History, as painted
Events
Paintings grouped by what happened in them: from the paintings’ own records, their titles, and the people in them. A battle’s paintings count toward its war. History, biblical art and myth.
History
Wars and revolutions
Napoleonic Wars325 scenes · 1,527 portraitsWalk the hall →
French Revolution270 scenes · 1,170 portraitsWalk the hall →
European Wars of Religion117 scenes · 592 portraitsWalk the hall →
Coalition Wars199 scenes · 483 portraitsWalk the hall →
World War I92 scenes · 522 portraitsWalk the hall →
American Revolutionary War66 scenes · 525 portraitsWalk the hall →
Thirty Years' War48 scenes · 434 portraitsWalk the hall →
Seven Years' War16 scenes · 440 portraitsWalk the hall →
Ottoman Wars in Europe88 scenes · 266 portraitsWalk the hall →
Franco-Prussian War55 scenes · 256 portraitsWalk the hall →
Anglo-French Wars69 scenes · 238 portraitsWalk the hall →
English Civil War13 scenes · 290 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the First Coalition30 scenes · 214 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the Second Coalition65 scenes · 169 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the Austrian Succession10 scenes · 224 portraitsWalk the hall →
Eighty Years' War61 scenes · 170 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the Third Coalition55 scenes · 165 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the Sixth Coalition25 scenes · 191 portraitsWalk the hall →
Peninsular War48 scenes · 168 portraitsWalk the hall →
Russo-Turkish Wars31 scenes · 174 portraitsWalk the hall →
World War II7 scenes · 188 portraitsWalk the hall →
Russo-Swedish Wars21 scenes · 161 portraitsWalk the hall →
French invasion of Russia11 scenes · 166 portraitsWalk the hall →
Italian Wars18 scenes · 144 portraitsWalk the hall →
Anglo-Dutch Wars51 scenes · 102 portraitsWalk the hall →
German campaign of 181318 scenes · 131 portraitsWalk the hall →
Franco-Spanish War12 scenes · 136 portraitsWalk the hall →
War of the Spanish Succession39 scenes · 106 portraitsWalk the hall →
Ottoman–Habsburg Wars50 scenes · 93 portraitsWalk the hall →
Hundred Years' War22 scenes · 120 portraitsWalk the hall →
History
Battles and sieges
Battle of Leipzig5 scenes · 119 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Trafalgar47 scenes · 64 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Actium3 scenes · 104 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of the Dunes3 scenes · 81 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Borodino5 scenes · 77 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of the Nile25 scenes · 56 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Marston Moor4 scenes · 73 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Waterloo37 scenes · 39 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Austerlitz6 scenes · 66 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Cape St. Vincent10 scenes · 57 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Copenhagen12 scenes · 54 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Wagram3 scenes · 57 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Cape St. Vincent8 scenes · 48 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Smolensk3 scenes · 50 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Pavia8 scenes · 45 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Fleurus3 scenes · 41 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Lepanto16 scenes · 26 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Eylau3 scenes · 34 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Malplaquet9 scenes · 25 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Blenheim8 scenes · 25 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Vienna13 scenes · 19 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Solebay7 scenes · 20 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Raszyn4 scenes · 22 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Camperdown14 scenes · 12 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Ramillies3 scenes · 21 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Pharsalus3 scenes · 21 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Lützen3 scenes · 20 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Jutland3 scenes · 19 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battle of Las Piedras5 scenes · 17 portraitsWalk the hall →
Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue7 scenes · 13 portraitsWalk the hall →
History
Moments in history
Storming of the Bastille19 scenesWalk the hall →
Sacre Coeur10 scenesWalk the hall →
Octavia fainting at Virgil's reading of the Aeneid9 scenesWalk the hall →
assassination of Julius Caesar8 scenesWalk the hall →
HMS Prince Royal8 scenesWalk the hall →
