This painting, loosely inspired by the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, was created by the Spanish artist, José Etxenagusia Errazquin (also known as...
This painting, by the French artist Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (c. 1725–1805), tells the story of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar’s, reaction upon his learning of...
This painting, by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (c. 1824-1904), depicts the assassination of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, on the Ides of March...
This illustration, from Henriette Guizot de Witt's Vieilles Histoires de La Patrie (released in 1887), re-creates one of the most famous scenes from the...
This painting was created by the American artist, Tompkins Harrison Matteson (c. 1813–1884), and is housed within the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts....
This illustration, with its unique ink and watercolor style, was created by the great British artist, Arthur Rackham (c. 1867–1939). He produced this peculiar...
In this painting, the American artist John Vanderlyn re-creates the landing of the explorer, Christopher Columbus, in the so-called New World. The adventurer had...
This illustration, created by the Dutch engraver Jacob de Gheyn III (c. 1596-1641), depicts the ancient Greco-Roman sea-god, Triton. Although not as powerful as...
This landscape painting, dominated by dark and chilling colors, was created by the Dutch artist, Johannes Glauber (c. 1646–1726). The scene re-creates the beginning...
This illustration, by the Italian artist Bartolomeo Pinelli (c. 1781-1835), depicts Julius Caesar’s famous crossing of the Rubicon—a small stream that, in Caesar’s day,...
This illustration, by the German artist Johann Michael Mettenleiter (c. 1765-1883), depicts a meeting between the Roman military leader and eventual dictator, Julius Caesar...
This painting, by the Austrian artist Franz Anton Maulbertsch (c. 1724–1796), was inspired by an ancient Roman Legend. Standing center stage by the tree...
This painting, by the French artist Nicolas Poussin (c. 1594–1665), illustrates a tale about the Greek mythological figure, Orion. In the prelude to this...
This illustration, created by the Dutch engraver Jacob de Gheyn III (c. 1596-1641), depicts the ancient Greco-Roman sea-god, Triton. Although not as powerful as...
This illustration was created by Ernest Wallcousins for Donald Alexander Mackenzie’s book, Myths of Babylonia and Assyria (published in 1915). As the title of...
This painting, loosely inspired by the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, was created by the Spanish artist, José Etxenagusia Errazquin (also known as...
This painting, by the French artist Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (c. 1725–1805), tells the story of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar’s, reaction upon his learning of...
This painting, by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (c. 1824-1904), depicts the assassination of the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, on the Ides of March...
This painting, by the French artist Nicolas Poussin (c. 1594–1665), illustrates a tale about the Greek mythological figure, Orion. In the prelude to this...
