Artistic Depictions of Literary Themes

A series of artworks inspired by literary themes, showcasing emotional scenes and landscapes, capturing the essence of stories like Don Quixote and Pyramus and Thisbe.

Detail of Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon Oil on canvas; 1816 John Martin; British; 1789 - 1854

Don Quixote and the Dead Mule after 1864 Honoré Daumier French This work, one of many versions of the subject painted by Daumier, illustrates a passage from Don Quixote, the epic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). The elderly knight, accompanied by his squire, Sancho Panza, encounters the body of a dead mule, emaciated after long exposure to the elements in a wild landscape. The encounter is one in a series exposing the breadth of human folly, a theme linking Cervantess fictional characters with the panoply of modern types who populate much of Daumiers art.. Don Quixote and the Dead Mule. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). after 1864. Oil on wood. Paintings

Drawing, Design for Decoration, Tomb in Wood; Italy; pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper

Return from the Hunt, Charles Rochussen, c. 1845 painting Return of the hunt. Hilly landscape in the winter with a group of recurring hunters with horses and a car. On the right in the background a castle on the water. canvas. oil paint (paint) frost, freezing weather. return from the hunt. landscape with tower or castle

'Pyramus and Thisbe'. Holland, 1645. Dimensions: 28x43 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: BARTHOLOMEUS BREENBERGH.

Eduardo Rosales Gallinas / 'Ophelia', 1860-1871, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 60 cm x 95 cm, P04623. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

'Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:' Getting Over a Difficulty, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, between 1848 and 1851, Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper, Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 11/16 inches (19.2 × 27.1 cm) and Image: 7 7/16 × 10 7/16 inches (18.9 × 26.5 cm), basket, bushes, coat, dogs (animals), fences, fields, hat, hills, horseback riders, horseback riding, horses (animals), hounds (dogs), hunt, hunters, hunting, jumping, men, sporting art, stones, wall

The Eruption of Vesuvius. Pierre-Jacques Volaire; French, 1729-c.1790-1800. Date: 1771. Dimensions: 46 × 95 5/8 in. (116.8 × 242.9 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

PUEBLO DE NAVEGANTES - 1929-1934 - OLEO Y ORO SOBRE LIENZO - 10 x 10 m. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: MUSEO DE SAN TELMO. DONOSTI-SAN SEBASTIAN. Guipuzcoa. SPAIN.

Detail of Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon Oil on canvas; 1816 John Martin; British; 1789 - 1854

Unknown artist, nineteenth century, Aeneas and the Sibyl, ca. 1800. Oil on canvas.

Reproductory van Jean -Baptiste Pater, a country festival, Louvre, Anonymous, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1907 - 1935 photograph glass slide picture, painting

Sunset - Last Reflections - Cloud Study Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830-1902). Sunset - Last Reflections - Cloud Study. Oil on paper backed by board, 11 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (29.2 x 39.1 cm). American Art

Enigma, by Gustave Dore, 1871, Musee D'Orsay Art Gallery, Paris, France, Europe

Magic City. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1925. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Amsterdam, Buffa en Zonen, Frans, Nederlands-Indië, Salm, Abraham, Greive, Johan Conrad, Wild landscape (eastern corner of Java), Landscape with waterfall and drinking leopard, Dutch East Indies, The, verso - stamped, The print is part of a cover with a text sheet and 24 loose prints., print, prent, prints, height 265 mm, width 363 mm, 1837-04-02 - 1891-05-14, print maker, printmaker, 1869 - 1869, paper, papier, kleurlithografie (process), handkleur, Work conception, Nederlands, 1801-10-29 - 1876-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

'Bomber in the Corn', 1940. Artist: Paul Nash.

CLAVE, ANTONIO PINTOR ESPAÑOL. BARCELONA 1913-2005 "PAISAGE", OLEO SOBRE LIENZO ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS. Author: ANTONIO CLAVE (1903-2005).

Old ruin by Caspar David Friedrich, Oil on canvas, circa 1809, 1774-1840, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 109,4x171

Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781-1845, British, active in India, View of Calcutta and its Environs, undated. Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue/gray, wove paper.

Edward Alfred Goodall, 1819-1908, British, Spar and Anchor, undated. Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Scene from old testament by I.P. Masalov, oil on canvas, 1873, 19th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy, 76x102

Gromyko, Viktor Alexandrovich (*1923) Central Artist's House, Moscow 1971 175x200 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia

Rugendas, Johan Christian, inventor: Georg Philip Rugendas, work, Horsemen attack passengers, (1000 - 2000), mezzotinto bister and white, main class : graphics, leaf width 23.4 cm, leaf height 15.9 cm, image width 23 cm, image height 15.3 cm

Allegory of the hunt. Jasiński, Zdzisław (1863-1932), painter

'Italian Harbour'. Holland, 1651. Dimensions: 136x188 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jan-Baptist Weenix.

