Historic Allegorical Paintings

Classic allegorical frescoes depicting gods and virtues with rich colors and detailed figures, found in renowned historical churches and museums.

The Last Judgement (Detail) c.1536-1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564/Italian) Fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican

Goddess of Fortune Stay withUs. Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923

Flood waters and receding water, by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475). Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, stucco on the wall in the church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Zagreb, Croatia

'The Regina Martyrum' (detail), 1780. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: BASILICA DEL PILAR. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

The Last Judgement (Detail) c.1536-1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564/Italian) Fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican

ALEGORIA DE ASIA - 1738 - OLEO/LIENZO - 37X69 CM. Author: FRANCESCO DE MURA (1696-1782). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mars holds the Medici coat of arms between putti fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Mars holds the Medici coat of arms between putti fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20661214

Textile, Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave, Oval fragment representing 'Europe' shows a seated female figure, crowned and holding a scepter. Behind her is a panel of red drapery and a rearing horse. Grapes and other fruits are by her feet. In shades of red, blue, brown and off-white. Probably a detail from a table cover., Netherlands, late 17th century, woven textiles, Textile

England, Kent, Penshurst, Penshurst Place and Gardens, The Tapestry Room, Tapestry depicting Scenes from Greek Mythology

Putto, ephebe and flower pot, detail of the central hall with frescoes by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Italy. Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Suburban Roman Villa. Dionysiac frieze. Young satyr being offered a bowl of wine by Silenus while, behind him, another satyr holds up a frightening mask. Before 79 AD. Campania.

GABINETE DE MINISTROS - TECHO - ALEGORIA DE LOS MINISTERIOS - MINISTERIO DE GOBERNACION Y HACIENDA - SIGLO XIX. Author: RIBERA CARLOS LUIS. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Italy,Rome,The Vatican,Vatican Museum,The Library Ceiling Frescoes

The Fall of Manna, 17th century tapestry based on a cartoon by Pieter Paul Rubens, manufacture of Brussels, from the series Triumphs and Figures of the Holy Sacraments.

TAPIZ HISTORIA DE HERCULES S XVI-ENCADENA AL CAN CERBERO. Location: PALACIO REAL-INTERIOR. LA GRANJA DE SAN ILDEFONSO. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Frescos decorate the walls of Old Town Hall in Bamburg, Germany, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Cronos, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1757 - 1757, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, Villa Valmarana ai Nani. Whole artwork. Cronos time allegory wings clouds old man beard sickle.

Massimo Stanzione / 'El nacimiento del Bautista anunciado a Zacarías', ca. 1635, Italian School, Canvas, 188 cm x 337 cm, P00256. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

UK, England, London, Surrey, Hampton Court Palace, William III's Apartments, Ceiling Artwork

The Prosperity by Tintoretto, Domenico (1560-1635) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / End of 16th cen. / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Bible / 207x140 / Renaissance

Manaus, Brazil. Ceiling inside Opera House

France, Corsica, Ajaccio, town hall, Salon Napoleonien, Napoleon Salon, ceiling

Urbania (Italia, Marche - provincia di Pesaro-Urbino), Oratorio del Corpus Domini. Raffellino del Colle, ciclo di affreschi nelle lunette con Sibille alternate a Profeti (controfacciata)

Bacchanal, by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), fresco. Gallery of the Villa Chigi, Rome.

Naked Man, by Anonymous artist, 1550, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Sala di Amore e Psiche. Detail. Wall decoration fresco naked man anatomy female figure herm putto pink gray gold white

Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931). "FRUCTIDOR and maternity - vault of the peristyle, interior garden, small palace". Fresco. 1909-1910. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99859-4 Year 1900, beautiful time, painted decor, fresco, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century

Allegory of the Arts 1742 Jacob de Wit Dutch. Allegory of the Arts 437946

Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple, Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1550 - c. 1560 painting Simson will crush the columns of the temple. Panel from a series of twelve performances of strong men from mythology and biblical history. Four panels in the Rijksmuseum: SK-A-3511/3514. panel. oil paint (paint) Samson breaks the pillars; the temple of Dagon collapses, killing all that are in it

Design for the Monument to a Cardinal, Bartolommeo, Fra, 1508.

Triumph of Hercules and the Four Seasons (Trionfo di Ercole e le Quattro Stagioni), by Giuseppe Maria Crespi known as lo Spagnuolo (or Spagnolo), 1691, 17th Century, fresco

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. House of the Tragic Poet. Pompeii, Italy. 1st century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Hermitage Museum. The Loggia Of Raphael. Moses. Mount Sinai And The Ten Commandments Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Nymphenburg Palace, Steinerner Saal, The Stone or Great Hall.

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

Frescoes of the gallery in Villa Chigi, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669).

Roman fresco depicting Dirce tied to a bull by Amphion and Zeto to avenge his mother Antiope. First imperial era. House of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail. Good Government male figure flanked by the virtues female figures personifications prosopoeias Magnanimity: Generosity Prudence below magistrates army inscriptions Gothic types angels.

Europe, Italy. Pasiphae and Bull, 1st cen. Pompeii fresco, House of Vetii.

