Dramatic Biblical and Historical Scenes

Dramatic studies for larger works illustrating biblical scenes and significant historical figures, exploring themes of emotion and narrative depth.

Saint Francis Supported by an Angel; about 1600 Oil on canvas Orazio Gentileschi Italian Rome; 1563-1639

The Agony in the Garden; Jean Pierre Rousselet (French, active about 1677 - 1736); Paris, France; about 1720 - 1730; Tempera and gold leaf on paper bound between pasteboard covered outside in original dark blue morocco, and inside in red morocco in fanfare style; Leaf: 11.9 x 7.1 cm (4 11,16 x 2 13,16 in.)

Climbing Rapunzel's golden hair - Arthur Rackham

Dead body of Jesus Christ by Boris Dmitryevich Grigoriev, Tempera on cardboard, 1913, 1886-1939, Russia, Samara, State Art Museum, 37x87

Four Putti Carrying a Fruit Basket, Anonymous, c. 1725 - c. 1774

'The Temptation of Saint Anthony' (detail), ca. 1490, Oil on panel, 73 x 52,5 cm, P02049. Author: JHERONIMUS VAN AKEN-EL BOSCO-J. BOSCH. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Painting - 20th century. 'The choir' by Gian Filippo Usellini (1903-1971)

Moses Laid Amid the Flags James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City

LAS CARGUERAS DEL MUELLE 1921/23- FRESCO DE LA ROTONDA CENTRAL. Author: ARTETA AURELIO. Location: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA-ALCALA, MADRID, SPAIN.

Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929). Polish painter. Death, 1902. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Brouwer, Cornelis, Amsterdam, Ploos van Amstel, Botanicus, verso - handwritten, Several men study plants at a table. The old seated man writes in a book. On the right a man carries a basket with plants. Through the windows a view of a garden and a country house., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, to my esteemed friend Mr. Hemsterhuis in The Hague Unfinished 1st proof, G van den Eekhout del Ploos v Amstel JC F 1779, height 91 mm, width 128 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, supervision, 1779 - 1779, paper, papier, transfer, color print, 1735 - 1803-03-31, print maker, printmaker, Northern Netherlands, 1621-08-19 - 1674-09-29, intermediary draughtsman

REPOSO. Author: NESTOR DE LA TORRE (1888-1938). Location: MUSEO NESTOR TORRE. LAS PALMAS. GRAN CANARIA. SPAIN.

Still-Life with Cabbage and Courgette; Bodegon con Repollo y Calabacina. Alberto Iriarte (1920-1993). Oil on canvas. 38 x 54cm.

La Cocotte. Federico de Madrazo de Ochoa (1875-1934). Oil on canvas. 78 x 136cm

Manon, Mossa, Gustav-Adolf (1883-1971)

God Father by workshop of Jean Fouquet, watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, USA, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, 16,2x10,6

The Hidden Treasure James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

Bas relief in bronze depicts Japanese students mobilized for industry during WWII at Hiroshima Memorial Tower.

Lazarus And Dives by Feodor Andreyevich Bronnikov, Oil on canvas, 1886, 1827-1902, Russia, Tver, Regional Art Gallery, 127X84, 5

Moses Killing an Egyptian, 1883, by Pawel Merwart (1855-1902). 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Italian painter and architect. Roman school. Love Scene (Two Lovers), 1524-1525. Detail. Dog. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

France, Burgundy, Vix krater (vase used to mix wine and water) from the Vix Grave, detail of an hoplite (Greek soldier), bronze

Views of New Deal-sponsored mural, William Gropper's 1939 "Construction of a Dam," decorating Main Interior wall

Abruzzo, Aquila, Rocca di Botte, S. Maria del Pianto, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), oil on canvas, 117x77.5 cm.

The Death of Leopold II; La Mort de Leopold II. Leon Spilliaert (1881-1946). Wax crayon on paper. Signed and dated 1910. 50.8 x 64.7cm.

SPAIN. Benajon. La Pileta Cave. Prehistoric site. Upper Paleolithic. Magdalenian. Architecture.

Sculpture of Perseus, by Benvenuto, 1880, Florence, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a photo by Giorgio Sommer, coloured, Europe

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare, 1776. Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

A woman interrupted in her bath, by the sight of a monkey. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

The Self-immolation of Gogol by Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1909/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ 79x131/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Two Boys with a Bladder. Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734 - 1797)

'Coronation', 1997, Mixed media on canvas, 200 x 140 cm. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Drunken Faun, Museo at Naples. Dated: 1892. Dimensions: sheet (irregular): 12.7 × 16.51 cm (5 × 6 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marietta Minnigerode Andrews.

Portrait de Maurice Denis by Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940). Glue painting on canvas, 1934. Vuillard was a French painter and printmaker who was associated with the Nabis.

'The All-Pervading', c1887, (1912). Artist: George Frederick Watts.

Sigismund and Francesco II Gonzaga, detail from the Meeting Wall, 1465-1474, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1606), fresco. San Giorgio Castle, Wedding Chamber or Camera Picta, Mantua.

CAPILLA DEL SANTO ROSTRO - PINTURA DE LA PUERTA DEL ARCA. Author: MARTINEZ SEBASTIAN. Location: CATEDRAL. JAEN. SPAIN.

Murderes and her victim, Anonymous, in or after 1793 - c. 1830 Square glass plate in a wooden rating. A woman dressed in dress and with hat on, back, with a knife in her hand raised. Next to her a man, back, in a white dressing gown and with a turban on his head. A bleeding wound in his chest. Almost certainly Jean-Paul Marat and his killer Charlotte Corday. The background is black. Netherlands (possibly) glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint)

EMPAQUETADO PARA VIAJAR - 1980 - OLEO/LIENZO - 151x172 cm. Author: CRISTOBAL TORAL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Brüssel. Belgien.

