Historical Religious Scenes

Intricate depictions of biblical events and figures in classical styles, illustrating moments like the healing of the lame man and royal decapitations.

David and Nathan, Jacobus Buys, c. 1734 - c. 1801

The suicide of Cleopatra, Cleopatra lies dead on her bed and is mourned by a servant, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the period

ClassicalScene. Artist: Benjamin West, American, active Great Britain, 1738-1820

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879), Pardon mon cher, 1869, lithograph on newsprint

Flaminius can be carried away by his father, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Jacobus Buys, 1795 print The Roman statesman Gaius Flaminius Nepos addresses the people. His father, however, pulls him away from the elevation. Amsterdam paper male persons from classical history (FLAMINIUS)

Andrea Scacciati after Bartolomeo Cesi, Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1766 Christ Crowned with Thorns

Christ Healing Lepers. Andrea Schiavone (Italy, circa 1510-1563)Francesco Parmigianino (Italy, 1503-1540). Italy, c. 1545. Prints; etchings. Drypoint, printed from two plates

Pietas. Willem van Swanenburg (Holland, Leiden, circa 1581-1612). Holland, 1610. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Marcus Antonius dies in the arms of Cleopatra, Johann Georg Wille, after Pompeo Batoni, 1778 print Up to the top left: 22st PLA. Paris paper engraving death of Mark Antony: he dies after having stabbed himself: Cleopatra grieves at his bedside. armorial bearing, heraldry

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Arias Montanus, Benedictus, Blocklandt, Anthonie, Sibyls, Sibyl of Cumae, verso lower right - stamped, The Sibyl of Cumae sits on a tree stump. She is holding a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten-part series on the Sibyls., print, prent, prints, width 212 mm, height, 270 mm, South Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1583, after a design by, 1528 - 1598, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Young woman holding two instruments (right); elderly man crowned with ivy, probably a poet or a philosopher (left), Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Carlo Nolli from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume II, plate 30, 1757-1787, Naples.

ALEGORIA DEL TOISON. Author: ANTONIO GONZALEZ VELAZQUEZ (1723-1793). Location: MUSEO CERRALBO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Italy, Raphael, Dente, Marco, Entellus and Dares, verso - stamped, The boxing match between Entellus and Dares. In the background antique ruins., print, prints, height 305 mm, width 270 mm, Italian, 1486 - 1527, print maker, 1498 - 1532, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07

Drawing by Karl Russ showing Pandora, accompanied by Merkur, delivering her box to Prometheus, with Minerva and Amor animating humans, executed in gray ink and watercolor, 1807.

Susanna and the elders, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Guido Reni, 1638 - 1658 print Susanna is attacked by two elders during her bath. She sits with a fountain while one of the men touches her shoulder and the other grabs her rug and makes a gesture to silence her. Haarlem paper etching / engraving the story of Susanna and the elders (in which the youth Daniel intervenes on behalf of Susanna) (Daniel 13)

Officer apologizes to Philopoemen, 1795 print On the right, Philopoemen kneels, chopping wood. On the left is the officer who had invited him for the meal and apologizing. Between them in the shocked wife of the officer who had not recognized the guest, and, because of his simple appearance, had asked him to cut wood. The far left and right two women are preparing the meal. Under the image the title, and in the blue frame in French the explanation of the performance. paper engraving / etching (story of) Philopoemen

Caution. The female personification of virtue caution (Prudentia), with a Januskop. She is in a niche and looks into a round mirror, which is held for her by Amor.

Pontius, Paulus, Susanna and old men, 1624, copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 26.4 cm, leaf height 35.3 cm

Marcus Antonius dies in the arms of Cleopatra, Johann Georg Wille, after Pompeo Batoni, 1778 print paper engraving death of Mark Antony: he dies after having stabbed himself: Cleopatra grieves at his bedside

The Love of Helen and Paris, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, Italy, 1813-18, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Birague, René de.

Humour, the drunken husband, Mrs Pig pours a gush of water over the head of the drunken boar, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A man directs the attention of a boy to a Latin inscription on a plinth stating that learning increases natural capability; representing education. Etching by D. Lizars, 1784.

Boudica or Boudicca, aka Boadicea, Boudicea, Buddug. Queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, leader of a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. From Cassel

BENJAMIN DISRAELI English MP's home at Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, showing Disraeli himself sitting reading under the verandah, his favourite seat Date: 1804 - 1881

Judit finishes the head of Holofernes. Judit finishes the head of Holofernes with its own sword. Her maid does the curtain to the side aside. Six rules in Latin in the margin.

