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Illustrations depicting poignant historical moments, including the Spartan King Leonidas, Roman figures, and the poignant death of Socrates, rendered in ink and wash.

JEAN RACINE the French dramatist is led forward by his muse and Melpomene to be crowned by Immortality Date: 1639 - 1699
JEAN RACINE the French dramatist is led forward by his muse and Melpomene to be crowned by Immortality Date: 1639 - 1699
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The Oracle; Camillo Miola (Biacca) (Italian (Neapolitan), 1840 - 1919); 1880; Oil on canvas; 108 x 142.9 cm (42 1,2 x 56 1,4 in.)
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Italy: 'Nero's Torches' (Christian Candlesticks), by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843 - 1902), oil on canvas painting, 1876. Currently on display in the National Museum, Krakow
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The Monument of Lorenzo de Medici, by Michael Angelo, in the Italian Court, at the Crystal Palace, 1854. Renaissance sculpture in south London. A replica of '...the celebrated Monument of Lorenzo de Medici, by Michael Angelo, from the famous Capella dei Medici, attached to the Church of San Lorenzo, at Florence...the statue of Lorenzo himself has received from the Italians - ever quick at comprehending the artist's meaning - the name of "II Pensiero," Thought...The reclining statues on the pediment are called Twilight and Dawn...the Aurora or Dawn is represented by a female figure of
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Inaugural meeting of the Estates General, 5th May 1789. Painting by Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1789 - 1873). The estates general was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate). Summoned by King Louis XVI, it was brought to an end when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, inviting the other two to join, against the wishes of the King. This signals the outbreak of the Fre
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The departure of the soldier, by Gandolfi Francesco, 19th Century, oil on canvas,
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circle of John Linnell, 1792-1882, British, Job's Despair, undated. Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Bliżej Kultury Danesi Editore, Via Roma, Suititi, Giuseppe (1834 1911)
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The Triclinium after the Orgy, about 1860, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901), oil on canvas.
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Christ heals two blind people. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: 1748 - 1749. Measurements: h 341 mm × w 280 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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'Composition with a Statue of Aphrodite Bathing'. From the Album No 3 "Souveni d'Italie". 1807. Dimensions: 26,6x36,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean François Thomas de Thomon.
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TARTINI'S DREAM In a visionary dream, the devil plays the music he needs for the final passage of a piece, known in consequence as the 'Devil's Trill Sonata' Date: 1692 - 1770
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In this 1882 illustration are pictured, from left to right, a French noble woman, a French nobleman, and a French queen-dating to around A.D. 900.
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Orpheus and Eurydice 1862 Edward John Poynter (1836-1919 British)
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The Rejuvenation Cure. Copper engraving by Crispin de Passe, c. 1600, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown
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Interior of Roman House, by Auguste Racinet (1825-1893), lithograph from Le Costume Historique, Volume II, 1888. Ancient Rome.
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'Timon and Flavius (Timon of Athens)', c1870. Artist: Charles Cousen.
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Plundering Pharaoh Theban Tomb Robbers At Work Illustration by Constance N Baikie from the book The Ancient East and its Story by James Baikie published c.1920
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The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32.7 x 23 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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Poets by Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, oil on canvas, 1855, 1824-1888, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 48x76
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Concert at the villa, by Antonio Visentini (1688-1782), Italy 18th century, detail.
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Rafael Sanzio da Urbino (April 6 or March 28, 1483 April 6, 1520), The School of Athens, or Scuola di Atene in Italian, is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a part of Raphaels commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanze di Rafael, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
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The miller Plautus, by Camillo Miola (1840-1919), 1864, oil on canvas, 80x113 cm. Republican Age, Italy 3rd-2nd century BC.
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Roma. Edad antigua. Qüestor, magistrado de la República romana que supervisaban el tesoro y las finanzas, y arquitecto romano. Grabado de 1900.
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Martyrdom of St Peter, 1485, by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), detail. Fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Italy, 15th-16th century.
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interiors of Raphael rooms, Vatican museum, Vatican VATICAN CITY, VATICAN, JUNE 15, 2015 : interiors and architectural details of Raphael rooms in Vatican museum, june 15, 2015, in Vatican city, Vatican Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17111979
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César Álvarez Dumont / 'Heroic battle in the pulpit of the Church of San Agustín de Zaragoza in the second siege in 1809'. 1887. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Count of Chambord
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Bliżej Kultury Danesi Editore, via Bagni Roma, Ciseri, Antonio (1821 1891)
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The reorganised museum in Naples, Italy, drawing by Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXX, No 47, November 22, 1903.
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Scene from a comedy from the House of the Patrician or Centenary (Casa del Centenario), Regio IX, Insula VIII. Chromolithograph by J.G. Bach after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881.
