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Dramatic historical paintings depicting significant events and figures from Italian and French history, rich in detail and character.

Comic Sketch by T S Seccombe showing King Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold
Comic Sketch by T S Seccombe showing King Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold
190 assets in this story
1848-19967650
Puppet Theatre at the Court of Margaret of Austria, 1892, painting by Willem Geets, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origin...
1848-49819029
The Caraval in Venice, Masquerade in St. Mark's Square in 1869, Venice, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date not known, Europe
1606-188024
England,London,The City,Museum of London,Painting titled ""Eastwood Ho!"" by Henry Nelson O'Neil
6176-66909613
Daniel and Cyrus before the Idol Bel  -  Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - 1633
4409-130592
Jacques-Louis David, 'The Intervention of the Sabine Women', 1799, Oil on canvas, 385 × 522 cm, Inv. 3691. Museum: MUSEE DU LOUVRE, BUDAPEST, France. ROMULUS. HERSILIE. TITO TACIO.
4409-29975738
Charles VII (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461). Charles VII presiding over the judgment of John II of Alençon (1409-1476) at the Château de Vendome in 1458. John II was allied with the English and accused of conspiring against France during the Hundred Years' War. Chromolithography after a 15th-century miniature by Jean Fouquet. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.
4409-97084
SANTIAGO MATAMOROS / 17TH CENTURY - SPANISH BAROQUE. Author: FRAY JUAN ANDRES RICCI (1600-1681) FRAY JUAN RIZI. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS COMENDADORAS DE SANTIAGO. MADRID. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor. APOSTOL SANTIAGO EN CLAVIJO. APOSTOL SANTIAGO-SANTIAGO MATAMOROS.
4409-17353944
Portrait of the Consort of the Russian Empress. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
4443-21827905
Sixth slide showing part of the parade Part of the series of seven plates plus title print and explanation of the costumed parade by the students of the Utrecht College on 28 June 1881 on the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the college Depicted is the entry of Archduke Matthias into Brusssel on January 18, 1578, Utrecht Masquerade 1881 sixth plate Triumphelic Entry of the Illustrious and Highly Distinguished Archduke Matthias into the Princely City of Brussels in the year of our Lords MDLXXVIII den xviij dach Januarij Held by the members of the Utrecht Student Fraternity on June 28, 1881 on the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the University  on object, intermediary draughtsman: Anthony Grolman, (mentioned on object), print maker: anonymous, printer: Tresling & Comp., intermediary draughtsman: Utrecht, print maker: Netherlands, printer: Amsterdam, publisher: Utrecht, publisher: Utrecht, 1881, paper, h 300 mm × w 785 mm
1899-19923225
Pollice Verso, Kampf der Gladiatoren im alten Rom, Gemälde von Jean Leon Gerome  /  Pollice Verso, Fight of the gladiators in ancient Rome, painting by Jean Leon Gerome, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original artwork from the time / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus der damaligen Zeit, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
4069-888
Pierre Puget 1620-94 gives Milo of Crotona sculpture to King Louis XIV in Versailles gardens, ceiling fresco, 1832
6145-59118270
Juliusz Zuber (1861-1910), Krzesany;  around 1900 (1895-00-00-1901-00-00);
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Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museum, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Orazi and Curiazi Hall, fresco Numa Pompilio institutes A.D. 1636-1638, Giuseppe Cesari called Cavalier d'Arpino painter
4409-17512337
"La Conquista de México" -- panel 12. Date/Period: Last quarter XVII century. Painting. Height: 1,000 mm (39.37 in); Width: 520 mm (20.47 in). Author: Miguel GONZALES.
6145-59115960
Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), Jankiel Cymbalist / Jankkel Le Cymbalier; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);
4409-17216624
Antonio Estruch Bros / "Corpus de sangre", 1907, Painting (oil on canvas), 262 x 404 cm. Museum: Museo de arte de Sabadell, Sabadell, Barcelona, Cataluña, España.
