Historical Entrances and Events

Dramatic scenes of historical figures entering cities, depicting battles and royal parades, with rich detail and varied styles.

Miracle of Cybele ca.1530-40 Master of the Aeneid Legend Enamel (Limoges) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

A knight in armour on horseback entering a castle hall preceded by heralds and attendants. Watercolour drawing.

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

Francia. Entrada de Carlos VIII (1470-1498) en Nápoles el 12 de mayo de 1495. Grabado de 1853.

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), The defence of Olsztyn; excerpt from a magazine. Styfi, Jan (1839-1921), author of a model, Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, publisher

Study for Liberty, 1830, Louis Candide Boulanger, (1806-1867/French), Oil on canvas, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

BLIŻEJ KULTURY National Museum in Warsaw

Richard II at the Peasant's Revolt and at the death of Wat Tyler, 1381

Vasco Nunes de Balboa (1475-1519) Spanish conquistador and explorer, the first European to see the east of the Pacific Ocean, September 1513. Balboa taking possession of 'Seas, Lands, and Coasts and Islands of the South' in the name of the King and Queen of Castile (Ferdinand and Isabella). Engraving c1860.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay and Louis Victor de Rochechouart, Duke of Vivonne visiting the King's boat at the arsenal in Marseilles in 1677, painting by Jean-Baptiste de La Rose (1612-1687). France, 17th century.

The Taking of Beirut by the Crusaders in 1197 1842 Alexandre Hesse (1806-1879 French) Oil on Canvas Chateau de Versailles, France

The Murder of the Bishop of Liege. Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Oil on paper laid on canvas. 28.5 x 40.5cm. The scene is based on chapter XXII of Sir Walter Scott's novel, 'Quentin Durward'.

The Men of Palos, detail from the 'Discovery of America' murals in the monastery of La Rabida - 1930 - mural painting. Author: DANIEL VAZQUEZ DIAZ (1882-1969). Location: MONASTERIO DE LA RABIDA. PALOS DE LA FRONTERA. Huelva. SPAIN.

ENFRENTAMIENTO ENTRE CASACAS ROJAS Y AMERICANOS - SIGLO XVIII.

The Defeat of Cimbres', 1833. Artist: Alexandre Gabriel Decamps. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps(1803-1860) was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works.

EL DOS DE MAYO EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL - SIGLO XIX. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Ascribed to Lorenzo de Quiros (1717-1789). Spanish painter. Embellishment of the Plaza Mayor on the occasion of the entry of Charles III in Madrid, ca.1760. Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid). History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Archaeological excavations in Antinoe (Egypt), engraving from Petit Journal, 1904.

Ashanti rulers talking with British officers. Central Region of Ghana. Colored engraving.

St. George Leading the Wounded Dragon into Town Vittore Carpaccio (ca.1455-1526 Italian) Oil on canvas Scuola Dalmata dei Santi Giorgio e Trifone Venice

Hubidras Encounters the Skimmington Engraved by T E Nicholson after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Last honors returned to Benjamin Constant, to the Cemetery of Père-Lachaise, December 12, 1830 ". Anonymous, oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 24169-17 Anonymous, Cimetiere Pere-Lachaise, last tribute paid, tricolor flag, French writer, French politician, night, reunion, oil on canvas

Dutch school. Detail of the Haywain (central panel): people fighting to climb up the chariot. 1490. Madrid, Prado museum. Author: JHERONIMUS VAN AKEN-EL BOSCO-J. BOSCH. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

entry of the French into Vitoria, Bianchi and Martinez, Álava Armory Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain

ALEGORIA DEL GENERALISIMO FRANCO COMO JEFE DE LOS EJERCITOS DE TIERRA MAR Y AIRE - SIGLO XX. Location: PAZO DE MEIRAS. LA CORUNA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE (1892-1975).

BASSANO, Leandro (1557-1622). Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice. ca. 1595. Detail on the left side. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. St. Fernando Royal Academy Museum.

Ref, The never, Oest, Country stands homage in the knights room to King Leopold II on th Apl, Leopold II inheritance in the Ritterstube on April , Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

Frederick II, Foundation of the Palace on the Spree, Berlin 1443, 15th century, History of the Hohenzollerns, historical illustration 1899

Grigori Grigoryevich Myasoedov, Oil on canvas, 1897, 1834-1911, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy,

George Robert Lewis, 1782-1871, British, Haymakers in a Field, undated. Watercolor and graphite, with scratching out on Thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

Orsay Museum, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947) State Museum of Revolution, Moscow 1918 Watercolour on paper Russian End of 19th - Early 20th cen. Russia History

Drawing by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting a count, executed in pencil, pen, and watercolor

David Teniers II and Jan van Kessel I (Antwerp, 1610-Brussels, 1690 and Antwerp, 1626-79). The Presentation of the Captain General's Baton to Antonio Moncada by the Queen Regent Blanca of Sicily in 1410 (1664). Oil on copper. 54.5 x 68.9 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

The martyrdom of the ten thousand, 1508, by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), oil, 99x87 cm.

Series of pictures about the ox, the ox as the covering of the banner wagon, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

The Massacre at Chios, 1824, by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), oil on canvas, 422x352 cm.

