Social Scenes in Art

Artworks depicting social gatherings and scenes from everyday life in the 18th century, blending humor and critique of societal norms in vibrant compositions.

Meeting by William Hogarth, Oil on canvas, circa 1743, 1697-1764, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 69,9x90,8

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Marriage a la mode: The Marriage Settlement', 1743: William Hogarth (1697-1764) English artist. Oil on canvas.

The Marriage Settlement is the first in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage A-la-Mode painted by William Hogarth.1743

The Beggar's Opera. Date/Period: 1729. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 591 mm (23.26 in); Width: 762 mm (30 in). Author: William Hogarth.

The furlana, 1750 - ca1755, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), oil on canvas, 61x49 cm.

Meeting by William Hogarth, Oil on canvas, circa 1743, 1697-1764, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 69,9x90,8

Portrait of Aernout van Beeftingh, His Wife Jacoba Maria Boon and Their Children, Nicolaes Muys, 1797 painting Family portrait of Aernout van Beeftingh (1759-1831) with his first wife Jacoba Maria Boon (1760-1800) and their children in an interior. The mother is sitting on his lap with the youngest son Nicolaas Marinus (born 1796). To the left of her is Johanna Adriana (1787-1828), with a sock fair in her right and a hat in her left hand. On the ground is Joshua (1789-1835), leaning on one arm and with a whip in hand. Aernout van Beeftingh is sitting at a round table with a print in his hand. Nicolaas (1783-1858) runs on the right with a portfolio to an open art cabinet, Pieter (1794-1875) is in a high chair with a fall hat. panel. oil paint (paint) family group, especially parents with their child(ren). 'Kunstschrank'. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph. baby-chair. hobby-horse

Children in an Interior, Arthur Devis, 1712-1787, British, ca. 1743, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 39 x 49 3/4 inches (99.1 x 126.4 cm), arch, architecture, boys, brothers, bust, cane, card table, chairs, children, columns (architectural elements), conversation piece, costume, daughters, decoration, family, fireplace, fresco, games, girls, group portrait, heir, interior, Ionic, kite, mantels, ornament, overmantel, paintings, Palladian window, pilasters, playing cards, portrait, sewing basket, sons, stucco, toys

Marriage a la mode: The Marriage Settlement, 1743, William Hogarth, (1697-1764/British), National Gallery, London, England

Sir John Falstaff Raising Recruits, 1765. By Francis Hayman. This depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's Henry IV (Part II, Scene 2).. .

Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British, The Oliver and Ward Families, ca. 1778. Oil on canvas.

Signing a Marriage Contract at Court Of Louis XIV 1881 Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (1839-1929 French) Oil On Canvas

Arthur Devis, 1712-1787, British, John Orde, His Wife, Anne, His Eldest Son, William, and a Servant, between 1754 and 1756. Oil on canvas.

The Tete a Tete, Marriage A-la-Mode, by William Hogarth, 1743, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the background. Genre subject. Gray wash and watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, cream, moderately textured laid paper. Height: 70 mm (2.75 in); Width: 117 mm (4.60 in). Author: Attributed to Hubert Gravelot.

Louis Joseph Le Lorrain, Three Figures Dressed for a Masquerade, c 1740s Three Figures Dressed for a Masquerade

Michel Barthelemy Ollivier (1712-1784), English-style tea time with Prince Conti at the Temple Palace in Paris, 1777, oil on canvas, 53x68 cm. Detail

Filippo Falciatore, oil on canvas, 1718-1768, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Royal Masquerade, Somerset House, a plate from The Works of William Hogarth

Janssens, Hieronymus, (Workshop) National Gallery, London Painting 26,8x39 Genre Ladies and Gentlemen playing La Main Chaude

Merchant's Funeral Banquet by Zhuravlev, Firs Sergeevich (1836-1901) / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1870s / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 98x142

Cavalier in the Shop. Date/Period: 1660. Painting. Oil on wood. Height: 545 mm (21.45 in); Width: 427 mm (16.81 in). Author: Frans van Mieris the Elder.

