Religious and Historical Narratives

Renaissance artworks featuring biblical and historic scenes, focusing on figures, expressions, and the depiction of moral themes in grand narratives.

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, Caravaggio, 1610, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Triumphal Procession (Fragment 1) unknown

Story of Job, sketch for tapestry cartoon, 15th century Flemish

Pope Sixtus II taking leave from Saint Lawrence, ca 1465, by Michael Pacher (ca 1430-1498), panel, 104x100 cm.

Maestro de Miraflores / 'La predicación de San Juan Bautista', 1490-1500, Spanish School, Panel, 113 cm x 70 cm, P00707. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Retablo de San Miguel de Castelló d'Empúries, 1448. Detalle de la comitiva aristocrática. Museu d'Art de Girona.Girona. Author: MESTRE CASTELLÓ D'EMPURIES.

'The Adoration of the Magi', 1479-1480, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 95 cm x 63 cm, P01557. Author: HANS MEMLING (1435-1494). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. CHARLES THE BOLD. Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon. VIRGIN MARY. Melchor. Gaspar. BALTASAR.

Unfaithful Servant, Unknown artist.

FRANCKEN, Frans III (1607-1667). Adoration of the Magi. 17th c. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum.

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, Caravaggio, 1610, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy. Lombardy. Mantua. Ducal Palace. North wall or the chimney wall. The Court. Detail of Barbara, the Marquis Gonzaga's daughter, with the wet-nurse gold white red veil

Adoration of the Kings, by Jan Gossaert, circa 1510-15, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Legend of Saint Ursula, by Master of Legend of Saint Ursula, circa 1482, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

The matchmaker, 1656, by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), oil on canvas, 143x130 cm.

Lot's Daughters make their Father drink Wine by Leyden, Lucas van, (Circle) / National Gallery, London/ 1508-1512/ The Netherlands/ Oil on wood/ Early Netherlandish Art/ 32,4x22,9/ Bible

Potiphar's Wife Displays Joseph's Garment by Leyden, Lucas, van (1489/94-1533) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam c. 1512 The Netherlands Oil on wood Painting Bible

Provenzal.Schule, Anbetung des Kindes - -

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Detail with a Nobleman. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco.

Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection Ludwig Schongauer German. Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection. Ludwig Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1440/55-1493/94 Colmar). Oil on fir. Paintings

Holbein, Hans, the Elder (1465-1524) Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon Painting 178x138 Bible,Mythology, Allegory and Literature The Fountain of Life (Detail)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst / 'San Juan Evangelista con dos damas y dos niñas orantes/ San Adrián', 1532, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 112 cm x 44 cm, P01610. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

'The Marriage Contract (detail)', ca. 1711, Oil on canvas, P02353. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Master of the Legend of Catherine and Master of the Legend of Barbara (actives in Brussels last third of the 15th century). Triptych with scenes from the life of Job, ca.1466-1500. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

SALON DE CORTES - BRAZO REAL - CUATRO SINDICOS DE LA CIUDAD DE VALENCIA - PINTURA MURAL SIGLO XVI. Author: JUAN DE SARIÑENA (-1545). Location: PALACIO DE LA GENERALITAT. Valencia. SPAIN.

Titian (1489/1490-1576). Italian painter. Pope Paul III and His Grandsons, 1545-1546. Detail. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1475. Lower part. Tempera on papel. By Italian painter Benozzo Gozzoli (1420-1497). Detail. Scriveners. Renaissance. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. The Mass at Bolsena, 1512. Fresco. Raphael's Rooms. Room of Heliodorus. Apostolic Palace. Vatican City.

