Classical and Religious Themes

Artworks reflecting biblical and classical narratives, showcasing significant moments with rich detail and historical context.

At the Golden Horde, Maximov, Alexei Fedotovich (1870-)

Helewn on the walls of Troy painting Lord Leighton In Greek legend, Paris was a Trojan prince, the son of Priam and Hecuba. When Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, was not invited to the marriage of the Greek leader Achilles, she threw a golden apple into the festivities, with the words 'for the fairest' written on it. The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena each claimed the apple, and Zeus, the king of the gods, had Paris choose which one should get it. Hermes, the messenger god, acts as a guide, arranging the meeting between the goddesses and Paris. Aphrodite promised Paris Helen, queen of Sparta, if he picked her, and so he did. The result was the Trojan War as the Greeks fought to return Helen to Menelaus, the ruler of Sparta. In this illustration by Lord Frederic Leighton, a 19th-century British painter who was considered the leader of the Victorian school of classical paibnting, Helen is shown in Troy with two of her companions pacing the walls of the city while the battle rag

Turkish coffee house by Grigori Grigorievich Gagarin, watercolour on paper, 1835, 1810-1893, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 16, 2x15, 3

The Pharisees and the Herodians Conspire Against Jesus (Les pharisiens et les hérodiens conspirent contre Jésus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Pharisees and the Herodians Conspire Against Jesus (Les pharisiens et les hérodiens conspirent contre Jésus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 3/4 x 8 15/16 in. (17.1 x 22.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Rijn, Rembrandt van, The Preaching Christ ('La Petite Tombe'), verso lower left - pencil, print, prints, verso lower left, P. Mariette 1678(), verso lower right - pen in brown, C. 38542, height 154 mm, width 207 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1654, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, burin, Work conception, after own design by

The Bulgarian Tsar Simeon (The cycle The Slav Epic) by Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939) / City Gallery Prague / 1923 / Czechia / Tempera and Oil on canvas / History / 405x480 / Art Nouveau

An Interesting Game. Date/Period: 1881. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 94.4 cm (37.1 in); Width: 146.6 cm (57.7 in). Author: Frederick Arthur Bridgman.

He Did No Miracles But He Healed Them (Il ne fit pas des miracles mais il guérit) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Did No Miracles But He Healed Them (Il ne fit pas des miracles mais il guérit), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 14 cm). European Art 1886-1896

The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32.7 x 23 cm). European Art 1886-1894

At the Golden Horde, Maximov, Alexei Fedotovich (1870-)

in Frame Elijah and the Widow's Son, 1864 Artist: Ford Madox Brown, The Prophet Elijah descends down a flight of stairs on carrying a boy brought back to life from death. The boy's mother kneels with her arms held up in prayer., Oil Painting, ReligionPre-Raphaelite, Child, Mother, Bird, Chicken, Boy, Bearded, Rescue, Bible, Old Testament

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

He Who Winnows His Wheat (Celui qui vane le blé) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Who Winnows His Wheat (Celui qui vane le blé), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (26.4 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Street scene in Kairouan. Stabrowski, Kazimierz (1869-1929), painter

Guard of the Casbah at Tétouan, c. 1873. Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, 1838-1874). Etching;

The Two Blind Men at Jericho (Les deux aveugles à Jericho) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (20 x 23.8 cm). European Art 1886-1896

The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Alexander and Bucephalus. Dated: 1861/1862. Dimensions: overall: 115 x 89 cm (45 1/4 x 35 1/16 in.) framed: 139.7 × 107.95 × 12.7 cm (55 × 42 1/2 × 5 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EDGAR DEGAS.

Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean courent au sépulcre) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean courent au sépulcre), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 3/16 x 6 1/8 in. (20.8 x 15.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Gentiles Ask to See Jesus (Les gentils demandent à voir Jésus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Gentiles Ask to See Jesus (Les gentils demandent à voir Jésus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 3/16 x 11 3/8 in. (18.3 x 28.9 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Jerusalem - Cote de la Porte de Jaffe. Charles Theodore (Bey) Frere (1814-88). Oil on panel. 17.1 x 28.2cm.

The Swine Driven into the Sea (Les porcs précipités dans la mer) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Swine Driven into the Sea (Les porcs précipités dans la mer), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (25.9 x 17 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

Claudio and Isabella, 1850, by William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), oil on mahogany panel, 76x43 cm.

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904). French painter. Pool in a Harem, 1875. Oil on canvas. Hermitage Museum (The State Hermitage Museum). St. Petersburg. Russia.

Martha (Marthe) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Martha (Marthe), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 9/16 x 4 7/16 in. (21.7 x 11.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Off to the Zaporozhian Host by Slastion, Opanas Georgievich (1855-1933) State Art Museum, Kharkov 1889 Oil on canvas 38x68,5 Ukraine Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

Audience by Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin, oil on canvas, 1893, 1861-1904, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 146, 8x233

MARRUECOS. Author: JERONIMO MUNIZ SANTODOMINGO (1938-).

