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 .