1848-50149069
Puppet Theatre at the Court of Margaret of Austria, 1892, painting by Willem Geets, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
1606-189345
France, Paris, The Pantheon, Wall Mural Depicting the Life of Saint Louis by Alexandre Cabanel
4409-17526094
Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III. Cornelis Calkoen op weg naar de audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed III. Dating: c. 1727 - c. 1730. Measurements: h 91.5 cm × w 125 cm; w 12.2 kg. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour.
4409-62729177
History. Tournament. Full armor of king Henry VIII, english knight. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.
4443-19616638
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets, Frederic Leighton, 1830-1896, British, 1854, Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm), architectural subject, boots, breeches, capitals, chisel, city, cloaks, columns, crying, daggers, dress, fire, flowers (plants), gesturing, grief, hats, helmets, lantern, lattice, literary theme, lovers, men, owl, pillar, pincers, play, plays by William Shakespeare, purses, railing, Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, roundel (architectural element), sadness, sarcophagus, sheaths, shoes, shovel, smoke, spears, staff, steps, stockings, suicide, swords, tomb, torchieres, tunics, veil, watchmen, wedding dress, women, Europe, Italy, Verona
6145-59023646
Henri Gervex (1852-1929) / Alfred Stevens (1823-1906). "Festival of the Federation, 1790 - The Convention, 1792, fragment of the panorama of the history of the century". Oil on canvas, 1889. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 36415-11 Convention, tricolor, national feet, history, history, walking, panorama, French revolution
4266-28724
Victor Emanuel meets Giuseppe Garibaldi at Teano by Aldi, Pietro (1852-1888) / Palazzo Pubblico, Torre del Mangia, Siena / 1886 / Italy / Fresco / History /
4220-1010
Queen Elizabeth I opens the  Royal Exchange.  Trade  flourished as pioneers  revealed new sources for the  supply of raw materials.
1788-47975
Landing of Marie de' Medici, at Marseille in 1600, 1621-1625, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Detail from the Stories of Queen Maria de Medici, 24 boards on canvas created for the Luxembourg Palace, Paris.
1848-55402675
Detail, wall mural painting, Palacio Nacional Palace, Zocalo, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America
4409-17221138
Giovanni Demin. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 105,4 x 1384 cms. Oil on canvas.
4450-111892459
Azulejos blue and white glazed tiles, a close up of a traditional mosaic tiles depicting a historic event. Porto Railway Station,
4266-14803
Empress defending Peter I Alexeyevich by Charles de Steuben, oil on canvas, 1830, 1788-1856, Russia, St Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 138x163
463-6565
Aurelian and Zenobia (Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra as Prisoner in Aurelian's Triumphal March, Rome 273) R. Weibezahl Archive for Art and History, Berlin, Germany
6176-66919539
Bristol surrenders to Queen Isabella
1848-73078690
King Ludwig I of Bavaria (reigned 1825 to 1848), transformed Munich into a European metropolis of art and created important national monuments that characterised classicism in Bavaria, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, Historical
4409-62749460
Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli "il Morazzone" / 'The Betrothal of the Virgin'. Ca. 1606. Oil on paper attached to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España. Author: MAZZUCCHELLI, PIER FRANCESCO, IL MORAZZONE.
4430-11468
medicine quacksalver coloured copper engraving by C. Dujardin after painting by Alphonse Garreau France first half 19th century Stadtmuseum Munich,
4435-7939
Struggles for independence in Spanish American countries. Gran Colombia. South campaigns. Painting. ECUADOR. AMAZONIAN PROVINCE. Ibarra. City Hall. Greatest hall.
6176-67057989
'The Landing of Van Riebeck', 1909. Artist: GS Smithard.
4409-20928539
Country feast and dancing, 1409. Museum: Städtisches Museum Simeonstift, TREVERIS, GERMANY. Author: JAN Brueghel the Younger.
