Twig in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Mystical Nativity, Sandro Botticelli

The Mystical Nativity, 1500.

La Nativité mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Branches de marronnier en fleur, Vincent van Gogh

Branches de marronnier en fleur, 1890.

Branches de marronnier en fleur (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

The Republic, 1848–1849.

La République (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil paint

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

Nymphéas avec rameaux de saule, Claude Monet

Nymphéas avec rameaux de saule, 1917.

Nymphéas avec rameaux de saule (museum title)

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, France

Closing Vignette from the Poem The Ensign’s Greeting, Albert Edelfelt

Closing Vignette from the Poem The Ensign’s Greeting, 1897–1900.

"Viel' uusi päivä kaikki muuttaa voi", Vänrikin tervehdys… (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Portrait of Aleksander Mroczkowski, Jacek Malczewski

Portrait of Aleksander Mroczkowski, 1902.

Portret Aleksandra Mroczkowskiego (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Le Rameau d'or, 1834.

Le Rameau d'or (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Études de pampres et de hêtres en lisière de forêt, Caspar David Friedrich

Études de pampres et de hêtres en lisière de forêt, 1809.

Études de pampres et de hêtres en lisière de forêt (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Sechs Studien von Fichten und Tannen, Caspar David Friedrich

Sechs Studien von Fichten und Tannen, 1807.

Sechs Studien von Fichten und Tannen (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

La Sibylle au rameau d'or, Eugène Delacroix

La Sibylle au rameau d'or, 1838.

La Sibylle au rameau d'or (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil

Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Japan

Finland's Spring, 1936.

Suomen kevät (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Two Genii, One with an Olive Branch, the Other with Fasces, Nicolai Abildgaard

Two Genii, One with an Olive Branch, the Other with Fasces, c. 1798–1801.

To genier, den ene med oliegren, den anden med fasces (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Study for the full-length portrait of Crown Princess Sophie Frederikke, Jens Juel

Study for the full-length portrait of Crown Princess Sophie Frederikke, c. 1790–1793.

Studie til helfigursportrættet af Kronprinsesse Sofie… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Tree root from Lyder Sagen's garden in Bergen, Johan Christian Dahl

Tree root from Lyder Sagen's garden in Bergen, 1844.

Trerot fra Lyder Sagens Hage i Bergen (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], 1474.

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed… (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Art, United States

Plate 52 from "Los Caprichos": What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un Sastre!), Francisco de Goya

Plate 52 from "Los Caprichos": What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un Sastre!), 1799.

Plate 52 from "Los Caprichos": What a tailor can do! (Lo… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Plant study, 1777–1779.

Plantestudie (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Dernières Paroles de l’empereur Marc Aurèle, Eugène Delacroix

Dernières Paroles de l’empereur Marc Aurèle, 1844.

Dernières Paroles de l’empereur Marc Aurèle (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France

Study of a Tree, 1873.

Trestudie (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Le Kaïd, chef marocain, Eugène Delacroix

Le Kaïd, chef marocain, 1837.

Le Kaïd, chef marocain (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Arts de Nantes, France

Rowan Berries, 1915.

Pihlajanmarjoja (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), oil on wood

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Madonna and Child with Five Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Madonna and Child with Five Angels, 1470s.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entourés de cinq anges (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Hus og trær, Nysø, 1844.

Hus og trær, Nysø (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Two deciduous trees, Johan Christian Dahl

Two deciduous trees, 1843.

To løvtrær (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Decoration for the Flyleaf of “The Tales of Ensign Stål”, Albert Edelfelt

Decoration for the Flyleaf of “The Tales of Ensign Stål”, 1897–1900.

Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain esilehden koriste (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. La Paix vient consoler les hommes et leur ramène l'abondance, Eugène Delacroix

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. La Paix vient consoler les hommes et leur ramène l'abondance, 1849–1854.

