Dramatic Historical Scenes

Paintings depicting intense historical moments and mythological events, using vibrant colors and dramatic contrasts to convey action and emotion.

People in journey by Johann Hulsman, oil on copper, 1635, circa 1550-before 1652, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 35x47

Oedipus Going into Exile from Thebes; 1843; Oil on canvas Henri-Augustin Gambard; French; 1819-82

The Maccaronari, by Domenico Gargiulo (1609 or 1610 - ca1675), oil on canvas.

ENCUENTRO DE ANTONIO DE CLEOPATRA. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO. Cleopatra. MARCO ANTONIO.

Hector Taking Leave of Priam Jacques Louis David (1746-1825 French)

A drawing by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet showing a shepherd family with their herd, executed in black chalk and gouache on blue paper, 1784.

Jan Miel / 'Carnival Time in Rome', 1653, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 68 cm x 50 cm, P01577. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Good Samaritan. Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Oil on canvas. 36.8 x 29.8cm

The dispute among the doctors (La disputa fra i dottori), by Vincenzo Pagani and Giovanni Pagani, 1517, 16th Century, painting on board, 32 x 78 cm

Still Life Caro, Baltassare del (1689 1750)

Esther fainting before Ahasuerus, Guercino (1591-1666)

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin by Heemskerck, Maarten Jacobsz, van (1498-1574) / Frans Hals Museum Haarlem / 1532 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 168x235 / Early Netherlandish Art

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist. Marketplace in an Italian Town, with an Itinerant Toothpuller. Dating: 1651. Measurements: h 68.5 cm × w 86 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: JOHANNES LINGELBACH.

LA PRINCESA SAN JORGE Y SAN LUIS - SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO ITALIANO. Author: JACOPO COMIN-JACOBO ROBUSTI-TINTORETTO. Location: ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES. Venedig. ITALIA. LOUIS IX OF FRANCE. SAINT GEORGE. SAN LUIS IX REY DE FRANCIA. LUIS IX SANTO REY.

Bice found by Marco Visconti in basement of his castle at Rosate, theme from novel Marco Visconti by Tommaso Grossi, illustration by Francesco Hayez

Death Of Saphira, Wife Of Ananias Mort De Saphire, Femme D'ananie Sebastian Le Clerc (1637-1714 French) Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Belshazzar's Feast Signed and dated, lower left: "J. Martin 1820", John Martin, 1789-1854, British

Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. The Maid of Orleans, sketch, 1883. Depicts Joan of Arc, after defeating the English army, taking the dolphin and his entourage to the Cathedral of Reims where he will be crowned King of France as a Charles VII. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

Landscape with antique ruins and bathing women, Sustris, Lambert (1515/20-after 1591)

The Quack. Date/Period: 1652. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 112.4 cm (44.2 in); Width: 83.4 cm (32.8 in). Author: GERRIT DOU.

Encounter Querfurt, August (1696 1761)

The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus, by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1610-12, Flemish painting, oil on canvas. Rubens and Brueghel, were close colleagues, who collaborated on at least 25 paintings. Rubens painted the robust figure (BSLOC_2016_6_205)

Vision of Ezekiel by Quentin Matsys, Oil on canvas, 1466-1530, Private Collection, 237x218

"Esther before Ahasuerus 1738-40 Oil on canvas by Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, born Rome 1593-died Naples 1654 or later)"

Thetis immerses son Achilles in water of River Styx, 18th century

The Legation from the Tsar of Muscovy on its Way to a Meeting of the States-General in The Hague, Sybrand van Beest, c. 1631 - 1632 painting The envoy of the Moscovia tsar on its way to the States meeting in The Hague, November 4, 1631. On the right the buildings of the Binnenhof. paneel: oak (wood). oil paint (paint) public road. negotiations, conference ~ diplomacy The Hague. Courtyard. Racing room

The Death of Saint Louis. Ary Scheffer (Netherlands, Dordrecht, 1795-1858, active France). Holland, circa 1817. Paintings. Oil on canvas

The Pool of Bethesda, Robert Bateman, ca. 1841-1889, British, 1877, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 20 x 29 inches (50.8 x 73.7 cm), building, chain, costume, death, door, flowers (plants), healing (traditional), ill, men, miracle, narrative, plants, pool, religious and mythological subject, science, sick, stairs, steps, vases, walking, woman, Israel, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Mehoz

Aeneas Crowning Cloanthus, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1661 - c. 1663 painting Aeneas crowned Cloanthus. Aeneas awards prizes after the at sea competition. Aeneas crowned Cloanthus with a laurel wreath, with great interest. On the left the masts of different ships. canvas. oil paint (paint) the contests held in memory of Anchises. crowning with laurel

Jotham is Saved James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodrguez de Silva (1599-1660). The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards. 1629. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Feast in the House of Simon', 18th/early 19th century by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. From a private collection.

