Classical Religious Paintings

Dramatic oil paintings depicting biblical events and classical themes, showcasing rich colors and intricate details from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The sacrifice of Polyxena, by Domenico Corvi (1721-1803).

Painting titled 'The Resurrection of Lazarus' by Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) a Dutch Mannerist painter and draughtsman. Dated 17th Century

Alexander and Diogenes. Alexander The Great (Alexander III of Macedon 356-323 BC) visiting Diogenes of Sinope (c410 -c320 BC), Greek Cynic philosopher living in his tub in Athens. Sebastiano Ricci (or Rizzi, 1662-1734) Italian painter. Oil on canvas.

The Wrath of Achilles, Drolling, Michel Martin (1789-1851)

Massimo Stanzione / 'Sacrifice to Bacchus', ca. 1634, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 237 cm x 358 cm, P00259. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Luca Giordano / 'The Judgment of Solomon ', 1694-1695, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 250 cm x 360 cm, P03178. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Father Time Overcome by Love, Hope and Beauty by Vouet, Simon (1590-1649) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / Baroque / 1627 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 107x142

The Adoration of Niobe, Dandini, Cesare, 1638.

The sacrifice of Polyxena, by Domenico Corvi (1721-1803).

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli / 'Gladiadores romanos', 1635-1639, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 235 cm x 356 cm, P02968. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Death of Lucretia. Date/Period: 1763 to 1767. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,134 mm (84.01 in); Width: 2,642 mm (104.01 in). Author: GAVIN HAMILTON.

The Death of Verginia, Camuccini, Vincenzo (1771-1844)

Orpheus And Eurydice Rubens, Peter Paul(1577-1640 Flemish) Oil On Canvas

Apostles finding a coin inside a fish (Matthew 17:27). Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640), painter

HENNEQUIN, Philippe Auguste (1762-1833). The Furies or Eumenides chasing Orestes. beg. 19th c. Scene of 'The Eumenides' by Aeschylus, in which Orestes, embraced by her sister Electra and after having killed his mother Clytemnestra, is attacked by the Eumenides, Greek goddesses of revenge. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum.

Minerva in the fight against Gigantes by Giordano, Luca (1632-1705) Museum of Fine Arts Academy, St. Petersburg Italy Oil on canvas Painting Mythology, Allegory and Literature

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons;1789. Painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David in the Neo-Classical manner

ALENZA y NIETO, Leonardo (1807-1845). Soup distribution. 1st half 19th c. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Lzaro Galdiano Foundation.

The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint Lucy. Dated: c. 1582. Dimensions: overall: 139.7 x 173.4 cm (55 x 68 1/4 in.) framed: 189.2 x 222.6 x 7.5 cm (74 1/2 x 87 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Véronèse.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons. 1789. Neo-Classical. Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Expulsion from paradise by Luca Giordano, Oil on canvas, Second Half of the 17th century, 1632-1705, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, 267x307

Crowning with thorns. Date/Period: 1592 ca. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,865 mm (73.42 in); Width: 1,170 mm (46.06 in). Author: Tintoretto.

The falling of the Manna. Date/Period: 1540 - 1545. Painting. Fresco. Height: 300 mm (11.81 in); Width: 175 mm (6.88 in). Author: Bronzino.

Giovanni di Stefano Lanfranco / 'Allocution of a Roman Emperor', ca. 1638, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 230 cm x 332 cm, P02943. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Death of Sapphira / Poussin / c.1654/56

Manius Curius Dentatus, Schiavone, Andrea (ca. 1520-1582)

David before Saul. Jose Leonardo (de Chavier)(c.1605-1656). Oil on canvas. 167.5 x 126cm.

The Idolatry of King Solomon by Conca, Sebastiano (1680-1764) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / c. 1750 / Italy, School of Neaple / Oil on canvas / Bible / 54x71 / Baroque

Achilles and the Centaur Chiron, Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo, 1746.

REYES CATOLICOS. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452-1516) E ISABEL I DE CASTILLA (1451-1504 ). " LOS REYES CATOLICOS RECIBIENDO UNA EMBAJADA DEL REY DE FEZ " OLEO DE VICENTE LOPEZ. MUSEO ACADEMIA BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO . MADRID. Author: VICENTE LÓPEZ PORTAÑA.

Death of Socrates 1787, David, Jacques-Louis, 1787

Pedro Pablo Rubens (and workshop) / 'Achilles discovered by Ulysses among the daughters of Lycomedes', 1630-1635, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 107,5 cm x 145,5 cm, P02455. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (Y TALLER).

CAMUCCINI, Vincenzo (1771-1844). The Death of Julius Caesar. 1793-1798. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Capodimonte.

Moses striking Water from Rock by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas, 1649, 1594-1665, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 122, 5x191

Cesare da Sesto (1477-1523). Italian painter. Adoration of the Magi, 1516-1519. Bourbon Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Minerva and Arachne by Houasse, Rene-Antoine (c. 1645-1710) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1706 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 108x140,7 / Baroque

Leonidas in the Thermopylae, Jean Louis David . Oleo sobre tela, 1814, Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Rebecca at the Well, Gimignani, Giacinto Alessio, 1635.

