Historical Figures in Art

Scenes featuring interactions among prominent historical figures, showcasing lavish attire and settings, often infused with cultural narratives.

The Appeal. Otto Erdmann (1834-1905). Oil on canvas. 112.4 x 144.8cm

Jakob Fugger burning the debenture bonds of Emperor Charles V, digitally edited according to a painting by Augusto Tominz Jakob Fugger burning the debenture bonds of Emperor Charles V at the Fuggers House, Augsburg, 1535, digitally edited according to a painting by Augusto Tominz Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911377

The Art Gallery of Josephus Augustinus Brentano. Dating: c. 1790 - c. 1799. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 64.3 cm × w 84.3 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Adriaan de Lelie.

Marriage a-la-mode, by William Hogarth (1697-1764). detail.

'The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper', c1775, (1942). Portrait of Englsih art collector and patron George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789), with Emilie Gore, Elizabeth Gore, Hannah Anne Gore and Charles Gore. 'Gore's daughter, Hannah, is top left, Gore is centre and the aspiring groom is the standing figure on the right'. Cowper married sixteen-year-old Hannah Anne on 2 June 1775. Painting in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. From "English Music', by W. J. Turner. Collins, London, 1942

The John Bacon Family, Arthur Devis, 1712-1787, British

Maria Theresa and Family on the Terrace at Schoenbrunn Palace ca. 1750 Martin van Meytens II (1695-1770 Swedish) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Merry Company by Palamedesz, Anthonie (1601-1673) Skokloster Castle 1633 Oil on wood 61x89 Holland Baroque Genre Painting

Misled: The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of 't Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout, by Cornelis Troost, 1739-50, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. People gathered below, look up at a face painted backside of a man at the window of (BSLOC_2016_6_173)

The Appeal. Otto Erdmann (1834-1905). Oil on canvas. 112.4 x 144.8cm

Interior of the Sala del Ridotto (assembly room) in Venice, 1760-1770, in the style of Pietro Longhi (1702-1785), oil on canvas.

Portrait of Queen Charlotte at Her Dressing Table 1764, Zoffany, Johann, 1764.

VISITA DEL CARDENAL TAVERA AL FAMOSO ESCULTOR ALONSO BERRUGUETE - 1884 - L 0,98 x 1,28 - PINTURA HISTORICISTA - Nº INVENTARIO 12. Author: MIGUEL JADRAQUE (1840-1919). Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ALONSO BERRUGUETE. CARDENAL TAVERA. PARDO DE TAVERA JUAN. SAN SEBASTIAN (256-288).

The Sharp Family, 1779-1781. Painting depicting the concerts performed by the orchestra of members of the Sharp family on a barge sailing in the River Thames. Elizabeth Prowse (in the centre) playing the harpsichord. By Johann Zoffany (1733-1810). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

No one speaks (Nemo Loquetur).

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797-1890/French) Musee du Louvre, Paris

An Artist in his Studio, Painting the Portrait of a Lady, Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1707 painting A painter works his studio on the portrait of a standing woman. The painter is sitting behind his donkey, two other men watch. On the left a dog. canvas. oil paint (paint) painter working from live model

'Guy Fawkes before James the First', c1870, (c1900). Creator: Unknown.

Afternoon Tea', 1778. Artist: Jan Garemijn. Jan Garemijn (1712-1799) was a Flemish painter and engraver. He painted numerous altar-pieces for the churches at Bruges and Courtrai.

Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1778. Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790. American Founding Father, author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist

The Sharp Family, 1779-1781. Painting depicting the concerts performed by the orchestra of members of the Sharp family on a barge sailing in the River Thames. Detail. Elizabeth Prowse (in the centre) playing the harpsichord. By Johann Zoffany (1733-1810). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). The Vicarage (La vicaria). 1870. In 1870, Fortuny painted this second version of The Vicarage, featuring Isabel, the painter's sister-in-law (the bride); Raimon, her brother (the bridegroom); the Roman model Nicolina (the 'maja'); Arlechino (the matador), and the painter Meissonier (the soldier). Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia.

Painting of The Bradshaw Family by Johan Zoffany dated 1769

Preparations for the Ballet; Les Apprets du Ballet. Niclas Lafrensen the younger (1737-1807). Bodycolour on paper, 280 x 360mm.

