention of the Telegraph (Image 10), 1885.

Dzieje Cywilizacji Ludzkości - Wynalazek telegrafu (obraz… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), drawing on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Yarn-binding in the brew house, Vikøy, Adolph Tidemand

Yarn-binding in the brew house, Vikøy, c. 1868–1873.

Garnbinding i bryggerhuset, Vikøy (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Girl in the Garden, 1880.

Girl in the Garden (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Floating Figure Holding a Kite in His Hand

Svævende figur med en drage i hånden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Kite, 1778.

Le Cerf-volant (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain