Cleopatra and the Peasant is an 1838 history painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. Romantic in style, it depicts the moments before the Death of Cleopatra. Planning to commit suicide after t
Cleopatra and the Peasant
Félix Nadar 1820 1910 portraits Eugène Delacroix
History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often Greek and Ro
Cleopatra and the Peasant
…Cleopatra and the Peasant is an 1838 history painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. Romantic in style, it depicts the moments before the Death of Cleopatra. Planning to commit suicide after the…
Diana and Actaeon, Titian, 1556–1559, a classic history painting, showing a dramatic moment in a mythological story, with elements of figure painting, landscape painting and still-life.
Judas Returning the Thirty Silver Pieces by Rembrandt, 1629.
Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, 1786, with a scene from ancient history.
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1545. According to André Félibien allegory was the highest form of all history painting.