The Painter and President Washington Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 1863-1930 American

Playing At Quadrille, 1740-50 Francis Hayman, 18th Century, Card Game

Diederik Baron van Leyden van Vlaardingen (1695-1764). Burgomaster of Leiden, With His Wife Sophia Dina de Rovere and Their Sons Pieter, Jan and Adriaan Pompejus, Willem van Mieris, 1728 painting Family portrait of Diederik Baron van Leyden van Vlaardingen with his wife Sophia Dina de Rovere and their three sons Pieter, Jan and Adriaan Pompejus. The family is in an interior with a table on the left with a few books, Jan plays with a dog. There is a bouquet of flowers on the floor. In the background a garden vase with a river god, a glimpse to the garden. The print collection of Pieter Cornelis van Leyden was purchased in 1806 by King Louis Napoleon and forms the basis for the collection of the Rijksprentenkabinet. canvas. oil paint (paint)

Jean-François Garneray (1755-1837). "The part of Tricrac: Claude Antoine Delamotte, standing near Jean-Baptiste Bévière, his stepfather, designates the part played by Antoinette Madeleine Bévière, his wife, and Me Béjart". Wood oil, 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 33098-3 Aristocrat, deputy, French politician, game, part, trictrac

Waiting room with reading, smoking and card -playing officers, Cornelis Troost, 1748 drawing Waiting room with reading, smoking and card -playing officers. On the right one of them studies a map of the Netherlands. On the wall a coat of arms with the Dutch Lion. paper. deck paint brush Officer. In the Guard-room, 'Cortegarard' Dog. Maps of Separate countries or regions

'Stray'd Favorite Restored: Le Favori Recouvre', 1798. Artist: Thomas Hellyer.

A Gentleman cheating at Cards with an elderly Lady in a sumptous Interior. Johann Georg Platzer (1704-1761). Oil on panel. 41.6 x 60cm.

Children Playing with a Hobby Horse, Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702-1748, Flemish, active in Britain (1708; from 1733), between 1741 and 1747, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm), boy, brother, childhood, children, coat, columns (architectural elements), dresses, family, feather, games, garden, genre subject, girls, gowns, hairpiece, hobbyhorse, landscape, mask (costume), porch, portrait, riding, Rococo, rope, sisters, stripes, tail (hanging), toy (recreational artifact), veranda, view, youth

Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family. Date/Period: Between 1730 and 1732. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 660 mm (25.98 in); Width: 918 mm (36.14 in). Author: Gawen Hamilton.

CARLOS III REY DE ESPAÑA. MADRID 1716-1788 "ENTRONIZACION DE SU HIJO FERNANDO COMO REY DE NAPOLES" FERNANDO IV REY DE NAPOLES OLEO DE ANTONIO JOLI COLECCION PARTICULAR. MADRID. Author: ANTONIO JOLI (1700-1777).

Portrait of Theodorus Diocese of Vliet and His Family, Jan Stolker, 1757 painting Portrait of Theodorus Diocese of Vliet (1698-1777), mayor of Haastrecht and Water Council of the Krimpenerwaard, with his family on a terrace in the garden of his house in Haastrecht for an image with Neptune and Mercury. Furthermore: his wife Maria van Harthals (1703-63) and his children top left: Cornelis (1737-73), Maria Theodora (1739-1828) and Adriana Elisabeth (1742-76), bottom left: Agatha (1743-76) Johanna Margaretha (1735-64) and Johan de Wijs (1740-62), with flute, and on the right Elisabeth (1727-64) with fan and armed with Marcellus (1729-1806), right on horseback Adriaan Jacob (1732-90) and Evert (1733-86). canvas. oil paint (paint) family group, especially parents with their child(ren). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Neptune (Poseidon) Haste

Dispute of Queen Cristina Vasa and Rene Descartes,Pierre Louis Dumesnil (1698-1781 French) Palace of Versailles, France

The Family of Philip V (1743) by Louis Michel van Loo. King Philip V of Spain and his family.

