Wing in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, 1496.

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

St. Michael Vanquishing Satan, 1518.

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, dit Le Grand Saint Michel (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Tobie et l'ange, 1863.

Tobie et l'ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Adoration of Cupid, Alexandre Roslin

The Adoration of Cupid, 1787.

Amors tillbedjan (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Annunciation, c. 1615.

Anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Blaisten Museum (Andrés Blaisten Collection, Mexico City), Mexico

Two curlews in a peat landscape, Bruno Liljefors

Two curlews in a peat landscape, 1927.

Två storspovar i torvlandskap (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Angels Descending, c. 1897.

Angels Descending (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Ecce Homo, or Man of Sorrows Comforted by Angels, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Ecce Homo, or Man of Sorrows Comforted by Angels, 18th century.

Ecce Homo o Varón de Dolores consolado por ángeles (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, Bruno Liljefors

Peregrine Falcon with a Smew as Prey by Its Nest on the Coast, 1923.

Slechtvalk met nonnetje als prooi bij zijn nest aan de kust (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, Bruno Liljefors

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, 1924.

Zeearend stoot op een mannetje eidereend (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, Titien

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, 1573–1575.

Philippe II offrant au ciel son fils l'infant don Ferdinand (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, Leonardo da Vinci

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, c. 1516.

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

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

Apparition of the Angel to the Family of Tobias, Ignacio Merino

Apparition of the Angel to the Family of Tobias, c. 1865–1870.

Aparición del ángel a la familia de Tobías (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

L'Annonciation, 1609.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France

Study for "Divine Justice", c. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice" (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

El matrimonio místico de santa Catalina de Alejandría (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

The Wild Swans, 1915.

The Wild Swans (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), ink and watercolour, with bodycolour highlights on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Flight into Egypt, 1658.

La Fuite en Égypte (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France

Divine Justice, 1808.

Divine Justice (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, James Barry

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, 1792–1801.

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Flight of Eiders by a Rock, Bruno Liljefors

Flight of Eiders by a Rock, 1928.

Vlucht eidereenden bij klip (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, Michel-Ange

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, 1511.

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

五月晴, 1934.

五月晴 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and light color on paper, hanging scroll

Adachi Museum of Art, Japan

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, c. 1853.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apothéose de… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

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

Annunciation, c. 1492.

Annunciation (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

The Hyde Collection, United States

The Plague, 1898.

Die Pest (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera (?) on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Mystical Nativity, Sandro Botticelli

The Mystical Nativity, 1500.

La Nativité mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Saint Michael the Archangel, Luis Juárez

Saint Michael the Archangel, c. 1620.

San Miguel arcángel (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

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

Le Nid de chouettes, 1505.

Le Nid de chouettes (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), ink

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Venus Genitrix, 1895.

Venus Genitrix (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Holy Family with Raphael, Tobias and Saint Jerome, or the Virgin with a Fish, Raphaël

The Holy Family with Raphael, Tobias and Saint Jerome, or the Virgin with a Fish, 1513–1514.

Sagrada Familia con Rafael, Tobías y San Jerónimo, o Virgen… (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), huile sur bois (transposée sur toile)

Prado Museum, Spain

Young Girl Preparing to Adorn the Statue of Cupid with a Garland of Flowers, Alexandre Roslin

Young Girl Preparing to Adorn the Statue of Cupid with a Garland of Flowers, 1783.

Jeune Fille s'apprêtant à orner la statue de l'Amour d'une… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Herring Gulls and Terns on the Skerries off the Scandinavian Coast, Bruno Liljefors

Herring Gulls and Terns on the Skerries off the Scandinavian Coast, 1923.

Zilvermeeuwen en sterns op de scheren voor de… (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Amour endormi, 1608.

Amour endormi (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Palatine Gallery, Italy

Two fantasy creatures, 1500.

Two fantasy creatures (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, 1821.

Die Erinnyen vertreiben Alkmaion von der Leiche seiner von… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Study of a Wing, for the Figure of “Inspiration”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study of a Wing, for the Figure of “Inspiration”, c. 1899.

Studium skrzydła. studium do postaci „Natchnienia” z… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

A Rich Man, 1917.

A Rich Man (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

The Critic, c. 1905–1907.

The Critic (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

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

Mute Swans Migrating in the Evening, Bruno Liljefors

Mute Swans Migrating in the Evening, 1925.

Knobbelzwanen op avondtrek (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Two Monsters, 1500.

Two Monsters (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Two Monsters (verso), 1500.

Two Monsters (verso) (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Thrym and Loki, c. 1915.

Trym og Loke (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway