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Dramatic paintings of significant historical events, featuring royalty and nobility in elaborate costumes, set in opulent interiors, conveying authority and grandeur.

Court musicians by Jan Joseph Horemans Elder, oil on canvas, 1682-1759, 18th century, Russia, Serphukov, State Museum of History and Art, 31, 5x38
Court musicians by Jan Joseph Horemans Elder, oil on canvas, 1682-1759, 18th century, Russia, Serphukov, State Museum of History and Art, 31, 5x38
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The Rope Dance Léonard Defrance Flemish. The Rope Dance 436119
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The Somerset House Conference, 1604. Painiting by an unknow artist. Oil on canvas, 1604. This portrait commemorate the peace treaty between England and Spain. Between 20 May and 16 July 1604, eighteen conference sessions were held at Somerset House, signing the treaty on August 18. The sitters: on the left are the members of the Hispano-Flemish delegation (from the window: Juan de Velasco (Duke of Frias, Constable of Castile), Juan de Tassis (Count of Villa Mediana), Alessandro Robida (Senator of Milan), Charles de Ligne (Count of Aremberg), Jean Rechardot (President of the Council of State) and Louis Vereyken (Audencier of Brussels). On the right (from the window), the English commissioners: Thomas Sackville (1st Earl of Dorset), Charles Howard (1st Earl of Nottingham), Charles Blount (Earl of Devonshire), Henry Howard (1st Earl of Northampton), Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne, later 1st Earl of Salisbury). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Ramiro II of Aragon, the Monk (1086-1157). King of Aragon (1134-1157). Scene depicting the legend of the Bell of Huesca, or Legend of the Monk King. Ramiro decapitated all the noblemen who had dared to challenge his royal power. Illustration after the painting by Casado del Alisal. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume II. Madrid, 1889.
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Bowery Scene. Reginald Marsh (1898-1954). Oil on masonite. Signed and dated 1945. 60.9 x 76.2cm
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Francois I (1494-1547), King of France from 1515, and Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor from 1519, visiting the tomb of St Denis, patron saint of Paris, 13 January 1540. Painting by Norblin after Anton Jean Gros (1771-1835).
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Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), wife of Louis XVI and Queen of France, before the court. Engraving. Colored.
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The Meeting of the Accademia dei Pugni (Academy of Fists), Perego, Antonio (active ca 1766-1780)
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Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752). Italian diplomat, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Appointed official representative of the Duke of Parma in April 1713. He was the principal adviser to King Philip V of Spain. On 5 December 1719, Philip V ordered his secretary, Miguel Fernandez de Durán, Marquis of Tolosa, notify Alberoni of the decree dispensing with his services and ordering his departure from Spain within a maximum of three weeks. Fired of Cardinal Alberoni. Illustration by Bielsa and J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume V. Madrid, 1891. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.
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Men at table by Oskar Freiwirth-Lutzow, oil on canvas, 1888, 1862-1925, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 38, 4x38, 8
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Ivan IV Terrible by Vasili Vladimirovich Pukirev, Oil on canvas, 1884, 1832-1890, Russia, St Petersburg, State Museum of Religious History, 74x93
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A Staircase, right side of the depiction. One of a seven-part room decoration, Dirck van Delen, 1630 - 1632
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In the early years of his kingship, Frederick the Great admired French wit and culture, and gathered round him in his favorite palace of Sans-Souci (Potsdam, Germany) many of the leading French writers of the time, Voltaire among the number. You see here the Sans-Souci dining table which, with Frederick at its head, has become so celebrated in history. But it has to be feared there was far more cruelty and malice about the table than ever there was of wit.
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'Genre Scene'. Flanders, 1759. Dimensions: 83x63 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jan Joseph Horemans II.
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Choir Practice  S.D. 1886 Gallegos y Arnosa, José(1859-1917 Spanish) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England
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Maximilian I Of Mexico by Jean-Paul Laurens, Oil on canvas, 1882, 1838-1921, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 222x303
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'Ante-Room in the Imperial Palace at Tsarskoye Selo'. Hungary-Russia, 1865. Dimensions: 51,6x35,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.
