Vampires Depicted in Art

originally posted by: Rainbowresidue

With the recent news of the possible discovery of Vlad Tepes's (Draculea) tomb in Naples, Italy....it got me thinking.
Vlad Tepes Tomb in Naples:www.abovetopsecret.com...

Since when have we been able to see art depicting vampires?
I found a tablet -not exactly art, I know- from 1325 B.C.

Assyrian lime stone tablet mentioning vampire from 1325 B.C.

I've been basically searching for 3 days now -being the art lover I am-and have to come to the following conclusions....
The most vampire art comes from now, the 21st century, we are full of it, just check Deviantart or Elfwood for example.
The second most productive period with vampire art was the 19th century.
I found very few art/paintings from the medieval times, let alone from before. But instead they were mentioned in written form.

Some of the art work contained too much nudity to be posted here, so I will show only the ones that don't break any T&Cs.


Ambrogio Lorenzatti ca. 1338

Unknown, ca. 18th century

Unknown, Ambrogio, the first vampire, ca. 1820

The Vampire by R. de Moraine, 1851-52

Edward Munch-Vampire, 1893

Philip Burne Jones-Vampire, 1897

Art from Max Ernst's -Une Semaine de Bonte.. ca. 19th century

John W. Waterhouse-Lamia, 1905 (One of my personal favorites.)

Luis Royo, The Vampire Sextette, 21st century

Bouguereau-Vampire-Painting,21st century

Nathie-Vampire's Delight, 2014

If you find any art related to the topic, please feel free to post it here with the time period it was created.

S&f. The history of vampirism has been an interest of mine and I did a lot of research for my novel. The lamia, the legend of Lillith, they have been portrayed in art and literature in various forms for millenia.