The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice. Lorenzo Valles (1831-1910). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1889. 169 x 107cm

'Untitled', 1857. Artist: Amadeo Preziosi

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt 1892 Oil on canvas Edwin Lord Weeks American (1849-1903)

An Egyptian Interior. Stephan Bakalowicz (1857-1947). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1915. 42.5 x 69.8cm.

José Casado del Alisal / 'The Legend of the Monk King', 1880, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 356 cm x 474 cm, P06751. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Dębicki Stanisław Woman with Spindles Altenberg, H.

Cleopatra testing poison on death row prisoners, 1887, by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), oil on canvas. End of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Egypt, 1st century BC.

The Visitation (La visitation) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Visitation (La visitation), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (17.5 x 11.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Resurrection of the Widow's Son at Nain (La résurrection du fils de la veuve de Naïm) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Resurrection of the Widow's Son at Nain (La résurrection du fils de la veuve de Naïm), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (15.6 x 21.9 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Arab Mendicants. Jean Raymond Hippolyte Lazerges (1817-1887). Dated Alger 1882, oil on canvas, 97.2 x 76.3cm.

The Holy Virgin in Her Youth (La sainte vierge jeune) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Holy Virgin in Her Youth (La sainte vierge jeune), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (21.9 x 8.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Frog Princess by Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926) / V. Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow / Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen. / 1901-1918 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 185x250

Illustration by Dinet from 'Mirages' Scenes of Arab life. 1906. Mirages, Scénes De La Vie Arab was illustrated by Etienne Dinet with commentary by Silman Ben Ibrahim Bamer. Nasreddine Dinet was born as Alphonse-Étienne Dinet; (1861 - 1929) was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes. He became so enchanted with North Africa (Algeria) and its culture, that he converted to Islam, and was proficient in Arabic.

People in harem by Jean-Leon Gerome, oil on canvas, 1876, 1824-1904, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 73, 5x62

The Slave Market by Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)/ Staatliche Museen, Berlin/ 1836/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Orientalism/ 65x54/ Genre

Kirillov, Sergei Alekseevich (*1960) Private Collection 1993 140x100 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History

The Bathers. Paul Dominique Philippoteaux (1845-1923). Oil on canvas. Dated Damiette Mars 1896. 73.3 x 54.6cm

A Harem Beauty Max Von Bredt (1868-1921)

The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm). According to John, while the Roman governor continues to find Jesus blameless, he accedes to pressure from the priests and decides to chastise” him through scourging. Jesus is bound, defenseless, to a marble column and whipped before a crowded court as Pilate looks on from the palace loggia in the background. Christ’s tormentors perform a punishment most likely inflicted, Tissot tells his readers, with leather whips weighted with pieces of bone. European Art 1886-1894

Simon the Cyrenian and His Two Sons Alexander and Rufus (Simon de Cyrène et ses deux fils, Alexandre et Rufus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Simon the Cyrenian and His Two Sons Alexander and Rufus (Simon de Cyrène et ses deux fils, Alexandre et Rufus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/16 x 5 3/4 in. (16.4 x 14.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Ursula and the King, Maxfield Parrish

An Exedra, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Watercolor, Pen, And Brown Ink, 1871

Meal of Our Lord and the Apostles (Repas de Notre-Seigneur et des apôtres) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (15.1 x 23.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

South corridor, first floor. Mural depicting Hercules from The Greek Heroes series by Walter MacEwen. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

A Dispute Among Arabs; Dispute d'Arabes. Jean Leon Gerome (1824-1904). Oil on panel. painted in 1872. 29.2 x 23.5cm.

An Arab Musician S.D. 1876 Jean Raymond H. Lazerges (1817-1887 French) Oil On Wood Panel Christie's Images, London, England

Trephining, Medical - History

The Bridge of Kedron (Le pont de Cédron) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Bridge of Kedron (Le pont de Cédron), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 15 9/16 x 8 15/16 in. (39.5 x 22.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Queen Zenobia's last look upon Palmyra, painting by Herbert Schmalz (1856-1935), woodcut by Richard Bong (1853-1935) from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1891-1892, Year VI, No 6, Berlin.

France, Paris, The Massacres of Schio, 1824, oil on canvas

The Gladiator's Wife by Edmund Blair Leighton, (1853-1922)

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm). Date: 1890-91.Sargent visited the Middle East several times in connection with a series of murals on the theme of the history of religion, for which he had received a commission from the Boston Public Library in 1890. Traveling in Egypt in 1890-91, he painted this canvas, which shows a man using a simple irrigation device called a shaduf to fill a ditch, from which others are drinking and waiting to fill containers. Like many of his contemporaries, the artist may have believed that life in the region was essentially unchanged since biblical times. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Naked Christians sacrificed to the lions in a Roman circus. Colour printed illustration by Auguste Leroux from Felicien Champsaur's novel L'Orgie Latine (Roman Orgy), Fasquelle, Paris, 1903.

