Scenes from Literature and Daily Life

Paintings illustrating narratives from literature, notably 'Don Quixote,' and everyday life scenes, rich in detail and emotional expression.

Quast, Pieter (1605-1647) National Gallery, London Painting 45,4x57,5 Genre A Man and a Woman in a Stableyard

Reading Don Quixote. Date/Period: 1861. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,305 mm (51.37 in); Width: 1,620 mm (63.77 in). Author: Ignacio Merino.

David Teniers / 'The Bivouac', 1640-1650, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 63 cm x 89 cm, P01811. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER.

News of the Peace of Villafranca, 1862, by Domenico Induno (1815-1878), oil on canvas, 182x286 cm. Detail.

Quast, Pieter (1605-1647) National Gallery, London Painting 45,4x57,5 Genre A Man and a Woman in a Stableyard

TRIBUNAL DE LAS AGUAS EN VALENCIA - 1865. Author: BERNARDO FERRANDIZ (1835-1885). Location: PALACIO DE LA GENERALITAT. Valencia. SPAIN.

Lotería Nacional - Reading the Numbers, Phillip, John

Wedding fun in the Ch Opska family; Unknown Flemish painter; around 1650 (1650-00-00-1660-00-00);Popławski, Jan (1860-1935), Popławski, Jan (1860-1935)-collections, pitchers, Flemish painting, message (provenance), genre scenes in the interior, dance, wedding

Interior views of Albrechtsburg, Murals in Albrechtsburg, Johann Friedrich Böttger, 1921, Meißen, Gemälde im Schloß Albrechtsburg, Germany

Funeral at Ornans' c1844. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) French painter.

The Cuckold Bridegroom, Jan Steen, circa 1670, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

ROELAS, Juan de (1560-1625). Death of Saint Isidore. 1613. SPAIN. Sevilla. Church of San Isidoro. Detail. Baroque art. Oil on canvas.

Die Folter der Marquise de Brinvilliers, Marie-Madeleine Marguerite dAubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers 2. Juli 1630 bis 17. Juli 1676 war eine der bekanntesten Giftmörderinnen der Kriminalgeschichte. Verurteilt wurde sie wegen der Vergiftung ihres Vaters und ihrer zwei Brüder. Gemälde von Jean-Baptiste Cariven 1843 bis 1904, französischer Maler, Reproduktion eines Gemäldes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, digital restauriert, historisch

Tsar Alexander I presenting the Kalmyks, Cossacks and Bashkirs of Russian army to Napoleon I, Tilsit, July 9, 1807 by Bergeret, Pierre-Nolasque (1782-1863) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1810 / France / Oil on canvas / History /

DIOGENES EN EL MERCADO DE ATENAS - 1628 - LIENZO 111X172,9 CM - NºINV.12383. Author: JACOB VAN CAMPEN (1595-1657). Location: MUSEO CENTRAL. Utrecht. HOLANDA.

Mayor Pieter Adriaensz by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. Political painting showing Van der Werf offering his sword to the suffering Leiden people. Asking them, symbolically to kill and eat him, rather than surrender to the Spanish. Oil on canvas circa 1816-1817 .

Escort scene (allegory of the fifth senses); Herp, Willem Van (1613/1614-1677); XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);Society of encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, allegory of five senses, allegories, architecture, food, cats, Flemish painting, dogs, genre scenes, genre scenes in the interior, wine, fun

BORRAS ABELLA, Vicente (1867-1945). Not Guilty. 1897. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum.

History of a Burial at Ornans, A Painting of Human Figures, by Gustave Courbet,1849 -50, Musee D'Orsay Art Gallery, Paris, France, Europe

The Marquis of Montrose at the place of execution in the High Street of Edinburgh, 1650. James Graham, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Montrose, Earl of Kincardine, Lord Graham and Mugdock, 1612-1650 Scottish general during English Civil Wars.Engraved by T. Bauer after E.M.Ward. From the book 'Illustrations of English and Scottish History' Volume 1

Caravaggio (1571-1610). Italian painter. Madonna of the Rosary, 1607. Detail. Oil on canvas. 364,5 x 249, 5 cm. Baroque style. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Austria.