The Triumph of Death', c1562, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Part of the the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

People greeting Empress Catherine II by Anonymous artist, Gouache on paper, 18th century, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery,

Fighting at the Hotel de Ville, 28th July 1830, 1833, Jean Victor Schnetz, (1787-1870/French), Oil on canvas, Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France

Arrival of Breitopfes from Zurich in Strasbourg on 20th June 1576, historical wood engraving, 1886

Gideon Chooses the Three Hundred James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

ENTRADA DEL VIRREY ARZOBISPO MORCILLO EN POTOSI HOY BOLIVIA - 1716 - DET (CONJ Nº 4716). Author: MELCHOR PEREZ HOLGUIN (1660-1722). Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

SNAYERS , PIERRE. PINTOR BELGICA . 1592 - 1667. " FIESTA DE LOS BALLESTEROS EN NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL SABLON " , DETALLE , TABLA. SEDE DEL BANCO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA.MADRID. Author: PEETER SNAYERS.

The Rape of Helen of Troy, 17th century tapestry kept in Cheverny Castle, Loire Valley, France.

Market day by Vasili Yegorovich Astrakhov, Oil on canvas, 1856, -before 1867, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 43x57, 5

Portrait of Mehemet Ali, Ibrahim Pacha, Soliman Pacha (Seve), and their entourage ascending to the citadel of Cairo. The image is dated 1841 and is derived from Paris, capturing the historical context of the period with notable figures in prominent clothing, accompanied by horses. The dimensions of the image are 30 x 39 cm, mounted on a page measuring 54 x 37 cm, with a platemark. The work highlights the significance of the citadel in Cairo and reflects the culture and dress of the era

Andrea Appiani 1754-1817. The Glories of Napoleon; 1860-1863 etching.

The Death of Nelson. Date/Period: 1806. Painting. Oil on canvas and panel. Height: 182 mm (7.16 in); Width: 247.50 mm (9.74 in). Author: Benjamin West.

Entrance of the Christian troops to the Muslim city of Mallorca, fragment of the predella painted by Rafel Moger, altarpiece of Sant Jordi, diocesan museum of Mallorca, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic islands, Spain, Europe

The Great Fire of London - This painting shows the great fire of London as seen from a boat in vicinity of Tower Wharf. The painting depicts Old London Bridge, various houses, a drawbridge and wooden parapet, the churches of St Dunstan-in-the-West and St Bride's, All Hallow's the Great, Old St Paul's, St Magnus the Martyr, St Lawrence Pountney, St Mary-le-Bow, St Dunstan-in-the East and Tower of London, 1675

Picture series The Trojan War, Destruction and Burning of Troy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from the 19th century, exact date unknown

FRANCISCO I. REY DE FRANCIA. 1494-1547. "DESEMBARCO DE FRANCISCO I EN EL PUERTO DE VALENCIA" DETALLE. OLEO DE IGNACIO PINAZO. PALACIO DE LA GENERALITAT DE VALENCIA.

People by Mikhail Ivanovich Khmelko, oil on canvas, 1951, *1919, Ukraine, Kiev, Museum of Ukrainian Visual Art,

'Triumph of the Guillotine'. France, 1795 . Dimensions: 129x168 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (attributed). Jacques Louis François Touzé.

ALZAMIENTO DEL REY DE NAVARRA SOBRE EL PAVES - PINTURA HISTORICISTA - SIGLO XIX. Author: JOAQUIN ESPALTER Y RULL (1809-1880). Location: DIPUTACION FORAL. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN. GARCIA V RAMIREZ EL RESTAURADOR.

"La Conquista de México" -- panel 23. Date/Period: Last quarter XVII century. Painting. Height: 1,000 mm (39.37 in); Width: 520 mm (20.47 in). Author: Miguel GONZALES.

Barnum's Museum A.C. Kent (1833-1892 American)

Series of famous Italian town halls, Italy, Piacenza, il Gotico, Deputies of the Lombard League go to the Piazzale di St. Antonio to confirm the peace...

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

Tournament on the occasion of the marriage of the nephew of Pope Pius IV in 1565, 18th Century, Roman School Painting

St. Bartholomew's Day by Vasili Dmitrievich Polenov, oil on canvas, 1875, 1844-1927, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 135x88, 5

Boyarina Morozova. Date/Period: 1887. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 304 cm (119.6 in); Width: 587.5 cm (19.2 ft). Author: Vasily Surikov.

History Illustrations: First landing of Columbus on the shores of the New World At San Salvador Oct. 12th 1492 .

France, Paris, The Battle of the Romans and the Sabines, detail

Anónimo. Sitio de Zaragoza. Colección particular, Madrid.

El Born, siglo XVIII. Museu d'Història de Barcelona.

The Rebirth of the Ottoman Empire, litograph by Sotirios Christidis, ca. 1909.

ancient world Migration period vandals after the plundering of Rome 455 after drawing by H. Leutemann coloured wood engraving 19th century,

Cándido López, Asalto de la tercera Columna Argentina a Curupaytí, 1893, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ceramic tile drawing showing the surrender of Muslim king, Boabdil, to the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando and Isabel, known as the Capitulation of Granada, decorates a wall in Seville

Mussolini in Berlin, by Achille Beltrame (1871-1945) from La Domenica del Corriere, October 10, 1937.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Michel (XVII-XVIIIth century), engraver. "Singular fight (singular fight)." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101788-12 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

DIBUJO DE JEREZ SIGLO XIX. Author: ALFRED GUESDON (1808/1876). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Wall painting from the Iraqi-Iranian war, Aqrah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Asia

Bilderserie Tannhäuser, Wolfram von Eschenbach erkennt den Zurückgekehrten, Liebigbild, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus de...

Picture series Tannhaeuser, Wolfram von Eschenbach recognises the returned man, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Ramón Casas i Carbó (1866-1932). Spanish painter. Garrote vil (Garrotte). Oil on canvas, 127 x 166 cm. Reina Sofia National Art Center Museum. Madrid. Spain.

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