Ibicencas horneando pan,oleo sobre tela, Narcís Puget Viñas, museo Puget, can Comasema, casa del siglo XV, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Aristotle with the Bust of Homer 1653, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1653.

The Obsessed, 1876, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901), oil on canvas.

Saint Andrew (Saint André) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Andrew (Saint André), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (30.2 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Zenobia's last look on Palmyra by Schmalz, Herbert Gustave (1856-1935) / Art Gallery of South Australia / 1888 / Great Britain / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 183x154 / Pre-Raphaelite paintings

1860s IPHIGENIE II LOOKING OUT TO SEA BY ANSELM FEUERBACH IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY SHE IS SAVED FROM SACRIFICE BY THE GODDESS DIANA

Neo-Assyrian Empire. The King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) sacrificing lions for the gods. Drawing by Dionisio Baixeras (1862-1943). Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume I, 1881.

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

Before Mosque by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, oil on canvas, circa 1868, 1803-1860, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 41x30.5

By the Nile. Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903). Oil on canvas. 49 x 59.6cm.

The Vision of Zacharias (Vision de Zacharie) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Vision of Zacharias (Vision de Zacharie), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (23.8 x 13.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Guardian at the Tomb of the Sultan, 1880, Painting by Jean-Leon Gerome, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The Calenders; 1889; Oil on canvas Henry Siddons Mowbray; American; 1858-1928

A Pilgrimage to San Isidro (La romeria de San Isidro), 1821-1823, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), mural painting originating from the Quinta house and transferred to canvas, 138x436 cm.

Attributed to John Martin, 1789-1854, British, Feeding the Five Thousand, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Osman Hamdy Bey, . Vieil homme devant des tombeaux d'enfants, . 1903, . huile sur toile, Museo de Orsay, Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación Francés, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Alexander II Proclaiming the Emancipation of the Serfs, Dittenberger von Dittenberg, Hans Gustav (1794-1879)

A LETTER-WRITER OF TUNIS. AFTER F.M. BREDT.

The Snake Charmer by Jean-León Gérôme, France, 1824-1904,

Saint Andrew (Saint André) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Andrew (Saint André), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (30.2 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Lower East Side. Samuel Johson Woolf (1880-1948). Oil on canvas. Executed circa 1914. 152 x 101.5cm.

Pericles. Portada del libro de la Colección Los grandes hombres de Editorial Araluce, de Barcelona. Año 1929.

Turkish craftsmen in Constantinople. From left to right: passementerie maker, pipe maker and wood turner. Chromolithography. Illustration by José Acevedo. Lithograph by José Maria Mateu. Detail. "Viaje a Oriente", 1878. Author: José Acevedo. Spanish artist of the mid-19th century.

Israel in Egypt. From the painting by Sir Edward J. Poynter from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs. Artist: Briton Riviere (British, London 1840-1920 London). Dimensions: 44 1/8 x 70 1/8 in. (112.1 x 178.1 cm). Date: 1876. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antonio Munoz Degrain (1843-1924). Othello and Desdemona (1881). Oil on canvas. Chiado Museum. Lisbon. Portugal.

Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949). "Women on the terraces of Rabat (Morocco)". Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 33322-2 Arabic, woman, terrace, sail, oil on canvas

EMBARQUE DE MARCO ATILIO REGULO A CARTAGO (TRAS RECHAZAR LA PAZ) - GUERRA PUNICA - FRESCO SIGLO XIX. Author: CESARE MACCARI. Location: PALACIO MADAMA-SENADO-COLECCION DE ARTE. Rome. ITALIA.

Pool in a Harem - Jean-Leon Gerome, circa 1876

The Scholar. Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1895. 34.3 x 23.8cm.

Advertising card for a Belgian Turkish rug importer, showing the owner of the company, Leonhard Tietz, negotiating the price of a rug. He had an office in Rassim Pacha Han in Istanbul. 'Han' translates 'house'. This view is probably from another part of the Ottoman Empire Date: 1911

Wall tiles, Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Costiera Amalfitana, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy, Europe

Indian Prince, Palace of Agra. Date/Period: 1883/1893. Painting. Width: 31.125 in. Height: 35.5 x d3 in (Frame). Author: Edwin Lord Weeks.

PELLIZZA DA VOLPEDO, Giuseppe (1868-1901). Broken Flower. 1896-1902. Pointillism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. MusŽe d'Orsay (Orsay Museum).

View in the Jardin Marengo, Algiers, 1885

Nanser, Atilio Boveri, 1912-15 ,oil on canvas, pollensa museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 72x75,5

Illustration of the Imperial Diet House of Commons with a Listing of all Members. Artist: Toyohara Kuniteru III (Japanese, active ca. 1880-1900). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each panel: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm). Date: 10/1890. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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