Royal Courts and Harem Scenes

Depictions of royal settings featuring women in traditional attire, intimate gatherings, and historical figures in ornate environments.

Despatch from Trebizond; 'Some news is come that turns their countenances' - Shakespeare. Henry Wallis (1830-1916). Oil on canvas. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1873. 91.5 x 137.8cm. The picture depicts two merchants of Venice on a bench in St. Mark's with a courier awaiting their answer to the despatch.

The last minutes of Godunov's Family by Shakhovskoi, Nikolai Pavlovich (1850-nach 1917) Local Heritage Museum, Volsk Oil on canvas 284x353 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre,History Painting

A 'harem' is not a bordello, seraglio or brothel, but refers to the women's quarters, usually in a polygynous household, which are forbidden to men. It originated in the Near East and is typically associated in the Western world with the Ottoman Empire. Female seclusion in Islam is emphasized to the extent that any unlawful breaking into that privacy is haram ie, 'forbidden'. A Muslim harem does not necessarily consist solely of women with whom the head of the household has sexual relations (wives and concubines), but also their young offspring, other female relatives or odalisques, which are the concubines' servants. The harem may either be a palatial complex, as in Romantic tales, in which case it includes staff (women and eunuchs), or simply their quarters, in the Ottoman tradition separated from the men's selamlik. A hammam is a common bath house.

Marina Mnishek's Father Under Arrest-- Scene from Mussorgsky's Opera, "Boris Godunov" Mikhail Petrovich Klodin (1835-1914 Russian) Vologda Regional Art Gallery Russia

Aleksander Sobieski on his deathbed in Rome in 1714. Wiesiołowski, Ludwik (1854-1892), painter

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn. Date: 1846. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. King Henry VIII.

Despatch from Trebizond; 'Some news is come that turns their countenances' - Shakespeare. Henry Wallis (1830-1916). Oil on canvas. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1873. 91.5 x 137.8cm. The picture depicts two merchants of Venice on a bench in St. Mark's with a courier awaiting their answer to the despatch.

The Oracle, by Camillo Miola, 1880, Italian painting, oil on canvas. Moila's imaginative recreation of the Delphic Oracle with the priests who interrupted her inspired utterances. At left is the omphalos, a rounded stone representing the navel of the eart (BSLOC_2016_6_70)

Cordelia Parting from her Sisters, 1854. Ford Madox Brown (British, 1821-1893). Pen and oil on paper on panel; framed: 30.5 x 36.8 x 3.5 cm (12 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); unframed: 19.5 x 26.5 cm (7 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.). Reimagining English history was one way that Victorian (1837-1901) artists rooted themselves during a period of tremendous social and political change and life-altering technological advances. Ford Madox Browns expressive and vividly colored sketch for an unrealized project takes a story from Britains most famous playwright, Shakespeare. The artist chooses the dramatic moment when King Lears daughter Cordelia parts ways with her sisters.

'The Maiden of Bekhten', 1915. During the reign of Rameses III, a great temple was built in Thebes to honor the Moon-god Khonsu. The prince of Bekhten brought with his offerings his eldest daughter, who was taken by the king as his wife and named Ra-neferu. From "The Myths of Ancient Egypt", by Lewis Spence. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1915

Episode from "The Corsair" by Lord Byron; Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863; about 1831; Watercolor, brown ink, touches of gouache, over graphite underdrawing; 24.3 x 19.2 cm (9 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

'La fille du héros' The daughter of the warrior, Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1875

Saul's anger on David; Staveren, Jan Andriansz. Van (1613/1614-1669); 1625 (1625-00-00-1625-00-00);Dawid (Bible), Saul (Bible), Dutch painting, biblical scenes

Britomart, 1877-78 George Frederic Watts, The subject is taken from Edmund Spenser's epic poem, 'Faerie Queen', Oil Painting, Female, Literature, Poetry, Literature, Character, Flower, Lily

Othello's First Suspicion. James Clarke Hook (1819-1907). Oil on panel. 53.3 x 41.8cm.

The Jewel Box. Ettore Simonetti (1857-1909). Pencil and watercolour on paper. 75.5 x 53.3cm.

Semiramis by Christian Koehler, Oil on canvas, 1809-1861, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 139x162

Othello Killing Desdemona by Gonzalez Pineda, A. (active 19th century)/ Private Collection/ 1879/ Mexico/ Oil on canvas/ Academic art/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Henry VIII courting Anne Boleyn. To the right, the king's wife Catherine of Aragon and Cardinal Wolsey. After a 19th century work by Emanuel Leutze.

