Classical and Religious Themes

Artworks reflecting biblical and classical narratives, showcasing significant moments with rich detail and historical context.

Nehemiah and the King James Tissot (1836-1902/French) Watercolor on paper Jewish Museum, New York

Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple (Jésus empêche de porter les fardeaux dans le parvis du Temple) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple (Jésus empêche de porter les fardeaux dans le parvis du Temple), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (25.1 x 18.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Meal in an Egyptian Temple, Her Majesty Empress EUGENIE, 1826-1920, in Egypt for the inauguration of the Suez Canal, watercolour and gouache, 1869

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song, 1825. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

Street Scene in India - Edwin Lord Weeks circa 1885

The Frog Princess by Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926) / V. Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow / Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen. / 1901-1918 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 185x250

The Arrival Of The Harem S.D. 1842 Frédéric Schopin (1804-1880 French) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception) The Reception Signed and dated in grey paint, lower right: "J.F. Lewis R.A. | 1873", John Frederick Lewis, 1804-1876, British

The Two Blind Men at Jericho (Les deux aveugles à Jericho) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (20 x 23.8 cm). European Art 1886-1896

The Bathers. Paul Dominique Philippoteaux (1845-1923). Oil on canvas. Dated Damiette Mars 1896. 73.3 x 54.6cm

He Did No Miracles But He Healed Them (Il ne fit pas des miracles mais il guérit) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Did No Miracles But He Healed Them (Il ne fit pas des miracles mais il guérit), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 14 cm). European Art 1886-1896

'Doorway in the Temple of Isis', c1905, (1912). Artist: Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale.

An Odalisque. Georges Bretegnier (1860-1892). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1889. 75.5 x 50cm.

People in harem by Jean-Leon Gerome, oil on canvas, 1876, 1824-1904, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 73, 5x62

Saint Andrew (Saint André) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Andrew (Saint André), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (30.2 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Audience by Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin, oil on canvas, 1893, 1861-1904, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 146, 8x233

Monks Buying Fish before the Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia, 1855, watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, touched with gum arabic, overall: 46.5 × 33 cm (18 5/16 × 13 in.), Ludwig Johann Passini (artist) German, 1832 - 1903

Bazaar in Constantinople F�lix Ziem (1821-1911). Bazaar to Constantinople. Watercolor on paper. Nineteenth century.

Mule and Muleteer, 1832-1834 John Frederick Lewis, Watercolour, Rocks, Male, Arms, Gun, Arms, Rifle

The Gentiles Ask to See Jesus (Les gentils demandent à voir Jésus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Gentiles Ask to See Jesus (Les gentils demandent à voir Jésus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 3/16 x 11 3/8 in. (18.3 x 28.9 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Claudio and Isabella, 1850, by William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), oil on mahogany panel, 76x43 cm.

Robin meets Maid Marian at the Royal Tourney

Local woman from the French Tunisian Colony, French colonisation in Northern Africa. French colonial days, vintage illustrations from watercolors by Henry Darien

The Corner Stone (Le pierre angulaire) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (18.1 x 13.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Syria: The Gate of the Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. Painting by Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), 1890. Gustav Bauernfeind (4 September 1848, Sulz am Neckar - 24 December 1904, Jerusalem) was a German painter, illustrator and architect of partly Jewish origin. He is considered to be one of the most notable Orientalist painters of Germany.

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine 1851 Théodore Chassériau French Chassériau witnessed this scene and sketched it in his notebook during a trip to Algeria in 1846. From the ancient town of Constantine he wrote, "I have seen some highly curious things: primitive and overwhelming, touching and singular. At Constantine, which is high up in some enormous mountains, one sees the Arab people and the Jewish people living as they were at the beginning of time." The Jewish women of North Africa were especially attractive subjects for European painters because they did not wear veils. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #6030. Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine 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.. Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine 437974

Chop house by the well, from: Album: Zink Graphics and Illustrations of Warsaw in twelve paintings, Warsaw 1841 Piwarski, Jan Feliks (1794 1859)

Londonio, the painter, by Mose Bianchi (1840-1904).

