Hand On Shoulder Collection

Italy, Desdemona, Othello and Iago, illustration for the opera Otello (1887) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), oleograph 19th century, Civica Raccolta Delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli (Library)

Naomi and Ruth, 1887 (oil on canvas)
1199590 Naomi and Ruth, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Morgan, Evelyn De (1855-1919); 94x59.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Wedding, 1914. Creator: Hulda Radstrom
Wedding, 1914. The bride and groom Anna and Tomas Lambert Klementsson, Atostugan, Joestrom. Vapsten Sami village, Tarna parish, Lycksele lapmark, Vasterbotten county. The bride wearing a silver collar

Ida and Selma Larsson from Risätra, 1890-1900 Creator: Lars Olsson Akerman
Ida and Selma Larsson from Risatra, 1890-1900

Portrait of an unknown man with a boy sitting on a bicycle, end of 19th century. Creator: PA Milevskii
Portrait of an unknown man with a boy sitting on a bicycle, end of 19th century. This collection contains 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Daughter and mother, Gilyak, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Daughter and mother, Gilyak, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin. The merchant V. P

Nerchinsk Tungus, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Nerchinsk Tungus, 1862. Sheet 55 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Russian Traders in Uriankhai Territory. Twelve-Year-Old Son of the Cossack Sadovskii... 1897. Creator: Unknown
Russian Traders in Uriankhai Territory. Twelve-Year-Old Son of the Cossack Sadovskii and a Worker/Peasant, 1897. From the album Puteshestviya P. Ye

Couples sitting on sailing boat, smiling
1976, Four People, Adults Only, Young Adult, Young Women, Young Men, Caucasian Appearance, Outdoors, Day, Horizontal, Colour, Photography, Head And Shoulders, Three Quarter Length, Swimming Costume

Young couples standing on beach, smiling
1977, Four People, Adults Only, Young Adult, Young Women, Young Men, Caucasian Appearance, Outdoors, Day, Horizontal, Colour, Photography, Waist Up, Three Quarter Length, Bikini, Swimming Shorts

Skirmish During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, 1881 (oil on canvas)
1195776 Skirmish During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Villevalde, Alexander (1857-after 1906); 116x156 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Villevalde)

Fisherfolk in an Interior, (oil on canvas)
659087 Fisherfolk in an Interior, (oil on canvas) by Portielje, Edward (1861-1949); 66x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Fisherfolk in an Interior. Edward Antoon Portielje (1861-1949)

Two Sketches: Father and Daughter, n. d. Creator: Henry Stacy Marks
Two Sketches: Father and Daughter, n.d

Lent, February 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Lent, February 1894

Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916. Creator: Amadeo Modigliani
Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916

The Letter, 1910 (oil on canvas)
989308 The Letter, 1910 (oil on canvas) by Caro-Delvaille, Henry (1876-1928); 65.5x81 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Letter. Henry Caro-Delvaille (1876-1928). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1910

Women in a Field of Willows, 1860-65 (oil on canvas)
987361 Women in a Field of Willows, 1860-65 (oil on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 63.2x84.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Breton Family; La Famille Bretonne, (oil on canvas)
827091 The Breton Family; La Famille Bretonne, (oil on canvas) by Ribot, Auguste Theodule (1823-91); 92.7x73.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Breton Family; La Famille Bretonne)

Certain ladies of her companionship gathered themselves with Beatrice when she kept alone
989855 Certain ladies of her companionship gathered themselves with Beatrice when she kept alone in her weeping, and as they passed in and out, I would hear them speak concerning her

Three Muses, (oil on canvas)
657328 Three Muses, (oil on canvas) by Philpot, Glyn Warren (1884-1937); 75.5x48 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Three Muses. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937). Oil on canvas

Galatea, 1889 (marble)
PHG190968 Galatea, 1889 (marble) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); 60.8x40.6x39 cm; Musee Rodin, Paris, France; ePhilippe Galard; French, out of copyright

Portrait of the Baroness Burdett Coutts and her Companion Mrs
1199594 Portrait of the Baroness Burdett Coutts and her Companion Mrs. Brown, Edinburgh, 1874, (oil on canvas, framed) by Drummond

Portrait of Ena Wertheimer, 1902 (oil on canvas)
1197534 Portrait of Ena Wertheimer, 1902 (oil on canvas) by Boldini, Giovanni (1842-1931); 155.5x103 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

The Parting of the Ways; Am Scheideweg, 1917 (tempera on canvas)
825997 The Parting of the Ways; Am Scheideweg, 1917 (tempera on canvas) by Rohlfs, Christian (1849-1938); 124.5x118 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Parting of the Ways; Am Scheideweg)

Sisterly Love, 1892 (oil on canvas)
1769869 Sisterly Love, 1892 (oil on canvas) by Delobbe, FranAzois Alfred (1835-1915); 100.3x82.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sisterly Love. Francois Alfred Delobbe (1835-1920). Oil on canvas

Two dignitaries, from the northern wing of the Apadana east stairway facade
BOO179107 Two dignitaries, from the northern wing of the Apadana east stairway facade, 500-480 BC (stone) by Achaemenid, (5th century BC); Persepolis, Iran; Iranian, out of copyright

