Classical Themes in Art

Artworks featuring classical narratives and figures, portraying dramatic historical and mythical moments in rich colors and textures.

LLOVERA BOFILL, Josep (1846-1896). A Dance of Lamp-oil. 1881. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Francesc Galofre i Olle "Niebla abajo" (detalle). Museo de Valls. Museum: MUSEO DE VALLS. Author: FRANCESC GALOFRE I OLLER.

Council of Chalcedon by Vasili Ivanovich Surikov, Oil on cardboard, 1876, 1848-1916, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum

Sophonisbe Kneeling Before Masinissa, King Of Numidia, Benjamin Wolff, 1815 - 1825 painting Sophonisba kneels for Masinissa, the king of Numidia (see also SK-A-658). canvas. oil paint (paint) the captive Sophonisbe kneels before King Masinissa, who is charmed by her beauty

First meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in the House of Cardinal Wolsey, Piloty, Carl Theodor von (1826-1886)

Scene from the myth of Cupid and Psyche, 1794, by Felice Giani (1758-1823), tempera wall painting, Palazzo Laderchi, Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. Italy, 18th century.

Venetian scene, England, by Charles Cattermole.

Group of man by Nikolai Nikolayevich Ge, Oil on canvas, 1863, 1831-1894, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 283x382

Alexander took Clitus' words as an insult and then hurled a spear at him and killed him.

LLOVERA BOFILL, Josep (1846-1896). A Dance of Lamp-oil. 1881. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Eastern scene with marabout. Pawliszak, Wacław (1866-1905), painter

Marco Polo 1254-1324 before the Grand Khan of the Tartars painted 1863

Desolation of Tamar James Tissot (1836-1902/French) Jewish Museum, New York

Boris Godunov and Ivan the Terrible by Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930) Regional Art Gallery, Tver Oil on canvas 50,8x67,8 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

The Symbol 'Is It Nothing To You, All Ye That Pass By' 1881 Dicksee, Frank(1853-1928 British) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

The Painter's Studio. James Digman Wingfield (1800-1872). Oil on canvas. Dated 1856. 45.7 x 61cm

Anne Page and Slender, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, 1821, Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches (18.8 x 11.3 cm) and Image: 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches (13.6 x 10.5 cm), breeches, cat (domestic cat), cloak, courting, dress, figure study, flowers (plants), garden, gesturing, literary theme, man, plays by William Shakespeare, shawl, stairs, talking, The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare, tights, woman, wooing

Guard at the entrance to the seraglio. Chlebowski, Stanisław (1835-1884), painter

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Anne Page and Slender, 1821. Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

The Death of Cleopatra, the death of the Cleopatra, paintings 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

The Juggler. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912). Oil on panel. Dated 1870. 78.7 x 50.1cm.

L'Estampe Moderne: Jeux de Fillettes à Laghouat, 1899. Étienne Dinet (French, 1861-1929). Color lithograph; sheet: 39.8 x 30.5 cm (15 11/16 x 12 in.); image: 24.4 x 34.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.).

Condemned Christians in Roman Arena CA.1880 Giacomo Mantegazza (1853-1920 Italian) Wood engraving

Iphigenia, Feuerbach, Anselm

Ivan IV Terrible by Klavdi Vasilyevich Lebedev, Oil on cardboard, 19th century, 1852-1916, Russia, Moscow, State Central M. Glinka Museum of Music, 43, 5x36, 5

Biskra. Gustavo Simoni (b. 1846). Oil on canvas. 87.5 x 59cm

The Good Samaritan by 1853 Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps French This picture illustrates the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, who comes to the aid of a wounded man. Having dressed the mans wounds, the Samaritan is shown carrying him to an inn, where he would pay for the mans care. The present version was admired by Delacroix in 1853, as Decamps was preparing to close up his Paris studio and retire to Fontainebleau. Its thickly impasted surface is characteristic of Decampss late manner, in which subjects of profound moral import are treated with formal austerity.. The Good Samaritan 436115

Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb (Madeleine et les saintes femmes au tombeau) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb (Madeleine et les saintes femmes au tombeau), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (25.2 x 21.3 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Jesters at the Court of Empress Anna Ioannovna by Jacobi, Valery Ivanovich (1834-1902) State S. Ersya Mordovian Art Museum, Saransk 1872 Russia Oil on canvas Painting Genre

Selling his Wares. Ettore Forti (1850-1940). Oil on canvas. 52.7 x 83.8cm.