The Convalesence of Bayard' Bayard (Pierre du Terrail 1475-1524) French 'knigh without fear and without reproach' . Paul Henri Revoil (1776-1842) French painter and dramatist. Oil on canvas.

The Two Foscari by Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1855 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 93x132

Mordecai James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

Birth of the Virgin 1779-1789 Italy. Cades divides his scene of the Virgin Maryís birth into two symbolic halves. In the background at right, deep in shadow, Maryís mother Saint Anne recuperates in bed. In the foreground at left, bathed in light, Saint Joachim gestures toward the infant Mary.Influenced by both ancient Roman sculptural reliefs and Italian Renaissance painting (particularly that of Raphael), the artist rendered the birth of the Virgin as if it were carved from time-stained marble. The drawing is characterized by strong contour lines, monochromatic coloring, and a frieze-like arrangement.. Pen and brown ink with pen and brown wash, over traces of graphite, heightened with white gouache (discolored), on ivory laid paper . Giuseppe Cades

DENIS BELGRANO, JosŽ (1844-1917). The Exit from Mass. 2nd half 19th c. Oil on canvas.

Love in the French Theater, Watteau, Jean-Antoine, 1718.

Sigismonda Drinking The Poison. Artist: Joseph Edward Southall

On February 7, 1587, Mary Stuart was told that she was to be executed for treason the following day. This illustration shows Mary at Fotheringhay Castle receiving the news on February 7. Mary (1542-1587) was the only child of James V of Scotland and the wife of Francis II of France. After his death, she returned to Scotland as queen in 1561. She claimed to be the rightful successor to Elizabeth I of England and was convicted of plotting to murder Elizabeth.

Proculeius verhindert, dass Kleopatra sich selbst ersticht, verhindert den Selbstmord, Pharaonin Kleopatra VII. geboren 69 v. Chr, gestorben 12. August 30 v. Chr., herrschte als letzte Königin der makedonisch-griechischen Dynastie der Ptolemäer von 51 v. Chr. bis 30 v. Chr. über Ägypten, Gaius Proculeius war ein reicher römischer Ritter und einflussreicher Freund des Kaisers Augustus, Gemälde von Joannes Echarius Carolus Alberti, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus der damaligen Zeit.

The Song of Phemius and the Sorrow of Penelope 1897 Thomas Ralph Spence (1855-1918 British) Private Collection

Ivan the Terrible Showing His Treasures to Jerome Horsey, (1875)by Alexander Litovchenko (1835-1890) Ivan IV 'the Terrible' (1530 1584) Tsar of Russia 1533 - 1584

LA LOCURA DE DOÑA JUANA - DEMENCIA DE DOÑA JUANA DE CASTILLA (1866) O/L 2,38 X 3,13 M. Author: LORENZO VALLES. Location: CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE I EL HERMOSO. JOANNA OF CASTILE. FELIPE EL HERMOSO. FELIPE DE BORGOÑA.

Dante's Dream at the Time of Death of Beatrice, Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dant, 1871.

BIANCHI, MosŽ (1840-1904). The Word of God. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (National Gallery of Modern Art).

The Harem, 1876, painting by John Frederick Lewis, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original .

Ben Jonson describing his Duel to Drummond at Hawthornden. Ebenezer Crawford (fl.1858-1873). Oil on canvas. 75 x 62.1cm.

19th cent. painting. Tristan bids Isolde farewell. Neuschwanstein.

Laling a letter; Thans, Willem (1816-Post 1854); 1852 (1852-00-00-1852-00-00);Letters, painting, Belgian painting, Dutch painting, genre scenes

Siegfried's Death, from the cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, by Wilhelm Ernst Ferdinand Franz Hauschild (1827-1887). Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany.

Egypt / Netherlands: 'Death of the Pharaohs Firstborn Son. Oil on canvas painting by Laurens Alma Tadema (8 January 1836 - 25 June 1912), 1872.

Women Embroidering by Vanmour (Van Mour), Jean-Baptiste, (School) / Pera Museum, Istanbul / / 1730s / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Genre / 44x62

Brutus;Executed sons;Painting;1789

The Meeting Of Anthony & Cleopatra (detail) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770 Italian) Fresco Palazzo Labia, Venice, Italy

Samuel Shelley, 1750-1808, British, Prince Rasselas and His Sister Conversing in Their Summer Palace on the Banks of the Nile, 1804. Watercolor, gouache, graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted to moderately thick, smooth cream card.