Les Enfants d Edouard, (oil on canvas)
1197579 Les Enfants d Edouard, (oil on canvas) by Delaroche, Hippolyte (Paul) (1797-1856); 88.9x106.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Two Men in the Consideration of the Moon; Zwei Manner in Betrachtung des Mondes, c
824290 Two Men in the Consideration of the Moon; Zwei Manner in Betrachtung des Mondes, c.1830 (oil on canvas) by Friedrich

Portrait of Mrs Arbuckle and Son, (oil on canvas)
650778 Portrait of Mrs Arbuckle and Son, (oil on canvas) by Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827); 121.5x92 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Mrs Arbuckle and Son)

The Mc Ilvaine Sisters, 1834 (oil on canvas)
650774 The Mc Ilvaine Sisters, 1834 (oil on canvas) by Sully, Thomas (1783-1872); 62.8x75.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mc Ilvaine Sisters. Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Oil on canvas

Double Portrait of Thomas Somers Cocks and Richard Cocks of Castleditch
652129 Double Portrait of Thomas Somers Cocks and Richard Cocks of Castleditch, Both Small Full-Length, the Former in a Blue Coat and Waistcoat Holding a Black Tricorn

Portrait of the Gros Family, 1860 (oil on canvas)
1769793 Portrait of the Gros Family, 1860 (oil on canvas) by Chaplin, Charles Joshua (1825-91); 129.5x97.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of the Gros Family)

A Happy Moment, 1919 (oil on canvas)
823063 A Happy Moment, 1919 (oil on canvas) by Curran, Charles Courtney (1861-1942); 64.5x76.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Happy Moment. Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942). Oil on canvas

Two Boys with Harmonica, (oil on canvas)
823036 Two Boys with Harmonica, (oil on canvas) by Witkowski, Karl (1860-1910); 48x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Boys with Harmonica. Karl Witkowski (1860-1910). Oil on canvas

The Empires destiny lies in her children (litho)
3643039 The Empires destiny lies in her children (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Empires destiny lies in her children)

Two Jockeys, (watercolour, bodycolour and pencil)
657371 Two Jockeys, (watercolour, bodycolour and pencil) by Wood, Christopher (1901-30); 33x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Jockeys. Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

The New Breeches, (oil on canvas)
658280 The New Breeches, (oil on canvas) by Barnes, Edward Charles (1855-1882); 71x92 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Breeches. Edward Charles Barnes (1855-1882). Oil on canvas

Dancer and Abonne, at the Opera; Danseuse et Abonne, a l opera, c
1768110 Dancer and Abonne, at the Opera; Danseuse et Abonne, a l opera, c.1905 (oil on canvas) by Forain, Jean Louis (1852-1931); 50.2x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancer and Abonne)

The Letter, c. 1850. Creators: Albert Sands Southworth, Josiah Johnson Hawes
The Letter, c. 1850

Henry Lord Darnley, and his Brother Charles, c16th century, (1904)
Henry Lord Darnley, and his Brother Charles, c16th century (1904). Lord Darnley, (1545-1567) and his younger brother Charles, (1555-1576). After Lucas de Heere, (1534-1584). From James I

Sergeants, Seaforth Highlanders, c1880. Artist: Gregory & Co
Sergeants, Seaforth Highlanders, c1880. Episode of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, from 1878 to 1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Portrait of a Lady and a Little Girl, c1660. Artist: Justus Sustermans
Portrait of a Lady and a Little Girl, c1660. Suttermans, Justus (1597-1681). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Piti Tiena, (Two Sisters), 1892. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Piti Tiena, (Two Sisters), 1892. Gauguin, Paul Eugene Henri (1848-1903). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The disarmament of France, the wound always bleeds, Mr Jaures!, 1903. Jean Leon Jaures, (1859-1914) was a French Socialist leader

The Rare Bird, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas Lepine
The Rare Bird, c1850-1890. Although generally not considered an Impressionist painter, Stanislas participated in the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874. He died suddenly in Paris in 1892

Young couple embracing indoors

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"Hand on Shoulder: A Symbol of Connection and Support" In the realm of art, a simple gesture can convey profound emotions. The hand on shoulder, an act that transcends language barriers, speaks volumes about companionship and solace. Just like Desdemona seeking comfort from Othello in Shakespeare's tragedy or Naomi finding strength in Ruth's unwavering loyalty, this timeless symbol resonates with us all. One such illustration capturing the power of this gesture is Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello (1887). In this oleograph masterpiece, we witness the tender moment when Desdemona leans against her husband's shoulder for reassurance amidst turmoil. The theme continues to echo through different settings and eras. Couples sitting on a sailing boat, their smiles reflecting shared joy and trust; young couples standing on a beach basking in love's warmth; even during times of conflict like the Skirmish During the Hungarian Revolution (1848-1849), where soldiers find solace in each other's presence. Artists have also captured familial bonds through this intimate touch. Henry Stacy Marks' Two Sketches portrays the endearing connection between father and daughter as they share a quiet moment together. Meanwhile, Amadeo Modigliani immortalizes Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz with their hands gently resting upon one another—a testament to enduring love. Yet not all instances are lighthearted; some carry deeper meaning. Lent by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen depicts two figures leaning towards each other for support during a time of introspection—reminding us that sometimes it takes someone else to help bear our burdens. As we delve into more artworks featuring hand-on-shoulder moments—such as Green and Gold by an unknown artist or The Letter by an anonymous painter—we realize that regardless of context or period, this gesture represents unity, empathy, and compassion.