Ashmolean Museum

Ariadne's Gallery holds 71 works in the Ashmolean Museum collection by 44 artists, most made between 1502 and 1913. The best represented artists are Camille Pissarro, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. The main styles are Romanticism, Impressionism and Baroque. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke nostalgia.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 34 (collection average 34)
Joy: 45 (collection average 46)
Tension: 45 (collection average 48)
Anger: 20 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 52 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 44 (collection average 48)
Interest: 57 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

Meeting of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate by Filippo Lippi, c.1445 — Interest 70, Joy 55, Wonder 55
The Hunt in the Forest by Paolo Uccello, c.1460 — Anger 12, Sadness 21, Wonder 31
Self Portrait by Raphael, c.1499 — Sadness 46, Tension 55, Interest 60
St. Anne with Virgin and Child Christ by Michelangelo, c.1502 — Anger 11, Sadness 22, Wonder 32
Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Raphael, c.1505 — Sadness 90, Nostalgia 95, Tension 81
Praying Woman by Matthias Grünewald, 1512 - 1514 — Joy 80, Interest 75, Nostalgia 65
Upper arm Study by Matthias Grünewald, 1512 - 1514 — Sadness 49, Anger 24, Nostalgia 46
Study of God the Father by Raphael, 1515 — Interest 80, Joy 60, Nostalgia 56
Hans the Elder Portrait Burgkmair by Albrecht Durer, 1518 — Interest 68, Sadness 20, Anger 9
Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi by Michelangelo, c.1532 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 36, Sadness 21
Giacomo Doria by Titian, 1533 - 1535 — Anger 40, Interest 65, Tension 55
Jane Seymour's Cup by Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1536 — Interest 55, Wonder 45, Joy 40
Horse and Rider Black chalk on blue paper by Titian, c.1537 — Anger 55, Tension 65, Sadness 40
Study to "Pieta" by Michelangelo, 1555 — Sadness 22, Anger 8, Wonder 33
Portrait of a Man with a Moustache (Supposed Self Portrait) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c.1630 — Interest 68, Sadness 22, Nostalgia 34
The Artist`s Father by Rembrandt, 1630 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Sadness 35
Sketch with Two Figures by Antoine Watteau, 1710 - 1715 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 45, Wonder 46
The Grand Canal nethe Ponte del Rialto by Canaletto, c.1725 — Joy 66, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Dolo on the Brenta by Canaletto, 1728 — Joy 64, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Still Life with Herrings by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, c.1731 — Sadness 65, Nostalgia 45, Anger 3
The Theft of a Watch by William Hogarth, c.1731 — Anger 60, Tension 69, Sadness 50
A Young Woman With a Macaw by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c.1758 - c.1760 — Wonder 71, Interest 75, Joy 70
South View of Christ Church, from the Meadows by J.M.W. Turner, 1798 - 1799 — Wonder 65, Joy 65, Interest 70
Little Chaville by Camille Corot, 1823 - 1825 — Sadness 21, Anger 8, Wonder 31
Lake Piediluco by Camille Corot, 1826 — Sadness 24, Anger 12, Wonder 31
Scene on the Loire by J.M.W. Turner, 1826 - 1830 — Joy 75, Interest 75, Wonder 65
A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Priest from the Persecution of the Druids by William Holman Hunt, 1850 — Anger 75, Sadness 81, Tension 85
The Return of the Dove to the Ark by John Everett Millais, 1851 — Tension 65, Sadness 44, Wonder 55
Pretty Baa-Lambs by Ford Madox Brown, 1852 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 50
John Ruskin by John Everett Millais, 1853 — Wonder 55, Joy 50, Nostalgia 50
Landscape with Figures by a River by Camille Pissarro, c.1853 - c.1854 — Nostalgia 56, Tension 45, Anger 15
Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1855 — Interest 80, Nostalgia 75, Joy 70
The Schoolgirl's Hymn by William Holman Hunt, 1859 — Joy 66, Nostalgia 56, Wonder 55
