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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.)
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.)
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A Scene From Shakespeare's The Tempest, 1787. Francis Wheatley. Depicts Prospero, Miranda, Fersinand and Hippolito
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Rembrandt Workshop, Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife, 1655 Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife
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Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Oil on canvas, circa 1656, 1606-1669, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 88, 5x67
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'Peace and Justice', 16th century. Artist: Martin de Vos
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The Infancy of the King Cyrus by Antonio Maria Vassallo, oil on canvas, 1640s, circa 1620-1664/73, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 74, 5x110
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'Scene from Russian Everyday Life'. France, 1764. Dimensions: 73x59,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PRINCE.
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Canción de amor/1717. Museum: NATIONAL GALLERY LONDRES G. BRETAÑA. Author: ANTOINE WATTEAU.
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Titian / Salome with raised Platter
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Man showing innovation by Amedee Van Loo, oil on canvas, 1777, 1719-1795, Russia, Moscow, State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, 113x90
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's painting titled 'Family Portrait'. Rembrandt (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age and Baroque period. Dated 1665
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Painting titled 'Saint Mary Magadlen in Penitence'
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El enamorado tímido/1718. Museum: PALACIO REAL MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: ANTOINE WATTEAU.
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Company at the table. Lambrechts, Jan Baptist (1680- post 1731), painter
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The Two Sisters. Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732-1806 Paris). Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 22 in. (71.8 x 55.9 cm). Date: ca. 1769-70.This picture must date to the late 1760s and was engraved with the title "Les Jeunes Soeurs" or "The Young Sisters." While we do not know who the girls were, we do know--from the evidence of an oil sketch and a copy in pastels, as well as from the engraving--that the canvas has been cut down. Originally, Fragonard showed the older girl at full-length and the younger one seated on a wheeled wooden horse in an elegant interior. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.
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As You Like It - Act IV Scene I - Rosalind Tutoring Orlando in the Ceremony of Marriage or The Mock Marriage of Orlando and Rosalind, 1850. By Walter Howell Deverell and Dante Gabriel Rossetti .
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Bust of a Woman Wearing a Turban, c. 1640-42, Guido Reni, Italian, (Bologna), 1575-1642, 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.61 x 44.45 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, Italy, 17th century, When Guido Reni died in 1642, he was the most famous artist in Italy, and his sought-after paintings became even more valuable, including those left unfinished. This late work was likely among the incomplete canvases in his studio. As it passed from one princely collection to another before coming here, the womans identity continued to be a source of much speculation. A cardinal identified her as Saint Lucy holding a bowl containing her eyes, extracted during her martyrdom. To others, her turban suggested that she was a sibyl, an ancient Roman prophetess, shown reading signs and foretelling omens; or perhaps she was Circe, the sorceress who turned the Greek hero Odysseuss companions into pigs. A more recent identification is Porcia, the wife of Brutus, Julius Caesars assassin, who killed herself by swallowing bu
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The love letter, engraved by Charles Rolls after a painting by H. Richter, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Cimon and Pero (Caritas Romana). Georg Pencz (C. 1500-C.1550). Oil on canvas. Dated 1541. 77 x 66cm.
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Hagar in the Desert. Date/Period: After 1630. Painting. Oil on panel Oil. Height: 726 mm (28.58 in); Width: 732 mm (28.81 in). Author: Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
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David with Goliaths head. Guarino, Francesco (1611-1654), painter
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Painting in Saint Matthew's church : Saint Oronzo Lecce. Italy.
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The Washerwomen, 1780. Giclee print, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Spanish painter. The Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
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'David and Abigail'. Germany, 18th century. Dimensions: 140x167 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: German painter. 18th century.
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Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820). Wife of Prince Willem V, in the Temple of the Arts. Allegorian portrait of Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina van Prussen, wife of Prince Willem V, in the temple of the arts. The princess is sitting in front of a donkey where a painting is on and leans against a piano. She receives a brush from the hands of the personnel art and a winch and flower wreath of poetry. At the right, music watches. Behind the three gratients on a cloud bed.
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Astronomy, by Giovanni Battista Magni known as il Modenino (1592-1674), oil on canvas.
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Saskia as Flora, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1634.
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Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706), Den Bodfaerdy Magdalene, 1658-1706
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Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors
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Sophoniba by Luca Ferrari, oil on canvas, 1640s, 1605-1654, Bolognese School, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 126x106
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Allegory of Virtue and Riches by Schalcken, Godfried Cornelisz (1643-1706)/ National Gallery, London/ ca. 1665-1667/ Holland/ Oil on copper/ Baroque/ 17,1x13,1/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature
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Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629-Amsterdam, 1684). Interior with a Woman sewing and a Child (ca. 1662 - 1668). Oil on canvas. 54.6 x 45.1 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
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Cupid (Amor), c. 1630. Johann Liss (German, c. 1597-1631). Oil on canvas; framed: 108 x 86 x 6.5 cm (42 1/2 x 33 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 87.7 x 65.7 cm (34 1/2 x 25 7/8 in.).