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre7 scenesWalk the hall →
410 sack of Rome6 scenesWalk the hall →
coronation of Queen Victoria6 scenesWalk the hall →
Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra6 scenesWalk the hall →
coronation of George V and Mary5 scenesWalk the hall →
Peace And Plenty5 scenesWalk the hall →
HMS Terror5 scenesWalk the hall →
coronation of George VI and Elizabeth3 scenesWalk the hall →
Titanic3 scenesWalk the hall →
Finding of the True Cross3 scenesWalk the hall →- Baptism of Clovis I3 scenesWalk the hall →
Biblical art
The life of Christ
Passion3,819 scenesWalk the hall →
Nativity of Jesus1,630 scenesWalk the hall →
crucifixion of Jesus1,489 scenesWalk the hall →
Annunciation1,133 scenesWalk the hall →
adoration of the Magi989 scenesWalk the hall →
adoration of the shepherds645 scenesWalk the hall →
Lamentation of Christ488 scenesWalk the hall →
Descent from the Cross378 scenesWalk the hall →
Flight into Egypt366 scenesWalk the hall →
procession to Calvary359 scenesWalk the hall →
Ecce Homo310 scenesWalk the hall →
Last Supper287 scenesWalk the hall →
Baptism of Jesus284 scenesWalk the hall →
Visitation279 scenesWalk the hall →
Resurrection of Jesus261 scenesWalk the hall →
Agony in the Garden259 scenesWalk the hall →
entombment of Christ245 scenesWalk the hall →
Presentation of Mary233 scenesWalk the hall →
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple216 scenesWalk the hall →
Flagellation of Christ209 scenesWalk the hall →
Crowning with Thorns172 scenesWalk the hall →
Temptation of Jesus168 scenesWalk the hall →
Parable of the Prodigal Son143 scenesWalk the hall →
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery139 scenesWalk the hall →
Salvator Mundi137 scenesWalk the hall →
Raising of Lazarus136 scenesWalk the hall →
Jesus among the doctors135 scenesWalk the hall →
Noli me tangere128 scenesWalk the hall →
parable of the Good Samaritan125 scenesWalk the hall →
Supper at Emmaus121 scenesWalk the hall →
Biblical art
The Old Testament and the saints
Assumption of Mary342 scenesWalk the hall →
Penitent Magdalene319 scenesWalk the hall →
The Rest on The Flight into Egypt262 scenesWalk the hall →
Adam and Eve250 scenesWalk the hall →
fall of man224 scenesWalk the hall →
Judith and Holofernes220 scenesWalk the hall →
Susanna and the Elders214 scenesWalk the hall →
martyrdom of Saint Sebastian208 scenesWalk the hall →
David and Goliath159 scenesWalk the hall →
Tobias and the Angel137 scenesWalk the hall →
Lot and his daughters122 scenesWalk the hall →
Binding of Isaac119 scenesWalk the hall →
Finding of Moses114 scenesWalk the hall →
Pentecost96 scenesWalk the hall →
John the Baptist in the wilderness92 scenesWalk the hall →
David with the head of Goliath86 scenesWalk the hall →
Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael83 scenesWalk the hall →
Genesis flood narrative77 scenesWalk the hall →
life of Saint Peter73 scenesWalk the hall →
Conversion of Paul the Apostle69 scenesWalk the hall →
Samson and Delilah68 scenesWalk the hall →
beheading of John the Baptist67 scenesWalk the hall →
Tower of Babel67 scenesWalk the hall →
Bathsheba at her bath63 scenesWalk the hall →
Genesis creation narrative63 scenesWalk the hall →
Jacob and Esau61 scenesWalk the hall →
Doubting Thomas59 scenesWalk the hall →
Judgment of Solomon53 scenesWalk the hall →
War in Heaven43 scenesWalk the hall →
Joseph and Potiphar's wife42 scenesWalk the hall →
Mythology
Myths and legends
Venus and Cupid277 scenesWalk the hall →
Judgement of Paris182 scenesWalk the hall →
Venus and Adonis140 scenesWalk the hall →
Diana and Actaeon107 scenesWalk the hall →
rape of Europa98 scenesWalk the hall →
Leda and the Swan66 scenesWalk the hall →
Diana and Callisto55 scenesWalk the hall →
Perseus and Andromeda55 scenesWalk the hall →
Apollo and Daphne49 scenesWalk the hall →
Diana and Endymion42 scenesWalk the hall →
Dreamtime42 scenesWalk the hall →
shower of gold36 scenesWalk the hall →
Pan and Syrinx35 scenesWalk the hall →
Competition between Pan and Apollo27 scenesWalk the hall →
sacrifice of Iphigenia27 scenesWalk the hall →
Rape of Persephone25 scenesWalk the hall →
Achilles on Skyros25 scenesWalk the hall →
Labours of Heracles24 scenesWalk the hall →
wedding of Peleus and Thetis24 scenesWalk the hall →
Rape of Ganymede19 scenesWalk the hall →
Jupiter and Antiope19 scenesWalk the hall →
Hercules at the crossroads18 scenesWalk the hall →
Circe and Odysseus16 scenesWalk the hall →
Heracles and Lernaean Hydra16 scenesWalk the hall →
Apollo and Diana14 scenesWalk the hall →
Odysseus and the sirens14 scenesWalk the hall →
Birth of Adonis14 scenesWalk the hall →
Odysseus and Nausicaa13 scenesWalk the hall →
Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto10 scenesWalk the hall →
seduction of Helen10 scenesWalk the hall →