Herkules am Scheidewege, Hercules at the Crossroads, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1903

Aristotle tutoring the young Alexander the Great, 19th century wood engraving

Healing of Tobit, Charles de Beauvais, After Sebastiano Conti, 1740 - 1783 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving the healing of Tobit: Tobias puts the gall of the fish on his father's eyes. dog

Illustrative stem drawing by Bernhard Rode depicting Augustus forgiving his enemy Cinna, created using lead handle, spring, and brown brush.

A bull, seemingly aware of its imminent fate, is led by Roman priests to the sacrifice

Hercules, Deianeira and Nessus, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1787, Engraving

Historia de España. Legisladores españoles de la Edad Media. Pedro IV de Aragón (1319-1387), Ramon Berenguer III (1082-1131), Alfonso X el Sabio (1221-1284), Alfonso XI de Castilla (1311-1350), Fernando III el Santo (1190-1252); Jaime I el Conquistador (1208-1276). Grabado de 1872.

Delilah betrays Samson to the Philistines, interior, wealth, ornamentation, sit, show, betray, stand, smoke, fruit, bowl, tool, warrior, sword, hide, jug, woman, men, heart, reveal, princes, money, womb, seven curls, lose power, Bible, Old Testament, Book of Judges, chapter 16, verses 18 and 19, historical illustration c. 1850, Middle East

Reproduction of a painting: Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), Kurtyna teatru krakowskiego Curtain of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Cracow, 1894, oil on canvas. Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych (Warszawa ; 1860-1940), merchant employer, unknown, photographer, Husnik & Häusler (Praga ; zakład reprograficzny ; 1888-1936), reproduction atelier

The Three Fates, 1558-1559, Mantua, by Giorgio Ghisi, Giulio Romano.

The Lictors bring to Brutus the Bodies of his sons, 1789. By Jacques-Louis David. Detail of mother and her daughters. Neclassicism. Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Title page for a treatise on friendship in ancient society, two friends in antique dress shake hands, one gives a coin or another round object to the other, print maker: Abraham Bloteling (mentioned on object), Dating 1670.

Paris, Chéreau, widow François (II), Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Livre De Tombeaux, Tomb with obelisk and smoking barrels, verso - stamped, A tomb with a column with medallions, on either side of the tomb are smoking barrels., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 166 mm, width 118 mm, 1736 - 1782-01, print maker, printmaker, 1755 - 1782, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Francken, Ambrosius (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of David and Saul, Saul tries to kill David, When David plays the harp, Saul wants to throw his spear to kill David. The men around the throne prevent Saul from doing this. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Sam. 19. This print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 200 mm, width 284 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1544 - 1618-10-16, intermediary draftsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711). French poet. Various Works of Boileau. Engraving. Printed in Paris, 1713. Colored.

Photo production of a drawing by Rafaël, study for the wonderful fishing, Charles Thurston Thompson, After Rafaël, c. 1852 - in or before 1857 photograph Windsor Castle paper albumen print the miraculous draught of fishes (before the Resurrection) on the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee); James and John helping to bring in the nets (Luke 5:1-11)

Saint Helen Testing the True Cross. Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto; Italian, 1518-1594. Date: 1540-1550. Dimensions: 21.5 × 48.9 cm (8 1/2 × 19 3/8 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Relief with procession of figures in draped robes, François Perrier, 1645 print Relief with procession of men, women and children in draped robes. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Leyden, Lucas van, Northern Netherlands, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Four Evangelists, Evangelist John, verso - stamped, The Evangelist John in his study. In front of the writing table sits his attribute, the eagle. In the sky Mary appears with the Christ child., print, prent, prints, height 209 mm, width 134 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1574 - 1637, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1494-06 - 1533-08

Noah by Ivan Stepanovich Ksenofontov, Oil on canvas, 19th century, 1817-1875, Russia, Ulan-Ude, State Buryat Republic Art Museum, 268x203

Paul before Felix From the original by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC). Roman politician, general and writer. In 60 BC he established a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. Conquered Gaul. Head of the empire an dictator in perpetuity (Dictator Perpetuus). Assassination of Julius Caesar in Rome, on March 15, 44 BC, stabbed by Roman senators and fellow politicians. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume III, 1882.

