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Allegorical Art and Studies

Illustrative artworks combining allegory and mythology, with artistic studies featuring celestial beings and symbolic representations.

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450-1491), Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon, c. 1480-1490, engraving
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450-1491), Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon, c. 1480-1490, engraving
153 assets in this story
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Francesco di Stefano Pesellino, Watercolour, gouache, gold und white colours on paper, circa 1448, 1422-1457, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 28, 5x20, 5
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Painting on the panel of merry-go-round, Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Devon, England
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The Threatened Swan. The Threatened Swan; Interpreted later as an Allegory on Johan de Witt. Dating: c. 1650. Measurements: h 144 cm × w 171 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Asselijn.
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'Nemesis'. Germany, 1837. Dimensions: 95x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ALFRED RETHEL.
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Night with her Train of Stars, 1912. Artist: E.R.Hughes (Edward Robert Hughes).. The painting's title is derived from W. E Henley's (1849-1903) poem 'Margaritae Sorori'.. A late lark twitters from the quiet skies:. And from the west,. Where the sun, his day's work ended,. Lingers as in content,. There falls on the old, gray city. An influence luminous and serene,. A shining peace... The smoke ascends. In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires. Shine and are changed. In the valley. Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun,. Closing his benediction,. Sinks, and the darkening air. Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night. Night with her train of stars. And her great gift of sleep... So be my passing!. My task accomplish'd and the long day done,. My wages taken, and in my heart. Some late lark singing,. Let me be gather'd to the quiet west,. The sundown splendid and serene,. Death.
1788-11656
Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Purgatory, Song XXVIII) by Franz von Bayros, detail
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Bakst, Leon (1866-1924) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1906 15,9x13,3 Gouache and ink on paper Art Nouveau Russia
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Dream; Siedlecki, Franciszek (1867-1934); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1910-00-00);Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection
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Maude Adams (1872-1953) as Joan of Arc. Artist: Alphonse Mucha (Czech, Ivancice 1860-1939 Prague). Dimensions: 82 1/4 x 30 in. (208.9 x 76.2 cm). Date: 1909.Born in what is now the Czech Republic, Mucha rose to fame as a theater poster designer and commercial illustrator in Paris. From 1904 on, he made several working trips to the United States. Mucha painted this portrait of Maude Adams as Joan of Arc to promote a one-night gala performance of Friedrich Schiller's <i>The Maid of Orleans</i> at Harvard University Stadium on June 22, 1909; he also designed the production's costumes and sets and supervised the direction. The sitter's stylized gestures, the elaborate floral patterns, and the undulating lines are characteristic of Mucha's flamboyant style. He devised the complementary frame. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1788-18930
Winged Victory with tripod, Fourth style painting
866-9994
Spring. Jules Cheret (1836-1932). Oil on canvas. Dated 1900. 100.4 x 197.9cm.
1899-61457975
Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Paradise Lost, published in 1667, is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angel, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..
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Sentinel love Jean-Honor� Fragonard (1732-1806). "Love in sentinel", between 1770 and 1780. Oval on oval copper. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum
463-3387
Untitled (Running Angel) Odilon Redon (1840-1916 French) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France
1899-30768
Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail. Distributive Justice the angel on the left orange blue background.
1899-75703
Dantesque Album (Album Dantesco), by Alberto Giacomo Spiridione Martini known as Alberto Martini, 1920-1930, 20th Century, gouache, 24,5 x 17,5 cm
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Dream. Siedlecki, Franciszek (1867-1934), painter
1323-1876
Detail of art work, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Bliżej Kultury unknown
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Greeting Card 1810 Johannes Endletzberger. Greeting Card. Johannes Endletzberger (Austrian, 1782-1850). 1810. Gouache, metallic paint, metallic foil, hand-colored stipple engraving, and embossed and punched paper on silk. Ephemera
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Night with her Train of Stars, 1912. Artist: E.R.Hughes (Edward Robert Hughes).. The painting's title is derived from W. E Henley's (1849-1903) poem 'Margaritae Sorori'.. A late lark twitters from the quiet skies:. And from the west,. Where the sun, his day's work ended,. Lingers as in content,. There falls on the old, gray city. An influence luminous and serene,. A shining peace... The smoke ascends. In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires. Shine and are changed. In the valley. Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun,. Closing his benediction,. Sinks, and the darkening air. Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night. Night with her train of stars. And her great gift of sleep... So be my passing!. My task accomplish'd and the long day done,. My wages taken, and in my heart. Some late lark singing,. Let me be gather'd to the quiet west,. The sundown splendid and serene,. Death.
