Dramatic Historical Scenes

Paintings depicting dramatic mythology and biblical stories, filled with expressive figures and rich colors, showcasing theatrical moments in art.

David Playing the Harp for King Saul. Baron Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835). Oil on canvas. 183.5 x 226.7cm.

Queen of Sheba before Solomon by Knupfer, Nicolaes (1609-1655) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1640s Oil on canvas 73.5x81 Holland Baroque Bible,Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

The Calumny of Apelles, 1870-1900 Artist Ericole Benussi (after Sandro Botticelli), Copy of the original Botticelli painting in Uffizi, Florence. It's based upon Lucian of Samosata's description of 'Calumny' by Apelles (a Greek painter of the Hellenistic Period)., 19th Century, Watercolour, Architecture, Frame, Nude, Female, Ancient Greece, Male, Works on Paper

'Sacrifice of Iphigenia', 1735. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

David Playing the Harp for King Saul. Baron Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835). Oil on canvas. 183.5 x 226.7cm.

Eduardo Rosales Gallinas / 'The Death of Lucretia', 1871, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 258 cm x 347 cm, P04613. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Olindo and Sophronia, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), oil on canvas, 105x206 cm.

The baptism of Clovis by Rigo, Jules Vincent (1810-1892) / Musee des beaux-arts de Valenciennes / 1871 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 58,2x94,4 / History painting

Painting depicting the Judgement of Solomon by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) French Baroque painter

Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot oil on canvas. Jean-Simon Berthelemy (1743-1811) French history painter. Legend is, in 333 BC at Gordium, Phrygia, Alexander the Great, unable to untie the knot, sliced it with his sword. Alexandrian solution.

The Calumny of Apelles c.1495 from Lucian with Suspicion Ignorance Spite Calumny Innocence Duplicity Deceit Penitence

The Execution of St John the Baptist, 16th Century. Lambert Sustris

Italy, Rome, Lazio, Capitoline Museum, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Orazi and Curiazi Hall, fresco Abduction of the Sabinas A.D. 1635-1636, Giuseppe Cesari called Cavalier d'Arpino painter

Rape of the Sabines. Date/Period: 1630 - 1631. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,805 mm (110.43 in); Width: 4,260 mm (13.97 ft). Author: PIETRO DA CORTONA.

Mier Epaminondas; Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807); 1797 (1797-00-00-1797-00-00);State Art collections (Warsaw - 1922-1939) - collections, message (provenance)

'Abraham and Three Angels'. Holland, 1656. Dimensions: 71x82 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Gerbrandt Jansz van den Eeckhout.

Stories of the Virgin, fresco painted between 1485 and 1490 by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) and assistants, detail. Tornabuoni Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy, 15th century.

Helen Recognising Telemachus, Son of Odysseus by Lagrenee, Jean-Jacques (1739-1821)/ State Hermitage, St. Petersburg/ 1795/ France/ Oil on wood/ French Painting of 18th cen./ 48x64/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Foundation of Florence 1565, Vasari, Giorgio

Stories of St John, 1502 fresco by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), detail. Strozzi Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy. 16th century.

Francesco Solimena (1657-1747). Pintor italiano de estilo barroco. " Eneas y Dido", 1739-41. Oleo sobre tela. Museo de Capodimonte. Nápoles. Italia.

ULYSSES at the court of AlcinoÜs, king of the Phaecians

Louis-Charles Gautier-Dagoty (aka Louis Gautier-d'Agoty, French, 1746-after 1787) after Guercino (aka Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian, 1591-1666). Return of the Prodigal Son, ca. 1775-1776. Four-color mezzotint printed in red, blue, and black, with hand coloring on heavy wove paper. Plate: 352 mm x 391 mm (13.86 in. x 15.39 in.). First of two states, without the added inscription plate identifying the artist.

Platos Symposium by Anselm Feuerbach, Oil on canvas, circa 1871-1874, 1829-1880, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 750x400

'The Crowning with Thorns', c1542, (1937). Artist: Titian

395 BC VISIGOTH KING ALARIC I CONQUERING ATHENS ILLUSTRATION BY LUDWIG THIERSCH IN 1894

Detail of an 18th century Beauvais tapestry based on design by Francois Boucher illustrating a scene from the Story of Psyche, 1741.

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family 1537 Master of the Dinteville Allegory Netherlandish/French 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 chteau of Polisy with an even more exceptional depiction of Jean de Dinteville: Holbeins Ambassadors (National Gallery, London). Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5137. Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We'

England, London, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Painting of Christ on The Way to Calvary by Jacopo Bassano dated 1544

Old Testament. Genesis. Chapter 24. Rebekah see Isaac from Afar. Engraving by Julios Schorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872). Author: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Velazquez / Jacob receiving the Clothing

The Death of Germanicus - Nicolas Poussin, circa 1628

Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Le Serment des Horaces. 1782. aquarelle cm 51 x 52,7.

