Listening Collection (page 14)

The Annunciation, early 1490s. Artist: Filippino Lippi
The Annunciation, early 1490s. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, 17th century. Artist: School of Rembrandt van Rijn
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, 17th century. According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visited the house of two sisters, Martha and Mary

Rural Musicians, 1645. Artist: Adriaen van Ostade
Rural Musicians, 1645. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Concert in a Park, 18th century. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
Concert in a Park, 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Artist: Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Marina Mniszech (c1588-1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became Tsarina of Russia after marrying the impostor False Dmitry I in 1605 during

The Spanish Concert, 1754. Artist: Carle van Loo
The Spanish Concert, 1754. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 17th century. Artist: Benjamin Gerritz Cuyp
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 17th century. The Angel appears to inform the shepherds of the Birth of Christ. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Annunciation, c1470-c1480. Artist: German Master
The Annunciation, c1470-c1480. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, Russian authors, 1902. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy, Russian authors, 1902. Chekhov (1860-1904) and Tolstoy (1828-1910) at Tolstoys home in Gaspra, Crimea, where he lived in 1901-1902

The Annunciation, 1660s. Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
The Annunciation, 1660s. Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1617-1682). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Buryats, 1862. The Buryats are a Mongol people of Siberia and Mongolia. From T de Paulys Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie. From a private collection

Duty, 1883. Artist: Edmund Blair Leighton
Duty, 1883. From a private collection

The Poet and his Muse. Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and Marie Laurencin, 1909. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Poet and his Muse. Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and Marie Laurencin, 1909. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Political instruction, USSR, 1920s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

A meeting of the board of enquiry, 1934
A meeting of the board of inquiry, 1934. The front cover of the L illustre Du Petit Journal, 18th March 1934

Banquet of french nationalist and Paul Deroulede, Saint-Sebastien, Belgium, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Banquet of french nationalist and Paul Deroulede, Saint-Sebastien, Belgium, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd June 1900

Agricultural lesson for the indigenous people of Madagascar, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Agricultural lesson for the indigenous people of Madagascar, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th November 1897

A French soldier back home from Madagascar, 1896. France invaded the independent island kingdom of Madagascar in 1895. By 1896 the island had been conquered and was annexed by France

Sarabande, 1895. Artist: Ferdinand Roybet
Sarabande, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th May 1895

Chatelar Playing the Lute to Mary Queen of Scots, 1560s, (1860). Artist: JC Armytage
Chatelar Playing the Lute to Mary Queen of Scots, 1560s, (1860). Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard (1540-1562) was in love with Mary

La predica di San Bernardino, c1426-1481. Artist: Sano di Pietro
La predica di San Bernardino, c1426-1481

Fredrick Great Concert At Sanssouci, (1852), 1900. Artist: Adolph Menzel
Fredrick Great Concert At Sanssouci, (1852), 1900

Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

Announcement on the health of Tsar Alexander of Russia, Livadia Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, 1894. Alexander III died on 1st November 1894 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nicholas II

Rouget de Lisle singing the Marseillaise, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Rouget de Lisle singing the Marseillaise, 1892. Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) singing the Marseillaise at the home of Dietrich, Mayor of Strasbourg, 26th April 1792

Scene from the introduction to The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, (1833). Artist: Thomas Stothard
Scene from the introduction to The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, (1833). In Boccaccios (1313-1375) The Decameron, a group of friends, who have escaped the plague in Florence

Reproducing Speech, 1878. Artist: C A Keetels
Reproducing Speech, 1878. Demonstration of the Edison phonograph in New York. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York)

Landscape with St Matthew and the Angel, c1645. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
Landscape with St Matthew and the Angel, c1645. Matthew the Evangelist seated on a stone amongst ruined ancient buildings, listening to an angel who stands beside him

Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 1505. Artist: Raphael
Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 1505. This picture is one of the three paintings which formed the predella for Raphaels altarpiece the Ansidei Madonna (dated 1505) in the church of San Fiorenzo

The Shipwrecked Sailor Boy, late 18th-early 19th century (1912). Artist: William Redmore Bigg
The Shipwrecked Sailor Boy, late 18th-early 19th century (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Telemachus accompanied by Mentor, relates his Adventures to Calypso, 1774. Artist: J Collyer
Telemachus accompanied by Mentor, relates his Adventures to Calypso, 1774. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1774

Orpheus, by his Voice and Lyre, attracts the attention of the Animals, Rocks and Trees, 1774. Artist: W Walker
Orpheus, by his Voice and Lyre, attracts the attention of the Animals, Rocks and Trees, 1774. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1774

A Street in Cairo, Egypt, c1825-1876. Artist: John Frederick Lewis
A Street in Cairo, Egypt, c1825-1876

Good History, 1871. Artist: Oluf Simony Jensen
Good History, 1871

The Fiddler of the Village, 1845. Artist: Ludwig Richter
The Fiddler of the Village, 1845

Ancient Egyptian stele, 11th-10th century BC. A kneeling man plays a stringed instrument before the god Khons. The stele dates from the 21st Dynasty. Located in the Louvre, Paris

A Popular Singer, 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Norblin
A Popular Singer, 19th century

Easter mass in the dunes on the beaches of Belgium by the North Sea, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 22 April 1915

Sri Raga, Ragamala Album, School of Rajasthan, 19th century. A prince sitting on the terrace of a house where Narada and Kinnara are playing music

Russian army nurse playing a violin, Eastern Front, 1944. Tonia Magdanskaya entertaining the troops during a pause in the fighting

Advertisement for French Radio National, 20th century

German soldiers at a concert in a cave, France, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Amalric of Bena teaching, c1200, (1375-1379). In 1204, the University of Paris condemned the doctrines of Amalric of Bena (or Amalric of Chartres) as heretical

The Sermon of John the Baptist (detail), 1604. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Sermon of John the Baptist (detail), 1604. From the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord, c1659. Artist: Jan Steen
A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord, c1659. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist and anatomist

Execution of Louis XVI, 1793. Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France from 1774, making a final speech from the scaffold before his execution by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th century. Artist: JJ Scheller
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th century. Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist and scientist, with his secretary

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