Tapestries of Historical Narratives

Richly colored tapestries depicting mythological and historical themes, featuring detailed scenes of nature, battle, and allegorical events.

Pastoral, La Main Chaude, Southern Netherlands, circa 1500-1520,

Don Quixote and Sancho on a wooden horse, 18th century Gobelins tapestry, woven by Audran after designs by Charles Coypel, 1714-44, from the series Don Quixote.

TAPIZ CON ESCENA BUCOLICA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Shepherdess of the Alps. Culture: American. Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (46.4 x 41.9 cm). Maker: Evelina Hull (born ca. 1796). Date: ca. 1812.This romantic image of a courting shepherd and shepherdess was closely copied from an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann. Published in London in 1785, the print illustrates a scene from "La Bergère des Alpes," ("The Shepherdess of the Alps") written in 1766 by the French playwright Jean-François Marmontel. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

fresco Benediktbeuern An image of a beautiful religious fresco in Benediktbeuern Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 2869903

Dreams by Wiliam Blake, Black chalk, watercolor on paper, between 1816 and 1820, 1757-1827, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). "Apotheosis of Napoleon I". Sketch, around 1853. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 33978-1 Eagle, apotheosis, carriage, horse, decoration, French emperor, sketch, trone

Embroidered picture, Medium: silk, silk-wrapped metal, mica, peacock feather, human hair Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and couching stitches with looping and loop and twist (needle lace) on 7/1 satin foundation, Raised work picture of 'The Five Senses' with their attributes. Hearing is in the center, Smell is upper right, Touch is lower right, Taste is upper left, and Sight is lower left., England, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture

Florencia Galleria dei Lavori / 'The Agony in the Garden'. Ca. 1604. Amethyst, Red jasper, Lapis lazuli, Emerald agate. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

SALON DE CONFERENCIAS - PINTURA MURAL DEL CUERPO SUPERIOR "ASIA" - SIGLO XIX. Author: VICENTE CAMARON (1803-1864). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Vices attack Man. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 22' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: William Randolph Hearst coll. French & Co. purchased from Leon Medina 8/1951 SS 81374. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. 3/31/1953; sold to Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1964 SS 57510. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 9923. Inscriptions: Brussels city city mark partially legible in photographs GCPA 0238383 & 0184098 2 rows of figures (upper & lower), Christ enthroned (center, upper), flanked by group of Virtues (L, upper) & Justice attacking group of Vices (R, upper), Mercy gently restrains Justice who attempts to attack Man, while Peace kneels in supplication on Man's behalf (L of center, lower), woman plays organ (R, lower), surrounded by musicians, some who flee from attacking Justice with sword (center, lower) (BRD) garland of flowers 1 tapestry panel in

Fresco with grotesque figures in a cell of the vault, Francesco Taverna's studio, count of Landriano, by Andrea Tibaldi, Landriano Castle, Lombardy. Italy, late 16th century. Detail.

Josep Mestres Cabanes / Boceto para cúpula, 1945. Colección privada.

Preparing to Undo the Stag in the Field (From Incidents in a Stag Hunt) ca. 1495-1515 South Netherlandish. Preparing to Undo the Stag in the Field (From Incidents in a Stag Hunt). South Netherlandish. ca. 1495-1515. Wool warp, wool wefts. Textiles-Tapestries

Musicians Artist Unknown (Italian) Palazzo Della Ragione, Padua

Quest for the Holy Grail Tapestries - Panel 2 - The Arming and Departure of the Knights, 1895-96. Designer: Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Designer: William Morris.. Designer: John Henry Dearle. Manufacturer: Morris & Co. The second narrative panel of the series.

Jakob's dream, Anonymous, c. 1660 - c. 1675 Cushion of carpet tissue with Jacob in a landscape, dreaming at the foot of a ladder, where an angel stands (Gen. 28: 10-15). The pillow is part of a series of pillows with the history of Jacob, two of which are in the Rijksmuseum. Northern Netherlands Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry Cushion of carpet tissue with Jacob in a landscape, dreaming at the foot of a ladder, where an angel stands (Gen. 28: 10-15). The pillow is part of a series of pillows with the history of Jacob, two of which are in the Rijksmuseum. Northern Netherlands Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry

Arethusa, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nürnberger Hesperidengärten von Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnberg, Bayern, Deutschland, 1710, ...

BANQUETE - DETALLE DEL PLAFON DE AZULEJOS PROCEDENTE DE ALELLA (BARCELONA) - CERAMICA CATALANA - 1710. Location: MUSEO DE CERAMICA-CERAMICA CATALANA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Frieze decorated with putti and coats of arms, detached fresco, Piazza Velasca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Detail.

Sidewall (France); machine-printed paper; 84 x 49.5 cm (33 1/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Gypsy fortune-teller. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) painter Besnier, Nicolas (French, b.1686-d.1754) (workshop) weaver Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 10'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Oakley Thorne, received 6/3/1957; sold to V. & C. Vigo & Charles Sternberg 7/10/1963. England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, accno. T.216-1972. Shepherdess having her fortune told by gypsy fortune-teller carrying infant on her back, as woman on her R watches, couple reclines on L as the man raises a wreath above the head of the woman, ruined classical building supported by herm caryatid behind the group, pan pipes & wreath suspended from tree above fortune-teller (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche Fre

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 77 x 107in. (195.6 x 271.8cm). Date: ca. 50-40 B.C..This large painting fragment comes from the west wall of the exedra (Room L), opening off the rear of the villa's peristyle. A sacrificial bull's head (boukranion) originally occupied the center of the wall, from which an opulent garland of fruits and leaves is suspended to left and right against a brilliant wall of simulated masonry. Preserved are parts of four of the original five red slabs of the central zone, separated by golden bands and crowned by a white molding. There follows a course of alternating green and golden blocks that bears an elaborate entablature consisting of a white architrave, a purple frieze decorated with brackets in the form of bearded horned snakes with interlacing tails, and a white cornice. Hanging from a red cord tied in the bull's mouth is a wicker basket, the cista mystica,

Zichy, Mihˆly (1827-1906) Private Collection Graphic arts 133x133 History Composition to the celebration of the silver wedding of Emperor Alexander II

"Louis XVI, Libérator" ca. 1789 Oberkampf Manufactory French. "Louis XVI, Libérator" 222069

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Mars and Venus. Quadro from vault ornamentation in room 15. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786), publisher

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Hipolit going hunting. Quadro from vault ornamentation in room 21. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786), publisher

The Creation of Adam (one of a set of four) mid-17th century Possibly the workshop of the Muller. The Creation of Adam (one of a set of four) 197197

Hesperthusa, Nuremberg Hesperides, Nuremberg Hesperides, Hesperides Gardens, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, 1856, London, by Arundel Society, Pietro Perugino.

Interior of a Room, Attributed to William Henry Hunt, 1790-1864, British, ca. 1821, Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches (6 x 8.3 cm), architectural subject, chairs, coats of arms, crests, doors, garlands, gold, nobility, paintings, room, sculpture, tables, women

Tile Design - Processing Angels, 1866. William Morris (d.1896)

Voyage dans les Pouilles, 16th century. Artist: Unknown

Hieronymus Bosch Copy / 'Visio Tondali'. XV century. Oil on panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Hanging of Judas. Alsatian or Southern German. Date: 1515-1525. Dimensions: 57.2 × 44.6 cm (22 1/2 × 17 9/16 in.). Glass, paint, silver stain, lead. Origin: Alsace. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Artist: Fra Angelico, Italian, ca. 1395-1455, The Apparition of Saint Michael at Mont Saint-Michel and the Miracle of the Bull at MonteGargano, Tempera on panel, 42.2 × 90.5 cm (16 5/8 × 35 5/8in.), Made in Florence, Italy, Italian,Florence, 14thcentury, Paintings

Watercolor illustration boards by Vincenzo Brenna depicting Hippolyt and Phaedra in the Baths of Titus, showing mythological figures and interior decoration.

Book Cover Book Cover, late 18th-19th century. Painted on paper glued to the wood, 7 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (18.4 x 22.5 cm). Asian Art late 18th-19th century

The Fortress Defended Alfonso de Spina. The Fortress Defended, mid-15th century. Illuminated manuscript, 8 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (22.1 x 21.3 cm). European Art mid-15th century

A drawing by Joris Hoefnagel showing grotesque figures with swords, executed in brown pen, watercolor, gold accents on brownish paper, with black-brown framing lines, 1594/95.

Roman mosaic. Young Dionysos riding a tiger. Pompeii, House of the Faun (VI, 12, 2). 2nd century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

EL AMOR DE TODA EDAD-GRADOS DE LA VIDA-ABANICO-LEGAJO 809-CARPETA1ªINQUISICION. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

VERGILIUS VATICANUS - LA ENEIDA - MINIATURA - HACIA EL AÑO 400 - FOL 7V. Author: Virgil. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO.

'Flauta dulce y gaita soprano', tapiz diseñado por Jacobs Jordaen, siglo XVII. Museu Diocesà de Tarragona. Author: JACOBS JORDAENS.

Neptune's fountain in the gardens of Versailles, by Jean Cotelle, France 17th Century.

