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

A Roman Water Carrier, 1857. Carl Haag (d.1915)

Auguste Dutuit (1812-1902). "The stopover of horses at the hostel". Oil on canvas, around 1860. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 35611-10 Welcome, hostel, balcony, horse, pavee street, oil on canvas

Fanatics of Tangier, 1838, by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863).

Street in Cairo, Painting by Carl Spitzweg, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Jesus Before Herod (Jésus devant Hérode) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Before Herod (Jésus devant Hérode), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 13/16 x 5 in. (19.8 x 12.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

In Turkestan by Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904) / Regional K. Savitsky Art Gallery, Pensa / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1870s / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 27x21

The Snake Charmer by Jean-León Gérôme, France, 1824-1904,

MARRUECOS. Author: JERONIMO MUNIZ SANTODOMINGO (1938-).

Osman Hamdy Bey, . Vieil homme devant des tombeaux d'enfants, . 1903, . huile sur toile, Museo de Orsay, Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación Francés, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Alexander and Bucephalus. Dated: 1861/1862. Dimensions: overall: 115 x 89 cm (45 1/4 x 35 1/16 in.) framed: 139.7 × 107.95 × 12.7 cm (55 × 42 1/2 × 5 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EDGAR DEGAS.

'The Sabre Dance', 1872. Artist: Alfred-Henri Darjou

Kulikov, Ivan Semyonovich (1875-1941) State Museum of History and Art, Murom 1900s 95x136 Oil on canvas Russian End of 19th - Early 20th cen. Russia

Design for a Stage Set: Crypt Scene. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 19th century. Dimensions: 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. Date: 1830-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An Arab Musician S.D. 1876 Jean Raymond H. Lazerges (1817-1887 French) Oil On Wood Panel Christie's Images, London, England

Is Not This Great Babylon That I Have Built Illustration by Constance N Baikie from the book The Ancient East and its Story by James Baikie published c.1920

John Collier (born 28 January 1850 in London, died 11 April 1934 in London), British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style, here his work:, Myrrh, Aloes and Cassia, A woman rests on a divan while a servant shows her fabrics and another person plays a lute (oud), Scene in an oriental palace with woman, one plays music, another rests on a bed

The Visitation (La visitation) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Visitation (La visitation), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (17.5 x 11.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Oriental Market; Mercato Orientale. Alberto Pasini (1826-1899). Dated 1884, oil on canvas, 47.9 x 72.7cm.

The Vision of Zacharias (Vision de Zacharie) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Vision of Zacharias (Vision de Zacharie), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (23.8 x 13.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

France, Paris, The Massacres of Schio, 1824, oil on canvas

Spanish school. The Surprise. La Sorpresa. Private collection. Author: RICARDO BRUGADA Y PANIZO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Trephining, Medical - History

South corridor, first floor. Mural depicting Hercules from The Greek Heroes series by Walter MacEwen. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

The Scholar. Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1895. 34.3 x 23.8cm.

The painter's family Henry Brokman (1868-1933). The painter's family. Oil on canvas. 1895. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Wincenty Wodzinowski (1866-1940), "S Remember girl! ..."; Wis A (Krakow); around 1908 (1903-00-00-1913-00-00);

Interior of a Moor Palace. Engraving (19th c.). Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo.

Love, Romeo & Juliet at the Tomb (Shakespeare) John S. Clifton (19th C. British)

Ibicencas horneando pan,oleo sobre tela, Narcís Puget Viñas, museo Puget, can Comasema, casa del siglo XV, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm). Date: 1890-91.Sargent visited the Middle East several times in connection with a series of murals on the theme of the history of religion, for which he had received a commission from the Boston Public Library in 1890. Traveling in Egypt in 1890-91, he painted this canvas, which shows a man using a simple irrigation device called a shaduf to fill a ditch, from which others are drinking and waiting to fill containers. Like many of his contemporaries, the artist may have believed that life in the region was essentially unchanged since biblical times. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Disciples Eat Wheat on the Sabbath (Les disciples mangent du blé au sabbat) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Disciples Eat Wheat on the Sabbath (Les disciples mangent du blé au sabbat), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (20.5 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Falcon by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Oil on canvas, 1871, 1842-1904, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 113x72, 2

Pericles. Portada del libro de la Colección Los grandes hombres de Editorial Araluce, de Barcelona. Año 1929.