In Greek mythology, Chiron, who was considered the oldest and wisest of the Centaurs, creatures who were half-man and half-horse. He was said to have tutored young Jason, seen here with Chiron. Chiron was the son of Cronos. Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. This illustration of Chiron with Jason is based on a painting uncovered in Pompeii.

Raphael/David annointed by Samuel/c.1515

ULTIMOS MOMENTOS DE FERNANDO IV EL EMPLAZADO - 1860 - L - 3,18 x 2,45 - Nº INVENTARIO 5. Author: Jose Casado del Alisal. Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO IV. CARVAJAL ALFONSO DE. CARVAJAL PEDRO DE. ALFONSO X EL SABIO NIETO. MOLINA MARIA DE HIJO. HERMANOS CARVAJALES.

Drawing, The Prelate and Stool-Bearers and Women near Them in "Expulsion of Heliodorus" after Raphael Sanzio; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash over traces of graphite on laid paper; 20.7 x 27.6 cm (8 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

Stories of St John, 1502 fresco by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), detail. Strozzi Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy. 16th century.

None of the two (Ni L'Un, Ni L'Autre) by Fleischmann, Friedrich (1791-1834)/ Private Collection/ Early 19th cen./ Germany/ Etching/ Romanticism/ 33x23/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Augusto Guglielmi (Lithographer) (After Juanes, Juan de (Vicente Juan Masip)); José de Madrazo y Agudo (Director); Real Establecimiento Litográfico de Madrid (Printer) / 'The Burial of Saint Stephen'. 1832 - 1837. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Pen lithography, Printing on japon, Scraper on wove paper; 1832 - 1837. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Pen lithography, Printing on japon, Scraper on wove paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

by Philipp Veit ; Berlin ;1783-1877; Joseph and Potiphars Wife

Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Gantrel, Étienne, France, Lepautre, Jean, Liure d'Academie pour apprendre a bien dessigner, Liure d'Academie pour learn a good designer, Title page: Liure d'Academie pour apprendre a bien dessigner, A seated male nude model, facing left, surrounded by students of the art academy in Paris. The title is in a cartouche at the top. From a series of 6 sheets, second edition., print, engraving, ornamental print, title page, prints, ornamental prints, height 239 mm, width 165 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1682 - 1706, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design van, Publication (Event), Publication, 1646 - 1706-11-01, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Death of Sophonisbe;Painting;Knuepfer

David gives Uria a letter for Joab, Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, After Guercino, 1627 print King David hands over a letter to his soldier Uria. After David has conceived a child with Uria's wife Batseba, he sends Uria to the army. David gives Uria a letter intended for the army commander Joab. In the letter, David instructs Joab to kill Uria in the fight. print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper engraving David gives Uriah a letter for Joab

Paris and Hecuba, by Vincent Camuccini (1771-1844).

Vulcan Hephaestus. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.

Ancient Rome. Death of Lucricia. Engraving, 1895.

The Calumny of Apelles. Giorgio Ghisi (Italy, Mantua, 1520-1582)Luca Penni (Italy, Florence, 1500/1504-1577). Italy, 1560. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Massimo Palace National Museum, Fresco.

A man and a woman with a herd of goats sit under a tree holding hands; the man places a garland of flowers on the woman's head. Engraving by C. van Dalen the younger after C. Casteleyn.

Erysichthon sells his daughter, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Erysichthon sells his daughter Metra to a man. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Erysichthon, having squandered all his possessions, is supported by his daughter Metra, who lets herself be sold in various forms

Jean François Janinet after Jean Guillaume Moitte, The Catiline Conspiracy, 1792 The Catiline Conspiracy

Esca ad Amor e il suon de Baccanali,', 1801 - 1835, Etchings, 8 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (22.4 x 26.2 cm), Paper / Sheet 8 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (22.4 x 26.2 cm), Cream laid paper

Ancient statue of Diana (at Paris.); the group of Laocoon and his sons. (Rome.). Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Sculpture, Greco-Roman

Noordelijke Nederlanden, Inauguration on a shield, as it was done in ancient times, and of which the drawing, made in the tenth century, is still preserved in the Library of the French King, after a 10th century drawing, Northern Netherlands, The coronation or inauguration of a monarch, standing on a shield. Representation made after the example of a 10th century drawing., print, picture, historical object representation, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 174 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1732 - 1734, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Stefano Tofanelli painting depicting Samson asleep with his head on Dalila's lap while a Philistine cuts his hair, showing figures, gesture, and composition in chalk.