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Pomposa Abbazia di Pomposa, Museo53. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Fragments: capitals (Byzantine, 6th century), also capitals carved with human faces; marble friezes (10th century, later inscriptions); cornices, (with spolia) 11-12th centuries; ciborium; frescos. Post-medieval: Terracotta statuary, "neo-classical" (Hutzel); frescos: Bolognese, 14th century Antiquities: Amphora; grave monuments German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The Sleeping Ariadne, Rome. Charles Soulier (French, 1840 - 1875)

Joaquín Espalter y Rull / 'Moses carried by Angels'. Ca. 1840. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Vrubel, Mikhail Alexandrovich (1856-1910) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 145x131 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Prophet

Frieze depicting a scene of judgment, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Triclinio C parete sinistra quinto riquadro. Detail. Frieze depicting a scene of judgment garland leaf light blue/azure green vine/grapevine grotesques

BOVEDAS DE LAS SALAS 13 Y 14. Author: LUIS JAPELLI (XVII-XIX). Location: REAL CASA DEL LABRADOR, LA. ARANJUEZ. MADRID. SPAIN.

Autumn, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1564 - 1567, 16th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala dell'Albergo, ceiling. Whole artwork. Clipeus male figure nude personification of autumn drapery: draping.

Sistine Chapel (Vatican), Brogi, Edizioni, Rome - Vaticano, Cappella Sistina - Il profeta Giona; Michelangiolo, Fresco in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, depicting the prophet Jonah, recto - printed, Part of Photo album with shots of sights and works of art in Italy., photograph, photo, photos, 7268, height 250 mm, width 198 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1907, photographic paper, photo paper, gelatin silver print, gelatin silver print developing

Study for "The Apotheosis of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, King and Queen of Naples" (for the Palazzo dei Regi Studi, Naples), c. 1781. Pietro Bardellino (Italian, 1728-1810). Oil on canvas; framed: 187.9 x 138.4 x 10.2 cm (74 x 54 1/2 x 4 in.); unframed: 172.4 x 122.5 cm (67 7/8 x 48 1/4 in.).

ALLORY OF RIGHT, GRARD THE LAIRSEY, 1675 - 1683 painting Allegory of wealth. In the middle the female personification of wealth, an apple in the right hand. Two putti on the left with a boiler with your coins. On the right a standing woman with a statue. From a series of five allegories (SK-A-4174/4178), painted in Grisaille between 1675 and 1683 for the 'Messina' house by Philips de Flines on the Herengracht. Northern Netherlands canvas. oil paint (paint) Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulenza', 'Richezza' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Fresco paintings in the old church

Frescos from the Ekklesiasterion of the Isis Temple of Pompeii. Italy. Sacred landscape. Panel of the west wall. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Frescoes on the cloister vaults, cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Cassian, Brixen, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th-16th century.

'The Oath of the Tennis Court' (unfinished), detail, 1791-1792. Artist: Jacques-Louis David

Joan Carles Panyó /Cardboard of Saints Juliana and Semproniana, 1779. Author: JOAN CARLES PANYÓ I FIGARÓ.

Representations of the myth of Diana, by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, fresco, vaulted ceiling of the bedroom, King's apartment, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Aurora and Cephalus; François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770); 1769; Oil on canvas; 265 x 86 cm (104 5,16 x 33 7,8 in.)

Allegory of the Scuola della Carita, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1564 - 1567, 16th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala dell'Albergo, ceiling. Whole artwork. Woman face bust embracing angel symbol charity.

Institution of the Rosary, by Giambattista Tiepolo, 1737-39, Santa Maria del Rosario, Gesuati, Venice, Italy, Europe

Bird and Border from Arlanza. Date/Period: Ca. 1210. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 1,050 mm (41.33 in); Width: 840 mm (33.07 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Achilles, frantic for the loss of Patroclus, rejecting the consolation of Thetis, 1803, United Kingdom, by George Dawe. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1936.

Design for the Decoration of a Lunette on the Staircase, Hôtel de Pless, Berlin. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Dimensions: sheet: 7 13/16 x 14 3/8 in. (19.8 x 36.5 cm). Date: second half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Raphael's Draught of the Fishes. Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)

ARTE RENACIMIENTO. ITALIA. S. XVI. MIGUEL ANGEL (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Pintor, escultor y arquitecto italiano. FRESCO DEL "JUICIO FINAL" (1536-1541). CAPILLA SIXTINA. Museos Vaticanos. Ciudad del Vaticano.

The Heaven room ceiling, Burghley House; Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Cupid as a Messenger, with Caduceus ca. 1730 French Painter French This elliptical-shaped canvas depicts Cupid covered in pink flying drapery against a blue sky with white fluffy clouds, while holding a caduceus, the symbol of his father Mercury, and a rose, the symbol of his mother Venus. Cupid is identifiable by the crossed quiver of arrows, bow, and flaming torch in the trompe loeil architecture at the bottom which is further decorated with Vitruvian scroll or wave motifs. Illusionistic garlands of flowers are painted over the edge of the architectural elements and against the blue sky. This painting may have been part of the interior of a bed canopy or bed alcove which would have only been visible by the occupants of the bed. Beds with fanciful forms and names were introduced in eighteenth-century France which were hung with rich draperies suspended from the tester or canopy or framing the bed alcove. This painting was part of the model collection of woodwork, paneling and seat fu

MATRIMONIO DE ZEUS Y HERA EN EL MONTE IDA -PINTURA POMPEYANA - SIGLO I. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

Museum of schifanoia palace: hall of the months, ferrara, italy

Retablo de Sales del Siglo XIV, Huesca. Museum: Museo Episcopal de Huesca. Author: B. TUTXO.