Story of Virginia, 1882, by Camillo Miola (1840-1919), oil on canvas, 91x76 cm. Republican, Italy, 5th century BC.

Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Near Suez, evening, 15 January 1849 (43), 1849. Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper.

The Chaldees Destroy the Brazen Sea James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence - Church of Santa Maria Novella. Chapel of Filippo Strozzi. Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Saint John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana, detail of footwear. Fresco.

An Arab Street Vendor. Jose Gallegos Y Arnosa (1859-1917). Oil on panel, 1881. 15 3/4 X 8 1/4 In.

Boyar's wife at the reservoir by Gribkov, Sergei Ivanovich (1820-1893)/ State S. Ersya Mordovian Art Museum, Saransk/ 1882/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 106x82/ Genre

Monks Buying Fish before the Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia. Dated: 1855. Dimensions: overall: 46.2 x 32.9 cm (18 3/16 x 12 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache with gum arabic over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUDWIG JOHANN PASSINI.

Maya king. Engraving, 19th century. America. Mexico. Color.

The Holy Virgin in Her Youth (La sainte vierge jeune) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Holy Virgin in Her Youth (La sainte vierge jeune), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (21.9 x 8.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Aristotle with the Bust of Homer 1653, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1653.

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

Arabs, Czarnecki, Stefan (1904-) - collection, orient, gift (provenance), donkeys

Interior of the Leopoldstadt Theatre in Vienna, Austria, engraving

Disaster by Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1868 Oil on canvas 47x39 Russia Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen. History Painting

Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron 1850 Charles de Coubertin References to the wells of Abraham, as they are commonly known, are found in Genesis (21:23-24 and 26:23-33). Coubertin typically painted religious subjects, but in this picture he depicted the site as a scene of contemporary life. This painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1850-51.. Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron. Charles de Coubertin (French, 1822-1908). 1850. Oil on canvas. Paintings

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860), Le Corps de Garde, in or after 1834, etching

Simon the Cyrenian and His Two Sons Alexander and Rufus (Simon de Cyrène et ses deux fils, Alexandre et Rufus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Simon the Cyrenian and His Two Sons Alexander and Rufus (Simon de Cyrène et ses deux fils, Alexandre et Rufus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/16 x 5 3/4 in. (16.4 x 14.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Snake Charmer by Jean-León Gérôme, France, 1824-1904,

The Resurrection of the Widow's Son at Nain (La résurrection du fils de la veuve de Naïm) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Resurrection of the Widow's Son at Nain (La résurrection du fils de la veuve de Naïm), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (15.6 x 21.9 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Antonio Munoz Degrain (1843-1924). Othello and Desdemona (1881). Oil on canvas. Chiado Museum. Lisbon. Portugal.

Souq in Kairouan. Stabrowski, Kazimierz (1869-1929), painter

India: 'Chamar, a caste represented by a tanner'. Tashrih al-aqvam, Hansi: James Skinner, 1825

Kirillov, Sergei Alekseevich (*1960) Private Collection 1993 140x100 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History

By the Nile. Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903). Oil on canvas. 49 x 59.6cm.

Benjamin-Constant, . Les derniers rebelles, scène d'histoire marocaine, . vers 1880, . huile sur toile, Orsay Museum, Paris, France,Western Europe.

La fuente de Eibar/1888. Museum: COLECCION ZULOAGA ZUMAYA ESPAÑA. Author: IGNACIO ZULOAGA ZABALETA.

On the Summit of the Hill Stands One of the Most Delectable Palaces. Illustration by George Hood 1869 to 1949 from Legends of the Alhambra by Washington Irving published by Lippincott 1910

Moorish Scene Alfred Jacomin (French, 1842-1913). , n.d. Oil on panel, 18 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (46 x 37.5 cm). European Art n.d.

The Lower East Side. Samuel Johson Woolf (1880-1948). Oil on canvas. Executed circa 1914. 152 x 101.5cm.

View of the port of Livorno, 1762, by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-17 - 1767), oil on canvas.

Lew Antokolski (1872-1942). Lithuanian painter. Salome. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Vilnius. Lithuania.

Souks at Tunis by Martha Walter, oil on board, 1930, (1875-1976), USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

Turkish craftsmen in Constantinople. From left to right: passementerie maker, pipe maker and wood turner. Chromolithography. Illustration by José Acevedo. Lithograph by José Maria Mateu. Detail. "Viaje a Oriente", 1878. Author: José Acevedo. Spanish artist of the mid-19th century.