Alfredo Opisso / "The mowing", S.XX, Oil.

The concord of the state. Date/Period: Between 1635 and 1641. Painting. Oil on oak panel. Height: 74.6 cm (29.3 in); Width: 101 cm (39.7 in). Author: Rembrandt.

Building and Repairing Masoola Boats, John Gantz, 1772-1853, 1828, Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card, Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm) and Mount: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 27.9 cm), animal art, boatbuilding, boats, building, horses (animals), marine art, ocean, repairing, workers, India

Landscape in the style of Yan Wengui, c. 1700, c. 1700, Unknown, 75 7/8 x 39 in. (192.72 x 99.06 cm) (image)112 1/2 x 62 3/4 in. (285.75 x 159.39 cm) (mount), Ink and color on silk, China, 17th-18th century, This painting bears an apocryphal signature of Yan Wengui, a highly regarded academic landscape painter of the Five Dynasties period (907-960). While few authentic works by Yan survive, his reputation was largely based on the towering ink landscapes that had come into prominence during his time.

Patinir, Joachim (1480-1524). The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine. ca. 1515. Flemish art. Oil on wood. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

The Flood. Date/Period: Ca. 1903. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 18.13 mm (0.71 in); Width: 30 mm (1.18 in). Author: Arthur Bowen Davies.

"Mending the net 1881 Oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916"

The Last Judgement (study), John Martin, 1789-1854, British

Petras Sergijevicius (1900-1984). Bulldozer ploughing up the field, 1957. Detail. National Gallery of Art. Vilnius. Lithuania.

Jean-Joseph Enders (1862-1936). "The night round by plane". Oil on canvas, 1916. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 51450-2 Airplane, aviation, Great War, War 14-18, War 1914-1918, Night, First World War, Round at night, panoramic view, Oil on canvas

Benito Manuel de Agüero / 'Un puerto fortificado', Late 17th century, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 54 cm x 196 cm, P00890. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The train passes, 1878, by Giuseppe De Nittis (1846-1884), oil on canvas, 31.1 x37.6 cm.

The Gypsies 1872 Camille Corot French At the age of seventy-six, Corot continued to paint from nature during his travels throughout France. He also produced invented studio landscapes such as this picture, which was included in the memorial exhibition held in 1875 at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, shortly after the artist's death.. The Gypsies. Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796-1875 Paris). 1872. Oil on canvas. Paintings

England, London, Greenwich, The Queen's House, Painting of The Death of Captain James Cook on 14th February 1779 by Johan Zoffany dated 1798

UNICORN (LEGEND-SEA CALM), by Arthur B. Davies, 1906, American painting, oil on canvas. Recalling works of the early Italian Renaissance, this ethereal mythological scene is Davies' most famous work. In spite of his conservative style, he was a principal organizer of the 1913 Armory Show after which, he painted in a modernist mode for several years (BSLOC_2017_7_139)

'Enclosure of Huge Stones in Casal Caccia'. Series of Preparatory Drawings for the Engraved Edition "Picturesque Journey around the Islands of Sicily, Malta and Lipari" (Voyage pittoresque des isles de Sicilie, de Malte et de Lipari... Par Jean Houel, Peintre du Roi. Paris. 1782. V.1; 1784.V.II.1785.V.III.1787.V.IV. ). France, Late 1770s. Dimensions: 29,5x42 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean-Pierre-Laurent Houel.

Horsepond near a Boundary Stone, Philips Wouwerman, c. 1651 - c. 1654 painting Horse bet at a border post. Outside a city, a rider lets his horse drink by a river while holding another horse on the check. Other figures and riders in the area. A few figures prayed in the river, at the border post there is a boy with a rod. panel. oil paint (paint) horse-racing. horse. boundary-post, boundary-stone. kicking (horse in motion)

Bliżej Kultury Verlag von A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Mészöly, Géza (1844 1887)

LEPERE, Auguste (n.1849-11-30-D.1918-11-20), Wave terrains in Vaugirard. (Title awarded). Pencil, black, watercolor, white gouache raises. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Drawing, Fisherman in Quebec, Canada; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); possibly USA; brush and wash, gouache, charcoal on gray-green wove paper; 30.5 x 50.6 cm (12 x 19 15/16 in.)

