Night (Disambiguation)

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Scene from Twelfth Night - Malvolio and the Countess

Malvolio and the Countess, depicting a famous scene from William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, in which the puritanical servant Malvolio is tricked into coming before Lady Olivia cross-gartered and in yellow stockings. Oil on canvas...

Image by William Powell Firth

The Duel Scene from Twelfth Night

The duel scene (Act 3 Scene 4) from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, oil on canvas by William Powell Firth, 1842. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Image by George Clint

Malvolio and Sir Toby, from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

A depiction of Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in which the puritanical servant Malvolio tries to quiet down Sir Toby Belch and his fellow revelers. It is in this scene that Sir Toby delivers the famous line: "Dost...

Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Queen of the Night or Burney's Relief, Mesopotamia

The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love and war, or Ishtar's sister and rival, the goddess Ereshkigal who ruled over the Underworld, or the demoness Lilitu, known in the Bible as Lilith...

Image by National Gallery, London

Boulevard Montmartre Night Effect by Pissarro

An 1897 oil on canvas, Boulevard Montmartre Night Effect, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. Pissarro very rarely painted night scenes, but here he captures Émile Zola's famous description of Paris by...

Image by Musée d'Orsay

Starry Night over the Rhône by van Gogh

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Starry Night over the Rhône, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in Arles, southern France. His letters reveal that Vincent had planned for some time to...

Image by Yale University Art Gallery

The Night Café by van Gogh

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, The Night Café, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in place du Forum in Arles, France. It is the interior of the same café which features in the Café Terrace...

Image by Trustees of the British Museum

Queen of the Night, Old Babylon

Queen of the Night, a large plaque made of baked straw-tempered clay, modelled in high relief. From southern Iraq, Old Babylonian period, 1800-1750 BCE. The figure of the curvaceous naked woman was originally painted red. She wears the horned...

Image by Kröller-Müller Museum

Café Terrace at Night by van Gogh

An 1888 oil on canvas, Café Terrace at Night, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in the place du Forum of Arles, France. The artist here uses the strong contrasting colours of yellow and...