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis. Photograph after a frieze in the Social Hygiene Museum, Budapest.

St. Bartholomew's Day by Karl Fyodorovich Gun, Oil on canvas, 1870, 1830-1877, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 142, 3x113

The "Aldobrandini wedding": a group of women prepare a young bride for her marriage. Engraving by A. Mochetti after Aloysius Agricola after a fresco painting.

The Massacre at Chios (11 April 1822), 1824 by French painter Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Greek War of Independence. Romanticism. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

He Heals the Lame (Il guérit les boiteux) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Heals the Lame (Il guérit les boiteux), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 13/16 x 10 9/16 in. (19.8 x 26.8 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Démorest, Albert Guillaume (n.1848-03-07-D.1906-11-18), meeting of Schumacker and Han of Iceland (dummy title), 1889. Oil on canvas. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Roma antigua. Muerte del emperador Valentiniano I (321-375) causada por el impacto en la cabeza de una vasija arrojada contra él en el transcurso de una discusión con los embajadores quados, tribu germánica de la región de Moravia.

This 1880s illustration accompanied a book on Homer and his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It shows the scene in the Odyssey when Penelope is shown welcoming Odysseus (also called Ulysses) home after he has rid the palace of the suitors and made himself known to her. According to Greek tradition, Penelope was the wife of Odysseus, king of Ithaca. Odysseus spent 10 years fighting against the Trojans (Trojan War said to have been around 1184 B.C.) and then another 10 years trying to get back home.

A Barber Shop by Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852) Private Collection ca. 1849 Russia Watercolour on paper Graphic arts Genre

The Discovery of Pulque, 1869

Witches' sabbath or The Great He-Goat, 1821-1823, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), mural transferred to canvas from the Villa del Sordo, 140x438 cm.

The Harem, 1876 John Frederick Lewis, Oil Painting, Egypt, Women, Animal, Dog, Spaniel, Female, Fruit, Art Movement, Orientalism

Chorus singers. Las coristas. 1915. Madrid, Reina Sofia museum. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA (1886/1945). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Theatre d'Orange (Orange Theatre), inside Le Train Bleu restaurant, Gare De Lyon, Paris, by Albert Maignan, 1905, France 20th century. Fresco. Detail.

ALEJO VERA. PINTOR ESPAÑOL. "NUMANCIA " , AÑO 1880. ASEDIO DE NUMANCIA. DESTRUIDA POR ESCIPION EMILIANO , AÑO 133 AC. MUSEO DEL PRADO. DEPOSITADO EN LA DIPUTACION P`ROVINCIAL DE SORIA.

Manuel García Hispaleto / 'The House of Tócame-Roque'. Ca. 1886. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Carpet Merchant of Cairo Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904). The Carpet Merchant of Cairo, 1869. Oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 22 in. (81 x 55.9 cm). Jean-Léon Gérôme traveled frequently through Egypt and the Ottoman Empire from 1853 onward, collecting photographs, textiles, and other props to use in his Paris studio. Although his detailed rendering of two carpets lends this painting a documentary appearance, Gérômes stereotypical portrayal of an Egyptian carpet vendor and brightly costumed passersby reveals his desire to appeal to European fantasies of the Arab-Islamic world. In France, such imagined scenes were interpreted as faithful records of an unchanging “Orient,” helping to justify and obscure the harrowing transformations enacted by European imperialism within North Africa and the Middle East. European Art 1869

Egyptian Chess Players'. Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) Dutch-born English artist. Oil on canvas.