1746-111356991
Andrei Ryabushkin: Wedding in Moscow during the 17th century. Painted in 1901
4435-8776
Spain (1812). Promulgation of the Constitution of Cadiz. Painting by Salvador Viniegra y Lasso. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CADIZ. Càdiz. Museo de las Cortes de Càdiz.
1788-45042
The vote, 1883, by Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929), oil on canvas, 245x695 cm.
4220-556
Lancelot defeats Sir Mador de  la Porte in the battle to  uphold the honour of Guinevere
1899-29974391
Domingos António de Sequeira (1768-1837). Portuguese painter. "The Adoration of the Magi", 1828. Oil on canvas (100 x 140 cm). National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal.
6176-66912686
Alfred rebuilding the Walls of London, 886
4266-21635227
Great Fish Market, Brueghel, Jan, the Elder (1568-1625)
1909-1917
Museo del Prado
1788-17346
Italy, Rome province, Palestrina, sanctuary of ancient Praeneste, mosaic depicting soldiers before temple
4409-18753
CARRO DEL FUEGO-proclamacion de Fernando VI y Barbara de Braganza-1746-mascara o procesion alegorica. Author: DOMINGO MARTINEZ (1688-1749). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
1788-53444
Henry IV putting the sword into the hands of his firstborn, by Agostino Caironi (1820-1907), oil on canvas, 163x233 cm.
4266-6017
Knights by Ivan Afanasievich Ugryumov, Oil on canvas, 19th century, Classicism, 1783-after 1825, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy, 54x70
4042-2064
Great Britain, United Kingdom, England,  Surrey,  London, Hampton Court Palace, Triumphal Carts, from Triumphs of Caesar, by Andrea Mantegna
4409-18733
EL QUITE DE ESPADA. O/L 0.75 X 1.15 m (S. 1872). Author: JOSE DENIS BELGRANO (1844-1917). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Malaga. SPAIN.
4409-17219787
Francesc Cuixar i Barjau / Quema de papel sellado. Siglo XIX. Manresa,1808. Museo comarcal. Museum: MUSEU COMARCAL DE MANRESA. Author: FRANCESC CUIXART I BARJAU.
900-100316
The Romance of Manhattan by Karoly and Szanto
4220-1061
Piers Gaveston, the favourite  of King Edward II is beheaded  and his head presented to the  Earl of Lancaster
6145-45503322
BLIŻEJ KULTURY Stella publishing house
1746-21119764
The Third of May 1808 (El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid) painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. It commemorates the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War
4409-17279083
GRABADO-PROCESION DE TONELEROS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
866-5192
A Little Prince Likely In Time To Bless A Royal Throne Edward Blair Leighton (1853-1922 British) 1904 Artist Unknown Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England
1899-65660196
Spear in hand: Boudicea led the attackso reads the caption. Boudica (also spelled Boudicca, Boudicea, Boadicea,) led her people, the Iceni, and others in rebellion against Roman overlords. She died in 61 A.D.
1899-75006
The Proclamation of the Free Port of Trieste, by Dell'Acqua Cesare, 19th Century, 1855, oil on canvas,
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TAPIZ DE LA REAL FABRICA- EL BAILE DE SAN ANTONIO DE LA FLORIDA - SIGLO XVIII - COMEDOR DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746-1828). Location: MONASTERIO-TAPIZ. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
1788-52490
Gentlemen on the Saint Ouen bridge in Rouen, detail from Entry of Henry II in Rouen, October 1, 1550. France, 16th century.
4443-20327163
Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547 - 1627), Christ before Herod, c. 1590, pen and brown ink with brown and gray-brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on brown prepared laid paper
1848-54568118
Doge Forscari sentencing his son to exile, Michelangelo Grigoletti, 1843, Museo Civico d'Arte, Palzuo Ricchieri, historic centre with magnificent aristocratic palaces and Venetian-style arcades, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Europe
866-15622
Homage to Demeter, Provence. Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1939. 92 x 158cm
866-21286
Portrait of a Nobleman, identified as James, Duke of Monmouth. Constantijn Netscher (1668-1723) and Jan Wyck (1640-1700). Oil on canvas. 65.2 x 82.3cm.