ISIDORO SANTOS LOZANO SIRGO/ Mariana de Pineda, at the time of saying goodbye to the devout women of Santa María Egipciaca, in whose beaterio she was imprisoned, to go to the chapel 1862. Oil on canvas, 282 x 365 cm On deposit at the Granada City Hall. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

'Nemo loquebatur' Nobody spoke, Cornelis Troost, 1740

JUGADORES DE NAIPES - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 100x223 cm - ESCUELA FLAMENCA - NP 1636. Author: THEODOR ROMBOUTS (1597-1637). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Lady At Her Toilette, 1755-1760, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), oil on canvas, 61x50 cm.

Charles X, May 3, 1826 laying the first stone of the monument erected to the memory of Louis XVI in Place de la Concorde in Paris. France, 19th century.

Antoine Watteau, The Italian Comedians, probably 1720 The Italian Comedians

Scoutmaster Ulrich or the deceived avarice, Godefroy and his servant chase Scoutmaster Ulrich away in disguise, Cornelis Troost, 1738

The shop. 18th century. Madrid, Lazaro Galdiano museum. Author: LUIS PARET Y ALCAZAR (1746-1799). Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Jean-Jacques HAUER (1751-1829). "The farewell of Louis XVI to his family, January 20, 1793". Oil on canvas, 1794. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27303-9 Farewell, dolphin, temple enclosure, child, family, daughter, son, iIieme III 3rd 3 arrondissement, phrygian, temple prison, queen, French revolution, king of France, royal, bonnet

George III visiting Admiral Howe's ship, the Queen Charlotte, June 26, 1794, painting by Henry Perronet Briggs (1791 to 1793-1844), 1828, oil on canvas, 162.5x255.5 cm. England, 18th century.

First meeting of the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia with its subsequent bride, Princess Louise, Frankfurt a. M, 1793, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1776-1810, queen consort of Prussia, historical painting by W. Friedrich

Franklin before the Lord's Council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774. Christian Schuessele (c1824-1879), American painter. Benjamin Franklin presenting the concerns of the American colonists. England Britain Colonialism

Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies being presented at Henry's Court, Duke of Bordeaux, later Count of Chambord, posthumous son of Charles of Artois, Duke of Berry, painting by Charles Nicolas Raphael Lafond (1774-1835). Detail. Restoration, France, 19th century.

Minuet circa 1800s.

Esther and Ahasuerus: Crowning of Esther. Troy, Jean François de (French, 1679-1752) (cartoon creator) painter Audran, Jean-Joseph (French, act. 1771-d.1795) (workshop) weaver Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, border) painter c. 1775-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'x W 18' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Offered by Louis XVI to Albert & Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke & Duchess of Saxe-Teschen & Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands on their visit to Paris on 8/20/1786 (Cavallo). French & Co. stock sheet: purchased by the Vichy government, France, 1943 SS 54311. Shah of Iran coll., 1974 () (Cavallo). Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, right: AUDRAN.G.1780. Inscriptions: Inscription on lower border, center: FECIT / EAM REGNARE / ch.II. In interior of open gallery in palace with classical columns & draperies, Ahasuerus (L) places a crown on Esther's head; attenda

Italy: Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) showing the Doge Leonardo Donato and the Venetian Senate how to use his telescope, 1609. Painting by H. J. Detouche, 1754

Cromwell at Windsor Castle, by Eugene Delacroix, oil on canvas, (1798-1863), England, London, Christie's Images

Marriage of Emanuele Filiberto I of Savoy and Margaret of Valois, July 10, 1559, by Amedeo Augero (1799-1885), 1843, oil on canvas, 200x178 cm. Peace of Cateau-Cambresis, Italy, 16th century.

Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), MPs at Jan Sobieski / Ambassade de Vienne Chez Le Roi de Pologne, Jean Sobieski; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Illustration of Napoleon and his court, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 -1821, Emperor of the French. From an engraving by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne after the painting by Victor Adam; Artwork

FAMILIA DE CARLOS IV - DETALLE DE ANTONIO, CARLOTA, DON LUIS Y MARIA LUISA - 1800-1801 - NP 726 - CONJUNTO 2676. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ANTONIO PASCUAL BORBON. PASCUAL BORBON ANTONIO. CARLOTA JOAQUINA. LOUIS DE BOURBON. PARMA PRINCIPE DE. CARLOS LUIS. MARIA LUISA JOSEFINA DE BORBON. CARLOS LUIS INFANTE. INFANTA MARIA LUISA. FERNANDO VII HERMANA. BORBON ANTONIO PASCUAL INFANTE. CARLOS III HIJO. CARLOS IV HERMANO. SAJONIA MARIA AMALIA HIJO. MARIA AMALIA DE SAJONIA HIJO. CARLOTA JOAQUINA INFANTA. PASCUAL ANTONIO. REINA DE ETRURIA.

