This is an index of the 9 well-known stories and narratives from post-classical history which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order, for each giving the type of narrative and its origin, links to the paintings featured here, and a ‘lead’ example painting is shown. There are separate illustrated indexes for other sources of narratives, e.g. Biblical.
Aretino, Pietro, death of (Italian history, 1556) Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), The Death of Author Pietro Aretino (1854)
Chilperic I, murder (French history, 584) Luminais, The Death of Chilperic I (1885)
Clovis II, sons of (énervés of Jumièges) (French legend, 660) Luminais, The Sons of Clovis II (1880) (Rouen)
Gradlon, King, and Saint Guénolé, and Dahut (Breton legend) Luminais, Flight of King Gradlon (1884) (Quimper)
Marat, assassination (French history, 1793) David, Marat Assassinated (1793)
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, Execution (French history, 1867) Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1868)
Medusa, The Raft of the (French history, 1816) Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa (1818-9)
Ney, Marshall Michel, Death (French history, 1815) Gérôme, The Death of Marshal Ney (1868)
Papin, Christine and Léa, murders (French crime, 1933; play, Jean Genet, Les Bonnes, 1947) Rego, The Maids (1987)
