Literary painting

150 artworks

The Rape of the Sabines

Heinrich Schonfeld, 1640

Scene with Miranda and Ferdinand

Angelica Kauffman, 1782

King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia

James Barry, 1788

Valentine Rescues Silvia in 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'

Angelica Kauffman, 1789

Poor Lisa

Orest Kiprensky, 1827

Isabella

John Everett Millais, 1849

Ferdinand Lured by Ariel

John Everett Millais, 1850

Mariana in the Moated Grange

John Everett Millais, 1851

Ophelia

John Everett Millais, 1852

The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets

Frederic Leighton, 1854

The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets

Frederic Leighton, 1855

A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford

John Everett Millais, 1857

Faust and Marguerite

Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, 1857

The King's Orchard

Arthur Hughes, 1858

The King's Orchard

Arthur Hughes, 1858

The Knight of the Sun

Arthur Hughes, 1860

The Beautiful Lady Without Pity

Arthur Hughes, 1863

A Music Party

Arthur Hughes, 1864

Mariana at the window

Arthur Hughes, 1867

Acme and Septimius

Frederic Leighton, 1868

Sir Galahad - the Quest of the Holy Grail

Arthur Hughes, 1870

The Knight Errant

John Everett Millais, 1870

The Lady of Shalott

Arthur Hughes, 1873

Reading of Love, He being by

Robert Bateman, 1874