Regents and Regentesses of the Lepers' Asylum, Amsterdam, 1834-35, Jan Adam Kruseman, 1834 - 1835 painting Group portrait of the Regents and Regentessen of the Leprozenhuis of Amsterdam 1834-35. Sitting around a table: Ludovicus Hamerster Ameshoff, Jan van der Meer de Wijs, Michiel Abraham van Pene Pietersz, Jacoba Wilhelmina de Meyn, Née van der Meulen, Sara Maria Joanna van der Poorten van Vollenhoven, Née Berg and Catharina Elisabeth van Vloten, Née Bagman. There are books and papers and an ink set on the table, more books leaned against a table leg. On the back wall a painting from the town hall on Dam Square. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman. board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten') Leprosy house

The Painter in His Studio. Date/Period: Ca. 1741 - 1744. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 410 mm (16.14 in); Width: 533 mm (20.98 in). Author: PIETRO LONGHI.

England, Richardson, Samuel, Highmore, Joseph, Truchy, Louis, Pamela, or; Virtue rewarded, Story of Pamela, Pamela kneels before her father, Pamela in her mistress's house, kneeling before her father. Behind her stands Count Belfart. At the table a company. The table with playing cards behind her has fallen over and several people are watching attentively in the background., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 292 mm, width 377 mm, French, 1721 - 1764, print maker, prentmaker, 1745 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), stipple work, 1692-06-13 - 1780, after, after a painting by, Engels, 1689-08-19 - 1761-07-04, writer

1700S The Orgy From RakeS Progress Painting By William Hogarth 1732

LUCAS VELAZQUEZ , EUGENIO . PINTOR ESPAÑOL . MADRID 1817 - 1870. " FIESTA EN LA MUÑOZA ". MUSEO NACIONAL BELLAS ARTES . LA HABANA. TAUROMAQIA.

Reyer Reyersz van der Burch (1630-1695), Ammunition Officer attached to the Arsenal of the States-General, Delft, with his Wife Geertruid Graswinckel and their Children Frank, Cornelis, Reyer, Maria and Alida, Cornelis de Man (attributed to), 1670 - 1680 painting Family portrait of Reyer Reyersz van der Burch (1630-95), Commies of the Ammunition to the Generality Warehins in Delft, with his wife Geertruid Graswinckel and their children Frank (born 1658), Cornelis (born 1660), Reyer (born 1661 ), Maria (born 1667) and Alida (born 1670). On the left a table on which books and an ink set. On the right a glimpse to the Tuighhuis on the Geer in Delft. canvas. oil paint (paint) family group, especially parents with their child(ren). historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman Delft. Armamentarium

The Return of Mary Queen of Scots to Edinburgh. Date/Period: 1870. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 864 mm (34.01 in); Width: 1,251 mm (49.25 in). Author: James Drummond.

Columbus before the Queen. Date: 1841. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Queen Isabella.

The Prince of Organge visiting the Work-shop of Bartholomeus van der Heist. Painted by Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (1824-1907). Dated 19th Century

"Have No Fear, My Good Friend"; Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune, French, 1741 - 1814; France, Europe; 1775; Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; 26.7 x 21.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)

Cheerful company in a brothel, Hendrick Pot

Painting titled 'A Visit to the Boarding School' by George Morland (1763-1804) English painter. Dated 18th Century

Sign for a paviour, William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British

Artemy Volynsky at a Russian cabinet sitting by Jacobi, Valery Ivanovich (1834-1902) / Regional M. Vrubel Art Museum, Omsk / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1875 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 45x68

The painter's studio, ca 1746, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), oil on canvas.

An Open-Air Party, Esaiaas van de Velde, 1615 painting The outdoor party. An elegant company sitting at a table under trees in a garden or park. On the left a man plays on the lute while a woman sings. On the table is a pie with a peacock, plates and glasses, a servant pours wine. In the foreground is a wine cooler with a few bottles. panel. oil paint (paint) banquet of elegant company - CC - out of doors. courting. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo - CC - out of doors. instrumental and vocal music together - CC - out of doors

The Strong Family 1732 Charles Philips British The inscriptions on the frame indicate that the family is that of Edward Strong, master mason of Saint Paul's Cathedral.. The Strong Family. Charles Philips (British, London 1703-1747 London). 1732. Oil on canvas. Paintings

The Strong Family. Artist: Charles Philips (British, London 1703-1747 London). Dimensions: 29 5/8 x 37 in. (75.2 x 94 cm). Date: 1732.The inscriptions on the frame indicate that the family is that of Edward Strong, master mason of Saint Paul's Cathedral. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Group Portrait of the Chambers Family. John Thomas Seton (circa 1735-1806). Oil on canvas. Signed. 95 x 124.5cm.

