Bacchus and Ariadne
National Gallery Current collection
V1 collection
Famous works — real-world connection explained
Icons of art history, plus history / religious / mythological / portrait scenes that do not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. These are never shown as exact-location map points; the page explains the actual connection.
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The Last Day of Pompeii
Russian Museum Current collection
The Descent from the Cross
crucifixion of Jesus Real-world connection
Museo del Prado Current collection
Equestrian Portrait of Charles V
Battle of Mühlberg Real-world connection
Museo del Prado Current collection
The Deposition
Galleria Borghese Current collection
Two men contemplating the Moon
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Current collection
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
Battle of Issus Real-world connection
Bavarian State Painting Collections Current collection
Watson and the Shark
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Current collection
Bacchus
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
The Procession to Calvary
Kunsthistorisches Museum Current collection
The People's Census at Bethlehem
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Current collection
Phryne before the Areopagus
Hamburger Kunsthalle Current collection
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux Current collection
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom
Nationalmuseum Current collection
Dido building Carthage
National Gallery Current collection
The Last of England
Birmingham Museums Trust Current collection
September Morn
Metropolitan Museum of Art Current collection
Godiva
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Current collection
The Burial of the Sardine
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Current collection