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Allegorical and Biblical Themes

Artworks featuring allegorical figures and biblical narratives, conveying themes of mythology and sacred representation in a detailed style.

Hans Canon painted an allegorical representation of botany using paint brush, illustrating plants and symbolic elements.
Hans Canon painted an allegorical representation of botany using paint brush, illustrating plants and symbolic elements.
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Andrieu, Pierre (n.1821-12-12-D.1892-01-30), sketch for the peace fair of the town hall: Hercules chain Nérée, God of the sea (main title), 1852. Oil on canvas. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Fountain with Venus and Amor. Fountain with Venus and Amor standing on an ornamental base. Venus carries the water basin. This print is part of an album.
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The Madonna on the Grassy Bank. Albrecht Dürer (Germany, Nuremberg, 1471-1528). Germany, 1503. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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Sitting woman with cloak over head, Johan Hendrik Koelman, 1830 - 1887, paper, pencil, chalk, h 281 mm × w 222 mm
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Tile with Arm, from a set of moulded tiles, 6 1/16 x 6 1/16 x 1/2 in. (15.4 x 15.4 x 1.27 cm), Glazed ceramic
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Amsterdam, Allart, Johannes, Wit, Jacob de, Punt, Jan, Seraphijnen, Cherubijnen in de wolken, verso middle bottom - stamped, In the margin a three-line dedication in Dutch., print, prints, height 267 mm, width 331 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1711-04-02 - 1779-12-18, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1695 - 1754-11-12, intermediary draughtsman, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher
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An Audience at Drury Lane Theatre. Genre subject. Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink on beige/brown, thick, moderately textured, laid paper, glued to mat. Height: 216 mm (8.50 in); Width: 437 mm (17.20 in). Author: Thomas Rowlandson.
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Venice, Pitteri, Giovanni Marco, Pittura's Studies, Published by Giambattista Piazzetta and His Works, with Marco Pitteri's Inscription, Published by Giambattista Albrizzi, Painting Studies, Nature Referens Patet Ars Sed Utrinque Magistra, Title print with portrait of artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, verso - handwritten in pencil, Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in an oval, surrounded by the personifications of painting and sculpture. For the 'Studi Pittura'., print, engraving, frontispiece, prints, verso - stamped, height 239 mm, width 324 mm, Italian, 1702-05-24 - 1786-08-04, print maker, printmaker, 1726 - 1786, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, engraving (printing process)
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One from A Volume of Drawings and Prints, Rev. James Bulwer, 1794-1879, British, undated, Pen and brown ink, watercolor, graphite on smooth, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 13 5/8 × 17 3/8 inches (34.6 × 44.1 cm) and Image: 8 3/8 × 10 9/16 inches (21.3 × 26.8 cm), architectural subject
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View of a Corinthian Temple, Anonymous, After Gilles Marie Oppenort, 1700 - 1799 print Paris paper. cardboard. watercolor (paint) etching / brush temple, shrine ~ Greek religion. Corinthian order ~ architecture
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Torture Scene.
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Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane 1500-1550 School of Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) Italian. Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane 340608
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Print, Studies of a Heads, a Woman and Two Children; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752 - 1814); Published by Campions Frères; Dedicatee: Jean Baptiste-Marie Pierre (French, 1714 - 1789); France; crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper
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Maria-Anna i Józef, dzieci ces. Marii-Teresy, ramka uszkodzona w czasie drugiej wojny. unknown, painter
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Design for two spandrels with winged figures. Artist: François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (34.9 x 19.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Francois Boucher.
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Etching from 1690-1820 by an unidentified engraver depicting Mercury in flight within the story of Psyche, showing mythological figures and dynamic composition.
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Scene from market life, ff. 48-49. 1460. Richental, Ulrich von, ca. 1365-1437. Illuminations. Spencer Collection