Oton Iveković was a Croatian painter. A graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Iveković later taught at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts. He largely concerned himself with historical topics as well as some religious themes. Many of his paintings remain the chief representations of Croatian history.

Ferdinand (Ferdo) von Quiquerez, also called Ferdo Kikerec was a Croatian painter of French ancestry. Among his most popular history paintings are the Arrival of the Croats at Sea (1870), Kosovo Girl (1879), and Antemurale Christianitatis (1892).