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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
King Lear; 1788 Oil on canvas Benjamin West American; 1738-1820
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4409-26140
'Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime', ca. 1805-1806, Oil on canvas, 244 x 294 cm. Author: PIERRE-PAUL PRUD'HON (1758-1823) PIERRE PRUDHON. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.
4186-21676791
1990s MAN VISITOR IN MUSEUM IN FRONT OF A PAINTING READING THE MUSEUM INFO CARD
4435-4025
SCOREL, Jan van (1495-1562). The Flood. ca. 1530. On the water floats Noah's Ark. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
4409-17525101
The Entombment. Dating: 1630 - 1652. Measurements: h 75 cm × w 60 cm; d 6.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp.
4443-19588820
Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843, The Death of Paulus Aemilius at the Battle ofCannae, Oil on canvas, 24 1/2 × 34 13/16 in. (62.2 × 88.4cm), Depicted Cannae (Canne della Battaglia), Italy, American, 18thcentury, Paintings
4409-20921510
'Flight into Egypt', 1526-1532, Oil on panel, 144 x 100 cm, CE0271/001. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.
4409-18387
'Roman Naumachia', ca. 1635, Oil on canvas, 181 cm x 362 cm, P00235. Author: GIOVANNI DI STEFANO LANFRANCO (1582-1647). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
1848-49785698
Symbolic representation of the venality of love, Kupfertsich mach B. Spranger, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known
4435-7230
TINTORETTO, Jacopo Robusti, called Il (1518-1594). Mucius Scaevola Before Porsenna. 1550s. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).
1848-77730084
Claude Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 - 3 December 1789), French painter, here his work, The Death of Regulus, Death of the Roman general Marcus Atilius Regulus, Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical
4266-9809
Neptune Creating Horse by Edouard Alexandre Odier, Oil on canvas, 1800-1887, Private Collection, 65x81
4266-23380
Civil war by Metelev, German (*1938)/ State Art Gallery, Perm/ 1970/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Soviet Art/ 167x187/ History
1788-1063
Italy - Veneto Region - Venice - Church of St. Sebastian - Stories of Esther and Mardocheo by Paolo Veronese - The triumph of Mardocheo - Detail
4430-3092
fine arts, tapestry, ""Juli"" (July), by Hans van der Biest, concept by Peter Candid (1548 - 1628), Munich manufactory, Germany, 1612 / 1615, Residence Museum, Munich,
1899-32929
Donation Made by Queen Ermengarde, by Ferrari Jacopo, 17th Century, rounded panel. Italy, Lombardy, Cremona, San Pietro al Po Church. Whole artwork. Donations made by Queen Ermengarde cherubs plant tree against the light figures group horse.
4069-3264
ROMULUS marking out with furrows the plans for the foundation of Rome, Italy, 16th century fresco
1899-48080315
Fabriano (Italia; Marche, provincia di Ancona), Oratorio della Carità, ciclo di affreschi di Filippo Bellini (raffigurazione di Opere di Carità Spirituale e Carità Materiale). VESTIRE NUDOS Vestire gli ignudi, lato destro
4266-20010874
Allegory of the Treaty of the Pyrenees (Allegory of the Marriage of Louis XIV) by Deruet, Claude (1588-1660) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1659 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 98x115 / Ba
1899-18307403
The Massacre at Chios, Delacroix, Eugene, 1800.
1158-1149
Don Juan's Shipwreck Naufrage de Don Juan 1841 Eugene Delacroix 1798-1863/French Muse de Louvre, Paris
4409-20895633
Allegorical and mythological paintings on the ceiling. Hall of the Caryatids. Parliament of the Balearic Islands, formerly the Círculo Mallorquín, 1852-1918. Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
4266-24401
The Russians in the Year 1812 by Przhceslavski, Konstantin (1828-1908) State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow 1855 Oil on canvas 99x86 Poland Russian Painting of 19th cen. History Painting
1848-56130532
La balsa de la Medusa, (Le Radeau de la Meduse), Theodore Gericault, 1819, Oleo sobre lienzo, Romanticismo, Museo del Louvre, museo nacional de Francia, Paris, France, Western Europe, Europe
6176-66084103
The abduction of Helen of Troy. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882
4266-11611
Tancred and Erminia by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas, Late 1620s - early 1630s, 1594-1665, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 98, 5x146, 4
4443-19612382
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach, Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, British, ca. 1718, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm), allegory, banner, ceremony, cherubs, coach, coat of arms, costume, crest, design, gold (color), historical subject, land, lion, men, mythology, nude, panel (wood), unicorn, women
1788-46894
Ossian receiving dead warriors who died for their country in Valhalla, by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (1767-1824).
