Réception des ambassadeurs siamois par l’empereur Napoléon III au palais de Fontainebleau.-Jean-Léon Gérôme
Reception of Siamese Ambassadors by Emperor Napoleon III in the palace of Fontainebleau.
At The Dressing Table, 1909, by Zinaida Serebriakova
(self portrait)
At the fortress wall. “Let them enter!” (1871) by Vasili Vereshchagin. Painting commemorating the capture of Khiva (in present-day Uzbekistan) by Russian Imperial troops.
The Apotheosis of War, 1871 Vasily Vereshchagin
Réception du Grand Condé à Versailles, 1878 by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Tortoise Trainer, 1906 by Osman Hamdi Bey
Gustave Moreau’s (1826-1898)The Peacock Complaining to Juno
Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria by Peter Paul Rubens
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The Cappella Sansevero (also known as the Capella Sansevero de’ Sangri or Pietatella) is a chapel north of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The chapel is more properly named the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà, or the Pietatella. It contains works of art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century.
