Oil on canvas - Benjamin West School "Saul Evoking the Shadow of Samuel" - 18th

Oil on canvas depicting a country scene: a man watering his horse near a river where two cows and a sheep wade accompanied by a farmer. Work of northern France or Belgium of the 17t...

This splendid engraving is part of a series of 4 engravings. These différent engravings are entitled : « The archery », « the rendezvous at the fountain », « the infidelity » and fin...

Roman school, 18th century The Sacrifice of Iphigenia Oil on canvas, Measures: 50 x 64.5 cm The canvas depicts The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, a theme reported by numerous sources, including the Greek tragedies Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides and Agamemnon by Aeschylus, as well as in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The myth tells how the Greeks, under the command of Agamemnon, gathered at the city of Aulis, in Boeotia, from which they then set sail for Troy. The persistent calm of the winds, however, prevents the Greek ships...

French painting from the second half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a scene from the Old Testament, Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Esther is a young Jewish w...