Classical Scenes
Ink studies of antiquity and its dramas.
The Abduction of Rebecca
Eugène Delacroix · 1846
Study for the Equestrian Monument to Francesco Sforza
Antonio del Pollaiuolo · early to mid 1480s
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Niccolo Pussino · probably 1633–34
Wolf and Fox Hunt
Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1616
Battle of the Nude Men
Antonio del Pollaiuolo · ca. 1470–90
Leonidas at Thermopylae
Jacques-Louis David · ca. 1812–13
The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)
Andrea Mantegna · before 1481
Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo
Francisco de Zurbarán · ca. 1637–39
Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen
Bernard van Orley · 1530–35
The Preaching of John the Baptist
Bartholomeus Breenbergh · 1634
Battle of the Nudes
Antonio del Pollaiuolo · 1470s–80s
Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix
Théodore Chassériau · ca. 1838–40
The Conversion of St. Paul
Lucas van Leyden · 1509
Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1760–70
The Conversion of Saint Paul
Benozzo Gozzoli
The Conversion of Saint Paul
Ludovico Carracci · ca. 1587–89
Classical Battle Scene; Verso: Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple
Bartholomeus Spranger · ca. 1590
Conversion of Saul, from Michelangelo's fresco in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican
Michelangelo Buonarroti · Nicolas Beatrizet · Antonio Salamanca · ca. 1545–60
The Fall of Phaeton
Michelangelo Buonarroti · Nicolas Beatrizet · Antonio Lafreri · 1540–66
Copy of Raphael's Massacre of the Innocents
Raphael · after 1510
Maximilian and Henry VIII of England, plate 22 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch
Albrecht Dürer · 1515-17, printed c. 1520
The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse
Albrecht Dürer · c. 1498
The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian
Albrecht Dürer · 1523
The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian
Albrecht Dürer · 1523
The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian
Albrecht Dürer · c. 1523
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Titian · 1514–15, printed 1549
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Titian · 1514–15, printed 1549
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Titian · 1514–15, printed 1549
Battle of Sea-Gods, Left Half of a Frieze
Andrea Mantegna · 1470/1500
Departure of the Amazons
Claude Deruet · 1620s
Theodore Meets in the Wood the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, Chasing with Mastiffs His Former Disdainful Mistress
Henry Fuseli · 1783
Massacre of the Innocents, reduced and reversed copy after Aegidius Sadeler
Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) · Marcus Sadeler · Anonymous · Aegidius Sadeler I · 1600—1629
The Second Tournament with a Tapestry Showing Samson and the Lion
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1509
The Stag Hunt
Lucas Cranach the Elder · c. 1506
Menelaus Holding the Body of Patroclus
Giulio Romano · n.d.
Frieze with Three Horsemen
Polidoro da Caravaggio · 1530s
The Relief of Candia
Charles Le Brun · 17th century
Louis XIV Captured by Venus
Charles Le Brun · early 1670s
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Jacques Callot · ca. 1631–33
The Conversion of Saul with Horseman and Banner
Jacob Jordaens · c. 1645–47
The Conversion of Saul with Christ and the Cross
Jacob Jordaens · c. 1645–47
Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul
Parmigianino · n.d.
Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross
Benjamin West · c. 1789
The Battle of St. James the Greater at Clavijo
Martin Schongauer · 1470–75
Death of Atilius Regulus
Salvator Rosa · 1662
Two Male Warriors
Salvator Rosa · n.d.
Roman Commander Ordering Attack
Pietro da Cortona · n.d.
The Woman with a Tambourine
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1790s
Wild Horses Fighting
Hans Baldung Grien · 1534
Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm
Giovanni Paolo Panini · c. 1718
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