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Odysseus reached Ithaca and kills the suitors who have made his palace their home while trying to win the hand of his wife.
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Max Klinger;Death of Caesar;ptg.
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Historia de Catalunya. Siglo VIII. Fortificación de ciudades catalanas por Ludovico Pio (778-840), hijo de Carlomagno, para defenderlas de los ataques musulmanes. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938). French historical and decorative painer. The Fall of Babylon or The Death of Babylon, c. 1890. Orientalist style. The Persian king Cyrus the Great captures Babylon. Oil on canvas (0,92 x 120 cm). Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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Job and His Friends. 1869 by Ilya Repine (1844-1930); Russian painter. oil on canvas
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Saint Cecilia, by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also Raffael da Urbino, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio, Raphael, Italian painter, Italy, digitally re...
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The Wine of Circe, 1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, 19th Century, FlowerPre-Raphaelite, Amphora, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female, Animal
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Soldiers preparing to cut baby in half, from The Judgement of Solomon, fresco, 1728-29 (detail)
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SAN JUAN BAUTISTA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60 -. Author: LUIS TRISTAN (1585-1624). Location: ERZBISCHOEFLISCHES PALAIS. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Dante and Beatrice
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Four female dancers : each carries a thyrsus, and one a tambourine as well.
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Oedipus and Antigone, painting by Emil Teschendorff (1833-1894) was a German painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882
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The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York
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Aesop - probably legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he lived 6th century BC. Aesop holding his audience enthralled. Artist's reconstruction c1900.
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'Oedipus and the Sphinx', 1880. Artist: Antique.
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Scaevola before Porsenna, by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741), 1706-1708, oil on canvas. Roman Kingdom, Italy, 6th century BC.
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Odysseus Laid on Ithaca's shores
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SALON DE CONFERENCIAS - PINTURA MURAL DEL CUERPO INFERIOR "EL REINO DE CASTILLA" - SIGLO XIX. Author: ISIDORO LOZANO (1826-1895). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Zeus of Pheidias, loftiest embodiment of divinity in art Sheldon, Charles M.. still image. Reconstructions. 1924. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Seven Wonders of the World, Interiors, Greek temples, Thrones, Jupiter (Roman deity), Nike (Greek deity), Friezes (Ornamental bands), Zeus (Greek deity), Scepters , To 499, Censers , To 499, Columns , Greece , To 499, Doric order, Temples , Greece, Temple of Zeus (Olympia, Greece)
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The strangers in the village Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. still image. Illustrations. 1892. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Jupiter (Roman deity), Zeus (Greek deity), Staffs (Sticks), Mercury (Roman deity), Poor persons, Mythology, Greek, Animal attacks, Hermes (Greek deity), Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses
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The Romans building a Fort at Mancenion, A.D. 80. The Romans Building Manchester, Ford Madox Brown (Calais, France, 1821 - 1893) 1879 - 1890
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Maipure Indians, inhabitants of the Upper Orinoco river, grilling the legs of a dead enemy. Italian Engraving 1781. Colored.
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According to Greek mythology and legend, Telemachus was the son of Penelope and Odysseus, a Trojan War hero whose return trip home took 10 years. In the epic, Odyssey, by the Greek poet Homer, the goddess Athena appears to Telemachus and urges him to go to Sparta and Pylos to see if anyone at either place has any news about his father. Nestor, the wise old king of Pylos, offers Telemachus advice and has one of his sons accompany Telemachus on his journey. But before doing so, Nestor offers a sacrifice to Athena, as shown here.
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On the rack, an allegorical female figure with the inscription San Francisco being tortured on the rack by medieval looking executioners with the inscriptions Cement Dealer, Lumber Dealer, Iron Workers' Union, Steel Trust, Bricklayers Union, Building Materials and the central figure Greed after the earthquake and fire of 1906 that destroyed much of San Francisco, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Guy de Chauliac bandages the leg of Pope Clement VII in Avignon while Petrarch, his enemy, jealous of his influence, watches him, ca. 1348, Guy de Chauliac ( c. 1298 to July 23, 1368), was a French surgeon, canon and one of the most important physicians of his time, painting by Ernest Board, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period.
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Historia de Catalunya. Firma del compromiso de Caspe para dirimir los derechos de sucesión a la corona de Aragón y Catalunya en 1412. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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Pelias sending forth Jason Flaxman, John, 1755-1826. still image. Illustrations. 1879. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Jason (Greek mythology), Farewells, Mythology, Greek, Shields
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Orestes suppliant to Apollo Flaxman, John, 1755-1826. still image. 1879. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Lyres, Thrones, Mythology, Greek, Apollo (Greek deity), Orestes (Greek mythology), Gods , Greek
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Janet-Langge dit Ange-Louis Janet. "The Republic". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 34720-11 Allegory, rooster, second republic, French