Dramatic Historical Scenes

Illustrations of significant historical events involving royalty and nobility, capturing intense emotions and intricate details in various artistic styles.

The Family of Darius before Alexander. 1565ñ1570. oil on canvas, painting by Paolo Veronese. The painting shows Alexander the Great with the family of Darius III, the Persian king he had defeated in battle. Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 ñ 19 April 1588) was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice

Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Netherlands, Duke Adolf of Guelders attempts to marry Mary of Burgundy by force, 1477, Duke Adolf of Guelders, liberated by the Flemish after the death of Charles the Bold, attempts to marry Mary of Burgundy by force, 1477. A bishop keeps the duke away from Mary., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 216 mm, width 147 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1774 - 1774, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Frederic Leighton, 1830-1896, British, The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets, 1854. Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The Family of Darius before Alexander. 1565ñ1570. oil on canvas, painting by Paolo Veronese. The painting shows Alexander the Great with the family of Darius III, the Persian king he had defeated in battle. Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 ñ 19 April 1588) was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice

Painting depicting Henry VII of England (1457-1509) granting John Cabot, an Italian navigator and explorer, a patent. Dated 15th Century

Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752). Italian diplomat, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Appointed official representative of the Duke of Parma in April 1713. He was the principal adviser to King Philip V of Spain. Quarrel between Cardinal Alberoni and the Mayordomo mayor of the King, duke of Escalona, during the illness of Philip V. No one was allowed to enter the Royal Chamber except those authorised by the queen and Alberoni. Alberoni asked the Duke of Escalona not to enter the room, to which the latter became indignant. The queen witnessed the scene as she was sitting at the king's bedside. Scandal in the King's Chamber. Illustration by Bielsa and J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume V. Madrid, 1891. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.

Boccaccio's Decameron - Garden Scene from the Introduction, 1859. Pen and ink on paper. Artist: Sir Edward John Poynter (d. 1919)

Interval, from the School of Pietro Longhi, 18th-19th Century.

Fresco The Singers' War in the Singers' Hall of Wartburg Castle, Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, Historical, Photochrome print from the 1890s.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Genoese navigator. Presentation of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs, in Barcelona. Engraving by Rico after a painting by of Ricardo Anckermann. The Artistic Illustration. Colored.

Symbolisch-satirische Darstellung der Ausschweifung, Johann Sadeler, 17th century, digitally improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, Symbolically satirical portrayal of debauchery, 17th century, digitally improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

CHARLEMAGNE 742-814 receives Alcuin, ceiling fresco

Columbus before the Queen Emanuel Leutze (American, born Germany, 1816-1868). Columbus before the Queen, 1843. Oil on canvas, 38 9/16 x 50 15/16 in. (97.9 x 129.4 cm). Columbus before the Queen was the third of at least six treatments of the Christopher Columbus theme undertaken by Emanuel Leutze. Portrayed as a hero, the Italian explorer commands the center of the composition as he boldly addresses the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, seen here on the left. With their backing, Columbus crossed the Atlantic four times between 1492 and 1503. His first voyage marked the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Americas, which brought a new language, a new monotheistic religion, and an obsession with racial purity to the region. American Art 1843

The Fearless Ardents (Le Bal des Ardents); The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men) or Bal des Sauvages, was a masquerade ballnote 1 held on 28 January 1393 in Paris at which Charles VI of France performed in a dance with five members of the French nobility. Four of the dancers were killed in a fire caused by a torch brought in by a spectator, Charles' brother Louis, Duke of Orléans. King Charles and the remaining dancer, the noble knight Ogier de Nantouillet, survived. The ball was one o

The Fearless Ardents (Le Bal des Ardents); The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men) or Bal des Sauvages, was a masquerade ballnote 1 held on 28 January 1393 in Paris at which Charles VI of France performed in a dance with five members of the French nobility. Four of the dancers were killed in a fire caused by a torch brought in by a spectator, Charles' brother Louis, Duke of Orléans. King Charles and the remaining dancer, the noble knight Ogier de Nantouillet, survived. The ball was one of a number of events intended to entertain the young king, who the previous summer had suffered an attack of insanity. The event undermined confidence in Charles' capacity to rule

Meeting of the Kyivan Princes, Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)

Charles V of France (1338-1380). Coronation of Charles V as King of France on 19 May 1364 at Reims Cathedral. Beside him, his wife Joan of Bourbon (1338-1378). Chromolithography after a miniature from "Froissart's Chronicles". Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