Mythological Fresco Artist Unknown Fresco Sissy Castle, Merano, Bolzano, Tirol, Italy

Allegory of Fame, Gerard de Lairesse, 1675 - 1683

Roman fresco depicting a Satyr and a Maenad in full flight. House of the Dioscuri. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Hermes Leading Persephone out of the Underworld, unknown artist, (sic Hugh Hambleton), Previously Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739-1808, British, undated, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 × 17 inches (35.9 × 43.2 cm), gods - classical mythology, Greek, religious and mythological subject, underworld, wind

Würzburg, Residenz/ Kaisersaal, ceiling painting by Tiepolo: Apollo in the chariot of the sun

Various species of birds by Frans Snyders, oil on canvas, 1630-1640, 1579-1657, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 136, 5x240

Hieronymus Bosch / 'The Last Judgment, c. 1482, Oil on wood, 163.7 x 242 cm. Museum: Groeninge Museum, BRUJAS, Belgien.

Preparatory drawing for a lunette painting, 1834, by Giuseppe Sogni (1795-1874), Bar Soci (Members Bar), ground floor, Palazzo Spinola, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

The Orphans Dream.

The man fights ferocious animals Henri Lehmann (1814-1882). "The man fights fierce animals". Charcoal and white gouache enhancements. March 16, 1852.

Satan before the Throne of God, circle of John Linnell, 1792-1882, British, after William Blake, 1757-1827, British, undated, Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches (13.7 x 10.5 cm), angels, demons, Old Testament, religious and mythological subject, servants, throne

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Heaven, Song XXVIII) by Franz von Bayros, detail

Domenichino (1581-1641) National Gallery, London Painting 316x190,4 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Apollo killing the Cyclops (Fresco from Villa Aldobrandini)

Saint-Louis des Invalides church. Sculpture depicting Saint-Luke & Saint-Matthew. Paris. France.

Edward Francis Burney, 1760-1848, British, Bacchanalia, undated. Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Palace of Circe. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (designed after) painter c. 1771 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 14' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Simon Roseman, received 4/12/1914; sold to Fifth Avenue Estates Inc. 1/10/1962. In palace setting with throne & wand of Circe, presence of monkey, parrot, tier, bear, gazelle & swine into which one of Ulysse's companions has been transformed, after he drank from cup offered by Circe, the enchantress Borders missing. This scene is part of the Ovid's Metamorphoses series designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for the Beauvais manufactory in 1734. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 5677-b Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), XIII c Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), ill. 274 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243347, 0243352, 0188331; compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition): "The Garden of Circe" L. Bernheimer (Göbel, ill.

Taurus-Astrology Artist Unknown Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy

La Primavera (Detail) Ca. 1481 Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510 Italian) Tempera On Wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Devils in The Descent into Limbo, frescoes by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, Apsidal Chapel, or Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Salon of 1852; Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884); Paris, France; 1852; Salted paper print; 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)

Fresco at the Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site,...

Three goddesses (allegorical study), England, by Walter Crane. Gift of Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe, 1957.

Unidentified sculpture, Pompei. Roberto Rive (Italian, active 1860s - 1880s)

Creation Of Adam by Michelangelo Buonarroti, fresco, 1508-1512, 1475-1564, Vatican, The Sistine Chapel, 480x230

Otranto (Italy, Puglia, Lecce province) church of San Pietro, building of the IX-X century. Fresco, 11th-13th century

Panel, 19th century, Cotton; copperplate print, France, 19th century

Italy, Rome, Sistine Chapel, Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

Africa. Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 42 3/4 in. (81.9 x 108.6 cm).This allegorical representation of Africa is part of a series of the four continents, painted as overdoors. It is possible that, like the other large-scale allegorical frescoes in this gallery, it may have been detached around 1900 from the Palazzo Valle-Marchesini-Sala in Vicenza. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Old man writing. Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830), graphic artist

Roman wall-painting of the Judgement of Solomon. Artist: Unknown

Lazio Rieti Magliano Sabina Cathedral6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of facade (18th century) and portals (15th century. Views of restored interior: frescoes in apse of the Coronation of the Virgin, Annunciation and the Birth and Death of the son of Uliano, nobleman of Magliano; decorative ceiling fresoes; altarpieces, and marble altars. Treasury: chasuble of silver and gold brocade decorated with saints (18th century), portraits of bishops (15th-17th century). German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Dionysus/Bacchus and Ariadne on Naxos. Cameo panel from House of Fabius Rufus, Pompeii.

The Music Lesson. Roman wall-painting found at Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.

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