Dramatic Historical Scenes

A collection of dramatic historical artworks depicting moments of flight, vision, and mythical events, featuring rich colors and expressive figures.

Job and the Whirlwind William Blake (1757-1827/British)

The Flight of the Apostles (La fuite des Apôtres) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Flight of the Apostles (La fuite des Apôtres), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 7/16 x 4 7/8 in. (18.9 x 12.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Riddle of the Sphinx, 1886, by Walter Crane. Gift of Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe, 1957.

The Vision of Catherine of Aragon, Füssli (Fuseli), Johann Heinrich (1741-1825)

Aeneas and the Sibyl. Date/Period: Ca. 1800. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,026 mm (40.39 in); Width: 1,403 mm (55.23 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Jonah. Oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard. Date: ca. 1885-1895. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Job and the Whirlwind William Blake (1757-1827/British)

CONVERSACION 2 - 1998. Author: JUAN USLE. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Archangel Gabriel Awaiting Night. Date/Period: Ca. 1799. Genre subject. Watercolor and brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper. Height: 306 mm (12.04 in); Width: 251 mm (9.88 in). Author: Thomas Girtin.

The Money Diggers John Quidor (American, 1801-1881). The Money Diggers, 1832. Oil on canvas, 15 15/16 x 20 15/16 in. (40.5 x 53.2 cm). Early ethnic stereotypes animate this painting based on one of the American author Washington Irvings raucous stories of life in colonial New York. In this scene from “The Adventure of the Black Fisherman,” three money-mad characters hunt for treasure supposed to have been buried in a Dutch New York cemetery at the time of the British takeover. In painting the miserly Dutchman, the sinister German sorcerer, and the superstitious black fisherman who led the group to the spot, John Quidor followed Irvings descriptions exactly, down to the green lenses in Dr. Knipperhausens glasses. American Art 1832

Falstaff at Herne's Oak, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, 1821, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm) and Image: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (13.3 x 10.4 cm), children, costume, fairies, figure study, forest, humor, illusion, literary theme, mask, men, oak, obese, plays by William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare, torch, tricking, women

Eternal life sentences. And the attempt to dream of dreams of the widze; Mizutowicz, Tadeusz (1778-1826), Weiss, Isidor (1774-Post 1809), Caraffe, Armand Charles (1762-1822); 1809 (1809-00-00-1809-00-00);

Salvador Dalí / 'La Divina Comedia. Purgatorio, Canto 8' (The Divine Comedy. Purgatory, 8 Ridge", Lithograph, 33 x 26 cm.

'The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Archangel Michael Expels the Fallen Part of the Heavenly Host)'. Holland, middle of the 17th century. Dimensions: 123,3x84,4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ADRIAEN BACKER.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1524 (detail)

Dresden, Meyer & Richter, Richter, Ludwig, Genoveva van Brabant, verso - stamped, print, prints, etchings, height 403 mm, width 253 mm, German, 1803-09-28 - 1884-06-19, print maker, printmaker, 1848 - 1848, paper, papier, chine collé, etching, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Elements: Fire early 17th century Attributed to the workshop of Christoph Murer Swiss. The Elements: Fire. Swiss, Zurich. early 17th century. Painted and stained glass. Glass-Painted

The Coming Of Spring by Charles Burchfield, 1893-1967

Cupid drawing back his bow, fresco by Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) and Ciro Ferri (1634-1689), detail. Spring Hall at Villa Falconieri La Rufina, Frascati. Italy, 17th century.

Still Life With Fish. Still life with fish. On a stone plinth are partly in a basket: cods, sleeves, salmon, oysters and mussels, a crab and a pair of flatfish.

'Design of a Theatrical Curtain'. Hungary-Russia, 1869. Dimensions: 44x64,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.

Drawing, Bank Note Design; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; brush and grey and white gouache, black crayon, red pastel on brown paper (separate strip below); 28.8 × 68.4 cm (11 5/16 × 26 15/16 in.)

