Paintings depicting scenes from European history

[Carnyx]

Awfull painting. Not sure if Picasso really honored the victims with such a rubbish.

[Errigal]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

Awfull painting. Not sure if Picasso really honored the victims with such a rubbish.

The original or a copy is hanging in the front hall of the UN in New York. I remember in 2003 seeing the American ambassador talk to the press about the need to invade Iraq as he stood before it. He was too stupid to see the irony and the media were too stupid to comment.

[Ferran]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

Awfull painting. Not sure if Picasso really honored the victims with such a rubbish.

Well, Picasso was a communist, it can explain why he wasn't that fond of beauty.

[Señor Malo]

Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar


Death of Julius Caesar Vincenzo Cammucini, 1798

[Breogan]

Pelayo proclaimed king! (Detailed)

[Ferran]

The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653

Author: Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
Year: c. 1654
Location: National Maritime Museum, London



The Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Texel or the Battle of Ter Heijde) was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 8–10 August 1653 between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces.

[Crvena zvezda]

saint Sava. Serbia's patron saint and Serbia's greatest ruler teaches the devil.

[Ferran]

The Entry of King Othon of Greece into Nauplia

Author: Heinrich Maria von Hess
Year: 1835
Location: Neue Pinakothek, Munich



In January 1833 Nafplion welcomed the first king of Greece, Otto of Bavaria, with the three-member committee who were his guardians until he came of age.


@Crvena zvezda: Nice illustration, but this thread is about paintings.

[Breogan]

Battle of Lepanto:

[Ferran]

The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492

Author: Emilio Sala
Year: 1889
Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid



Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada offering the Edict of expulsion of the Jews to the Catholic Monarchs for their signature.

[Ferran]

The Marriage of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Beatrice of Burgundy (June 9, 1156)

Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Year: 1751
Location: Imperial Hall of the Residenz, Würzburg



The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his wife Beatrice kneel before Gebhard, Bishop of Würzburg. On the right of the picture, the royal household and dignitaries of empire are gathered, while the father of the bride, Count Raynald of Burgundy, kneels on the steps to the left of the altar, accompanied by two pageboys. The court jester, seen from behind, occupies a prominent position in the foreground at the foot of the steps to the altar, an example of Tiepolo's penchant for introducing witty and frivolous ideas to the agreed pictorial subject matter. The steps to the altar lead us into the picture and, along with the colossal background architecture, create great spatial depth. The musicians on the balcony in the background are a favourite motif of Tiepolo, which he uses to help make the historical subject matter topical.

[Ferran]

Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino

Author: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Year: 1863
Location: Musée national du Château de Compiègne



The Battle of Solferino was fought on June 24, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known as the Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Francis-Joseph (also known as Franz Joseph). Over 200,000 soldiers fought in this important battle, the largest since the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. There were about 100,000 Austrian troops and a combined total of 118,600 French and allied Piedmontese-Sardinian troops. After this battle, the Austrian Emperor refrained from further direct command of the army.

[Ferran]

Celebration of the Peace of Münster, 1648, at the Crossbowmen's Headquarters

Author: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Year: 1648
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam



This group portrait shows the banquet held by the St George's Guard to celebrate the Peace of Münster which put an end to the Eighty Years' War on the 18th of June, 1648. In this painting Van der Helst succeeded in portraying no fewer than 25 people grouped around a table. To the right we see the captain (holding a silver drinking-horn) and the lieutenant congratulating each other on the successful outcome. On the drum, the artist painted a sheet of paper bearing the words of a poem in praise of peace.

[Ferran]

Gustav II Adolfs lik inskeppas i hamnen i Wolgast (July 25, 1633)

Author: Carl Gustaf Hellqvist
Year: 1885
Location: Kungliga Husgerådskammaren, Stockholm



Gustav II was portrayed and symbolically glorified in the history painting of the 19th century as the king who sacrificed himself for the cause of faith. Gustav Hellquist shows in his monumental oil painting the embarkation of the body of Gustavus Adolphus at the port of Wolgast. The mourners gathered under the flag of Sweden behind the corpse represent the Swedish people mourning for the loss of their king.

[Ferran]

Defense of Cadiz against the English (April 29, 1587)

Author: Francisco de Zurbarán
Year: 1634
Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid



In the Battle of Cádiz (1587) in the Anglo-Spanish War, Francis Drake was repulsed outside the city but famously "singed the king of Spain's beard" by torching 23 merchant ships.