4409-20886783
PRADILLA, FRANCISCO. SPANISH PAINTER. VILLANUEVA DE GALLEGO 1846 -1921. "CARNAVAL IN ROME", OIL ON TABLE, YEAR 1866. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. BUENOS AIRES.
4409-11487
REUNION DEL PARLAMENTO DE PALERMO CON EL VIRREY - ACUARELA SIGLO XVII. VELEZ DE GUEVARA IÑIGO. OÑATE CONDE DE. CONDE DE OÑATE. VIRREY DE NAPOLES.
1788-41623
Reproduction of the Senate, from The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume IV, Essays in Restoration, Plate XX, 1854-1896.
1558-13913058
England, London, Whitehall, The Foreign Office, The Grand Staircase, Painting of Britannia Pacificatrix
1899-65659916
In 52 B.C., the Gauls, under Vercingetorix, made a valiant stand against the Romans under Julius Caesar at Alesia in central Gaul (present-day France). Caesar's siege resulted in the Gauls surrender and in this 1915 painting, Vercingetorix is pictured, as the accounts note, officially surrendering his swrod and himself to Caesar.
1848-50695592
Painting in, Interior, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
1848-50695585
Battle painting, painting in the Sala dello Scrutinio, interior, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
1899-18603423
Venice, carnival,  Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727 - 1804, title of the works, The hut for acrobats, 1759 - 1797, cm 196 x 160.
1788-22578
Italy, Campania, Pompeii, Mosaic work representing the Battle of Issus, led in 333 B.C. by Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.)
463-5655
Entrance of Napoleon to Berlin by Charles Meynier,  1768-1832 French,  France,  Chateau de Versailles,  19th century
1848-54699316
Tilly in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, historic wood engraving, about 1897, Europe
4266-12674
Emperor and courtiers by Valentin Alexandrovich Serov, oil on canvas, 1896, 1865-1911, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 43x64
1848-50784750
Ceiling fresco in the side aisle of St. Catherine's Church, Decommissioning of Vienna in 1683, Mausoleum of the Habsburgs, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe
1848-49475946
Captain Kidd in New York Harbour. Captain Pirate William Kidd welcomes a young woman aboard his ship, other men and woman crowd the deck as another woman comes aboard, Painting by Jean Gerome Ferris, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
4266-25238
Cavalcade by Vernet, Horace (1789-1863) State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow ca 1842 Oil on canvas 28x22 France Romanticism Genre Painting
6145-59275265
Presentation of the Lombokkruis by Queen Wilhelmina on the Malieveld in The Hague, July 6, 1895, Mari ten Kate, 1895 painting Presentation of the Lombokkruis by Queen Wilhelmina on the Malieveld in The Hague, July 6, 1895. On the right the large scaffolding with the Queen, Emma, and all the dignitaries and guests. On the left on the field are those who are distinguished, in the background cavalry.  oil paint (paint). canvas  medals and other marks of military honour Malieveld (The Hague). Lombok. Netherlands. Malieveld, The Hague
4430-11105
music musicians trumpeters and kettle-drummers coloured woodcut ""Triumph of Emperor Maximilian I"" table 115 1512 - 1519 private collection,
463-3621
Liberty Leading the People  1830 Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863 French)  Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
1788-46421
Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America, detail from Allegory of the dominions of Charles V, by Cesare Dell'Acqua (1821-1904).
1746-19661793
Caracalla and Geta 1907 by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)by the Dutch-born Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema English Classicist English Painter (1836-1912)
1746-19659598
Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French Romantic painter. Liberty Leading the People (1830)
7001-69555573
Exhibit at the Frazier International History Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, (Editorial Use Only) (Editorial Usage Only)
4266-4949
Operation by David Gerard, oil on wood, 1498, circa 1460-1523, Belgium, Bruges, Groeningemuseum, 182x159
4266-3714
Korin, Pavel Dmitryevich (1892-1967) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1935-1959 64x107 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History
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