The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 5 history

This is an index of the 18 well-known stories and narratives from post-classical history which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order, for each giving the type of narrative and its origin, links to the paintings featured here, and a ‘lead’ example painting is shown. There are separate illustrated indexes for other sources of narratives, e.g. Biblical.

Angoulême, Duke of: see Trocadero, Battle of

Aretino, Pietro, death of (Italian history, 1556) Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), The Death of Author Pietro Aretino (1854)

feuerbachdeathpietroaretino — Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), The Death of Author Pietro Aretino (1854), oil on canvas, 267.5 × 176.3 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Wikimedia Commons.

Bertha of Swabia, Queen (French history, 907-966) Anker, Queen Bertha and the Spinners (1888)

ankerqueenberthe — Albert Anker (1831–1910), Queen Bertha and the Spinners (1888), oil on canvas, 86 × 126 cm, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-arts, Lausanne, Switzerland. Wikimedia Commons.

Brunelleschi, Death of (Art history, 1446) Leighton, Death of Brunelleschi (1852)

leightondeathbrunelleschi — Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Death of Brunelleschi (1852), oil on canvas, 256.5 x 188 cm, Leighton House Museum, London. WikiArt.

Chilperic I, murder (French history, 584) Luminais, The Death of Chilperic I (1885)

luminaisdeathchilperic — Évariste Vital Luminais (1822–1896), The Death of Chilperic I (1885), oil on canvas, 240 x 189 cm, Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Clovis II, sons of (énervés of Jumièges) (French legend, 660) Luminais, The Sons of Clovis II (1880) (Rouen)

luminaisenervesjumieges — Évariste Vital Luminais (1822–1896), The Sons of Clovis II (1880), oil on canvas, 197 × 276 cm, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, Rouen, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Edward V, King of England, and Richard, Duke of York; the Princes in the Tower (English history, 1483) Delaroche, Edward V, Child King of England, and Richard, the Duke of York, his Younger Brother (the Children of Edward) (1830)

delarochechildrenofedward — Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), Edward V, Child King of England, and Richard, the Duke of York, his Younger Brother (the Children of Edward) (1830), oil on canvas, 181 x 215 cm, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, death of (English history, 1603) Delaroche, The Death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1828)

delarochequeenelizabeth — Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), The Death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1828), oil on canvas, 422 x 343 cm, Musée du Louvre. Wikimedia Commons.

Gradlon, King, and Saint Guénolé, and Dahut (Breton legend) Luminais, Flight of King Gradlon (1884) (Quimper)

luminaisflightgradlon — Évariste Vital Luminais (1822–1896), Flight of King Gradlon (1884), oil on canvas, 200 x 310 cm, Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper, Quimper, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Grey, Lady Jane, execution (English history, 1554) Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833)

Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833), oil on canvas, 246 x 297 cm, The National Gallery, London. Courtesy of The National Gallery, bequeathed by the Second Lord Cheylesmore, 1902.

Guise, Duke of (Duc de Guise), assassination of (French history, 1588) Delaroche, The Assassination of the Duke of Guise in the Château de Blois in 1588 (1834)

delarocheassassinationdukedeguise — Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), The Assassination of the Duke of Guise in the Château de Blois in 1588 (1834), oil on canvas, 57 x 98 cm, Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Joan of Arc, Saint, Jeanne d’Arc (French history, 1412-1431) Delaroche, The Sick Joan of Arc is Interrogated in Prison by the Cardinal of Winchester (1824) Bastien-Lepage, Joan of Arc (1879)

delarochejoanofarc — Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), The Sick Joan of Arc is Interrogated in Prison by the Cardinal of Winchester (1824), oil on canvas, 277 x 217.5 cm, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, Rouen, France. Wikimedia Commons.

Marat, assassination (French history, 1793) David, Marat Assassinated (1793)

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, Execution (French history, 1867) Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1868)

manetmaximilian — Édouard Manet (1832–1883), The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1868), oil on canvas, 252 x 305 cm, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany. Wikimedia Commons.

Medusa, The Raft of the (French history, 1816) Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa (1818-9)

gericaultraftofmedusa — Jean Louis Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), The Raft of the Medusa (1818-19), oil on canvas, 491 x 716 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.

Napoleon Bonaparte, crossing the Alps (French history, 1800) Delaroche, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1850)

delarochenapoleoncrossingalps — Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1850), oil on canvas, 279.4 x 214.5 cm, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England. Wikimedia Commons.

Ney, Marshall Michel, Death (French history, 1815) Gérôme, The Death of Marshal Ney (1868)

geromeexecutionmarshalney — Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), The Death of Marshal Ney (1868), oil on canvas, 64.1 x 104.1 cm, Sheffield Gallery, Sheffield, England. Photo from Militärhistoria 4/2015, via Wikimedia Commons.

Papin, Christine and Léa, murders (French crime, 1933; play, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes, 1947) Rego, The Maids (1987)

Princes in the Tower: see Edward V, King of England

Tower, Princes in: see Edward V, King of England

Trocadero, Battle of, Duke of Angoulême (French, Spanish history, 1823) Delaroche, The Duke of Angoulême at the Capture of Trocadero, 31 August 1823 (1828)

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