4435-7298
Piero di Cosimo, Pietro di Lorenzo, called (1462-1521). Perseus Frees Andromeda (Perseo libera Andromeda). ca. 1489-1521. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery).
4409-65764101
Asparuh (ca. 640-701). Bulgarian khan credited with founding the First Bulgarian Empire (681-1018). Khan Asparuh and his Entourage March to the Danube River, ca. 1870, by Nikolai Pavlovich (1835-1894). Oil on canvas (68 x 84 cm). National Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria. Author: Nikolai Pavlovich (1835-1894). Bulgarian painter.
1848-53635726
The Council of the Gods, ceiling fresco by Raphael or Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino, Villa Farnesina, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
4409-106552
BODEGON DE CAZA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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Jan Baptist Weenix (1621-1661). "Dead game spread". Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Dead game spread French, noble, portrait, engraving
4409-28815004
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Escena de guerra, 1808-1812, óleo sobre tabla, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South America.
1788-111119155
Mural painting depicting a hunting scene, Pompeian house, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, chromolithograph by V Loria from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume II, plate 82, 1854, Naples.
1746-30014969
Anthropomorphic Landscape', c1600-1635. Artist: Joos de Momper, the younger. Joos de Momper the Younger (1564-1635) was one of the foremost Flemish landscape painters.
4443-22005477
Moroccan Horseman Crossing a Ford; Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863); France; about 1850; Oil on canvas; 46 x 38.1 cm (18 1,8 x 15 in.)
866-10493
America Nursing Spanish Noble Boys.Peruvian School (18th century). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1770. 87.5 x 65cm. Inscription translation 'Where in the world has one seen what one sees here...Her own children lie groaning and she suckles strangers'.
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Pierre Antoine Augustin Vafflard (1777-1837). "Sketch for the Saint-Ambroise church. Saint Ambroise saving an Arian priest of the fury of the people". Oil on canvas. 1819. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Figurative art, religious art, holy history, Christian iconography, religious iconography, saint
1788-51253
St Michael defeats the demon, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), oil on canvas, 198x147 cm.
1848-78900726
Saint Michael slaying the dragon by Eugene Delacroix, painting on the ceiling of the Saint Sulpice Church, Paris, France
6145-59057067
Spanish allegory of Junon and Mars; Sadeler, Rafael, I (1561-1628 cars 1632), unknown Flemish painter, Aachen, Hans von (1552-1615); XVI/XVII century (1690-00-00-1710-00-00);Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858), Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858) - collections, Spain, Junona (Mitol.), Mars (Mitol.), School of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1844-1864) - collections, allegories, Dar (provenance), Flemish painting, graphic prototype, figural scenes
4409-62749648
Charles Dauphin / 'Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and his family'. 1666. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
6176-67080498
Ceiling of Marie Antoinette's playroom, Chateau de Fontainebleau, c1763-1811. Creator: Jean Simon Berthelemy.
866-14980
The Battle of Propaganda. John Armstrong (1893-1973).  Oil on canvas. Dated 1953. 91.5 x 122cm
6145-59025112
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). "Hercules killing the Centaurian Nessus", sketches for the peace fair at the Paris City Hall. Oil on canvas, 1849-1852. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 36769-5 Antiquity, centaur, sketch, hero, town hall of Paris, mythological character, peace fair, killing, fighting, oil on canvas, mythology
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San Pedro church - final judgment tile on the facade, 14th century, Seville, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.
6145-30215566
EQUALITY, FREEDOM, FRATERNITY Henri Levy (1840-1904). Equality, Freedom, Fraternity.