Dancing couple, Adriaen van Ostade, 1625 - 1640

A Painter's Studio. Dating: c. 1646 - c. 1650. Measurements: h 71 cm × w 74 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Michael Sweerts.

Spain. Bullfighter party. Drawing of a painting by Jose Villegas. The Spanish and American Illustratio, 1882, Spain.

Cristóbal Colón en el Convento de la Rábida, 1865. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: EDUARDO CANO DE LA PEÑA. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

Passing out weapons by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1882-1945, USA, Pennsylvania, Chadds Ford, Brandywine River Museum

El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun 1801-1811 Spain. Oil on panel . Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Sweepers; Les Balayeuses. Xavier Mellery (1845-1921). Thinned oil, pen and ink on board. 54.3 x 80.7cm.

PRINCE CARLOS DE VIANA IMPRISONMENT - 19th century. Author: EMILIO SALA FRANCES (1850-1910). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Malaga. SPAIN. VIANA PRINCIPE DE CARLOS. PRINCIPE DE VIANA CARLOS.

LUCAS VELAZQUEZ, EUGENIO. SPANISH PAINTER . MADRID 1817 - 1870. "THE SCHOOL", OIL YEAR 1855. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. HAVANA.

Eduardo Rosales Gallinas / 'Juan de Austria's presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste', 1869, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 76,5 cm x 123,5 cm, P04610. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Taming Of The Shrew Augustus Leopold Egg (1816-1863 British) Roy Miles Gallery, 29 Bruton St., London W1 *ADDRESS MUST BE INCLUDED IN CREDIT!

The Dancing Couple, Jan Steen, 1663, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Columbus and His Son at La Rábida Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 90.3 x 118 cm (35 9/16 x 46 7/16 in.) framed: 118.4 x 146.7 cm (46 5/8 x 57 3/4 in.);

Pedro Velarde (1779-1808). Spanish military. Death of Velarde on the Second of May 1808, 1864. Painting by Manuel Castellano (1826-1880). Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Before the marriage by Tselebrovski, Pyotr Ivanovich (1859-1921) / State Museum of History and Art, Murom / Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen. / 1900s / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 81x111

The Pocket Player by Hieronymus Bosch, ca.1450-1516 Netherlandish, oil on wood panel, France, St. Germain-en-Laye, Musee Municipal, 15th century

Merry Company, c. 1540

Victorian London. Refuge. Applying for admittance. Engraving by Dore. "London, a Pilgrimage" , 1872. Author: GUSTAVE DORÉ.

The Spanish conquest of Oran (May 17, 1509). Cardinal Cisneros (1436-1517) conquered the city for King Ferdinand the Catholic. An army led by Pedro Navarro (1460-1528), accompanied by Cisneros, occupied the northern African city of Oran. Illustration after a painting by Francisco Jover. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume III. Madrid, 1890.

EL CABILDO ABIERTO DEL 22 DE MAYO DE 1810 EN LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES EN EL QUE SE DECIDIO EXPULSAR AL VIRREY ESPAÑOL BALTASAR HIDALGO CISNEROS- 1910. Author: PEDRO SUBERCASEAUX (1880-1956). Location: MUSEO HISTORICO NACIONAL. BUENOS AIRES.

Breakfast of Henry IV in the forest of Fontainebleau, 17th Century.

Jose Marcelo Contreras (1827-1892). Spanish painter. Patriots Executed by Firing Squad at Buen Suceso, 1866. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. Detail.

Eduardo Cano de la Peña / 'Christopher Columbus at the Convent of La Rábida'. 1856. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The academy of music or A meeting of amateurs, 1640, by an unknown artist from the French School, oil on canvas, 116x146 cm.

Giovanni Battista Quadrone (1844-1898), The Ambush, 1869.

Casa de Locos, The Madhouse c. 1796

A Man being Escorted to the Gallows. Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (1609-1662). Oil on canvas. 187.6 x 229.5cm.

The painter's studio, ca 1740, by Giuseppe Bonito (1707-1789).

