Dramatic Historical Figures and Anatomy

Artistic representations of figures in distress, anatomical studies, and expressive scenes that highlight human form and emotion.

Two pregnant women, Gautier Dagoty, Jean-Baptiste André (1740-1786)

Woodcut titled 'Pain Man', showing a figure in distress with colored details, emphasizing expression and composition.

Kneeling Oriental in front of a kneeling woman. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: c. 1614 - 1616. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 168 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two pregnant women, Gautier Dagoty, Jean-Baptiste André (1740-1786)

The Smoker, by Quast Pieter Jansz, 17th Century, tavola di quercia. Formerly Switzerland, Lugano-Castagnola, Villa Favorita. All smoker jug: pitcher chair footrest brown shades: tones: hues shadows physiognomy grotesque.

Gautier, Jean-Baptiste, Essai d'anatomie en tableaux imprimés: Planche 20, Anatomical muscle model, print, prints, height 606 mm, width 460 mm, French, 1775 - 1825, print maker, 1745 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, mezzotint

DANZA DE LA MUERTE - LA MUERTE Y EL CABALLERO. Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.

17th Century tarot cards by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1632-1718). Originating from Bologna.

Fresco at the Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site,...

Purgatorio. Illustration to the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989)

Death with Worldly Vanities. Dated: 1700/1720. Dimensions: image: 66.99 × 47.63 cm (26 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.) sheet: 75.25 × 55.25 cm (29 5/8 × 21 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century.

LA DANZA DE LA MUERTE O EL FIN DEL MUNDO - 1932 - DIBUJO A LAPIZ Y PASTEL SOBRE PAPEL - 18 x 15 cm. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA (1886/1945). Location: GALERIA LEANDRO NAVARRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Discovery of a snail under the mushrooms, decorative tiles from Life of the gnomes series, ceramic. England, 19th century.

Skeleton dancing next to an open grave. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1656. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 155 mm × w 202 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Saint Christopher. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in dark blue, light blue, orange, red, green, yellow, brown, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Scene of torture in Suriname, print. Slavery, South America, 19th century.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Two Old Men Eating', 1820-1823, Spanish School, Mural, 49,3 cm x 83,4 cm, P00762. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Gautier, Jean-Baptiste, Essai d'anatomie en tableaux imprimés: Figure 1, Male head with muscles visible: bust to the right, print, prints, height 440 mm, width 330 mm, French, 1775 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1745 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, mezzotint

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: Bluebeard's Chamber. The Belgian

National Museum of Ancient Art. The last judgment. The hell. Detail. Unknown master. 16th century. oil on oak panel.

Grotesque 'Säulenbeißer' figure in the Grote Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

Beham, Barthel, Munich, Child with Three Skulls, verso left - stamped, Sleeping child with his head resting on three skulls, an hourglass completes this vanitas., print, prints, verso middle - stamped, height 42 mm, width 58 mm, 1502 - 1540, print maker, printmaker, 1529 - 1529, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Italy, Reni, Guido, Coriolano, Bartolommeo, Christ Child Sleeping, verso - stamped, The Christ Child lies asleep on the cross, his head resting on a skull. Next to the cross lie nails and the crown of thorns., print, prints, height 89 mm, width 123 mm, Italian, 1599 - 1676, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1676, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, papier, chiaroscuro woodcut, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence - Church of Santa Maria Novella. Chapel of Filippo Strozzi. Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Saint Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, detail of footwear. Fresco completed in 1502.

The Fratricide. Date/Period: 1897. Painting. Tempera on canvas. Width: 56.5 cm. Height: 66 cm. Author: AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA.

Rewarding the Hounds (From Incidents in a Stag Hunt). Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: 96 in. × 54 1/2 in. (243.8 × 138.4 cm). Date: ca. 1495-1515. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

naughty boy teases a bird / ungezogener Junge neckt einen Vogel, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration.

Mosaic of the theatrical masks. Date/Period: 2nd century. Mosaic. Author: UNKNOWN.

