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Paintings depicting dramatic mythology and biblical stories, filled with expressive figures and rich colors, showcasing theatrical moments in art.

David Playing the Harp for King Saul. Baron Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835). Oil on canvas. 183.5 x 226.7cm.
David Playing the Harp for King Saul. Baron Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835). Oil on canvas. 183.5 x 226.7cm.
215 assets in this story
1899-18307709
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Spada, Lionello, 1610.
4430-2619
fine arts, Holbein, Hans the Elder (1465 - 1524), panel, ""Graue Passion"",
1899-18309905
Daphnephoria, Leighton, Frederic
6176-67048157
Design for a production of Mozart's opera 'Die Zauberflote' ('The Magic Flute'), 1816. Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
475-2567
King Lear And The Fool In The Storm Act III Scene 2 - From 'King Lear' by William Shakespeare 1836 Louis Candide Boulanger (1807-1867 French) Oil On Canvas Musee de la Ville de Paris, France
6145-48534407
Sentence of Matejko. Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), painter
4069-3739
Quo Vadis, Festival of Nero, the rape of Lygeus
1848-61228050
Entrance of the Winner from the Chariot Race in Historic Rome, Italy, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe
475-2313
The Crossing of the Bosphorus by Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100) and His Brother, Baldwin, in 1097 1854 Emile Signol (1804-1892 French) Oil on Canvas Chateau de Versailles, France
1525R-61294
4069-882
Flaying of Sisamnes, 2nd panel from a diptych commissioned for the town hall in Bruges, 1498. From a tale in Herodotus, Sisamnes was a corrupt Persian judge found guilty of prevarication by Cambyses King of Persia, and sentenced to be flayed alive
4409-11296
CICERON DENUNCIANDO A CATILINA - DETALLE - 1880 - FRESCO - NEORRENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: CESARE MACCARI. Location: PALACIO MADAMA-SENADO-COLECCION DE ARTE. Rome. ITALIA.
6176-66902053
Street Scene in Cairo - The Lantern Maker's Courtship - William Holman Hunt, circa 1855
4266-20010819
Hugh Capet proclaimed King by the nobles in May 987 by Alaux, Jean (1786-1864) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles /France / Oil on canvas / History / D 57 / History painting
1788-53579
Cicero in the Senate denouncing Catiline, by Cesare Maccari (1840-1919), fresco from Palazzo Madama, Rome. Republican, Italy, 1st century BC.
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