The Company of Captain Cornelis Bicker and Lieutenant Frederick van Banchem, Waiting to Welcome Maria de "Medici, Dowager Queen of France, On Her Visit to Amsterdam, September 1638. Schutterspiece of the cleavor goals with the company of Captain Cornelis Bicker and Lieutenant Frederick van Banchem , ready to receive Maria de "Medici, Queen-Widow of France, in September 1638. A portrait of the queen with a crown and a paper stands on a table. Introbed: Cornelis Bicker van Swieten, Frederick van Banchem, Pieter Vinck, Willem Ysebrants Kieft, Jacob Vries, Guilliamo of Erpekom, Willem Muylman, Isbarnt Vinck, Pauwels Ras, Guilliamus Mostert, Salomon of Exel, Jan Selijns, Franscoys Wouters, Gerrit Stoffels from Tright, Lenart Cornelis, brother Iansz, Simon van Alckade, Bartholomeus Vander Wiere and Gijsberth van Wieringen.

HESSE, Alexandre Jean-Baptiste (1806-1879). The Corps of Henry IV Exhibited in the Louvre. 1837. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. AQUITAINE. PYRÄNÄES-ATLANTIQUES. Pau. Chäteau de Pau National Museum.

The fifth washed; unknown, Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 16th century (1500-00-00-1599-00-00);Negro, New Testament (Bible), Pilate Pontius (prefect Judea - Fl. 26-36/37), Religious painting, Bible scenes, religious scenes

JIMENEZ ARANDA, JosŽ (1837-1903). The Corregidor Visiting a Shady Reputation House. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas.

Carlos Morel, Payada en una pulpería, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, las brujas de San Millán, 1907, óleo sobre tela, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South America.

Brawling peasants, after Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Death of Czarniecki. Löffler, Leopold (1827-1898), painter

Reception of Jacques de Molay . 1840s. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CTE D'AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus_e Calvet (Calvet Museum).

Billiard Room, O'Neil, Henry Nelson, 1869

Joaquín María Herrer y Rodríguez / 'Charles V receives the visit of Saint Francis Borgia at Yuste'. 1862. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A Roman Feast, by Roberto Bompiani, 1885-99 c., Italian painting, oil on canvas. The imaginary genre scene of attempted authentic re-creation of Roman life, but also took the liberty of mixing periods styles (BSLOC_2016_6_71)

Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860). Italian painter. Before leaving for a Religious War, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594-1632) assists the Oath of Allegiance of the Diet of Estates to his daughter Christina. Oil on canvas, 1824. Modern Art Gallery. Milan. Italy.

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, Ecce Hommo (1650-1659), Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Dramatic scene in an architectural setting with masked figures

Card players, Pieter Quast, c. 1630 - 1640

Wandalin Strzalecki (1855-1917). Polish painter. Song about the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1883. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

Daughter of Herodias by Frans Francken the Younger , oil on wood, 1581-1642, Russia, Kursk, Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, 41, 1x74

The new world, by Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), fresco. Ca 'Rezzonico Palazzo, Venice.

BANTI, Cristiano (1824-1904). The Trial of Galileo. 1857-. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

The artist's studio, 1855, by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877).

The Draughts Players. Dating: 1652. Measurements: h 48 cm × w 38 cm × h 63 cm × w 52.5 cm × t 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Michael Sweerts.

The Temptation of St Anthony. Dating: c. 1530 - c. 1600. Measurements: support: h 68.7 cm × w 86.9 cm; frame: h 89.0 cm × w 107.5 cm × t 5.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jheronimus Bosch (copy after).

The Card Players, Manfredi, Bartolomeo, 1610.

Clothing the Naked. By having one of the figures look out of the painting at the viewer, Sweerts enhances the poignancy of clothing the naked’. The brightly lit shoulder of the man at the centre of the composition emphasizes hisnakedness, giving the painting a sense of immediacy.

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Netherlandish Proverbs (also called The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World), 1559. Oil-on-oak-panel. Detail. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany.

The Payment of Dime Follower of Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1564-1638 Flemish)

Fighting between peasants from Brueghel the Elder, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638).