Autumn Sonata by Salvador Dali, 1945, 1904-1989, USA, Florida, St. Petersburg, Salvador Dali Museum

Franz Schuster colored print titled 'So the Gates Rage in the Name of the Father,' depicting symbolic figures and abstract composition with narrative elements.

ARTE SIGLO XIX. FRANCIA. CHARLES ANGRAND (1854-1926). Pintor neoimpresionista francés. "LOS SEGADORES" (1892). Oleo sobre lienzo. Museo de Bellas Artes. HOUSTON. Estado de Texas. Estados Unidos.

Sketches G. Hayter, Hayter, Sir George, 1792-1871, graphite, ink, watercolor, 1816

Jean Pillement (1728-1808). "Decorative panel with animal subjects, dog, swan, birds in a landscape". (Commanded in 1765 by the King of Poland, Stanislas Auguste Poniatowski for his nephew Le Comte Michel Mnizech, Grand Maréchal de la Couronne) between 1765 and 1767. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26981-12 Tree, command king Poland, swan, decoration, bird, decorative panel, landscape, animal subject, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th century, dog, oil on canvas, nature

Untitled Edward Mitchell Bannister (American, 1828-1901). Untitled, ca. 1885. Pastel on paper, sight: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (19.1 x 26.7 cm). American Art ca. 1885

Lundahl, Amélie, work, Sketchbook, approx. 1877-1889, drawing, 18 cm x 26 cm, Lundahl, Amélie, part: Ruins, approx. 1877-1889

Sketch for Our Lady of Armenia". Brandt, Józef (1841-1915), painter

'Riders Gallopping towards the Gates of the Fortress'. Holland, 1645-1646. Dimensions: 15x38 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JAN ASSELIJN.

In Danger Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915). In Danger, ca. 1895. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 49 7/16 in. (91 x 125.6 cm). Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his counterparts in the Hague Schoolso named for the Dutch city where they lived and workedpainted in the open air, capturing the distinctive landscapes and seascapes of the Netherlands. For the Dutch, who relied heavily on fishing and overseas trade, marine scenes proved extremely appealing subjects. Mesdag shows a small ship with wind-torn sails, tossed by massive, white-capped waves. The broad expanse of churning water, almost matching the tone of the sky, dramatizes the overwhelming power of the sea. European Art ca. 1895

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740-1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771), The Rainbow, 1784. Oil on canvas.

Study for "La Vita". Giovanni Segantini (Italian, 1858 - 1899)

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medicine Lodge. The Bison Dance, or Buffalo Dance, took place during annual festivals of North American Plains Indians, including the Mandan, Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Omaha. The festivals celebrated the return of the buffalo herds, with men wearing buffalo, body paint, and loin cloths. In the background is the Medicine Lodge in the Mandan town of Mih-Tutta-Hankush. Hand-colored aquatint etching of 1840 by Swiss-French artist Karl Bodmer, who accompanied German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition, 1833-1834 (BSLOC_2019_9_10)

J.C. Dahl (1788-1857), Plauenscher Reason at Dresden, 1818

Altana Maria Potocka in Bakczysaraj. From travel to Crimea; Cie Ski, Jan (1858-1913); 1887-1899 (1887-00-00-1899-00-00);State Art collections (Warsaw - 1922-1939) - collections, message (provenance)

George Catlin, La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes February 6, 1682, 1847 1848 La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes. February 6, 1682

Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, Valenciennes 1819-1916 Saint-Privé). Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 14 5/16 in. (16 x 36.4 cm). Date: 1856. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Krivonogov, Pyotr Alexandrovich (1911-1967) State Central Military Museum, Moscow 1944 93x199 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Defiance; Inviting a Shot Before Petersburg; 1864 Oil on panel Winslow Homer; American; 1836 - 1910

My soul, from the "My life" series; Malczewski, Jacek (1854-1929); 1917 (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Olga Boznańska 1865-1940 (Kraków, Warsaw - exhibition - 2014-2015), Siberia (Russia), trees, Polish court, fauna (mitol.), Flowers, music, heaven, rural landscapes, crying, violin, symbolism (style) , rails, poplars, spring, purchase (provenance), exiles, exile, death

GRECO , EL. DOMENICOS THEOTOCOPOULOS. PINTOR CRETENSE.1540-1614. " VISTA DE TOLEDO " , DETALLE. TOLEDOPINTADO.

