Historical European Narratives

Dramatic depictions of historical events and figures illustrate narratives from the Spanish War of Independence and classic themes from European history.

The Continence of Scipio, Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio (1675-1741)

Jose Aparicio (1773-1838). Spanish painter. The Famine of Madrid, 1818. The painting depicts the consequences of the Spanish War of Independence (1808). History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid).

Juan de Valdés Leal / 'El nombramiento de San Ambrosio como gobernador', ca. 1673, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 166 cm x 96 cm, P07819. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

King David playing the harp among angels. Brugghen, Hendrick ter (1588-1629), painter

Andromache and Astyanax 1813-17; 1823-24 Pierre Paul Prud'hon French Prud’hon—a principal representative of Neoclassicism, who typically painted in this smoky, sfumato technique—was working on this canvas in 1814 and planned to sell it to the former empress of France, Marie Louise. Still incomplete when Prud’hon died, it was finished by his little known pupil, Charles Pompée Le Boulanger de Boisfrémont. The subject of family devotion is taken from French tragedian Racine: Andromache embraces her son, Astyanax, in whom she sees the features of her husband, Hector, who had been slain by Achilles. When mother and son were retained as spoils of war, Achilles’s son, Pyrrhus, fell in with her, though as his surprised gesture here indicates, she rejected his advances.. Andromache and Astyanax. Pierre Paul Prud'hon (French, Cluny 1758-1823 Paris). 1813-17; 1823-24. Oil on canvas. Paintings

Sophonisba Receiving The Cup Of Poison Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741 Italian)

The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander also called 'The Tent of Darius'. Oil on canvas. By Charles Le Brun circa 1660.

Sketch for Saint-Eustache Church - Jesus chasing temple merchants Pierre III Fish (1786-v. 1850). "Sketch for the Saint-Eustache Church - Jesus chasing the temple merchants". Oil on canvas. 1827-1827. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Anonymous. Flemish school, 17th century. Achilles discovered by Ulysses. Oil on copper. Museum of Fine Arts, A Coru-a, Galicia, Spain.

TTITIA, Tiziano Vecello, also called (1490-1576). Ecce homo. 1543. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

The Continence of Scipio, Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio (1675-1741)

Andromache Mourning Hector, by David Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825 French, oil on canvas, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre, 1783

Worship of the Golden Calf, The , S.D. 1641, Cornelisz, Claes (17th C./Dutch), Christie's Images, New York, USA

Francesco visiting glassworks, 1570-1572, by Giovanni Maria Butteri (1540-1606), oil on board, 147x86 cm. Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem 1736, Conca, Sebastiano, 1736.

Veronese, The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint Lucy, c 1585 1586 The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint Lucy

'Queen of Sheba before Solomon'. Holland, 1640s (). Dimensions: 73,5x81 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Nicolaes Knüpfer.

Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). Italian painter. The Adoration of the Magi, 1753,Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, Christ among the Doctors, Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Gathering of people in ancient architecture, Philosophical discussion in a relaxed atmosphere

Hannibal swearing revenge against the Romans, by Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger (1687-1767), oil on canvas, 41x72 cm. Carthage, Tunisia, 3rd century BC.

Tobias Curing His Father's Blindness. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, Genoa 1581-1644 Venice). Dimensions: 57 1/2 x 88 in. (146.1 x 223.5 cm). Date: 1630-35.The subject of the painting is drawn from the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which tells how the archangel Raphael directed Tobias to cure his father's blindness with the gall of the fish he had caught. Although born in Genoa, Bernardo Strozzi moved to Venice in 1630. This canvas was painted in Venice and its composition was repeated by the artist on at least two other occasions. Strozzi's work is characterized by a distinctive vibrant brushwork and an attention to still-life details. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Polidoro da Caravaggio (ca.1499-1543). Italian painter. Transport of Christ to the grave, ca.1527. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

The beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Nicola Vaccaro (1634-1709, or ca 1720), oil on canvas, 102x128 cm.

Descent From The Cross (Detail) 1521 Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540 Italian) Oil On Board Pinacoteca, Volterra, Italy

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'The Temptation of Saint Thomas', 1632, Oil on canvas, 244 x 203 cm. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO DE ARTE SACRO. Orihuela. Alicante. SPAIN. SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.

FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORE. PINTOR FRANCES. 1732-1806. " EL SACRIFICIO DE CALIROE ". MUSEO ACADEMIA BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO. MADRID.

Susanna and the Elders, Rembrandt, 1647, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Alfons Mucha (1860-1939). Czech painter. Charitas, 1886. Detail. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

José de Ribera / 'Duel of Two Women', 1636, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 235 cm x 212 cm, P01124. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Theodelinda appearing to St Elisabetta Giussani, painting by Filippo Abbiati (1640-1715), oil on canvas, Monza cathedral, Lombardy, Italy.

Ancient Rome soldiers by Giambattista Tiepolo, oil on canvas, circa 1730, 1696-1770, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 387x224

The Wedding at Cana. Giuseppe Maria Crespi; Italian, 1665-1747. Date: 1681-1691. Dimensions: 188 × 248.4 cm (74 × 97 3/4 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI.

'Royal Couple Mourning for their Dead Daughter'. Germany, 1830. Dimensions: 215x193 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CARL FRIEDRICH LESSING.

Brother Philippes Geese; about 1745 Oil on canvas Pierre Subleyras French; 1699-1749

Men next to market stall by Frans Francken the Younger, Oil on copper, 1581-1642, Private Collection, 55x72, 5

Paris politicians meeting Louis XV in September 5th 1715. Grisaille sketch (circa 1716) by Louis de Boullogne. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

The feigned death of Juliet. Date/Period: From 1856 until 58. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 113.60 mm (4.47 in); Width: 175.20 mm (6.89 in). Author: 1st Baron Leighton Frederic Leighton.

Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease, David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825)

Detail of Mercury and Aglauros; about 1645-47 Oil on canvas Carel Fabritius Dutch; 1622-1654

Ilja Repin Resurrection of Jaira's Daughter; Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. Card No. 393 in: The galleries of Europe. Painting of old masters in the colors of the originals. Volume 6, publisher of E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1910. Publisher by A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Repin, Il'ja Efimovi (1844 1930)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; Italian; Venice 1696-1770 Madrid; Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia; ca 1751-52; Oil on canvas.

GALLAIT, Louis (1810-1887). The Death of Epaminondas. mid. 19th c. Battle of Mantinea (362 BC). Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum.

The Martyrdom of St Dorothy, by Fabrizi Anton Maria, 17th Century, canvas. Italy: Umbria: Perugia: San Domenico Church. Whole artwork. Young woman saint St Dorothy ecstacy cut flowers plate dish angel executioners men sword spear/lance martyr's palm leaf martyrdom columns street buildings ruins

Caesar's Murder 1865 Karl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1886 German) Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, Germany

Claudio Lorenzale / Painting representing the ambassadors of the deputation prohibiting Queen Joana Enriquez from accompanying the Prince of Viana to Barcelona, circa 1870, Painting. Museum: Salón de sesiones del ayuntamiento de Vilafranca, Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

Susanna and the Elders; 1647 Rembrandt Dutch (1606 Leiden -1669 Amsterdam)

Anne-Louis Girodet. Hippocrate refusant les présents dArtaxerxés. 1792. oil painting on canvas 99 x 135.

Pseudo Boltraffio. Name given to an unknown painter of the Lombard school, active in Milan between 1500 and 1530. Saints Gervase and Bernard with devotees, 1510-1515. Oil on wooden panel. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.

Bernardo Strozzi / 'Tobias heals his Father'. 1640 - 1644. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Killing of St. Justina of Padua by Paolo Veronese, Oil on canvas, 1570s, 1528-1588, Italy, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, 103x113

The Adoration of the Kings. The Adoration of the Magi. Dating: 1619. Place: Utrecht. Measurements: support: h 132.5 cm × w 160.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Hendrick ter Brugghen (signed by artist).

'Rape of the Sabine Women'. Italy, 1718/1719. Dimensions: 288x588 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO.