Washington bringing his mother into the ballroom, Fredericksburg , Ballrooms, Military officers, Statesmen, Mothers, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789. Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Prints and Paintings

The Fish Market in Antwerp, Ignatius Josephus Van Regemorter, 1827 painting View of the Vismarkt in Antwerp. With a stable there are different types of fish displayed, a fishmonger keeps a fish up for a female customer. panel. oil paint (paint) stall, booth (~ market). fish; still life of fishes. commercial fishery Antwerp

Beggars Brawl, La Tour, Georges de, 1626

The Last Supper. Studio of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550). Oil on panel, 61.6 x 82cm.

Dirck Jacobsz (1497-1567). Dutch Renaissance painter. Group Portrait of the Amsterdam Shooting Corporation, 1561. Oil on panel. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) visiting the Gobelins tapestry works. Colbert, Louis' minister of finance established Gobelins and the Sevres porcelain factory. Late 19th century chromolithograph

The song to drink Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638). "The song to drink".

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose). Artist: William Sidney Mount (American, Setauket, New York 1807-1868 Setauket, New York). Dimensions: 17 x 23 1/8 in. (43.2 x 58.7 cm). Date: 1837.America's most successful painter of narrative scenes, Mount chose as his subjects various aspects of rural life in the flat Long Island landscape around Stony Brook, New York, where he lived. He managed to transcend the manifest content of his pictures to address the social and political realities of the time. "The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)," showing an impromptu lottery, was Mount's good-humored allusion to the food shortages brought on by the financial panic of 1837. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Misalliance 1866 A.E. Carneev (19th Century) Oil On Canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

DISTRIBUTION TO THE POOR BY MARIA PALLAES-1657- CANVAS 90.7X178.7CM-INV Nº 2569. Author: HENDRICK BLOEMAERT (1601-1672). Location: MUSEO CENTRAL. Utrecht. HOLANDA. PALLAES VAN MARIA. PALLAES LIVINIUS. PALLAES LUBBERTUS. PALLAES MARGARETA. PALLAES ADRIANA. PALLAES HENRICK.

fine arts, Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (circa 1525 - 1569), painting, ""the Parable of the blind leading the blind"", 1568, tempera on canvas, 86 cm x 154 cm, national gallery, Naples, Italy, Europe, 16th century, blindness, fall,

ELEFANTES EN UN CIRCO - HACIA 1640 - OLEO/LIENZO - 229 x 231 cm - NP 91 - BARROCO ITALIANO. Author: LIONE ANDREA DI. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

EL MOLINO ROJO - SIGLO XIX. Author: PEREZ ALONSO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Evening Party. Dating: 1600 - 1620. Measurements: h 66 cm × w 88 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Louis de Caullery (manner of).

Museo del Prado Museum and Art Gallery

CASADO DEL ALISAL, Jos_ (1832-1886). The Oath in the Cortes of Cadiz of 1810. 1863. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Chamber of Deputies.

A Reception in the Embassy of Teheran by Saltykov, Alexei Dmitriyevich (1806-1859)/ Museum of Private Collections in A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow/ 1830s/ Russia/ Watercolour, ink, gold colour on paper/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 37,5x54,7/

fine arts, Defregger, Franz von, (1835 - 1921), painting, ""Wilderer in der Sennh™tte"", (""poachers at the herder hut""), 1876, oil on canvas, 85 cm x 115 cm,

Death by Louis Joseph Gallait, Oil on canvas , 1863, 1810-1877, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 46x67, 5,

The Surrender of Breda (Las lanzas), by Velázquez Diego Rodriguez de Silva y, 1633 - 1635, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Spain, Prado National Museum. Detail. General parade winner. Noblemen notables.

The Peasant Wedding, Pieter Brueghel the Elder ,1566-69

Painting depicting two Bolsheviks being interrogated about their political activities, which were supressed by the Provisional Government following the July Days. Reaching for his pistol, the officer (right) seems ready to end the interview. Dated 20th Century

MUERTE DE NELSON (1758-1805) EN LA BATALLA DE TRAFALGAR - PINTADO EN 1807. Author: ARTHUR DEVIS. Location: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM. GREENWICH. ENGLAND. Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Jakub Schikaneder (1855-1924). Czech painter. Murder in the house, 1890. Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs in Virginia by Christian Mayr, 1838, United States of America 19th century.

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