Politics and mythology by Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder

The Frenchman Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873) painted scenes related to the French and American Revolutions along with mythological themes.

O francês Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873) pintou cenas relacionadas com as Revoluções francesa e americana a par de temas mitológicos.

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873)-'the oath of the tennis court (jeu de paume), June 20, 1789'-oil on canvas    Versailles-Musée National du Château et des Trianons (Galerie des batailles)

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873)-'instalation of the State Council in the palace of Petit Luxembourg, 25 December 1799'-oil on canvas-1856    Paris-Conseil d'État

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873)-'opening of the States General (Menus-Plaisirs), May 5, 1789'-oil on canvas-1839    Versailles-Musée National du Château et des Trianons (Galerie des batailles)

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873)-'the Earth, or the fight of Heracles and Antaeus'-1819    Paris-Musée du Louvre

Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (1790-1873)-'battle of Yorktown 1781'-oil on canvas-1836    Versailles-Musée National du Château et des Trianons (Galerie des batailles)

Politics and mythology by Ivan Akimov

The Russian Ivan Akimov (1755-1814) painted scenes related to politics in his country and to Greek mythology.

O Russo Ivan Akimov (1755-1814) pintou cenas relacionadas com a política do seu país e com a mitologia Grega.

Ivan Akimov (1755-1814)-'Svyatoslav's (I) return from the Danube to his family in Kiev'-oil on canvas-1772    Moscow-Tretiakov Gallery

Ivan Akimov (1755-1814)-'baptism of Princess Olga'-oil on canvas-1782

Ivan Akimov (1755-1814)-'Herakles on the croosroads'-oil on canvas-1801

Ivan Akimov (1755-1814)-'Hercules burning himself on the pyre in the presence of his friend Philoctetes'-oil on canvas-1782    St Petersburg-Academy of Fine Arts  

Ivan Akimov (1755-1814)-'Saturn with a schythe, sitting on a stone and circumcised wings Cupid'-oil on canvas-1802