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Victor Meirelles

7 works

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Painting of a nude bearded man seated in a vaulted stone prison cell beside a staff and iron chain.

Saint John the Baptist in prison

1852

Priest elevating the host before a wooden cross in a tropical clearing, with kneeling Europeans and Indigenous people around.

The First Mass in Brazil

1860

Large painting of a 17th-century style battle with mounted soldiers, raised swords, smoke, and fallen men under tropical tree

Battle of Guararapes

1875

Head of a woman

Oil painting of an executioner presenting a severed head on a platter to a woman in white, with a headless body at their feet

Decapitation of St. John the Baptist

1855

Painted study of a grand ceremonial hall with red drapery, gilded ceiling, and formal court figures in uniforms and robes.

Study for "Wedding of Princess Isabel

1864

Arched painting of a bishop raising his crosier as the Virgin and Child appear in clouds above a kneeling crowd.

Invocação à Virgem (estudo)

1898

Browse 7 works by Victor Meirelles from 2 museums, free to download in HD.