Classical Historical Scenes

Engravings depicting dramatic historical moments and figures, rendered in a classical style that showcases rich narratives and emotions.

Caius Sempronius Gracchus, a far-sighted legislator, resorts to insurrection to impose his views : defeated, he orders his servant to kill him. Date: 122 BCE

The humiliation of Nero, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, paper, pen, brush, h 135 mm × w 85 mm

The humiliation of Nero. Draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I). Dating: 1804. Measurements: h 135 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicting the concept of moderation, showing a human figure in a composed posture with symbolic elements, created in 1517.

Amsterdam, Meyer, Pieter, Rome, Grandjean, Jean, Italy, Morghen, Raphael, Germanicus speaks to citizens, verso - stamped, Germanicus speaks to a group of citizens. Behind Germanicus are soldiers with spears. Numbered top right: IV., print, engraving, history print, book illustration, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 187 mm, width 140 mm, Italian, 1758-06-19 - 1833-04-08, print maker, printmaker, 1781 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Dutch, French, 1752 - 1781, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1718 - 1781, publisher, uitgever

Clair-obscur woodcut by an anonymous artist after 1520 depicting Raphael with his lover in a scene across four plates.

Caius Sempronius Gracchus, a far-sighted legislator, resorts to insurrection to impose his views : defeated, he orders his servant to kill him. Date: 122 BCE

Black chalk drawing by Franz Seraphim Goebwart depicting Theoria freeing the aristoma's bonds in Sparta, highlighted with white chalk on green-yellow paper.

Abraham and Lot, historic steel engraving from 1860

Seianus saves Tiberius. The vault of the cave of the country house where Tiberius is on the meal. His protection Seian loves the pillars to save the lives of the emperor.

Lucius Aemilius Sejanus saves the life of Tiberius. Draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I). Dating: 1804. Measurements: h 135 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, Schenk, Leonard, Lairesse, Gerard de, unknown, Glauber, Johannes, Biblical, mythological and allegorical representations, Christ Breaks a Statue, verso bottom center - stamped, The Christ Child stands on a column and has just broken a religious statue. The statue lies in pieces on the floor. Mary and Joseph look on. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations., print, prints, height 280 mm, width 385 mm, 1646 - 1726, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1726, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1696-02-26 - 1767-06-11, publisher

Bacco e Arianna, afresco di Pompei.

Cleopatra VII (69 ac-30 ac), reina del Alto Egipto, introducida por un criado en el Palacio real ante Julio César envuelta en una manta. Grabado de 1878.

Samuel Rescues Israel George Frederick Watts (1817-1904 British)

Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus 23-79) in discussion with emperor Vespasian Roman writer and author of Historia naturalis" Engraving from Louis Figuier 1866."

Asia Minor. The Trojan War. Troy Destroyed. Engraving, "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume I. 1854.

This late 1890s illustration shows the Italian noble lady Vittoria Colonna (left) and artist/painter/sculptor Michelangelo.

The pleasures of Venus, copper engraving by Gerhard de Jode, 17th century

Engagement, symbolic Italian copper engraving, 1700

Locusta. Notorious in Ancient Rome for her skill in concocting poisons. Nero and Locusta. Engraving by Duviviso. 19th century.

Sculpture Panther hunter, panther hunter, by Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau, 1816 to 1883, a Danish sculptor, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

A pagan sacrifice. Engraving.

Drawing by Niccolo dell'Abbate (1509 - 1571), a Mannerist Italian painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the Italianate Renaissance to France

Marius on the ruins of Carthage, North Africa, historical woodcut, circa 1880

Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by T.H. Parry, 1836, after P.F. Mola.

Black chalk drawing by Heinrich Friedrich Füger depicting a scene from Klopstock's Messiade II, showing figures, gestures, composition, and drapery, executed with brush in gray-brown and deck white on blue paper around 1797.

Jacob asks Laban for Rachel's hand, Leah in background, engraving by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Germany

Vernedering van Nero.Nero is looking for a resort at Phaon. He proposes that Nero is hidden in a hole in the ground to a passage in the wall. Nero refuses and creates water from the ditch to drink.

Athenian Virgins from the East Frieze of the Parthenon, Temple for the City Goddess Pallas Athena Parthenos on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, Europe

'Na Rafaela; A zigzag journey through Mexico', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Landscape with a woman walking past a shepherd lying in front of a tent. Next to him are his shepherd's staff and a pan flute. Shepherd and a woman, print maker: Johannes Glauber, (mentioned on object), 1656 - 1726, paper, h 220 mm × w 265 mm

Caractacus or Caractacus (active 51 AD) King of the Britons. Other versions of his name a Caradoc or Caradawg. British hero who resisted Roman invasion in 43. Finally defeated near Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 51, and taken to Rome as a prisoner, shown in front of Emperor Claudius . Died in captivity. From 'The Imperial History of England' by Theophilus Camden (London, 1832). Engraving.

