History Painting: ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ by Jean-André Rixens, 1874.
Cleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful Egyptian women who used her own political shrewdness and sexual allure to secureContinue Reading
Category: History Painting
History Painting: ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’ by Karl Bryullov, 1833.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are Roman cities from late antiquity that don’t need any introduction. There has been so much saidContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Distribution of the Standards’ by Jacques-Louis David, 1810.
The French painter, Jacques-Louis David, was arguably the most famous neoclassical painter in France during the late 18th century andContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Fire of Rome’ by Hubert Robert, 1771.
During the night of July 18, 64 AD, the great fire of Rome broke out in the merchant area ofContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Capture of Joan of Arc’ by Adolf-Alexander Dillens, circa 1850.
You’ve all heard of the story of France’s national heroine, nicknamed ‘The maid of Orleans’ and how she rode atContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Battle of Austerlitz’ by Francois Gerard, 1810.
In the winter of 1805, Napoleon’s Grand Armée marched halfway across Europe to confront their enemy, the allied armies ofContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Crusader army attacks Constantinople’ by Jacopo Palma il Giovane, circa 1587.
If you are a curious visitor to Italy, and make your way to Venice, in the Great Hall of theContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Ivan the Terrible and His Son’ by Ilya Repin, 1885.
Although the Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan IV had already effectively ruled Russia since 1533, he decided to raise theContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Napoleon in burning Moscow’ by Albrecht Adam, 1841.
The campaign of Russia in 1812 has often been said to be the beginning of the end for Napoleon. (TwoContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘8th August, 1918’ by Harold Septimus Power, 1930.
Following the launch and the initial success of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918, there was talk that theContinue Reading