Regents and Regentesses of the Leers' Asylum, Amsterdam, 1834-35. Group portrait of the regents and regents of the Leprosh House of Amsterdam 1834-35. Sitting around a table: Ludovicus Hamerster Ameshoff, Jan van der Meer De Wijs, Michiel Abraham Van Peene Pietersz, Jacoba Wilhelmina De Meyn, Née Van Der Meulen, Sara Maria Joanna Van Der Poorten Van Vollenhoven, Née Berg and Catharina Elisabeth Van Vloten, Née Bagman. On the table, books and papers and an ink set are leaned against a table leg. On the back wall a painting from the town hall on Dam Square.

fine arts, Fedotov, Pavel Andreyevich (1815 - 1852), painting, ""Major's Marriage Proposal"", 1848, Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow,

The Leavetaking of Captain Hendrik de Sandra (1619-1707), sent off by his Wife and Children, Pieter van Anraedt, 1661 painting Ritmeester Hendrik de Sandra says goodbye to his wife Margareta Tortarolis and the children Anna Maria de Sandra, Margareta Barbara de Sandra and Henricus Johannes de Sandra. On the right a group of riders. Between the staff also a self -portrait of the painter Pieter van Anraedt. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter. taking leave. waving farewell ~ departure on a journey. family group, especially parents with their child(ren). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

Before; William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764; 1730 - 1731; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 38.7 x 33.7 cm (15 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.), Framed: 50.2 x 44.8 x 4.1 cm (19 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

The toilet, Jan Lodewijk Jonxis, 1830 - 1850 painting The toilet. Interior in which a woman dresses in front of a mirror. A girl hangs a pearl necklace around her neck. On the left a standing mirror. On the right a chair at a table on which jewelry is displayed. In the background on the right a woman looks from a window. Above the doorway a grisaille with putti and triumph wagon. panel. oil paint (paint) making toilet. dressing oneself, getting dressed - AA - female human figure. pearl; pearl necklace. maid ~ house personnel

Sewing of the Dowry by Maximov, Vasili Maximovich (1844-1911)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1866/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 65x79/ Genre

The Schuttersmalijd in the Footboog Doel in Amsterdam to celebrate the closing of the Peace of Munster, June 18, 1648, Jacob Cats (1741-1799), After Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1779 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush land forces (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia). celebration meal, feast, banquet. festivities on events of national importance. proclamation of peace. historical events and situations. picture, painting Arch goals

The Litigants"" (Les Plaideurs). Comedy in three acts written by French playwright Jean Racine (1639-1699). It premiered in 1668 at the Hotel de Bourgogne in Paris and published in 1669. Illustration by Francois Chauveau (1613-1676) for the first edition of the Works of Jean Racine (1639-1699). Engraving. Paris, Jean Ribou, 1676. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793) by Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth (1755-1842) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1779-1788 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 223x158 / Rococo

The Life of a Nobleman: Scene the Fifth - The Gambling House, Henry Dawe, 1790-1848, British, undated, Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20 x 16.5 cm), gambling, genre subject, house, life, nobleman

'Jane Shore', 18th century, (1935). Artist: William Hamilton.

Lady on bench by Nicolas Lancret, Oil on canvas, 1690-1743, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 37x47

James Stephanoff, 1787-1874, British, Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v, 1832. Oil on panel.

Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772, British, A Dinner Conversation, between 1735 and 1740. Oil on canvas.

John Wilkes (1727-1797). British radical, journalist and politician. John Wilkes and his daughter Mary (1750-1802). Portrait by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810). Oil on canvas (126,4 x 100,3 cm), begun 1779, exhibed 1782. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

The Death of Chatham. Date/Period: 1778. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 714 mm (28.11 in); Width: 921 mm (36.25 in). Author: Benjamin West.

Samson's Riddle. Samson's Riddle. passage from the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. after a painting by Rembrandt. digitally restored reproduction of an old original. historical. exact date unknown

Terrace of a cafe' in Paris, 1814, by Georg Emanuel Opiz, France 19th Century.

Engagement scene by Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov, oil on canvas, 1848, 1815-1852, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 58, 3x75, 4

The Ladies Waldegrave. Date/Period: 1780. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,430 mm (56.29 in); Width: 1,683 mm (66.25 in). Author: Joshua Reynolds.

