Vision in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Prison, 1805–1807.

Das Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise, 1500.

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples, J. M. W. Turner

Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples, 1846.

Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

St John the Evangelist, 1609.

Saint Jean l'évangéliste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

L'Ascension des élus, 1490.

L'Ascension des élus (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa, Italy

Christ Descending to Hell, 1895.

Christ Descending to Hell (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), etching

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Le Greco

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1590.

Saint François recevant les stigmates (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau, France

Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos, c. 1618.

Saint Jean à Patmos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America, 1784.

Videnskabernes fornyelse, bogtrykkerkunstens og krudtets… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vision de l'Église chrétienne, Caspar David Friedrich

Vision de l'Église chrétienne, 1820.

Vision de l'Église chrétienne (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Museum Georg Schäfer, Germany

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, Luis Juárez

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, c. 1615.

La imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso de manos de la… (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, 1803.

Achilleus greift nach dem Schatten des Patroklos (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Three Witches, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Three Witches, 1783.

Die drei Hexen (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Vision of Saint John, c. 1608–1614.

The Vision of Saint John (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Passion of Christ, 1489.

The Passion of Christ (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Gemäldegalerie, Germany

La Conversion de saint Paul sur le chemin de Damas, Caravaggio

La Conversion de saint Paul sur le chemin de Damas, 1600.

La Conversion de saint Paul sur le chemin de Damas (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Italy

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1590–1595.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe), Paul Gauguin

L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe), 1894.

L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on China paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

View of Phnosia. Luminous Waves and Vibrations, James Ensor

View of Phnosia. Luminous Waves and Vibrations, 1890.

Zicht op Phnosië. Lumineuze golven en vibraties (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Love, 1895.

Love (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian), oil on canvas

Wien Museum, Austria

View and Plan of Toledo, 1610–1614.

Vue et plan de Tolède (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

The Appearance of the Virgin and Child to Saint Francis

Aparición de la Virgen y el niño a san Francisco (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire -31 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell, 1490.

Visions of the Hereafter: Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange, 1602.

Saint Matthieu et l'Ange (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français, Italy

A scholar in his study, Rembrandt van Rijn

A scholar in his study, c. 1652.

Een geleerde in zijn werkkamer (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Beethoven Frieze (plate 2, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, Gustav Klimt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 2, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, 1901.

Beethoven Frieze (plate 2, left wall): Yearning for… (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks), Paul Gauguin

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks), 1894.

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on China paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Annunciation, c. 1576.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Disturbed Vision, 1930.

Synsforstyrrelse (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great, James Ensor

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great, 1927.

De verzoeking van de heilige Antonius (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Ladies of Hastings, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Ladies of Hastings, 1798–1800.

Die Damen von Hastings (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Asmodea, 1819.

Vision fantastique (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

Vision. Scene from Visby, 1894.

Vision. Motiv från Visby (museum title)

Richard Bergh (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Ecstasy of St Paul, 1649–1650.

Le Ravissement de saint Paul (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Vision of Saint Jerome, 17th century.

The Vision of Saint Jerome (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Worcester Art Museum, United States

Beethoven Frieze (plate 4, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, Gustav Klimt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 4, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, 1901.

Beethoven Frieze (plate 4, left wall): Yearning for… (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Beethoven Frieze (plate 1, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, Gustav Klimt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 1, left wall): Yearning for Happiness, 1901.

Beethoven Frieze (plate 1, left wall): Yearning for… (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

Belvedere Museum, Austria

Fingal Sees the Ghosts of his Forefathers by Moonlight, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fingal Sees the Ghosts of his Forefathers by Moonlight, c. 1780–1784.

Fingal ser sine forfædres ånder ved månens skin (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Disturbed Vision, 1930.

Synsforstyrrelse (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, 1804–1805.

Titania findet am Strand den Zauberring (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil, J. M. W. Turner

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil, 1846.

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil (museum title)

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

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Exile’s Dream, 1856.

A bujdosó álma (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell, 1490.

Visions of the Hereafter: Fall of the Damned into Hell (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

La Conversion de saint Paul, 1600.

La Conversion de saint Paul (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on wood panel

Famille Odescalchi, Rome

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), Francisco de Goya

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F), c. 1812–1820.

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, brown and gray washes over black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

L'Extase de saint François, 1594.

L'Extase de saint François (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Wadsworth Atheneum, United States

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1585–1590.

Saint François recevant les stigmates (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Fingal sees the spirits of his ancestors in the light of the moon. Scene from Ossian, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fingal sees the spirits of his ancestors in the light of the moon. Scene from Ossian, 1780s.

Fingal ser sine forfædres ånder ved månens skin. Scene af… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Vision, 1895.

Näky (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), paint on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland