Historical Court Ceremonies

Depictions of formal court receptions and significant historical events involving nobility, showcasing oil paintings with elaborate settings and rich attire.

Wedding of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta of Bavaria, January 13, 1806 by Menageot, Francois-Guillaume (1744-1816) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1808 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 180x222 / Class

CASTELLO I AMAT, Vicent (1787-1860). Captain general of Valencia with the English consul before the French invasion. 19th c. Episode of the War of Independence or Peninsular War (1808-1814). Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum.

'The Seat of Justice in the Parlement of Paris', 1723. Artist: Nicolas Lancret

The Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762). painting Reception of Cornelis Hop as envoy of States General at the court of Louis XV, King of France, on July 24, 1719. The king, as a child, stands in front of the throne, with the Regent, Marshal Villeroy and the Cardinal de Fleury. Between the Dutch delegation, in the foreground, the secretary Ruysch. The reception takes place in the Grand Cabinet de l'Ancien Apartment d'été by Anna van Austria in the Louvre, decorated with paintings. canvas. oil paint (paint) reception ~ ambassador. court ceremonial, court etiquette. palace - AA - civic architecture: inside Louvre Palace

Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745). "Louis XV receiving the corps of aldermen from the city of Paris on the occasion of the birth of the dolphin in 1729". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27042-1 Official ceremony, Alderman, Birth, Portrait, Receive, King France, Oil on canvas

Wedding of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta of Bavaria, January 13, 1806 by Menageot, Francois-Guillaume (1744-1816) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1808 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 180x222 / Class

Granting of the Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw by Napoleon. Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731-1818), painter

Víctor Manzano y Mejorada / 'Cisneros and the Greats'. 1864. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Hippolyte Delaroche (1797 1856),known as Paul Delaroche, French painter Portrait of the family Saltykowa 1782

Napoleon Receiving the Queen of Prussia, Tilsit William Gosse (Fl.1814-1840 British)

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, Cornelis Troost, 1729 painting Group portrait of the regents of the Aalmoezenierweeshuis in Amsterdam in 1729, sitting and standing around a table. On the right in the foreground an orphan boy. Portrayed are sitting: C. van Westerhoff and Jan Lepeltak. Standing: Theodoor Rogge, L. de Bas, J. van Vliet, C. Commelin II and W. Swarth, in the middle behind the table: Ph. Schrijver, A. van Bogaerde and J. Capiteyn (accountant). canvas. oil paint (paint) board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten') Almsian orphanage

Italy - Sardinia Region - 19th Century - Cagliari,Townhall building. Awarding the key of the city of Cagliari to Carlo Alberto di Savoia (1841). Painting

Luis López Piquer / 'The Coronation of the Quintana'. 1859. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Ventura Fenaroli arrested in the Carmine Church in Brescia by the French, 1834, by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), oil on canvas.

Benois, Alexander Nikolayevich (1870-1960) State Open-air Museum Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg 1909 Colour lithograph Russian End of 19th - Early 20th cen. Russia History

Painting titled 'Men of Progress' by Christian Schussele (1824-1879) n American artist and teacher, and is credited with designing the American Medal of Honour. Dated 19th Century

The Death of the Earl of Chatham. Painting by John Singleton Copley (1737-1815). It depicts the collapse of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, in the House of Lords, on April 7, 1778. Chatham is surrounded by his three sons and his son-in-law (Lord Mahon) and supported by the Dukes of Cumberland and Portland. Oil on canvas, 1779-1781. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

Consilium in Arena, 1750, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), oil on canvas, 125x193 cm.

Congress Voting Independence Robert Edge Pine and E. Savage(18th C.) Oil on canvas

Embarkation of the Pilgrims Robert Walter Weir (American, 1803-1889). Embarkation of the Pilgrims, 1857. Oil on canvas, 48 1/8 × 72 1/4 in., 133 lb. (122.2 × 183.5 cm, 60.33kg). This work documents a tearful group of English Puritans departing from their temporary home in Holland aboard the Speedwell, a ship that was to accompany the Mayflower to New England. Robert Weir based the picture on documentary evidencewritten accounts, histories, and costume recordsto enhance its authenticity. Painted during a period plagued by discrimination and its violent wake, Embarkation of the Pilgrims reminded viewers that much of the United States was settled by Europeans seeking freedom from religious persecution. American Art 1857

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) conducts demonstration to court of Queen Christine of Sweden after painting ,l c.1700.

Banquet held by the Progressives on 20th December, 1863. Lithography, by Jose Villegas (1840-1865), ca. 1863. Museum of Romanticism, Madrid, Spain.

Frederick III, being pressed to march against the Turks by the Trieste poet Raffaele Zovenzoni, painting by Augusto Tominz (1818-1883).

Triumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813, Jan Willem Pieneman, c. 1828

Scene in the court of King George IV of England, 1820. The obese king seated on a throne receiving visitors, diplomats, soldiers, etc. Doctor Syntax presents him with a massive book. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Isaac Robert Cruikshank from The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, in the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis, J. Johnson, London, 1820.

PHILIP V 1683-1746 King of Spain, and his family (study for painting at de la Granja castle, Segovia) (MV4380)

The swearing of the oath of ratification of the treaty of Münster in 1648, Der Vertrag von Münster oder Westfälischer Friede, Germany, original print from the year 1899, Das Schwören des Eids der Bestätigung des Vertrags Münsters 1648, Deutschland, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration, digital verbessert.

England, London, City of London, Guildhall, Guildhall Art Museum, Painting of The First London School Board Members by John Whitehead Walton dated 1873

Detail: Surrender of Bailen. Rendicion de Bailen. Madrid, Casón du Buen Retiro. Author: Jose Casado del Alisal. Location: CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. CASTAÑOS FRANCISCO JAVIER. MARESCOT MARQUES DE. TEODORO REDING. COMPIGNI MARQUES DE. JONES FELIX MARISCAL. MANUEL DE LA PEÑA. MOURGEON JUAN DE LA CRUZ. VALDECAÑAS CONDE DE. DUPONT PIERRE. BAILEN DUQUE DE.

The Capitulation of Madrid, 4 December 1808 by Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron (1771-1835) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / Early 19th cen. / France / Oil on canvas / History / 361x500 / Classicism

Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697-1737, British, The Brothers Clarke with Other Gentlemen Taking Wine, between 1730 and 1735. Oil on canvas.

Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Presentation in 1801 of the experiments on the electric battery to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. Illustration by L. Turgis. Litography.

The Princess of Orange Visiting the Work-shop of Bartholomeus van der Helst, Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, c. 1850 - c. 1870

The Card Game Johann Joseph Geisser (1824-1894 Swiss) Josef Mensing Gallery, Hamm-Rhynern, Germany

Family portrait of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg by Stieler, Joseph Karl (1781-1858) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1848 Germany Oil on canvas Painting Portrait

Figures in a Tavern or Coffee House, Attributed to Joseph Highmore, 1692-1780, British, Formerly attributed to William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, ca. 1725 or after 1750, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 7 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches (19.7 x 46.4 cm), drinking, food, genre subject, men, party, tavern, woman

Schobertians social game in Atzenbrugg , Party game Charade of the Schubertian in Atzenbrugg, Leopold Kupelwieser -, artist

The Opening of the German Reichstag in the White Hall of the Berlin Schloss by Kaiser Wilhelm II on June 25, 1888. Detail. Painting finished in 1893 by Anton Von Werner (1843-1915). German Historical Museum, Berlin. Germany.

The Seven Bishops Going To Trial, Richard Westall, 1765-1836, British, 1790, Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card, Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm) and Mount: 15 1/8 x 20 3/4 inches (38.4 x 52.7 cm), bishops, boats, castle, children, crowd, dresses, flags, hats, historical subject, masts, men, oars, plume, religious and mythological subject, rowing, sails, ships, smoke, spears (weapons), sword, trial, women

The Melee on Board the Chesapeake 19th Century Artist Unknown Watercolor Private Collection

Pedro Velarde (1779-1808). Spanish military. Death of Velarde on the Second of May 1808, 1864. Painting by Manuel Castellano (1826-1880). Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Johann Henry Jules Alexandre von Robaii Baron de Kalb 1721 to 1780 centre introducing Lafayette to Silas Deane after Alonzo Chappel from Life and Times of Washington Volume 1 published 1857

Louis Nicolas Lemasle (1788-1870). French painter. Marriage between Princess Marie-Caroline of Bourbon with the Duke of Berry, 1822-1823. Royal Apartments. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

DESEMBARCO DE FERNANDO VII EN EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA - DETALLE DE CARLOS MARIA ISIDRO Y SU MUJER -CONJ 1088. Author: JOSE APARICIO INGLADA (1770-1838). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Peasants in an Inn Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745 1807)

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). Arrival of Archduchess Leopoldine to Rio de Janeiro. Leopoldine of Austria arriving to Rio de Janeiro to marry emperor Pedro I of Brazil (1817). Oil on canvas. ARGENTINA. BUENOS AIRES. Buenos Aires. National Museum of Fine Arts.

Fernando VII (1784-1833). King of Spain (1808-1833). Landing of Fernando VII in Puerto de Santa Maria, 1823-1828. Detail. By Jose Aparicio Inglada (1773-1838). Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain.

Charles III (1716-1788). King of Spain. Charles III lowers the tax of foreigners to promote the Spanish trade with the Indies. Painting by Pere Pau Muntanya. Barcelona. Spain.