Painting titled 'Christ among the doctors' by Giovanni Serodine. Giovanni Serodine (1600-1631) a Swiss-Italian painter

Couple and retinue, from The continence of Scipio, 1734 fresco (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 237-183 BC Roman general and hero, restoring to Allucius his betrothed, who had been given as a gift to Scipio) (detail)

A Gallery. One of a seven-part room decoration, Dirck van Delen, 1630 - 1632

Allegory of Italy with Venus and Apollo. Aachen, Hans von (1552-1615), author of a model, Sadeler, Jan, I (1550-1600), engraver, nieznany malarz flamandzki, painter

Card Players in an Opulent Interior, c1663-1665, Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684 Dutch), Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Reception of the Dutch Ambassador Hereonymus by Beverningk by the Spanish Queen-Regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 March 1671. Hieronymus of Beverningk (1614-90), Dutch Extraordinary Ambassador, is received in secret audience by the Spanish Queen Regents Maria- Anna van Austria, March 2, 1671. The ambassador kneels at the feet of the queen-reasons dressed as abdis and hand over her a letter. Behind the table Cardinal Luis Fernandes is the PortoRero (1635-1709), a councilor of the regent. In the foreground right Joanne Le Gillon (1635-1706), wife of Van Beverningk. On the left a standing young woman with a range. In the background through a face view of a palace.

EL DEVOTO Y EL DISTRAIDO EN MISA - SIGLO XVI - OLEO/TABLA - 61x32 cm - NP 1918. Author: ANONIMO FLAMENCO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Saint Augustine. Bartolomé Bermejo (Bartolomé de Cárdenas); Spanish, active 1468-1495. Date: 1477-1485. Dimensions: 49 x 27.7 cm (19 5/16 x 10 15/16 in. ); painted surface: 48.2 x 26.8 cm (19 x 10 9/16 in.). Oil on panel. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Saint Thomas the Apostle by Benson, Ambrosius (1495-1550) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / ca 1528 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 104x57 / Early Netherlandish Art

Joseph & the Pharaoh's dreams / Koninck

'Vanitas'. Italy. Dimensions: 98x75 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PIETRO PAOLINI.

'Las Meninas, or The Family of Felipe IV' (detail), c. 1656, Oil on canvas, P01174. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. VELASCO ISABEL DE. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA. Margaret Theresa of Spain. FELIPE IV HIJA. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA HIJA. INFANTA MARGARITA. FELIPE IV REY DE ESPAÑA. MARCELA DE ULLOA (-1669) LAS MENINAS CUIDADORA. JOSE NIETO VELAZQUEZ (1631-1685) CHAMBERLAN. MARIA AGUSTINA SARMIENTO DE SOTOMAYOR (1637-1709).

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid by Vermeer, Jan (Johannes) (1632-1675) / National Gallery of Ireland / c. 1670 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Genre / 72,2x59,5 / Baroque

'The Virgin of the Catholic Kings' (detail), 1491-1493, Panel, P01260. Author: MAESTRO DE LA VIRGEN DE LOS REYES CATOLICOS (S XV). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

Match making by Andrei Antipovich Rumyantsev, Oil on canvas, 1890s, -1907, Russia, Tcheboksary, State Art Museum of the Chuvash Republic, 62x100

King Richard III with the Sons of Edward IV, David Scott (British, 1806-1849), 1826, oil on panel, A) 46 x 70-7/8 in., B) 12-1/2 x 70-7/8 in., European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945

Francisco de Osona; Rodrigo de Osona / 'The Crown of Thorns', ca. 1500, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 126 cm x 84 cm, P06901. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Coriolanus and Volumnia. Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Oil on panel. 104 x 218.5cm.

As the old sang, the young squeaked, Jacob Jordaens I, 1638, painting, Belgian Art

A Staircase, left side of the depiction. One of a seven-part room decoration, Dirck van Delen, 1630 - 1632

Murals of Christopher Columbus' story were painted by Vazquez Diaz and displayed at the 15th-century Franciscan Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida, Palos de la Frontera, a Heritage of Mankind Site in the Huelva Provence of Andalucia and Southern Spain, the seaside spot where Christopher Columbus planned and departed from the Old World to the New World in August 3 of 1492 - the Birthplace of America

Raphael, Raffaello Santi or Sanzio, called (Urbino, 1483-Rome, 1520). Italian painter. Coronation of Charlemagne. Detail. Work commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to decorate their new rooms. Stanze di Raffaello. Vatican.

A Doctor Visiting a young Lady in a Bedroom. Samuel Van Hoogstraten (1627-1678). Oil on canvas. 69.2 x 55.9cm.

ARTE RENACIMIENTO. ESPAÑA. RETRATO DE SAN FELIX que data del s. XVI. Museo Diocesano. Girona. Cataluña.