Roma antigua. Tiberius Claudius Nero (42 aC - 37 dC), Tiberio, emperador romano, en Capri.

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, drawing on Phèdre, a tragedy by Jean Racine, 1639 - 1699, German translation of Phaedra by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

The Rape of Lucretia, copper engraving by Heinrich Goltzius, about 1570

Helen and Cassandra by Frederick Sandys from Once a Week 1866 Date: 1925

THE BURDEN OF PRIDE, BY GUSTAVE DORE, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Purgatorio or Purgatory by Dante Alighieri. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

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

Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale15. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Parmigianino, Italy, Trento, Antonio da, Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, verso - stamped, The Tiburtine Sibyl shows Emperor Augustus the apparition of an angel with Mary and the Christ Child in the sky. Two male bystanders on the right., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 343 mm, width 269 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1550, print maker, prentmaker, 1528 - 1530, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Book design to Manuscript of Dvur Kralove by Josef Manes, woodcut, 1861, 1820-1871, Private Collection

The Golden Stairs, 1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, 19th Century, Musical instrumentPre-Raphaelite, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female, Staircase

Judit takes off the head of Holofernes, Meynert Jelissen, 1610 - 1614 print Judit takes off the head of Holofernes with his own sword. Her maid puts the curtain aside at the bed. In the margin six lines in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving Holofernes beheaded by Judith with his own sword; the maidservant may be keeping watch

Mars and Venus having sex, gallant copper engraving by Ph. Galle, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

DETALLE DEL MOSAICO QUE REPRESENTA EL SACRIFICIO DE IFIGENIA - SIGLO II AC - Conjunto nº 676. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. Ampurias. GERONA. SPAIN.

Alexander Runciman, 1736-1785, British, Musidora. Etching.

The figures depict three ancient Greeks: from left to right, a man in traveling costume and two women.

"LA DIVINA COMEDIA". Poema escrito en toscano donde se relata el viaje de su autor, DANTE ALIGHIERI, para llegar a la CONTEMPLACION DIVINA. "VIRGILIO Y DANTE RECORRIENDO EL INFIERNO". Grabado de Gustavo DORE.

The figures illustrate two ancient Greek actors (the one second from right wears a typical drama mask). The illustration dates to 1882.

Banquet of food feast in Ancient Greece. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

David and Goliath, David presents Saul Goliath's head, David and Goliath, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Probably French 16th Century after Pierre Milan after Rosso Fiorentino, Dance of the Dryades Dance of the Dryades

Paris, Orléans, Philippe Duc d', France, Audran, Benoît (I), Chloé et Dorcon retirent Daphnis d'un trou, Daphnis uit een goed sparen door Chloë en Dorcon, verso - stamped, Numbered at top right p. 13., print, book illustration, prints, height 99 mm, width 74 mm, 1661 - 1721-10-02, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, paper, etching, Work conception, French, 1674-08-02 - 1723-12-02, after a design by, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A Dacian captive. Etching by F. Perrier.

Picture, "Carting the Selene".

Civil suits under Charles the Bald, vintage engraving. Civil suits under Charles the Bald, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660336

Antique Sculptures at Magdalen College, Oxford, UK

Death of Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) Classical Greek philosopher. Engraving, 19th century. Later colouration.

Flagellant, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman

The Pleasures of Venus, the Roman Goddess of Erotic Love and Beauty, copperplate engraving by Gerhard de Jode, 17th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

A scene of the nibelungen, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Saint Symphorien, figure of the Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien of Ingres, vintage engraving. Saint Symphorien, figure of the Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien of Ingres, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678894

Historical print from the 19th century, statue of Aeschines, 390 BC - ca 314 BC, an orator and politician in Athens, Greece, Europe

The murder of Caesar. From the picture by Carl T. Von Pilotz from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

Faun holding a Zeus mask, Faunus, the horned god of the forest, plains and fields, an ancient Italian god of nature, the protector of farmers and pastoralists, their livestock and their fields, historical engraving, 1880

Symbolic representation of the coarseness of love habits in the Renaissance, Spanish engraving, 1545

Engraving depicting natives of Virginia. Dated 19th century

Elizabeth Irish Costumes time, after an extremely rare print of the collection of the late Mr Sweet, vintage engraving. Elizabeth Irish Costumes time, after an extremely rare print of the collection of the late Mr Sweet, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656144

Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Engraving of his Comedies. Paris, 1759. Colored.

