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103 works by 42 artists

103 works featuring “Violin” by 42 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 41 museums.

The Circus, Georges Seurat

The Circus, 1891.

Le Cirque (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Adagio, Tom Roberts

Adagio, c. 1893.

Adagio (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on cardboard

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Big brother playing, Harriet Backer

Big brother playing, 1890.

Storebror spelar (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Holberg writing his epistles, Wilhelm Marstrand

Holberg writing his epistles, 1866.

Holberg skriver sine epistler (museum title)

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

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sheepdog, Józef Chełmoński

Sheepdog, 1897.

Owczarek (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua, École de Cuzco

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua, c. 1670–1690.

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La leçon de musique, Henri Matisse

La leçon de musique, 1921.

La leçon de musique (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Felespiller, Adolph Tidemand

Felespiller, 1870.

Felespiller (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Lute Player, Caravaggio

The Lute Player, 1596.

The Lute Player (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Joueur de luth, Caravaggio

Joueur de luth, 1595.

Joueur de luth (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, c. 1670–1672.

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Old Cottage at Kolbotn, Hulda and Arne Garborg's Home, Harriet Backer

The Old Cottage at Kolbotn, Hulda and Arne Garborg's Home, 1896.

Gamlestua på Kolbotn, Hulda og Arne Garborgs hjem (museum title)

Harriet Backer (Norwegian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Das Glas Wein, Johannes Vermeer

Das Glas Wein, c. 1658–1660.

Das Glas Wein (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Violinist, Fernand Khnopff

Violinist

Violiste (museum title)

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian), lithographie en brun

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

After the sitting, Richard Bergh

After the sitting, 1884.

Avslutad seans (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Marriage Contract and Country Dancing, Antoine Watteau

Marriage Contract and Country Dancing, c. 1711.

Marriage Contract and Country Dancing (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Fiddle Player Mopping His Brow, Adolph Tidemand

Fiddle Player Mopping His Brow, 1871.

Felespiller tørker pannen (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), chalk and charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Village children at pasture, preparatory drawing for the illustration “Young Herdsmen” published in “Kłosy” (1885), Józef Chełmoński

Village children at pasture, preparatory drawing for the illustration “Young Herdsmen” published in “Kłosy” (1885), 1885.

Dzieci wiejskie na pastwisku. Rysunek przygotowawczy do… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), ink on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Les Musiciens, Caravaggio

Les Musiciens, 1595.

Les Musiciens (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Madonna and Child with a Music-making Angel, Albrecht Dürer

The Madonna and Child with a Music-making Angel, 1519.

The Madonna and Child with a Music-making Angel (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), pen on paper

Château de Windsor, United Kingdom

A Lady in Blue, Hugh Ramsay

A Lady in Blue, 1902.

A lady in blue (museum title)

Hugh Ramsay (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Andrew Fountaine of Narford, Norfolk (1676-1753), Daniel Maclise

Andrew Fountaine of Narford, Norfolk (1676-1753)

Andrew Fountaine of Narford, Norfolk (1676-1753) (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument, Antoine Watteau

Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument, 1717–1718.

Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red, black and white chalk

National Gallery of Art, United States

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), c. 1830.

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), counterproof or tracing strengthened with graphite and gouache on translucent paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

"The Rhapsode", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), Stanisław Wyspiański

"The Rhapsode", costume design for the drama "Bolesław the Bold" (Act Two), 1904.

„Rapsod”. Projekt kostiumu do dramatu "Bolesław Śmiały"… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Odalisque sur la terrasse, Henri Matisse

Odalisque sur la terrasse, 1921.

Odalisque sur la terrasse (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Magnani-Rocca Foundation, Italy

Female violinist, Wilhelm Marstrand

Female violinist, 1863.

Violinistinde (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte, Caravaggio

Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte, 1597.

Le Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Italy

Three Musicians, Diego Velázquez

Three Musicians, c. 1618.

Trois musiciens (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Homage to Art and the Muse, Jacek Malczewski

Homage to Art and the Muse, 1910.

Hołd sztuce i muzie (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Sunday Evening in a Farmhouse in Dalecarlia, Amalia Lindegren

Sunday Evening in a Farmhouse in Dalecarlia, 1860.

Söndagsafton i en dalstuga (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Painterly Architectonic (Still Life: Instruments), Lyubov Popova

Painterly Architectonic (Still Life: Instruments), 1915.

Painterly Architectonic (Still Life: Instruments) (museum title)

Lyubov Popova (Russian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

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

Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve), Kazimir Malevitch

Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve), 1911–1919.

Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh… (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), lithograph

Museum of Modern Art, United States

A Hardanger Interior, Adolph Tidemand

A Hardanger Interior, 1873.

Alderdom og ungdom (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Old Musician, Édouard Manet

The Old Musician, 1862.

The Old Musician (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

The Annunciation, Le Greco

The Annunciation, c. 1596–1600.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Spain

Music in the studio, Peder Severin Krøyer

Music in the studio, c. 1887.

Musikk i atelieret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), pen, graphite and white gouache on thin card

National Museum of Norway

Music in the studio, Peder Severin Krøyer

Music in the studio, 1886.

Musikk i atelieret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Portrait of Daniel van Aken, Frans Hals

Portrait of Daniel van Aken, 1630.

Portrait of Daniel van Aken (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Le Chahut, Georges Seurat

Le Chahut, 1889.

Le Chahut (museum title)

Georges Seurat (French), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Violin, Lyubov Popova

Violin, 1915.

Скрипка (museum title)

Lyubov Popova (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Hungarian Village Scene, Mihály Munkácsy

Hungarian Village Scene

Ungarische Dorfszene (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Femme au violon, Henri Matisse

Femme au violon, 1922.

Femme au violon (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection, France

L'Amour victorieux, Caravaggio

L'Amour victorieux, 1601.

L'Amour victorieux (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

Divertissement, Henri Matisse

Divertissement, 1921.

Divertissement (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Baltimore Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Karen Bramsen, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Portrait of Karen Bramsen, 1897–1898.

Portræt af Karen Bramsen (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Idyll, after the painting of 1885, preparatory drawing for the illustration “Before the Storm”, Józef Chełmoński

Idyll, after the painting of 1885, preparatory drawing for the illustration “Before the Storm”, 1885.

Sielanka, według obrazu z 1885 r. Rysunek przygotowawczy do… (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), gouache and ink on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Neruda Quartet. Sketch for Music in the Studio, Peder Severin Krøyer

The Neruda Quartet. Sketch for Music in the Studio, 1886.

Nerudakvartetten. Skisse til Musikk i atelieret (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil on wood

National Museum of Norway

Boy playing a violin, Frans Hals

Boy playing a violin, 1628.

Boy playing a violin (museum title)

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on wood

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands