18th Century Narrative Art

Scenes from 18th-century life, including social events and dramas, portrayed in detailed historical paintings with rich colors and intricate settings.

Benjamin Franklin in the Studio of Houdon Leon Marie C. Dansaert (1830- American)

Four hours of the day: the night, 1774, by Louis Joseph Watteau (1731-1798), oil on canvas, 65x84 cm. Detail.

The Draughts Players, Michael Sweerts, 1652

The Deposition of the Doge Francesco Foscari, painting by Francesco Hayez, 1791 - 1882, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Return from captivity; Löffler, Leopold (1827-1898); 1863 (1863-00-00-1863-00-00);State Art collections (Warsaw - 1922-1939) - collections, message (provenance)

The Workings and Signing of the Marriage Contract, after a 17th century work by Abraham Bosse. From Modes and Manners, published 1935.

Joseph Interprets the Dreams of the Baker and the Butler, Jan Victors, 1648

WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721). An Embarrasing Proposal. 1715 - 1716. Rococo. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum.

The cheaters. (Wouter Pietersz Crabeth d. J.; 1593 To Gouda before 1644)

A Mother giving her Child the Breast, Domenicus van Tol, 1660 - 1676 painting Interior with a mother who breasts her child. An older daughter watches, the cradle is on the right. panel. oil paint (paint) nursing, suckling. mother and baby or young child. cradle, crib

La Cena de Canaam, 1663. Museum: MUSEO NAZIONALE DI SAN MARTINO, NAPOLES, ITALIA. Author: LUCA GIORDANO.

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-91 Austrian composer, at the harpsichord, from Afternoon tea, English style, served in the Salon des 4 Glaces at the Temple Palace, Paris, France, May 1766 (Mozart is accompanied by JÄlyotte) (detail)

The Night School. Dating: 1786. Measurements: h 60 cm × w 52 cm; d 8.1 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Michiel Versteegh.

Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752-1798, British, 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia, 1786. Oil on canvas.

Scene from Rodogune, written 1645, by Pierre Corneille, 1810

Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629-1700) formerly attributed to Pier Francesco Cittadini (1616-1681), Campeggi Family or Portrait of Tommaso Campeggi with His Family, 1663-1664, oil on canvas, 265x360 cm.

Painting titled 'The Boar Hunt' by Joseph Parrocel (1646-1704) a French Baroque painter. Dated 18th Century

Blindman's bluff, 1788-1789, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), cartoon for tapestry, 269x350 cm.

Gines Andres de Aguirre (1727-1800). Spanish painter. Puerta de Alcala and the Fountain of Cybele, 1785. (Madrid, Spain). Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid).

Anonymous / Los Reyes Católicos bajo un dosel, S. XVII, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 349x225 cm. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Interior with Five Women, attributed to Dirck van Delen, c. 1630 - c. 1652

Gambling, Raffle, Lottery, c. 1750, Painting by Jean-Baptiste Lebel, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Group Portrait of the four Brothers of William I, Prince of Orange: Jan (1535-1606), Hendrik (1550-74), Adolf (1540-68) and Lodewijk (1538-74), Counts of Nassau. Dating: c. 1630. Measurements: support: h 189 cm × w 147 cm; sight size: h 185.5 cm × w 144 cm; frame: h 212.5 cm × w 170.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Wybrand de Geest (I) (workshop of).

Etching or lithograph of a scene from Shakespeare's "King Lear". Benjamin Franklin Upton (American, 1818 - 1910)

Mr and Mrs Atherton. Date/Period: Ca. 1743. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 920 mm (36.22 in); Width: 1,270 mm (50 in). Author: Arthur Devis.

John Ferneley, 1782-1860, British, The Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer with their six younger children at Withcote Hall, Near Oakham, Leicestershire, 1838. Oil on canvas.

The Catholic Kings Receiving the Ambassadors of Fez. Canvas painting in 1790. Madrid, Academy of san Fernando. Author: VICENTE LOPEZ PORTAÑA. Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Catholic Monarchs. ISABEL LA CATOLICA (1451-1504) ISABEL I DE CASTILL. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

LOUIS XVIII, 1755-1824 King of France and Navarre, leaving the Tuileries Palace, Paris, on the night of 19-20 March 1815 (MV 1778)

Bust of Abraham Lincoln Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848-1907). Bust of Abraham Lincoln, 1922. Bronze, 28 x 17 x 14 in. (71.1 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm). This portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln was derived from the full-length standing portrait completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887 for Chicagos Lincoln Park. Saint-Gaudens based Lincolns likeness on plaster life casts of the presidents head. The sculptor was inspired by Lincolns landmark 1860 speech at Cooper Union in New York, in which the future president declared that the founders would have opposed the expansion of slavery into new American territories. In this speech Lincoln also made famous the phrase “Let us have faith that right makes might.” American Art 1922