Photograph of 'An Idyll of 1745' by Millais, from an album compiled by Sir John Everett Millais, Rupert Potter (Manchester, England, 1832 - 1914) c.1884

Allegorical Figure Representing Africa Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian This work is part of a series of the allegorical representations of the Four Continents that originally served as overdoors. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo based his figure of Africa on symbols codified in Cesare Ripas Iconologia (1593): an elephant trunk headdress and vase. Like representations of saints or other figures that artists aimed to identify, these attributes were important signals to historical audiences, though in the case of the Four Continents, they eventually fed into racialized stereotypes. Like the other large-scale allegorical frescoes in this gallery, this panel was probably detached around 1900 from the Palazzo Valle Marchesini Sala in Vicenza.. Allegorical Figure Representing Africa 437809

Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Painting after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

Penmaenmawr, unknown artist, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1855, Colored by hand

Francesco Monti (1685-1768). Italian painter. Elijah and the angel. Oil on canvas. Ala Ponzone Civic Museum. Cremona. Italy.

AVES ACUATICAS Y ARMIÑOS - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 181 x 79 cm - NP 1754 - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: FRANS SNYDERS (1579-1657) SNIJDERS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Death on a pale horse from Revelations

CUENCA - BURRO COCEANDO - TABLA CON SANGUINA LAQUEADA - 1920 - DETALLE IZQUIERTO DE UNO DE LOS PANELES DEL SALON DE CONSEJOS DEL BANCO EXTERIOR. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: BANCO EXTERIOR-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Grotto of the Agony (La Grotte de l'agonie) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Grotto of the Agony (La Grotte de l'agonie), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on dark brown wove paper, Image: 11 1/16 x 14 7/16 in. (28.1 x 36.7 cm). Following the Last Supper, Jesus and the apostles retreat to Gethsemane (an olive grove) on the Mount of Olives. While his disciples rest, Christ prays alone, asking God if it is possible to let his sufferings pass him by, yet reaffirming his commitment to submit to Gods will. Luke writes that an angel comes to strengthen him, though in his anguish Jesus sweats blood, a graphic detail that, unusually, Tissot omits. While Lukes account says that Christ receives comfort from the angel, Tissots image seems to promise little solace and, indeed, is profoundly different in tone from the earlier watercolor The Angels Came and Ministered to Him. While one angel holds a chalice—the cup of Jesus suffering—the others proffer globes with scenes of th

04/23/2013 Madrid. Supreme Court open house Photo, Isabel Permuy ARCHDC Isabel B Permuy.

The Lament for Icarus, Herbert James Draper, 1898,

Saint George and the Dragon. Sint Joris and the dragon. In a mountainous landscape, Saint Joris (a knight on horseback) beats the dragon, on the floor the bodies of previously killed men, there is a young woman with her arms in the air. Saint Joris departs on the right with the princess on horseback. In the landscape in the background there are palaces and a ruin.

PAREJA. Author: Francis Picabia.

Oberon and Titania, Francis Danby, 1793-1861, Irish, 1837, Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I, crowns, fairies, flowers (plants), gesture, literary theme, man, meadow, moon, mushrooms, night, nudes, plays by William Shakespeare, servants, supernatural, talking, thorns, toga, vines, woman, woods

The Woman of Love; La Femme de l'Amour. Francis Picabia (1879-1953). Watercolour, pencil and charcoal on paper. 105 x 75cm.

'The Colossus (detail)', 1818-1825, Oil on canvas, 116 x 105 cm, P07364. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA 1746/1828 / J ASENSIO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Abraham with the three Angels.Abraham kneels for the three angels, left Sara at the house. Based on a composition of Tiepolo. Pendant of SK-A-3435.

Saint George and the Dragon, workshop of Luca Signorelli, 1495 - 1505

After the Shipwreck - Design for an Illustration of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Gustave Doré, French, 1832 - 1883; France, Europe; about 1875; Gouache; 50.8 x 40.5 cm (20 x 15 15/16 in.)

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740-1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771), The Angel Binding Satan, ca. 1797. Oil on canvas.

Fresco in Palacio episcopal . Malaga. Spain.

Drawing, Venus (Design for a Wall Painting); Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; charcoal and oil paint, surrounded by gold on grey paper; 47.8 × 63 cm (18 13/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Pan and Syrinx. The eternally lustful god of the woods and fields, Pan, has his sights set on the chaste nymph Syrinx, a follower of the goddess Diana. When Syrinxs escape is blocked by a river and Pan is about to overpower her, she is transformed into tall reeds. Pan made a set of pipes from them. Van Everdingen placed all of the emphasis on the fleeing Syrinx; Pan can hardly be detected in the dark forest.

Bliej Kultury Publisher by A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Grünewald, Matthias (1480/1483 1528)

'Still Life with Dead Game and Lobster'. Flanders. Dimensions: 121x181 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Vos, Pauwel (Paul) de.