"LA DIVINA COMEDIA". Poema escrito en toscano donde se relata el viaje de su autor, DANTE ALIGHIERI, para llegar a la CONTEMPLACION DIVINA. "Y AL BORDE DE LA CAVERNA ESTABA TENDIDO EL QUE FUE OPROBIO DE CRETA" (Infierno, c. XII). Grabado de Gustave DORE.

The Lord Wept (Le Seigneur pleura) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Lord Wept (Le Seigneur pleura), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 13/16 x 5 in. (19.8 x 12.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Feather drawing by Pier Francesco Mola showing St. Bartholomew standing in a landscape on gray-lavated brownish paper.

'The Creation of Eve', 1899.Artist: Pennemaeker

Augustus of Prima Porta, Augusto di Prima Porta, is a 2, 03 m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar discovered on 20 April 1863 in the Villa of Livia in Prima Porta near Rome, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Digitally restored, Judith with bare breasts and swords beheaded Holofernes, symbolic representation of the power of the woman, copper engraving by Samredam zu Goltzius in the 17th century, The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible, publication from 1882, Digitally improved:, Judith with bare breasts and swords beheaded Holofernes, symbolic representation of the power of the woman, copper

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Burlesque on Kentís Altarpiece at St. Clement Danes

Young couple and death. A young man and a young woman walking in a hilly landscape. From behind a tree loves death (in the form of a skeleton with an hourglass) on them.

Bas relief of the funeral cippus of the Countess of Haro, daughter of the Marquis of Santa Cruz, by Canova, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Indian from Tierra Caliente, Mexico, drawing by Stella. Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862

The patient Chat, Watteau, engraved by Liotard, vintage engraving. The patient Chat, Watteau, engraved by Liotard, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673985

c.1840 Art/illustration, Man of the Sandwich Islands dancing with uliuli

Esop seeking a man, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Lazarons, ou Mendiants Napolitains'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Ludwig XIV. Versailles. Jean Warin. Louis XIV. Versailles. Jean Warin. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23320771

'This is one of four bas-relief medallions in the Academy Exhibition by R. Siemering, of Berlin, a German sculptor of repute. These roundels are very effectively bold in relief, their treatment is marked by feeling, taste, and knowledge, and they are well suited either for isolated ornament or for architectural embellishment. The lines of the present composition are particularly happy and harmonise perfectly with the bounding circular mouldings'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Pergamon Altar. Yadegar Asisi (born 1955). Artistic attempt to restore the North Frieze using the part of the frieze not shown in the panorama in order to complete the figures and scenes. Gigantomachy. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Esop seeking a man, vintage engraving. Esop seeking a man, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674176

Injured Aeneas treated by surgeon Japix, fresco, Italy, Naples, National Archeological Museum

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Payne, Albert Henry (1812 1902), Santi, Raffaello (1483 1520)

King Sigurd's bridal journey, the king's wedding journey, a Norse saga / König Sigurds Brautfahrt, des Königs Hochzeitsfahrt, eine nordische Sage, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Boadicea-1st century British queen of Iceni, rallying her troops. Finally overwhelmed by Romans, Boudicca is said to have taken poison. Wood engraving c1900

'The Anarchist', 1899.Artist: JF Weber

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRL. Egypt, engraving 1879

CARACTACUS BEFORE CLAUDIUS

Saint James Minor, Saint Peter, and SaintMatthias. After: Master F. P., Italian, active 16th century After: Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540 Artist, formerly attributed to: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldolla), Italian, ca. 1510-1563

Attending to one's appearance in Ancient Greece. Date: ancient Greece

Merson, Luc-Olivier (n.1846-05-21-D.1920-11-14), three man hearts made differently (books VIII, chapter VI) (dummy title), 1888. House of Victor Hugo-Hauteville House.

Faun with Zeus mask, Faunus, also known as the wolf god, the ancient Italian god of the outdoors, the protector of farmers and shepherds, their cattle and their fields, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, Faun with Zeus mask, also known as the wolf god, the ancient Italian god of the outdoors, the protector of farmers and shepherds, their cattle and their fields, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, col

Der Traum vom Glück, Junge Mutter ist mit ihrem Baby eingeschlafen und träumt von einer guten Fee, die das Kind segnet, Historisch, digitale Reprodukt...

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