Classical Historical Narratives

Paintings illustrating significant moments in ancient history, featuring characters in elaborate garments set in grand interiors.

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons' by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), 1789. Originally banned from display by the French government, public protests forced the decision to be overturned. Oil on canvas;

Germán Hernández Amores/ Jose's tunic, 1852. Oil on canvas. 28x38cm. Museum: REAL ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Plato's Banquet , Paint., Feuerbach, 1869

Italy - Veneto Region - Caldogno (Vicenza province). Villa Caldogno. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1994). Sophonisba room. Giovanni Battista Zelotti (1526-1570), Sophonisba implores Masinissa. Fresco, 1569-70

Alcibiades amongst the hetaerae, by Cosroe Dusi (1808-1859), oil on canvas, 85x111 cm. Ancient Greece, 6th century BC.

Virgil Reading The Aeneid To Augustus And Octavia, by Wicar Jean-Baptiste, 1819 - 1821, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Tremezzo, Como, Villa Carlotta. Whole artwork. Rome court emperor Augustus sister Octavia fainting poet Virgil book Agrippa Maecenas buyer Sommariva dresses: garments drapes green red blue room statues niches frames floor marble couch.

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons' by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), 1789. Originally banned from display by the French government, public protests forced the decision to be overturned. Oil on canvas;

Joseph gibt sich seinen Brüdern zu erkennen / Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers. Date/Period: 1816 or 1817. Fresco. Fresco, repainted with Tempera. Height: 236 cm (92.9 in); Width: 290 cm (114.1 in). Author: PETER VON CORNELIUS.

The actresses Joanna Cornelia Ziesenis-Wattier (1762-1827) and Geertruida Jacoba Grevelink-Hilverdink (1786-1827) in Iphigenia (1674) by Jean Racine (1639-99). Dating: 1800 - 1813. Measurements: h 158.8 cm × w 120.7 cm × t 4.9 cm; d 10.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Louis Moritz.

Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek philosopher. The Death of Socrates. He was sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.

Death of Dido. Date/Period: Between 1757 and 1770. Painting. Height: 400 mm (15.74 in); Width: 630 mm (24.80 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

The Harmony, by Caliari Paolo know as Veronese, 1560 - 1562, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Treviso: Maser: Villa Barbaro - Volpi: Stanza dell'Amore Coniugale. Detail harmony violin viola violoncello young ladies

1876 Weeping at the Cross. (Arnold Bocklin; Basel 1827-1901 San domenico bei Feisole)

Watching the Bubble Robert Fowler (1853-1926 British) Private Collection

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Illustration for William Shakespeare's work 'The Winter's Tale', written in 1610. Scene of Leontes throwing Paulina out. Engraving from the 19th c. Engraving.

Tepidarium, 'the room where the women of Pompeii came to rest and dry themselves after bathing' by Chasseriau, Theodore (1819-1856) / Musee d'Orsay, Paris / 1853 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,Nude painting / 171x258 / Academic art

On Nero's orders, the philosopher Seneca, with his feet in a bath, and his wife Paulina cut their veins. Death of Seneca, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1804, paper, etching, h 205 mm × w 132 mm

Hesperiden Nymphen im Kampf, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nürnberger Hesperidengärten von Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnberg, Bayern, Deutschland, 1710,...

Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen 1819 Pierre Henri Revoil French Active both in Paris, where he was a student of Jacques-Louis David, and in his native Lyon, Revoil was a leading proponent of the Troubadour style, which favored historicizing subjects. This highly finished sheet is a study for Revoil's painting Joan of Arc in Prison (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen), exhibited at the Salon of 1819. The composition owes a debt to David's Neoclassical manner in its planar arrangement and legible poses, but Revoil also clearly delighted in rendering details of medieval architecture and costume.. Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen 359618

William Blake Richmond 1843-1921 'An audience in Athens during the representation of the Agamemnon' 1884. The picture depicts the auditorium of the theatre at Athens, as seen from the stage, during a performance of Agamemnon by Aeschylus

John William Waterhouse - Diogenes (1882). John William Waterhouse (born between January and April 1849; died 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. Diogenes of Sinope was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. died at Corinth in 323 BCE.

Ariadne giving some thread to Theseus to leave the labyrinth, by Pelagius Palagi (1775-1860).

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopulos) (1541-1614). Greek painter. The Adoration of the Magi, ca.1568-1569. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Sappho & Phaon Jacques Louis David (1748-1825/French) Hermitage State Museum, Leningrad

Geta Dying in his Mother's Arms by Jacques Pajou

Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva by Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) / Walters Art Museum, Baltimore / 1720-1721 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature /Baroque

Song of Love, Oberhausen, E., 1885.

The Gauls in Rome. The Gauls sacked Rome in 390BC, older senators stayed in the Forum where they were all killed. Surviving Romans were forced to pay the Gauls gold to depart and to prevent the city

Galatea finds Polyphemus. Detail. Roman fresco. Fourth Pompeian style (45-79). From Portici, Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Fresco depicting an infant Hercules strangling the serpents, House of the Vettii, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

At the Bazaar. Emilio Vasarri (active late 19th-early 20th centuries). Oil on canvas. 74.2 x 57.2cm.

Italy - Veneto Region - Caldogno (Vicenza province). Villa Caldogno (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1994). Giulio Carpioni (1613-1679), 'Nymph Amaryllis crowned winner of kiss competition'. Inspired by Guarini's arcadian pastor Fido 'Faithful Shepherd'. Detail of fresco, 1645-50

Feliu Mestres / Mural paintings of the session room of the Notary Public School of Barcelona. Author: FELIU MESTRES I BORRELL.

Esther before Ahasuerus: Esther falls at the king's feet. Troy, Jean François de (French, 1679-1752) (cartoon creator) painter Cozette, Pierre-François (French, b.1714-d.1801) (workshop) weaver Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, border) painter c. 1774-1778 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'x W 18' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Offered by Louis XVI to Albert & Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke & Duchess of Saxe-Teschen & Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands on their visit to Paris on 8/20/1786 (Cavallo). French & Co. stock sheet: purchased by the Vichy government, France, 1943 SS 54311. Shah of Iran coll., 1974 () (Cavallo). Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, right: COZETTE.1778 Inscriptions: Inscription on lower border, center: ESTHER PRO / POPULI SUI VITA / PRECATUR / ch.V. Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field on carpet at left: De Troy 1737 not visible i

Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.

La maladie d'Antiochus, ou Antiochus et Stratonice. Date/Period: 1840. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 770 mm (30.31 in); Width: 610 mm (24.01 in). Author: JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES.

The Apotheosis of Homer by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) / Louvre, Paris / 1827 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 386x512 / Neoclassicism

Initiation into the mysterious Dionysion cult. 1st c. BC. ITALY. Pompeii. Villa of Mysteries. Detail of the initiation of a young woman, reading of the ritual and offering boy. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco.

The Chronicles are Read to Ahasuerus James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

'The School of Athens (detail)', 1510, Fresco, Before restauration. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-ESTANCIA DEL SELLO. VATICANO. JESUS. Raphael. INFANT JESUS. PERUGINO.

Turnus was the king of the Rutuli and leader of the Latins. He and his allies fought the chief enemy of Aeneas once he was in Italy. Turnus was opposed to the foreigners settling in Latium. Galaesus was a peaceful and just man who is killed in the early clash between the Trojans and Latins after Aeneas' son Ascanius kills the king's prize stag. Almo the oldest of the sons of the shepherd Tyrrhus. He was killed with an arrow in a clash between the Trojans and Latins. Turnus, distraught at their deaths, asks his men and allies to fight the Trojans and send them away.

Wilfred the Hairy (Girona, ca. 840-Tremp, 897). Count of Barcelona (878-897), Count of Urgell and Cerdanya (from 870), Girona and Besalu (from 878) and Ausona (from 878). Legend: creation of the coat of arms from which the Catalan flag (the Senyera) was originated. Frankish king Charles the Bald (823-877) slide Wilfred's blood-stained fingers over the Count's copper shield. Painting by Claudio Lorenzale (1815-1889). Real Academia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Barcelona. Catalonia, Spain.

