Historical Allegories

Dramatic, classical artworks featuring allegorical themes, emotional expressions, and rich color palettes, focused on narrative scenes.

Allegory of Magnanimity; Luca Giordano, Italian (Neapolitan), 1634 - 1705; about 1670; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 180.3 x 180.3 cm (71 x 71 in.)

Moses saved from the water, 17th century, artist unknown, Venetian school, Sala Stendhal (Stendhal Hall), first floor, Palazzo Spinola, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

'Allegory of Voluptuousness'. Italy, 1747. Dimensions: 138x100 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni.

Tarquin and Lucretia. Dated: c. 1695/1700. Dimensions: overall: 195 x 171.5 cm (76 3/4 x 67 1/2 in.) framed: 222.9 x 201.9 x 14.3 cm (87 3/4 x 79 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI.

Mariano Salvador Maella / 'Spring', 1805-1806, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 77 cm, P02497. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Flora with Putti, by Francesco Albani (1578-1660), oil on canvas, 205x275.5 cm.

Allegory of Charity (Allegoria della Caritö), by Domenico Piola, 17th Century

Allegory of Magnanimity; Luca Giordano, Italian (Neapolitan), 1634 - 1705; about 1670; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 180.3 x 180.3 cm (71 x 71 in.)

Workshop or Follower of Titian, Venus Blindfolding Cupid, c 1566 1570 or c 1576 1580 Venus Blindfolding Cupid

(PINTURA MITOLOGICA) - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: EYCK JAN CAREL VAN SIGLO XVII. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

The Madman, by Couture Thomas, 1879, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Man convict prisoner ragged fool cell prison: jail shadow dark semi-darkness: shadow woman.

Charles de la Fosse / 'Acis and Galatea', 1699-1704, French School, Oil on copper, 104 cm x 90 cm, P02251. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Penitent Mary Magdalene, Anthony van Dyck, 1620 - 1635

Lute player, Philip van Dijk, c. 1710

Mars and Venus United by Love 1570s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) Italian In this visually opulent and sensual painting, Cupid binds Mars (the god of war) to Venus (the goddess of love) with a love knot. It celebrates the civilizing and nurturing effects of love, as milk flows from Venuss breast and Marss warhorse is restrained. Possibly commissioned by Emperor Maximilian II, the painting was owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague by 1621, along with other mythological works by the artist. A masterpiece of light and color, works such as this had an enduring impact on later artists including Velázquez and Giambattista Tiepolo. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5177. Mars and Venus United by Love Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Mars and Venus United by Love 437891

Diana, by Dal Sole Giovan Gioseffo, 17th Century, oil on canvas,

SANTA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPANIEN.

'Genius of Music (Allegory of Music)'. France, Between 1727 - 1729. Dimensions: 98x85,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCOIS LEMOYNE.

Cephise curtails the sleeping Cupid the wings. 1782. (Mary Angelica Kauffmann 1741 Chur 1807 Rome)

Vertumnus and Pomona. Dating: 1617. Measurements: support: h 21.4 cm × w 29.4 cm; d 2.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Tengnagel (mentioned on object).

A Musical Company. Dating: 1673. Measurements: h 44 cm × w 53 cm; d 9 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Verkolje (I).

Margarita Trip as Minerva, Instructing her Sister Anna Maria Trip. In 1662 the fabulously wealthy Trip family moved into the stateliest private residence in all of Amsterdam. Hanging above a mantelpiece in one of the private rooms was this portrait of two of the Trip daughters: Margarita, wearing a helmet and a breastplate, represents Minerva (goddess of art and science), and the eager student kneeling by her side is her eleven-yearoldsister Anna Maria. In reality, Anna Maria received instruction from a private tutor.

SIN IDENTIFICAR - SIGLO XVII. Author: ANTHONY VAL DYCK S XVII-PIETER SNAYERS S XVII. Location: GALERIA BIOSCA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Allegory of poetry. Conca, Sebastiano (1680-1764), painter

JESUS CON SAN JUANITO Y EL CORDERO - 1618-1620 - OLEO/TABLA - 131x75 cm - NP 1545 - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: ANTON VAN DYCK. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. SAN JUAN BAUTISTA NIÑO / SAN JUANITO.

Portrait of Henrietta Maria with a dwarf, Fine Art

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Museo del Prado, Madrid Painting 115,4x91,5 Bible The Repentant Mary Magdalene

England, London, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Painting titled "Ceres and Harvesting Cupids" by Simon Vouet dated 1634

Attributed to Filippo Falciatore (active between 1728 and 1768). Allegory of Love. The Goddess of love Venus, dressed in sumptuous draperies, reclines amidst a company of playful putti. Oil on canvas. Detail. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta.

'Two Women and a Man making Music', 1675-80, Oil on canvas. Author: OCHTERVELT JACOB. Location: NATIONAL GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Painting titled 'Shepherd and Shepherdress Reposing' by François Boucher (1703-1770) French painter in the Rococo style. Dated 18th Century

Andrea Appiani (1754-1817). Italian painter. Queen Elizabeth of Hungary assisting the Poor, 1795. Oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm. Modern Art Gallery, Milan, Italy.