The Death of Lucretia, Rustici, Francesco Rustichino, 1624.

Triumph of Scipio, 17th century tapestry based on cartoons by Giulio Romano (1499-1546), manufacture of Brussels, from the series Stories of Scipio. Detail.

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Actelingen van de eeuwige, Acta Apostolorum, Vande Vervolgingen en 'tnut daer wt onstaen, Paulus' vlucht uit Damascus, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Paulus flees the city of Damascus at night. He is lowered from the city wall with a basket and then leaves on foot. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Acts 9:25. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 167, height 211 mm, width 269 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, after print by, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

EL DESMAYO DE ESTER - GRABADO - SIGLO XIX. Location: BANCO URQUIJO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. ESTHER / ESTER.

The Scourging of Christ, 1657, by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666), oil on canvas, 250x185 cm.

Chamber of Cupid and Psyche with erotic depictions, story from the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, court painter Giulio Romano, Palazzo Te, pleasure palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Antiochus and Stratonice, David, Jacques-Louis, 1774

Cleopatra and Antony by Giambattista Tiepolo, oil on canvas, 1696-1770, Russia, Moscow, State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, 338x600

Aeneas escaping from Troy, 1598, by Federico Barocci (1535-1612), oil on canvas.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, San Stefano di Sessanio, Parrocchiale, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

King James I (1566-1640) uniting England and Scotland, Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1632,

ALEGORIA DE LA PAZ - SIGLO XVII. Author: SALOMON KONINCK. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

ROSALES, Eduardo (1836-1873). Death of Lucretia. 1871. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Stratonice or Antiochus' illness, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Glorification of Podesta Sante Moro, by Maffei Francesco, 1653, 17th Century, canvas. Italy: Veneto: Rovigo: Rovigo: Santa Maria del Soccorso Church: detta La Rotonda. Detail. Glorification male portrait man podesta Sante Moro bystanders/onlookers noblewomen putto/cherub damask dress/garment crown pearls necklace veil cornucopia

Belgium, Brussels, Grand Place, Brussels City Museum, 16th century Wall Tapestry

Martyrdom of St Peter of Verona, 1555-1560, by Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525 ca- 1578), oil on canvas, 212x82 cm.

The apotheosis of Homer, 1827, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

The Plague of Ashdod, or The Philistines Struck by the Plague - 1631 - 148x198 cm - oil on canvas - French Baroque. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Painting. Count Branicki ´s castle, Montrésor, Indre-et-Loire department. France

The Water-Spout; l' Acquaiolo. Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). Dated 1844, oil on canvas, 99 x 130.2cm.

King Solomon and his court, from The Judgement of Solomon, fresco, 1728-29 (detail)

'Esther before Ahasuerus'. France, Late 1650s. Dimensions: 199x155 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

Death of Cato. Date/Period: Ca. 1640. Painting. Height: 2,030 mm (79.92 in); Width: 2,790 mm (109.84 in). Author: Gioacchino Assereto.

The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem. Date/Period: 1625 - 1626. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 145.8 cm (57.4 in); Width: 194 cm (76.3 in). Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

David with Goliath's Head for Saul, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, .

POUSSIN, Nicolas (1594-1665). The Noble Deed of Scipio. ca. 1640. Classicism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Moscow. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Death of a saint. Malarz francuski XVII w., painter

MOISES SALVADO DE LAS AGUAS-. Author: BAGARIA. Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Charles Le Brun (Disciple of) / 'Caesar's Triumph', Late 17th century, French School, Canvas, 49 cm x 64 cm, P02278. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Allegory on the reign of Emperor Leopold I, Hoet, Gerard (1648-1733)

Napoleon's return from Egypt, October 1799, by Felice Guascone (died 1830). Napoleonic Wars, France, 18th century.

Ecce Homo, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1566 - 1567, 16th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala dell'Albergo. Whole artwork. Marble painting scene Ecce Homo presentation of Christ after torture before Calvary sheet soldier Pontius Pilate shows Jesus Christ to men after flagellation steps stairs praetor.

The Burial of the Ashes of Themistocles in Attic Land, by Bossi Giuseppe, 1805, 19th Century, oil on panel. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Fine Art Academy. Whole artwork. Grave urn ashes men women trees mount.

Paris and Elena Paris and Elena, 17th century, oil on canvas, Mattia Preti, Can Cotoner, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21853116

GODOFREDO Y EL CONSEJO ESCUCHAN LA DEMANDA DE ARMIDA - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/COBRE - 27 x 39 cm - NP 1826 - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. BOUILLON GODOFREDO DE. GERNANDO.