A Young Woman from Quito Dressed for Public Life - 1783 - oil on canvas - Quito School. Author: ALBAN, VICENTE. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: YAPANGA DE QUITO CON TRAJE TIPICO.

Abruzzo, Aquila, Sulmona, Chiesa dell' Annunziata, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Antonio de Pereda y Salgado / 'The Rescue of Genoa by the II Marquis of Santa Cruz', 1634-1635, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 290 cm x 370 cm, P07126. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Pleading by Klavdi Vasilyevich Lebedev, Oil on canvas, 1898, 1852-1916, Russia, Minsk, National Art Museum of Belorussian Republic, 106, 6x144

'Stil Life with a Helmet'. Italy. Dimensions: 71x89 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Maltese (Francesco Fieravino; Francesco Noletti) (circle of).

'Leaving the Church'. Spain, 1894. Dimensions: 78x45 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: José Gallegos y Arnosa.

Greuter, Matthäus, Allegory of beauty, verso - stamped, On the left a young couple, looking at each other lovingly. On the right an old woman with a necklace of snakes and bones, next to her the skeleton of a man., print, prints, height 187 mm, width 261 mm, 1564 - 1638-08-22, print maker, printmaker, 1574 - 1638, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

DARIO III REY DE PERSIA. 521-486 A. DE C. " LA FAMILIA DE DARIO III FRENTE A ALEJANDRO MAGNO " OLEO DE JUSTUS SUSTEMANS MUSEO BALAGUER. VILLANUEVA DE LA GELTRU. Author: JUSTUS SUSTEMANS (1597-1681).

Mstr.d.Marienlebens, Geburt Mariae - -

The Presentation in the Temple, painting by Andrea Mantegna (1430-1506), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

De Here, The Family of Henry VIII, An Allegory of Tudor Succession c1572

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia08. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Valenza Gradenigo Before her Father the Inquisitor, by Hayez Francesco, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Men Valenza Gradenico woman father inquisitor tribunal inquisition semi-darkness red white black.

Bavaria (Munich). Germany. Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, ca.1475. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Ditlev Blunck (1798-1854), Christian IV's vision in the castle Rothenburg, 1823

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). German artist. Renaissance. The Ambassadors, 1533. Portrays Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, the ambassadors of Francis I of France. National Gallery. London. England. United Kingdom.(1504-1555) and Georges de Selve (1508-1541), the ambassadors of Francis I of France. National Gallery. London. England. United Kingdom.

An Allegory by Titian, oil on canvas, 1515, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Galant breakfast, ca 1540, by an unknown artist from the Fontainebleau school. Detail.

PRISION DE LA ULTIMA REINA DE MALLORCA - 1876 - L 2,70x3,73 - Nº INVENTARIO 31 - PINTURA HISTORICISTA. Author: SERRET Y COMIN NICASIO. Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. KONSTANZE VON ARAGONIEN. PEDRO IV DE ARAGON EL CEREMONIOSO. JAIME III DE MALLORCA. MALLORCA CONSTANZA DE. CONSTANZA DE ARAGON Y MALLORCA. INFANTE DE ARAGON.

Castrating a Cat, painting by Sebastiano Florigerio (ca1500-1543), oil on canvas, 110x150 cm.

Pier Maria Pennacchi Zwiastowanie; Akademia, Wennecja. Karta No. 620 W: The galleries of Europe. Painting of old masters in the colors of the originals. Volume 5, publisher of E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1910. Publisher by A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Pennacchi, Pier Maria (1464 1515)

The Parable of the Prodigal Son - The Prodigal Son Dissipating his Patrimony. Hieronymus Janssens (1624-1693). Oil on canvas. 48.8 x 58.8cm.

Vicente Carducho / 'La conversión de San Bruno ante el cadáver de Diocres', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 337,5 cm x 298 cm, P04082. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Good and Evil by Jacopo Palma il Vecchio the Elder, Oil on canvas, 1510, Renaissance, 1480-1528, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 82x69, 5

Figures wearing 15th century clothing, detail from the Baptism of the neophytes on the banks of the river Jordan, 1416, frescoes by Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni, Oratory of St John the Baptist, Anthony the Great and St James, Urbino, Umbria, Italy, 15th century.