King of Wester Numidia by Nicolas Poussin, Oil on canvas, 1640, 1594-1665, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 114,5x163

The combat of Mars and Minerva, 1771, by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), oil on canvas, 114x140 cm.

S ELADIO REPARTIENDO LIMOSNA. Author: FRANCISCO BAYEU Y SUBIAS (1734-1795). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN. SAN ELADIO.

The death of Darius, by Masini Cesare (active 19th century). Persian Empire, 5th century BC.

Tadeusz Kuntze (1727-1793). Polish painter. Fortune, 1754. Detail. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

SAN FERNANDO Y EL ARZOBISPO DON RODRIGO JIMENEZ DE RADA EN SIERRA MORENA CON LOS EMBAJADORES DE MAHOMAT. Author: LORENZO QUIROS (1717-1789). Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO III EL SANTO CASTILLA / LEON. SAN FERNANDO (REY). RODRIGO ARZOBISPO. ARZOBISPO RODRIGO JIMENEZ DE RADA (1170-1247).

Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante / 'Joseph's Cup found in Benjamin's Sack'. 1668. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, 1825-1827, by Francesco Podesti (1800-1895).

The Abduction of the Sabine Women. Artist: Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594-1665 Rome). Dimensions: 60 7/8 x 82 5/8 in. (154.6 x 209.9 cm). Date: probably 1633-34.The Romans invited the neighboring Sabines with the intention of forcibly retaining their young women as wives. Romulus raised his cloak as the pre-arranged signal for the warriors to seize the women. The yellow armor worn by the man at the right is modeled after a Roman <i>lorica</i>, which was made of leather and reproduced the anatomy of the male torso. The painting belonged to the maréchal de Créquy, who was the French ambassador to Rome from June 1633 to July 1634. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Detail showing Plato or Leonardo da Vinci, (left) and Aristotle or Michelangelo (Right), from "The School of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. 1509-1511. Fresco in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Rome. The School of Athens (Italian: Scuola di Atene) is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The Stanza della Signature was the first of the rooms to be decorated, and The School of Athens, representing Philosophy.

The Calumny of Apelles. Artist: John Vanderlyn (American, Kingston, New York 1775-1852 Kingston, New York). Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (57.2 x 72.4 cm). Date: 1849. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Andrea Vaccaro / 'Encuentro de Isaac y Rebeca', 17th century, Italian School, Canvas, 195 cm x 246 cm, P00468. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Domenichino / St. Cecilia

Detail of King Tiridates Before Saint Gregory the Armenian Oil on canvas Luca Giordano Italian Neapolitan; 1634-1705

Tarquin the Elder Consulting Attius Navius; Sebastiano Ricci, Italian, 1659 - 1734; about 1690; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 162.6 x 138.4 cm (64 x 54 1/2 in.), Framed: 186.7 x 162.6 x 8.9 cm (73 1/2 x 64 x 3 1/2 in.)

Moses Saved from the Water by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) / Louvre, Paris / 1638 / France / Oil on canvas / Bible / 94x121 / Baroque

Christ with Martha and Mary. Dating: 1623 - 1675. Measurements: h 147.5 cm × w 231 cm × t 4.3 cm; d 12 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: VINCENT MALO. Vincent Adriaenssen (rejected attribution).

Oath of the Horatii' by Jacques-Louis David (otherwise known as Le Serment des Horaces), 1784. A huge success with both the public and critics, it is one of the best known Neoclassical style paintings.

'Maecenas Presenting the Liberal Arts to Emperor Augustus'. Italy, 1743. Dimensions: 69,5x89 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO.

Solomon a.Queen of Sheba /Vignon/ 1624

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). The leading painter of the classical French Baroque style. Et in Arcadia ego (The Shepherds of Arcadia), second version, (1637-1638). Oil on canvas (85 x 121 cm). Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

The Death of Cleopatra. Gerard Hoet (Dutch, 1648 - 1733)

The Marriage at Cana, by Bononi Carlo, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Ferrara: National Gallery of Art: Palazzo dei Diamanti. Detail of the central scene Cana wedding/marriage food dog servant table cloth courses/dishes balcony

Bacchanlian Revel Before a Term of Pan 1632-33 Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665 French) Oil on canvas National Gallery, London, England

Der Tod des Sardanapal, ein Gemälde des französischen Malers Eugène Delacroix. Sardanapal war nach Ktesias von Knidos der letzte König des assyrischen Reiches / The Death of Sardanapal, a painting by the French painter Eugène Delacroix. Sardanapal was the last king of the Assyrian Empire according to Ctesias of Knidos, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original artwork from the time / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus der damaligen Zeit, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Raphael / The fire in the Borgo / c.1514

Tsar Michail I by Grigori Ivanovich Ugryumov, Oil on canvas, 1798-1800, 1764-1823, Russia, Moscow , State Tretyakov Gallery, 81, 5x56, 7

the cupid. (Simon de vos; 1603 antwerp Antwerp 1676)