Washingtons erstes Gespräch mit Mrs. Custis George Washington 1732 bis 1799 Martha Dandridge Custis Washington 1731 bis 1802 Nach Alonzo Chappel aus Leben und Zeiten Washingtons Band 1, veröffentlicht 1857 / Washingtons first interview with Mrs Custis George Washington 1732 to 1799 Martha Dandridge Custis Washington 1731 to 1802 After Alonzo Chappel from Life and Times of Washington Volume 1 published 1857, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Francisco Antolínez y Sarabia (Attributed to) / 'The Betrothal of the Virgin'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Model drawing in an old building.

D APRES LA FAMILIA DE CARLOS IV. Author: CRISTOBAL TORAL RUIZ 1940. Prince of Asturias Charles de Bourbon (Charles IV).

The Artist's Studio, 1740s-1750s. Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704-1761). Oil on copper; framed: 55.6 x 73.3 cm (21 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.); unframed: 41.9 x 60 cm (16 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.).

'From Indian Man and Mestiza Woman, Coyote Boy', 1751-1800, Oil on canvas, 82,5 x 104 cm. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

'First Steps'. circa 1788. Dimensions: 45,5x55 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MARGUERITE GERARD.

Blind Man's Buff. James Burfield (op.1879-1883). Dated 1876, oil on canvas, 99 x 134.7cm.

Arrest of Louis XVI, June 1791 Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Arrest of Louis XVI in Varennes, 21-22 June 1791. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

Italy, Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) as child on an Actors' boat

fine arts, paintings, Germany, society playing music, after Gerard ter Borch, first half of 19th century, porcellain collection of the Munich Residence,

Kostüme aus dem Altertum, 16. Jahrhundert, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera, known as Embarkation for Cythera (Cythere), 1717, by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), oil on canvas, 129x194 cm. Detail.

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez / 'Las Meninas, or The Family of Felipe IV', ca. 1656, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 318 cm x 276 cm, P01174. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The guards smoking, 1643, by Louis Le Nain (1593-1648) and Antoine Le Nain (1599-1648). Detail.

ALREDEDOR DEL COLUMPIO - SIGLO XIX - OLEO/LIENZO 61X51,2 CM. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.

'The Drunkard Pushed into the Pigsty', 1564-1638. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Ibrahim-el Djerbi, or the Holy Moor, when in the tent of the Marquise of Moya tried to assassinate the Catholic Monarchs (Siege of Malaga), 1850. Royal Collections of the National Heritage. Royal Palace. Madrid. Spain.

'Adoration of the Magi' (detail), 1619, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 203 cm x 125 cm, P01166. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Melchor. Gaspar. BALTASAR.

Market in Amsterdam by Gabriel Metsu, 17th Century, (1629-1667), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Scene in a park. Leray, Prudent Louis (1820-1879), painter

CACERIA EN LA MORALEJA - DETALLE DEL PINTOR - SIGLO XVIII - CONJUNTO 132007. Author: TORIBIO ALVAREZ (1668-1739). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

A Gentleman in a tricorn Hat holding a Cane, a Gentleman in a black Phrygian Bonnet and a young woman with a Mouche in a red Dress. Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo (1736-1776). Pastel on paper laid on canvas. 56 x 48cm.

Parsons, Bransby, And Watkyns In A Scene From Lethe, 1766. By Johann Zoffany. This depicts a scene from the playwright David Garrick's comedy 'Lethe'.

Arthur Devis, 1712-1787, British, Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire, 1749. Oil on canvas.

The Mennonite Preacher Anslo and his Wife. Date/Period: 1641. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 173.7 cm (68.3 in); Width: 207.6 cm (81.7 in). Author: Rembrandt.

Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818). Italian painter. The Polish-Lithuanian Union in Lublin, 1796. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland.

England,London,The City,Museum of London,Painting titled ""Eastwood Ho!"" by Henry Nelson O'Neil

CASTELLANOS - SIGLO XIX - COSTUMBRISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: Antonio Cabral Bejarano. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Frans Hals Dutch Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned fxrom Flemish painting, this picture provides a gleefully nonjudgmental depiction of a young couple carousing in the doorway of an inn or brothel. Flushed cheeks and open-mouthed grins indicate that the pair has broken with contemporary rules of comportment. Yet even the humble interior in which they find themselves boasts a landscape painting above the mantelpiece. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5032. Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart") Play or pause #5248. Young Man and Woman in an Inn Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Young Man and Woman in an Inn 436616