The Judgment on the Gabbatha (Le jugement sur le Gabatha) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Judgment on the Gabbatha (Le jugement sur le Gabatha), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 5/16 x 8 1/16 in. (13.5 x 20.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles. Jérôme-Martin Langlois (French, 1778 - 1838)

'The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice' (detail), 1580-1582, Oil on canvas. Author: EL GRECO-Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1540-1614). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. SAINT MAURICE. JUAN D'AUSTRIA.

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770). Cleopatra's Banquet. 1746-1747. ITALY. Venice. Labia Palace. Baroque art. Fresco.

Ecce Homo, c. 1575

The Adoration of the Magi late 1750s Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian Tiepolo's compositional ingenuity is apparent everywhere in this oil sketch: a crowded space compressed between the ruins of a triumphal arch, column, and fallen cornice, an impossibly thin and towering ladder, aggressive foreshortening of the cow at lower right, and the turbaned Black king's elbow that juts out towards the viewer. The sketch seems to have never resulted in a finished altarpiece.. The Adoration of the Magi 437789

Ecce Homo, by Lombard Artist of XVII Century, 17th Century, oil on canvas, cm 134 x 173

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto / 'Judith and Holofernes', 16th century, Italian School, Canvas, 198 cm x 325 cm, P00390. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Caesar Before Alexandria, 1724-25. Gianantonio Pellegrini. Depicting scene of Julius Caesar before the Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)

The caption for this 1906 illustration reads: Commodus was one of the evil emperors of Rome. Every one who incurred his dislike was executed. Some of the most intimate associates of his wicked life found by accident a list showing that they themselves were marked for destruction.They hurriedly formed an alliance with such Romans as still retained a spark of their ancient pride and hated Commodus for the degradation into which he was dragging them, The emperor was secretly poisoned; but, to make sure, a powerful wrestler was hidden at the same time in his bathroom, and as the doomed man entered

Radamisto kills Zenobia, by Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850), 1803, oil on canvas, 125x145 cm. Armenian kingdom, 1st century.

Italy: 'Proclaiming Claudius Emperor', oil on canvas painting of Claudius Caesar's ascension, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867

L'incendio di Borgo, Fire in the Borgo, Leo IV 847 obtains the extinguishing of the fire through his blessing and thereby saves the city and the church, Stanze des Brandes, Stanza dell Incendio, Stanzas of Raphael, Stanze di Raffaelo, fresco by Faffaelo Santi, with the collaboration of Giulio Romano, 1514- 1517, Vatican Museums, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Latium, Italy, Europe

José de Madrazo y Agudo / 'Jesús en casa de Anás', 1803, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 176 cm x 231,5 cm, P03912. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). "The storm", a reduced replica of the 1828 version. Oil on canvas. Paris, Museum of Romantic Life. 25534-4 Canvas oil, breath, temperature

FLAGELACION DEL SEÑOR - 1670 - OLEO/LIENZO - 340x230 cm - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN DE SEVILLA ROMERO Y ESCALENTE (1643-1695). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. GRANADA. SPAIN. JESUS.

Romulus' Victory Over Acron, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)

Antonio Arias Fernández / 'Christ Bearing the Cross Meets Veronica'. 1657. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Joseph of Egypt in prison, 1755-1756, by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), bold black lines, grey pen and opaque paint on paper, 45x59 cm.

Apostles by Jacopo Palma il Giovane the Younger, Oil on canvas, circa 1580, 1544-1628, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 349x880

Allegory, by attributed to Mazzoni Sebastiano, 17th Century, oil on canvas, cm 175 x 203

Italy, Campagnola, Domenico, Bertelli, Luca, Christ and the Tribute Money, verso - stamped, Christ stands on the right and looks at a man on the left who holds out a hand with two coins towards him. They are surrounded by other figures. In the background on the right are three columns and a drapery., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 340 mm, width 428 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1580, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1500 - 1564

Roman Empire. Spectators during a gladiator fight. Engraving. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume II, 1881.

Pompeian style frescoed salon, San Teodoro Palace, Naples, Campania. Italy, 18th century.

Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902). Polish painter. Detail. Torches of Nero, 1876. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland.

'Farewell between Hector and Andromache', 17th century, Oil on canvas, 250 x 122 cm, P06774. Author: JULIEN DE PARME JEAN ANTOINE. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Dressing room of a distinguished roman woman, Ancient roman empire. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Venice between the glory and peace, 1575-1578, by Paolo Caliari known as Veronese (1528-1588), oil on canvas.

Saul and the Witch of Endor. oil on canvas. Date: 1828. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The walls of Jericho, by Jacopo Palma the Younger (1544-1628).

Egyptian Scene by Asknazy, Isaac Lvovich (1856-1902)/ Private Collection/ Russia/ Oil on wood/ History painting/ 12,5x20,5/ Genre,History

Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Stricken at Jaffa (March 11, 1799) 1804 Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835 French) Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

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