Jacob Simonsz de Rijk Getting the Spanish Governor -General Requesens to release Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, 1575, Jan Willem Pieneman, 1805 - 1808 painting Jacob Simonsz de Rijk achieves the release of Philip of Marnix van Sint Aldegonde: Episode from the Eighty Years' War, 1575, the Spanish governor, on the left, several standing persons on the left. canvas. oil paint (paint) official acts of rulers, e.g. royal acts (ruler giving audience, granting mercy, etc.; ruler and his subjects)

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). Austrian composer of classical music. Mozart, with fourteen years, plays from memory the 'Miserere' by Gregorio Allegri, having heard the piece only once during the Wednesday service in the Sistine Chapel. Lithograph by L. Turgis. Litography.

Las Meninas 1656 Diego Velázquez (1599-1660 Spanish) Oil On Canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

'The Family of Carlos IV' (detail), 1800, Oil on canvas, P00726. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ANTONIO PASCUAL BORBON. PASCUAL BORBON ANTONIO. CARLOTA JOAQUINA. LOUIS DE BOURBON. PARMA PRINCIPE DE. CARLOS LUIS. MARIA LUISA JOSEFINA DE BORBON. CARLOS LUIS INFANTE. INFANTA MARIA LUISA. FERNANDO VII HERMANA. BORBON ANTONIO PASCUAL INFANTE. CARLOTA JOAQUINA INFANTA. PASCUAL ANTONIO. REINA DE ETRURIA.

Marriage a la Mode Toilette scene From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

MURILLO, Bartolom_ Esteban (1617-1682). 'El pintor Murillo visitando El Escorial' ('Painter Murillo visiting El Escorial). Litography by L. Turgis, 19th c. Romanticism. Litography.

The Improvised Concert, or The Price of Harmony', 1790. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly. Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings.

Fetes Venitiennes, c1718, (1938). Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau

MARIE Antoinette, 1755-93 Queen of France, at the Chteau de Versailles, France

Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), Prince Józef near Leipzig / Le Prince Joseph Poniatowski Deval Leipsick; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Washington and his family: George and Martha Washington seated at table, Nelly Custis and George Washington Custis standing, servant entering the room. Coloured mezzotint c1864 after painting by Christian Schussele.

AUTREAU, Jacques (1657-1745). Bodin, the King's Doctor, in the Company of Dufresny and Crebillon at the House in Auteil. ca. 1716. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

The Lavie Children Oil on canvas; c. 1770 Johann Zoffany; German; 1733 - 1810

Politicians in Tuileries Garden by Louis-Leopold Boilly, Oil on canvas, 1832, 1761-1845, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 50x60.5

LOS PRINCIPES FERNANDO Y GABRIEL DE BORBON. Author: Giuseppe Bonito. Location: ROYAL PALACE. CASERTA. ITALIA. CARLOS III HIJO. GABRIEL VON SPANIEN. BORBON FERNANDO DE. BORBON Y SAJONIA GABRIEL DE.

Louis du Bouchet, Marquis de Sourches and his Family, 1750 - 324x284 cm - oil on canvas. Author: FRANCOIS-HUBERT DROUAIS (1727-1775). Location: MUSEO PALACIO. Versailles. France. SOURCES MARQUES DE. BOUCHET LOUIS. MAILLEBOIS MARGERITE HENRIETTE. SOURCES MARQUESA. BOUCHET JEANNE MADELEINE. TOURCEL MARQUES. BOUCHET LOUIS FRANCOIS. MONTSOREAU CONDE. BOUCHET YVES MARIE.

FELIPE IV,SU CORTE Y LAS MENINAS-DET MENINAS Y CORTE-PINTADO EN 1858. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ (1817-1870). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA. FELIPE IV HIJO. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA HIJO. AUSTRIA MARIANA HIJO. Margaret Theresa of Spain. FELIPE IV HIJA. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA HIJA. AUSTRIA MARIANA HIJA. INFANTA MARGARITA. LEOPOLDO I ESPOSA. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ.

Peasant selling his assignments with a changer, Paris. Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Farmer selling his assignats with a changer, Paris. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

Conversation in a Park by Thomas Gainsborough, 1745, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Dancers by Wladyslaw Bakalowicz, Oil on canvas, 1831-1904, Ukraine, Lviv, State Art Gallery,

Interior with girl who plays Harp and a gentleman in a chair watching, David Bles, 1831 - 1892 drawing paper. deck paint. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush one person playing string instrument (plucked). harp

The Suitor. Francesco Beda (1840-1900). Oil on canvas. 64.1 x 92.7cm.