Lady Playing A Lute David Teniers II (1610-1690 Flemish)

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 1669) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. 1632 Oil on canvas

Vicente Carducho / 'Urbano II delibera con San Bruno', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 337 cm x 297 cm, P05409. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

A Club of Gentlemen, Joseph Highmore, 1692-1780, British

'The Actors of the Commedia dell'Arte', 18th century, Oil on canvas, 25,5 x 22 cm. Author: NICOLAS LANCRET. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

The Sense of Taste, Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German

Emanuel de Witte (Alkmaar, ca. 1617-Amsterdam, 1691/1692). The Old Fish Market on the Dam, Amsterdam (ca. 1650). Oil on panel. 55 x 44.8 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Detail of Luncheon Party in a Park (Le Dejeuner de jambon); about 1735 Oil on canvas Nicolas Lancret French; 1690-1743

'Returning from a Ride'. Belgium, 1844. Dimensions: 61x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: HENDRIK LEYS.

Europe, Netherlands, Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt's The Syndics (De Staalmeesters) 1662

The Magistrate of The Hague in the year 1682 - Jan de Baen

The Arts betokened by their Attributes, Huilliot, Pierre Nicolas, 1743.

The Art Collector. Johann Hamza (1850-1927). Oil on panel. 32 x 25.8cm.

The Lampugnani Conspiracy, 1826, by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), oil on canvas, 149x117 cm.

An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

fine arts, Leyster, Judith, (1609 - 1660), painting, ""La joyeuse compagnie"", (""carousing couple""), 1630, oil on canvas, 68 cm x 54 cm, Louvre, Paris,

A Seven-Part Decorative Sequence: An Outdoor Stairway. Dating: 1630 - 1632. Measurements: h 310 cm × w 125 cm × d 3 cm; h 320 cm × w 135 cm × d 13.7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Dirck van Delen.

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

England, London, Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, Painting of The Death of Nelson by Arthur William Davis dated 1807

Cromwell and the corpse of Charles I - Paul Delaroche, 1831

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). The Extraction of the Stone of Madness. 1475 - 1480. The cure of the folly. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Paying the Hostess. Artist: Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, Rotterdam 1629-1684 Amsterdam). Dimensions: 37 1/4 x 43 3/4 in. (94.6 x 111.1 cm). Date: ca. 1670.The subject of a disputed reckoning is not common in Dutch art, but is found in one of De Hooch's Delft pictures, dated 1658, and in travelers' diaries of the time. In this mature work of the artist's Amsterdam years, the pretty hostess of a country inn explains her method of accounting to a modishly attired customer. The seemingly flirtatious couple is surrounded by skillfully diversified effects of light. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel - Abraham Bloemaert, circa 1630

The Superintendents of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1683. Group portrait of the inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1683. On the left the guildkeknecht Sieuwert van Duynen. At the table The Decunors Egbertus Veen, Bonaventura Van Dortmont and Joan Verwed and the pharmacists Johannes de Viesiest, his son and Jacobus Danckertsz. The Ry. On the wall performances of Apollo and a goddess.

LAS REGENTAS DEL ASILO DE ANCIANOS DE HAARLEM - 1662 - BARROCO FLAMENCA - DETALLE DERECHO. Author: FRANS HALS. Location: MUSEO FRANS HALS. HAARLEM. HOLANDA.

The Tosio salon, by Luigi Basiletti (1780-1859), oil on canvas, 65x96 cm.

The Hope Family; 1802 Oil on canvas Benjamin West American; 1738-1820

The Young Scholar and his Sister, painted by Gonzales Coques, 17th century, Album der Casseler Galerie, published by E.A. Seemann 1907, Leipzig

Austria, Vienna, Archduke Leopold William in Gallery

Portrait of the Regents of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, c. 1650, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, c. 1650 painting Group portrait of the regents of the Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis in Amsterdam, ca. 1650. Isaac Commelin, Lucas Pietersz Conijn, Johan Steur, Rombout Kemp, Claes van Lith and Cornelis Metsue. Behind the inner father and inner mother. canvas. oil paint (paint) board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten'). historical persons Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis

The governors of the Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis in Amsterdam, Backer, Jacob (1608/09-1651)

The Burial Of The Sardine 1812 1814 Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828 Spanish) Oil On Wood Panel Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

France, Paris, Painting of La Fayette swearing during Feast of the Federation on July 14, 1790

The artist in conversation with Johann Jakob Bodmer, 1778-1781, by Johann Heinrich Fussli (1741-1825), 163x150 cm.

REMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn, called (1606-1669). The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. 1632. Dutch School. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. NETHERLANDS. SOUTH HOLLAND. The Hague. Mauritshuis.

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