The Dove's Return Engraving Moritz Oppenheim (1800-1882/German)

ALEGORIA DE EUROPA - 1738 - OLEO/LIENZO - 37X69. Author: FRANCESCO DE MURA (1696-1782). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

This late 1800s bookplate is in the style often included in books at the time to note the person or organzation to whom a book belonged. The figures include, from top left to bottom right: a caratydid (Greek column in shape of woman), Medieval warrior's plate armor, Greek shield and other warrior accessories, a woman (most likely a Muse) looking at a Greek style vase and making notes (the Muses were the patrons of the arts and sciences), a late Medieval French man in typical court dress.

Le Retour de la Course / The Return from the Race. Jean Godefroy (French, 1765 - 1848)

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

Color version of previous design, 1783., 1783., Paris. Publisher, Molini et de Lamy. Couches, Basins (Containers), Nude in art

John submits to his brother King Richard I while their mother Eleanor of Aquitaine looks on. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey, published in London around 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Roman noblewomen and a servant Date: circa 100 BC

Four Heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court. 1781. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Adam is formed by God. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.

"Sacrificio de Ifigenia" (Sacrifice of Iphigenia), 1st century AD, Mosaic, 55 x 60 cm. Museum: Museo de Ampurias, Gerona, Cataluña, España.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Christ and the Samaritan Woman: plate with curved upper edge, doublure, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1658, left middle, Rembrandt f. 1657, lower left, verso central, CdE Geneve (in a circle), doublet, height 124 mm, width 158 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1658 - 1658, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by

Revelling Soldiers and Prostitutes, copperplate engraving, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

The makeover, copper engraving by Crispin de Passe, circa 1600

Orgy with prostitute woman in the 17th century, copperplate engraving by Goltzius, 17th century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, orgy with prostitute woman in the 17th century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

Dromio of Ephesus: What mean you, sir?”, illustration for Act I, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Historia Antigua. Grecia. Templo con la estatua de Júpiter (Zeus) olímpico. Grabado alemán de 1865.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Head studies from cartoons at Hampton Court (engraving),

Noble woman Messalina entering a Roman tavern and being greeted by citizens. Colour printed illustration by Auguste Leroux from Felicien Champsaur's novel L'Orgie Latine (Roman Orgy), Fasquelle, Paris, 1903.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Guidi, Rafello (Ca 1540 1614), Palma, Jacopo, the. Vecchio (1480 1528), Capranica, Cesare (fl. 1500 1599)

J'ai vu seigneur...votre malheureux fils.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The Actrices Joanna Cornelia Zieenis-Wattier (1762-1827) and Geertruida Jacoba Greveink-Hilverdink (1786-1827) in Iphigenia (1674) by Jean Racine (1639-99). Portraits of actresses Joanna Cornelia Zieenis-Wattier and Geertruida Jacoba Greveink-Hilverdink in Greek clothing in Jean Racine's play iphigenia. Standing, almost full-length, with left and right some other figures.

Four men from classical antiquity, Carl Heinrich Rahl, after Eberhard Wächter, 1789 - 1843 print paper etching classical history. old man. youth, adolescent

Fresco in the Romanino Loggia of Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Trentino, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Coat of arms, crest, emblem with itinerant musicians, by Dioscuride di Samo, 2nd Century, mosaic floor. Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum: inv. 9985. Whole artwork. Coat of arms/emblem/crest emblemata itinerant/ambulant/street musicians theatrical mask group of men woman child musical instruments tambourine Tamorra tambourine/cymbal percussions double flute thympanon (kind of tambourine) mosaic dance ball

Angelika Kauffmann, oil on canvas, 1788, 1741-1807, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 123x159

Mosaic depicting School of Athens, from Pompei, Italy

Pergamon Altar. Yadegar Asisi (born 1955). Artistic attempt to restore the North Frieze using the part of the frieze not shown in the panorama in order to complete the figures and scenes. A winged goddess nailed a spear in the chest of his opponent, probably Hemera, and an armored God fight with a giant with armor and spear, probably Eter. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Roman Fresco depicting Aeneas wounded as he gazes at his mother Aphrodite, his son Ascanius is crying; a doctor treats his wounds, by an unknown artist, 45-79, 1st Century A.D.

Fresco depicting Pan and Nymphs from Pompeii, Italy

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