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42 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 14

Key
1800s, 1750s
Smithsonian
Key
1700s, 1600s
Smithsonian
Key
1800s, 1700s
Smithsonian
Key
1800s, 1700s
Smithsonian
Key
1800s, 1700s
Smithsonian
Key
1720s, 1750s
Smithsonian
Detector lock with key
c. 1675 - c. 1700
Rijksmuseum
Chamberlain’s key with the monogram of Tsar Paul I of Russia
1750 - 1800
Rijksmuseum
Chamberlain’s key with the monogram of Max Joseph, Duke of Bavaria
c. 1700 - c. 1750
Rijksmuseum
Chamberlain’s key with the monogram P.V.O.
c. 1700 - c. 1725
Rijksmuseum
Key
1800s, 1700s
Smithsonian
Key
1800s, 1770s
Smithsonian
Key
1770s, 1780s
Smithsonian
key
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 2 12

Brass Key
D.J. Grant · c. 1940
National Gallery of Art
Key
c. 1200 - c. 1400
Rijksmuseum
Key with barrel shank
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Rijksmuseum
Chest lock with key
1500 - 1600
Rijksmuseum
Bishop’s key
Rijksmuseum
Key
1800s, 1700s
Smithsonian
Key
c. 1400 - c. 1500
Rijksmuseum
Bishop’s key
c. 1200 - c. 1400
Rijksmuseum
Key
Sweden
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Key with barrel shank
Rijksmuseum
Key
Rijksmuseum
nyckel, key
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 3 11

Key
Rijksmuseum
Key
1200 - 1400
Rijksmuseum
Venetian key with barrel shank
1500 - 1600
Rijksmuseum
Key
Rijksmuseum
Venetian key with barrel shank
c. 1500 - c. 1600
Rijksmuseum
Key with barrel shank
c. 1600 - c. 1699
Rijksmuseum
Key latch
Rijksmuseum
Key with hinged handle
c. 1600
Rijksmuseum
Key
Rijksmuseum
Key-shaped shop sign
c. 1600 - c. 1699
Rijksmuseum
Key
Rijksmuseum

Style 4 3

Key
Edna C. Rex · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art
Shop Sign Key
Henry Tomaszewski · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art
Key and Lock
Ronau William Woiceske · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art

Named in the museum's description 2

The key is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

key
Estonia
Pärnu Museum
Turn Key Tooth Extractor
Regina Henderer · c. 1938
National Gallery of Art