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Madonna & Cuccina Family /Veronese/ 1571
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Painting titled 'The Continence of Scipio'. Painted by Karel van Mander (1548-1606). Dated 17th Century
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The King. Mariano Barbasan Lagueruela (1864-1924). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1911. 40.5 x 61.5cm. Painted in Rome.
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Gold-painted illustration entitled 'Dreamers of the Swiss Game'. A group of distinguished men playing cards from the 15th-century including the French King, the Emperor and the Pope.
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The House of Lords, 1820. The Trial of Queen Caroline. Painting by Sir George Hayter (1792-1871). Oil on canvas, 1820-1823. Detail. Portrayed: Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington; Theodore Majocchi; Thomas Denman (1779-1854), 1st Baron Denman; Henry Brougham (1778-1868), 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
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FERRANDIZ, BERNARDO PINTOR ESPAÑOL .1835-1885 "EL TRIBUNAL DE LAS AGUAS", OLEO PALACIO DE LA GENERALITAT. VALENCIA VALENCIA PINTADO.
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Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann. Date/Period: 1728. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 3,090 mm (10.13 ft); Width: 2,840 mm (111.81 in). Author: Francesco Solimena.
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Antonio Maria Esquivel Suarez de Urbina (1806-1857). Spanish painter. Ventura de la Vega reading a play at the Teatro del Príncipe (Theatre of the Prince), 1846. The actress Bárbara Lamadrid (1812-1893) standing behind the table. On the right of the image, the actor Julián Romea Yanguas (1818-1868). Next to him the actress and lyric singer Teodora Lamadrid (1820-1896) (with open fan); and next to her the actress Antera Baus (1787-documented until 1834).Oil on canvas, 147 x 209,5 cm. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Austria, Salzburg, Mozart Family
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Scene from a beer-house or a tavern. Knorr, Georg David Salomon (1844-1916), painter
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The quack, Anonymous, c. 1619 - c. 1625
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A. Boulanger (active at the beginning of the 20th century). "Rescue of patients at the Charity Hospital during the 1910 flood". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Crue, horse, tricolor flag, evacuate, evacuation, charity hospital, flood, flood, sick, small boat, help, save, rescue, seal street, rescue, rescuer, securtiy public safety, car attendant, oil on canvas
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Portrait of Louis XVIII of France receiving Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, on December 2, 1823, on a balcony of the Tuileries Palace after his successful military campaign in Spain. Louis Ducis
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Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782, c. 1783. Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793). Oil on canvas; framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.); unframed: 51.4 x 68.8 cm (20 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.).
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The Abdication of Napoleon at Fontainebleau by Vernet, Jules (1792-1843) / Private Collection / 1815 / France / Watercolour on paper / History / 26,5x34,5
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Anefo photo collection. Restoration work on night watch from Rembrandt; Painting with "Adhesive plasters" of rice paper for working from linen to go. September 22, 1975
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Vicente Nicolau Cutanda / 'The Vision of Fray Martin', 1884, Spanish School, Canvas, 142 cm x 210 cm, P06244. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Napoleon a.Josephine in Amiens , Paint.
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Visit of the Prince of Wales, President Buchanan, and Dignitaries to the Tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, October 1860. Date: 1861. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. JAMES BUCHANAN.
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The Life of Buckingham, c. 1855. Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863). Oil on board ; framed: 54.1 x 64.5 x 10.2 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/8 x 4 in.); unframed: 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 15 15/16 in.). Augustus Leopold Eggs The Life of Buckingham depicts a fictional moment in the debauched, roguish life of George Villiers (1628-1687), 2nd Duke of Buckingham (seated at the center, wearing white). Although the scene is invented, the merrymakers and courtesans depicted around the table (among them King Charles II, to Buckinghams right) were characters the duke would have personally known and were familiar to Victorian audiences who delighted in the cautionary tale of excess.
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Frederick III on the throne, detail from Frederick III, being pressed to march against the Turks by the Trieste poet Raffaele Zovenzoni, painting by Augusto Tominz (1818-1883).
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), LL.D.1786. Artist: Thomas Sully, American, born England, 1783-1872
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Margherita degli Acciajuoli Drives Giovanni della Palla Away, by Brambilla Ferdinando, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Woman lady Margherita degli Acciajuoli Giovanni della Palla room chamber.
