Mythological and Historical Scenes

Dramatic paintings featuring mythological and biblical narratives, capturing tense moments with dynamic figures and rich colors in elaborate settings.

King Lear; 1788 Oil on canvas Benjamin West American; 1738-1820

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

Battle of Mars and Minerva, study by Peter Paul Rubens, 17th Century, (1577-1640), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Aeneas and Cumaean Sibyl. Perrier, François (1594-1649), painter

The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes (1703), painting made by Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705), Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 17th-century original, exact date unknown .

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian Baroque painter and etcher, The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes (1703-4), Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, A dramatic battle scene with riders on horses and angels hovering over a turbulent landscape

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, The Battle of Israel and Amalek, Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Horsemen fight in a dramatic and stormy scene in front of dark clouds

King Lear; 1788 Oil on canvas Benjamin West American; 1738-1820

Triumph of Mars (Trionfo di Marte), by Jacopo Negretti known as Palma il Giovane, 16th Century, oil on canvas, 191 x 164 cm

The Meeting of David and Abigail. The Meeting of David and Abigaïl. Abigaïl kneels for David and offers him food and drink. Here they soldiers from David and other spectators. Right a man leaning on a donkey and a woman on a camel. The painter painted a self-portrait on the left between the soldiers. Copy to a painting attributed to Maerten de Vos or Frans Pourbus I.

The fall of Phaethon, Hans Rottenhammer, 1604

Aeneas Prepares To Lead The Trojans Into Exile Rubens, Peter Paul(1577-1640 Flemish) Chateau de Fontainebleau, France

Coronation of Esther, detail from The Story of Esther, 1555-1588, by Paul Caliari known as Veronese (1528-1588), fresco. Church of San Sebastiano, the ceiling of the nave, Venice.

Sketch for an oval ceiling. Date/Period: Ca. 1705. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 356 mm (14.01 in); Width: 432 mm (17 in). Author: Attributed to Louis Laguerre.

The prevotes of the merchants and the echevins of the city of Paris, Allegoria with the Paris Treaty Jean-Baptiste Deshayes (1729-1765). "The provost of the merchants and aldermen of the City of Paris, Allegory to the Treaty of Paris (February 10, 1763)". Oil on canvas.

Lion Hunt; 1858 Oil on canvas Eugene Delacroix French; 1798-1863

Victory of Light over Darkness - 1883/84 - oil on canvas. Author: HANS MAKART (1840-1884). Location: GALERIA OSTERRICHISCHE. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Scene from the biblical story, The Fall of the Pharaoh is one of the central narratives of the Old Testament. It describes God's victory over Egyptian tyranny and the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

The Martyrdom of St Livino, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).

'Diana and Endymion'. Italy, 1723. Dimensions: 134x109 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA PITTONI.

The Olympian gods. 1700. (Sebastiano Ricci; 1659 Belluno-Venice 1734)

Frans II Francken / 'Neptune and Amphitrite', Early 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 30 cm x 41 cm, P01523. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Steinle, Jacob Von, 1860.

'Conversion of Saul'. Italy, Circa 1570. Dimensions: 191x329 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari).

Allegory of War, 1713, Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian (Venice), Italian (Venice), 1675-1741, 17 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (44.77 x 29.85 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, Italy, 18th century

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640), painter

The Glorification of the Giustiniani Family. Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). Dimensions: 46 x 32 1/2 in. (116.8 x 82.6 cm). Date: 1783.The present model is for a ceiling of the ducal palace in Genoa (destroyed). At the top of the staircase Jacopo Giustiniani kneels before a personification of the Ligurian Republic. A female in the left corner represents the island of Chios; she holds a scroll with the initials V.I. and 1562, in reference to a sixteenth-century governor of the island, Vincenzo Giustiniani. Figures in oriental dress at right allude to the commercial enterprises of the Giustiniani in Asia Minor. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

The riches of the sea with Neptune, tritons and two nereids (1684), painting made by Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705), Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 17th-century original, exact date unknown .

Witches, Scenes from the Everyday Life of the Witch with Fantasy Creatures, 1650, after a painting by Salvator Rosa, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original

Scene from greek mythology with Charon by Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko, oil on canvas, 1861, 1835-1890, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy, 160x218

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Copy after Cossiers, Jan) / 'Deucalion and Pyrrha'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Battle of the Amazons and Greeks - detail - 1617 - 121x165 cm - oil on panel. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: ALTE PINAKOTHEK-ANTIGUA PINACOTECA DE MUNICH. MUNICH. DEUTSCHLAND.

Tullie in his Chariot; Tullie sur son Char. Giuseppe Cades (1750-1799). Pen and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white on brown paper. 49.2 x 66.3cm.

