History Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art holds 351 History Painting works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1200 to 1937. The collection is led by Francisco de Goya, Joseph Pennell and Jacques Callot.
Japanese Boy Building a Man-of-War
Battle of Poitiers, 25 October 732
Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
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)
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)
Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)![Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]), by Unknown, 1598](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/unknown--page-of-disasters-from-the-tarikh-i-alfi-history-of-the-thou--404ecc0ac902d18b-w320.webp)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])![Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]), by Unknown, 1598](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/unknown--page-of-disasters-from-the-tarikh-i-alfi-history-of-the-thou--d7c92582cb287b90-w320.webp)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Egyptian Family (Sketches for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
Seven Heroes or Warriors Killing Abhimanya, Son of Arjuna
Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album
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)
Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi
Illustration of the Mahabharata
Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) (verso)
The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)![Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]), by Unknown, 1595](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/unknown--page-of-disasters-from-the-tarikh-i-alfi-history-of-the-thou--16c8b92206fa51ff-w320.webp)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
The Emperor's Attendance at the Horse Race: Episode from the Tale of Eiga (Eiga Monogatari)
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama
Maharana Sangram Singh II of Mewar (r. 1710–34) and Stages a Boar Hunt with Tigers at Sadri
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
Combat for the Colors
Le Dévouement des Citoyennes de Paris (The Dedication of the Citizens of Paris)
Prince Mathu Singh of Jatoli on a Blue Horse Riding to Udaipur
A Volunteer of 1792
Victorious Army Entering City After Siege
Study for "The Apotheosis of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, King and Queen of Naples" (for the Palazzo dei Regi Studi, Naples)
Abduction of the Sabine Women
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza)
Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman
The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)
Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)
Glaucus and Nydia
Sindhu Raga
Maharaja Balwant Singh of Ratlam (r. 1825–57) in Procession with His Relatives and Courtiers
Cordelia Parting from her Sisters
George Washington at Princeton
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
An Ambassador before Humayun
The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave
Happy Forest, from Water Margin
A Samurai on Horseback
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
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
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
Greek Pirates Attacking a Turkish Vessel
Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest
The Death of General Colbert
Battle of Poitiers, 25 October 732
Sketch for "The Revolt at Cairo"
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Egyptian Family (Sketches for "The Battle of the Pyramids")
Combat of a Greek and a Turk
Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto); Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso)
Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Battle at A'erchu'er: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
The Fierce Battle of Red Cliff
Attacking the Camp at Gatan Ola: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Region, with Imperial Poems
Rewards to Generals and Officers in Quelling the Uigurs: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Battle at Heshi Kuluke: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Victory at Heluo Heshi: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Chieftain Wushe Surrendering the City: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of the Rebellions in the Western Regions, with imperial Poems
Breaking Through the Siege at Hesui: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with imperial Poems
Battle at Tunggushi Luke: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of the Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Great Victory at Hu'erman: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
The Presentation of Uigur Captives: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Khan of Bada Shan Presenting Tribute: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
The Battle at Elei Zhalatu: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Battle of Kulongkui: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Battle at Yixi'er Ku'ernao'er: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Receiving Surrender from the Eli: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Study for The War
History of a Picture No. 1: Before the Jury
Study for The Siege of Gibraltar
God of War
Laocoön (recto); Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso)
Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto)
Woman in a Blue Dress (recto); War Encampment Scene (verso)
History of a Picture No. 2: The Public
Funeral for Marie-Thérèse of Spain, Dauphine of France, in the Church of Nôtre Dame, Paris, on November 24, 1746
Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto) Two Seated Women (verso)
War Encampment Scene (verso)
Battle Scene with a Fort
Civil War soldier with painted bivouac background
Ohio Civil War soldier Hanson J. Cochran with Colt revolver
Lucknow After the Siege
English War Work: Fitting Guns in Turrets
English War Work: Ready for War
English War Work: The Gun Shop
English War Work: Evening in the Munitions Country
English War Work: The Balloon-Shed
The Horrors of War: Not ( In This Case) Either
The Horrors of War: This Is Worse
The Large Miseries of War: Pillaging and Burning of a Village
Battle of Naked Men
Battle of the Nudes
Our Women and the War
The Horrors of War: Harvest of the Dead
The Horrors of War: What is the Use of a Cup?
