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Historic Portraits and Scenes

A collection of historical artworks depicting various scenes, including royal gatherings, marriages, and significant events, characterized by rich colors and detailed figures.

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Albrecht Durer painting the portrait of Kaiser Maximilian I.
Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Albrecht Durer painting the portrait of Kaiser Maximilian I.
125 assets in this story
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The Last Honors to Counts Egmont and Hoorne, reduction (Les derniers honneurs rendus aux Comtes d'Egmont et d'Hornes, réduction) Louis Gallait (Belgian, 1810-1887). The Last Honors to Counts Egmont and Hoorne, reduction (Les derniers honneurs rendus aux Comtes d'Egmont et d'Hornes, réduction), 1859. Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 20 in. (34.9 x 50.8 cm). As Belgium reveled in its newfound independence, won in 1830, painters such as Louis Gallait recalled historical events that characterized the long struggle for selfrule, including the martyrdom of Counts Egmont and Hoorne. These sixteenth-century Flemish noblemen dutifully served their king, Philip II of Spain, as soldiers and diplomats. Though devout Catholics, Egmont and Hoorne urged Philip to recognize the religious freedoms of Protestants, a position that branded the two as rebels and led to their arrest and beheading. Their murders galvanized resistance to Spanish rule in the Low Countries (present-day Belgium and the Netherlands). In t
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Mustapha Aga and his Retinue by Schroeder, Georg Engelhard (1684-1750) / Pera Museum, Istanbul / Orientalism / 1730s / Sweden / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 227x140
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HEAD STUDIES Horace Vernet (1789-1863). "Head Studies". Oil on canvas, 1820.
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King Rene's Honeymoon. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893). Watercolour. Dated 1864. 26.7 x 17.8cm
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Calvin, Luther, Melanchthon in the Melanchthon Haus Wittenberg unknown artist, in late 16th century
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Reception of the Ambassadors of Siam by Napoleon III at the Palace of Fontainebleau on June 27, 1861 by Gerome, Jean-Leon (1824-1904) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1864 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 129x260 / Acade
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The steel masters.
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The Wedding of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland, and Jan IV, Duke of Brabant, 10 March 1418. Dating: 1839. Measurements: h 166 cm × w 132 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jacob Joseph Eeckhout.
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Der Tod kommt zum König, Totentanz, dance of death, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Botticelli's Studio by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Botticelli's Studio by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445, 1510), one of the most important Italian painters and draughtsmen of the early Renaissance, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original, Record date not stated
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De Staalmeesters, Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1844 - 1845 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving officers trusted with control of quality. historical persons (+ state-portrait)
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Christopher Columbus (1451 -1506) . Navigator, colonizer, and explorer. Columbus on his deathbed. "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1879). Colored engraving.
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Ancona (Italia, Marche), Pinacoteca Civica Podesti. Francesco Podesti, Il Gioramento degli Anconetani, olio su tela, 1844-1847
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Appartements de Louis XVI a Versailles; The Chef's Birthday. Andrea Landini (1847-1912). Oil on canvas. 28 1/4 x 35 1/4in
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Regents of Leprosy Hospital, by Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), oil on canvas.
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Burgher of Delft, Steen, Jan
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An Ambassador's Audience with Sultan Ahmed III (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen). Dating: 1737 - 1744. Measurements: h 88 cm × w 121 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Aert Schouman (), Four portraits from the Brouwer and Van der Werff families together in one list, portrait painting sculpture wood copper oil painting total without frame, Standing rectangular panel with four oval portraits each with its own frame; in the corners flowers with garlands in gold Reverse portrait Van der Werff in ink: Adr. vander Werff Ridder. born 21 Januaryus Anno 1659 died 12 Nov: 1722 in Rotterdam Rotterdam Adriaen van der Werff Maria Brouwer Adriaan Brouwer Maria van der Werff portrait miniatures from family
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Jeanne de Rivere und ihre sechs Töchter, nach einem Altarbild, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch
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'Saint Hugh of Lincoln and the Swan', 1912. Artist: Winifred Mary Letts.
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Germany, Saxony Anhalt, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, The Lutherhaus, Luther's residence, Paintings of Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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London, Ackermann & Co., Amsterdam, Buffa and Sons, Frans, Brugman, Jacobus Franciscus, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Cornilliet, Jean Baptiste Alfred, La leçon d'anatomy, Anatomical lesson of Nicolaes Tulp, recto - embossed, print, prints, verso - stamped, Frans Buffa & Fils, Editeurs, Amsterdam, height 450 mm, width 588 mm, 1807 - 1895, print maker, printmaker, 1851 - 1851, paper, papier, mezzotint, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, after, after painting by, 1830-04-11 - 1898-01-28, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, Publication, British
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Pictured here is Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642), better known as Cardinal von Richelieu. The painting was done in 1642 by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) and is housed in the London National Gallery. Richelieu was a French clergyman and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. He became acardinalin 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642.
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Portrait of Admiral Cornelius Tromp and an Attendant beside a Fountain. Heironymous Van Orley III (active circa 1652). Oil on canvas. 137 x 111.2cm.
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NLD, Netherlands, Amsterdam: Amsterdams Historisch Museum. Large format paintings in the Schuttergalerij