The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice. Lorenzo Valles (1831-1910). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1889. 169 x 107cm

The Guardian at the Tomb of the Sultan, 1880, Painting by Jean-Leon Gerome, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Rozmawiajacy Egipcjanie i Arab na wielbłądzie, studium. Pochwalski, Kazimierz (1855-1940), painter

DOMINGUEZ BECQUER, Valeriano (1834-1870). Sorian Peasants Dancing. 1866. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo.

Dante's Death (La morte di Dante), by Eugenio Moretti Larese, 1852-1853, 19th Century, oil on canvas

Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, 1825, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm) and Image: 5 3/8 x 4 inches (13.6 x 10.1 cm), drapery, figure study, Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare, house, listening, literary theme, manor, men, nobles, palace, plays by William Shakespeare, singing, sitting, song, Welsh, women

The Pipe Bearer, 1856. Artist: John Frederick Lewis

Backstage. Jean Louis Marcel Cosson (1858-1956). Oil on canvas. 73 x 59.5cm

'Untitled', 1857. Artist: Amadeo Preziosi

Washing Clothes in the Wadi. Jules Charles Clement Taupin (1863-1931). Oil on canvas, 46 x 55.2cm.

'Maori in Native Costume', 1924. Artist: Unknown.

He Who Winnows His Wheat (Celui qui vane le blé) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Who Winnows His Wheat (Celui qui vane le blé), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (26.4 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Queen of the Brigands. Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928). Oil on canvas. 37 x 48cm.

Queen Zenobia's last look upon Palmyra, painting by Herbert Schmalz (1856-1935), woodcut by Richard Bong (1853-1935) from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1891-1892, Year VI, No 6, Berlin.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 1904) French painter and sculptor Title Pool in a Harem

Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean courent au sépulcre) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean courent au sépulcre), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 3/16 x 6 1/8 in. (20.8 x 15.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Two Arab Women. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 21 x 25 1/4 in. (53.3 x 64.1 cm). Date: 1905 ().Sargent traveled to Syria and Palestine in 1905-6 to conduct research for a mural cycle depicting the history of religion for the Boston Public Library. As was his habit during his frequent travels, he recorded the sights in sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings. Sargent manifested a lifelong interest in the exotic, especially draped and veiled women, and incorporated a number of them into his murals. The fluid brushwork and summary treatment of the figures seen in this canvas typify his painting style. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tataro-Mongol yoke in Russia by Nikolai Dmitrievich Losev, oil on canvas, 1883, 1855-after 1901, Russia, St Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 177x252

The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery.The office of reis effendi or reisül küttab, the head of the chancery, could be likened to the minister of foreign affairs. This official at the Ottoman court had the most contact with Western diplomats. Ambassador Calkoen would have met him on a regular basis.

The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi by Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863) / Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux / 1826 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait,Genre,History / 209x147

The Dead Appear in Jerusalem (Les morts apparaissent dans Jérusalem) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Dead Appear in Jerusalem (Les morts apparaissent dans Jérusalem), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (27.6 x 19.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Slave Market by Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)/ Staatliche Museen, Berlin/ 1836/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Orientalism/ 65x54/ Genre

Arab Mendicants. Jean Raymond Hippolyte Lazerges (1817-1887). Dated Alger 1882, oil on canvas, 97.2 x 76.3cm.

