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Narrative Paintings of Historical Events

A selection of paintings depicting dramatic historical narratives, emphasizing emotional expressions of characters involved in significant moments.

Jesus Carrying his Cross by Charles Le Brun,  (1619-1690),  France,  Paris,  Musee du Louvre
Jesus Carrying his Cross by Charles Le Brun, (1619-1690), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre
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1899-33652
Stories of the Prodigal Son - Departure, by Wael Cornelis de, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Liguria, Genoa, Private collection. Whole artwork. Leave farewell departure family growth horses cry men women door building dogs.
4409-107283
Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano / 'Adoration of the Magi', 16th century, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 141 cm x 219 cm, P00433. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. CHILD JESUS. VIRGIN MARY.
6188-61008745
Paintings by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo * August 30, 1727 in Venice March 3, 1804 in Venice, Italian painter, carnival scene, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
463-282858
Ferdinand Bol / Moses and Jethro / C17th
1746-21110607
the charlatan, 1756. oil on canvas, by Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)
6145-30217354
SAINT LOUIS A DAMIETTE Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret (1782-1863). Saint Louis in Damiette, 1819.
6145-45579924
Queen Cleophis Offering Wine To Alexander The Great After His Conquest Of Mazaka. Queen Kleophis offers Alexander the Great Wine after the conquest of Mazagae. On the left Alexander with the officers of his army, on the right the queen with her courtames. The operation takes place on a terrace for the palace. On the right the palace with walls decorated with reliefs and spectators on a balcony. A large round fortress tower in the background. Pendant of SK-A-161.
1158-2004
Jesus Carrying his Cross by Charles Le Brun,  (1619-1690),  France,  Paris,  Musee du Louvre
4435-2822
TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico (1727-1804). The Minuet. 1756. Bequest of Francesc Camb. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia.
4409-20006
EL PASO DEL MAR ROJO - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 129 x 176 cm - NP 883 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: ESTEBAN MARCH (1610-1668). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPANIEN. MOSES.
4409-21577
DESEMBARCO EN VALENCIA DE FERNANDO EL CATOLICO Y GERMANA DE FOIX - SIGLO XIX. Author: JOSE RIBELLES Y HELIP (1775-1835). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN. FOIX GERMANA DE. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO 2ª ESPOSA. FERNANDO II EL CATOLICO 2ª ESPOSA. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.
1899-17320709
Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533). Dutch painter. Healing of Blind Man of Jericho (triptych), 1531. Central panel. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
1788-37077
The castle and the village of Versailles, by A. F. Van Der Meulen, France 17th Century. Detail.
4409-17574768
'The Triumph of Mordecai'. Holland. Dimensions: 48,8x64,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: P. Wiechers ( ).
866-21522
The Feast of Saint. Martin. After Martin van Cleave, reworked by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Oil on panel. 76.5 x 107cm.
6189-53753593
anonymous, 18th century, allegory of the dense of the Philippines by Don Simon de Anda y Salazar , oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain
6145-45814881
The Marriage Staircase: An Allegory of Marriage. The wedding trap, allegory on marriage. Couples run aided a big trolley or safety net. Cupid is in the middle. At the bottom left Dancing Putti, including a black putto, on the music of a Sater. To the trap, men and women walk, the dead turns dead with a heel.
4443-21217383
Continence of Scipio, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650 - 1655
4266-13954
Landscape with people in historical clothing by Lucas van Leyden, oil on wood, 1489/94-1533, Ukraine, Odessa, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, 63x85, 5
442-21550357
Painting titled Punch or May Day by Benjamin Robert Haydon dated 1829
6145-30215692
The night round (copy according to Rembrandt) F�lix Ziem (1821-1911). The night round, copy after Rembrandt. Oil on canvas.
4409-17575110
'Jephthae's Daughter'. Flanders, Circa 1645. Dimensions: 48x64 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Peeter van Lint.
4409-20926313
SERIE SOBRE LA TOMA DE SICILIA EN EL SIGLO XV - ESCUELA FLAMENCA - PINTURA SOBRE COBRE DEL SIGLO XVII. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. MONCADA ANTONIO DE.
4409-17490658
The Conquest of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus. Date/Period: 1638. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,480 mm (58.26 in); Width: 1,990 mm (78.34 in). Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.
4069-933
The Building of the Tower of Babel, 17th century
1746-19659838
Funerary Homage to Duguesclin oil on canvas, by Jean-Jacques-Baptiste Brunet (1850-1920). Bertrand Duguesclin (c1320-1380), Breton knight, Constable of France 1369. Expelled English from France in 1374 at end of the Hundred Years War.