The Horrors of War: What Courage!
Disasters of War: Pl., 3, The Same (Thing)
The Horrors of War: A Carnivorous Vulture
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (fragment) (verso)
English War Work: Munition Works
The Horrors of War: The Consequences
The Large Miseries of War
English War Work: Furnaces at Night
The Horrors of War: The Women Give Courage
English War Work: The Old Gun Pit
The War for the Union, 1862 - A Cavalry Charge
The Horrors of War: They Do Not Arrive In Time
The Horrors of War: He Gets Something Out of It.
The Songs of the War
English War Work: Munitions River
The Large Miseries of War: The Hospital
English War Work: By-Products
War Series: The Charge, Right Detail, first state
English War Work: Steel Bars for Shells
Disasters of War: It Always Happens
The Horrors of War: Charity
English War Work: The Shell Factory
War Series: Gott Strafe, England
The Horrors of War: That's Tough!
The Horrors of War: The Same Elsewhere
The Horrors of War: They Do Not Agree
English War Work: Building the Great Turret
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 5
The Horrors of War: Nothing. The Event Will Tell
The Horrors of War: He Deserved It
The Large Miseries of War: Peasant's Revenge
Map of the Battle of Sinope
English War Work: The New Gun Pit
The Horrors of War: Against the Common Good
The Horrors of War: They Make Use of Them
The Horrors of War: The Same
English War Work: Five O'Clock
The War
The Horrors of War: He Defends Himself Well
The Horrors of War: I Saw It
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 13
War Series: Belgian Farmyard
The Horrors of War: Everything is Topsy-Turvy
English War Work: Peace and War
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston
The Horrors of War: Feline Pantomime
English War Work: The Iron Mine
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 3
English War Work: Made in Germany, The Great Crane
The Horrors of War: They Can Still Be of Use
War Series: Sniped
The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers
The Miseries of War: Arrest of Malefactors
Der Weisskunig (The White King): The Siege of Padua
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 7
Napoleanic Battle Scene
The Large Miseries of War: Title Page
The Horrors of War: Cartloads to the Cemetery
The Horrors of War: What is this Hubbub?
English War Work: Munition Town
The Horrors of War: And They are Like Wild Beasts
The Large Miseries of War: Highway Robbery
Siege of a Fortress: Left Portion
The Horrors of War: Cruel Tale of Woe
The Large Miseries of War: Distribution of Recompense
English War Work: The Great Hammer
War Series: The Germans Arrive
The Horrors of War: This is the Worst of it!
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 16
Peace and War: Cavalry Skirmish
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 14
Disasters of War: That's Tough
English War Work: From othe Tops of the Furnaces
English War Work: The Cauldrons
English War Work: The Great Tower, Pig Iron
The Horrors of War: One Can't Look
The Horrors of War: It Serves You Right
The Horrors of War: On Account of a Knife
The Horrors of War: An Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!
English War Work: In the Jaws of Death, Rolling Bars for Shells
English War Work: Making Pig Iron, The Base of the Blast Furnaces
The Horrors of War: Thanks To The Millet
The Horrors of War: The Beds of Death
The Horrors of War: There Was Nothing to be Done and He Died
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 12
The Horrors of War: This Is Bad
The Battle of the Uji River
English War Work: The Coal Mines
The Disasters of War: And There's No Help for it
The Horrors of War: These Too
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 9
Siege of a Fortress
War Series: The Bacchanale
English War Work: The Gun Forge
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying the Pictures of War
The Horrors of War: Bury Them and Keep Quiet
English War Work: Munitions City, No. 1
English War Work: The Basilica of War
English War Work: The Shops at Night, Changing Shifts
The Horrors of War: Nor (Do These) Either
The Horrors of War: Truth Has Died
The Horrors of War: They Escape Through the Flames
War Series: The Return of the Useless
The Horrors of War: It Always Happens
English War Work: The Gantry (A Merchant Shipyard)
English War Work: The Big Gate of the Big Shop
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 6
Moral and Philosophical Alphabet for the Use of Little and Big Children: Miseries of War (1812)
The Horrors of War: It's No Use Crying Out
English War Work: Cutting and Turning a Big Gun
The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge
The Large Miseries of War: The Beggars and the Dying
English War Work: Within the Furnaces
English War Work: Planing Big Shells
Disasters of War: Pl. 33, What more can one do?