Phryne before the Areopagus by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Unknown

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly "The Arabian Nights", with Kneeling Female Figure at Right), undated. Oil, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, lightly textured, cream wove paper.

SAINT-EVRE, Gillot (1791-1858). Joan of Arc before Charles VII. 1833. Romanticism. Oil on wood. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

The Pet of the Harem, Richard Caton Woodville (London, England, 1856 - 1927)

Amnon and Tamar by Jan van Dornicke, Oil on wood, circa 1520, active between 1470 and 1527, Usa, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 79,2x64,5

The Tribute to the Minotaur, Woodcut Engraving from the Original Painting by Auguste Gendron, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

A woman browsing in the mirror,; after 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);Partage Plus, destructures, counterfeits, women, foreign miniatures, modernism (style), back, portraits of en Pied, message (provenance), generic scenes in the interior, costumes, dresses, hairstyles, urban views, interiors

Painting by Cornelis Troost showing Damocles on the board of the tyrant Dionys of Syracuse, executed in cover colors, with vertical fold traces, 1746.

Pour la Fete de Notre Dame. Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917). Oil on canvas. Dated 1868. 68 x 100cm

On the Steps of the Throne Rudolf Ernst (1854-1920 German) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

COQUETEO EN EL PALCO - SIGLO XIX - OLEO/LIENZO - 160X120 CM. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.

Esther and Mordecai, 1616, oil on panel, overall: 37 x 23.7 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.), Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger (painter) Flemish, c. 1580 - 1649

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton, 95.5 x 60.8 cm. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Museum: NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND, Paris, Ireland.

At the Opera. August Stephan Sedlacek (1868-1936). Oil on canvas. 73.7 x 116.3cm

The Return of Othello, from "Othello," Act II, Scene ii. Date/Period: Ca. 1799. Painting. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. Height: 210 mm (8.26 in); Width: 254 mm (10 in). Author: THOMAS STOTHARD.

Sunday Morning, Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1865 - 1868 painting Sunday morning. In a seventeenth-century interior, a young woman reads from a Bible for an old woman who sits on the left in front of the fireplace in a chair. On the fireplace a Frisian with putti. On the wall a painting with male portrait. panel. oil paint (paint) living-room, parlour, sitting-room. mother and daughter(s) (family group). reading to somebody. reading the Bible or other religious books

ARTE S. XIX. ESPAÑA. MUÑOZ DEGRAIN, Antonio (Valencia,1843-Málaga,1924) Pintor español. "EXAMEN DE DOCTRINA EN LA VICARIA DE GRANADA A FINALES DEL SIGLO XVIII". Museo del Prado. Depositado en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza. Aragón.

This painting by English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti is titled The Borgia Family.

Sigismonda Drinking The Poison (framed) Artist: Joseph Edward Southall, Pre-Raphaelite, Frame, Red

Act II, Scene v Shylock & Jessica "Fast bind, fast find"

Painting titled 'Dante and Beatrice' by Henry Holiday. Henry Holiday (1839-1927) a British historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator and sculptor.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616). English writer. Romeo and Juliet. Death of Romeo. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

Cleopatra Before Caesar by Jean-Léon Gérôme, oil on canvas, 1866. Cleopatra confronts Gaius Julius Caesar after emerging from a roll of carpet. The Egyptian Queen had been driven from the palace in Alexandria by her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII. She had to disguise herself to regain entry and treat with Caesar for protection and restoration of her throne.

MARIA DE MOLINA PRESENTANDO A SU HIJO FERNANDO IV A LAS CORTES DE CASTILLA EN VALLADOLID EN EL AÑO 1295 - 1863 - OLEO/TELA - 311 × 377 cm. Author: ANTONIO GISBERT (1834-1902). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Op den Buitkijk, scene from the 12th century, Charles Rochussen, 1880 drawing paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush

la súplica del conde Wilczek a Juan II Sobieski contra los turcos, 1861, Rodawosky, castillo del conde Branicki, Montrésor, departamento de Indre y Loira, France,Western Europe.

The Marraige Contract. Ignacio de Leon y Escosura (1834-1901). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1874. 40 x 58.4cm.

