History Painting genre — works
1,585–1,620 of 2,044 works · most celebrated first
Study for "Antiochus and Stratonice"
Text page from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
The Continence of Scipio
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Death of Sophonisba
Tarquinius Priscus Entering Rome
Maharaja Chattarsol of Kota Shooting Lions
Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Hunting Buffalo
Antiochus and Stratonice
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Operating on Guan Yu's Arm
Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Hunting Scene
Naval battle at Lissa
The Killing of Three Warriors with Two Peaches
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II
Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra Fort
Tao Yuanming's Return Home
Pillaging after the battle
Macang Lays Low the Enemy
Sir Roger de Coverley and the Gypsies
The Epps Family (folding screen)
Boris Christoff as Boris Godunov in <i>Boris Godunov</i> by Modest Mussorgsky. Painting by Leonard Boden (1911-1999)
The Holme Family
One of nineteen drawings illustrating processes in the manufacture of opium at the Opium Factory at Gulzarbagh, Patna, in Bihar.
The departure of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat from Mandalay at the end of the Third Burma War in 1885.
Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers
Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
Battle of Sarnal in Gujarat
The royal procession of Shah Alam II with his army processing from right to left along the banks of a river.