Historic Mythological Scenes

A collection of dramatic historical and mythological moments depicted in oil paintings. Themes include death, judgment, and sacrifice, showcasing rich colors and intricate details.

Emperor Augustus and his courtiers by Giambattista Tiepolo, Oil on canvas, 1743, 1696-1770, Venetian School, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 69, 5x89

Scene from greek mythology by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 48x64

José de Madrazo y Agudo / 'The Death of Viriatus, King of the Lusitani', 1807, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 307 cm x 462 cm, P04469. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Judgment of the King Solomon by Louis de Boullogne the Younger, oil on canvas, 1710, 1654-1733, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 133x166

Mocetto, Girolamo (c. 1458-1531) National Gallery, London Painting 67,9x44,5 Bible The Massacre of the Innocents with Herod

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, by Francesco De Mura (1696-1782), oil on canvas, 248x156 cm.

Sala Regia, Vaticano. Pedro de Aragón ofrece el reino a Inocencia III, Livio Agresti.

Dido and Aeneas. Nicolas Verkolye (Dutch, 1673 - 1746)

Loth and her daughters, 1833, by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), oil on canvas, 120x150 cm.

Emperor Augustus and his courtiers by Giambattista Tiepolo, Oil on canvas, 1743, 1696-1770, Venetian School, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 69, 5x89

Jephthah, John Everett Millais, 1867,

Cleopatras Banquet, Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1675 - c. 1680

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). "The death of Seneca". Esquisse, 1773. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 37423-8 Antiquity, cigue, poisoning, sketch, death, Latin philosopher

Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem by Conca, Sebastiano (1680-1764) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1736 / Italy, School of Neaple / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 52x70 / Baroque

Sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter, 1732-1733, by Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger (1687-1767), oil on canvas, 204x135 cm.

The continent of Scipio, Giacinto Diana, 1765 - 1770 painting The greatness of Scipio. The Virgin and her fiancé in front of the general on his throne. The work is a preliminary study for a ceiling painting in the Palazzo Serre di Cassano in Naples. canvas. oil paint (paint) the continence of Scipio: he restores a captive woman to her bridegroom Allucius, who kneels before him; the ransom offered by the bride's parents is given to Allucius as a wedding-gift

Egypt / Netherlands: The Banquet of Cleopatra’. Oil on canvas painting by Gerard de Lairesse (11 September 1641 - June 1711), c. 1675-1680.

The Rape of the Sabine Women by Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)/ National Gallery, London/ ca 1637-1640/ Flanders/ Oil on wood/ Baroque/ 170x236,2/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Presentation at the Temple, 1808, by Vincenzo Camuccini (1771-1844), Church of San Giovanni in Canale, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. Italy, 19th century.

The Flight of Antenor from Troy, 1650, by Luca Ferrari da Reggio (1605-1654), fresco, Villa Selvatico, Battaglia Terme, Veneto, Italy.

Achilles and Priam by Padovanino, oil on canvas, 1588-1649, Russia, Khabarovsk, Far Eastern Art Museum, 99x126

Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes (Ovid, Metamorphoses, XIII, 162-170, Publius Papinius Statius (ca. 45-96)). Boeckhorst, Jan (1604-1668), painter

BOTTICELLI, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, also called Sandro (1445-1510). The Calumny of Apelles. ca. 1495. Antiphilos slandering Apelles in public, accusing him of conspiration against Ptollemy IV, s. IV a.C. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery).

Farewell of Hector and Andromache. Date/Period: 1773. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 155.8 cm (61.3 in); Width: 211.5 cm (83.2 in). Author: Anton Losenko.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The resurrection of Lazarus. Oil on canvas. 380 cm; Width: 275 cm, 1609. Museum: MUSEO NACIONAL, MESSINA, ITALIA. JESUS.

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770). The Investiture of Herold as Duke of Franconia. 1751. Decoration of the Imperial Hall ceiling. Barbarossa grants the title of duke to the bishop of WŸrzburg in 1168. Baroque art. Fresco. GERMANY. BAVARIA. WŸrzburg. Royal Palace.

Maecenas Presents the Arts to Augustus Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770 Italian) State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Painting titled 'The Conversion of Mary Magdalene' by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) an Italian Renaissance painter. Dated 16th Century

Pierre-Félix Trézel (1782-1855). "Sketch for the Saint-Laurent church. Saint Laurent leads to martyrdom". Oil on paper glued on canvas. 1817. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Figurative art, religious art, holy history, Christian iconography, religious iconography, saint

Queen of Carthage by Giambattista Tiepolo, Oil on canvas (1757-1760, 1696-1770, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 40x63

The Adoration of the Child, 1548, by Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596).

Jacob Recognizing the Robe of His Son Joseph, c. 1791, Jean-Jacques Forty, French, 1743 - 1801, 61 x 52 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (154.94 x 133.35 x 3.18 cm) (canvas)72 1/2 × 64 × 3 3/4 in. (184.15 × 162.56 × 9.53 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 18th century

Muses and Graces 1859 Thomas P. Rossiter (1817-1871/American) Oil on canvas

La túnica de José/1630. Museum: REAL MONASTERIO DE EL ESCORAL ESCORIAL ESPAÑA. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ.

Martydom Of St. John, Bishop Of Venice Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista(1696-1770 Italian) Palazzo dell'Academia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

Parting of Hector and Andromache 1773 Anton Pavlovic Losenko (1737-1773 Russian) Oil on canvas

Saint Paul in front of Rome people by Nikolai Kornilovich Bodarevsky, oil on canvas, 1850-1921, Russia, Uzhgorod, Regional Art Museum, 135x226

Samson and Delilah; 1766; Oil on canvas Pompeo Girolamo Batoni; Italian; 1708-87

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, David before Saul, undated. Gray and brown wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Massimo Stanzione / 'The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist', ca. 1635, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 184 cm x 258 cm, P00258. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Saint John the Baptist.

The Death of Socrates 1787 Jacques Louis David French In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up a classical story of resisting unjust authority in a sparse, frieze-like composition. The Greek philosopher Socrates (469-399 B.C.) was convicted of impiety by the Athenian courts; rather than renounce his beliefs, he died willingly, discoursing on the immortality of the soul before drinking poisonous hemlock. Through a network of carefully articulated gestures and expressions, Davids figures act out the last moments of Socratess life. He is about to grasp the cup of hemlock, offered by a disciple who cannot bear to witness the act. David consulted antiquarian scholars in his pursuit of an archeologically exacting image, including details of furniture and clothing; his inclusion of Plato at the foot of the bed, however, deliberately references not someone present at Socratess death but, rather, the author whose text

Jephthah's Sacrifice, Le Brun, Charles, 1656.

The Beheading of Claudius Paulus and the Capture of Julius Civilis. "Beheading of Julius Paulus and Imprisonment of Claudius Civilis; one of a series of twelve on the Insurrection of the Batavians against the Romans ". Dating: 1600 - 1613. Measurements: h 38 cm × w 52 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: OTTO VAN VEEN.

David Teniers / 'The Monkey Sculptor', ca. 1660, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 23 cm x 32 cm, P01806. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER.

Juan García de Miranda / 'The Birth of the Virgin'. Late XVII - Early XVIII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Hersilia Separating Romulus from Tatius, Guercino, Giovanni Francesco B, 1645.

Vicente Carducho / 'The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist'. Late XVI - Primer tercio del siglo XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

fine arts, Lairesse, Gerard de, (1641 - 1711), painting, ""Dido and Aeneas"", oil on canvas, 128 cm x 163 cm, Schleissheim castle state gallery, Munich,

Painting titled 'The School of Apelle' by Jean Broc. Jean Broc (1771-1850) a French neoclassical painter.