The Descent From The Cross - Detail Rosso Fiorentino(1494-1540 Italian) Pinacoteca, Volterra, Italy

Saint Helen Testing the True Cross 1540-1550 Italy. Oil on canvas . Tintoretto

Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). "Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, at the Latin Gate". Oil on canvas, 1637-1647. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 34713-16 Catholic, Christian, Decoration, Church, Sketch, Martyr, Martyr, Latin Door, Religious Scene, Saint, Oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez The Triumph of Bacchus, or the Drunkards 1628-29

Cupid Chastised. Bartolomeo Manfredi; Italian, 1582-1622. Date: 1613. Dimensions: 69 × 51 3/8 in. (175.3 × 130.6 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Nero in front of the body of Agrippina oil on canvas, 1650. After Luca Ferrari

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). French painter. Lamentation of Christ, ca. 1627. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

ORIGEN DEL ESCUDO DE CATALUÑA, MUERTE DEL CONDE GUIFRE EL PILOS,1843. CARLOS EL CALVO MARCA CON SUS DEDOS ENSANGRENTADOS EL ESCUDO DE GUIFRE. Author: CLAUDIO LORENZALE (1816-1889). Location: ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN JORGE. Barcelona. SPAIN. CHARLES THE BALD. WIFREDO EL VELLOSO. CONDE DE BARCELONA I. GUIFRE I EL PILOS. WILFREDO EL BELLOSO.

Martyrdom of Sant'Eurosia, by Giulia Lama (ca 1685 - after 1753), Ca' Rezzonico (now Museum of 18th-century Venice), Venice. Italy, 18th century.

The Continence of Scipio. Dating: 1672. Measurements: h 103 cm × w 88 cm; d 6.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan van Noordt (1623-1676).

The judgment of Solomon, by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (1678-1745), oil on canvas, 176x209 cm.

The Adoration of the Magi, 1573. Veronese, Paolo Caliari.

The feigned death of Juliet by Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton (1830-1896) / Art Gallery of South Australia / 1856-1858 / Great Britain / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 113,6x175 / Neoclassicism

REINA ARTEMISA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: JACOB JORDAENS (1593-1678). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. ARTEMISA REINA DE PERGAMO.

Salome receives the head of John the Baptist, Rembrandt van Rijn (Circle of), c. 1640 - c. 1645 painting The beheading of John the Baptist. De Beul has just cut the head of the preacher and presents it on a sign of Salome. In the foreground the bent body whose hands are bound on the back. canvas. oil paint (paint) Salome is given the head of John the Baptist by the executioner

LA SAETA - 1918 - OLEO/LIENZO - 164x159 cm. Author: JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES. Location: CAJASUR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

'David sends Uriah to Yoav (copy)'. Italy, 17th century. Dimensions: 135x172,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 17th century. Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (after).

The Tooth Drawer, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1608 - 1609, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy. Tuscany. Florence. Palazzo Pitti. Palatine Gallery. Whole artwork. Group of very different figures of in the centre a charlatan extracts a tooth from a suffering man with blood on his mouth. to the right disturbing old hag with a nutcracker jaw and young man fascinated by the cruel spectacle. to the left a child stands at the table and three men observe the scene. The light illuminates

RECUPERACION DE LA VISTA DE TOBIAS. Author: BERNARDINO MONTAÑES (1825-1893). Location: FACULTAD DE BELLAS ARTES. MADRID. SPAIN. TOBIAS / SAN TOBIAS.

The Discovery of Pulque, 1869, detail

Vincenzo Campi (1536-1591). Italian painter. The Incredulity of Saint Thomas. Oil on canvas. From the church di San Lorenzo in Cremona. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona. Lombardy. Italy. Author: Vincenzo Campi (1536-1591). Italian artist.

Julius Civilis Having his Hair Cut after the Fall of Vetera, while his Son Kills Some of the Captives. "After the Fall of Vetera Castra Claudius Civilis has his hair cut while his son shoots some prisoners; 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.

Odysseus and Diomedes in Rhesus's tent, by Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1765), oil on canvas.

Piccarda Donati kidnapping from the Santa Chiara convent by her brother Corso, by Lorenzo Toncini (1802-1884), oil on canvas, 107x138 cm. Middle Ages, Italy, 13th century.

