Genre
Romantic
The romantic register exalts feeling over reason — the embrace, the moonlit tryst, the lover’s farewell. It runs from the tender to the operatic, and at its height the Romantics made it a worldview: that the heart, not the rulebook, is where the truth of a scene lives.
Key artists
Works
Prospekt af hovedgården Lykkesholm på Fyn. Vinter
The Interrupted Sleep
The Dispatch-Bearer
Copy after "Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)"
In the Sun
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe
The Dispatch of the Messenger
Angelica and Medoro
The French Comedians
The Proposal
Venice: The Rialto
Ariadne
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens
The Italian Brigand's Wife
Florentine Poet
Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda
Radha Awaiting Reconciliation with Krishna, from a Gita Govinda of Jayadeva
Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo Ragaputra of Bhairav, from the “Boston Ragamala”
Krishna and Radha Watching Rain Clouds: The Month of Bhadon from Baramasa series
Radha and Krishna Seated on a Balcony
Radha and Krishna in the Rain
Krishna Receives a Flower Garland
Krishna's Longing for Radha, from the Gita Govinda of Jayadeva
Grammar
Love the Sentinel
Divertissement
Fallen Tree
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham
Mariana
Spring
The Dream of Happiness
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Declaration of Love
The Kiss of Peace and Justice
Aurora and Cephalus
Mme L... (Laure Borreau)
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Four Seasons
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana
Lover's Tryst
On the River
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A Heroine Waiting for Her Paramour: Vasakasajja Nayika, from a Nurpur Rasikapriya
Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to accompany him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Untitled
On Bos’n’s Hill
A Lady with Attendant and a Pair of Deer: Probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak, from a Pahari Ragamala
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika)
Saindhavi Ragini of the "Sri Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's Hide
A Woman Plucks Leaves While Awaiting Her Lover: Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the “Chawand Ragamala”
Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Lovers Embracing
Madhu Madhavi Ragini
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Lovers and an Old Crone
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
La artista
PALATIN
The Return of Persephone
Isabel II
Reconciliación de Reinaldo y Armida
Majo with a Guitar
Felipe V e Isabel Farnesio
La ofendida
The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one
España y Filipinas
The Embarkation
Bajo toldilla
Youth Resting
Krishna and Radha
The Last of England
Silvio and Dorinda
People by the Blue Lake
Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo
A Betrothal
Augury of the Crow (Vasakasajja Nayika)
Ivan Tsarevich on the Grey Wolf
Before the Wedding
Sabina Seupham Spalding
La despedida
The Bridge at Molins de Rey
Carlota Joaquina, Infanta of Spain and Queen of Portugal
The Four Seasons
Palace architecture with musicians
The Golden Stairs
Twee vrouwen in Italiaanse dracht
After the Hunt
Illumination of the Belvedere Pavilion
Women and Cherubs in a Glen
Fountain of Inspiration
Iris
Story of Krishna and Radha
Radha and Krishna in Dalliance
Radha's Attendant Converses with Krishna and Woman Travels By Moonlight to Meet her Lover (page from the Gita Govinda)
Krishna and Radha: Court Scene
A Cattle Fair
Glaucus and Scylla
Manhood. From the series: The Four Ages of Man
Kunstnerens moder ved spinderokken
Nature Untamed
Lovers
Snuffbox
The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene
Italian Scenery with Cattle
Heste vandes ved en sø
The Origin of Painting
Youth. From the series: The Four Ages of Man
Scene from 'The Honeymoon'
Arabische ruiters in de woestijn
The rearguard of a cavalry engagement
The Education of Maria de Medici (study)
Summer Evening
Marriage of Henry IV and Maria de' Medici
The Loving
Pferdestück
The Surprise
Un recuerdo en la ausencia
La casta Susana
the Rendezvous
Maja in Finery
Couples in a Park
Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans Duchess of Berry
Lady Mary Josephine Drummond, Countess of Castelblanco
Barbara of Braganza Queen of Spain
Hesiod Listening to the Inspirations of the Muse
Spain taking glory to the Philippines
Flora
Girl with Flowers
Frau Bonn
Klosterruine im Winter
Kaiser Franz Joseph (1830 - 1916) und seine Braut bei einer Ausfahrt in der Umgebung von Ischl
The Fruit of Love
A Spring Fairytale
Flowers, a Hedgehog and a Frog
Daphnis and Chloe
Lady and Gentleman
Midas's Judgement
Schlucht und Einsiedelei San Romedio bei Val di Non
Pastoral Scene
Mutual love (Golden Age)
Crossing the Ford
The Rescue of Emperor Maximilian I from the Martinswand
Apelles malt Kampaspe
Bildnis einer Dame
Messengers of Godfrey of Bouillon in Gardens of Armida
River Crossing
Faust und Gretchen im 19. Jahrhundert
Zwei Bacchantinnen
Genoveva in the forest seclusion
Vita
Sale of jewels
Sigismund Augustus and Barbara Giza
Wacław's farewell to Maria
At the Fountain
In the Woods
Fête d'Après-Midi
Peach Blossoms
The Beautiful Greek Woman
Malavagaudi Ragini, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
Ragini Vibhas, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
Woman Grasping Tree Branch
Thomas Lane and His Sister Harriot
Story of Psyche
Twilight
Roman Wine Cart
Classical Scene
Promise of Spring
Scherzando
The Stolen Kiss
A Summer Shower
Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Discoverer)
Dancers
Acme and Septimius
Krishna, Radha and Gopis
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ide
Story of Krishna and Radha
Elizabeth Lewis
Boats in Front of the Grotto in the Park at Méréville
Lady on Horseback with Attendants
Turkish Women
The Month of Kartik (October-November), from a manuscript of the Barahmasa ("Twelve Months")
Celadon and Amelia
The Judgment of Paris
The Meeting of Radha and Krishna in the Forest of Brindaban
Stopping Place for Horsemen and Horses
Embarkation at Calais
Love Hymn
The Painter Anthony van Dyck in London
Albrecht Durer descends the Rhine
Zampogna player and his wife
Angelica and Medoro
Frequently asked questions
What is Romantic?
Romantic is a mood in painting. The romantic register exalts feeling over reason — the embrace, the moonlit tryst, the lover’s farewell.
How many Romantic works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 1,277 public-domain Romantic works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Romantic artists?
Key Romantic artists in the collection include Gustave Courbet, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Jean Léon Gérôme.