Death with the bride, panel of the Danse Macabre, 1840, by Johann Anton Falger (1791-1876), painting on wood, Martinskapelle (chapel of Saint Martin), Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria.

Illustration of Death coming to take a man. Dated 19th Century

Simberg, Hugo, work, Peasant and death at the gate of heaven and hell, 1897, two watercolor paintings on paper glued to a common etching paper, painting, ALLEGORY, heaven's gate; peasant, death, skeleton creature, knocking, container, verses, flower, gate of hell, crying, snake, left heaven's gate width 7.9 cm, left heaven's gate height 12.8 cm, right hell's gate width 8 cm, right hell's gate height 12.7 cm, Photo no. 27846, 18.2.1994, photographer: Antti Kuivalainen, photo type: LAAKADIA, content description: Simberg, Hugo: Peasant and Death at the Gate of Heaven and Hell, 1897, watercolor (two works on the same ground), 12.8 x 7.9 left, 12.7 x 8.0 right.

Heresy. 15th century. Torturing of jews. Engraving, 1475. Europe.

The devil, detail from the Santa Maria del Soccorso, 1475-1485, attributed to the Master of the Johnson Nativity (active 2nd half of the 15th century). Santo Spirito Church (St Mary of the Holy Spirit), Florence.

The Story of St George - St George Slaying the Dragon, 1875-90. Artist: Rosa Corder. After a design by: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Moctezuma II (c. 1466-1520). Ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan. Reign, 1502 to 1520. Death of Moctezuma II. There are several versions of this fact given by several sources. As Bernal del Castillo says, the Spanish forced Moctezuma to appear on the balcony of his palace, appealing to his countrymen to retreat. The people were appalled by their emperor's complicity and pelted him with rocks and darts. He died a short time after that. This version is what is shown in this image. Engraving, 1875. Colored.

Trojans Arch, Ancona ; Tasso in prison ; The Bridge of Sighs , Memorial arches, Cells Rooms & spaces, Prisons, Bridges

Vertumnus - Rudolf II' (c1590), showing Rudolph II (1552-1612), Holy Roman Emperor from 1576, as Vertumnus, ancient Roman god of seasons who presided over gardens and orchards. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (c1530-1593) Italian painter. Oil on canvas.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. Woamn and man.

Roman fresco, Circa.60-50 BC, Italy, Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries

Window with the coat of arms of Alkmaar with caption "Alkmaria Victrix 1573", 1573 Window, stained glass, consisting of sixteen separate panels that together show the arms of Alkmaar. Caption: Alkmaria Victrix. Dated 1573. Netherlands glass. lead (metal). Window, stained glass, consisting of sixteen separate panels that together show the arms of Alkmaar. Caption: Alkmaria Victrix. Dated 1573. Netherlands glass. lead (metal).

A Chinese man preparing to be executed by decapitation: the man is shown being made to kneel on the ground, while the executioner raises his sword. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--

Rudolf II (Vertumnus), c1590, Holy Roman Emperor as Vertumnus, ancient Roman god of seasons, Giuseppe Arcimboldi (1527-1593/Italian), Oil on canvas, Skoklosters, Balsta, Sweden

Reproduction of a mosaic with Masonic symbols, from The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume II, General Descriptions, Plate XLVIII, 1854-1896.

Anonymous. Catalonia. Panels with scenes of the Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, ca.1300. Detail depicting two men pulling breasts of the saint. From the Parish Church of Santa Llucia de Mur (Guardiola de Noguera, Catalonia). National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Grabado de artes y oficios. Maestro. Grabado de 1870.

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Dante's Inferno, the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Canto, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angels, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Fresco romano con la representación de una máscara trágica. Pompeya. Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Nápoles. Italia.

El Misántropo, 1568. Museum: MUSEO E GALLERIE NAZIONALI DI CAPODIMONTE, NAPOLES, ITALIA. Author: PIETER BRUEGHEL (EL VIEJO).