Amsterdam, Blaeu, Cornelis, Johannes Willemszoon, Moeyaert, Nicolaes, Nolpe, Pieter, Festivities during the visit of Maria de' Medici to Amsterdam in 1638, French virgin laments the misfortunes of France, Claes, Tableau vivant with the lamentation of France's misfortunes by the French virgin (Maria de Medicis). The globe of the French Empire is split by Discord and Envy and set on fire, Peace is crushed. Performance in the water theater on the Rokin. Plate no. 9 in the illustrations in the description of the festivities during the visit of Maria de Médicis to Amsterdam, 31 August - 5 September 1638., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller History plates, Tableau vivant with the lamentation of France's misfortunes by the, as Maria de' Medici depicted, French maiden on the left. The globe of the French Empire is split by Discord and Envy and set on fire. Peace, with olive branch, and Justice are crushed on the right. Venus raises her hands to heaven. Rep

Lord, I Am Not Worthy (Domine Non Sum Dignus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Lord, I Am Not Worthy (Domine Non Sum Dignus), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, image: 10 1/4 x 5 11/16 in. (26 x 14.4 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Young Roman woman with an amphora in her hands at Pompeii, from a painting by Roberto Bompiani (1821-1908) Italy, Europe . Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Fernand Pelez (1848-1913). "Death of the convenient emperor". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Death of the convenient emperor Animal skin, bathtub, column, death, Roman emperor, woman, death, beast skin, emperor novel, tub, sail, column, veil, woman

Georges Moreau de Tours (1848-1901). "The wedding". Sketch for the wedding hall of the town hall of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Oil on canvas, 1880. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 19th XIXth XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Court of an Antiquelar, Mr Reprint, Street Paul-Louis-Courier, in 1895

The Dinner Horn; 1873; Oil on canvas Winslow Homer; American; 1836 - 1910

Majas on a Balcony , Fine Art

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey No. 4. Artist: Elihu Vedder (American, New York 1836-1923 Rome). Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (16.5 x 27.3 cm). Date: ca. 1867-68.Vedder is best known for his visionary paintings that contain classical and allegorical allusions, which were precursors to the Symbolist movement in the United States. This series of paintings, however, has a literary theme based on a specific text--Aesop's fable "The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey". Vedder used his beloved Italy as the setting of the classic fable, in which a hapless miller and his son attempt to appease passing critics, resulting in the death of their precious donkey. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

DINET, Alphonse-Etienne (1861-1929). Around a dying man. 1901. Romanticism. Orientalism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum.

MAEZTU , GUSTAVO DE . PINTOR ESPAÑOL. VITORIA 1887 - 1947. " MUJERES DEL MAR ". DIPUTACION DE VIZCAYA . BILBAO. ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

Rudolf Swoboda the younger (1859-1914) was a 19th-century Austrian painter, born in Vienna. He studied under Leopold Carl Muller, and voyaged with him to Egypt in 1880. He was a well-known Orientalist. In 1886, Queen Victoria commissioned Swoboda to paint several of a group of Indian artisans who had been brought to Windsor as part of the Golden Jubilee preparations. Victoria liked the resulting paintings so much that she paid Swoboda's way to India to paint more of her Indian subjects. Swoboda painted many of the ordinary people of India in a grouping of small (no more than eight inches high) paintings which resulted.

LAS ARTES 1921/23- FRESCO DE LA ROTONDA CENTRAL. Author: AURELIO ARTETA (1879-1940). Location: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA-ALCALA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Love And Time, John Melhuish Strudwick (1849-1937), Oil On Canvas

A 'harem' is not a bordello, seraglio or brothel, but refers to the women's quarters, usually in a polygynous household, which are forbidden to men. It originated in the Near East and is typically associated in the Western world with the Ottoman Empire. Female seclusion in Islam is emphasized to the extent that any unlawful breaking into that privacy is haram ie, 'forbidden'. A Muslim harem does not necessarily consist solely of women with whom the head of the household has sexual relations (wives and concubines), but also their young offspring, other female relatives or odalisques, which are the concubines' servants. The harem may either be a palatial complex, as in Romantic tales, in which case it includes staff (women and eunuchs), or simply their quarters, in the Ottoman tradition separated from the men's selamlik. A hammam is a common bath house.

Witches' sabbath (Black painting), 1819 - 23, mural painted at Quinta del Sordo (detail)

Fresco: Family Meal, Villa Valmarana ai Nan with frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepoloi, 1669, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, Europe

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, Cartoon Study, 1883 By Edward Burne-JonesPre-Raphaelite

Catullus in garden by Stepan Vladislavovich Bakalowicz, oil on canvas, 1885, 1857-1947, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 26, 8x39

Sketch for the town hall of Montreuil-sous-Bois: summer, family. Auguste Francois-Marie Gorguet (1862-1927). Sketch for the town hall of Montreuil-sous-Bois: summer, family. Oil on canvas. 1892.