George Rodgers Clark Captured at Kaskaskiai, IL Frederick Coffay Yohn (1875-1933 American)

Portrait of David van Mollem with his family, Nicolaas Verkolje, 1740 painting Portrait of David van Mollem (1670-1746) and Jacob Sydervelt with his family in 1740. The company is located on the terrace of the Zijdebalen house. David van Mollem, Jacob van Sydervelt with his second wife Maria van Oosterwijck and the two children from this marriage as well as the two sons from the first marriage to Jacoba van Mollem (d. 1735). A boy shows David van Mollem a print, also a tree in a pot, a garden vase and a bowl of fruit. On the back of the painting are the weapons and names of the three families, held together by putti with ribbons. panel. oil paint (paint) family group, especially parents with their child(ren). print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph. armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe. garden vase

"Portrait of the Enoch Edwards Family 1779 Oil on canvas by Henry Benbridge, American, 1743 - 1812"

Triumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 1813, by Jan Willem Pieneman, c. 1828, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. After the Napoleonic Wars, House of Orange's became full-fledged monarchs (BSLOC_2016_2_254)

Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737 painting Six to slave women serve seven women who are eating around a table. On the sofa by the window, a woman breasts her child. Mutual visits were an important pastime for the well -to -do Turkish women. Often the guests also stayed overnight. It was said that a woman if she had good connections, did not have to be at home for a day, but could always be on a visit. canvas. oil paint (paint) evening meal, dinner, supper. waiting at table. slavery; serfs and the enslaved Turkey

Waiting for his Eminence. Jose Gallegos Y Arnosa (1859-1917). Oil on panel. Painted in 1902. 22.9 x 30.5cm.

The Partition Sejm, 1773 (Detail) After Jan Matejko, Fischhof, Georg (1859-1914)

Five Eldest Children of Charles I by Dyck, Sir Anthonis, van (1599-1641) Royal Collection, London 1637 Oil on canvas 163,2x199 Flanders Baroque Portrait Painting

Arthur Devis, 1712-1787, British, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, between 1750 and 1751. Oil on canvas.

Merchants from the East presented on the terrace by the sea, 18th century

George 2nd Earl Harcourt, his wife Elizabeth, and his brother William, portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1780-1781, Ashmolean Museum of Art, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Death of Washington December 1799, George Washington, 1732-1799, First President of the United States, After a 19th century print by J Rogers after Chapin, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Josephine visits Beauharnais , Viger

Study for 'The Red Cross Knight', John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776), ca. 1793, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm), armor, chalice, feather, goblet, helmets, knight (landholder), lamp, light, literary theme, plume, shield, snake, spear, study (visual work), white, woman, women

The Palumbo Fossati family, 1830, by Michelangelo Grigoletti (1801-1870), painting.

Curiosity ca. 1660-62 Gerard ter Borch the Younger Dutch Three women of different ages appear in a luxuriously appointed interior. The eldest, her hair modestly covered, writes a letter while the youngest peers over her shoulder. The third woman, dressed in the radiant satin often associated with Ter Borch, appears pensive or lovelorn. Dutch women had high rates of literacy compared to their peers in other European countries, and letter writing was a common feature of courtship. Perhaps the older woman at the table is helping her friend craft a response to a suitor. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5258. Curiosity 00:00 / 02:07 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Curiosity. Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, Zwolle 1617-1681 Deventer). ca. 1660-62. Oil on canvas. Paintings

'Blind Man's Buff', 1788-1789. Artist: Francisco Goya

Studio of the painter by Platzer, Johann Georg (1704-1761)/ Schloss Fuschl Collection/ Austria/ Oil on copper/ Rococo/ Architecture, Interior,Genre

Mozart (1756-1791) playing the piano with the imperial family (Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor). Vienna. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

Isabella II (1830-1904). Spanish Queen. Queen Isabella II and her husband visiting the Maundy Thursday Monument at the Church of Santa Maria, 1855 (Madrid, Spain). Painting by Ramon Soldevila y Trepat (1828-1873). Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Hunt luncheon (Un dZjeuner de chasse), 1737, painted for dining room of lesser apartments, Fontainebleau

English delegation, detail from the Conference at Somerset House in August 1604, by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1554-1608), oil on canvas. Anglo-Spanish War, England, 17th century.