The Battle of Zama, c. 1470, Anghiari Master, Italian (Florence), Italian (Florence), active 1476 - 1504, 15 7/16 x 59 7/16 x 1/4 - 3/4 in. (39.21 x 150.97 x 0.64 cm) (panel), Tempera on fabric mounted on panel, Italy, 15th century, The Battle of Zama (202 B.C.E.), near Tunis, marked the final victory of the Roman general Scipio against the Carthaginians, led by the military commander Hannibal. Hannibal made use of the African elephants (here on the left), considered an unbeatable weapon, but the Romans had learned how to overcome their strength and aggressiveness with the piercing noise of long trumpets that scared the beasts and scattered the enemys ranks. Apart from these details known from Livy, no other element in the panel respects the historical setting. Instead of the desert plains of North Africa, the landscape shows the familiar Tuscan hills capped by towered villages, with ramparts, churches and bell towers, and even Carthage (on the left) is represented as a walled medieva

Sidewall, leather, stamped, silvered, painted, Red flower and one flying insect, possibly dragon fly. Textured, gilt background., Holland, ca. 1700, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Roman wall-painting of a mythical landscape, c.1st century. Artist: Unknown

Plaque : Turnus, Overwhelmed by the Trojans, Crosses the river to return to his companions. Aeneid, Book IX, Limoges, about 1533-35.

Drawing-Room Day. The Staircase at St. James's Palace..

Roundel with Daniel Slaying the Dragon ca. 1520 Style of Pseudo-Ortkens South Netherlandish. Roundel with Daniel Slaying the Dragon. Style of Pseudo-Ortkens (South Netherlandish, active Antwerp and Brussels, ca. 1500-30). South Netherlandish. ca. 1520. Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain. Made in Antwerp or Brussels, South Netherland. Glass-Stained

Summer Oscar (1840-1894), murals (without date): View. Pencil watercolor on the box, 31 x 29.9 cm (including scan edges) Sommer Oscar (1840-1894): Wandgemälde

Gallo-Roman civilization, 2nd-3rd century. Fresco depicting a scene of sacrifice placed as if in an altarpiece in perspective. From a villa in Augusta Treverorum (Trier).

Persian pottery tile, depicting a couple surrounded by animals.

The small garden as paradise, symbolic of the good life of the rich in the Middle Ages, ideal world. Painting by an unknown painter, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..

José del Castillo / 'Allegory of the Music', 1770-1780, Spanish School, Canvas, 117 cm x 113 cm, P07350. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Mosaic of tiles with medieval engravings. ancient cathedral in portu Porto, Portugal - June 12, 2017: Mosaic of tiles with medieval engravings. ancient cathedral in the portu Copyright: xZoonar.com/DenisxPomortsevx 17310566

Design with putti second half 19th century Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Design with putti 388300

I-CAZA DEL CIERVO DEL ELECTOR FEDERICO EL SABIO-S XV-XVI. Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder. Location: KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM / MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Story Of Alatiel, On Horseback and at a Banque Master of Jarves Cassoni (15th C. Italian) Museo Civico Correr, Venice, Italy

The Palazzo Salviati, a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Designed by Nanni di Baccio Bigio. Featuring mosaics on the facade.

Farm Life (mural study). Date: ca. 1933-1943. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Voyage dans les Pouilles, 16th century. Frontispiece of a manuscript in the National Library of France, Paris.

Fragment, Scènes romaines; Designed by Bartolomeo Pinelli (Roman, 1781 - 1835); Engraved by J. Mallet; France; cotton

Noah's Ark, Miskin, 1590

Benedict rebukes a pilgrim who has broken his fast, Come Benedetto rimprovera di violato digiuno lo fratello di Valeriano monaco, fresco by Luca Signorelli, cycle of frescoes on the life of Benedict of Nursia, Benedetto da Norcia, cloister, Olivetans, Monastery of Monte Olivetro Maggiore, Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Crete Senesi, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Biagio d'Antonio; Italian; Florentine; active by 1472-died 1516; and Jacopo del Sellaio; Italian; Florence 1441/42-1493 Florence; Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts; ca 1465; Tempera on wood.

Painting in the castle AlbrechtsburgMeissen. Painting in the castle Albrechtsburg

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Man looking for amber by a river. Miniature. Folio 84v.

