New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Gustave Moreau

71 works

Featured

Filters

Shape

Century

Clear all

Watercolor of a winged woman in gold robes leaning toward a bare-chested man holding a laurel wreath before rocky cliffs.

The Voices

1880

Painting of the dead Christ reclining in a rocky cave, with a grieving haloed woman and a glowing angel above.

ピエタ

1876

Painting of a crowned woman in an ornate gown standing in a dim stone hall beside a glowing arched doorway.

牢獄のサロメ

1873

Painting of a nude young man raising a laurel branch, with a winged cupid holding a torch and a draped woman behind him.

The Young Man and Death

1856

Painting of Saint George on a white horse spearing a dragon while a crowned princess watches from a rocky cliff.

Saint George and the Dragon

1889

Painting of nude Venus seated at the sea's edge with two sea figures holding coral and a shell, under a cliffed dusky sky.

Venus rising from the sea

1866

Gustave Moreau's painting of a winged centaur carrying a nude woman into a cloudy sky above a rocky cliff.

The Chimera

1867

Painting of a nude siren resting her hand on a crowned poet reclining in the sea beside a golden lyre, within a dark cave.

Le Poète et la Sirène

1893

Painting of a seated nude woman with jeweled headdress and shawl beside ornate columns and a garden.

Suzanne et les vieillards

1895

Oil painting of a muscular man wrestling a haloed winged angel beside a pale sun over the sea.

Jacob and the Angel

1874

Painting of a jeweled woman in a crown pointing at a glowing floating bleeding head in an ornate gilded palace interior.

The Apparition

1876

Painting of a haloed infant asleep in a basket among lotus flowers, with Egyptian temple ruins and a sphinx behind.

The Infant Moses

1876

Painting of a seated nude woman holding grapes beside a small satyr-like figure among rocks and foliage.

Erigone

1883

Seated woman in jeweled headdress and embroidered gown, in a dim ornate interior with columns and red birds.

Dalila

1896

Painting of a reclining woman in red drapes on a rocky shore, a white bird above, a setting sun over the sea, and a column on

La Mort de Sapho, par Gustave Moreau

1876

Painting of a crowned, gold-robed woman with a sceptre riding a winged creature under a starry twilight sky with birds.

La Fée

Painting of a haloed saint beside a red cross on rocks, with two winged angels in red robes descending in a pale sky.

Moreau - Un Saint au désert, Vers 1879

1879

Painting of a woman in a red cloak playing a lyre on a rock by the sea, with a sunset and stormy sky behind her.

Moreau - Arion, 1891

1891

Painting of nude Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, embraced by a winged angel beneath a glowing cross.

Saint Sebastian and the Angel

1876

Woman in red robe lies on rocky shore beside a lyre, a white bird above her, under a dramatic sunset sky.

La mort de Sapho

1872

Nude goddess reclining on a crescent moon under a star-filled night sky with bats, by Gustave Moreau.

Nyx, Night Goddess

1880

Watercolor of a nude woman riding a white bull across a shore, with red drapery and a winged figure in the sky.

Moreau - The Abduction of Europa, c. 1870-75, 1941.599

Painting of nude Saint Sebastian supported by a winged angel beneath a glowing star and dark tree.

Saint-Sébastien et l'ange

1876

Painting of a woman with a lyre clinging to a rocky cliff above a stormy sea, with a gilded column beside her.

Sappho falling into the Abyss

1867

Painting of a crowned king on a throne with a winged angel at his feet, in an ornate columned hall.

King David

1878

Watercolor of a woman in an embroidered robe beside a winged figure, a swan, a pond and a setting sun.

Inspiration

c. 1893

Watercolor of a nude man attacked by wild horses beside classical columns, painted in muted greens, blues and rust tones.

Diomedes Devoured by Horses

1866

Watercolor of a dancer in a blue gown holding red flowers, with a severed head on a dish at left and a seated figure at right

Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist

mid to late 19th century

Saint Cecilia with a halo, holding an ornate harp beside a tree, in a green gown and red mantle, with a river and crescent mo

Saint Cecilia

ca. 1890-95

Pencil and watercolor costume design of a standing warrior in ornate armor, plumed helmet, and decorated cloak.

Pittacus the Tyrant in War Costume

1883