Ulysses. Styka, Jan (1858-1925), painter

The Little Mermaid by H.C. Andersen pen and ink drawing . Author: LORENZ EROHLICH.

Camera Work: The Tale of Isolde, 1905. F. Benedict Herzog (American, c. 1859-1912). Photogravure;

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketchbook, sketchbook 1874-75, drawing, 22x30; 68 pages, 2 cut out, Edelfelt, Albert, sketchbook 1874-75, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

'Morning Follows Night'. Holland, Circa 1680. Dimensions: 80,7x65,4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Berchem, Nicolaes (Claes) Pietersz.

'Dead Game'. Holland, 1666. Dimensions: 93x90,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jan Vonck.

Pity, Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, ca. 1795, Color monotype with pen and black ink and watercolor, varnished on moderately textured wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (41.3 x 51.4 cm), angels, children, floating, horses (animals), infants, literary theme, women

Russian Fairy tale by Alfons Marie Mucha, Tempera on canvas, 1912, 1860-1939, Czech Republic, Prague, City Gallery Prague, 610x810

Moose by Oliver Kemp, (1887-1934), USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

El nacimiento de las angustias. Museum: DAWLING GALLERY / NEW YORK / ES. UNIDOS. Author: SALVADOR DALI.

AUTORRETRATO - 1967 - O/L - 178x127. Author: RUFINO TAMAYO. Location: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Evening The Fall of Day; about 1869-70 Crayon oil; and graphite on canvas William Rimmer American born in England; 1816-1879

Engeland, Thornton, Robert John, Blake, William, Illustrations of imitation of Eclogue I, Thenot under the fruit tree, England, recto middle bottom - printed, Thenot sitting under a fruit tree, opposite him lies Colinet., print, book illustration, prints, verso middle - stamped, verso middle right - stamped, Thenot, height 32 mm, width 74 mm, 1757 - 1827-08-12, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1821, first quarter 19th century, paper, wood engraving, Work conception, after own design by, Engels, 1768 - 1837-01-21, client

ALEGORIA DE LA INSTITUCION DE LA ORDEN DE CARLOS III - 1827-1828 - FOTO AÑOS 60. Author: VICENTE LOPEZ PORTAÑA. Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

François Louis Français (1814-1897). "Sketch for the Trinity Church: Adam and Eve chased from Paradise". Oil on canvas. 1877. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Figurative art, religious art, holy history, Christian iconography, religious iconography, saint

Mier and in the right, Rodkowa part "class" triptych; Chmielowski, Adam (brother Albert; W.; 1845-1916); after 1870 (1870-00-00-1895-00-00);horses, nocturnes, torches, symbolic scenes, skeletons, purchase (provenance), death

Rendezvous in the Forest. Dated: 1889. Dimensions: overall: 92 x 73 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.) framed: 107.9 x 89.5 x 8.8 cm (42 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri Rousseau.

'Perseus and Andromeda', 1891, (1915). In Greek mythology, Andromeda is chained to a rock by the sea monster Cetus and saved from death by Perseus. Oil on canvas held at the Walker Art Gallery. From "Classic Myth and Legend", by A. R. Hope Moncrieff. The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, London,

'Still Life with a Rummer and Fruit'. Holland, 1623. Dimensions: 50,5x70,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Roelof Koets (attributed).

Angel Of Death, The Schwabe, Carlos(1866-1926 French) Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Three Oxen. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 12 x 18 1/8 in. (30.5 x 46 cm). Date: ca. 1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

In pursuit of an idea. Szwojnicki, Roman (1845-1912), painter

Maruru, by Paul Gauguin, 1893-94, French Post-Impressionist print, woodcut on paper. The image is from his earlier painting, Hina Maruru (Thanks to Hina) of 1893. Gauguins created images of Hina and other deities from his imagination, and not objects he (BSLOC_2017_5_37)

Erlkonig ca. 1860 Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871 Austrian) Colored print

Samson Rending the Lion.Simson shields the lion. Panel from a series of twelve representations of strong men from mythology and biblical history. Four panels in the Rijksmuseum: SK-A-3511/3514.