Picture of the brother of Ali Baba: "Cassim ... was so alarmed at the danger he was in that the more he endeavoured to remember the word Sesame the more his memory was confounded".

Interior of San Giovanni a Carbonara Church, 1867, by Giacinto Gigante (1806-1876), watercolor, 53x49 cm.

Esther (Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּרr), born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical 'Book of Esther'. According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. Ahasuerus is traditionally identified with Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE) during the time of the Achaemenid empire. Her story is the basis for the celebration of Purim in Jewish tradition.

Israel in Egypt. From the painting by Sir Edward J. Poynter from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

'Faults on Both Sides', 1861, (1911). Artist: Thomas Faed.

Dagestanskaia devushka.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Mural with a traditional scene painted on tiles

The Bridge of Kedron (Le pont de Cédron) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Bridge of Kedron (Le pont de Cédron), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 15 9/16 x 8 15/16 in. (39.5 x 22.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1727 - c. 1730

Meal of Our Lord and the Apostles (Repas de Notre-Seigneur et des apôtres) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (15.1 x 23.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Pool in a Harem - Jean-Leon Gerome, circa 1876

Firebird by Chistov, Sergei Sergeyevich (*1946) Private Collection 1987 Tempera on cardboard 16x11 Russia Modern Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

The Obsessed, 1876, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901), oil on canvas.

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904). French painter. Pool in a Harem, 1875. Oil on canvas. Hermitage Museum (The State Hermitage Museum). St. Petersburg. Russia.

ZOCO ARABE - SIGLO XX. Author: EDUARDO MARTINEZ VAZQUEZ.

SOROLLA, Joaqun (1863-1923). Father Jofre protecting a madman. 1887. SPAIN. Valencia. Generalitat Palace. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas.

The backgammon players by Rosati, Giulio (1858-1917) Private Collection Watercolour on paper 53,5x35,7 Italy Orientalism Genre Painting

Waiting for the Tzar by Ryabushkin, Andrei Petrovich (1861-1904)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1901/ Russia/ Gouache on cardboard/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ Genre,History

The philosopher's garden at Athens. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.

The Badger Skin Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936 American) Christie's Images, New York

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

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh by Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942)/ State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod/ 1917-1922/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Symbolism/ 100,3x129,/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Within the Seraglio. Fredrick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1879. 54.6 x 73.7cm.

Iberian Peninsula. Ancient History. Phoenicians. Figures 1 to 5: illustrations inspired by antiquities from the Cerro de los Santos. Figure 6: Phoenician from a small lamp in the Museum of Tarragona. Chromolithography. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1877.

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Askari. Romanticism. Orientalism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Vilanova i la Geltrœ. Vctor Balaguer Museum-Library.

Queen Esther - Edwin Long, 1878

The Bazaar Addison Thomas Millar (1850-1913 American) Oil on canvas Christie's Images, London, England

Young Greeks in the Mosque, 1865, Jean-Léon Gérôme, French, 1824 - 1904, 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 x 7/16 in. (37.8 x 27.3 x 1.1 cm), Oil on panel, France, 19th century, Gérôme traveled frequently in the Near East and specialized in scenes of daily life there. Since Moslem sanctuaries are closed to persons not of the Islamic faith, he may have obtained special permission to visit this mosque, or he may have composed the scene from photographs and his own stock of costumes.

The excavations at Pompeii, Palizzi, Filippo (1818-1899)

The Calling of Saint John and Saint Andrew (Vocation de Saint Jean et de Saint André) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Calling of Saint John and Saint Andrew (Vocation de Saint Jean et de Saint André), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 6 in. (24.9 x 15.2 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Tortoise Trainer by Hamdi Bey, Osman (1842-1910)/ Pera Museum, Istanbul/ 1906/ Turkey/ Oil on canvas/ The Oriental Arts/ 221,5x120/ Genre

In 1581, Ivan beat his son, Ivan in a heated argument causing his son's death. Depicted in the painting by , 'Ivan the Terrible killing his son' by Ilya Repin(1844-1930). Ivan IV 'the Terrible' (1530 1584) Tsar of Russia 1533 - 1584.

The Toy Seller Jean Discart (1884- French) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

Attributed to John Martin, 1789-1854, British, Feeding the Five Thousand, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

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