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

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

King Midas Turns an Oak Branch to Gold, Nicolas Poussin

King Midas Turns an Oak Branch to Gold, c. 1625.

Le Roi Midas change une branche de chêne en or (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Closing Vignette for the Poem “Vänrikki Stool”, Albert Edelfelt

Closing Vignette for the Poem “Vänrikki Stool”, 1897–1900.

Vänrikki Stool -runon loppuvinjetti (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study of an ornament for the polychrome decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, peacock feather and pussy willow motif, Stanisław Wyspiański

Study of an ornament for the polychrome decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków, peacock feather and pussy willow motif, 1895.

Studium ornamentu do polichromii kościoła Franciszkanów w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Vierge à l'Enfant au tarin, Albrecht Dürer

Vierge à l'Enfant au tarin, 1506.

Vierge à l'Enfant au tarin (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), oil on poplar panel

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Amandier en fleurs, 1890.

Amandier en fleurs (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1469.

Le Retour de Judith à Béthulie (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Cincinnati Art Museum, United States

Per Bollerhus with a bundle of twigs on the heath. Study, Anna Ancher

Per Bollerhus with a bundle of twigs on the heath. Study, 1878–1879.

Per Bollerhus med risknippe på heden. Studie (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Midas transformant en or le rameau d'une yeuse, Nicolas Poussin

Midas transformant en or le rameau d'une yeuse, 1631–1633.

Midas transformant en or le rameau d'une yeuse (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Flowering Branches and Flowers, Gustave Courbet

Flowering Branches and Flowers, 1855.

Branches fleuries et Fleurs (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Three lunettes above the Last Supper

Three lunettes above the Last Supper (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Église Santa Maria delle Grazie de Milan, Italy

Initial N for the Poem Old Hurtti, Albert Edelfelt

Initial N for the Poem Old Hurtti, 1897–1900.

Hurtti ukko-runon alkukirjain N (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Gruppe junger Bäume, Caspar David Friedrich

Gruppe junger Bäume, 1807.

Gruppe junger Bäume (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Nemesis covering her eyes in grief

Nemesis, tildækkende sine øjne af sorg (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Studies of children and study of twigs

Barnstudier och studie av kvistar (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite and watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Old woman (Laurendse) with a bunch of twigs, Anna Ancher

Old woman (Laurendse) with a bunch of twigs, c. 1903.

Gammel kone (Laurendse) med risknippet (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Virgin and Child with two Angels, Sandro Botticelli

Virgin and Child with two Angels, c. 1467–1468.

Vierge à l'Enfant et aux deux anges (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on wood

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Per Bollerhus with his bundle of twigs going across the heath, Anna Ancher

Per Bollerhus with his bundle of twigs going across the heath, 1878–1879.

Per Bollerhus med sit risknippe gående over heden (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

Tree and leaf studies, Johan Christian Dahl

Tree and leaf studies, c. 1843.

Tre- og bladstudier (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Bare deciduous tree, Johan Christian Dahl

Bare deciduous tree, 1840.

Nakent løvtre (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves, Vincent van Gogh

Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves, 1889.

Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Title Page Ornament for The Tales of Ensign Stål, Albert Edelfelt

Title Page Ornament for The Tales of Ensign Stål, 1897–1900.

Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain nimilehden koriste (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), ink and gouache on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Tanne und drei Studien von Fichten, Caspar David Friedrich

Tanne und drei Studien von Fichten, 1807.

Tanne und drei Studien von Fichten (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Eine kleine Fichte, Caspar David Friedrich

Eine kleine Fichte, 1804.

Eine kleine Fichte (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil

National Museum of Norway

Hügellandschaft mit vier höchstämmigen Fichten, darunter Zweig mit Blättern, Caspar David Friedrich

Hügellandschaft mit vier höchstämmigen Fichten, darunter Zweig mit Blättern, 1799.

Hügellandschaft mit vier höchstämmigen Fichten, darunter… (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany