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Thornbury Castle architecture by John Inigo Richards, oil on canvas

Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire

John Inigo Richards

Plan des alten Rom by Christoph Ziegler, depicting ancient ruins in an unknown medium.

Plan des al ten Rom

Unknown Artist

The National Washington Monument lithograph by Currier & Ives against a soft sky.

The National Washington Monument

Currier & Ives.

Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo by David Roberts, medium unknown

Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo. Mosque of Ayed Bey.

David Roberts

Tombs of Great Arab Saints engraving by Luigi Mayer depicting ornate mausoleums in a landscape.

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Luigi Mayer

Watercolour by Thomas Malton the Younger depicting intricate architecture of Cambridge University; Jesus College.

Cambridge University; Jesus College

Thomas Malton the Younger

Castel Sant’ Angelo by Thomas Ender, oil on canvas depicting a grand fortress in a serene landscape

Castel Sant’ Angelo

Thomas Ender

Francisco de Goya's 'Truth, Time and History' explores complex themes through allegorical figures.

Truth, Time and History

Francisco de Goya

Fragment bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw', bone medium, Unknown Artist

Fragment bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Distant view of Sebaste by David Roberts, oil on canvas depicting mountains and ancient ruins

Distant view of Sebaste, Ancient Samaria

David Roberts

Dolmen At Raklev, Røsnæs by Johan Thomas Lundbye, oil on canvas depicting ancient stones in a lush landscape.

Dolmen At Raklev, Røsnæs

Johan Thomas Lundbye

Rue du Vieux-Colombier by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet, oil on canvas depicting crumbling village facades.

Rue du Vieux-Colombier (maisons démolies en 1877)

Jules-Adolphe Chauvet

Landscape with ruins and hills in Eleusis by Jan Ciągliński, oil painting

Eleusis. From the journey to Greece

Jan Ciągliński

Fragment of porcelain shards from the V.O.C. ship Witte Leeuw, bone medium, Unknown Artist

Scherven van borden uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Figurative oil painting depicting figures and landscape by Laure Brouardel, 1900

Exposition de 1900, pavillon de l’Algérie

Laure Brouardel

Falka by Ernest Haskell, expressionism, figurative art

Falka

Ernest Haskell

Ruins by Eugenio Lucas Velázquez, oil painting depicting crumbling arches and stonework

Ruins

Eugenio Lucas Velázquez

Fragments of a ship's plates from the V.O.C. ship Witte Leeuw, made of bone by Unknown Artist.

Scherven van borden uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

The Ruined Church at Avaldsnes, oil on canvas by Johan Christian Dahl, featuring crumbling stones and a nostalgic landscape.

The ruined Church at Avaldsnes at Karmøy

Johan Christian Dahl

Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, oil on canvas by Josephus Augustus Knip

Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome

Josephus Augustus Knip

Landscape of Gloucester by Peter DeWint, featuring rich earth tones in an oil painting.

Gloucester

Peter DeWint

Gothic church in Žehra, oil on canvas by Ľudovít Čordák

Gothic church in Žehra

Ľudovít Čordák

Shipka Pass by Vasily Vereshchagin, realism, depicting rocky terrain and distant mountains

Shipka Pass

Vasily Vereshchagin

Griechische Tempelruinen by Adalbert Stifter, oil on canvas depicting ancient ruins at sunset

Griechische Tempelruinen

Adalbert Stifter

Narrative handscroll depicting Buddhist themes by Monk Musashi Hōgen, gold medium

Pair of Narrative Handscrolls: Illustrated History of the Yūzū nenbutsu Sect (Yūzū nenbutsu engi)

Monk Musashi Hōgen

Landscape view from ramparts at Chartres, oil painting by Henri-Joseph Harpignies

View from the Ramparts at Chartres

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Ruins of the castle in Czorsztyn, oil on canvas by January Suchodolski

Ruins of the castle in Czorsztyn

January Suchodolski

Landscape with ruins and columns, ink on paper by Hector Horeau

Medinet Abou

Hector Horeau

An Algerian mountain range, oil on canvas by Étienne Dinet

An Algerian mountain range

Étienne Dinet

Landscape of Prince of Wales’s Fort Hudson Bay by Charles Hamilton Smith, medium unknown.

Prince of Wales’s Fort Hudson Bay

Charles Hamilton Smith

View of the port in Constantinople, oil on canvas by Jan Ciągliński

View of the port in Constantinople. From the journey to Constantinople

Jan Ciągliński

Fragment of a ship's bone from the Witte Leeuw by Unknown Artist

Fragment bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Crumbling wall of a villa by F. Séguin, oil painting

Villa des Otages mur où furent fusillés les 52 derniers otages de la Commune, rue Haxo

F. Séguin

Ceramic fragment from V.O.C. ship 'Witte Leeuw', paint, Unknown Artist

Fragment schotel uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Old House at Segovia, Spain by Cass Gilbert, realism, depicting a crumbling facade with muted earth tones

Old House at Segovia, Spain

Cass Gilbert

Watercolour by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros depicting temple ruins and columns

Resten van Zeus Olympus tempel bij Agrigento

Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros

Wayside Inn by Ferdynand Ruszczyc, oil painting depicting a rustic inn with light and shadow.

Wayside inn

Ferdynand Ruszczyc

Fragment of bone from V.O.C. ship de 'Witte Leeuw' by Unknown Artist

Fragment bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Historical scene with warriors in battle, oil on canvas by Franz Roubaud

The Assault of Gimry on October 17, 1832

Franz Roubaud

Etching by Simon de Vlieger showing a dilapidated tavern amid ruins

De herberg in een ruïne

Simon de Vlieger

Vue de la ville de Christiania by Georg Haas, oil on canvas depicting a decaying cityscape.

Vue de la ville de Christiania

Georg Haas

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, oil on canvas by Eduard Hildebrandt, featuring olive trees and ancient city walls.

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Eduard Hildebrandt

Original Drawings for Choix de Vues de L’Inde by William Hodges, ink on paper

Original Drawings for Choix de Vues de L’Inde and Others Pl.18

William Hodges

Castle by Eugeniusz Ludwik Dąbrowa-Dąbrowski, oil painting depicting a fortress in a muted landscape.

Castle

Eugeniusz Ludwik Dąbrowa-Dąbrowski

Landscape by Antoni Kamieński, Romanticism, depicting a somber scene.

Kopiec Kościuszki pod Dubienką

Antoni Kamieński

Landscape of Allington Castle, Kent by Robert Nixon, oil painting

Allington Castle, Kent

Robert Nixon

Religious scene with Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabee, oil painting by Lucas van Leyden

De helden Jozua, David en Judas de Makkabeeër

Lucas van Leyden

Ponte grande by Luigi Mayer, oil on canvas depicting a bridge over a river in muted tones.

Ponte grande

Luigi Mayer

Neath Abbey by Peter De Wint, watercolor on paper, depicting ancient ruins in a lush landscape

Neath Abbey

Peter De Wint

Edinburgh from Blackhall by John Blair, oil painting depicting a twilight cityscape

Edinburgh from Blackhall

John Blair

Historical scene depicting a Lancaster 68 pounder cannon, ink on paper by William Simpson

A quiet day in the diamond battery – portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounder, 15th Decr. 1854

William Simpson

An Indian Tomb by George Chinnery, oil on canvas depicting ornate architecture with soft light and shadows.

An Indian Tomb

George Chinnery

Ruins du Chateau du Heidelberg by Charles Gore, oil painting depicting a weathered castle landscape.

Ruins du Chateau du Heidelberg

Charles Gore

Landscape with the ruins of Aqua Julia in Rome, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Landscape with the ruins of Aqua Julia in Rome

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Cottage landscape by Kazimierz Sichulski, oil painting, featuring twilight and trees.

Cottage

Kazimierz Sichulski

Ruins of a monastery by Johann Jakob Meyer

Ruine des Klosters Valduna bei Rankweil

Johann Jakob Meyer

The Ruins of Leiston Abbey by Thomas Hearne, oil painting of crumbling stone architecture.

The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

Thomas Hearne

View of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, oil on canvas by Wilhelm Gail

View of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice

Wilhelm Gail

Architecture of ruins in 'Ruines du château de Saint-Cloud; le vestibule' by Jean Baptiste Edmond Allouard

Ruines du château de Saint-Cloud; le vestibule.

Jean Baptiste Edmond Allouard

Rumelihisari, On The Bosphorus by Nazmi Ziya Güran, oil painting of a fortress overlooking the sea.

Rumelihisari, On The Bosphorus

Nazmi Ziya Güran

Engraving by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu depicting ruins in a landscape.

Ruins in Dargoire

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Olive trees near Jerusalem by Abraham Neuman, oil painting

Olive trees near Jerusalem

Abraham Neuman

Ponte Clementino in Civita Castellana, oil on canvas by Thomas Ender

Ponte Clementino in Civita Castellana in Latium

Thomas Ender

Llanthony Abbey landscape in watercolor by Edward Dayes

Llanthony Abbey, Monmouthshire

Edward Dayes

Kasteel Marquette by Maarten Oortwijn, oil on canvas depicting a misty landscape with a castle.

Kasteel Marquette.

Maarten Oortwijn

Fragment of a bone vessel from the V.O.C. ship 'Witte Leeuw', unknown artist

Fragment schotel uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Der Judenplatz in Wien by H. Winter, depicting a square with cobblestones and architecture, unknown medium.

Der Judenplatz in Wien

H. Winter

Marie Anne Lavoisier stands beside seated Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at a red velvet-covered table with scientific instruments and documents.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David

Gothic architecture of Kathedrale von Reims by Domenico Quaglio the Younger

Kathedrale von Reims

Domenico Quaglio the Younger

Historical scene of Louis-Adolphe Thiers ascending, oil on canvas by Jehan Georges Vibert

Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers

Jehan Georges Vibert

The Pont du Gard by Pierre Vignal, modernism, depicting an ancient aqueduct with arches.

The Pont du Gard

Pierre Vignal

View of temples in Agrigento, oil on canvas by Valentin Ruths

View of the temples of Agrigento

Valentin Ruths

View of Kom Ombo by David Roberts, depicting ancient ruins in a desert landscape, oil painting.

View of Kom Ombo

David Roberts

Graveyard scene with gravestones by William Simpson, 1855

The graves in the fort on Cathcart’s Hill – of the officers 4th Division who fell at Inkermann

William Simpson

Waltham Abbey, Essex by Edward Dayes, oil painting depicting an abbey with clouds

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Edward Dayes

View of the Sybil Temple in Puławy, Romanticism, unknown artist

View of the Sybil Temple in Puławy

Unknown Artist

The Nile by William Holman Hunt, oil painting depicting a lush landscape with a river.

The Nile

William Holman Hunt

Landscape of a kraal made of earth and wood, glass medium by Unknown Artist

Kraal

Unknown Artist

Ruines Du Château De Mont-Saint-Jean by Victor Petit, oil on canvas depicting a castle in a landscape.

Ruines Du Château De Mont-Saint-Jean (Saône et Loire)

Victor Petit

Ruins in the Wachau region by Eduard Zetsche, oil painting of weathered stone structures.

Ruins in the Wachau region

Eduard Zetsche

The Old Stone Crusher by Frederick McCubbin, oil painting depicting a quarry landscape.

The old stone crusher (The quarry)

Frederick McCubbin

Landscape of the Wisła river near Kraków by Stanisław Wyspiański, oil painting

Wisła pod Krakowem

Stanisław Wyspiański

Toyokuni shrine dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, ink on paper by Akamatsu Rinsaku

Toyokuni shrine dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Akamatsu Rinsaku

Interior scene of The House Of Tintoretto by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, oil painting showcasing light and shadow.

The House Of Tintoretto, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Fragment of a porcelain plate made of bone by Unknown Artist

Fragment en scherf lampetschotel uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Scherf van een bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw', bone, Unknown Artist

Scherf van een bord uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'

Unknown Artist

Leycock Abbey architecture in earth tones by Esther Blaikie MacKinnon

Leycock Abbey

Esther Blaikie MacKinnon

Facade of Temple D’Ibsamboul by Hector Horeau, 1839, depicting ancient stone architecture

Temple D’Ibsamboul (Façade) (Temple Of Abu Simbel (Façade)).

Hector Horeau

This painting depicts the biblical story of David and Goliath.

David and Goliath

Claude Lorrain

Watercolour by William Gilpin depicting a river view with ruins and reflections.

River view with Ruins

William Gilpin