Mary Magdalen, Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1615.

The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa, Jacob Jordaens, I, c. 1630 - c. 1640

The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph. Date/Period: 1629 - 1630. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,600 mm (62.99 in); Width: 1,280 mm (50.39 in). Author: Anthony Van Dyck.

The useless moral lesson, Godefridus Schalcken, c. 1690

The Dream of St. Joseph. Date/Period: Ca. 1665. Oil paintings. Oil on canvas. Author: FRANCISCO RIZI.

Nicolas Poussin; French; Les Andelys 1594-1665 Rome; The Rest on the Flight into Egypt; ca.1627; Oil on canvas.

Rest on the flight to Egypt, c1626/28. By Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563-1639) who was an Italian painter. He began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists. After 1600, he came under the influence of the more naturalistic style of Caravaggio

Mary Hoare, 1753-1820, British, Lear and Cordelia, ca. 1781. Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The Birth of Louis XIII at Fontainebleau - 17th century - 394x295 cm - oil on canvas. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France. LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE. MARIA DE MEDICI O MARIA DE MEDICIS.

FRAGONARD, Jean HonorŽ (1732-1806). Captured Kiss. 2nd half 18 c. Rococo. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum.

CARLOS Y UBALDO EN LAS ISLAS AFORTUNADAS - 1628-1630 - OLEO/COBRE - 27x39 cm - NP 1832 - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Ubaldo. CARLOS UBALDO SOLDADO DE LAS CRUZADAS.

Jacob and Rachel. Coypel, Antoine (1661-1722), painter

Romulus and Remus. Date/Period: 1615 - 1616. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,130 mm (83.85 in); Width: 2,120 mm (83.46 in). Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

Allegory of Magnanimity. Luca Giordano (Italian (Neapolitan), 1634 - 1705)

'Bacchanalia'. Western Europe, 19th century. Dimensions: 32x23,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 19th century.

A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus. A Statue of Venus, with a Girl Drawing and a Boy. Dating: 1715. Measurements: h 38.5 cm × w 29 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Pieter van der Werff.

Vertumnus and Pomona, Jan Tengnagel, 1617 painting Vertumnus and Pomona. Vertumnus and Pomona are talking to each other in a garden; The old woman speaks and makes hand gestures. The young woman is listening on a wheelbarrow with a sickle in hand, right garden tools (watering can, rake, spade, sieve). copper (metal). oil paint (paint) Vertumnus, in the guise of an old woman, wooing Pomona

Saint Agnes by Simone Pignoni, oil on canvas, Baroque, 1611-1698, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 52x40

Morning Music, 1867. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (d.1882)

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae, or Argos. He and his brother Menelaus were also known as 'Atrides', the sons of Atreus. Agamemnon had four children by his wife Clytaemnestra. Menelaus was married to Clytaemnestra's sister, Helen. When Helen was abductedor seducedby the Trojan Paris, the result was the Trojan war. Agamemnon was a central player in the war as both commander of the Greek fleet and Helen's brother-in-law. In order to summon up winds to propel his ships, he was forced to sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia to the goddess Artemis. This eventually led to his downfall. Clytaemnestra never forgave Agamemnon for the death of her daughter and took her revenge years later when he returned from Troy.

Timocleia and the Thracian Commander by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770).- painting on canvas. Date: circa 1755

Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds; "The Holy Family"; English School; Oil on canvas

The Fountain of Love. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

LA MAGDALENA - SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO ITALIANO. Author: BRONZINO (1503-1572). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN. MARY MAGDALENE. MAGDALENA PENITENTE.

Jupiter & Kallisto Francois Boucher (1703-1770 French) Pushkin State Museum, Moscow, Russia

'Jacob Asks for the Hand of Rachel in Marriage'. Italy. Dimensions: 125x214 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI ANDREA FROM FERRARI.

'St Mary of Egypt in the Desert'. Spain, 1665-1668. Dimensions: 84x62,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOSE ANTOLINEZ.

Antonio da Correggio (1489-1534). known as Corregio. Italian painter. Renaissance. The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine (1526-27). Louvre. Paris. France.

'Woman Bather'. Holland, Circa 1660-1665. Dimensions: 25x19 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Gerard Dou (Gerrit).

Hebe and Jupiter, by Maria Callani. 19th Century Italy.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Meeting of David and Abigail, c 1630 The Meeting of David and Abigail

'David Bearing the Head of Goliath'. Italy, 17th century. Dimensions: 99x74 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Unknown artist of the Florentine school. 17th century.