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Meekness 1650 France. In the years 1644-45, following a period of training and collaboration with Simon Vouet, Eustache Le Sueur established himself as an independent master, receiving important ecclesiastical commissions and also decorating the hÙtels, or townhouses, of wealthy Parisians, including the HÙtel Lambert. For the chapel in the Paris townhouses of Guillaume Brissonnet, Le Sueur painted the eight Beatitudes, among them the personification of Meekness, as well as an altarpiece of the Annunciation, monochrome scenes of the life of the Virgin, and a ceiling depicting the Assumption of the Virgin. The Beatitudes, with their patterned gold ground, lined the lower story of this elegant ensemble. Only the Annunciation altarpiece and two of the Beatitudes survive. Here the personification of Meekness, appropriately accompanied by a lamb, embodies Christís saying in the Sermon on the Mount, ìBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.î. Oil on panel . Eustache Le Sueur
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As You Like It, Act IV Scene I, Rosalind Tutoring Orlando in the Ceremony of Marriage or The Mock Marriage of Orlando and Rosalind, 1850 By Walter Howell Deverell and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Oil Painting, Literature, William ShakespearePre-Raphaelite, Scene
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Girl in a Large Hat, c. 1645 - c. 1650 painting The semi -figure of a young woman stands against a light sky in bright sunlight. She wears a hat with a very wide edge, which is braided from rosé and white canvas stripes. As a result, her face falls half in the shade; Her eyes dressed in the shade are aimed at the viewer. She wears a satin white robe that leaves the shoulder. A rosé ribbon falls from the hat on her bare shoulder, another wider ribbon of the same color serves as a belt. The girl holds up a basket with light violet plums with two arms. The horizon is quite low, so that only the tops of trees can be seen on the bottom of the piece. Northern Netherlands oil paint (paint). canvas painting head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). adolescent, young woman, maiden. fruits: plum. summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa) (+ human occupations representing seasons and months)
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Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764) by Boucher, Francois (1703-1770) / National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne / Rococo / 1754 / France / Pastel on Bristol board / Portrait / 36,5x28,1
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Alonso Cano (Attributed to) / 'Saint John the Evangelist in Patmos'. Second half of the XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Judah and Tamar; 1644 Oil on canvas Ferdinand Bol Dutch; 1616-1680
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The music lesson, Jacob Toorenvliet, 1660 - 1690
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Illustration with woman holding fountain pen by Anton Raphael Mengs, Oil on canvas, circa 1755, 1728-1779, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Open-air Museum Pavlovsk Palace, 74x61, 5
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Portrait Presumed To Be Of Camille Desmoulin(1760- 1794),His Wife Lucile (1771-1794), And Their Son C.1792 David, Jacques-Louis(1748-1825 French) Oil On Canvas Chateau de Versailles, France
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Caritas Romana. Pencz, Georg (ca 1500-1550), painter
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Clarissa Strozzi, aged 2, Titian, Tiziano Vecellio, 1542, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Rural scene, detail of an 18th century tapestry based on a cartoon by David Teniers, manufacture of Lille.
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Joachim Beuckelaer / 'Market', 1564-1565, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 137 cm x 197 cm, P07024. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Dosso Dossi, Saint Lucretia, c 1520 Saint Lucretia
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Louis and his family portrayed as Roman gods. painting by Jean Nocret. 1670. Louis XIV (5 September 1638 ñ 1 September 1715), ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death
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Portrait of Willem II (1626-1650), Prince of Orange, and his Wife Mary Stuart (1631-1660), Gerard van Honthorst, 1647 painting Portrait of Willem II, Prince of Orange, with his wife Maria Stuart. Both are in full suggestion, standing on a balcony. The prince in armor with commandosta in the right hand. In the curtain at the top left, four putti, two with the prince's helmet, play one with flowers. Belongs to the portraits: SK-A-874 and SK-A-873. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman
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Four Scenes from 'Don Quixote': Don Quixote and Sancho Panza after the Battle with the Gallant Biscayan. John Vanderbank (1694-1776). Oil on canvas.
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Emily and George Mason, Arthur William Devis, 1762-1822, British
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Portrait of Ottavio Strada, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1567 painting Portrait of Ottavio Strada (1549/50-1612) at the age of 18. Designer for goldsmith art, miniaturist and archaeological, son of Jacopo Strada, whose portrait was painted by Titian in the same year. Knee piece, standing next to an image of a female nude. The personification of Fortuna drops from heaven with a hearing of abundance filled with coins. In the background a ruin in a landscape. Venice canvas. oil paint (paint) Portrait, self-portrait of artist. Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa)
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Painting titled 'Agrippina and Germanicus' by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) a Flemish/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter. Dated 17th Century
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Francis Smith, active 1763-1780, British, A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca. 1760. Oil on canvas.
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Christian Allegory with two Children both Pouring from a Carafe into a Bowl. Dating: 1650 - 1699. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 113.8 cm × w 75.7 cm × t 2.3 cm; h 123.1 cm × w 85.6 cm × d 9.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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fine arts, Hauber, Josef von, (1766 - 1834), painting, Twins, 1824, oil on canvas, Stadtmuseum, Munich,
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The Appeal; about 1580 or later; Oil on canvas Unknown artist; Venice; Italy
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'Saints Justa and Rufina', 1665-1666, Oil, 176 x 200 cm. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. SPAIN. SANTA JUSTA. SANTA RUFINA.
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La Lecon De Basse De Viole The Cello Lesson Caspar Netscher (1639-1684 Dutch) Oil On Canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
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Scene of miscegenation nº 13. 'De Albarazado y India: Barsino'. Anonymous, 18th century. Museum: MUSEO DE AMERICA, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Two Venetian ladies, 1490-1495, by Vittore Carpaccio (ca 1465- ca 1526), oil on wood, 94x64 cm. Detail.
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Eduardo Rosales Gallinas / 'Tobias and the Angel', 1858-1863, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 198 cm x 118 cm, P04620. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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CANOVA, Antonio (1757-1822). Urania and Thales. ca. 1798. Neoclassicism. Tempera. ITALY. VENETO. TREVISO. Possagno. Museum of Antonio Canova.