Historical painting

Download free image of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, painting commemorating the French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution) on 28 July 1830 by about person, art, vintage, public domain, and woman 7666275

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun made the rich look beautiful, before and after the French Revolution. Now she has a show of her own at the Met.

Jacques-Louis David, celebrated French painter and a principal exponent of the late 18th-century Neoclassical style. David won wide acclaim for his huge canvases on classical themes, events from the French Revolution, and the achievements of Napoleon.

Paintings can be far more complicated than they appear at first glance. The stories told by works of art are the stuff of novels. Here are a few of the stories behind famous masterpieces.

Art Gallery on Instagram: “The Lunatic of Étretat, 1871 by Hugues Merle (1822-1881) O Lunático de Étretat, 1871 de Hugues Merle…”

Antonietta Brandeis - Marco Gozzi - Carlo Bossoli - Giovanni Grubas - Carlo Grubas - Jacques François Carabain - Carlo Grubas