4430-1674
fine arts, Brueghel, Jan the Elder, (1568 - 1625), painting, ""sea harbour with Christ `s sermon"", 1615, oak panel, 78 cm x 119 cm, Old Pinakothek, Munich,
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The death of Epaminondas. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1774, after B. West.
4266-8066
Parade scene by Franz Kruger, oil on canvas, 1824-1830, 1797-1857, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 249x347
4409-17526128
Battle for the Gold Staff (Dominion of the World). Allegory of the Victory of the Dutch over the Spanish Fleet at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607. Dating: c. 1615 - c. 1630. Measurements: support: h 38.4 cm × w 55.9 cm × d 0.5 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Adam Willaerts.
4409-17575514
'Seven Affairs of Charity'. Holland, 1657. Dimensions: 60,3x84,23 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jost Cornelisz Droochsloot.
4409-17578058
'Rebecca at the Well'. Italy, Late 1690s. Dimensions: 72x63 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCESCO SOLIMENA.
4409-17486870
Southwark Fair. Date/Period: 1733. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 151.1 cm. Height: 120.7 cm. Author: William Hogarth.
1889-60412200
Columbus lands in the New World.  From a 19th century engraving by George Lang, after a work by John James Barralet.
1788-54917
Carlo Goldoni in Pisa recites a sonnet to the Arcadian colony of Alpheus, 1866-1867, by Annibale Gatti (1828-1909), the curtain of the theater Verdi, Pisa, Tuscany. Italy, 19th century.
4266-14357
War time by Konstantin Nikolayevich Filippov, Oil on cardboard, 1862, 1830-1878, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 33x46, 5
6145-59044272
Hippolyte Delaroche dit Paul (1797-1856). "The winners of the Bastille in front of the town hall". Oil on canvas, 1831-1839. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. IVEME IV 4th 4th 4th arrondissement, Bastille, Warage, ENTER, ENTER, FOOT, Town Hotel, French Revolution, Winner, Decheal Vert, Oil on canvas, Scene
4443-21197188
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes; Joachim Beuckelaer, Netherlandish, about 1534 - about 1574; 1563; Oil on panel; Unframed: 110.5 x 210.8 cm (43 1/2 x 83 in.), Framed: 129.5 x 232.7 x 9.5 cm (51 x 91 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
4453-20019739
Continence of Scipio lore by Jan Steen; Oil on canvas; 1660s
4069-2205
Halte de chasse (hunting break)
6145-59022184
Jan Weenix (1621-1661). "The pleasure game". Oil on wood. 1667. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 156733-1 Sitting, boat, rider, staircase, group people, wood oil, musical instrument, joyful, walking, ocean sea, pleasure, gender scene, statue, cello, sailboat, 17th 18th 18th 17th 17th 17th century
6189-53753601
anonymous, 18th century, allegory of the dense of the Philippines by Don Simon de Anda y Salazar , oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain
4409-53363723
anonymous, 18th century, allegory of the dense of the Philippines by Don Simon de Anda y Salazar , oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.
1788-1979
Italy - Lazio Region - Caprarola in the province of Viterbo. Farnese Palace. Hall of annals 'Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani'. Taddeo and Federico Zuccari, Francis I, Charles V and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese enter Paris. Fresco, 1560-66
1788-46230
The Cake Seller, 1630, by Pieter van Laer (ca 1599-1642).
1788-111202087
Ladies and knights, The Myth of Venus and Cupid, and the Happy age, ca 1570, fresco, Room of Aetas Felicior or of the Kiss, by Jacopo Zanguidi knows as il Bertoja (1544-1574) and Girolamo Mirola (1530-1570), Palazzo del Giardino Ducale, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, detail.
4435-7278
BERRUGUETE, Pedro (1450-1504). Saint Dominic de Guzman Presiding over an Auto-da-fe. ca. 1490. Detail. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
1158-2570
Plague On Ashdod In 1030 B.C. 17th Century Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665 French) Oil On Canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
6145-30345876
John Wootton, 1682-1764, British, Preparing for the Hunt, ca. 1745. Oil on canvas.
1848-19961122
Carlo Goldoni, 25 February 1707, 6 February 1793, was an Italian comedy poet and librettist. He portrays one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in P...
4435-2080
ALENZA y NIETO, Leonardo (1807-1845). Bandits in the mountains. 1st half 19th c. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo.
4453-20324258
Cleobis and Biton Oil on canvas Jean-Baptiste Alizard French; active 1762-1776
4409-36581
Leonardo Alenza (1807-1845). Spanish painter. Scene outside a wayside Inn. Museum of Fine Arts. Bilbao. Spain.