Thomas Hudson, 1701-1779, British, The Thistlethwayte Family, ca. 1758. Oil on canvas.

Curiosity. Artist: Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, Zwolle 1617-1681 Deventer). Dimensions: 30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm). Date: ca. 1660-62.Eloquent letter writing--in Dutch and French--flourished in the Netherlands during the prosperous decades of the 1650s and 1660s. In this celebrated picture, the young woman to the left, wearing one of the Ter Borch's spectacular satin skirts, has received a letter from an admirer. Her older companion brings a steadier hand and heart to the task of answering gracefully. One or two of Ter Borch's half-sisters served as models for the figures in this painting and as muses for his sympathetic observations of women. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli by Edgar Degas (4989798723) Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, c. 1865 by Edgar Degas, oil on canvas Degas' family was relatively affluent, so he did not have to rely entirely on sales of his work for financial support. He was thus free to experiment and choose his own subjects; almost all of his portraits depict relatives or friends. He was also able to delay finishing paintings, reworking them until they met his exacting standards. Many times Degas retrieved works he had already delivered so that he could perfect them. Some he never completed. This unfinished portrait of Degas' sister and her Neapolitan husband is one such example. (The painting was in his studio at the time of his death.) Notice how Thérèse's dress and shawl are undefined masses of color. There, Degas has scraped and rubbed the paint off the canvas. The dark lines indicate changes he intended but never made. The faces, by contrast, are carefully finished, detailed and expressive. Degas hop

'The Five Eldest Children of Charles I',1637. Artist: Anthony van Dyck

Shegal, Yelena Grigoryevna (1924-1979) Regional Art Museum, Kurgan 1948 Oil on canvas Realism Russia Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History

Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794-1835, British, Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii, 1830. Oil on canvas.

The Concert. Joseph Frederic Charles Soulacroix (1825-1879). Oil on canvas. 108 x 180.3cm.

The Tea Party. Giuseppe Signorini (1857-1932). Watercolour with pencil on board. 38.1 x 48.3cm.

Trial of John Peter Zinnger 1735 Konstantin Rodko (1908-1995/Russian)

EL DESAYUNO. Author: PABLO SALINAS. Location: GALERIA SAMMER. MADRID. SPAIN.

Conversation Piece. Date/Period: 1761. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 635 mm (25 in); Width: 679 mm (26.73 in). Author: Mason Chamberlin.

East Room of the White House, Limbourg Brothers, 1867.

fine arts, Zick, Januarius (1730 - 1797), painting, ""Gottfried Peter de Requile with his two sons and Mercury"", 1771, oil on canvas, 96.7 cm x 83 cm, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany,

Agostino Nifo at the court of Charles V, 1876, painting by Luigi Toro, preserved in the seat of the Town Hall of Sessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy, 19th century.

Denmark, Zealand, Copenhagen, National Museum, punchbowl evening painting, 1785

Robespierre extended to the table of the Committee of Public Safety, on 9 Thermidor year II (July 27, 1794) ". Paris, Carnavalet museum. 36750-3 Bandage, injure, public salvation committee, convention, extension, French politician, French revolution, head band, table

Sweden, Stockholm, Conversation at Drottningholm Castle, 1779

France, Paris, Hotel de Transylvanie gaming room, Set design for Act IV in opera Manon by Jules Massenet (1842-1912), performance at Paris Opera Comique, January 28, 1950

The Colloquy of Poissy in 1561', c1855-1912. By the artist Tony Robert-Fleury.

The latecomers Albert Guillaume (1873-1942). "The latecomers, 1914.

The children of Frederich II of Hesse, Friedrich Tischbein, (1750-1812/German)

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