Giandomenico Tiepolo / 'Christ at the Column', 1772, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 124 cm x 144 cm, P00356. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Alexander I Tapestry/Textiles (Flemish) Tapestry Papal Palace, Avignon, France

Vleughels / The Rich Man and Lazarus

Vulcan hands Thetis the shield for Achilles, Heemskerck, Maarten Jacobsz, van (1498-1574)

Job Restored to Prosperity. Attributed to Laurent de La Hyre (1606-1656). Oil on canvas. 128 x 96cm

Minerva Takes Ulysses and Penelope to their Bridal Bed, by Giani Felice, 1802 - 1805, 19th Century, tempera on wall (fresco). Italy: Emilia Romagna: Ravenna: Faenza: Palazzo Milzetti: Sala di Ulisse o Camera da letto volta. Whole artwork. Oval handmaid/handmaidens bed bridal bed love bow arrows

The Banquet of Cleopatra' by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743-1744. One of the most important commissions carried out by Tiepolo in the 1740s was, without a doubt, the decoration of the Palazzo Labia in Venice. Tiepolo's scenes, The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra and The Banquet of Cleopatra, are staged within an illusory architecture, the scenic framework lending them a theatrical character. From the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

The Adoration of the Shepherds. Date/Period: 1598. Painting. Height: 86.70 mm (3.41 in); Width: 106.90 mm (4.20 in). Author: JOACHIM WTEWAEL.

RESURRECCION DE LA HIJA DE JAIRO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ROMANO-ESCUELA CARRACCI. Author: GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI (1574-1625). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN. JESUS. JAIRO HIJA DE / HIJA DE JAIRO.

The Last Judgement Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640/Flemish) Oil on Canvas Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus Orders the Beheading of his Son, Ferdinand Bol, 1661 - 1664

The Death of Socrates' by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), 1787. Oil on canvas.

Large tapestry in the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.

'Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes'. Italy, 1690s. Dimensions: 108,5x169,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Paolo De Matteis.

Achilles by Nikolai Ivanovich Argunov, Oil on canvas, 1799, 1771-after 1829, Russia, Moscow, Museum Palace Theatre Ostankino, 330x270

Lot and His Daughters, Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1638)

'Wedding of Perseus and Andromeda'. France, 1782. Dimensions: 91x73 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean-Baptiste Regnault.

Judgment of Solomon, 1620-1625, by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578-1635), oil on canvas, 197x265 cm.

'Moses Striking the Rock', 1649. Artist: Nicolas Poussin

Mier Virginia; Kondratowicz, Daniel (1765-1844); 1816 (1816-00-00-1816-00-00);Purchase (provenance)

Apelles of Kos (4th century BC). Painter of ancient Greece. Alexander the Great visiting the artist Apelles in his workshop. Color illustration.

'Samson', c1887, (c1902). Creator: Unknown.

Andrea di Lione; Italian; Naples 1610-1685 Naples; Tobit Burying the Dead; 1640s; Oil on canvas.

Volumnie and Vturie in front of Coriolan, c1638-1639, Eustache Le Sueur, (1617-1655/French), Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Couple dancing in the harem, Guardi, Giovanni Antonio (1699-1760)

Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Antilochus takes to Achilles the news of the fight on the body of Patroclus. Oil on canvas, 1831. Detail. Private collection.

The Massacre of the Innocents.When Herod, the King of Judea, learned that a child destined to become King of the Jews’ would be born in Bethlehem, he ordered the slaughter of all boys under the age of two. The painter portrayed the massacre as a gruesome nightmare. Horror follows upon horror: at lower left a soldier slits a child’s throat, while above them a woman gouges out a soldier’s eyes.

Mars and Rhea Silvia by Pieter Paul Rubens, Oil on canvas, 1577-1640, Liechtenstein Museum, 46x66

Concert Given in the Interior of a Circular Gallery of the Doric Order C.1720-1725 Giovanni Paolo Panini (1692-1765 Italian) Oil On Canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Amsterdam, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis, Jan Harmensz., Fortuna distributes her gifts (left sheet), verso - stamped, The gifts of the goddess Fortuna fall from the sky and the people struggle to catch the riches. A number of people run off with the captured booty. At the bottom in the margin three two-line verses in Latin., print, prints, height 488 mm, width 455 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1590, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1562 - 1638-11-11, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, publisher

Austria, Vienna, Judith

The Hospitality of Saint Julian, Allori, Cristofano Bronzino, 1625.

TRIUNFO DE DAVID SOBRE GOLIAT, 1842, O/L 168x127, NºINV 724. Author: LEONARDO ALENZA. Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Dating: 1690 - 1700. Measurements: h 80 cm × w 64 cm; d 7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Arnold Houbraken (mentioned on object).

Italian school. Detail of The School of Athens (Leonardo da Vinci as Plato and Aristotle).. Scuola di Atene . Vatican, Room of the Segnatura. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-ESTANCIA DEL SELLO. VATICANO.

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