The Queen of Sheba before Solomon, miniature from the Grimani Breviary manuscript, Italy 15th Century.

WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721). Pierrot also known as Gilles. ca. 1718 - ca. 1719. Right lower detail. Rococo. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Gallerie dell'Accademia. The visitation by Sebastiano del Piombo. Canvas. 16 th century.

EYCK, Jan van (1390-1441). The Rolin Madonna. ca. 1435. Flemish art. Tempera on wood. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Pedro Garcia de Benabarre (documented between 1445-1485). Spanish painter. Altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, ca.1470. Panel depicting Herod's Banquet. From the Parish Church of Sant Joan del Mercat, Lleida. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Le Chant d'Amour,1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, 19th Century, Mythology, Musical instrument, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female, Knight, Townscape, Musical instrument, Organ

CARDENAL PARTINO MONTEFIORE - SIGLO XIV. Author: SIMONE MARTINI. Location: BASILICA DE SAN FRANCISCO. ASSISI. ITALIA.

Altarpiece of the Holy Kinship.Right panel, Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA PAZ DE LOS PIRINEOS - LUIS XIV Y FELIPE IV RATIFICAN EL MATRIMONIO DE LUIS XIV Y LA INFANTA MARIA TERESA - 1660. Author: LE BRUN, CHARLES. Location: FRENCH EMBASSY, MADRID, SPAIN.

Spanish school. The Archbishop Joaquin Company. El Arzobispo Joaquín Company. 1800-1801. Oil on canvas 199x102.5. Saragossa, Palacio Arzobispal. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: ERZBISCHOEFLISCHES PALAIS. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

The Tithing, Massys (Matsys), Jan (1510-1575)

England, London, Hertford House, The Wallace Collection, Painting of Edward V and the Duke of York in The Tower of London by Delaroche

Queen Anne of Brittany, Court of the Ladies, 1509

HENRY III 1551-89 King of France and his mother Catherine de Medici, 1519-89 Queen of France, from Ball at court of Henry III, on the occasion of the marriage of the Duc de Joyeuse and Marguerite de Lorraine-VaudZmont, 24 September 1581, 16th century (MV 5636) (detail)

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Jan van Scorel (circle of), c. 1540 - c. 1545 painting Solomon and the queen of Sheba. The queen of Sheba, accompanied by Hofdames with gifts, kneels down for Solomon who is sitting on his right on his throne. In the background buildings and towers of the city of Jerusalem. At Solomon there are bodyguards and advisers, a dog sleeps at his feet. panel. oil paint (paint) homage to Solomon: the queen of Sheba gives Solomon gold, precious stones and spices

Georges de La Tour (1593 1652) French painter. The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds. Oil on canvas, ca 1635

'Holy Family with St Elizabeth'. Italy. Dimensions: 43,5x31 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO.

The Last Supper (Detail), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Terrace Banquet, Velde, Esaias Van De

fine arts, Rode, Hermen (pre 1465 - past 1504), painting, Saint Luke's Altar, circa 1484, St. Annen Museum, Luebeck,

Fresco In The Main Hall Of Villa Caldogno, Caldogno, Italy

Jan van Scorel (1495-1562). Dutch painter. Five members of the Utrecht Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrims, c. 1541. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands.

The fruit and vegetable seller. Date/Period: Ca. 1618. Painting. Height: 118.80 mm (4.67 in); Width: 161.30 mm (6.35 in). Author: JOACHIM WTEWAEL.

Giuseppe Diotti (1779-1846). Italian painter. The Oath of Pontida, 1836-1837. Painting that depicts the ceremony that would have taken place on 7 April 1167, in the abbey of Pontida, near Bergamo (Italy). The municipalities of Milan, Lodi, Ferrara, Parma and Piacenza allied militarily to fight against the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I Barbarossa (1122-1190), which was the origin of the Lombard League. Oil on canvas. Gallery of Modern Art. Milan. Italy. (On loan, from Pinacoteca di Brera).

Italy - Lombardy Region - Mantova - Ducal Palace - The Room of the Bride and Bridegroom by Andrea Mantegna - Ludovico Gonzaga consulting his Secretary Marsilio Andreasi - Detail fresco

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