France, Louis XV (king of France), Paris, Larmessin, Nicolas de (III), Roy, M., Lancret, Nicolas, Suite d'Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de La Fontaine, Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, A femme avare, galant escroc, Elegantly dressed man and woman at a notary's office, verso - stamped, Woman in 'robe volante', standing man in frak and seated man in dressing gown with fur-rimmed cap or 'montero'., print, prints, height 325 mm, width 369 mm, French, 1684 - 1755-02-28, print maker, printmaker, 1740 - 1755, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1690-01-22 - 1745-09-14, after, after painting by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, 1710-02-15 - 1774-05-10, granter of privilege

Attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck, Lady Undressing for a Bath, c 1730 1740 Lady Undressing for a Bath

A Lincoln Reception at the White House (1863) Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830-1900 American)

Abraham Casteleyn and His Wife, Margarieta van Bancken, Jan de Bray, 1663 painting Portraits of the Baptist Haarlem printer Abraham Casteleyn and his wife Margarieta van Bancken. Footed out, sitting on a terrace. On the left a part of a study migration with books, a large globe and a portrait bust from Laurens Jansz. Coster. canvas. oil paint (paint) persons ~ printing. marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'. globe. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Haarlem

Maria Theresia of Austria and Francis I with their Children by Meytens, Martin van, the Younger (1695-1770) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1756 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 190x177 / Rococo

Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village" Edward Shuter as Justice Woodcock, John Beard as Hawthorn, and John Dunstall as Hodge, in 'Love in a Village' by Isaac Bickerstaffe, Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733-1810, German

The Lavie Children 1770 Johann Zoffany Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 102.5 x 127.6 cm (40 3/8 x 50 1/4 in.) framed: 125.7 x 151.1 x 7.6 cm (49 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 3 in.);

Ignacio Zuloaga / 'Young Village Bullfighters', 1906, Oil on canas, 197 × 154 cm, AS00819. Museum: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), MADRID, SPAIN.

'The Three Caskets': The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene II Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904 British) Oil on canvas

David Garrick (1717-79) with his wife Eva-Maria Veigel, "La Violette" or "Violetti" (1725 - 1822). Date/Period: 1757 - 1764. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 132.7 cm (52.2 in); Width: 104.2 cm (41 in). Author: William Hogarth.

A Musical Party', 1659. Artist: Gabriel Metsu. Metsu was a native of Leiden, where he was probably a pupil of Gerard Dou. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A Club of Gentlemen. Date/Period: Ca. 1730. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 470 mm (18.50 in); Width: 584 mm (22.99 in). Author: JOSEPH HIGHMORE.

The Blind; Les Aveugles. Georg Emanuel Opitz (1775-1841). Pen, grey ink and watercolour on paper. 42 x 35.5cm.

The Meeting of Encyclopédistes at Diderot's Home, Anonymous

Dance in an Inn Stankiewicz, M. (2 after the 19th century, Krakow)

A Billet Outside Paris, Anton von Werner, 1894, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Blind Man's Buff. 1788-1789. Game also known as 'cucharn'. Painted for the Infantes' Bedroom at El Pardo, there are two versions of this work. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

In the Trzech of the Salon at the artist's house; Kokular, Aleksander (1793-1846); around 1830 (1825-00-00-1835-00-00);Kokular Aleksander (1793-1844) - collections, Biedermeier (style), daughters, artist's house, paintings in the picture, characters in the interior, genre scenes in the interior, interior of the rooms, purchase (provenance), wife of artists

Woman Choosing Between Two Suitors, courtship, c. 1760, Germany, Painting by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760), Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.

Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724. Dating: 1724. Measurements: h 40 cm × w 49 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: CORNELIS TROOST.