Italy - Tuscany Region - Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Siena province). Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, cloister. Bartolomeo Neroni (known also as Riccio Sanese or Maestro Riccio, 1500-1571/73), Life of St. Benedict, St. Benedict sends St. Maurus to France and St. Placidus to Sicily (1540). Fresco

Italy - Tuscany Region - Siena Cathedral - Piccolomini library - Pinturicchio - Life of Pope Pius II - Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Bishop of Siena, at the introduction of Frederick III and Eleanor of Aragon - Fresco detail (1503-08)

Auction of sea fish at the Halles market, Paris, France, 17th century

Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen. Artist: Pierre Henri Revoil (French, Lyon 1776-1842 Lyon). Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (48 x 68.2 cm.). Date: 1819.Active both in Paris, where he was a student of Jacques-Louis David, and in his native Lyon, Revoil was a leading proponent of the Troubadour style, which favored historicizing subjects. This highly finished sheet is a study for Revoil's painting Joan of Arc in Prison (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen), exhibited at the Salon of 1819. The composition owes a debt to David's Neoclassical manner in its planar arrangement and legible poses, but Revoil also clearly delighted in rendering details of medieval architecture and costume. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vasco da Gama at the Court of Zamorin of Calicut Jose Velloso-Salgado (19th C.- Portuguese)

Azulejo, Egas Mozi presents himself with woman and child to King Alfonso VII of Leon and Castile, Porto Sao Bento Station, Porto, Portugal, Europe

Game and dance in the Middle Ages, ball, event / Spiel und Tanz im Mittelalter, Ball, Veranstaltung, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Scene from the Opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, Morgari, Luigi (1857-1935)

Andrzej Kołka's duel with Kazimierz Nestor Sapieh in the church of the Dominicans in Lublin on July 15, 1784, according to the "memory of the" memory "of Kajetana Koł Gierdziejewski, Ignacy (1826-1860); 1859 (1860-00-00-1860-00-00);Dominican Republic, Order, Koźmian Kajetan, Illustration, Lublin (Lublin Voivodeship), Krasińskich Palace, collection, Sapieha, Kazimierz Nestor (1757-1798), personality, 18th century - history, history, to picture, study, church, interior, interior, Collective scene, Sejm, nobility

The Fishing Party, (mediaeval Dukes of Burgundy and their ladies), 1840 copy of drawing of Van Dyck school in Louvre (MV 4020)

Die heilige Casilda, St. Casilda, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace by N.T. Malyshev, oil on cardboard, 1879, 19th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts Academy, 33x61, 5

Aida, decorado para Acto I, escena V "Ritorna vincitor!". Museum: RACCORTA BERTARELLI MILAN ITALIA.

Detail from The Militant and Triumphant Church, fresco by Andrea Di Bonaiuto (active from 1343 to 1377), 1365-1367. Spanish Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy, 14th century.

St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, fresco in Strozzi Chapel by Filippino Lippi, Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy St Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, fresco in Strozzi Chapel by Filippino Lippi, Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20410563

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, reconciles with his brother Henry, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The Field of the Cloth of Gold. A meeting in 1520, between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, arranged to increase the bond of friendship between the two kings following the Anglo-French t

Decapitation of Guillaume de Pommiers and his confessor, John Coulon, at Bordeaux in 1377 under orders from Sir Thomas Felton, English seneschal of the city. Illustration after "Froissart's Chronicles". "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Hamblet. Ophelia's funeral. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

Arab University in Cairo, Egypt, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date ...

grief in the harem, 1891, oil on canvas, Joan Fuster Bonnin, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator, cartographer, admiral, viceroy and colonist of the Americas. Death of Christopher Columbus (painting by Francisco Ortega). Illustration by J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume III. Madrid, 1890. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.

Dance and music show at the Odeon, also known as Small Theater, 1st century BC, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, chromolithograph by Dietrich from a drawing by G Cel, from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume IV, plate 20, 1854, Naples.

Perugino / Miracle of St.Bernhard

LOHENGRIN DE RICARDO WAGNE - PROMESA DE MATRIMONIO - ACTO I - SIGLO XIX. Author: Quaglio. Location: MUSEO TEATRO. MUNICH. GERMANY. LOHENGRIN. BRABANTE ELSA DE.

Figures, cathedral interior, by Samuel Prout. Gift of Mrs I.M. Hall in remembrance of Cranleigh Harper Barton, 1976.

