violence

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

Eugène Delacroix · 1826

Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off

Francisco Goya · c. 1806

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Guido Reni · c. 1639–42

Processional Cross with Saint Mary Magdalene and a Blessed Hermit

Lorenzo Monaco · 1392–95

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants

Joachim Wtewael · c. 1608

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi · 1613

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion

Eugène Delacroix · 1849–50

Lion Hunt

Eugène Delacroix · 1860–61

Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas

Francisco de Zurbarán · 1638

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Luca Giordano · c. 1675

Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross

Benjamin West · c. 1789

Polycrates' Crucifixion

Salvator Rosa · 1664

Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo

Anne-Louis Girodet · c. 1810

The Judgement of Zaleucus

Otto van Veen · c. 1605

Tarquin and Lucretia

Domenico Tintoretto · 1578–80

The Dutch Whaling Fleet

Abraham Storck · c. 1695

Mercury Rescues the Disguised Io after Beheading Argus

Johann Michael Rottmayr · c. 1695

Jove Casts His Thunderbolts at the Rebellious Giants

Johann Michael Rottmayr · c. 1695

Battle Scene

Hippolyte Bellangé · c. 1825

Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Maler zu Schwaz · c. 1510

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Master of Palanquinos · c. 1490–c. 1500

The Dream of Saint Jerome

Matteo di Giovanni · 1476

The Death of Orpheus

Henri Leopold Lévy · c. 1870

David Slaying Goliath

Dutch · 1600–50

Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha

Master of Riglos · c. 1440–c. 1445

Emperor Heraclius Slays the King of Persia

Netherlandish · c. 1470

The Battle of Zama

After Cornelis Cort · After 1567