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Illustration to the national epic Kalevala, Kochergin, Nikolai Mikhaylovich (1897-1974)
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Gabriel de la Corte / 'Grotesques with Flowers', 1670-1680, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 61 cm x 81 cm, P07929. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Partial copy after Raphael by Johann Gottlieb Samuel Stamm showing the Madonna of St. Sixtus with a putto on the parapet, brown brush, laved, late 18th to early 19th century.
1899-29974249
Maximilian Pirner (1854-1924). Czech painter. Love, Thought and Life, unfinished, 1886-1893. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.
475-1958
Head of An Angel Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 Dutch Private Collection
1899-39056
Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book VI lines 327 and 328. Satan smitten by the archangel Michael
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Sokoli district rally. 15-16 VIII 1925 Warsaw; Nowina-Przybylski, Wac Aw ; 1925 (1925-00-00-1925-00-00);
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Perseus slaying the sea serpent, 1875-1877, by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898).
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cherub looking to the right Date: 19th century
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Putto Artist's working dates 1503-1520 Italy. Black crayon, heightened with traces of white chalk, on tan wove paper . Raphael
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The sculpture of Viktoria (H. Player) prior to attachment to the gable of ViktoriaMusic catalog
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The Norse Freyr (also spelled Freye and Frey) was the brother of Freyja, the goddess of fertility, love and marriage, and light and peace. Freyr was associated with agriculture, the weather, and fertility. Freyr was also associated with horses. This illustration dates to around 1898 and shows Freyr riding the wild boar Gullinbursti (Gold Mane or Golden Bristles).
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Compliments of William H. Frear, Troy Bazaar. , Girls, Feathers, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Cupid, in the Character of a Link Boy. Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723-1792 London); John Dean (British, 1754-1798 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 19 9/16 × 12 15/16 in. (49.7 × 32.8 cm)Plate: 15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.2 × 27.7 cm). Date: 1777. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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'The Big Sister', c20th century. Artist: Charles Sims.
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Cogniet, Léon (n.1794-08-29-D.1880-11-10), sketch for the old town hall in Paris: the day and the four seasons (main title), 1851. Oil on metal. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Sketch for the old Paris town hall: day and
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House altar of the van Kerckring family, Lübeck 1520, Putti, St., St., Saint
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Illustration for Paradiso by Dante Alighieri Canto XXXI lines 1 to 3 by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator
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The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 81, 'The Descent of Odin.', William Blake, 1757-1827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm), angel, armor, chalice, cup, fire, flame, helmets, horse (animal), knight (landholder), literary theme, men, nautilus shell cup, religious and mythological subject, shield, sky, sun, sword, text
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Descending. Siedlecki, Franciszek (1867-1934), painter
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LUIS XIV COMO APOLO - (LE BALLET DE LA NUIT) 1653. Author: GISSEY HENRI. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France. Apollo. LUIS XIV DE FRANCIA (1643-1715) EL REY SOL.
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Angel playing a stringed instrument with a bow (viola da braccio). The Virgin in Glory (detail), 1524. Jan Provost (1465-1529) Netherlandish artist. Oil on canvas. Music Musician Wings Northern Renaissance
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Angio bust, a project of polychrome to St. Mary's church in Krakow; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); 1889 (1889-00-00-1889-00-00);
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ARNOLD BOECKLIN (Swiss) "Die Pest", (The Plague), 1898. Varnished tempera on pine wood, H. 149,5 cm ; L. 104,5 cm. Museum: KUNSTMUSEUM, Basel, Switzerland.
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Lena Ashwell in Bonnie Dundee, c1902.Artist: Ellis & Walery
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Bacchus and Ariana, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored
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Villajoyosa, Spain, Tile painting of San Miguel in the wall of a colonial style building. Urban art in the city.
1538R-57941
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Coloured satirical illustration of a man dressed as a cherub with the caption "The return to the Champs Elyse.
1889-60421852
Title page by William Blake from his book America, A Prophecy published in 1793.
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Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre. Date/Period: Ca. 1805. Drawing. Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper. Height: 438 mm (17.24 in); Width: 311 mm (12.24 in). Author: William Blake.