Torch in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Bird's-Nesters, 1874.

Chasse aux oiseaux de nuit (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Sketchbook, folio 14: ceiling “Aurora”, chariot and figures, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 14: ceiling “Aurora”, chariot and figures, 1883.

Karta 14 recto: szkice do plafonu "Jutrzenka" w pałacu J.… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

A sleigh ride by torchlight over Holmens Bro, Jens Juel

A sleigh ride by torchlight over Holmens Bro, 1790s.

En kanefart i Fakkelskin over Holmens bro (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Danse de mascarade aux torches, Albrecht Dürer

Danse de mascarade aux torches, 1517.

Danse de mascarade aux torches (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Tancred and Erminia, c. 1634.

Tancrède et Herminie (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, United Kingdom

Venus and Adonis, c. 1628–1629.

Vénus et Adonis (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Kimbell Art Museum, United States

The Gypsy Camp (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), Carl Larsson

The Gypsy Camp (Illustration to "Singoalla/The Wind Is My Lover" by Viktor Rydberg), 1894.

Zigenarlägret (Illustration till Viktor Rydbergs… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), indian ink wash and gouache on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

La Trahison du Christ, 1508.

La Trahison du Christ (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Fishing with a harpoon, 1851.

Lystring på Krøderen (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21, J. M. W. Turner

Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21, 1812.

Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21 (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), eau-forte, manière noire et encre brune sur papier vélin

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Christ Carried Down to the Tomb, Eugène Delacroix

Christ Carried Down to the Tomb, 1859.

Christ Carried Down to the Tomb (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Western Art, Japan

Nero's Torches, 1876.

Pochodnie Nerona (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Venus, Mother of Aeneas, presenting him with Arms forged by Vulcan", Nicolas Poussin

Venus, Mother of Aeneas, presenting him with Arms forged by Vulcan", c. 1637.

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

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Ivan the Terrible, 1875.

Iwan Groźny (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Plate 56 from "Los Caprichos": To rise and to fall (Subir y bajar), Francisco de Goya

Plate 56 from "Los Caprichos": To rise and to fall (Subir y bajar), 1799.

Plate 56 from "Los Caprichos": To rise and to fall (Subir y… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Studie till Venus i snäckan samt delfiner

Étude pour Vénus sur la conque, avec des dauphins (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French)

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

A griffin holding a torch

En grif holdende en fakkel (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Field of Waterloo, 1818.

The Field of Waterloo (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Håkon Jarl og Kark, 1845.

Håkon Jarl og Kark (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), watercolour, gouache, pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1565.

Le Martyre de saint Laurent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la droite, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la droite, 1521.

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la droite (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Petition to Anatole France, page 1/2, Albert Edelfelt

Petition to Anatole France, page 1/2, 1900.

Adressi Anatole Francelle, sivu 1/2 (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

"The Emperor in Front of the Sarcophagus of John III Sobieski in Saint Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral" from the series "Inspection Trip of Emperor Franz Joseph I Around Galicia in September 1880", 1881.

"Cesarz przed Sarkofagiem króla Jana III Sobieskiego w… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), watercolor on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Jésus devant Caïphe, 1512.

Jésus devant Caïphe (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on laid paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté, Caspar David Friedrich

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté, 1812.

Tombes des combattants pour la Liberté (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Intermediate Vignette for the Poem "Adlercreutz", Original Drawing for the Illustration of The Tales of Ensign Stål, Albert Edelfelt

Intermediate Vignette for the Poem "Adlercreutz", Original Drawing for the Illustration of The Tales of Ensign Stål, 1897–1900.

Adlercreutz-runon välivinjetti, originaalipiirustus… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

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

"The Future", 1806.

"Fremtiden" (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and grey wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Rispah, published in 1812.

Rispah (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Man and woman with a torch, Christian Krohg

Man and woman with a torch, 1899.

Mann og kvinne med fakkel (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la gauche, Albrecht Dürer

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la gauche, 1521.

Saint Christophe à la tête tournée vers la gauche (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Time defending Truth against the attacks of Envy and Discord, Nicolas Poussin

Time defending Truth against the attacks of Envy and Discord, c. 1641.

Le Temps soustrait la Vérité aux atteintes de l'Envie et de… (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Birth of Venus, 1635.

La Naissance de Vénus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Mars and Venus, 1630s.

Vénus et Mars (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art, United States

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, Eugène Delacroix

Saint Georges combattant le dragon, 1847.

Saint Georges combattant le dragon (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), 1843.

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

The Kiss of Judas

Judaskysset (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

French Goddess of Liberty Holding a Torch

Soihtua pitelevä ranskalainen vapaudenjumalatar (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), pencil and ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Right side of a torch dance

Højre side af en fakkeldans (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Love in the Italian Theatre, Antoine Watteau

Love in the Italian Theatre, 1716.

L'amour au Théâtre Italien (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Les Sept Œuvres de miséricorde, Caravaggio

Les Sept Œuvres de miséricorde, 1600.

Les Sept Œuvres de miséricorde (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Pio Monte della Misericordia, Italy

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

La Guerre, 1894.

La Guerre (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Echo and Narcissus, 1629.

Écho et Narcisse (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Illustration for the Saga of Håkon Broad-Shoulders, in Snorri Sturlason's Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, Erik Werenskiold

Illustration for the Saga of Håkon Broad-Shoulders, in Snorri Sturlason's Sagas of the Kings, Christiania 1899, 1899.

Illustrasjon til "Haakon Herdebreds Saga", Snorre… (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

The sons of Svipdag and their men go to the Hall of the Sea-Kings, Erik Werenskiold

The sons of Svipdag and their men go to the Hall of the Sea-Kings, 1896.

Svipdags sønner og mennene deres går til Sjukongesalen (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

L'Assassinat de l'évêque de Liège, Eugène Delacroix

L'Assassinat de l'évêque de Liège, 1828–1829.

L'Assassinat de l'évêque de Liège (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Étude pour Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers, Eugène Delacroix

Étude pour Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers, 1823.

Étude pour Le Christ au Jardin des Oliviers (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

Naked Men in the Woods, 1910s.

Nakne menn i skogen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway