Baroque and Classical Narratives

Grand narrative paintings illustrating dramatic moments from mythology and history, emphasizing movement and emotion through rich colors and elaborate settings.

The idolatry of Solomon, 1750, by Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764), oil on canvas, 54x71 cm.

H.A.de Favanne / Nymphs & Telemachus

''The Minuet or Carnival Scene', 1754-1755, Oil on canvas, 80,5 x 110,5 cm. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696-1770). Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Scypion (Roman leader), Italian painting, figural scenes, historical scenes, multi -stone scenes

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Flemish painter. Perseus Liberation Andromeda. Oil on canvas. Baroque style. 1622. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1757, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, Villa Valmarana, villa, hall. Detail. Sacrifice Iphigenia young woman priest onlookers: bystanders soldiers banner: standard: flag altar ax.

POUSSIN, Nicolas (1594-1665). Parnassus. 1625 - 1629. Apollo offers the ambrosia to Homer who is crowned by Calliope. Castilia is on the fountain and the group is surrounded by genies, muses and poets. Classicism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Jaques Louis David, The Death of Socrates 1787

David Meeting Abigail; Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577 - 1640; about 1620s; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 123.2 x 228 cm (48 1/2 x 89 3/4 in.), Framed: 148.6 x 256.2 x 12.1 cm (58 1/2 x 100 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple by Solimena, Francesco (1657-1747) / Louvre, Paris / c. 1725 / Italy, School of Neaple / Oil on canvas / Bible / 150x200 / Baroque

Allegory on the Dutch Raid on the Medway (1667), with a Portrait of Cornelis de Witt. Dating: 1668. Measurements: h 104 cm × w 153.5 cm; d 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis Bisschop.

Court scene by Johann Georg Platzer, oil on copper, 1737, 1704-1761, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 90x116

Detail from The Marriage of Alexander and Roxanne, 1517, fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Il Sodoma (1477-1549), Agostino Chigi's wedding chamber, Villa Farnesina, Rome. Italy, 16th century.

Italy - Veneto Region - Caldogno (Vicenza province). Villa Caldogno (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1994). Giulio Carpioni (1613-1679), 'Nymph Amaryllis crowned winner of kiss competition'. Inspired by Guarini's arcadian pastor Fido 'Faithful Shepherd'. Detail of fresco, 1645-50

The Death of Virginia. Guillaume Guillon Lethière (French, 1760 - 1832) about 1825-1828 The Death of Virginia is a highly resolved compositional sketch for a monumental history painting that Lethière, after lengthy preparations, completed in 1828 and exhibited in the 1831 Paris Salon. The subject derives from Livy (The History of Rome, book III, 44-58). Daughter of the Roman centurion Lucius Virginius and a freed slave, Virginia was a reputed beauty. In 449 BC, one of the influential magistrates of the ruling decemvirate, Appius Claudius Sabinus, fatefully set his sights on her. When she refused him, he treacherously claimed her as a slave for his protégé, Marcus Claudius. Unable to oppose his scheme, Virginias father felt compelled to stab her to death rather than see her lose her freedom: a horrifying yet righteous killing in the patriarchal context of ancient Rome. Galvanized by this terrible event, the people rose up and brought about the downfall of the tyrannical decemvirate. Set

Mattia Preti (1613-1699). Italian Baroque artist. Belshazzar's feast. Oil on canvas. 1653-1659. Museo di Capodimonte. Naples, Italy.

Judgement of Solomon / Floris/ c.1545/50

Luca Giordano / 'The rape of Proserpina', 1684-1686, Fresco. Museum: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence. PLUTO. PROSERPINA. PERSEPHONE.

The discovery of pulque (drink made from fermented cactus sap), painted 1819

Romains de la décadence Romans during the Decadence. Date/Period: 1847. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 4,720 mm (15.48 ft); Width: 7,720 mm (25.32 ft). Author: Thomas Couture.

The Academy at Athens by James Clark. From the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden 1742-1745 Italy. In the second of the large paintings from Giovanni Battista Tiepoloís sequence illustrating the story of Rinaldo and Armida, the crusader Rinaldo has been abducted by the sorceress Armida. She has carried him away to her magical garden, where he sits enthralled, gazing into her eyes while she looks into a magic mirror. The knightís sword and shield have been cast aside. However, his two companions, Carlo and Ubaldo, appear at the garden gate to persuade him to return to their quest to liberate Jerusalem.. Oil on canvas . Giambattista Tiepolo

Allegory of Cortona and Montepulciano. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 250 mm (9.84 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.

Detail from The Marriage of Alexander and Roxanne, 1517, fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Il Sodoma (1477-1549), Agostino Chigi's wedding chamber, Villa Farnesina, Rome. Italy, 16th century.

Judith with the head of Holofernes, 1798, by Pietro Benvenuti (1769-1844), oil on canvas. Detail.

Ghost of Patrocles appearing to sleeping Achilles

Louis XIV by Charles Le Brun, Oil on canvas, 1680s, 1619-1690, Musee de l'Histoire de France

The Continence of Scipio. Dating: c. 1650 - c. 1655. Measurements: h 133 cm × w 168 cm × d 12.5 cm; h 160 cm × w 194.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.

Mise En Tombeau - Put In The Tomb Theodore Gericault (1791-1824 French) Oil on Paper on Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

SANTA CECILIA DISTRIBUYE SUS BIENES A LOS POBRES - 1615 - FRESCO - BARROCO ITALIANO. Author: DOMINIQUINO DOMENICO. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN LUIS DE LOS FRANCESES. Rome. ITALIA. SANTA CECILIA SIGLOS II / III.

The Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1732 - 1734, 18th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Colleoni Chapel. Whole artwork. Mixtilinear lunette martyrdom St John the Baptist beheaded executioner Salome jail/prison

Cartoon for the School of Athens, Raphael, Raffaello S., 1520.

The Parable of the Wedding Guest, Strozzi, Bernardo, 1635.

Wedding in Ancient Rome by Forrest C. Crooks, 1893-1982

HERCULES Y ALCESTES-1862-32X49-OLEO CARTON. Author: EUGENE DELACROIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. WASHINGTON D. C. HERCULES. ALCESTES. ADMETO.

Diogenes with lamp;Jordaens;1642

Theft of the body of Saint Mark, 1562-6

VECCHIETTA, Lorenzo di Pietro (1412-1490). Cappella del Sacro Chiodo or the Old Sacristy. 1446-1449. ITALY. Siena. Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala (Santa Maria della Scala Hospital). Frescos on the Old and New Testament. Detail with apocalyptic scene. Renaissance art. Fresco.

VENDEDORA AMBULANTE EN EL PASEO DEL PRADO - 1787 - OLEO/LIENZO - 280x180 cm. Author: JOSE CAMARON MELIA (1760-1819). Location: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Painting by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (b. 30 August 1727 in Venice, d. 3 March 1804 in Venice), Italian painter, Carnival scene, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

VERONESE, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo (1528-1588). The Sacrifice of Isaac (Sacrificio di Isacco). 1560. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

Martyrdom of Saints Philip and James the Minor, by Procaccini Camillo, 16th Century, oil on canvas,

APOTEOSIS DE SAN HERMEREGILDO - HACIA 1624 - ESCUELA SEVILLANA. Author: FRANCISCO HERRERA THE ELDER. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SAN HERMENEGILDO.

'Continence of Scipio'. Italy, 1771. Dimensions: 226,5x297,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni.

Murder of Children at Bethlehem by Trofim Fyodorovich Durnov, oil on canvas, 1809, 1765-1833, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy

USA, Nevada, Las Vegas, The Venetian, hotel, casino, resort,

The Parnassus, 1497, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), tempera on canvas, 160x192 cm. Detail.

Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat. Dating: 1590 - 1610. Measurements: h 129.4 cm × w 148 cm × t 1.5 cm; d 11 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg (attributed to).

Verona weeps for the cessation of the plague, detail

King David by Ivan Petrovich Keler-Viliandi, Oil on canvas, 1854, 1826-1899, Russia, Perm, State Art Gallery, 150x190

The Conference of the Gauls at Reims. In 1613, the Dutch parliament (States General) commissioned Otto van Veen to paint twelve paintings depicting the revolt of the Batavians against the Romans in AD 69 and 70. These were displayed in Binnenhof, the central government building in The Hague. In the early years of the Dutch Republic, many compared their own revolt against Spain to the Batavian uprising.

Paul before Felix From the original by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Annunciation to the shepherds. Bloemaert, Abraham (1566-1651), author of a model, unknown, painter

Accademia carrara art gallery: death of antigone, giuseppe diotti, 1845, bergamo, Italy

Minerva Combating Brute Force 19th century Isidore Pils French This painting is a study for the decoration of the grand staircase in the Paris Opéra.. Minerva Combating Brute Force. Isidore Pils (French, Paris 1813/15-1875 Douarnenez). 19th century. Oil paint on paper, mounted on canvas. Drawings

Stories of St John, 1502 fresco by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), detail. Strozzi Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy. 16th century.

The Concord of the State The Concord of the State, Rembrant Harmensz van Rijn, 1637-1642, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21627905

The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting by D. Chiesura after G.B. Cignaroli.

Music lovers by Paolo Veronese, Oil on canvas, 1556-1557, 1528-1588, Italy, Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, D 230

The Garden of Love by Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / c. 1633 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 199x286 / Baroque

Isidoro Lozano / 'Saint Paul, surprised by Nero at the moment of converting Sabina Poppaea'. 1858. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Detail of dome fresco by Johann Michael Rottmayr, Karlskirche, 1716-1736, Vienna, Austria, Europe, fresco shows angels and figures in vivid colours and dramatic clouds, Europe

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia 1790 France. Oil on canvas . Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar

The Death of Sardanapalus 1844 Oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix

SIBILA DELFICA - 1508-1512 - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: Michelangelo. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-CAPILLA SIXTINA. VATICANO.

'Queen Zenobia'. France, 1640s. Dimensions: 156,0x194,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Nicolas Poussin (circle of).

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Oil sketch for the lion hunt, 1621-1622. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

The mystical marriage of St. Catherine (Front of a double-sided painted Panel). Date/Period: 1628. Width: 49.2 cm. Height: 64 cm (Complete). Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

The Resurrection, 1569-77 fresco

'Massacre of the Innocents'. France, Early 1640s. Dimensions: 126x177 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SEBASTIEN BOURDON.

The Plague in Rome, 1869, Jules Elie Delaunay, French, 1828 - 1891, 14 7/16 x 18 1/16 in. (36.67 x 45.88 cm) (canvas)21 1/4 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (53.98 x 60.33 x 5.72 cm) (outer frame), Oil on wood, France, 19th century, This is probably a study for Delaunay's most famous painting, a large canvas he exhibited in 1869, but which had its genesis during Delaunay's period of study in Rome (1856-61). The artist took inspiration from a passage in Jacobus de Voragine's 13th-century 'Golden Legend', which describes how divine vengeance brought a plague to Rome. In the painting, plague-stricken figures lie in torment in the streets, while to the right, a good angel commands the bad angel to strike with his spear the homes where the plague will enter.

'Tobias Saying Good-Bye to his Father'. France, 1860. Dimensions: 153x119 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ADOLPHE WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU.

Shine of the Lord by Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp, oil on canvas, 1612-1652, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 101x99, 5

Luigi Benini (1767-1801). Italian painter. Sacrifice to the goddess Flora, 1780-1800. Oil on copper. Ala Ponzone Civic Museum. Cremona. Italy.

Italy, Lombardy, Lake Iseo, Lake Sebino, Pisogne, Santa Maria della Neve, frescoes by Girolamo Romani says Romanino in 1534

Ecce Homo, 1871-1891, by Antonio Ciseri (1821-1891), oil on canvas, 298x396 cm.

ANGEL DE LA GUARDA - SIGLO XIX. Author: JOAQUIN MANUEL FERNANDEZ CRUZADO (1781-1856). Location: CATEDRAL. Cadiz. SPAIN.

The Marriage of Alexander (Ares) and Stateira (Aphrodite), fresco in Regio 6 Insula Occidentalis 39, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 54-68.

Psyche, Janus holding the keys to Rome, Minerva, Juno, Catholics and Protestants as gods and goddesses at the court of Henri II, after an ode by Ronsard, frescoes in the golden tower called La Ligue, 16th century

François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868). "Sketch for the old Hôtel-de-Ville de Paris: the triumph of the city of Paris". Oil on canvas, 1842. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 99841-1 Allegorie, old, triumphal arch, sketch, woman, allegorical figure, gallere, man, hotel-de-ville, Parisien, triumph, trone, city of Paris, oil on canvas

Neptune and Amphitrite, detail of the cycle of frescoes in the Hall of Mirrors, 1682-1685, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), fresco. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence.

The Death of Caesar'. Julius Caesar's body displayed to the crowd outside the Senate, Rome. William Guillon, called Lethiere (1760-1832) French painter. Oil on paper. Private collection

GIORDANO, Luca (1632-1705). Mariana of Neubourg, Queen of Spain, on horseback. 1700 - 1705. In the upper part, two genies of the 'Abundance'. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Elgiva seized by order of Archbishop Odo, 1847 By John Everett Millais, Anglo-Saxon, Oil Painting, Pre-Raphaelite, History painting

Queen Jadwiga and Dymitr from Goraja; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); 1881 (1879-00-00-1879-00-00);Jadwiga (St. - Queen of Poland - 1373 cars 1374-1399), Jadwiga (Saint - Queen of Poland - 1373 cars 1374 -1399) - iconography, Historical painting

Music, by Robert Burns, 1904, oil on canvas, (1869-1941), England, London, Christie's Images

Jacques Vigoureux-Duplessis (allocated to). "The Palais du Temps, decor for the prologue of the Atys de Lully in the staging of 1708 at the Royal Music Academy". Oil on canvas, 1708. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 34712-2 Royal Academy of Music, Atys, Decor Opera, Palais Temps, Prologue, Oil on canvas

The Romans of the Decadence, 1847, by Thomas Couture (1815-1879), oil on canvas, 466x775 cm. Ancient Rome.

Rebecca at the Well. Dated: 1580/1585. Dimensions: overall: 145.5 x 282.7 cm (57 5/16 x 111 5/16 in.) framed: 175.3 x 313.1 x 10.2 cm (69 x 123 1/4 x 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Véronèse.

Atalanta and Hippomenes; Herp, Willem Van (1613/1614-1677); XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);Atalanta (Mitol.), Hippomenes (Mitol.

'Christ and the Samaritan Woman'. Italy, Ferrara. Dimensions: 27x41 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi).

Fresco depicting sacrifice of Iphigenia from House of Tragic Poet at Pompeii, Italy

Vase depicting Napoleon in front of Italian works of art being delivered to the Louvre, 1810-1813, porcelain, Sevres manufacture, Ile-de-France. France, 19th century.

Moses and Jethro by Ferdinand Bol, oil on canvas , circa 1655-1656, 1616-1680, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 81x66

Simon Vouet and Studio, The Muses Urania and Calliope, c 1634 Simon Vouet and Studio (French, 1590 - 1649), The Muses Urania and Calliope, c. 1634, oil on wood, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1961.9.61

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810. Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Alcibiades amongst the hetaerae, by Cosroe Dusi (1808-1859), oil on canvas, 85x111 cm. Ancient Greece, 6th century BC.

The Tiburtine Sibyl with Emperor Augustus shown vision of Virgin and child, 1586

Siege of Numantia, 133 BC. Attack by roman forces. Spain. Glazed tile. Spain Square. Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

Allegory of Faith, 1731-1732, by Paul Troger, fresco on Library ceiling, Benedictine Abbey of Melk, Wachau Cultural Landscape (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2000), Austria, 18th century. Detail.

ALFONSO VII " EL EMPERADOR ". REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON . 1126 - 1157. " ALFONSO VII PROCLAMADO EMPERADOR EN 1135 ". AZULEJOS DE LA PLAZA DE ESPAÑA DE SEVILLA.

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