1909-1774
Madrid El Escorial The Martyrdom of St Maurice 1580 83 oil on canvas painted by the Greek artist El Greco Domenico Theotocopuli 1541 1614 which hangs in the Monasterio de El Escorial El Escorial Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU
1746-21127464
Painting titled 'Saint George and the Dragon' by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) an Italian painter and a mathematician. Dated 15th Century
1606-175312
England,London,Whitehall,Foreign Office,Artwork depicting Britannia
1899-32971
St Ephysius on Horseback, by De Belly Tommaso, 1875 - 1875, 19th Century, canvas. Italy, Sardegna, Cagliari, Cathedral. Whole artwork. St Ephysius on horseback soldier jambes armor: cuirass helmet airy drapery clouds divine light cross horse inlet sea ship buildings in the distance blue red gray white yellow gold dark: brown shades: tones: hues.
4409-5925
'Parnassus', 1630-1631, Oil on canvas, 145 x 197 cm, P02313. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Apollo. CALLIOPE. CASTALIA. HOMERO SIGLO VIII AC.
1848-75592606
Historisches Foto (ca 1880) von Die Vergewaltigung der Europa, griechische Mythologie, Gemälde von Paolo Veronese, Italien / Historical photo of The Rape of Europa, Greek mythology, painting by Paolo Veronese, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured
4266-4517
Noahs Ark by Bassano il vecchio, Jacopo, Oil on canvas, Mannerism, circa 1510-1592, Russia, Saratov, State A. Radishchev Art Museum, 133x187
4409-157684
Clovis I (466-511). King of the Franks. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
1899-18118453
Gallerie dell'Accademia. God. Creation of the Animals. Tintoretto. Oil painting. 150-1553.
1788-46774
Cephalus and Procris, attributed to Hans Leu the Younger (ca 1490-1531).
1788-32199
Italy - 12th century - Il Carroccio, 29 May 1176. Painted by Massimo Taparelli D'Azeglio (1798-1866), 1831.
866-12278
Les Blanchisseuses a la Fontaine. Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806). Oil on canvas. 48 x 62cm.
1788-56161
Glory of Mary, by Angiolo Alebardi (1883 -1969), sketch, oil on panel, diameter 38 cm.
4042-21281555
Bird Concert, attributed to Paul de Vos, 17th Century, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
4409-17429510
The Meeting of Alexander the Great and Diogenes. Artist: Gaspar de Crayer (Flemish, 1584-1669). Dimensions: 88 3/4 x 127 5/8 in. (225.4 x 324.2 cm), including added strips of 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) at left and 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm) at right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
6145-59119850
Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Hippodamia kidnapping. Quadro from the decoration of the room of room 27; Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786); 1776 (1776-00-00-1776-00-00);Centaur, DESA - collection, hippodamia, lapitka, penna, peneusz, river god, Rome, Italy, town, terme di Tito, Umiastowski, Roman, collection, Nero's golden house, antique, architecture, archeology, lesel, decorations, relief, purchase (provenance)
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The Flight into Egypt by El Greco, Dominico (1541-1614) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / c. 1570 / Spain / Oil on wood / Bible / 15,9x21,6
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'Prodigal Son'. Italy, First half of the 1650s. Dimensions: 253,5x201 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SALVATOR ROSA.
1788-47488
Freedom, Dear Freedom, 1830-1833, work by an unknown artist. France, 18th Century.
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The proclamation to the shepherds. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem. Dating: 1700 - 1800. Measurements: h 418 mm × w 585 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Fleeing Archers. Date/Period: 1818. Pencil, retraced with dark brown ink in places, squared in pencil, light yellow, light brown, grey. Bleistift, zum Teil mit dunkelbrauner Tinte nachgezogen, in Bleistift quadriert, in Hellgelb, Hellbraun, Grau, Rot und Grün aquarelliert, mit Tusche ergänzt, auf weißem Karton. Height: 355 mm (13.97 in); Width: 265 mm (10.43 in). Author: Friedrich von Olivier.
6145-59005395
Joseph Aubert (1849-1924). "Assyrian and Egyptian civilizations". Sketch for the school on rue Dombasle (14th arrondissement), 1879. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 33419-6 Arrondissement XIVEME XIV 14EME 14, archer, combat chariot, Assyrian civilization, tank, decoration, school, ancient Egypt, Egyptian, sketch, rue Dombasle
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'Jephthah and his Daughter'. Germany, 18th century. Dimensions: 52x62 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Angelica Maria Anna Catharina Kauffmann.
1788-49451
Building the ark, 17th century, Flemish painting, painting on copper.
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