Nero's Torches Siemiradzki, Henryk (1843 1902)

Virgil Reading Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia, 1812-1819, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha, Tiepolo, Giovanni-Battista, 1655.

St Peter confronts Simon Magus before Nero, by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Italy, 15th-16th century.

Series of the Four Parts of the World. Africa. Date/Period: 1634 - 1705. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 600 mm (23.62 in); Width: 750 mm (29.52 in). Author: Copy of Luca Giordano.

'The Mother of the Gracchi', c1780. Artist: Joseph Benoit Suvee

Workshop of Jacopo Tintoretto, The Worship of the Golden Calf, c 1594 The Worship of the Golden Calf

Moses saved from the water, 1722, by Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722), 75x60 cm, oil on panel.

The Dispute With Simon Mago (From The Life Of St. Peter Cycle) 1425-28 Masaccio (1401-1428 Italian) Fresco Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy

The Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610) / Louvre, Paris / c. 1605 / Italy, Roman School / Oil on canvas / Bible / 369x245 / Baroque

The death of Julius Caesar, 1805-1806, by Vincenzo Camuccini (1771-1844), oil on canvas, 400x707 cm. Detail.

Bordeaux, France The Table "Eliezer and Rebecca" by Giovanni Pittoni, Museum of Fine Arts , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Bordeaux , France Le tableau «Eliezer et Rebecca» de Giovanni Pittoni , musée des Beaux-Arts). Museum, Christianity, Judaism, painting, Religion , Art, France, Bordeaux, Museum: Eliézer and Rébecca (Tiépolo)

Two Odalisques Playing Mancala in the Harem. Date/Period: 1742/43. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 455 mm (17.91 in); Width: 640 mm (25.19 in). Author: FRANCESCO GUARDI. Giovanni Antonio Guardi.

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: Allegory of Dinteville Family by Master of Dinteville Allegory (active mid - 16th century); Oil on wood; 1537

Reproduction of a painting: Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), Kurtyna teatru krakowskiego Curtain of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Cracow, 1894, oil on canvas. Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych (Warszawa ; 1860-1940), merchant employer, unknown, photographer, Husnik & Häusler (Praga ; zakład reprograficzny ; 1888-1936), reproduction atelier

Triumph Of Bacchus (Los Borrachos) 1628 Velázquez, Diego(1599-1660 Spanish) Oil On Canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

PATRULLAS DE CONTRO SACRISTIA DE S ELIAS. Author: ARTURO REQUE MERUVIA-KEMER-. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Claudio Lorenzale / "La mort del rei Pere el Gran" (The death of King Peter the Great), circa 1870, Painting. Museum: Salón de sesiones del ayuntamiento de Vilafranca, Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

Young Man Between Virtue and Vice by Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / ca 1581 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 102x153 / Renaissance

The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul; Bernardo Cavallino, Italian, 1616 - 1656; about 1650 - 1656; Oil on copper; Unframed: 61 x 86.4 cm (24 x 34 in.), Framed: 80.3 x 105.6 x 7 cm (31 5/8 x 41 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

Angelica and Medoro with the Shepherds, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1757 - 1757, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, Villa Valmarana ai Nani. Whole artwork. Angelica and Medoro take leave from farmers.

Last Supper (Ultima Cena), by Paolo Caliari known as Veronese, 16th Century, oil on canvas, 220 x 523 cm

Italy: 'The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius', oil on canvas painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), 1883, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Sacristy of St Giovanni Carbonara by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and Cristofano Gherardi (1508-1556). Sacrifice of Cain and Abel. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Seneca Dying, Luca Giordano (1634-1705), oil on canvas, 76x82 cm.

Altarpiece of Saint Lucia or Saint Lucia Before The Judge, 1532, by Lorenzo Lotto (1480 ca- 1556), oil on canvas, 243x237 cm. Detail.

A Dance in the Country. Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 47 1/4 in. (75.6 x 120 cm). Date: ca. 1755.Although Giandomenico Tiepolo assisted his father in numerous decorative enterprises, his own talent lay in the depiction of contemporary life. The picture is one of Giandomenico's most evocative and appealing works. It shows an actress dancing with a young man wearing the traditional costume of the commedia dell'arte character Mezzetino. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818). Italian painter. Granting to Privileges of the Academy of Krakow, 1796. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Beheading his Son by Ferdinand Bol 1661-63. This picture was painted for the headquarters of the Admiralty of Amsterdam.

Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth, Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, British, Formerly attributed to Antonio Verrio, ca. 1639-1707, Italian, active in Britain, between 1719 and 1720, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 17 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches (43.8 x 59.4 cm), apostles, arch, architectural subject, Bible, bread, chairs, Christianity, columns (architectural elements), costume, cup, dinner, disciples, disciples, drapery, gesture, meal, men, New Testament, Passion cycle, pitcher, plates (dishes), religious and mythological subject, supper, table, the episode of the Last Supper, urn, wine

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles; Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696 - 1770); Italy; about 1740; Oil on canvas; 42.5 × 54 cm (16 3,4 × 21 1,4 in.)

Rebecca and Eliezer, 1700-1705, by Gregorio Lazzarini (1655-1730).

Lorenzo Rocha Icaza / 'The dream of King Ramiro I'. Ca. 1866. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Conspiracy of Julius Civilis and the Batavians in a Sacred Grove. In 1613, the Dutch parliament (States General) commissioned Otto van Veen to paint twelve paintings depicting the revolt of the Batavians against the Romans in AD 69 and 70. These were displayed in Binnenhof, the central government building in The Hague. In the early years of the Dutch Republic, many compared their own revolt against Spain to the Batavian uprising.

G. B. Tiepolo / Adoration of the Kings

Allegory of the City of Bern ( The Temple of the LIberal Arts, with the city of Bern and the Goddess Minerva). Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803). Switzerland, 1779. Paintings. Oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista (workshop) Pittoni (Venecia, 1687 - 1767). The Sacrifice of Polyxena. Oil on canvas. 72 x 58 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Biblical scene. Rothmeier, J. D. (fl. ca 1686), painter, unknown, painter

Aldobrandini Wedding. 1st c. BC. Central detail. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. VATICAN CITY. Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library).

Mars Receives The Weapons from Venus and Vulcan: Allegory. Mars is spent by Venus the sword, two putti lift the helmet to his head. At the bottom right of more Putti with other parts of the armor, in the background, Vulcanus is wearing in his workshop. Historical allegory with probably Friedrich Wilhelm, Keurvorst van Brandenburg, such as Mars and Louisa Henrietta, Countess of Nassau, like Venus.

The circumcision, 1521-1522, by Giulio Romano (1499-1546), oil on panel, transferred onto canvas, 111x122 cm.

Jacopo Bassano/ EXPULSION DE LOS MERCADERES DEL TEMPLO, Hacia 1585. Óleo sobre lienzo, 150 x 184 cm. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Infant Moses trampling Pharaoh's Crown, Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)

Christ Receiving the Children. Sébastien Bourdon; French, 1616-1671. Date: 1650-1660. Dimensions: 39 1/2 × 53 1/4 in. (100.3 × 135.2 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Merry Company on a Terrace, by Jan Steen, 1626-1679 Dutch, 17th Century

Samson On The Treadmill 1863 Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890 Danish)

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian Baroque painter and etcher, Christ Among the Doctors (c. 1685), Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Round gathering of scholars and students in ancient architecture, Discussion of philosophy

St Peter confronts Simon Magus before Nero, by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), detail. Frescoes, Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Italy, 15th-16th century.

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, One from Illustrations to Shakespeare.

Coriolanus, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810), engraving from Ancient Rome, or The historical and pictorial description of everything related to the Roman people, their military, customs, religious and public life, 1825. Roman Kingdom, 6th-5th century BC.

The Champion, 1824. Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

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