'The Descent from the Cross'. Holland, Middle - second half of the 1630s. Dimensions: 46x62 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pieter Pietersz. Vromans III (attributed).

'Singer'. Germany, 1820. Dimensions: 103x187 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANZ RIEPENHAUSEN. Johann Christian Riepenhausen.

assault on the harem, 1880, oil on canvas, Ricard Anckermann Riera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Minerva Dictating Laws, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770).

The Writing on the Wall James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City

ABRAHAM Y LOS TRES ANGELES - 1667/1670 - O/L 236x261 - PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: GALERIA NACIONAL. OTTAWA. CANADA.

Painting titled 'Ecce Homo' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) a Dutch painter and etcher. Dated 17th Century

Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818). Italian painter. The Prussian Homage, 1796. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.

'View of the Bridge across the Fontanka'. Russia, 1799. Dimensions: 35,8x61,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Karl Friedrich Knappe.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo / 'Throne Room: The Glory of Spain. Allegory of Castilia', 1762-1766, Fresco. Museum: Palacio Real, MADRID, SPAIN.

Lust for Gold. Dating: 1840 - 1879. Measurements: h 35 cm × w 45 cm; d 12 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Thomas Couture.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The Coronation of Gustaf III commissioned by King Gustav III of Sweden. Painted by Carl Gustaf Pilo, a Swedish-born artist and painter who lived between 5th of March 1711 2nd of March 1793. Oil on canvas.

Bacchanale. Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667 - 1749)

GALLINERO - 1660 - OLEO/LIENZO - 123 x 242 cm - NP 1526 - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: JAN FYT. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Bakalowicz, Stepan Vladislavovich (1857-1947) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1891 66x98,5 Oil on canvas Russian of 19th cen. Russia

The plague of Ashdod, 1630-1631, by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1655), oil on canvas, 148x198 cm.

The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish. Also called "The Ferry Boat to Antwerp". Date/Period: From 1616 until 1634. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,795 mm (110.03 in); Width: 4,670 mm (15.32 ft). Author: Jacob Jordaens.

The Death of Caesar by Gerome, Jean-Leon (1824-1904) / Walters Art Museum, Baltimore / Between 1859 and 1867 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 85,5x145,5 / Neoclassicism

Francisco de Zurbarán / 'The Martyrdom of Saint James', ca. 1640, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 252 cm x 186 cm, P07421. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Rom, vom Vatikan aus gesehen: Von La Fornarina begleitet, arbeitet Raffael an seinen Gemälden für die Loggia. Date/Period: 1820. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 177 cm (69.6 in); Width: 335.5 cm (11 ft). Author: J. M. W. Turner.

Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Polish-Lithuanian painter. Scythian Envoys before Darius, Persian King. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.

'Dictatorship Offered to Cincinnatus'. Italy, Circa 1730. Dimensions: 387x227 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO.

Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to raise the Seige of Rome. Filippo Abbiati (1640- 1715). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 166(1). 202.3 x 305.5cm.

The Calling of Saint Matthew Copy after Jan Sanders van Hemessen Van Hemessen executed several versions of this painting, which illustrates the moment Matthew turned from tax collecting to following Christ as an apostle. Van Hemessen was among the earliest Netherlandish artists to exploit the genre character of biblical subjects, and the exaggerated poses of these Italianate figures are typical of his work.. The Calling of Saint Matthew 436643

Hidden therma by Hubert Robert, oil on canvas, 1778, 1733-1808, Russia, Moscow , State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 108x149

'Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome'. Italy, Circa 1730. Dimensions: 387x224 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO.

Aethra Showing her Son Theseus the Place Where his Father had Hidden his Arms. Nicolas-Guy Brenet (France, Paris, 1728-1792). France, 1768. Paintings. Oil on canvas

Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. Date/Period: From 1724 until 1733. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,920 mm (75.59 in); Width: 2,330 mm (91.73 in). Author: Antoni Viladomat Y Manalt.

