Famous historical paintings

The Last Supper Color – Leonardo Da Vinci

(Albano 1843–1931 Venice) The curious, signed, dated Eugen von Blaas 1897, oil on canvas, 145 x 75 cm, framed Provenance: Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 1897–1898 (Heinemann no. 3937); Acquired by Rosa von Klinger, née Riedel (1860–1932), Neustadt an der Tafelfichte / Nové Mesto pod Smrkem, Bohemia, Czech Republic, on 28 November 1898; European Private Collection.

Norman Rockwell paintings

Art Gallery on Instagram: “The Lunatic of Étretat, 1871 by Hugues Merle (1822-1881) O Lunático de Étretat, 1871 de Hugues Merle…”

Gustave Wappers (1807-1874): Episode During the Belgian Revolution of 1830, 1834. Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I tweaked the colors a little bit, so this is a little different then the original.

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John Everett Millais, A Huguenot on St. Bartholomew's Day

Death at sunset for Sappho - Classical Inquiries

Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919) Classicist painter | Tutt'Art@ | Pittura • Scultura • Poesia • Musica

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Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio’s old master Baroque oil paintings.

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