Grape Harvest Festival, detail 1 , Fine Art

The Greek Lovers 1846 Henry Peters Gray American Gray painted The Greek Lovers” after a trip to Italy, where, as evidenced by the style and palette of this painting, he was influenced by the art of the Italian Renaissance. This painting was highly regarded in its day, and the subject reflects the nineteenth-century fascination with Greco-Roman antiquity.. The Greek Lovers 10966

Damocles by Couture, Thomas (1815-1879) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / 1867 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 35,6x26,7

Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise ca. 1801 Heinrich Friedrich Füger German. Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise 394013

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family. Artist: Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French, active mid-16th century). Dimensions: 69 1/2 x 75 7/8 in. (176.5 x 192.7 cm). Date: 1537.In this large, allegorical family portrait, the Dinteville brothers act out a scene from Exodus 7:9. Pleading with Pharaoh to free the Israelites, Aaron (François II de Dinteville) transforms his rod into a serpent, proving that God is with him. Jean de Dinteville is depicted as Moses, while Gaucher and Guillaume stand behind them. The brothers were important members of the court of Francis I, who is represented as Pharaoh. Painted during a critical moment in their relationship with the French king, this extraordinary portrait hung in the family château of Polisy with an even more exceptional depiction of Jean de Dinteville: Holbein's <i>Ambassadors</i> (National Gallery, London). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Master of the Dinteville

Perseus Carrying Sword and Head of Gorgon with Andromeda, fresco from House of Meleager, Pompeii, Italy, Naples, National Archeological Museum

Banquet. Servants clean guests' feet. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. CAMPANIA. NAPLES. Pompeii.

The Greek Lovers. Artist: Henry Peters Gray (American, New York 1819-1877 New York). Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. (102.2 x 130.8 cm). Date: 1846.Gray painted "The Greek Lovers" after a trip to Italy, where, as evidenced by the style and palette of this painting, he was influenced by the art of the Italian Renaissance. This painting was highly regarded in its day, and the subject reflects the nineteenth-century fascination with Greco-Roman antiquity. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Restauratio Aerarii, by Giuseppe Sciuti (1834-1911), 1894, oil on canvas, 800x245 cm.

'Jugurtha came to the tent of his father-in-law unarmed', c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath.

The Centurion Glorifies God James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

Ancient history. Roman period. Gallo-Romans. Romanized Celtic Gauls. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume II, 1881.

Ancient Rome. Flamen and his assistants. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume III, 1882.

Young man in a toga holding a pitcher and a wine glass. Created by Stewart Watson, fl. 1843-1847., 1840. Pencil work. Costume, Italy, Grand tours (Education), Pitchers, Togas, Drinking glasses, Men, Clothing & dress

Roman fresco depicting the encounter between Pelias and Jason. Pelias, king of Iolcos, standing on the steps of a temple recognises Jason by his missing sandal. House of Jason (20-25 AD). Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Painting by Peter Paul Rubens - Coronation of Marie de Medici, 1610.

Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V (Ophelia Before the King and Queen). Date/Period: 1792-01-01/1792-12-31. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 387.4 cm. Height: 276.9 cm. Author: Benjamin West.

Cinderella Poster - Hans Printz, 1905

Cincinnatus receiving the Roman Senate, fresco by Giorgio Berti (1794-1863), Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy, 19th century.

The vintage festival. Date/Period: 1871. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 510 mm (20.07 in); Width: 1,190 mm (46.85 in). Author: Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

Ancient Greece. Athens. Market flowers. 700-150 BC. Engraving by Knesing. Enlighened Worl, published in Spain, 1880. Later colouration.

The Greeks have taken control of Troy and set it afire. The Trojan hero Aeneas prepares to escape Troy and capture by the Greeks. Aeneas manages to get his father (Anchises), son (Ascanius), and wife (Creusa). In the turmoil of escaping, Creusa somehow is lost. He doesn't understand what has happened and turns back to find her. As he looks, her ghost appears to him (as seen here) and tells him that Fate had decreed he leave Troy and that he would remarry in his new homeland.

Illustration for the theatre play Vortigern and Rowena, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

David Plays the Harp Before Saul James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York, USA

Cupid and Psyche. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored.

Fresco by Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) in the Hall of Cupid and Psyche of Palazzo Odescalchi at Bassano Romano, Lazio. Italy, 16th century.