4409-107444
Antonio del Castillo Saavedra / 'José y sus hermanos', ca. 1655, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 109 cm x 145 cm, P00951. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
6145-58850381
Rest in the forest, Maximiliaan van der Gucht, c. 1650 Wall carpet with hunting company with loot. On the left a group of four people: three women, resp. Dressed in yellow, blue and floral red and a man in red clothing. In the middle is a hunter, with a heron hanging; Furthermore, a surrounding horse with a man who just steps out of the stirrup, followed by an apple fungus with Amazon, coming from a high hill. On the right, and surrounded by dogs, lie on and over each other a boar, a deer, hares and birds, over which a group of three people bend: between two women, in blue and red, a man wraps his arms around both. A hunting lodge in the distance. The scene is set in a forest landscape with see -through in the middle and with high trees on the sides, while the foreground is filled with large -leaf flowering plants, including rose, braam, chamomile, iris, some of which are repeating. See a fleshy leaf plant on the left. The wall carpet is part of the "English yachts" series. maker: Delf
1848-49454684
Levade, The Levade is one of the schools above ground of horsemanship, Painting by Jacob Jordaens, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of a historical work of art
4435-8104
America (16th c.). Spanish conquest of Mexico. Entrance of Juan de Grijalva into the Tabasco estuary. Painting belonging to the series 'Conquest of MŽxico'. Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. America's Museum.
4266-12828
Coronation, by Horace Vernet, oil on canvas, 19th century, 1789-1863, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Russian Museum, 60x95
4266-29077
Equestrian Portrait of a Hussar Officer by Bellotto, Bernardo (1720-1780) / Art History Museum, Vienne / 1773 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Portrait,Genre / 73,5x65,5
6145-50505851
Mohort - royal gift. Suchodolski, January (1797-1875), painter
6176-66901295
The Quack Doctor - Gerard Dou, 1652
4266-3001
Battle by Joseph de Montalegre, copper engraving, watercolour, (active 1710-1715), State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 45, 4x38
4409-19170767
MOCTEZUMA II. ULTIMO EMPERADOR AZTECA . 1467 - 1520. " MOCTEZUMA ES APRESADO POR HERNAN CORTES 1519. PINTURA DE LA SERIE " CONQUISTA DE MEXICO ". MUSEO DE AMERICA . MADRID.
4409-60311157
anonymous, 18th century, allegory of the dense of the Philippines by Don Simon de Anda y Salazar , oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.
4435-1850
BAYEU Y SUBIAS, Francisco (1734-1795). Picnic in countryside. 2nd half 16th c.II. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
1788-54726
The Truce of Nice, fresco by the brothers Taddeo and Federico Zuccari, 1560-1566 in the Hall of Farnesina Magnificience of Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola. Italy, 16th century.
1788-54185
Ugone di Duino taking delivery of the city of Trieste on behalf of the Duke of Austria, detail from the Dedication of Trieste to Austria, 1382, by Cesare dell'Acqua (1821-1905). Middle Ages, Italy, 14th century.
4435-4723
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Dance on the Banks of the River Manzanares. 1777. Cartoon for tapestry. Weaved at the Real Fbrica de tapices (Royal Tapestry Factory) for the dinning room of El Pardo in 1778 and another for El Escorial. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
4409-50977308
Louis XIV, known as "the Sun King" (1638-1715). King of France (1643-1715). Cabinet of Louis XIV of France. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VIII, 1881.
6145-48537859
The Babin Republic. Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), painter
4266-28053
The Ambassadorial Delegation Passing through the Second Courtyard of the Topkap&#305 Palace by Vanmour (Van Mour), Jean-Baptiste (1671-1737) / Pera Museum, Istanbul / Orientalism / 1720s / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Genre / 90x121
900-2385
Landing of Columbus John Vanderlyn (1775-1852/American)
1788-37082
Fontainbleau Castle seen from the forecourt by A. F. Van Der Meulen, France 17th Century.
4443-21197213
Rape of the Sabines; Girolamo del Pacchia, Italian (Sienese), 1477 - after 1535; about 1520; Oil on panel; Unframed: 66 x 144.8 cm (26 x 57 in.), Framed: 94 x 172.1 x 10.2 cm (37 x 67 3/4 x 4 in.)
1788-48069
Earthquake in Rocca di Papa near Rome, 1830, by Petr Vasilevic Basin (1793-1877).
4409-13465
ENTREGA DEL PREMIO EN UN TORNEO MEDIEVAL - SIGLO XV. Author: ANJOU RENE DE.