Chopin Polonez; Kwiatkowski, Teofil (1809-1891); after 1862 (1862-00-00-1870-00-00);Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849), Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)-iconography, Czartoryska from Radziwiłłów, Marcelina (1817-1894)-iconography, Czartoryska, Marcelina (1817-1894), Czartoryski, Adam Jerzy (1770-1861 ), Czartoryski, Adam Jerzy (1770-1861)-iconography, Mickiewicz, Adam (1798-1855), Mickiewicz, Adam (1798-1855)-iconography, great emigration, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke- Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Zawisza Czarny from Garbów ( -1428), Zawisza Czarny from Garbów ( -1428)-iconography, balls, gift (provenance), pianos (musical instruments), music, polonaise ( dance), portraits, knights, allegorical scenes

Novgorod the Great by Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin, oil on canvas , 1898, 1861-1904, Russia, Nizhny Tagil , State Art Museum, 134x244

Allegory of Good Government, detail from Allegory and effects of good and bad government in town and country, 1337-1343, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1285-1348), fresco. Hall of Peace, Palazzo Publico, Siena.

Lying-in Room of a Distinguished Turkish Woman, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1720 - c. 1737

Arthurian legend refers to the vast body of medieval story that focuses on King Arthur of Britain. The first references to him, as early as c. A.D. 600, indicate that he was historically a British leader in the Anglo-Saxon invasion, Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1137 names him the head of a magnificent court and master of Europe. This illustration, dating to the early 1900s, depicts the details in the full, later legend that has Arthur, illegitimate son of King Uther Pendragon, showing his royal blood by drawing a sword from a stone.

Ferdinand V, King of Hungary, receiving a delegation of Hungarians in Schonbrunn, 1832. Austria, 19th century.

Illustration 'boy playing a flute as English peasants dance,' by Dulac. From Contes et légendes des Nations Alliées, 1917. Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882 - May 25, 1953); was a French-born, British naturalised illustrator

Antonio Ortiz Echagüe, the red chest or bread seller, 1930,, oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.

Virgil's Adventures, woodcut from the 16th century by Virgil Solis, also known as Virgil Solis

King Lear; Act 1; Scene 1; 1898 Oil on canvas Edwin Austin Abbey American (1852-1911)

Raising of Jairus' daughter, painting by Juliaan de Vriendt (1842-1935), woodcut by C Koehnlein from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, Berlin.

The Departure of CORIOLANUS, Roman general

Edward Francis Burney, 1760-1848, British, MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV, undated. Pen and black ink and watercolor on thin, smooth, brown wove paper.

MURILLO, BARTOLOME ESTEBAN. PINTOR ESPAÑOL. SEVILLA 1617-1682. " EL PINTOR MURILLO VISITA EL ESCORIAL ". LITOGRAFIA DE L. TURGIS.

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

Domenico Morelli 1823-1901 "Pompeian Bath" 1861, 134.4 x 102.5 cm oil on canvas.

LAURE, Jean Franois Hyacinthe Jules (1806-1861). Alcuin presenting himself before Charlemagne. 1837. Central detail. Copy of a Victor Schnetz's work conservated at the Louvre. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Print made by George Baxter, 1804-1867, British, Pomare, Queen of Tahiti, 1845. Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, discolored cream card.

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Benedetto invia Mauro in francia a Placido in sicilia, Benedict sends Maurus to France and Placidius to Sicily, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

ALFONSO VI. REY DE CASTILLA. 1040 - 1109. " JURA DE SANTA GADEA " ( ALFONSO VI Y EL CID ). OLEO DE MARCOS HIRALDE. PALACIO DEL SENADO. MADRID. SFGP / © KORPA.

The Banquet of Cleopatra. oil on canvas. Date: 1660. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Three Archangels and Tobias, ca 1485, by Filippino Lippi (1457-ca 1504), tempera on wood, 100x127 cm.

fine arts, graphic, ""Potiphars Weib"" (Potiphar`s wife), copper engraving, coloured, 27.5 cm x 41.5 cm, Augsburg, Germany, mid 18th century, Munich puppet theatre collection,

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). The tapestry merchant. 1870. Work executed in Paris. Romanticism. Orientalism. Watercolour. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Monistrol de Montserrat. Museum of Montserrat.

Kleidung, Mode in Italien, frühe Renaissance 1425-1480, von links, zwei Falkner in unterschiedlicher Kleidung, ein Offizier im Waffenrock und eine Gru...