UK/Antarctica: 'Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic, August 1841', Ross Expedition, oil on canvas, John Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868), 1847

In front of the church. Łopieński, Ignacy (1865-1941), graphic artist

SALA ARTILLERIA DE INDIAS - PINTURA MURAL. Author: Farrés. Location: ALCAZAR-INTERIOR. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

George Catlin, An Osage Indian Pursuing a Camanchee, 1861 1869 An Osage Indian Pursuing a Camanchee

José del Castillo / 'Landscape with Dead Game'. 1773. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Study for "Passage of Humaitá". Date/Period: 1886. Painting - gouache on paper. Author: Victor Meirelles.

Bliżej Kultury Publisher of A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Oberländer, Adolf (1845 1923)

Sketch for the town hall of Bagnolet: autumn Henri Rachou (1856-1944). Sketch for the town hall of Bagnolet: autumn. Oil on canvas. 1893.

Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse). Date: 1883. oil on wood. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Hunt in the Forest, Paolo Uccello, circa 1470,

FRIEDRICH, GASPAR DAVID. GERMAN PAINTER. 1774-1840. "THE AGES OF LIFE", AROUND THE YEAR 1835. MUSEUM DER BILDENDEN KUNSTE. LEIPZIG.

George Catlin, A Sioux Village, 1861 1869 A Sioux Village

Painting titled 'After the Battle of Igor' by Viktor Vasnetsov. Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) a Russian artist.

The shot, sketch for the town hall of Arcueil-Cachan Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931). The shot, sketch for the town hall of Arcueil-Cachan. Oil on canvas. 1888.

URGELL INGLADA , MODEST. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . BARCELONA 1839 - 1919. " EL JARDIN " , OLEO DEL AÑO 1911. CIRCULO DEL LICEO . BARCELONA.

EL SUEÑO DE FELIPE II ADORACION DEL NOMBRE DE JESUS O LA SANTA LIGA - DETALLE DE LA GLORIA - BOCETO - SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL - Conj nº 81530. Author: EL GRECO. Location: NATIONAL GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Map of german tribe crossing the Rhine river, drawing

Flanders, Where To In This World Franz Radziwill, 1940-1950, Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Two Cherokee Chiefs. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.2 x 62.9 cm (18 3/16 x 24 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

The Wandering Jew: The Plain, 1896. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951), Verneau. Color lithograph; sheet: 34.3 x 72 cm (13 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.); image: 23 x 60.6 cm (9 1/16 x 23 7/8 in.).

Ancient Ruins near Messina, Sicily. Dated: 1842. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 34.9 cm (10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.) framed: 36.7 x 46.4 x 1.1 cm (14 7/16 x 18 1/4 x 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on paper on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond.

The Bard, John Martin, 1789-1854, British

The Meal in the Boat Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923 Spanish)

The temptation of St Anthony, 1887, by Henri Rivière (1864 - 1951),French artist and designer known for his post-Impressionist illustrations

Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome 1856 Henri-Joseph Harpignies French. Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome. Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, Valenciennes 1819-1916 Saint-Privé). 1856. Pen and black ink, brush, gray and blue-gray washes. Drawings

Hercules and Deianira 1893, oil on cardboard by Gerald Edward Moira (London 1867 - Northwood 1959)

CUENCA - TABLA CON SANGUINA LAQUEADA - PANEL DEL SALON DE CONSEJOS DEL BANCO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA - 1920 - 3,06 x 4,26 m - DESPUES DE RES. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: BANCO EXTERIOR-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Eilshemius, Louis Michel (1864-1941) © Museum of Modern Art, New York Painting 50,8x91,4 Landscape,Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature,Nude painting Afternoon Wind

The Wandering Jew: The Plain (page 21), 1898. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951). Color lithograph; overall: 24.5 x 32.2 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 x 3/8 in.).

The Enchanted Hours: Rainbow, 1901. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951). Color lithograph; Another of collector John Bonebrakes favorite lithographers was Rivière, whose 67 prints fill a gap in the museums collection. A prolific and inventive printmaker, Rivière was tremendously influenced by the novel compositional strategies, striking colors, blatant flatness, focus on line, depiction of seasonal changes, and the fugitive effects of weather in ukiyo-e, Japanese color woodcuts, that he avidly collected.

Aurora. the Roman goddess of dawn. corresponds to the Greek goddess Eos. announces the dawn of the new day every morning and prepares the way for the sun chariot from darkness into light. Digitally restored reproduction of an ancient model. Historical. exact date unknown.

Two beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932

Sunrise by Joseph Wright of Derby, oil on canvas, 1779, 1734-1797, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 162, 5x213

Parisian Landscapes: Paris seen from Montmartre, 1900. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951), Printed by Verneau. Color lithograph; sheet: 56.1 x 86.3 cm (22 1/16 x 34 in.); image: 52.3 x 82.2 cm (20 9/16 x 32 3/8 in.).

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