4435-4285
RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Proxy Marriage of Marie de Medici and Henri IV, 5th October 1600. 1621 - 1625. Scene of the wedding held in Florence. Painting from a series of 21 works dedicated to Marie de Medici's life. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.
4266-21004
The Story of Griselda. Part I: Marriage by Master of the Story of Griselda (active End of 15th cen.)/ National Gallery, London/ c.1490-1495/ Italy, School of Siena/ Tempera and oil on wood/ Renaissance/ 61,6x154,3/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature
463-283898
Toeput / The Miraculous Draught of Fish
1746-30006692
Oil painting by Antoine Watteau 1684 - 1721; les charmes de la vie. (The Music Party). 1718
4409-62749249
Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla y Tolín / 'The first landing of Christopher Columbus in America'. 1862. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
1558-13913266
England, London, The City, Museum of London, Dirk Stoop's Painting of Charles II's Cavalcade Through The City of London
4409-19170840
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. DON QUIJOTE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. ALCALA DE HENARES 1547-1616. " LAS BODAS DE CAMACHO " ( DETALLE ). EPISODIO DE SU NOVELA "DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA". OLEO DE JOSE MORENO CARBONERO. MUSEO ACADEMIA BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO.MADRID.
4266-10876
King of Wester Numidia by Francesco Fontebasso, oil on canvas, 1709-1769, Lithuania, Kaunas , State M. Ciurlionis Art Museum, 39x79
4409-17507753
Bambocciata (Childishness). Date/Period: First Half of the XVII Century. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 500 mm (19.68 in); Width: 690 mm (27.16 in). Author: MICHELANGELO CERQUOZZI.
4409-108414
Denis van Alsloot / 'Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp', ca. 1620, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 57 cm x 100 cm, P01346. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: DENIS VAN ALSLOOT.
6176-66907253
Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople - Eugène Delacroix, circa 1840
1899-17320696
Alexander Kotzebue (1815-1889). German painter. The Capture of Berlin on 28 September 1760, 1849. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
4409-3765
Conquest of Mexico. Hernán Cortés arresting Moctezuma. 1519-1521. Painted in copper. 18th century. Madrid, America museum. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
1890-67630831
Palazzo Ducale, Ducal Palace, Martina Franca, Taranto, Apulia, Italy
6145-59193896
Triumph of Charles V. unknown c. 1700-1719 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'6" x W 22'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Nancy Ownership History: Commissioned by Duke Leopold of Lorraine. Ffoulke coll. (1891). French & Co. purchased from C. M. F. Charles M. Ffoulke, n.d. SS 10772. French & Co. purchased from Charles M. Ffoulke estate 9/1/1916; sold to Raimundo Ruiz 6/30/1950 SS 46335. Tapestry was offered to the Getty Museum in 1996. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower right corner: G (for "Gobelins"; not visible in photograph) Procession with Charles V enthroned on chariot drawn by 4 horses with goddess of Fame holding laurel wreath above his head & with female personifications seated around him (=4 continents), accompanied by cavalcade; courtiers approach from background; procession arrives at palace terrace where empress stands surrounded by her court (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus-shell clasps in corners; (UPR BRD) centered by acanthus b
6176-67057549
'Dewar's Whisky', 1912. Artist: Unknown.
4409-17263829
CORTES Y AGUILAR , ANDRES PINTOR ESPAÑOL . SEVILLA 1815 - 1852 " FERIA DE SEVILLA , AÑO 1846 " , OLEO COLECCION CONDE DE IBARRA . SEVILLA SEVILLA PINTADO. Author: ANDRES CORTES Y AGUILAR (1812-1879).
4266-20010658
The Return of Napoleon to the Island of Lobau after the Battle of Essling, May 23, 1809 by Meynier, Charles (1768-1832) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1812 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 473x529 / Classicism
4409-62748880
The Coronation of Napoleon(1769-1821) by Jacques-Louis David (1484-1825) in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 2 December 1804, Paris. 1805-1807. Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
6145-45465292
Alexander I Crowned King of Poland Stachowicz, Micha (1768 1825)
4409-107705
Vicente Carducho / 'San Juan de Mata entrega las cartas del Papa al rey de Marruecos en la primera redención', 1634, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 241 cm x 198 cm, P03364. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
1788-44962
The Judgement of Solomon, 1726-1729, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), fresco. Patriarchal Palace, Red Room, Udine.
1788-46382
Sale of cotton fabrics, detail from the port of Rochefort, 1762, by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789).
1746-30014353
The Pottery Vendor', 1778. Artist: Francisco Goya. Francisco Goya(1746-1828) was a Spanish artist whose paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th and 20th century painters.
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