Barkhin, Sergey Mikhaylovich (*1938) A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1989 49,4x62 Pastel on paper

Alice in Wonderland', 1917 Artist: Arthur Rackham. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the British mathematician, Lewis Carroll.

Athens - sculptural fragment, figure from the parapet of the theatre of Dionysus. Dimitrios Constantin (Greek, active 1858 - 1860s)

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence - Church of Santa Maria Novella. Chapel of Filippo Strozzi. Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Saint Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, detail of footwear. Fresco completed in 1502.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Musical Angel, by Rosso Fiorentino, 1521, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Old engraving

EL MAR. Author: DANIEL VAZQUEZ DIAZ (1882-1969). Location: BANCO DE ESPAÑA-COLECCION ARTE. MADRID. SPAIN.

PAIS DE JAUJA - DETALLE. Author: PIETER BRUEGHEL EL VIEJO (1525-1569). Location: ALTE PINAKOTHEK. MUNICH. GERMANY.

USA, California, Northern California, Napa Valley Wine Country, Calistoga, Castello Di Amoroso Winery, reproduction 12th century Italian castle, wall fresco

TABLERO - MERCADO DE TLATELOLCO - MUJER HACIENDO TORTITAS - FRESCO SIGLO XX. Author: DIEGO RIVERA. Location: PALACIO NACIONAL. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

SPAIN - Area Metropolitana Madrid (district) - MADRID. Museo del Prado; people in front of "Las Meninas" from Velázquez (53)

Hombre con cabeza vendada ante una playa/1986. Museum: COLECCION PARTICULAR MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: EDUARDO NARANJO.

The Effects of Good Government in the City, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Palazzo Pubblico. Detail. Woman at the window braid red yellow wall

Spring Banishing Winter. Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1882-1972). Tempera on circular canvas. Dated August MCMVIII. 58.5cm diameter

Angels representing Praise; 1890s Opaque and transparent watercolor and metallic paint John La Farge American; 1835-1910

Drawing (Italy)

"Hieroglyphics" Mural Decoration by John W. Alexander, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | Library of Congress

Art History museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Peter Paul Rubens ( 1577 - 1640 ). The head of Medusa. 1617. Vienna. Austria.

MUSEO - SALA DE ANTIGUEDADES. Location: MUSEO. CLUNY. France.

Wall Fragment with a Scene of Meal Preparation; Italy; 100 - 150; Fresco; 69.5 × 127 × 3.5 cm (27 3,8 × 50 × 1 3,8 in.)

Dos Amantes Contemplando la Luna (Two Lovers Contemplating the Moon) 1950 Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991 Mexican) Oil on Canvas Christie's Images, New York, USA

Ark of the Covenant. Engraving, 16th century. Colored.

Santo Bulto. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 56 x 40.8 cm (22 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eldora P. Lorenzini.

Washing the White Blood off Daniel Boone. Jared French (1905-1987). Egg tempera on masonite.71.5 x 77.5cm.

Spiritual America. Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864 - 1946)

Abruzzo, Aquila, Sulmona, Chiesa dell' Annunziata, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

CUERNA DE VENADO-122X146 CMS- PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Sentimental Journey I 2001 Gerry Charm (20th C./American) Collage

Mural by Diego Rivera. Palacio Nacional.Centro historico. Mexico D.F. Mexico.

Woman carrying a pitcher, Roman, circa 5th century AD, Mosaic Museum Istanbul, photo by Andre Held

Santiago Estrany i Castany / "Micenas, Puerta de los Leones", 1980. Colección privada.

Four Studies of a Male Head; Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577 - 1640; about 1617 - 1620; Oil on panel; Unframed: 25.4 x 67.9 cm (10 x 26 3/4 in.), Framed outer dim: 84.1 x 43.2 x 9.5 cm (33 1/8 x 17 x 3 3/4 in.)

Shadow play (Chinese: 影戏, pí yĭng xì) or shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. It is popular in various cultures. At present, more than 20 countries are known to have shadow show troupes. Shadow puppetry originated during the Han Dynasty when one of the concubines of Emperor Wu of Han died from an illness. The emperor was devastated, and he summoned his court officers to bring his beloved back to life. The officers made a shape of the concubine using donkey leather. Her joints were animated using 11 separate pieces of the leather, and adorned with painted clothes. Using an oil lamp they made her shadow move, bringing her back to life. Shadow theatre became quite popular as early as the Song Dynasty when holidays were marked by the presentation of many shadow plays. During the Ming Dynasty there were 40 to 50 shadow show troupes in the city

The Allegory of the Sorbonne 1889 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French This composition symbolizes the Sorbonne, one of Pariss historic universities. According to Puvis, the woman enthroned at center personifies the school. Figures surrounding her represent the institutions ideals and major areas of study, including philosophy, history, and the sciences. Puvis made this sketch during his final year of work on a mural that he completed for the grand lecture hall of the new Sorbonne building in 1889. The grid lines used to transfer the present composition are visible through the paint.. The Allegory of the Sorbonne. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824-1898 Paris). 1889. Oil on canvas. Paintings

Adrià Gual / Cartel de 'Canigo', 1910. Museum: Institut del Teatre, Barcelona.

Torture Museum, Castle, Loket, Czech Republic, Europe

The Almeh by Jean-Leon Gereme; Oil on canvas.

III Spring exhibition. Krywult salon Siedlecki, Franciszek (1867 1934), lithographic zak: Cotty Jan

Alone, 2000, Richard H. Fox (b.1960/American), Watercolor & Ink on Paper

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