Paul Delaroche, French
Lady Jane Grey, Victim of Palace Downsizing, 1833
Oil on canvas
Category: Murder
MASTERPIECE #626
Johann Zoffany, German
David With the Head of Goliath (Photo by Annie Leibovitz), 1756
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #619
Gaspari Traversi, Italian
Salome Trying to Remember Which Recycling Bin Severed Heads Go Into, 1732
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #617
Andrea Mantegna, Italian
St. Sebastian and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 1480
Tempera on canvas
MASTERPIECE #135
Édouard Manet, French
The Phantom of the Opera, Killed While Folding Towels, 1864
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #535
Jacopo da Ponte, Italian
Executioner With a Wedgie, 1560
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #531
Hans Holbein the Younger, German
King Henry VIII Competing on “Last Comic Not Beheaded,” 1542
Oil and tempera on wood
MASTERPIECE #517
Hans Baldung, German
Wife Discovers Miracle Cure for Husband’s Snoring, 1530
Oil on wood
MASTERPIECE #509
George Stubbs, English
Why I’m Not a Cat Person, 1762
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #507
Massimo Stanzione, Italian
Judith With the Head of Holofernes (Wondering If She Needs A Lawyer), 1630
Oil on canvas