France, Ile-de-France, Fontainebleau, Chateau de Fontainebleau, Tapestry in The Empress's Antechamber

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Pordenone (circle of), 1500 - 1539 painting Judith with the head of Holofernes. With her maid, Judith stands behind a balustrade, with the carved head in his hands. There is a sword on the balustrade, the maid lifts the curtain, making a bed visible. canvas. oil paint (paint) Judith shows Holofernes' head to the people

Mythological Scene - Filling the Horn of Plenty Jacobs, Daniel (16.. 1691)

DIETRICH Christian Wilhelm Ernst(1712-1774) Soap-bubbles 1740s Oil on wood 31x23 State Pushkin Museum of Fane Arts Moscow

Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well, 1775. Oil on canvas.

Moses Saved from the Waters, by Paolo Caliari known as Veronese (1528-1588), oil on canvas.

The Storytellers of the Decameron by Boccaccio 1313-75, 1851 (detail)

fine arts, shepherd scene, France, early 19th century, Europe, romanticism, shepherdess, sitting, resting, sleeping, goat, idyll,

Susanna and the Elders, Nicolas Bertin, 1690 - 1710

fine arts, Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 - 1640), painting, ""Toilette of Venus"", oil on canvas, circa 1600, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Roman mythology, deitiy, goddess, Aphrodite, Cupid, Flemish, baroque, Netherland, 16th/17th century, Thyssen - Bornemisza,

Woman between the two ages, School of Fontainebleau. France, 16th Century. Detail.

Man with a narghile against forest landscape. Diaz de la Pena, Narcisse Virgile (1807-1876), painter

Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas by Francis Boucher

Portrait of Queen Anne Of Austria by Simon Vouet, Oil on canvas, 1590-1649, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 202x172

TheAdenes and Chariclea. TheAdenes and Chariklea. On a rocky coast are some men killed or injured by arrows, right is a woman with a bow. There is a ship for anchor off the coast, a group of soldiers arrived on top of the hill.

The Love Letter. Dated: 1750. Dimensions: overall: 81.2 x 75.2 cm (31 15/16 x 29 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois Boucher.

The Lady and the Knight, by Domenico Fiasella (1589-1669).

Judith cutting off the head of Holofernes, by Tommaso Vivo (1787 or 1790-1884), oil on canvas, 298x187 cm.

unknown, Titian, Liège, Rome, Natalis, Michel, Venus and Mars, verso - stamped, Venus sits with a globe on her lap. Behind her stands Mars, dressed in armor, who places his left hand on her breast. On the left, Cupid, his quiver on his shoulder, Ceres and Bacchus approach Venus. Bacchus holds a filled basket above his head. This is a depiction of the theme 'Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus'. Without food and wine, Venus is cold. Presumably the Marquis del Vasto, Alfonso d'Avalos and his wife are portrayed here as Mars and Venus., print, prints, lr: Titianus pinxit. M. Natalis sculpsit lh: Cum privil Regis., height 326 mm, width 271 mm, South Netherlands, 1610-10-10 - 1668-12-03, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1668, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after painting by, granter of privilege

Painting titled 'Girl before the mirror' by Titan, Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. Dated 16th Century

'Autumn', 1805-1806, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 74 cm, P02499. Author: MARIANO SALVADOR MAELLA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. BACCHUS. Silenus.

(Scene from Don Quixote). Date: 1816. oil on wood. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Girl drinking on; LAMPS, Jan Baptist (1773-1837; m); around 1820 (1815-00-00-1825-00-00);

Anna Amalia of Saxon-Weimar, Tischbein

Penitent Mary Magdalene, Titiaan (copy after), 1550 - 1750 painting The penitent Maria Magdalena, looking up with tears in the eyes, a open book lying on a skull. A landscape in the background. Copy to the original in the past in El Escorial. canvas. oil paint (paint) the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven

Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), The Sense of Smell, 1744 to 1747. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Boy in Fancy Dress; Nicolas de Largillierre, French, 1656 - 1746; about 1710 - 1714; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 114.9 x 146.1 cm (45 1/4 x 57 1/2 in.), Framed: 180.3 x 147.3 x 11.4 cm (71 x 58 x 4 1/2 in.)

England, London, Heartford House, The Wallace Collection Museum, Painting titled 'The Persian Sibyl' by Domenico Zampeiri aka Domenichino

Artemisia Gentileschi (1597-1652). Italian painter. Mary Magdalene Penitent, ca.1640. National Gallery. Oslo. Norway.

Suicide of Lucretia, master with the parrot, 1500 - 1525 painting The suicide of Lucretia. Saliguur of Lucretia, sitting in a chair, stabs a dagger in her chest. panel. oil paint (paint) death of Lucretia: she commits suicide by stabbing herself

Sleeping putto (I die) unknown

Young Shepherd Playing with a Cat Tommaso Salini (Mao Salini)(1575-1625 Italian) Sevastopol Art Museum, Russia

Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan (1640-1707) by Mignard, Pierre (1612-1695) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / c. 1670 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 114,5x88,9 / Baroque

The Sense of Smell, Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German

The Love Letter by Francis Boucher

MADRE E HIJA - SIGLO XVIII. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

John Hoppner, The Frankland Sisters, 1795 The Frankland Sisters

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