Urn in art: paintings, drawings and prints

A Gardener, 1735.

Balthasar Denner (German), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Prince William (1765-1837), later Duke of Clarence, Allan Ramsay

Prince William (1765-1837), later Duke of Clarence, c. 1767.

Allan Ramsay (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

George and Margaret Rogers, Francis Hayman

George and Margaret Rogers, 1748–1750.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Dahlias and Nasturtiums in a Silver Urn, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Dahlias and Nasturtiums in a Silver Urn, 1904.

Dahlias et capucines à l'urne d'argent (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, Benjamin West

Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, 1768.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Roman Park with Fountain, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Roman Park with Fountain, 1774.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French)

Albertina, Austria

tombe de Kügelgen, Caspar David Friedrich

tombe de Kügelgen, 1821.

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens, James McNeill Whistler

The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens, 1893.

James McNeill Whistler (American), transfer lithograph on laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, c. 1627.

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

Apollo in Love with Daphne, Nicolas Poussin

Apollo in Love with Daphne, 1664.

Apollon amoureux de Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange, Willem Wissing

Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange, c. 1686–1687.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Midas Returns Silenus to Bacchus, Sébastien Bourdon

Midas Returns Silenus to Bacchus, 1637.

Мидас возвращает Силена Вакху (museum title)

Sébastien Bourdon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Alley. Ostankino, 1880.

Аллея. Останкино (museum title)

Isaac Levitan (Russian), oil on canvas and cardboard

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Interior in Louis Seize style. From the artist's home. Rahbeks Allé, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Interior in Louis Seize style. From the artist's home. Rahbeks Allé, 1897.

Stue i Louis XVI stil (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Tobit Burying the Dead, c. 1710.

Antoine Watteau (French), red chalk

National Gallery of Art, United States

Antwerp beware, Antwerp beware, for we shall bring you down, Grandville

Antwerp beware, Antwerp beware, for we shall bring you down, 1832.

Sopranos. Rondo allegretto con brio An-vers prends garde… (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Reflejos de una fuente, 1908.

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

Sorolla Museum, Spain

He Raises the Bronze Urn, 1888.

Odilon Redon (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Paysage au dieu fleuve. Paysage de Grottaferrata (left half of Venus and Adonis), Nicolas Poussin

Paysage au dieu fleuve. Paysage de Grottaferrata (left half of Venus and Adonis), c. 1625.

Paysage au dieu fleuve. Paysage de Grottaferrata (Venus and… (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Portrait of Mary Stuart (1662-95), Wife of Prince William III, Caspar Netscher

Portrait of Mary Stuart (1662-95), Wife of Prince William III, c. 1683.

Portret van Maria Stuart, echtgenote van prins Willem III (museum title)

Caspar Netscher (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Portrait of Henrietta and Mary Hyde, Willem Wissing

Portrait of Henrietta and Mary Hyde, c. 1683–1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venus and Aeneas, 17th century.

Венера и Эней (museum title)

Sébastien Bourdon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Die verlassene Venus, c. 1860.

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Jean Chrétien Baud (1789-1859), gouverneur-generaal ad interim, Raden Saleh

Jean Chrétien Baud (1789-1859), gouverneur-generaal ad interim, 1835.

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Progress of Love: The Meeting, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Progress of Love: The Meeting, 1771.

La Rencontre (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

The Frick Collection, United States

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

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

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

This Chariot Will Always Go On..., Honoré Daumier

This Chariot Will Always Go On..., 1849.

Ce char marchera toujours... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Cartoon for the Lower Hall of the NM. Patron of the Fine Arts and Founder of the Museum King Gustav III of Sweden Receiving Antique Pieces of Art, Carl Larsson

Cartoon for the Lower Hall of the NM. Patron of the Fine Arts and Founder of the Museum King Gustav III of Sweden Receiving Antique Pieces of Art, 1895–1896.

Kartong till fresk i NM:s nedre trapphall. Konsternas… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), distemper on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Night, a resting woman with bat wings

Natten, en hvilende kvinde med flagermusvinger (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Duchess of Berry in the Park of Bagatelle, François Gérard

The Duchess of Berry in the Park of Bagatelle, 1820–1837.

Carolina Ferdinanda Louisa van Sicilië (1798-1870).… (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Honeysuckle, 1847.

Chèvrefeuille (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored steel engraving

Getty Research Institute, United States

Pleasures of Love, c. 1718–1719.

Réunion en plein air (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

Mrs Frances Hesketh, Joseph Wright of Derby

Mrs Frances Hesketh, 1769.

Joseph Wright of Derby (British), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Funeral of Decius Mus, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Funeral of Decius Mus, 1774.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), brush and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Return From the Chase, After a Fall

Samuel Howitt (British), watercolor and ink on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Cephalus and Aurora, 1630.

Céphale et Aurore (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Feast of Anthony and Cleopatra, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Feast of Anthony and Cleopatra, 1763–1764.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra, 1763–1764.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Pawnbroker with His Client

Thomas Rowlandson (British), pen, ink and watercolour

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia, Angelica Kauffmann

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia, 1788.

Вергилий, читающий «Энеиду» Октавии и Августу (museum title)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Death of Dido, 1644.

Смерть Дидоны (museum title)

Sébastien Bourdon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick (1737-1813), with Her Son Charles George Augustus (1766-1806), Angelica Kauffmann

Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick (1737-1813), with Her Son Charles George Augustus (1766-1806), 1767.

Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick (1737-1813) with her son… (museum title)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Bird Catchers, 1748.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Paris and Helen, 1786.

Paris and Helen (83.GA.192) (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Balcony in Cuba, 1885.

Winslow Homer (American)

Mint Museum, United States

Universal Suffrage, c. 1850.

Suffrage universel (Universal Suffrage) (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Disciples at Emmaus, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Disciples at Emmaus, 1763–1764.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Apollo and Daphne, 1625.

Apollon et Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the NM, Carl Larsson

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the NM, 1890–1891.

Andra förslaget till fresker i NM:s nedre trapphall, norra… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden