Combat Collection (page 6)

Judiciary combat, 12th century. Illustration from the collection of the Musee de Beaux Arts, Orleans

Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Artist: Antonio Canova
Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Theseus raises his club to strike down on the centaur. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Committee to Combat Unemployment, 1919. Artist: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
Committee to Combat Unemployment, 1919

Roland pierces the giant Ferragut in the navel, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1260
Roland pierces the giant Ferragut in the navel, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Battle of Poitiers (1356), 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Battle of Poitiers (1356), 1830. Also known as King John at the Battle of Poitiers. Engagement during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) between England and France

The Fighters, 16th century. Artist: Taddeo Zuccaro
The Fighters, 16th century

Battle of Castillon, 1453 (19th century). Artist: Charles Philippe Auguste Lariviere
Battle of Castillon, 1453 (19th century). A battle in the Hundred Years War in which the French and Breton army defeated the English under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Combat between Roland and King Marsile, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Battle of Sahagun, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, c1225. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Battle for a city, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, c1225. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

The Legend of Saint Romuald, 16th century. From the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). Artist: Vicenzo di Raffaello de Rossi
Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). From the Room of the 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Battle, from the series 47 Faithful Samurai, 1850-1880. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora
Battle, from the series 47 Faithful Samurai, 1850-1880. From a private collection

Samurai fighting against monkeys, 19th century. From a private collection

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

Silver Bowl from a Sarmatian Tomb, 4th-5th century. The Sarmatians were a large confederation of Iranian people during classical antiquity, flourishing from about 5th century BC to 4th century

Combat between two gladiators, Roman relief from Epheseus, c3rd century. Marble, At Pergamon Museum, Berlin

Etruscan Stela Detail, Combat between horseman and foot-soldier, c4th century BC. At Museo Civico. Bologna, Italy

Amphora, Theseus and the Minotaur, 6th century BC

Nabatean Stone Relief, now in Petra Museum

Mochicha stirrup-spout vessel, 1st century
Mochicha stirrup-spout vessel of warriors in combat, 1st century

Mosaic of animal combat at the Great Palace in Istanbul, 6th century
Mosaic of animal combat with a lion vs. an elephant at the Great Palace in Istanbul, 6th century

Bashkirs kuresh wrestling, Russia, 1913. The Bashkirs are a people of central Asia, conquered by the Russians in 1735-1740. Kuresh is the Tatar style of wrestling

Sarmatian gold open-work plaque showing a tiger and fantastic beast in combat, from Siberia

Achaemenid cylinder-seal impression referring to the Greek wars, showing a Persian soldier smiting a Greek

Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Artist: Antonio Verico
Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Roland (by tradition d778) the semi-legendary French knight and hero of the 11th century Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland)

Battle of Bennington, Vermont, American War of Independence, 16 August 1777. The British were defeated by colonial militia under General John Stark

Policy Verso, 1906. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Policy Verso, 1906. A gladiator representing Free Trade triumphant in the arena, appeals to the crowd for their verdict. With the return of Liberal government in Britain in December 1905

Armoured knights jousting at a tournament, 12th century, c1820. The knight on far side has a shattered lance and is being unhorsed

Death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 (c19th century)
Death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485 (c19th century). Richard III (1452-1485), the last Yorkist king of England, usurped the throne on the death of his brother, Edward IV

Battle of Crecy, France, August 1346 (1864). A major engagement of the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453)

Gladiators in the Roman arena. Spectators are giving the thumbs down, signalling the victor not to spare his defeated adversary. Print after Jean-Leon Gerome

Relief depicting Greek soldiers fighting Amazons

Unhorsing of a Pawnee warrior by Dakota Sioux warrior Zintka Mato (Dog Bear), c1889-1927. Artist: Kills Two
Unhorsing of a Pawnee warrior by the spear of Dakota Sioux warrior Zintka Mato (Dog Bear), c1889-1927

Richard II, King of England, presiding at a tournament, 1377-1379 (15th century). Watched by the king, mounted knights in armour joust with lances

Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. Artist: Gautier
Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. The Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. In the centre mounted knights in armour are fighting with lances and swords

Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret
Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). In the foreground of the main image, mounted knights unhorsed and killed in a melee of hand-to-hand fighting with (left)

Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in mounted combat, 1191 (13th century)
Richard I, Coeur de Lion (Lionheart) (1157-1199), king of England (1189-99) and Saladin (1137-93) in mounted combat during the Crusade of 1191. Encaustic tiles (1250-1260) from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey

Gladiators in the arena, Roman mosaic, Saarbrucken, Germany

Fragment of a Roman relief showing gladiators fighting

Hand-to-hand fighting with swords in defence of a castle, 14th century. Detail from a Manuscript in the British Museum

Knights jousting at a tournament, 12th century, (c1815). The scene is set in England during the time of Henry II (1154-1189), the first Plantagenet English king

The Heroic Age in Greece : combat of Ancient Greek warriors. These figures are based upon the seventh-century plaque in the British Museum, which is shown as an inset

Battle of Alnwick, Northumberland, 1174, (1864). Victorian depiction of the capture of William I of Scotland, The Lion (1143-1214) by the English

Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 (1864). Richard III (1452-1485), last Yorkist king of England from 1483, on a white horse

The death of Warwick the Kingmaker, 1471 (c1880). Richard Neville or Nevill, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), English soldier and statesman was killed at the Battle of Barnet, 14 April 1471

Henry-Picquart duel, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
Henry-Picquart duel, 1898. The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s

Greek warrior fighting an Amazon, 8th-5th century BC. Limestone Relief. The Amazons were legendary female warriors in Greek mythology

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