The American School. Artist: Matthew Pratt (1734-1805). Dimensions: 36 x 50 1/4 in. (91.4 x 127.6 cm). Date: 1765.The picture depicts a scene in the London studio of Benjamin West, who is generally agreed to be the figure standing at the left. Based on comparisons to self-portraits, Pratt is the man at the easel, an accomplished portrait painter. The identities of the other artists represented in the picture remain uncertain, but they are younger and they draw rather than paint. The composition explores the academic tradition as carried out among Americans in late-eighteenth century London. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne, Nathaniel Dance RA, 1735-1811, British, ca. 1760, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 38 5/8 x 48 3/4 inches (98.1 x 123.8 cm), amphora, Classical, coliseums, conversation piece, costume, dogs (animals), drawing, Grand Tour, Grand Tour, group portrait, men, plans, portrait, relief, Roman, ruins, temple, travel, urn, vase, Colosseum, Italy, Rome, Temple of Jupiter Stator

The Emperor Visiting Jan Matejko at His House at 47 Floriańska Street from the Series Inspection Trip of Emperor Franz Joseph I Around Galicia in September 1880 Kossak, Juliusz (1824 1899)

Homme aux Assignats, French Revolution

'Oriental Feast'. Austria, 18th century. Dimensions: 91x114,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOHANN GEORG PLATZER.

UK, England, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Braddyll Family, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1789

CONCIERTO CAMPESTRE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Italy, Florence, Concert by Niccolo Paganini

Session of Commissioners to Receive the Liberal Gift, or 50th Penny, September 12, 1747, Jacobus Buys, 1748, Interior with a session of Commissioners to Receive the Liberal Gift, or 50th Penny, September 12, 1747. A number of men seated and standing around a table, on the left a woman leaves the room reading from a paper. On the wall a clock, from the ceiling hangs a drawstring., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (signed by artist), Northern Netherlands, 1748, paper, brush, h 237 mm × w 332 mm

Blind Mans Buff

Portrait of a Family. Date/Period: Ca. 1665-1670. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 81 cm (31.8 in); Width: 101 cm (39.7 in). Author: Gillis van Tilborgh.

Luis López Piquer / 'The Coronation of the Quintana'. 1859. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Constitutional Convention Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930 American)

The yacht 'The Guernsey', with her owner and his family and crew aboard. Nicholas Condy (1793-1857). Oil on panel, 35.5 x 45.7cm.

Marie Antoinette and her Children by ílisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1787

Portrait of Michiel Comans (1614-1687), calligrapher, etcher, painter and schoolmaster, with his third wife Elisabeth van der Mersche, Michiel van Musscher, 1669 painting Portrait of Michiel Comans. Caligraf, Etser, painter and schoolmaster, with his third wife Elisabeth van der Mersche, in his studio. The painter looks at the viewer and stands with his back to the painting on a donkey. In the left hand palette and brushes, in the right hand a sheet of paper with an inscription. His wife sits on the left by the window with a book on lap. A dog is on the floor in front of her. On the ground an album with prints and drawings and some separate maps and books. Paintings hang against the back wall. A bird cage hangs above the window. At the back left a cupboard with books and a globe and a print with the Amsterdam town hall. canvas. oil paint (paint) portrait, self-portrait of painter. painter at work, in his studio. reading. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph. drawing, sketch

Esther's feast. Troy, Jean François de (French, 1679-1752) (cartoon creator) painter Cozette, Pierre-François (French, b.1714-d.1801) (workshop) weaver Jacques, Maurice (French, 1712-1784) (author of design, border) painter c. 1774-1779 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'10" x W 17'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Offered by Louis XVI to Albert & Marie-Christine (sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette), Duke & Duchess of Saxe-Teschen & Joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands on their visit to Paris on 8/20/1786. Shah of Iran coll., 1974 (). French & Co. stock sheet: purchased by the Vichy government, France, 1943 SS 54311. Inscriptions: Inscription on lower border, center: DONA MIHI ANIMAM PRO QU ROCO ch.VII Inscriptions: Woven signature in central field, on step at right: De Troy Rome () 1739 not visible in photograph In gallery of palace opened to garden, a banquet scene framed by drapery (L) & spiral (Solomonic) columns in back

MAÑANOS , ASTERIO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL.. " SALON DE CONFERENCIAS DEL SENADO " , AÑO 1904. PALACIO DEL SENADO . MADRID. Author: ASTERIO MAÑANOS MARTINEZ.