The Meeting by Martha Walter, oil on wood, 1925, (1875-1976), USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, David David Gallery

Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

José Casado del Alisal / 'The Legend of the Monk King', 1880, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 356 cm x 474 cm, P06751. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

France, Metz, la cour d'or, Othello and Desdemona

Painting of the Emperor of China Opening the First Furrow in Honour of Land Cultivation. Painted by Bernhard Rode. Dated 1770

Convulsionists of Tangier, 1837-1838, Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863, 37 5/8 x 50 5/8 in. (95.57 x 128.59 cm) (canvas)50 1/8 x 64 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (127.32 x 164.47 x 11.43 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, Eugène Delacroix was the acknowledged master of the French Romantic school. In 1832, he traveled to North Africa with the French ambassador, Count de Mornay, who was to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the sultan of Morocco. One day in Tangier, the two hid in an attic and through the cracks of a shuttered window witnessed the frenzy of the Aïssaouas, a fanatical Muslim sect. The turmoil of that event is conveyed in this vividly colored and vigorously brushed depiction of the fanatics hurling themselves down the street. Of the pictures resulting from the Moroccan experiences, this remains one of Delacroix's most arresting.

Ursula and the King, Maxfield Parrish

Illustration by Leon Carre for 'Le Chariot de terre cuite' (The terracotta chariot), by Victor Barrucand, (1864 - 1934); French journalist and writer. 1921. Leon Carre (1878 - 1942), was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator.

Ice House - Valery Jacobi 1878. Russian Empress Anna decided to marry Prince Mikhail to one of her maids and made them honeymoon in the Ice Palace. Anna is the one dancing happily in front

Théodore Chassériau, Othello Suite: No. 3 (Act 1, Scene 3: Othello and the Doge), 1844, etching on paper.

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

Women Drinking Coffee by Vanmour (Van Mour), Jean-Baptiste (1671-1737) / Pera Museum, Istanbul / Orientalism / 1720s / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Genre / 37x59

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32.7 x 23 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The First Shall Be Last (Le premier sera le dernier) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The First Shall Be Last (Le premier sera le dernier), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16 in. (17.1 x 23.3 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Mode, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Illustration dem, Kleidung in Südslawien um das 19. Jahrhundert, von links, zwei bosnische Türken, ein Ba...

An Exedra, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Watercolor, Pen, And Brown Ink, 1871

The Death of Mercutio - Act III, Scene I, Romeo andJuliet. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Gladiatorial combat during a dinner at Pompei, by Francesco Netti (1832-1894), 1880, oil on canvas, 115x208 cm. Detail.

The Swine Driven into the Sea (Les porcs précipités dans la mer) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Swine Driven into the Sea (Les porcs précipités dans la mer), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (25.9 x 17 cm). European Art 1886-1896

The Sentinel at the Sultan's Tomb, Jean-Léon Gérôme, French, 1824-1904, c.1880, Oil on canvas, Bursa, Marmara, Turkey, Asia, Paintings, 32 1/4 x 26 1/8 in. (81.9 x 66.4 cm)

Off to the Zaporozhian Host by Slastion, Opanas Georgievich (1855-1933) State Art Museum, Kharkov 1889 Oil on canvas 38x68,5 Ukraine Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

Jesus Walks in the Portico of Solomon (Jésus se promène dans le portique de Salomon) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Walks in the Portico of Solomon (Jésus se promène dans le portique de Salomon), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (18.7 x 26.5 cm). European Art 1886-1896

DELACROIX, Eugne (1798-1863). The Massacre of Chios. Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery. 1822. Episode from the Greek War of Independence (1822). Romanticism. Orientalism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Eugène Delacroix, Study of Arabs Study of Arabs

Past and Present, William Holman Hunt (London, England, 1827 - 1910) 1868

The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm). According to John, while the Roman governor continues to find Jesus blameless, he accedes to pressure from the priests and decides to chastise” him through scourging. Jesus is bound, defenseless, to a marble column and whipped before a crowded court as Pilate looks on from the palace loggia in the background. Christ’s tormentors perform a punishment most likely inflicted, Tissot tells his readers, with leather whips weighted with pieces of bone. European Art 1886-1894

The letter writer, Constantinople, engraving by Thomas Allom 1840 handpainted by Laura Lushington

First Steps ca. 1820-25 Franz Ludwig Catel German The theme of a childs first steps was a popular subject of genre paintings in the uncertain years following the French Revolution, owing largely to its reassuring message of continuity. Catel, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, would also have been familiar with the related allegory of the Ages of Man, the subject of a major Salon painting by François Gérard (1808; Musée Condé, Chantilly). The present work shares the Italian setting of Gérards but updates its antique dress by depicting a contemporary peasant family.. First Steps. Franz Ludwig Catel (German, Berlin 1778-1856 Rome). ca. 1820-25. Oil on canvas. Paintings

The Blacksmith's Signboard, The Blacksmith, Theodore Gericault, 1814,

The Flight out of Egypt. Date/Period: Ca. 1849. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 101 cm (39.7 in); Width: 1,264 cm (13.8 yd). Author: Richard Dadd.

Dressing for the Carnival 1877 Winslow Homer American Painted at the end of Reconstructionmarked by the final withdrawal of federal troops from the SouthHomer’s challenging subject evokes both the dislocation and endurance of African American culture that was a legacy of slavery. The central figure represents a Jonkonnu character, a Christmas holiday celebration once observed by enslaved Blacks in Virginia and North Carolina. Rooted in the culture of the British West Indies, the festival blended African and English traditions. After the Civil War, aspects were incorporated into Independence Day events, to which the painting’s original title, "Sketch4th of July in Virginia," referred. The theme of independence was particularly relevant in the Reconstruction era, when newly emancipated African Americans briefly enjoyed full civil rights.. Dressing for the Carnival. Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). American. 1877. Oil on canvas

A Dispute Among Arabs; Dispute d'Arabes. Jean Leon Gerome (1824-1904). Oil on panel. painted in 1872. 29.2 x 23.5cm.

Juan Luna y Novicio / 'Spain Insuring the Glory of the Philippines'. 1888. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Men and Women of Aran. Maurice Joseph MacGonigal (1900-1979). Oil on canvas laid on panel. 108.9 x 130.2cm

Before Mosque by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, oil on canvas, circa 1868, 1803-1860, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 41x30.5

Dębicki Stanisław Woman with Spindles Altenberg, H.

LA FLAUTA MAGICA 1791 - DIBUJO PARA EL DECORADO DE LA OPERA-. Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.

A LETTER-WRITER OF TUNIS. AFTER F.M. BREDT.

The Torn Cloak--Jesus Condemned to Death by the Jews (Le manteau déchiré. Jésus condamné à mort par les Juifs.) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Torn Cloak--Jesus Condemned to Death by the Jews (Le manteau déchiré. Jésus condamné à mort par les Juifs.), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 9/16 x 13 13/16 in. (19.2 x 35.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Naked Christians sacrificed to the lions in a Roman circus. Colour printed illustration by Auguste Leroux from Felicien Champsaur's novel L'Orgie Latine (Roman Orgy), Fasquelle, Paris, 1903.

The Calenders; 1889; Oil on canvas Henry Siddons Mowbray; American; 1858-1928

A Bought Woman by Rusov (Volkov), Alexander Nikolaevich (1844-1928)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1891/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 80,5x103/ Genre

Interior of a Kyrgyz home near Orenburg. Lemercier, Rose Joseph (Paryż ; zakład litograficzny ; 1827-post 1899), Laurens, Jules-Joseph-Augustin (1825-1901), graphic artist, Zaleski, Bronisław (1820-1880), draughtsman, cartoonist

Eugène Delacroix, Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing, c 1823 1824 Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

Salome at the Prison. Date/Period: Ca. 1873-76. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 400 mm (15.74 in); Width: 320 mm (12.59 in). Author: GUSTAVE MOREAU.

Martha (Marthe) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Martha (Marthe), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 9/16 x 4 7/16 in. (21.7 x 11.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Maksymilian Piotrowski (1813-1875). Polish painter. Death of Princess Wanda, 1859. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

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