Theatrical Scenes from Classic Literature

Paintings depicting scenes from classic literature and theatre, featuring elaborate costumes, humorous interactions, and romantic themes in beautifully detailed interiors.

The Four Times of Day: Midday by Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)/ National Gallery, London/ c. 1740/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 28,6x36,9/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene iv, Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763-1840, German, active in Britain (1781-88), 1789, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm), actors, basket, costume, curtains, flowers (plants), humor, interior, light, literary theme, love, love letters, men, romance, rug, screen, servant, theater (discipline), Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare, vase, window, woman

Italy - Veneto Region - Montecchio Maggiore - Cordellina-Lombardi Villa - Fresco by Tiepolo

The Four Times of Day: Midday by Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)/ National Gallery, London/ c. 1740/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 28,6x36,9/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

The Sitwell Children, Copley, John Singleton, 1787.

The Adventuress', by Jean-Antoine Watteau c1717. From the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Troyes, France.

Uvedale Tomkyns Price (1685-1764) and Members of His Family. Artist: Bartholomew Dandridge (British, London 1691-in or after 1754 London). Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 62 1/2 in. (102.2 x 158.8 cm). Date: possibly early 1730s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

I due Foscari (The Two Foscari), Hayez, Francesco (1791-1882)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, A Pawnbroker with His Client, undated. Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794-1835, British, Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826, 1826. Oil on canvas.

Marie-Louise of Austria Bidding Farewell to her Family in Vienna, 13th March 1810 by Auzou, Pauline (1775-1835) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1812 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 115x153 / Neoclassicism

The letter of the Moor, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785).

The last meeting between LOUIS XVI, 1754-93, King of France, and his family, at the Temple, 20th January 1793 (MV 5831).

The Chernyshov Family by Anonymous / Regional Art Gallery, Tver/ Early 19th cen./ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Classicism/ 62,5x87,5/ Genre

Portrait of Diederik, Baron van Leyden van Vlaardingen with his Wife and three Sons, Willem van Mieris, 1728

Lady Elizabeth Delme and her Children Oil on canvas; 1777 - 1779 Sir Joshua Reynolds; British; 1723 - 1792

The Family of the Duke of Penthièvre, also known as The Cup of Chocolate, Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste (1728-1806)

Daniel Gardner, 1750-1805, British, Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children, 1779. Gouache, pastel and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper mounted to linen.

The Sense of Touch. Date/Period: 1744 to 1747. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,321 mm (52 in); Width: 1,537 mm (60.51 in). Author: Philippe Mercier.

Henry Scheffer (1798-1862). Scene of the French Revolution: the royal prisoner family. Pencil and ink and white gouache enhancements. Paris, Museum of Romantic Life. ILLUSTRATION, gravure

Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the Background, attributed to Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), formerly attributed to Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (7 x 11.7 cm), chair, door, fighting, fireplace, fist, genre subject, hats, husband, interior (space), men, portrait, violence, wife, wigs, women, wristband

La Camargo Dancing, Nicolas Lancret, circa 1730, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii, between 1798 and 1801. Pen and ink and oil on panel.

Illustration to the play Vortigern and Rowena. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

The Discovery of Jan Claasz, Cornelis Troost, 1738

The Flower Gatherers Francois Boucher (1703-1770 French)

Embarkation For The Island Of Cythera-Detail 1717 Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721 French) Oil On Canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

The Spanish Wedding' 1870 by Maria Fortuny, 1838-1874 Spanish artist. oil on wood

The Inheritance. Eduard Ender (1822-1883). Oil on panel. Dated 1851. 55.3 x 44.4cm

Reception of the Emperor Alexander at Memel by their majesties Frederick William and Louisa of Prussia by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1807 /Etching, watercolour / History / 13,2x21,4

Dance before a Fountain. Date/Period: By 1724. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 978 mm (38.50 in); Width: 1,308 mm (51.49 in). Author: Nicolas Lancret.

Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave. Date/Period: 1792. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,664 mm (65.51 in); Width: 1,334 mm (52.51 in). Author: Francis Wheatley.

Daniel and king Cyrus before Bel (Daniel 14:1-2). Strobel, Bartholomaus (1591-1660), painter

Reunion in the Luxembourg Gardens', 1761-1845. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly. Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings.

Misled, The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of 't Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout, Cornelis Troost, c. 1720 - c. 1750

Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759-1825). "The workers in fashions". Gouache. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 35787-19 Trader, woman, gouache, dress, worker, toilet

'Scene in a Tavern'. 1852. Dimensions: 65,5x91 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Hendrick-Joseph Dillens.

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering) 1718-1721 France. Oil on panel . Jean Antoine Watteau

La Rose mal defendue. Dated: 1791. Medium: etching and engraving printed in color from one plate inked "a la poupee". Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Philibert-Louis Debucourt.