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Artist: John Smibert, American, born Scotland, 1688-1751, Subject: George Berkeley, Irish, 1685-1753, The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and HisEntourage), Oil on canvas, 69 1/2 × 93 in. (176.5 × 236.2cm), Made in London, England, American, 18thcentury, Paintings
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The Theatre-Goers, Samuel Wale RA, 1721-1786, British, undated, Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blued white laid paper, Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 inches (14.3 × 10.2 cm), genre subject, men, theater, theatre, woman
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Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865). "The Duke of Orleans signing the proclamation of the general lieutenancy of the kingdom, on July 31, 1830, at the Palais-Royal". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27039-9 Sketch, 1st i 1st 1 arrondissement, interior, lieutenance general kingdom, palace-royal, interior policy, proclamation, political reunion, revolution 1830, signature, sign, oil on canvas
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Louis XVI Giving Instructions to the Perouse June 29, 1785 1817 Nicolas Andre Monsiau (1754-1837/French) Painting Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France
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The Sampling Officials (Dutch: De Staalmeesters), also called Syndics of the Drapers' Guild, is a 1662 oil painting by Rembrandt
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Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral at Reims by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) / Louvre, Paris / 1854 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 240x178 / Classicism
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The Bookshop and Lottery Agency of Jan de Groot in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, by Isaac Ouwater, 1779, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. Men push and shove to enter the door of the lottery agency for lottery ticket sales established by the States General (BSLOC_2016_6_260)
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General George Washington Resigning his Commission: On 23 December 1793 he resigned his commission to Congress meeting in Annapolis, an act which led to a civilian rule and a republic rather than a dictatorship. Painting by John Trumbull, c1824.
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Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). Queen consort of France. On October 16, 1793, she was tried and convicted. Marie Antoinette in court. Engraving.
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Painting depicting Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. Dated 20th Century
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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554): painting by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856). The Nine Days Queen, a granddaughter of Henry VII, after the death the Protestant Edward VI, her father-in-law proclaimed her queen. Henry VIIIs elder daughters claim was stronger and she was crowned Mary I. Jane was beheaded 12 February 1554. Painting of 1833 by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) French historical painter
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William Penn Receiving the Charter of Pennsylvania from Charles II. Alan Stewart (1865-1951). Oil on canvas. Dated 1913. 122 x 183cm
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The Regents of the House of Correction of Middelburg, 1643. Dating: 1643. Measurements: h 147 cm × w 220 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Allaert van Loeninga.
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Dutch Quaker Functionaries in Amsterdam, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, (1621-1674/Dutch)
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'Group Portrait of the Amsterdam Shooting Corporation'. Netherlands, 1532. Dimensions: 115x160 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Dirck Jacobsz.
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Peace Treaty of Versailles, signing of the peace treaty with Germany in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles,in the center Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, June 28, 1919, by William Orpen (1878-1931), oil on canvas , 152.4x127 cm. World War I, France, 20th century.
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MAURA , ANTONIO. POLITICO ESPÀÑOL. PALMA DE MALLORCA 1853 - 1925. DETALLE DEL CUADRO " PRESENTACION DEL GOBIERNO NACIONAL ". OLEO DE ASTERIO MAÑANOS.. MAURA DE PIE JUNTO A EDUARDO DATO ( SENTADO ). PALACIO DEL SENADO . MADRID. Author: ASTERIO MAÑANOS MARTINEZ.
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La PEROUSE, (Jean-Franois de Galaup, Comte de La P?rouse, 1741-88 French navigator), from Louis XVI, 1754-93 King of France, giving instructions to La P?rouse, 29 June 1785, painted 1817 (MV 220)
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Throne Room, Palazzo Patriarcale, Dioezesan Museum with the Tiepolo Galleries, 16th century, Udine, most important historical city in Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, Europe
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Painting Of Benjamin Franklin Touching Key Attached To Kite String In Lightning Storm Feeling Electricity Science
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Mural with clock, Duino Castle, with spectacular sea view, private residence of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis, Duino, Friuli, Italy, Duino, Friuli, Italy, Europe
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