England, West Sussex, Petworth, Petworth House, Ceiling Painting Above The Grand Staircase

The fall of Phaeton by Eyck, Jan Carel van (1649-1690s) Museo del Prado, Madrid End of 17th cen. Flanders Oil on canvas Painting Mythology, Allegory and Literature

'Venus and Aeneas'. France, Late 1650s - early 1660s. Dimensions: 45,5x54,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SEBASTIEN BOURDON.

fine arts, Bosch, Hieronymus, (circa 1450 - 1516), painting, ""the temptation of Saint Anthony"", left panel, 1505 - 1506, oil on panel, 131,5 cm x 53 cm, national museum, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, 16th century, religious art, religion, christianity, Anthony the Great, men, holding, sustaining, helping, walking, bridge, messenger, letter, demon, demons, flying,

Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii. Date/Period: Ca. 1764-1766. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,340 mm (52.75 in); Width: 1,430 mm (56.29 in). Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. DOMENICO CORVI.

ROMULUS and REMUS, legendary founders of Rome, suckled by the she-wolf, 16th century fresco

Luca Giordano / 'Samson and the Lion', 1695-1696, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 95 cm x 142 cm, P00163. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Santi Di Tito (1536-1603). Studiolo (small study) of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

Anonymous / 'The Assumption of the Virgin'. XVIII century. Shell work on panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, The riches of the sea with Neptune, tritons and two nereids (1684), Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Mythological depiction with Neptune surrounded by sea creatures

Two winged men. Draughtsman: A. Carracci (attributed to). Dating: 1570 - 1609. Measurements: h 225 mm × w 192 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Genesis. The great flood, Arca Noe. The water began to fall. It fell from the sky as when one spills water from a bucket. Noah was right, no one else

Caesar in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra Made 1675-1685 Flanders. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave . Guilliam van Leefdael (Manufacturer)

GIORDANO, Luca (1632-1705). Neptune. 1682. ITALY. Florence. Medici Riccardi Palace. Baroque art. Fresco.

Raphael/Joshua darkening the sun/c.1515

Meeting of Isaac and Rebecca, ca 1640 by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664), oil on canvas, 120x170 cm.

'Massacre of the Innocents'. Flanders, 17th century. Dimensions: 30x46 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Adrianssen, Vincent (Malo, Vincent).

Homer and the Greeks, painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805-1874) was a German painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

Perseus freeing Andromeda, ca 1513, by Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521), oil on canvas, 70x123 cm.

Pedro Pablo Rubens / 'Saint George Battles the Dragon', 1606-1608, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 309 cm x 257 cm, P01644. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

Przeszo Przyszoci Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)

Palestine / Netherlands: 'Massacre of the Innocents'. Oil on canvas painting by Cornelis Van Haarlem (1562 - 11 November 1638), 1590.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Bruegel (Brueghel), Pieter, the Elder (ca 1525-1569) / Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels / 1562 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 117x162

Last Judgement, by Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560-1562, Chiesa of Madonna dell'Orto, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy, Europe

Battle of Constantine and Maxentius (detail-of-fresco-in-Vatican-Stanze) by Lazzaro Baldi, circa 1650

Hector's death and Achilles' triumphant protected by Mars, 1815, by Antonio Galliano (1785-1824), oil on canvas.

Francisco Antolínez y Sarabia (Attributed to) / 'The Annunciation'. Second half of the XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Italy: 'The Battle of the Milvian Bridge', fresco painting by Giulio Romano (1499-1546), 16th century, Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Bullfight by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 283x404

Raphael /The Creation of Animals /c.1515

Chariot of Venus. Date/Period: 1622. Tempera on Canvas. Canvas. Height: 1,060 mm (41.73 in); Width: 2,380 mm (93.70 in). Author: PIETRO DA CORTONA.

Charon conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx by Pomerantsev, Konstantin Petrovich (1835-1913) State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod 1860 Oil on canvas 171,5x233 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

Cadmos and Minerva. Canvas (181 x 300). Madrid, Prado museum. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640) y JACOB JORDAENS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ezechiel's vision; Miller, Karol (1835-1920); around 1870 1900 (1865-00-00-1900-00-00);gift (provenance)

François Boucher, Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas, 1756, oil on canvas.

