Henri-Paul Motte (13 December 1846 – 1 April 1922)

Henri-Paul Motte, Vercingetorix Surrenders to Caesar 1886.

Henri-Paul Motte was a French painter, born in Paris. He studied 

under the painter Jean-Leon Gerome and painted on historical subjects. He 

became famous for his painting of the siege of La Rochelle, in which he 

depicted Cardinal Richelieu.

Henri-Paul Motte, Bride of Belus 1885.

Henri-Paul Motte, Siege of La Rochelle 1881.

Henri-Paul Motte, Druid Cutting 

Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon 1900.

Henri-Paul Motte, The Doves of the Temple of Venus 1897.

Henri-Paul Motte, Napoleon in Front of the Throne of Charlemagne in 

Aachen 1898.

Henri-Paul Motte, The Israelites Dancing Around the Golden Calf 1899.

Henri-Paul Motte, Le Cheval de Troie (The Trojan Horse) 1874.

Henri-Paul Motte, Baal Moloch 

Devouring the Prisoners of War in Babylon 1876.

Henri-Paul Motte, An Exit of the Great Vestal Virgin 1896.

Henri-Paul Motte, Scene from Ancient Rome with the Sacred Geese 

Kept as Guardians in the Temple of Juno 1899.

Henri-Paul Motte, Saint Anthony in the Hypogea 1907.