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Historic Battles

Engravings capturing intense historical battles and heroic moments, depicted through dynamic and dramatic compositions.

Meleager and Atalanta during the hunt for the wild boar, which destroyed the fields of Meleager's father because he had insulted Diana. Meleager holds his spear at the ready. The vanguard of the company holds hunting dogs on a leash. In the margin a two-line caption in French, The Caledonian Hunt., print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), François Chauveau, (mentioned on object), publisher: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), 1683 - 1733, paper, etching, engraving, h 208 mm × w 414 mm
Meleager and Atalanta during the hunt for the wild boar, which destroyed the fields of Meleager's father because he had insulted Diana. Meleager holds his spear at the ready. The vanguard of the company holds hunting dogs on a leash. In the margin a two-line caption in French, The Caledonian Hunt., print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), François Chauveau, (mentioned on object), publisher: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), 1683 - 1733, paper, etching, engraving, h 208 mm × w 414 mm
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Xerxes, angered by the failure to build a bridge in the Dardanelles, lashes the sea, Xerxes I, 519 BC, 465 BC, reigned from 486 to 465 BC as Achaemenid Great King and Egyptian Pharaoh, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Xerxes, angered by the failure to build a bridge in the Dardanelles, lets the sea lash, Xerxes I, 519 BC, 465 BC, reigned from 486 to 465 BC as Achaemenid Great King a
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Ό Περικλῆςἀπὸτῆς Πνυκὸς, δικαιολογῶντὰςχάριντῆς Άκροπόλεως δαπάνας - Péricles pérorant de Pnyx justifie les dépenses pour l'Acropole , Forts & fortifications, Archaeological sites, Greek temples, Audiences, Statesmen, Parthenon Athens, Greece, Pericles, approximately 495 B.C.-429 B.C.. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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The strange nations slain by the lions of Samaria. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard drawing of angels, executed in pen with bister wash.
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LA VALIENTE FIEL Y CONSTANTE ESPAÑA - ALIANZA ENTRE ESPAÑA E INGLATERRA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX -. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO VII (1784-1833).
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Building the Ark, 17th century painting on copper
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Schilderkunst; La Peinture; Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts, ou Recueil Des Plus Belles Estampes, gravées d'aprés les Tableaux Originaux (...).Ceiling piece with the personification of painting. She holds brush and painting palette in her hands and works on a painting. Putti assist her. Fine right rubs a putto paint. Print is part of an album.