Le Kakatoes (The Cockatoo) (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1815-1820 Rouen. Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed . Favre-Petitpierre et Cie. (Producer)

The Holy Trinity, manner of Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1550 - c. 1599

Stained glass, Baur au Lac Hotel, Switzerland, Europe

The Apocalypse, The Myth of Prometheus, Oskar Kokoschka, 1950, Courtauld Gallery, London, England, UK

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus 1475-1500 Italy. Tempera or distemper on canvas . Unknown artist

CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. Fol 24. 'Hemisphaerium stellatum boreale antiquum'. Representation of the Northern Hemisphere. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius. Early Modern Era. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Quest for the Holy Grail, Study for the Summons, 1894 By Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Related to Tapestry Panel 1, Applied Arts, Arts and Crafts, TextilesPre-Raphaelite, Tapestry, Arthurian Legend, Holy Grail

Adolphe Joseph Monticelli, La reverence, oleo sobre tela, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South America

The horn blower, detail from The bear hunt, late 16th century, Flemish tapestry from cartoons by Cornelius Mattens, Brussels manufacture. Belgium, 16th century.

Parliament Hall, decorations by Giovanni da UdineGaleria d'Arte Antica, Castello di Udine, seat of the State Museums, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, Europe

18th century Teniers tapestry based on cartoon by Werniers, around 1759, Lille manufacture.

Sketch for the town hall of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses: the virtues opposed to vices Paul Milliet (1844-1918). Sketch for the town hall of Saint-Maur-des-Dies: the virtues opposite to vices. Oil on canvas. 1883.

Tableau of shells. Shells tableau, which shows a farmer and a farmer's booer against a background of a landscape painted on canvas. The tableau comes from a garden slop in Zeeland.

Madrid 03-21-2012 report on the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc in the image Frescoes from the chamber.

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, 1540. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553). Oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite; framed: 133 x 185.5 x 7.3 cm (52 3/8 x 73 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.); unframed: 116.8 x 170.2 cm (46 x 67 in.).

Presentation Drawing for an Epitaph. Date/Period: 1680s. Pen and black ink, watercolour. Feder in Schwarz, farbig aquarelliert. Height: 275 mm (10.82 in); Width: 276 mm (10.86 in). Author: Lazzaro Baldi.

Detail of The Garden of Earthly Delights or The Painting of the Strawberry Tree by Hieronymus van Aeken Bosch Prado Museum El Museo Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Children's Bacchus. Quadro from the decoration of the room of the room 25; Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786); 1776 (1776-00-00-1776-00-00);Bachus, Desa - collection, Dionysos, Hermes (myth), Rome, Italy, town, Sylen, Terme di Tito, Umiastowski, Roman, collection, Golden House of Nero, antique, architecture, archeology, leather, drawing, decorations, reference, purchase ( provenance)

Court Hunt at Hartenfels Castle, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and letterpress printers of the Renaissance, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). The Garden of Earthly Delights. Center Panel. 1503-1504. Central panel of the triptych. Upper central detail with an aspect of the parade of the luxury around the fountain of the youth. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Angel Appearing to Sleeping Shepherd 18th century Southern German. Angel Appearing to Sleeping Shepherd. Southern German. 18th century. Gouache on paper. Paper

Plaque with The Last Supper, anonymous, after Hieronymus Cock, after Frans Floris (I), 1663 Plate of Delft pottery with a representation of the Last Supper. Delft earthenware. tin glaze Plate of Delft pottery with a representation of the Last Supper. Delft earthenware. tin glaze

Page from the calendar of the Très Riches Heures showing "The Garden of Eden". The Très Riches Heures is a French Gothic manuscript illumination with beautiful illustrations of prayers and canonical scenes from the Bible. Created by the Limbourg brothers between 1412-1416. Tempera on vellum.

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Banner. Date/Period: 1914. Photograph. Height: 4,200 mm (13.77 ft); Width: 3,600 mm (11.81 ft). Author: W. G. Dunstan.

SOCIEDAD EDAD MEDIA. "LA CAZA DEL JABALI". Miniatura.

Roman Civilisation, 1st century BC. Nilotic mosaic of Egypt's Nile flooding. From Italy, Praeneste area, temple to goddess Fortuna Primigenia. Detail of crocodiles and hippopotami on the Nile

Serenade. Schrammówna, Helena (1881-1942), painter

The Jew ". Faust, n ° 9." Le Val Purgis ". Photography of Jules Alexandre Marinier. Transparent stereoscopic view colored with pin holes on albumin paper. Before 1876. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99955-9 Opera, representation, stereo, stereoscopic view, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, scene

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French (1824-1898), Work, c. 1863, oil on canvas

The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.

The Seven Deadly Sins, by Hieronymus Bosch (ca 1450-1516).

Plaque Depicting The Trojan Horse from the Aeneid, c. 1530-1540. Master of the Aeneid Series (French). Painted enamel on copper, gilt-silver frame; overall: 23.8 x 21.4 cm (9 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.).

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