DESNUDO TENDIDO CON PICASSO SENTADO A SUS PIES-1901-TINTA Y ACUARELA. Author: PICASSO, PABLO. Location: PICASSO MUSEUM, BARCELONA, SPAIN.

DESNUDO TENDIDO CON PICASSO SENTADO A SUS PIES-1901-TINTA Y ACUARELA. Author: PABLO PICASSO. Location: PICASSO MUSEUM. Barcelona. SPAIN.

The Census at Bethlehem (Detail A) 1566 Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.1525-1569/Flemish) Oil on Wood Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels, Belgium

Haarlem, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Heemskerck, Maarten van, Groningen, Bos, Cornelis, Swordsmen, Two swordsmen, verso middle - stamped, Two naked swordsmen. The print is part of a series about two swordsmen in a duel., print, prints, height 200 mm, width 248 mm, Dutch, 1510 - 1566, print maker, printmaker, 1552 - 1552, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, 1522 - 1590-10-29

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos_ (1886-1945). Masks Dancing Arm in Arm. 1938. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Mapfre Vida Cultural Foundation.

Myologie Complette en Couleur et Grandeur Naturelle. Artist: Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty (French, Marseille 1716-1785 Paris). Author: Joseph Guichard Duverney (French, 1648-1730). Dimensions: 22 1/16 × 15 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (56 × 39.5 × 3 cm). Publisher: Gautier (Paris). Date: 1746.Jacques-Fabien Gautier-Dagoty received a royal license for his technique of four-plate color printing in mezzotint, a process closely derived from the three-plate method of his teacher, Jacob Christoph Le Blon (to which Gautier-Dagoty added a plate printed in black or brown). Although he also made prints that reproduced paintings or depicted notable figures, Gautier-Dagoty's special interests lay in anatomy, botany, and zoology--fields that would be revolutionized by the publication of accurate color illustrations. He founded the first French illustrated scientific journal, and prepared large-scale publications such as Myologie complète en couleur et grandeur naturelle a treatise on the anatomy of muscles.

A Chinese butcher. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Der Tod kommt zum alten Mann, Totentanz, dance of death, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Heads: Nunina., Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1800, Etching, colored, Sheet: 10 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (26.7 x 14cm)

Piedmont Torino Novalesa Chapel of St. Eldradus1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Cod. 11093, fol. 5r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

c.1845, Hand colored lithogarph, Warrior in Gourd Mask. Dumont D´Uruille

Charles H. Sisson. Dated: 1850. Dimensions: overall: 122.2 x 63.7 cm (48 1/8 x 25 1/16 in.) framed: 137.8 x 79.7 x 6.3 cm (54 1/4 x 31 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Goodhue Chandler.

Saint Michael the Archangel. Oil on panel by a Cremonese painter, 1525-1530. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona. Lombardy. Italy.

Grabado de artes y oficios del siglo XIX. Tejedor.

Cain Leadeth Abel to Death James J. Tissot 1836-1902 French Jewish Museum New York City

'Hombre representando la danza de la muerte', 1997, Tempera on canvas, 50 x 36 cm. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1918-1919 33,7x23,2 Pencil, watercolour on paper Russian avant-garde Russia History

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). A Colourful and Historic Journey to Brazil. 1839. Cabocle (civilized Indian) shooting a bow. Costumbrism. Litography.

Mandragora vir ca. 1491 .

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. Les bitlles. Juego que trata de derribar la mayor cantidad de bolos mediante el lanzamiento de una bola grande.

An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess'). Date/Period: 1513. Painting. Oil on oak. Height: 62.4 cm (24.5 in); Width: 45.5 cm (17.9 in). Author: Quentin Matsys.

Self-Portrait by Ket, Dick (1902-1940)/ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam/ 1932/ Holland/ Oil on canvas/ Magic realism/ 80,5x54/ Portrait

Gollet baroque chapel after renovation. Angel sculpture. France.

Shen Nung. Watercolour.

Louis Plogsted, Masks, 1938 Masks

Punishment of female criminals in China by a throatboard / Bestrafung von weiblichen Verbrechern in China durch Halsbrett, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

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