Art History museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Peter Paul Rubens ( 1577 - 1640 ). The lamentation. 1614. . Vienna. Austria.

Sicilian Vespers, 1890-1891, by Erulo Eroli (1854-1916), oil on canvas, 297x495 cm. Detail. Italy, 13th-14th century.

The Descent from the Cross. Dating: 1633. Measurements: h 232 cm × w 193 cm; d 11 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Pieter Fransz. de Grebber.

Louis-Edouard Fournier (1857-1917). "Hernani, Dona Sol, Don Ruy Gomez". Oil on canvas. 1903. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 77914-22 Annies 1900, drama, romantic drama, character, theater part, dramatic situation, violence, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century, oil on canvas, dagger

The parents of Tobias, detail from The Marriage of Tobias, by Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699-1760). Church of the Archangel Raphael, Venice.

Christ Carrying the Cross 1510-1520 Germany. This narrow panel was probably part of a predella, the supporting lower portion of an altarpiece, which no doubt featured other scenes from the Passion of Christ. It is most likely an early work by Hans Maler, who worked in Ulm in southwestern Germany before settling in the Tyrol. He is now known chiefly for portraits painted in the later part of his career for members of the imperial family and other prominent sitters. His earlier religious paintings are a variant on the expressive, patterned style and vivid characterization of an accomplished group of painters working in Ulm and nearby Memmingen, notably Bartholomus Zeitblom and Bernhard Strigel.. Oil on panel . Hans Maler zu Schwaz

Religious illustration with Saint Nicholas by Paolo Veronese, Oil on canvas, 1562, 1528-1588, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 286, 5x175

Tric-Trac Players in an Inn. Jan Lievens the Elder (1607-1674). Oil on canvas. Dated circa 1623-5. 100 x 105.5cm

Andrea Appiani (1754-1817). Italian painter. Queen Elizabeth of Hungary assisting the Poor, 1795. Oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm. Modern Art Gallery. Milan. Italy.

The Parable of Dives and Lazarus C.1620 Domenico Fetti (ca.1589-1623 Italian) Oil on wood panel National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

Last Supper, detail, Fresco, Andrea di Bartolo, Andrea del Castagno, 1447, Sant'Apollonia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Jacob Jordaens / 'Pietà', 1650-1660, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 221 cm x 169 cm, P06392. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. JESUS. VIRGIN MARY.

Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices. Dated: 1786. Dimensions: overall: 149.8 x 165.4 cm (59 x 65 1/8 in.) framed: 177.2 x 191.8 x 12.3 cm (69 3/4 x 75 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HENRY FUSELI.

Jacopo Ferrari. Italian painter, documented in Cremona between 1649 and 1664. Gathering of Manna, 1649. Oil on canvas. Detail. From the church of San Francesco, Cremona. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona. Lombardy. Italy.

Tobias Saying Good-bye to His Father by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, oil on canvas, 1860, 1825-1905, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 153x119

Murillo Adoracion Delos Pastores

POLIPTICO ISABEL CATOLICA-TABLA-CURACION DEL CIEGO BARTIMEO-MILAGRO DE JESUS. Author: JUAN DE FLANDES (1465-1519). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Eduardo Cano de la Peña / 'Burial of the Constable Don Álvaro de Luna'. 1858. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Adam de Coster / 'Judith with the Head of Holophernes', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 155 cm, P01466. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

NIÑOS JUGANDO A LOS DADOS - 1665/1675 - O/L 140x108 - PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: ALTE PINAKOTHEK. MUNICH. GERMANY.

Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife, Rembrandt, 1655, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Christ Carrying the Cross. South German. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 42 5/8 x 38 9/16 in. (108.4 x 98 cm )Painted surface: 41 3/4 x 38 3/16 in. (106 x 97 cm). Oil on panel. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Master of the Freising Visitation.

Vicente Carducho / 'Aparición de San Bruno a Rogerio Guiscardo, conde de Apulia y Calabria', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 337 cm x 297,5 cm, P05458. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Laocoon (Laocoonte), by Francesco Hayez, 1812, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 175 x 246 cm

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