Goryshkin-Sorokopudov, Ivan Silych (1873-1954) Regional K. Savitsky Art Gallery, Pensa 1900s 47,6x66 Watercolour, Gouache on cardboard Russian End of 19th - Early 20th cen. Russia Bible

Behold the Man (Ecce Homo) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Behold the Man (Ecce Homo), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (29.2 x 17.5 cm). Exclaiming Behold the man!,” Pilate shows the beaten and bloodied Christ to the crowds. The people gathered in the court below urge his execution, with pointed fingers raised in accusatory gestures. On the loggia before the assembled crowd, Pilate—convinced of Jesus’ innocence and impressed by his dignity, according to Tissot’s account—publicly washes his hands on the loggia before the square, symbolically distancing himself from the execution to follow. European Art 1886-1894

Engraving illustrating Daniel v 25 to 28 of Daniel Interpreting the Writing on the Wall from the Dore Bible by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator

Falstaff: 'I will esconce me behind the Arras', 1907. Frederick William Davis (d.1919). Frederick William Davis (1862-1919) worked chiefly in Birmingham, later in his career he accepted several commissions to paint scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

The Assembly at Windsor, 1126

Delivery of the flag of the city of Padua to a prince Carraresi. Illustration from Chronica Carrarensinus, 14th century. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Capitular Library.

Imperial Hall, mural of Frederick II in Palermo, Imperial Palace, Kaiserpfalz, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Historia de Catalunya. Llegada a Perpignan de Fernando II de Aragón (1452-1516) llamado el Católico e Isabel I de Castilla (1451-1504) tras la firma del tratado de Barcelona con el rey Carlos VIII de Francia (1470-1498) en 1493, mediante el cual la Corona de Aragón recuperó el Rosellón y la Cerdaña a cambio de su postura neutral ante un inminente ataque francés al reino de Nápoles. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Joaquín Espalter y Rull / 'The Christian Era'. 1871. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Caracalla, 211 AD, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1902

Turk Seated on a Sofa Smoking, Delacroix, Eugene

Sword of Damocles. Banquet of Damocles. Cyclopedia of Universal History, 1885. Engraving. Later colouration.

David's farewell with Jonathan , Fine Art

The Oracle. Camillo Miola (Biacca) (Italian (Neapolitan), 1840 - 1919)

Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), proposal / déclaration; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Mural depicting four generations of the Hohenzollern Dynasty at the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, Berlin-Charlottenburg. Mural shows from left to right, Wilhelm I, Frederick III, Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria. Behind them is Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951).

In the palazzo barberini in Florence, Italy, Men waiting for the Archduke, 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Illustrated fable written by Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703). French author and member of the Academie Francaise. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales.

'Ball in the Assembly of the Nobility Building in St Petersburg on 23 February 1913'. Russia, 1915. Dimensions: 89x133 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Dmitry Kardovsky.

The Sultan of Morocco and his Entourage 1845, Delacroix, Eugene

Mehmed Arif Pasha (1822-1893) by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1863 / France / Colour lithograph / Genre,History / 37,5x52 / Book design

Charles VIII visiting the dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza in Pavia Castle, 1494, by Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860), 1816, oil on canvas, 118x189 cm. Italy, 15th century.

Santa Monica. Ciclo di affreschi di Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano, inizio XV secolo. Ciclo del Battista - banchetto di Erode

The Crowning of H.M. Queen Elizabeth. Frank O. Salisbury (1874-1962). Charcoal, coloured chalk and watercolour on beige paper. 64.7 x 107.9cm

Napoleon's Divorce fr.Josephine , Engr.

Wincenty Slendzinski (1837-1909). The Gat of Dawn, Vilnius, 1889. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.

Iberian Peninsula. Ancient History. From left to right; figures 1 to 6: Phoenicians, figures 7 to 11: Celtiberians. Chromolithography. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1877.

Phidias showing the frieze in the Parthenon to friends, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), 1868, oil on canvas, 72x110 cm. Ancient Greece, 5th century BC.

The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32.7 x 23 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Arabs Making Music In An Interior Jose Benlliure y Gil (1855-1919 Spanish) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

Inset depicting the mockery of Jesus, panel from the Armadio degli Argenti (Silver Chest) with the life of Jesus, 1451-1453, by Giovanni da Fiesole known as Fra Angelico (1400-ca 1455), tempera on wood.

The Egyptyan Widow The Egyptyan Widow, Lawrencw Alma-Tadema, oil on panel, 1872, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697215

French noblewoman dining with members of her household, waited on by servants and Butler wearing tunic, hose and crakcowes, long pointed shoes. Trumpeters play in musicians gallery. Floor laid with encaustic tiles. Chromolithograph after 15th century manuscript 'Romance de Renaud de Montauban'

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