Painting titled 'The Fortune-Teller' by Caravaggio (1571-1610) an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Dated 16th Century

Mother and her baby by Benjamin West, Oil on canvas,1776, 1738-1820, United Kingdom, London, Tate Britain, 65,4x76,5

Spanish Dancers; Danseurs Espagnols. Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Oil on parchment on cradled panel

'Cayetano Fuentes and his Family', 1837, Oil on canvas, 81,5 x 65,5 cm. Author: JOSE ELBO (1804-1844). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Grandfather of Russian Fleet by Myasoedov, Grigori Grigoryevich (1834-1911)/ State Uzbekistan Art Museum, Tashkent/ 1871/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Realism/ 100x155/ Genre

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Soestdijk Palace. Painting by Koningin Wilhelmina, Prins Hendrik and Princess Juliana in 17th century rescue. ZD}. Baarn, Utrecht

Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie, 1776-1810, Queen of Prussia, with Oberst von Köckeritz and others on the table at Paretz, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

The Baron de Besenval in his Salon de Compagnie by Danloux, Henri-Pierre (1753-1809)/ National Gallery, London/ 1791/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 46,5x37/ Architecture, Interior,Portrait,Genre

Mr John Julius Angerstein and his Second Wife, Eliza Payne - 1792 - 252x160 cm - oil on canvas. Author: THOMAS LAWRENCE. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France. ARGENSTEIN Y ESPOSA.

PASEO DE LA PRINCESA DE ASTURIAS - SIGLO XIX. Author: FRANCISCO JAVIER MENDIGUCHIA. Location: QUINTA DEL DUQUE DEL ARCO-PALACIO. MADRID. SPAIN. Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904).

PHILIP II Duke of Orleans 1674-1723 Regent of France, in his study with his son the future Louis XV 1710-74 King of France and Navarre, in 1723, 18th century (MV 5456)

"MESTIZAJE - DE MESTIZA Y ESPANOL : CASTIZO"- OIL ON COPPER 48x36 CM - 18TH CENTURY. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Emperor Family of Austria by Joseph Bayer, Lithograph, watercolor, 1820-1879, Private Collection, 39, 5x30, 5

A Netherlandish Proverb: 'Tout Mercier Vante Sa Marchandise' Pieter Bruegel the Younger (ca.1564-1638/Flemish) Oil on Wood Panel Christie's Images, London, England

Return from Boat Trip, Tissot, James Jacques Joseph, 1873

Richard Ansdell, 1815-1885, British, Studies for the Portraits of Lord Eglinton, Lord Douglas and Lord Stradbroke in `The Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting' (in the Walker Art Gallery), 1840, before 1841. Oil on millboard.

Epic Chess Match Between Pierre Saint Amant And Howard Staunton in 1843 by Marlet, Jean Henri (1771-1847) / Private Collection / 1843 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre / 71x91,5 / Romanticism

Przeszoc Przyszoci unknown, Maron, Anton von (1733 1808)

British (or Irish), Rococo, frame, Unknown framemaker, mid-18th century, Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze

Elegant figures, 17th century, unknown artist, anteroom, ground floor, Palazzo Spinola, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Detail.

The Honorable Henry Fane (1739-1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723-1792 London). Dimensions: 100 1/4 x 142 in. (254.6 x 360.7 cm). Date: 1761-66.Seated at the center with his greyhound is the Honorable Henry Fane, second son of the eighth earl of Westmorland. To the left is Inigo Jones, a relative of the celebrated architect, and to the right Charles Blair, Fane's brother-in-law. Although shown in a landscape, each of the three men would have sat for Reynolds separately, in his studio. Reynolds's largest and most impressive conversation piece, this canvas was begun in 1761 and completed in 1766. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Czech, Prague, String quartet

Imprisoned Kościuszko made free by Paul I. nieznany malarz polski, painter

Painting titled 'The Four Elements: Earth' by Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1574) a Flemish painter. Dated 16th Century

Visit of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) to Victor Manuel II (1820-1878), held in Rome on January 30, 1879. Painting by Domenico Induno, 1879. Museum of the Risorgimento, Milan, Italy.

G DANTON J MARAT Y ROBESPIERRE. Author: LAMBINET. Location: MUSEO PALACIO. Versailles. France. JEAN PAUL MARAT. GEORGES DANTON. MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794).

decorative old painting for a bakery

Lady with her slave-Indian Yumbo de Naymas / 1783. Museum: MUSEO DE AMERICA MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: VICENTE ALBAN.

Portrait of an Unknown Family with a Terrier. Dated: c. 1825/1835. Dimensions: overall: 103.3 x 80.5 cm (40 11/16 x 31 11/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: British 19th Century.

Continental Congress by John Trumbull, oil on canvas, 1819, 1756-1843, United States Capitol rotunda, 365, 7x548