Beaugency, France Detail of one of the eight embroidery of the 17th century in the Hall of Hall of the Town Hall. The sacrifice of the four parts of the world: Africa , 1915-Center of France, Loiret, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher-Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon-(August) (French - Beaugency , France Détail de l' une des huit broderies du XVIIème siècle de la salle d' honneur de l' hôtel de Ville. Les sacrifice des quatre parties du monde : l' Afrique). Carpets , hanging, decorative arts, textile work, Art, France, Beaugency, woolen embroidery imitating the tapestry: horses sacrificed in sacrifice

Peter Paul (workshop of) Rubens (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640). St. Michael expelling Lucifer and the Rebel Angels (ca. 1622). Oil on canvas. 149 x 126 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Middle Ages. Woman. Heretic. Germania, 1882. Juan Scherr.

The miracle of the slave (copy according to the Tintoret) F�lix Ziem (1821-1911). The miracle of the slave, copy according to the Tintoret. Oil on canvas.

Bohdan Chmielnicki from Tuhaj-Bej near Lviv; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); 1885 (1885-00-00-1885-00-00);gift (provenance)

The Creation of the Animals, Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti, 1550.

MARTIRIO DE SAN ESTEBAN-PINTURA BARROCA. Author: JUAN LUIS ZAMBRANO (1598-1639). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Angelica Accompanied by a Shepherd Takes Care of Medoro, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1757 - 1757, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, Villa Valmarana ai Nani. Whole artwork. Angelica accompanied by a shepherd heals Medoro horse hat.

Balaam's Ass, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1626.

Worship of the Egyptian Bull-God Apis (Golden Calf) Filippino Lippi 1457/8-1504 Italian National Gallery London

Fabriano (Italia; Marche, provincia di Ancona), Oratorio della Carità, ciclo di affreschi di Filippo Bellini (raffigurazione di Opere di Carità Spirituale e Carità Materiale). ORARE PRO OMNIBUS Pregare per i vivi e per i morti, lato sinitro

Gaius Mucius Scaevola by Peter Paul Rubens, oil on wood, 1630s, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 44, 7x35, 5

Saint George And Dragon by Jacopo Tintoretto, oil on canvas, 1543, 1518-1594, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 122x92

Macbeth and the three witches

Mucius Scaevola (Muzio Scevola), by Giovan Francesco Barbieri, known as il Guercino, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens 'The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland' 1636

Neptune Resigning to Britannia, Dyce, William

EL EMBARCO-BOCETO PARA FRESCO EN VENECIA. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Strasbourg. France.

Claudio Coello / 'The Triumph of Saint Augustine', 1664, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 271 cm x 203 cm, P00664. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Study for Invocation of Moses Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (American, 1847-1906). , ca. 1882. Oil on canvas, 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (35 x 34.9 cm). American Art ca. 1882

The Sacrifice of Abraham. Date/Period: 1690/1699. Painting. Olje på lerret. Width: 99 cm. Height: 75 cm. Author: Giuseppe Crespi.

Alfredo Opisso / "Allegorical composition", S.XX, Oil, 130 x 93 cm.

'Crossing the Red Sea'. France, 1647 (). Dimensions: 18,8x32,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

Flora, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Time as Prudence siezes Occasion by the hair. Date/Period: 1543 - 1545. Painting. Fresco. Height: 285 mm (11.22 in); Width: 95 mm (3.74 in). Author: Francesco de' Rossi.

A Pagan Sacrifice 1645-1650 Italy. This monumental painting on paper, formerly in the collection of Lord Kenneth Clark, is a superb example of Castiglioneís mature style. It demonstrates not only the impact of artists he encountered in Rome, such as Rubens and Poussin, but also the audacious technical innovations he initiated, painting fluently with pigment and oil on paper. The obscure pagan subject was undoubtedly aimed at a select and erudite Roman audience.. Oil paint on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper . Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Thor's Fight with the Giants, 1872. Oil on canvas. 484 x 333 cm. Museum: NATIONAL MUSEUM, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. Author: Marten Eskil Winge.

Jehan Bellegambe the Elder (1470-1535 / 1536). French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs. Triptych of Last Judgement, 1520-1525. Central panel. Detail. Oil on panel. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany.

The Marriage of Tobias, by Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699-1760). Detail of the right half. Church of the Archangel Raphael, Venice.

LA CAIDA DE LOS ANGELES REBELDES - 1554 - PINTURA MANIERISTA FLAMENCA. Author: FRANS FLORIS VRIENDT (1516-1570). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Antwerpen. Belgien.

The Torment of Saint Anthony. Date/Period: Ca. 1487-88. Painting. Tempera and oil on panel. Height: 470 mm (18.50 in); Width: 337 mm (13.26 in). Author: Michelangelo.

An Allegory of Air and Fire. Jans Breughel the Younger (1601-1678)and Frans Francken II the Younger (1581-1642). Oil on copper. 50.3 x 64.5cm.

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