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The Last Supper Color – Leonardo Da Vinci

A gentleman of the court reportedly requested the French painter represent his mistress being pushed on a swing as he secretly admired her from below.

Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, oil paint, 4′ 0″ x 2′ 9″, 1903-1904

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio’s old master Baroque oil paintings.

An architectural capriccio with an apostle preaching

Death at sunset for Sappho - Classical Inquiries

(Albano 1843–1931 Venice) The curious, signed, dated Eugen von Blaas 1897, oil on canvas, 145 x 75 cm, framed Provenance: Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 1897–1898 (Heinemann no. 3937); Acquired by Rosa von Klinger, née Riedel (1860–1932), Neustadt an der Tafelfichte / Nové Mesto pod Smrkem, Bohemia, Czech Republic, on 28 November 1898; European Private Collection.

Russian Painter: Konstantin Flavitsky, (1830-1866) 'Princess Tarakanova', 1862 Oil on Canvas

Paintings can be far more complicated than they appear at first glance. The stories told by works of art are the stuff of novels. Here are a few of the stories behind famous masterpieces.

"Mona Lisa" (1503-4 - 1519) by Leonardo Da Vinci

The Pre-Raphaelite artists of Victorian England painted many Shakespearian characters, but Ophelia was a particular favourite. The sad death by drowning of Hamlet's sweetheart...

Portrait paintings: Portrait paintings are great if you want to focus on the appearance of the subject visually. Portrait paintings have been around for many centuries; else we wouldn’t have