Ref, Uvialization of the grateful letter , the Vienna Citizenship for Peace at , Emperor Franz II, on December th, The presentation of the Vienna Citizenship for Peace to Maria Theresia wife of Emperor Franz II, On December , Johann Renard -, Copper Engraver, Questionable, Johann Hieronymus Rohenkohl -, Publishing House

Joseph-Marie Vien, the old (1716-1809). "Inauguration of the statue of Louis XV, on the place of the same name, by the body of the city of Paris, June 20, 1763". In the presence of the Duke of Chevreuse, governor of Paris, M. de Pontarre de Viarmes, provost of merchants and aldermen, of Louis XVI. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 23744-1 Money, rider, ladder, child, governor paris, inauguration, beggar, place de la concord, prevot merchant, king france, fight, equestrian statue, viiieme viii 8th 8 arrondissement, piece

ISABEL II. REINA DE ESPAÑA. NACE EN MADRID 1830 Y MUERE EN PARIS 1904.. SU REINADO VA DESDE 1833 A 1868. VISITA AL LICEO DE MADRID EN 1853. OLEO DE ANTONIO MARIA ESQUIVEL. MUSEO ROMANTICO. MADRID.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter in the Neoclassical style. French Revolution. The Tennis Court Oath (June 20, 1789). Painting. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France.

Painting by Georg Sturm by Jacob van Campen with a model for the city hall of Amsterdam, on the eastern wall of the front hall. .

FAMILIA DEL INFANTE DON LUIS DE BORBON - BOCETO - SIGLO XVIII. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

German school. Frederick the Great entertaining guests and Voltaire in his Sansouci palace in Potsdam. 1850. Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Alte Nationalgalerie). Author: MENZEL ADOLF. Location: STAATLICHE MUSEUM. BERLIN. DEUTSCHLAND. METTRIE LA. FRANÇOIS VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL (1685-1759). FEDERICO II EL GRANDE REY DE PRUSIA.

Painting by Gereard Terborch, Late Dutch School; 1648; "The Peace of Munster", Oil on Copper

Napoleon III (1808-73) hands over the decree allowing the annexation of the suburban communes of Paris to Baron Georges Haussmann (1809-91) in June 1859, detail from a painting by Adolphe Yvon (1817-1893). France, 19th century.

Richard Wilson RA, 1714-1782, British, active in Italy (1750-56), Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough, between 1748 and 1749. Oil on canvas.

None But The Brave Deserve The Fair Shaw Compton, J.(1776-1860 American) A & F Pears Ltd., London, England

Napoleon on board the Bellerophon, by William Quiller Orchardson (1832-1910), 1880, oil on canvas, 165.1x248.9 cm. Napoleonic Wars, 19th century.

Studio of a Painter Benjamin-Eugène Fichel (French, 1826-1895). , 1869. Oil on panel, 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (22.2 x 15.6 cm). European Art 1869

Royal wedding with Frederick William III, in the Palace of Berlin, December 24, 1793, Berlin, Germany, 22. December 1793, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1776 - 1810, queen consort of Prussia, historical painting by W. Friedrich

Emperor Franz Joseph in Budapest, engraving. Habsburg Empire, Hungary, 19th century.

Entrance hall of Santa Maria Maggiore, ca 1865, by Michele Cammarano (1835-1920), Italy 19th Century. Oil on canvas.

Washington Appointed Commander in Chief Currier and Ives (a. 1857-1907/American)

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790). Statesman and scientist. Franklin at Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Paris. Colored engraving.

Self-portrait with the family. Helt Stockade, Nicolaes van (1614-1669), painter

The Hope Family, Benjamin West, 1802, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass, USA, North America

The Allied sovereigns in Paris (1815). From left to right, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Louis XVIII of France, Francis II of Austria and Frederick William III of Prussia. Etching. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

SILVESTRE, Louis, called 'the Younger' (1675-1760). Louis XIV receives in Fontainebleau the Prince Elector of Saxony. September 27th, 1714. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Salvador Sánchez Barbudo / 'Last scene of Hamlet', 1884, Spanish School, Canvas, 370 cm x 707 cm, P05610. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The attorney Luigi Pisani's family, 1758, by Alessandro Longhi (1733-1813), oil on canvas, 255x341 cm.

Shibaev, A. (active Mid of 20th cen.) State Museum of Revolution, Moscow 1957 Oil on canvas Soviet political agitation art Russia History

Clive Family 1766, Reynolds, Sir Joshua

'The Family of Carlos IV' (detail), 1800, Oil on canvas, P00726. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA JOSEFA. CARLOS III HIJA. CARLOS MARIA ISIDRO. FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). FERNANDO VII (1784-1833).

Napoleon signing his abdication at Fontainebleau, April 4, 1814, painting by Francois Bouchot (1800-1842),1843, oil on canvas, 134x158 cm. Detail. Napoleonic era, France, 19th century.

Peaceful Marsomania by Ustinov, Alexander Vasilyevich (1796-1868) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1840-1850 Oil on canvas 32,5x41,5 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

Portrait of polish king Stanislaw II August Poniatowski by Anonymous painter, oil on canvas, 18th century, Belarus, Minsk, National Art Museum of Belorussian Republic

Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769-1821). Consul for Life (1802) and Emperor of the French (1804-1815). On 18 May 1804, Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor of the French at Château de Saint-Cloud. Scene of the proclamation ceremony. Drawing by Eugène Charpentier. Engraving by T. Goutière. Detail. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume V. Published in Paris, 1845. Author: Tony Goutière (1808-1890). French engraver. Eugène Charpentier (1811-1890). French painter.

Mirabeau Confronts the Marquis de Dreux-Breze (Sketch) by Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863) Musee National Eugene Delacroix 1831 France Oil on canvas Painting Genre,History

Stories made by Garrison of Gibraltar by John Tronebull (1756 - 1843); Oil on canvas; 1789

Louis XIV chairs a sitting as chancellor in 1672, painted by an anonymous author. France, 17th century.

Christopher Columbus Discovers America, Ruben, Christian (1805-1875)

Ducal palace, sassuolo, italy

Union of Lublin by Jan Alojzy Matejko, Oil on canvas, 1869, 1838-1893, Poland, Lublin, Muzeum Lubelskie, 298x512

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888. Painting by Henry Jamyn Brooks (1839-1925). Oil on canvas, 1889 (154,5 x 271,5 cm). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Henry Jamyn Brooks (1839-1925). British painter.

Sten Sture by the Deathbed of King Charles VIII of Sweden, Hilleström, Pehr (1732-1816)

Mirabeau sends away the emissary of Louis XVI, Marquise de Dreux - Brésé. Pruche, Clément (fl. 1831-1870), draughtsman, cartoonist

Naval Officers of World War I. Painting by Arthur Stockdale Cope (1857-1940). Oil on canvas (264,1 x 514,4 cm), 1921. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Arthur Stockdale Cope (1857-1940). British artist.

The four mayors of Amsterdam learn of the arrival of Maria de Medici on September 1, 1638, Thomas de Keyser, 1638

The citizens of Paris donating their jewelry to the National Convention, gouache by the Lesueur brothers (1749-1826). French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Vladimir Lenin addressing the Second Russian Communist Party Congress 1903. Painted by Gulyaev. 1950s. oil on Canvas. The Second Party Congress was held on July 17 - August 10, 1903 in Brussels and London. The Organizing Committee with the direct participation of Lenin held a job for the selection of the desired composition of the delegates, inviting or not inviting to the Congress of Representatives of a Social-Democratic organization.

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784). French writer and philosopher. The tertulia of Diderot. Colored engraving of "The Artistic Illustration", 1888.

Nicolas Gosse (1787-1878) and Adolphe Guillon (1829-1896). "Queen Marie-Amélie, accompanied by Madame Adélaïde, Princesses Louise and Marie and the Prince of Joinville, visits the injured of July to the Stock Exchange ambulance, under the leadership of Doctor Guillon, August 25, 1830 (sketch of the Table of the living room of 1833, kept at the Versailles museum) ". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Ambulance, arrondissement IIeme II 2nd 2, hurts July, tricolor flag, sketch table, hospital, doctor, stock market palace, french prince, french princess, queen, visit, revolution of 1830, living room 1833, visit, oil on canvas

Sayer, Robert & John Bennett, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Houston, Richard, De Staalmeesters, print, prints, height mm, width mm, English, 1721 - 1775-08-04, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, papier, mezzotint, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, British, publisher

The House of Lords, 1820. The Trial of Queen Caroline. Painting by Sir George Hayter (1792-1871). Oil on canvas, 1820-1823. Detail. Portrayed: Queen Caroline (1768-1821), seated; Charles Grey (1764-1845), 2nd Earl Grey (standing, pointing fingers). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

Auction Friedrich Schulz (1823-1875) Smithsonian Institution (Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden), Washington, DC, USA

HUBER, Jean Rudolf (1721-1786). Plenipotentiaries in the Congress of Baden, September 1714. 1714. Treatise signed in September 1714, one of those that finished the War for the Spanish Succession. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

The Good Story. Oluf Simony Jensen (1871-1934). Oil on canvas. 47.5 x 65.5cm

Khudyakov, Leonid Vasilyevich (1915-) State Museum of Revolution, Moscow 1957 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891). English political activist. London. House of Commons. Arrest of deputy atheist Brandlaugh for refusing to leave the Chamber. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1885. Colored.

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