Antoine-Louis Barye - Lapith Combating a Centaur - Walters 2736 - Prof...
The hero Theseus has leapt on Bianor's back and seized him by the neck as he prepares to deliver a deadly blow. Barye has depicted an incident from The Metamorphoses, a history of the world by the Roman poet Ov... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Theseus and the Minotaur (Second Version) - Walt...
In ancient Crete, King Minos had demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens be sacrificed each year to the Minotaur, a monster with a bull's head. Posing as one of the youths, the Athenian hero These... More
Augustin Jean Moreau-Vauthier - The Three Theological Virtues - Walter...
Shown in a Gothic architectural setting are statues of the personifications of the three theological Virtues: Charity, leading a child and carrying an infant; Faith, holding a cross and chalice; and Hope, with ... More
Charles François Daubigny - Twilight - Walters 37128
During the 1860s, Daubigny began regularly painting moonlight scenes, evoking a mood of melancholy that his biographer Frédéric Henriet attributed to his advancing age. He cruised up and down the Seine River in... More
Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762 (2)
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are... More
Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are... More
Eugène Delacroix - Lion and Snake - Walters 371219
Delacroix's "Lion and Snake" is one of an important series of feline images that the artist created around mid-century and imparts an anthropomorphic view of the animal world based on contemporary science. The ... More
Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3...
In this scene, papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers. During the 19th century, brigands, or "banditi," posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the It... More
Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3...
In this scene, papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers. During the 19th century, brigands, or "banditi," posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the It... More
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - Hope - Walters 37156
In the wake of the catastrophic Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the artist painted this picture of a young woman seated in a devastated landscape holding an oak twig as a symbol of hope for the nation's recover... More