Victory in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Day after a Victory at the Alhambra, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

The Day after a Victory at the Alhambra, 1882.

Le lendemain d'une victoire à l'Alhambra (museum title)

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on panel

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran, with British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, Francis Hayman

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran, with British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, c. 1760.

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir… (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, François Gérard

The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, before 1810.

Bataille d'Austerlitz. 2 décembre 1805 (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Clemency of Henri IV after the Battle of Ivry, 14 March 1590, Charles de Steuben

The Clemency of Henri IV after the Battle of Ivry, 14 March 1590, 1843.

Clémence d'Henri IV après la bataille d'Ivry, 14 mars 1590 (museum title)

Charles de Steuben (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Victory, 1814.

La Victoire (museum title)

Anne-Louis Girodet (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Compiègne, France

The Battle of Salamis, Wilhelm von Kaulbach

The Battle of Salamis, c. 1858.

Die Schlacht bei Salamis (museum title)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach (German), oil on canvas

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Shipka-Sheinovo (Skobelev at Shipka), Vassili Verechtchaguine

Shipka-Sheinovo (Skobelev at Shipka), before 1890.

Шипка-Шейново (Скобелев под Шипкой) (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

State Russian Museum, Russia

The Death of Nelson, 1806.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Louis XIII Crowned by Victory, Philippe de Champaigne

Louis XIII Crowned by Victory, c. 1634.

Louis XIII couronné par la Victoire (museum title)

Philippe de Champaigne (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, John Trumbull

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, 1819–1820.

John Trumbull (American), oil on canvas

United States Capitol, United States

Shipka-Sheinovo. Skobelev at Shipka, 1878–1879.

Шипка-Шейново. Скобелев под Шипкой (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

The Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, Horace Vernet

The Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, 1836.

Bataille de Friedland, 14 juin 1807 (museum title)

Horace Vernet (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Diagorides Victors at Olympia (Design for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

The Diagorides Victors at Olympia (Design for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, Eugène Delacroix

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, 1861.

Eugène Delacroix (French), fresco

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

Edward III with the Black Prince after the Battle of Crécy, Benjamin West

Edward III with the Black Prince after the Battle of Crécy, 1788.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, John Trumbull

The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, 1787–1828.

John Trumbull (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Belle-Alliance, Oil Sketch, Adolph Menzel

Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Belle-Alliance, Oil Sketch, 1857–1858.

Wellington und Blücher nach der Schlacht bei… (museum title)

Adolph Menzel (German), oil on paper mounted on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

The Triumph of David, c. 1630.

Le Triomphe de David (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Bonaparte, First Consul, Distributing Swords of Honour to the Grenadiers of his Guard after the Battle of Marengo, Antoine-Jean Gros

Bonaparte, First Consul, Distributing Swords of Honour to the Grenadiers of his Guard after the Battle of Marengo, 1803.

Bonaparte, Premier Consul, distribue des sabres d'honneur… (museum title)

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

After the Battle of Vítkov, Alphonse Mucha

After the Battle of Vítkov, 1923.

Po bitvě na Vítkově (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, oil and tempera on canvas

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

David et Goliath, 1600.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, Eugène Delacroix

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1853.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python, 1850.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

1806, Jena, 1890.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Frick Art & Historical Center, United States

The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1777, John Trumbull

The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1777, c. 1822–1832.

John Trumbull (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Napoleon's Entry into Berlin, 27 October 1806, Charles Meynier

Napoleon's Entry into Berlin, 27 October 1806, 1810.

Entrée de Napoléon à Berlin, 27 octobre 1806 (museum title)

Charles Meynier (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

William III (1650-1702) on Horseback, Godfrey Kneller

William III (1650-1702) on Horseback, 1701.

Godfrey Kneller (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

David avec la tête de Goliath, Caravaggio

David avec la tête de Goliath, 1607.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on poplar panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Triumph of Rome: The Youthful Emperor Constantine Honouring Rome, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Triumph of Rome: The Youthful Emperor Constantine Honouring Rome, c. 1622–1623.

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto

Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (museum title)

Paul Véronèse (Italian), oil on canvas

Gallerie dell'Accademia, Italy

Greek battle scene, a naked hero looks at his fallen opponent

Græsk kampscene, en nøgen helt betragter sin faldne… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown and black ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones, Eugène Delacroix

Esquisse pour le salon de la Paix à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Hercule vainqueur d'Hippolyte, reine des Amazones, 1849–1852.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Taking of the Malakoff Tower, Horace Vernet

The Taking of the Malakoff Tower, 1858.

La prise de la tour Malakoff (museum title)

Horace Vernet (French), oil on canvas

Musée Rolin (Autun), France

Apotheosis of King Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun

Apotheosis of King Louis XIV, 1677.

Charles Le Brun (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Entry of Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople, 29 May 1453, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

The Entry of Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople, 29 May 1453, 1876.

Entrée du sultan Mehmet II à Constantinople le 29 mai 1453 (museum title)

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Triumphant Athlete, 1813–1814.

Atleta trionfante (museum title)

Francesco Hayez (Italian), oil on canvas

National Academy of Saint Luke, Rome, Italy

After the Battle of Grunwald, Alphonse Mucha

After the Battle of Grunwald, 1924.

Po bitvě u Grunwaldu (museum title)

Alphonse Mucha, oil and tempera on canvas

Prague City Gallery, Czechia

1807, Friedland, c. 1861–1875.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Edward III (1312-1377) with the Black Prince (1330-1376) after the Battle of Crécy (1346), Benjamin West

Edward III (1312-1377) with the Black Prince (1330-1376) after the Battle of Crécy (1346), 1789.

Benjamin West (American), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

A Winged Victory with a Victory Wreath

En vinget Victoria med sejrskrans (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, brush and brown ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Saint George à cheval, 1508.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Germany

The Victors of the Bastille before the Hôtel de Ville, 14 July 1789, Paul Delaroche

The Victors of the Bastille before the Hôtel de Ville, 14 July 1789, 1830–1838.

Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hôtel de Ville, le… (museum title)

Paul Delaroche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Surrender of General Burgoyne, John Trumbull

Surrender of General Burgoyne, 1821.

John Trumbull (American), oil on canvas

United States Capitol, United States

Equestrian Portrait of Philip V, Louis-Michel van Loo

Equestrian Portrait of Philip V, 1737.

Retrato de Felipe V a caballo (museum title)

Louis-Michel van Loo (French), oil on canvas

Gallery of the Royal Collections, Spain

The Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800, Henri Frédéric Schopin

The Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800, 1836.

Bataille de Hohenlinden, 3 décembre 1800 (museum title)

Henri Frédéric Schopin, oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Two Genii, One with an Olive Branch, the Other with Fasces, Nicolai Abildgaard

Two Genii, One with an Olive Branch, the Other with Fasces, c. 1798–1801.

To genier, den ene med oliegren, den anden med fasces (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

David avec la tête de Goliath, 1605.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Borghese collection, Italy

John III Sobieski Hands Canon Denhoff a Letter to the Pope with the Message of the Victory over the Turks at Vienna in 1683, Jan Matejko

John III Sobieski Hands Canon Denhoff a Letter to the Pope with the Message of the Victory over the Turks at Vienna in 1683, 1880.

Jan III Sobieski wręcza kanonikowi Denhoffowi list do… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Liberty, 1848–1849.

Jean-François Millet (French), black chalk and pastel

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Saint George à pied, 1507.

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States