The End Of The Song 1902 Edward Blair Leighton (1835-1922 British) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

'Life in the Hareem', 1858 Artist: John Frederick Lewis. An Inmate of the Hareem, located in the collection at, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The Harem, 1876, Painting by John Frederick Lewis, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Toletta antica, Faruffini, Federico (1831-1869)

A fragment of the portrait of Matilda Godebska - R Ka; Szyndler, Pantaleon (1846-1905); 1881 (1881-00-00-1881-00-00);Smólski, Karol (1864-1952) - collection, gift (provenance)

Romeo and Juliet. Francis Sydney Muschamp (1851-1929). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1886. 61.3 x 87.2cm.

Reading a Poem Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912 Dutch) Private Collection

Goethe Dying, 1880, by Angelo Morbelli (1853-1919), oil on canvas, 212x165 cm.

The Procuress, 1656, Jan Vermeer, (1632-1675/Dutch), Oil on canvas

Ricardo Anckermann / "Los consejeros de Barcelona solicitan a Alfonso V la creación de una universidad en la ciudad en 1450" (The councilors of Barcelona request Alfonso V to create a university in the city in 1450), 1884, Painting (oil on canvas), 3.40 x 6.20 m, Paranimf of the University of Barcelona.

The New Model by D. Skutetzky 1883.

Water Pets: Goldfish. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912). Oil on canvas. Signed and inscribed Opus CXXXIII. Dated 1874. 65.7 x 142.2cm. Commissioned by Ernest Gambart.

Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered..., Sir John Gilbert, 1817-1897, British, 1863, Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm), apron, arches, belt, boots, breeches, capes, columns, countess, cross-dressing, doublet, dress, feather, flower (plant), fountain, garden, gesture, hats, hedges, literary theme, love, men, palace, pendant, play, plays by William Shakespeare, railing, ring, shoes, statues, steps, steward, stockings, stool, surprise, sword, trees, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV, Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare, woman, Europe, Illyria

Pompeii Antiques; Dall'Antiquario Pompei. Ettore Forti (active 19th-20th centuries). Oil on canvas. 48.9 x 77.5cm.

Princess and knight by Edmund Blair Leighton, oil on canvas, 1901, 1853-1922, Private Collection

France, Paris, Time of old women, 1808-10

SALOME DANZANDO ANTE HERODES - SIGLO XIX. Author: GUSTAVE MOREAU (1826-1898). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. NEW YORK.

Birth of a Prince Francesco Jacovacci (Italian, 1838-1908). , 1876. Oil on canvas, 21 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (53.7 x 76.5 cm). European Art 1876

Duke Francesco laying the first stone, by Ishmaele Teglio Milla, oil on canvas, 175x235 cm. Middle Ages, Italy, 15th century.

The Message of Pilate's Wife. Pilate James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Message of Pilate's Wife. Pilate, 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, a: 5 3/4 x 7 3/16 in. (14.6 x 18.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

'The Coronation Chair', c1845, (1864). Artist: Unknown.

Othello Relating His Adventures To Desdemona 1869 Hillingford, Robert Alexander(1825-1904 British) Oil On Canvas Christopher Wood Gallery, London, England

The cello lesson, by Mose Bianchi (1840-1904).

The Death of Marcus Antonius with Cleopatra, Pharaohess Cleopatra VII born 69 BC, died 12 August 30 BC, ruled Egypt as the last queen of the Macedonian-Greek dynasty of the Ptolemies from 51 BC to 30 BC, Marcus Antonius, was a Roman politician and general, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.

The Billet-Doux, Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham (Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, 1840 - 1906) 1869

The Supper after the Masked Ball 1850-1860 France. Woodcut with painted and stenciled additions on tan wove paper, laid down on fabric, and stretched on a wooden stretcher . Thomas Couture

The favorite poet, 1888, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912).

Two men in a Seventeenth-Century Interior, Called 'A Conference'. Show entitled 'a conference'. A seventeenth-century interior with two men seated at a table. The man left letters on his desk and an ink set, the officer right reads a letter.

Ziem, Félix (n.1821-02-26-D.1911-11-10), Venetian (main title). Watercolor on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The Woman taken in Adultery, by Rembrandt, 1644, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Gentleman and Three Ladies on Terrace in Amsterdam by Pieter de Hooch, painting, (1629-1684), UK, England, London, Christie's

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