A Musical Party, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1635 - c. 1645 painting Interior with a musicians at a set table. On the left a man with a lute, a violin player and a man with a Cister, a cello is leaning against a table. At the table also a few men and ladies, in the foreground is a dog. panel. oil paint (paint) banquet of elegant company. more than one musician with instrument

Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V, Scene 4. The Outlaws Cave Silvia rescued by Valentine, from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene iv Silvia Rescued by Valentine, from 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' Signed and dated, lower left: "F Wheatley 1792", Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British

France. 18th century. Minuet dance. Engraving by A. Closs, 1882. Colored.

Portrait by Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and his family 1662 Gabriel Metsu Dutch (1629 Leiden-1667 Amsterdam)

Spring, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1625 painting Spring. On a road along a river, a rider has risen from his horse to chat with an elegant woman, a beggar on the right. There are three dogs between the figures, walkers in the distance and a carriage. Part of a series with the four seasons, SK-A-1771/1774. panel. oil paint (paint) spring landscape; landscape symbolizing spring (the four seasons of the year). meeting. beggar. dog

Scene in an interior. unknown, pastellist

The Use of Tears. Date/Period: 1827. Genre subject. Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick smooth card. Height: 229 mm (9.01 in); Width: 178 mm (7 in). Author: Richard Parkes Bonington.

Philibert Louis Debucourt, Les Deux Baisers (The Two Kisses), 1786 Les Deux Baisers (The Two Kisses)

The Lover Heard ca. 1785 Louis Marin Bonnet French. The Lover Heard. Louis Marin Bonnet (French, Paris 1736-1793 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne). ca. 1785. Stipple and wash manner, printed in orange-red, blue, yellow, and black inks. Prints

George Morland, 1763-1804, British, The Squire's Door, ca. 1790. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of Maria Cornelisz, Wife of Silvester van Tongeren, Jan Weenix, 1680 - 1719

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox 1729 William Hogarth British This depiction of a wedding is one of the artist's first essays in the fashionable genre of the conversation piece, a type of group portrait. Beckingham, a London lawyer, and his bride are flanked by members of their families. The setting is based on the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, not the actual church where the wedding took place. Although Hogarth was sought after for his ability to capture a likeness, the solemn event depicted here seems to have had limited appeal to him compared with the satire of his famous modern moral subjects.”. The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox. William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). 1729. Oil on canvas. Paintings

The Sense of Smell, Group of four people smelling various fruits and plants, Philippe Mercier (1689-1760), Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.

Misled: The Ambassador of the Rascals Exposes himself from the Window of 't Bokki Tavern in the Haarlemmerhout. Dating: c. 1739 - before 1750. Measurements: h 157 cm × w 104 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: CORNELIS TROOST.

LUCAS VELAZQUEZ, EUGENIO. SPANISH PAINTER . MADRID 1817 - 1870. "MAJAS ON THE BALCONY", OIL YEAR 1852. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. HAVANA.

Rembrandt Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife WGA19093 Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wifelabel QS:Lnl,Potiphars vrouw klaagt Jozef aan bij haar man. label QS:Len,Joseph Accused by Potiphar's WifeAlternative title(s): Potiphars vrouw klaagt Jozef aan bij haar man (Genesis 39:17-19).[1

Painting titled 'The Music Lesson' Painted by Louis Moritz (1773-1850). Dated 1808

Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors

Puppets. Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830), painter

The Cottagers; 1788; Oil on canvas Joshua Reynolds; English; 1723-92

Madame Royale Cared for by Doctor Brunier, January 24, 1793 ca.1793 Jean-Baptiste Mallet Mallet here depicts a poignant scene of the incarceration of the royal family during the Terror. The king, Louis XVI had been guillotined 3 days earlier. The doctor who took care of the children of the royal family, Pierre Edouard Brunier, visits the prison to care for the swollen foot of Marie-Thérèse, called Madame Royale.’ The fourteen-year-old girl sits at the center, clad in white, with a portrait miniature of her father hanging from a chain around her neck. Just alongside sits her mother, the Austrian-born queen, Marie-Antoinette, who would be executed later that year. The cold gray stone of the walls and ceiling and the simple wooden furniture stand in stark contrast to the sumptuous furnishings of Versailles that the family had been forced to leave behind.. Madame Royale Cared for by Doctor Brunier, January 24, 1793. Jean-Baptiste Mallet (French, Grasse, France 1759-1835 Paris). ca.1793. G

'Le Lecon de Clavecin'. Creator: Massard.

Germany, Bayern-Bavaria, Munich. Residenzmuseum, Chinese tapestry room, Breakfast with the Queen, by Beauvais 1730.

The Harlots Progress Quarrels with her Jew protector From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

By a sickbed. Date/Period: 1879. Painting. Oil on canvas. 63.2 × 71 cm (24.8 × 27.9 in). Author: MICHAEL PETER ANCHER.