After the Battle of Poitiers, William James Grant, 1829-1866, British,

TESEO VENCEDOR DEL MINOTAURO - FRESCO PROCEDENTE DE LA CASA DE GAVIO RUFO DE POMPEYA - SIGLO I AC. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

Cider. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824-1898 Paris). Dimensions: 51 x 99 1/4 in. (129.5 x 252.1 cm). Date: ca. 1864.Men grind grain while citizens of all ages prepare apple cider, one of the traditional beverages of the northern French province of Picardy. This painting and The River (on view nearby) are studies for the left and right sides of Puvis's mural Ave Picardia Nutrix (Hail, Picardy, the Nourisher). Made for the newly constructed Muse de Picardie in Amiens in 1864, the paintings celebrate the region's abundant natural resources and its idealized, distant past. Puvis's decorations for the museum launched his career as a preeminent painter of murals for state buildings in France. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Myrrh, Aloes and Cassia, Myrrhe, Aloe and Kassia, painting by John Maler Collier January 28, 1850 - April 11, 1934, British writer and painter, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Fresco depicting a mythological subject, the House of Fabius Rufus, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Blue Mosaic Edward Matthew Hale (1852-1924 British)

Paris (1st arr.), France Homer deified, says the apotheosis of Homer, Ingres, Musée du Louvre , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France Homère déifié , dit L' Apothéose d' Homère , Ingres , musée du Louvre). Museum, painting, legend , myth, Art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: deified Homer (Ingres, n ° 417)

GE, Nikolai Nikolaevich (1831-1894). What is true. 1890. Realism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum.

Beheading of Saint Paul Enrique Simonet 1887

'The Arenas of Lutetia', c1870-1950.Artist: Ferdinand Sigismund Bac

Theseus honoured by Athenians after killing the Minotaur, House of Gavius Rufus from Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Campania, Italy,...

The Shepherd's Song 1891 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes French Puvis adapted this composition from a mural that he made for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyons. The pipe-playing shepherd and draped figures pay homage to the poetry and grace of classical antiquity, which Puvis revered as the epitome of beauty. Their rhythmic poses and absorbed demeanor impart a mood of dreamlike serenity to the scene. Pale colors, minimal modeling, and limited detail create an effect of great simplicity and restraint. Puviss work inspired numerous younger artists eager for alternatives to Impressionism, including Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #6019. The Shepherd's Song Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. The Shepherd's Song. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824-1898 Paris). 1891. Oil on can

Marriage of Mars and Venus, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

'Orestes Pursued by Furies', 1880. Artist: Antique.

The Marriage at Cana, by De' Rossi Francesco know as Cecchino Salviati, 1552 - 1553, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Lazio, Rome, San Salvatore in Lauro Church. Detail. Banquet men women heads table companions: guests on the left.

C.w. Eckersberg (1783-1853), Moses lets the rowed sea return and Pharaoos Haer floods, 1815

The Actor Talma as Nero in Britannicus, Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863)

Soothsayer, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810),engraving from Ancient Rome, or The historical and pictorial description of everything related to the Roman people, their military, customs, religious and public life, 1825.

History of Greece. Seller of amphorae.

Marco Sanuto in front of Pope John XXI, born 1227, a Venetian nobleman who rose to become Duke of Archipelagos, Time of the Crusades, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Antonio Gisbert Pérez / 'Liuva I, Visigothic King', 1855, Spanish School, Canvas, 224 cm x 140 cm, P06091. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

A colourfully dressed and sophisticated audience at an Athenian theatre Date: circa 500 BC

Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Jesus James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 15/16 x 10 3/8 in. (20.2 x 26.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Homer (8th Century B.C.). Greek epic poet. Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Pharisee and the Publican (Le pharisien et le publicain) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (25.1 x 16.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Quiet greeting , Fine Art

Israel in captivity with the Tower of Babel, 1852, by Giacomo Antonio Caimi (1811-1878).

The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912/Dutch)

Dedale and Pasiphae, Pasiphae, the daughter of the sun god Helios, wall painting, fresco from historical Pompeii, digitally restored

Scene from ancient Greek vase with Dionysus in a vineyard surrounded by Satyrs and Maenads by Piringer (after Greek original), engraving

Sklavenhändler by Otto Pilny (1866-1936)

Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770). "Alexandre and Bucéphalé". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 24958-6 Animal of breeding, domestic animal, antiquity, aristocrat, aristocracy, white, bubblele, white horse, conqueror, tamper, fidelite, fidelite, force, ancient Greece, man, man and animal, mastering, noble, nobility, work of art , Power, king, king of Macedonia, sovereign, painting, ancient, temple

Europe, by Domenico Klemi Bonatti (1781-1870), engraving from the Dictionary of all mythology, Milan 1820.

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