John Dickson Batten, Illustration in More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894. John D. Batten was an English painter and illustrator who worked on a  series of collections of fairy tales edited by Folklore Society  member Joseph Jacobs. His list of works included English, Celti…

Mikhail Nesterov, Vision of Youth Bartholomew 1889-1890. The story is taken from the book "The Life of St. Sergius" written by his  disciple Epiphanius the Wise. The image of Sergius Radozhenskiy (in the world Bartholomew, rus.  Varfolomei) was …

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood 1842. Thomas Cole was an American painter born in the English North West  county of Lancashire. He founded one of the most influential schools  of painting, the Hudson River School . One of his students at this school  was the equally famous land…

Felix Vallotton, Verdun (Paintings of World War I) 1917.

Ippolito Caffi, Eclips of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 at Fondamenta Nove.

George Bellows, Club Night 1907.

Peter Nicolai Arbo, The Wild Hunt of Odin 1872. The painting, based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven, depicts  a wild hunt from Scandinavian folklore.

Jan Matejko, Stanchik 1862. The painting depicts Stanchik (pl. Stańczyk) - the court jester of Lithuanian Grand Dukes and Polish Kings Alexander Jagellon, Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II August. His real name may have been Stanislav Gusa, or Stanislav Wassota. He achieved his privileged position at…

Walter Crane, Britomart 1900.

Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 1833. This painting show the execution of Jane Grey, who was proclaimed Queen  of England on July 10, 1553, but was deposed nine days later and executed  in 1554. Jane is sometimes called the "Queen of Nine Days&…

Harry Clarke, Illustration in the Fairy Tales of  Charles Perrault 1922. Henry Patrick "Harry" Clarke was an Irish artist, book  illustrator, and author of stained glass, and a major  figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His illustrated authors include Han…

Gustave Moreau, Jupiter and Semele  1894-1895.

Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps 1801.

Frederic Leighton, Cimabue's Madonna Carried in Procession 1853-1855. Frederick Leighton was born at Scarborough, North Yorkshire,  on December 3, 1830. His father, Edward Leighton, taught  medicine, and his grandfather was the court physician to the  Russian Emperor Alexander I.

Viviano Codazzi, Colosseum and Arch of Constantine 1650s.

Theodor Kittelsen, Up in the Hills a Clarion Call Rings Out 1900. This painting was used as the album cover for the Norwegian black metal  solo project Burzum .

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, The Fairy Dance 1895.

Pieter Bruegel, The Dutch Proverbs 1559.

Viktor Vasnetsov, Knight at the Crossroads 1882.

Ivan Kramskoi, The Mermaids 1871.

Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon 1819.

John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831.

Ferdinand Keller, Selene 1886.

Edward Robert Hughes, Twilight Fantasy 1911.

Hermann Corrodi, Trajan's Kiosk on the Nile, Egypt.

Jehan Georges Vibert, Funeral and Apotheosis of Thiers 1877.

Elihu Vedder, The Questioner of the Sphinx 1863.

Albert Bierstadt, A Rustic Mill Farm 1855.

Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Resting 1890.

Emile Claus, Landscape in Algerie 1879.

Eugene Samuel Grasset, Everything Changes Suddenly 1889.

Josef Püttner, Sinking of Emigrant Ship Austria 1858. SS Austria was a steamship of the Hamburg America Line which sank  on 13 September 1858, in one of the worst transatlantic maritime disasters  of the nineteenth century, claiming the lives of 449 passengers and crew.

Evariste Vital Luminais, Psyche 1886.

Mikhail Guzhavin, Sunlit Trees in a Backyard 1917.

Arnold Böcklin, Self-Portrait 1873.

John Everett Millais, The Vale of Rest 1858.

Hendrick Goltzius, The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus 1588.

John William Waterhouse, The Magic Circle 1886. The painting shows a witch or  sorceress  outlining a fiery magical circle on the ground in order to create space to perform witchcraft.

Bertalan Székely, The Discovery of the Corpse  of King Louis II 1860.

Volodymyr Orlovsky, Plowing on Oxen 1886.

Władysław Podkowiński, Ecstasy 1894.

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Still-Life with Lobster and Nautilus Cup 1634 .

Konstantin Korovin, Paris by night on Rue Lepic in Montmartre .

Sebastian Pether, The Eruption of Vesuvius. Attributed to Henry Pether.

Ilya Repin, Zaporizhzhya Cossacks 1878-1891. The picture is also known as The Zaporizhzhya Cossacks Replying  to the Sultan.

Hippolyte Berteaux, Assassination of Bishop Audrein; 28 Brumaire Year IX 1889.

Leopold Rothaug, River Landscape 1930.

Briton Rivière, Requiescat 1888.

Artemisia Gentileschi, David and Goliath 1639.

Paul Gustave Dore, King of Hell. Paul Gustave Dore was a French illustrator and painter also known for his engravings. He collaborated with the Russian publishing house "Wolf".