Dramatic Historical Scenes

Artworks depicting historical or mythological events, often rich in emotion and character interactions, captured in various styles.

Samuel Slays Aga James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York
Samuel Slays Aga James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York
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Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa. Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, New York 1848-1933 New York). Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (69.9 x 97.8 cm). Date: 1872.The appropriation of an exotic subject was typical of European and American painting in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Tiffany's experiences in North Africa with fellow artist R. Swain Gifford (1804-1905) in summer and fall 1870 most likely informed this composition, which resembles closely that of Jean Leon Gerome's "The Snake Charmer" (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts), and both works may have a common source. The picture's rich palette of earth tones recalls the work of his teacher, tonalist painter George Inness (1825-1894), and reveals Tiffany's keen interest in color and light. The painting was exhibited at Snedecor's Gallery in New York in September 1872 and was later among the orientalist canvases that Tiffany displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. It re
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Entertaining the Harem. Daniel Israel (1859-1901). Oil on panel. 24.8 x 33cm
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Iago using an innocent meeting between Cassio and Desdemona to convince Othello that his wife has been unfaithful. 'Othello' Act III, Scene III. Illustration by Robert Dudley (active 1858-1893) published 1856-1858 for the tragedy 'Othello, or the Moor of Venice' by William Shakespeare, written between 1602 and 1604. Chromolithograph.
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Kleidermode der Griechen in der ersten Hälfte des 6. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Frauen und Mädchen im altmodischen engen und steifen dorischen Chiton, zu Bo...
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PINTURA DE FIGURAS DE ARTE PERUANO (PASTORES). Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Pavement, Cairo A10953 Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 48.3 x 58.4 cm (19 x 23 in.) framed: 68.6 x 78.7 x 7 cm (27 x 31 x 2 3/4 in.);
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Carpet Merchant, Addison Thomas Millar, (1850-1913/American)
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Federico Barbarossa and Duke Henry the Lion in Chiavenna, 1861, by Filippo Carcano (1840-1914).
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The Excommunication of Robert the Pious', by Jean-Paul Laurens, 1875. Nicknamed 'the Pious', Robert II (972-1031) was King of France from 996. He was temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, who would not sanction Robert's marriage to his second wife, Bertha, Princess of Burgundy, on the grounds that they were cousins. From the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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'Pottery Bazaar in a Nile Village', c1905, (1912). Artist: Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale.
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The second Hall. Date/Period: 1902/1904. Painting. Olje på lerret med gull, sølv og farget glass. Width: 119.5 cm. Height: 62.5 cm. Author: GERHARD MUNTHE.
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Illustration to the Drama Boris Godunov by A. Pushkin, Shukhaev, Vasili Ivanovich (1887-1973)
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Charles Bentley, 1806-1854, British, A Market Scene in Venice, undated. Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877-1942), was a Czech painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. Although based mainly in Europe, his extensive travels took him to Morocco, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his artistic work. He died in Prague in 1942. Largely ignored during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia, his work has received greater attention in recent years.
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Stage design for the play The Storm by A. Ostrovsky by Golovin, Alexander Yakovlevich (1863-1930)/ State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow/ 1916/ Russia/ Tempera on cardboard/ Theatrical scenic painting/ 80x97,5/ Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta, Eugene Delacroix, circa 1823-1824, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America
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ACUARELA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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La Ronde des Enfants, Brie.. Fraget & Viret
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Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877-1942), was a Czech painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. Although based mainly in Europe, his extensive travels took him to Morocco, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his artistic work. He died in Prague in 1942. Largely ignored during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia, his work has received greater attention in recent years.
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Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.
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Josep Mestres Cabanes / "La valquiria", siglo XX. Colección privada.
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Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room ca. 1886 Frederic, Lord Leighton This is a study for the seven-by-twenty-foot ceiling decoration that Leighton painted for the music room in the New York mansion of magnate Henry Marquand. At center is Mnemosyne, the ancient Greek goddess of memory and mother of the muses, the goddesses of creativity. Flanking her are the muse of tragedy and the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry, with embodiments of musical inspiration overhead. The side panels represent the poetry of love and revelry. Leighton depicted the figures with firm outlines against a gold background in order to evoke ancient mosaics. His final canvases were later cut into single-figure works, and this study is the only record of the ceiling ensemble in its entirety.. Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room. Frederic, Lord Leighton (British, Scarborough 1830-1896 London). ca. 1886. Oil and gold on canvas. Paintings
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The Blind Man Washes in the Pool of Siloam (Le aveugle-né se lave à la piscine de Siloë) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Blind Man Washes in the Pool of Siloam (Le aveugle-né se lave à la piscine de Siloë), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 9/16 x 7 11/16 in. (14.1 x 19.5 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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QUIJOTE, DON. PERSONAJE DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES. " CENA EN CASA DE LOS DUQUES " ( EPISODIO PARTE 2ª , CAPITULO 21 ). OLEO DE ANTONIO MUÑOZ DEGRAIN, 1918. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.
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Carlos V Francisco, Thrift,. Oil on canvas.
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In the Harem. Filippo Baratti (fl.1877-1901). Oil on panel. Painted in 1881. 40 x 54.9cm.
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Wallace Draws the King's Sword, N.C. Wyeth
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Jean-L©on G©r¥me (1824‚Äì1904) French painter and sculptor Title Pool in a Harem
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Giuseppe Bonito / 'The Turkish Diplomatic Mission in Naples', 1741, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 207 cm x 170 cm, P00054. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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School in the Souks by Martha Walter, oil on wood, 1925, (1875-1976), USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, David David Gallery
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Manuscript by Bedford Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1440-1460, active 1405-1465, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,
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Men and Women of Aran. Maurice Joseph MacGonigal (1900-1979). Oil on canvas laid on panel. 108.9 x 130.2cm
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Servants Washing a Deer, Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796, Italian
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Hosea James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York, USA
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Muradiye Medrasa, Leighton, Frederic
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Dublin,Co Dublin,Ireland; Mural In The Dublinia Exhibition
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Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta Oil on canvas; c. 1823/1824 Eugene Delacroix; French; 1798 - 1863
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Fountain of Portfaerrissa. Ceramic panel by Joan Baptista Guivernau. The second wall of the city of Barcelona. Daily scene in the walled city of Barcelona in 18th century. Also image of Saint Jospeh Oriol. Fountain located in Portaferrissa street, near Rambla. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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REPRESENTACION DE GRANADA EN MOSAICO. Location: España Square. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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BELEN DE MURCIA. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Emir by Grigori Grigorievich Gagarin, Watercolor on paper, circa 1850, 1810-1893, Russia, Bishkek, State Art Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, 37, 7x27, 7
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The Philosophers. Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944) und Pavel Florensky (1882-1943) by Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1917/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Symbolism/ 123x125/ Portrait