Fantasy Interior with the Family of Jan van Goyen ca. 1661-63 Jan Steen (1626-1679 Dutch) Oil on canvas Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, USA

Comediantes franceses/1720. Museum: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK EEUU. Author: ANTOINE WATTEAU.

Escort scene at the table in the input; before 1893 (1868-00-00-1893-00-00);gift (provenance), genre scenes, multi -stone scenes, interiors

The Painter in His Studio. Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1701 - 1785)

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Paulus van Vianen (II), 1643

'Pastoral Scene'. France, Early 1730s. Dimensions: 61x75 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCOIS BOUCHER.

La mauvaise nouvelle (Bad News) by Gerard, Marguerite (1761-1837) / Louvre, Paris / 1804 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre / 64x51 / Neoclassicism

Catherine de 'Medici meets her sons Charles IX and Henry III by Bakalowicz, Wladyslaw (1831-1904) / Private Collection /Poland / Oil on canvas / Genre / 60x90

The Surprised Lovers, c. 1765. Attributed to Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723-). Gouache on card; unframed: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.).

'Stolen Kiss'. France, Late 1780s. Dimensions: 45x55 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.

ESCENA GALANTE - S XVIII - 61x80 - ROCOCO FRANCES. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

King Charles II of England meeting his sister Duchess Henrietta of Orleans at Dover 1670. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

The Two Cousins - 18th century - 1716/20 - oil on canvas. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Self-portrait of Wybrand Hendriks (1744-1831), with his wife Agatha Ketel (1736-1802), Wybrand Hendriks, 1791 painting Double portrait of the painter Wybrand Hendriks with first wife Agatha Ketel. Sitting in an interior, the man writing at a table, the woman holds up a portrait medallion. In the background a easel and a plaster head. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman. portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Portrait of Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753-1810), Countess of Provence pointing to a bust of her husband overlooked by a portrait of her father - Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty, circa 1777

Angelika Kauffmann (Maria Anna Angelika Katharina Kauffmann) (1741-1807). Swiss painter. Beauty directed by Prudence rejects with scorn the solicitations of Folly. Beauty is represented by a young woman dressed in white, Folly as a sensual follower of Dionysus. Along with Beauty, there is maternal Prudence. Oil on canvas, 1780. Diameter: 65,5 cm. Kadriorg Art Museum. Tallinn, Estonia. On loan, from Art Museum of Estonia (Eesti Kunstimuuseum), Tallinn.

Arthur William Devis, 1762-1822, British, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, 1785 to 1790. Oil on canvas.

Paolo and Francesca by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1814 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature /Neoclassicism

In the Boudoir, 1851, by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905), oil on canvas, 28x37 cm.

Pierre-Antoine Quillard (París, c. 1704 -Lisboa, 1733). The Four Seasons: Winter (ca. 1725 - 1729). Oil on canvas. 42.5 x 33.5 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Winter, Gherardini, Stefano, 1720.

John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda, 1786. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

FORTUNY, MARIANO PINTOR ESPAÑOL. REUS 1838-1874 "LA VICARIA", OLEO 1870 MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO DE BARCELONA.

The card players, 1663-1665, by Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684), oil on canvas, 67x77 cm. Detail.

According to Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845). "The Bonnet de la Grand'Maman, three children styling a dog from a hat". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Sumper, child, game, hat, dog, oil on canvas

Illustration for the story The Nose by N. Gogol, Spirin, Gennady Konstantinovich (*1948)

José María Romero y López / 'Enrique, Concepción and Salud Santaló', ca. 1850, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 83 cm x 62 cm, P04608. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Margherita degli Acciaiuoli sending Giovanni della Palla away, by Ferdinando Brambilla (1763-1832), painting.

Dido and Aeneas hunting. Vois, Ary de (ca 1632-1680), painter

Gines Andres de Aguirre (1727-1800). Spanish painter. Puerta de Alcala and the Fountain of Cybele, 1785. (Madrid, Spain). Detail. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid).

Katarzyna Jagiellonka with her son Zygmunt in the village of Gripsholm; Simmler, Józef (1823-1868); 1859 (1859-00-00-1859-00-00);Purchase (provenance)

Portrait of a Russian Empress on horseback 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Portrait of a Russian Empress on horseback. Anonymous, French, 18th century. 18th century. Watercolor on vellum. Drawings

The conversation, David Bles, c. 1850 - c. 1899

Rob Roy-Taking Out Another Glove Threw It Towards Richter, H.C. & Heath, C.(19th C.- British) Engraving Private Collection

Brühl, Augustusburg Palace/ Summer Apartment, Second Antechamber, Bönnsche Ballstück

Wall Fragment depicting a travelling sales lady selling cupid statues. Fresco from the Villa di Arianna; Stabiae; Roman 1st century A.D.

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