Men carrying woman by Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko, Oil on canvas, 1885, 1835-1890, Russia, Novgorod, State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture Novgorodian Kremlin, 266x182, 4

The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.1 x 14 cm). In this parable, a young man leaves the comfort of family, wanders foreign lands, and resorts to begging after wasting a fortune through debauchery. Returning, he receives the embrace of his father, who warmly welcomes him home despite his mistakes, prompting the young man to repent the rejection of his family. Tissot had treated the Prodigal Son subject several times before, first in the guise of early historicizing scenes that helped establish his career and then, in the early 1880s, as a series of paintings and later etchings set in Victorian England. As many scholars have pointed out, the parable may have had a particular autobiographical resonance for Tissot, who had left his homelandtrading his native France for E

Cassandra and Priam, in Greek mythology the sixth and last king of Troy, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored

Scene with men and boy by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, oil on canvas, 1871-1872, 1842-1904, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 123x92, 4

Odalisque with a slave, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Students from Alciato, 1864, Federico Faruffini (1831-1869).

The Massacre of the Innocents, 1852, by Antonio Puccinelli (1822-1897), oil on canvas, 199x144 cm.

Italian school. Appio Claudio entering the Roman Senate. 3rd-4th century BC. Rome, Senate palace. Author: CESARE MACCARI. Location: PALACIO MADAMA-SENADO-COLECCION DE ARTE. Rome. ITALIA. APIO CLAUDIO.

Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume British Painter The life of poet-adventurer George Gordon Byron, known universally as Lord Byron (1788-1824), inspired the fashion for Europeans to be painted in Middle Eastern dress, especially those who had made the journey across the Mediterranean. The identity of the sitter in this fine little portrait has been lost, as has the name of the artist who painted it.. Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume. British Painter (ca. 1840-45). Oil on canvas. Paintings

Female wearing Arab headdress, by Jean-Francois Portaels (1818-1895), oil on canvas.

The doctor's surprise. Oil painting after J.G. Vibert.

Cashmere, John Singer Sargent, circa 1908,

Lord Byron on his Death-bed - Joseph Denis Odevaere, circa 1826

Albert Joseph Moore, 1841-1893, British, A Musician, ca. 1867. Oil on canvas.

Interior of a dyeing workshop, in Gobelins, around 1760 ". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 37953-4 Workshop, interior, shade linen, goblin factory, wear, dye, textiles, sheet, oil on canvas

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Slave Market, 1866, oil on canvas.

Italian Scene, not dated. Imitator of Léopold Robert (Swiss, 1794-1835). Oil on fabric; unframed: 55.5 x 46 cm (21 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.).

PICASSO , PABLO RUIZ. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . MALAGA 1881 - 1973. " TRES MUJERES EN LA FUENTE " , 1921. MUSEO ARTE MODERNO . NUEVA YORK. ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra by Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912) / Private Collection / 1885 / Great Britain / Oil on wood / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 65,4x91,4

Hugo C. Yonzon Jr. Pieta, 1987, Oil on canvas.

He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem (Il allait par les villages en route pour Jérusalem) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem (Il allait par les villages en route pour Jérusalem), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 9/16 x 10 7/8 in. (16.7 x 27.6 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

Bliżej Kultury Publisher by A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824 1899)

The Carpet Seller. Giulio Rosati (1857-1917). Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper. 52 x 35.5cm

Kiss, Fine Art

Ward of the Madwomen at St Bonifazio in Florence, by Telemaco Signorini (1835-1901).

The Death of Jesus (La mort de Jésus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Death of Jesus (La mort de Jésus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 9/16 x 7 1/4 in. (24.3 x 18.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Time I've Lost in Wooing. Daniel Maclise (1806-1870). Oil on canvas. 63.5 x 54cm.

JOSE JIMENEZ ARANDA. SPANISH PAINTER. SEVILLE 1837 - 1903. THE RAFFLE OF THE SAINT, OIL ON CANVAS. ROME 1875.

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