Home from the Sea by Arthur Hughes, 1862 — Joy 80, Interest 80, Wonder 75
London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales by William Holman Hunt, 1863 - 1866 — Joy 73, Nostalgia 65, Interest 71
Ophelia by Arthur Hughes, c.1863 — Nostalgia 90, Sadness 80, Tension 85
The Festival of St. Swithin or The Dovecote by William Holman Hunt, 1866 - 1875 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 55, Interest 61
Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus by Edouard Manet, 1868 — Interest 86, Wonder 81, Joy 72
Reverie by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1868 — Nostalgia 71, Interest 75, Joy 65
A Windmill near Zaandam by Claude Monet, 1871 — Joy 66, Nostalgia 56, Sadness 35
The Daydream by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872 - 1878 — Joy 76, Wonder 70, Interest 74
Jeanne Holding a fan by Camille Pissarro, c.1873 — Nostalgia 70, Joy 65, Wonder 55
Pink Peonies by Camille Pissarro, 1873 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 70
Farm at Montfoucault 2 by Camille Pissarro, 1874 — Nostalgia 59, Joy 43, Wonder 39
Half Length Portrait of Lucien Pissarro by Camille Pissarro, c.1875 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 48, Wonder 42
Study for the Death of Lady Macbeth by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c.1875 — Anger 50, Sadness 55, Tension 65
A Hearty Welcome by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1878 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 55, Joy 55
Portrait of Madame Pissarro Sewing near a Window by Camille Pissarro, c.1878 - c.1879 — Tension 55, Nostalgia 50, Wonder 51
The Day Dream by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1878 — Joy 75, Wonder 70, Interest 75
Figures in a Garden by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880 — Joy 75, Interest 71, Nostalgia 60
Jockey by Edgar Degas, 1882 — Anger 70, Tension 88, Sadness 42
Danae and the Brazen Tower by Edward Burne-Jones, 1887 - 1888 — Nostalgia 80, Anger 50, Sadness 60
The Restaurant de la Sirene at Asnieres by Vincent van Gogh, 1887 — Sadness 50, Wonder 61, Joy 60
Carriage in the Bois de Boulogne by Berthe Morisot, c.1889 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
Hoarfrost by Camille Pissarro, 1890 — Nostalgia 80, Sadness 70, Tension 80
Peasants Planting Pea Sticks (also known as Peasants planting in the field) by Camille Pissarro, 1890 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 48, Interest 52
Sunset with Mist, Eragny by Camille Pissarro, 1890 — Anger 60, Sadness 65, Tension 75
Sunset at Eragny by Camille Pissarro, 1902 — Tension 55, Sadness 34, Anger 20
The Steps of the Church of S. S. Domenico-e-Siste in Rome by John Singer Sargent, 1906 — Interest 65, Joy 55, Nostalgia 50
Murnau am Staffelsee by Wassily Kandinsky, 1908 — Anger 40, Nostalgia 60, Tension 55
Ennui by Walter Sickert, c.1913 — Sadness 75, Nostalgia 70, Tension 65
Human ancestors by Nicholas Roerich, 1913 — Nostalgia 90, Sadness 70, Tension 80
New York Rooftops, My Windows in New York by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, 1943 — Nostalgia 70, Interest 75, Joy 65
Small Naked Portrait by Lucian Freud, 1973 - 1974 — Sadness 80, Anger 65, Tension 85
A Vase of Flowers with a Watch by Willem van Aelst — Interest 65, Joy 55, Wonder 55
James, Duke of York, Later King James II by John Riley — Nostalgia 80, Joy 76, Interest 55
Portrait of a young man with a dog and a cat by Dosso Dossi — Tension 55, Interest 56, Anger 20
Still Life of Fruit in a formal Garden by Nicolaes Maes — Nostalgia 46, Joy 35, Interest 50
Studies of Monsters by Hieronymus Bosch — Anger 9, Joy 28, Sadness 16
Study of a Female Nude by Adriaen van de Velde — Nostalgia 75, Sadness 60, Tension 70
Virgin and Child (The Tallard Madonna) by Giorgione — Wonder 54, Nostalgia 40, Anger 8

Museums with works by the same artists

Sistine Chapel (77)
Tate Modern (290)
British Museum (211)
Musée d'Orsay (521)
Louvre (611)
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (48)
Uffizi Gallery (355)
Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge) (87)