The Battle of St. James the Greater at Clavijo
The Horrors of War: Will She Rise Again?
The Horrors of War: They Do Not Know The Way
Two Tritons fighting - Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion)
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 4
Disasters of War: There isn't Time Now
The Horrors of War: Unhappy Mother
The Siege of La Rochelle
The Large Miseries of War: The Strappado
English War Work: Bottling the Big Shell
The Large Miseries of War: Execution on the Wheel
The Man of War
The Horrors of War: Strange Devotion!
English War Work: Finishing Shells
The Climbers (Three Figures from Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina)
The Horrors of War: Perhaps They are of Another Breed
English War Work: The Bay of the Thousand Girls
English War Work: Gun-Testing
English War Work: Taking the Big Gun Away
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 15
The Horrors of War: It's a Hard Step!
English War Work: The Urns, Casting Big Shells
News from the War
War Series: The Charge, Left Detail
English War Work: Shot
The Horrors of War: Even Worse
Battle in a Wood
English War Work: The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God
The Large Miseries of War: Burning at the Stake
The Horrors of War: This Is Not Less So
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Vases and Trophies of War
The Horrors of War: Ravages of War
Battle of Naked Men
The Horrors of War: This is How it Happened
The Horrors of War: What More Can Be Done?
How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle
The Horrors of War: They Don't Like It
The Horrors of War: May the Cord Break
The Horrors of War: The Healthy and the Sick
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 10
The Horrors of War: The Worst is to Beg
The Horrors of War: A Woman's Charity
Home from the War
The Large Miseries of War: The Hanging
War Series: Base Hospital, Second Stone
The Large Miseries of War: The Battle
The Horrors of War: It Will Be the Same
The Horrors of War: Get them Well and On to the Next
English War Work: The Perambulator
English War Work: In the Land of Iron and Steel
English War Work: The Great Chimney, The Motor Park
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 1
The Horrors of War: Title Page - Sad Forebodings of What is Going to Happen
The Horrors of War: Neither Do These
The Large Miseries of War: Marauding
The Large Miseries of War: Enrollment of the Troops
The Horrors of War: Why?
Civil War (Scene of the Commune of Paris)
The Horrors of War: This Too
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Colossal Statues and Siege Equipment
The Horrors of War: To The Cemetery
English War Work: The Presses
Prisoner of War Writing a Letter
Siege of a Fortress: Right Portion
Cavalry Battle
The Battle Against the Blue Company
Battle of the Sea Gods - right portion
The Horrors of War: And There's No Help For It
The Horrors of War: Rabble
The Horrors of War: There Isn't Time Now
English War Work: The Old Shipyard
The Horrors of War: One Can't Tell Why
War Series: The Charge
English War Work: Making Armour-Plate
The Horrors of War: This is What You Were Born For
The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 11
The Large Miseries of War: Pillaging
Peasants' War: Arming in a Vault
English War Work: Bringing in the Gun
The Battle
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon at the Battle of Okehazama (Okehazama Gassen)
The Large Miseries of War: The Firing Squad
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Marching with Trophies of War
English War Work: The Big Bug
Disasters of War: Pl. 58, It is no use shouting
The Horrors of War: Rightly or Wrongly
War Series: The Last Victim
The Large Miseries of War: Devastation of a Monastery
War Sketches: The Two Processions (Croquis de guerre: Les deux cortèges – “Ayez pas peur - on les a - et bien!”)
The Horrors of War: What Madness!
Battle of the Sea Gods - left portion
Portfolio IV, Plate 147: Apsaroke War Group
Art of the Lithograph: Four Engraving Samples, War Tent, Map of Toni, Bird, Dutch Farmer and Woman
Portfolio VIII, Plate 271: A War Chief - Nez Percé