History and mythology by Jan Styka

The Polish artist Jan Styka (1858-1925), born in an Austro-Hungarian Empire town, painted historical, mythological and Christian themes.

O polaco Jan Styka (1858-1925), nascido numa cidade do Império Austro-Húngaro, pintou temas históricos, mitológicos e cristãos.

Jan Styka (1858-1925)-‘allegory of Polish Constitution of May3, 1791’-oil on canvas    Wroclaw-National Museum

Jan Styka (1858-1925)-‘Golgotha’ (restored by his son Adam)

Jan Styka (1858-1925)-‘Nero at Baiae’-oil on canvas-ca 1900     Private collection

Jan Styka (1858-1925)-‘Psyche bathing Amor’

Jan Styka (1858-1925)-‘convois of the Hungarian army’

History and mythology by Gavin Hamilton

The Scot Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798) used historical and mythological scenes in his works.

O escocês Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798) utilizou cenas históricas e mitológicas nas suas obras.

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)-‘the abduction of Helen’-oil on canvas-1784    Roma-Museo di Roma in Pallazo Braschi

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)-‘Venus giving Helen to Paris as his wife’-oil on canvas-ca 1784    Roma-Museo di Roma in Pallazo Braschi

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)-‘the oath of Brutus’-oil on canvas-ca 1764    New Haven-Yale Center for British Art

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)-‘woman with a lyre’    Edinburgh-National Gallery of Scottland

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)-‘James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra’-1758    Edinburgh-National Gallery of Scottland

History and hunt by Benaert van Orley

The Belgian Benaert van Orley (ca. 1491-1542) left several types of painting with historical scenes and hunting motifs. His tapestry cards are very famous.

O Belga Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542) deixou diversos tipos de pintura com cenas históricas e motivos de caça. São famosos os seus cartões para tapeçarias.

Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542)-'Fortuna'-tapestry   San Ildefonso (Segovia)-Palacio Real de la Granja

Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542)-'count Henry I of Nassau with his bride'-pen and watercolor-ca 1530

Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542)-'hunted into the water'

Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542)-'preparation for a hunting feast'

Benaert van Orley (ca 1491-1542)-'Romulus gives laws to the Roman people'-pen and wash   München-Staatliche Graphische Sammlung

Moscow Contemporary Russian History Museum

Initially it was named “Central Revolutionary Museum”. Its assets include important pictorial documentation about the Bolshevik revolution of October 1918.

Recebeu inicialmente a designação de “Central Revolutionary Museum”. No seu espólio contém importante documentação pictórica sobre a revolução bolchevique de Outubro de 1918.

Piotr Petrovich Belousov (1912-1989)-'Lenin with delegates to the 3rd Konsomol-congress 1920'-oil on canvas-1949

Vassili Veniaminovich Khvostenko (1895-1960)-'Lenin in a armoured car during the October revolution 1918-oil on canvas-1935

Fiodor Alexandrowitsch Modorow (1890-1967)-'meeting of the Central Committee  of the Soviet Communist Party, 1939 (from left to right Mikojan, Stalin, Molotov, Kalinin)'-oil on canvas

Anatoli Yar-Kravchenko (1911-1983)-'Maxim Gorki reads his novel the girl and death, to Stalin, Molotov, generalVoroshilov on 11.11.1931'-oil on canvas-1950

Vera Dreznina (1924- )-'Felix Dzerzhinsky, chief of the Soviet Secret Police, the Tsheka, among children of a worker's comune'-oil on canvas-1953