Right and Left, Winslow Homer, 1909, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

The Summer Giuseppe Arcimboldi (1527-1593 Italian) Oil On Canvas Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia, Italy

Night with her Train of Stars, 1912 The painting's title is derived from W. E Henley's (1849-1903) poem 'Margaritae Sorori' (Translates as 'Sister Margaret') Artist: E.R.Hughes (Edward Robert Hughes), Blue, Watercolour, Angel, Sky

The Dentist, Print made by Paul van Somer, ca. 1576-1621, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1616), after Jan Both, ca. 1618-1652, Dutch, 1674, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 3/16 inches (37 × 25.9 cm), Plate: 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (27.3 × 20 cm), and Image: 10 9/16 × 7 7/8 inches (26.8 × 20 cm)

David in the Wilderness of Ziph James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York, USA

Ericsson, Henry, work, Sketch book, 30 leaves, 1931, drawing, 20 cm x 31.5 cm, Ericsson, Henry, part: Human figures, 1931, Carl August Henry Ericsson, 1898 in St. Michel, Finland - 1933 in Borgå, was a Finnish graphic artist and decorative painter of Finland.

Mythological Fresco Asian Art(- ) Fresco

Scene Biblique. Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Gouache, watercolour, pastel and collage on paper. 33 x 25.4cm.

GONZALEZ CAMARENA, Jorge (1910-1980). Encounter Between the Two Cultures. 1963. Allegory about Spanish conquest of Mexico. Painting. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle.

Elsevier photo collection. Royal Palace Dam Square Amsterdam restoration. huge ceiling paintings decorates near civilian room. 25 April 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Right and Left. Dated: 1909. Dimensions: overall: 71.8 x 122.9 cm (28 1/4 x 48 3/8 in.) framed: 105.4 x 156.8 x 10.2 cm (41 1/2 x 61 3/4 x 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Winslow Homer.

From the series Hero trains from trial deduction in front of the script, Unknown

Jan Fyt / 'Bird Concert', 1661, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 135 cm x 174 cm, P01534. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Licinio, Giulio (1527-1591) National Gallery, London Painting 35,6x153 History The Attack on Cartagena

Aleix Clapés (1850-1920) Spanish artist. Hércules buscant les Hespéridas / Hércules buscando las Hespéridas / Hercules Searching for Hespéridas 1892 oil on canvas

The proclamation to the shepherds, draughtsman: anonymous, after: Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1700 - 1800, paper, brush, h 418 mm × w 585 mm

Large Medici coat of arms and Mars setting the war ablaze with lightning, detail from the coat of arms,1645 to 1647, fresco by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669). Mars room, Palatine Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence. Italy, 17th century.

'Still Life with Pheasants'. Czech Republic, 1784. Dimensions: 87x71 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Martin Ferdinand Quadal.

Penance of SaintJerome. Artist: Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Italian, active 1475-ca.1500

Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book I lines 44 and 45

Alfred Philippe Roll (1846-1919). "Apotheosis" (central ceiling). Gallery south of the Petit Palais ". Oil on Marouflée canvas, 1913. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 99858-15 Apotheosis, figurative art, painted decor, historic monument, historical heritage, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century

Agnus-Dei: The Scapegoat (Agnus-Dei. Le bouc émissaire.) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Agnus-Dei: The Scapegoat (Agnus-Dei. Le bouc émissaire.), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 1/16 x 6 3/4 in. (25.6 x 17.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Tile with Bird and Foot, from a set of moulded tiles, 6 1/16 x 6 x 9/16 in. (15.4 x 15.24 x 1.43 cm) (tile only), Glazed ceramic

Satan's army: the bottle-souls, after searching for the pleasure in alcohol, are hurled to hell by skeletons, illustration from Fliegende Blaetter, humour and satire magazine, No 2105, 1885. Digitally colorized image.

ESTUDIO DE CORZO - 1959 - O/L - 130X98 CM. Author: MANUEL BENEDITO VIVES (1875-1963). Location: FUNDACION SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO. MADRID. SPAIN.

This 1912 image by J M Gleeson illustrates Kiplings How the first letter was written. Tegumai Bopsulai, a neolithic man, lived in a cave with his wife Teshumai Tewindrow and their daughter Taffy. One day he and Taffy went to the Wagai river to catch fish. He accidentally broke his fishing-spear. He started to mend it, having left his other spear at home. A stranger came along who did not speak their language. Taffy asked him to take a message to her mother and bring Tegumais other spear. The stranger gave her a piece of birch bark to show his good intent. She thought he meant her to draw her

Act 1 scene 4 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare 1564 to 1616 English poet and dramatist Engraved by R.Thew after painting by H. Fuseli

Spanish school. Painting. 1981. Madrid, private collection. Author: GALVA A. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

'Faust Illustration', 1925. Artist: Harry Clarke.

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