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia, Eugene Delacroix, 1856, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany, Europe

Florentine Poet 1861 Alexandre Cabanel French. Florentine Poet. Alexandre Cabanel (French, Montpellier 1823-1889 Paris). 1861. Oil on wood. Paintings

Quos Ego: Neptune Calming the Tempest, Rubens, Peter Paul, 1635.

Refugees of Parga, 1826-1831, by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), oil on canvas, 200x290 cm.

Ball at Valois Court, French school, 16th century

Conquest of Mexico. Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) opposed to human sacrifices. Romantic depiction about the arrival of the Spaniards in Mexico, inspired by the opera 'Hernan Cortes' by G. Spontini. Lithography. Drawing, first half of the 19th century, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799-1850).

PINAZO CAMARLENCH, Ignacio (1849-1916). Last Moments of King James I. 1887. SPAIN. Valencia. Generalitat Palace. Oil on canvas.

Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1813-Venecia, 1883). Escena de Tristán e Isolda compuesta en 1859.

Painting depicting King Ferdinand I of Aragon paying the rights of vectigal meat by Ramon Tusquets (1837-1904) Spanish painter. Dated 1885

Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul (1758-1823) / Louvre, Paris / 1808 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 244x294 / Neoclassicism

Francesco Bassano / 'October (Scorpio)', Italian School, Oil on canvas, 153 cm x 246 cm, P03944. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Banquet of the Prodigal Son Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682/Spanish)

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Collegiate complex (S. Bernardino), Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Jacob and Rachel William Dyce (1806-1864 Scottish) Private Collection

MISA EN LAS RUINAS DE ZARAGOZA-1859-OLEO/LIENZO 42,8X66 CM. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.

Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes. Jean Lemaire (France, 1598-1659). France, circa 1640-1645. Paintings. Oil on canvas

The execution of a noble in Nantes, 1793, oil on canvas, by Auguste - Hyacinthe Debay (1804-1865), 1859. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

The Shadows of the French Warriors Led by the Victory Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824/French)

Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City

Dionís Baixeras / "El IV Concilio de Toledo presidido por San Isidoro de Sevilla" (The IV Council of Toledo presided by San Isidoro of Seville), 1883, Painting (oil on canvas), 3,40 x 6,20 m, Paranimf of the University of Barcelona. Author: DIONIS BAIXERAS I VERDAGUER.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, by Allori Cristofano, 1612, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Palazzo Pitti. Detail. Hand hair head cut fabric drapes yellow dark face Judith young woman

The murder of Lorenzino de' Medici, 1840, by Giuseppe Bezzuoli (1784-1855). Detail.

The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Dutch Raid on the Medway in the background. Glorification of Cornelis de Witt, with the trip to Chatham in the background (June 1667). On the left a cornucopia with symbols of the prosperity and wealth of the country. In the air fame with bazuinen and putti with a laurel wreath. De Witt is proposed in armor and with command post as a sign of his position as an authorized representative of the States General at the fleet.

Paris Bordone (1500-1571). Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance. Fighting gladiators, c. 1560. Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum). Vienna. Austria.

Elias van Nijmegen, Spy escape from Jericho, wallpaper painting canvas linen oil painting, The spies were sent by Joshua to explore Jericho; they stayed there with the whore Rahab who lived in city wall house. Their arrival had become known and the king of Jericho sent soldiers to capture the spies at Rahab. Rahab hid her guests on the roof of her house under vlaopen and then let them escape on the out-of-town side of her house. In exchange, the spies promised that Rahab's house would be spared at the capture of Jericho; she had to hang red cord for recognition (Joshua 2: 1-24) Rotterdam City Triangle Leuvehaven Josua of Belle bible religion Old Testament Jericho spy Elias van Nijmegen Together with parts of paneling from building Leuvehaven 103 house of Josua of Belle II (1680-1738) ). Cadastre map 1832 H 131 (Leuvehaven west side house south of the Leuvebrugsteeg).

France: 'The Slave Market'. Oil on canvas painting by Jean-Leon Gerome, 1866. Jean-Leon Gerome (11 May 1824 - 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period.

Persecution of Christians in Roman Empire by Jean-Leon Gerome, Oil on canvas, 1863-1883, 1824-1904, Usa, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 87,9x150,1

Eugene Delacroix, July 28, Liberty leading the people, oil on canvas, 1830. Detail.

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