Mythical and Allegorical Themes

Dramatic artworks exploring mythology and allegory, often with dynamic figures and intense emotional expressions.

Two pregnant women, Gautier Dagoty, Jean-Baptiste André (1740-1786)

Gautier, Jean-Baptiste, Essai d'anatomie en tableaux imprimés: Figure 1, Male head with muscles visible: bust to the right, print, prints, height 440 mm, width 330 mm, French, 1775 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1745 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, mezzotint

RIBALTA, Francisco (1565-1628). San Isidro Labrador (Saint Isidore the Laborer). Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum.

Museum of Fine Arts. A scene of flood. Joseph desire Court. Detail. 1627. Oil on canvas. Lyon. France.

DANZA DE LA MUERTE - LA MUERTE Y EL CABALLERO. Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.

The Indian, State Park, Lake George, N. Y. , Monuments & memorials, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Europe, Germany. The Second Day of Creation. Earth and Water. 19th cent. engraving by Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Brera antique painting museum. Lamentation over the Dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna, 1483 Milan, Italy - 23 September 2023: Brera antique painting museum. Lamentation over the Dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna, 1483 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22168565

Ödipus, König von Theben und die Sphinx, die Reisenden auflauert um ihnen ein Rätsel zu stellen, Gemälde von Jean-Baptiste Cariven 1843 bis 1904, französischer Maler, Reproduktion eines Gemäldes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, digital restauriert, historisch

ARTE BARROCO. ESPAÑA. S. XVII. FERNANDEZ, Gregorio (Pontevedra o Sarria, h.1576Valladolid, 1636). Escultor español, máximo representante de la escultura barroca castellana. "CRISTO YACENTE" (detalle). Convento de Santa Ana. VALLADOLID. Castilla-León.

Marches Pesaro e Urbino Urbania Pinacoteca Comunale. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Paintings, including portraits; drawings; sculpture; globes 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 Prodigal Son. Dated: probably c. 1879. Dimensions: overall: 106.5 x 146.7 cm (41 15/16 x 57 3/4 in.) framed: 130.8 x 171.1 x 7 cm (51 1/2 x 67 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on linen. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES.

Teodors Uders (1868-1915). Latvian painter. Murderer, 1912. Charcoal on paper, 42 x 61,5 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia. Author: Teodors Uders (1868-1915). Latvian artist.

LOS JUNCOS- 1995- 100x140- ACRILICO SOBRE LIENZO. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Klinger, Max, work, Simplicius am Grabe des Einsiedlers, etching, graphic

CONTINUIDAD - SIGLO XX. Author: VICENTE MAESO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Two Old Men Eating', 1820-1823, Spanish School, Mural, 49,3 cm x 83,4 cm, P00762. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

naughty boy teases a bird / ungezogener Junge neckt einen Vogel, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration.

Window with the coat of arms of Alkmaar with caption "Alkmaria Victrix 1573", 1573 Window, stained glass, consisting of sixteen separate panels that together show the arms of Alkmaar. Caption: Alkmaria Victrix. Dated 1573. Netherlands glass. lead (metal). Window, stained glass, consisting of sixteen separate panels that together show the arms of Alkmaar. Caption: Alkmaria Victrix. Dated 1573. Netherlands glass. lead (metal).

Discovery of a snail under the mushrooms, decorative tiles from Life of the gnomes series, ceramic. England, 19th century.

Mural in Horezu Monastery or Hurezi Monastery, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Horezu, Hurezi, Walachei, Romania, Europe

The Bathing Of The Red Horse S.d. 1912 Kuz'ma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939 Russian) Oil On Canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Odysseus by Harold Stevenson, 1986, (born 1929)

The ordeal in the Sun Dance among the Blackfeet Indians. After a work by American artist Frederic Sackrider Remington, 1861 - 1909. The purpose of the Sun Dance is to request benevolence from a super

The Dance (The Seven Arts Rock 'n' Roll); La Danse (Les Sept Arts Rock 'n' Roll). Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1957. 84 x 114cm.

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). A Colourful and Historic Journey to Brazil. 1839. Cabocle (civilized Indian) shooting a bow. Costumbrism. Litography.

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Dix, Otto (1891-1969) Melancholy 137x98 Mythology, Allegory and Literature 18951 Tempera and oil on wood Expressionism

Four Statues in Egyptian Style, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and ink, brush with sepia wash over cream laid paper, Two male, two female figures. Inscribed: bassalto. Inscribed under two last figures: marmo nero., Italy, ca. 1820, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

The Flying Concellos. Reginald Marsh (1898-1954). Tempera on panel. 24.4 x 28.7cm.

The Story of St George - St George Slaying the Dragon, 1875-90. Artist: Rosa Corder. After a design by: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

PINTURA MURAL DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN MARTIN DE SESCORTS - DET ADAN Y EVA - PECADO ORIGINAL - SIGLO XII. Location: MUSEO EPISCOPAL, VIC, BARCELONA, SPAIN.

PINTURA MURAL DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN MARTIN DE SESCORTS - DET ADAN Y EVA - PECADO ORIGINAL - SIGLO XII. Location: MUSEO EPISCOPAL. VIC. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Rewarding the Hounds (From Incidents in a Stag Hunt). Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: 96 in. × 54 1/2 in. (243.8 × 138.4 cm). Date: ca. 1495-1515. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tourist art, surfer and coconut tree, Hawaii c.1950-1960

The Flagellation of Jesus. Scene of life-size terracotta figures and frescoes by Morazzone from the VII Chapel of the Sacro Monte di Varese. Created at the time of the Counter-Reformation in the Baroque period, 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The scourging of Jesus. Scene of life-size terracotta figures and frescoes of Morazzone from the VII Chapel of Sacro Monte di Varese. The result for the Counter-Reformation Baroque, 17th century

Grotesque 'Säulenbeißer' figure in the Grote Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

Death of Fortuny Jim_nez BertadoÐa arriving at California Peninsula in 1534. Watercolour. MEXICO. BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. La Paz. Anthropology and History Museum.

Roman fresco, Circa.60-50 BC, Italy, Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries

Adan and Eva with their first son, Lesser Ury, 1896, oil on canvas, Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Polish architect Daniel Libeskinds, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Vertumnus - Rudolf II' (c1590), showing Rudolph II (1552-1612), Holy Roman Emperor from 1576, as Vertumnus, ancient Roman god of seasons who presided over gardens and orchards. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (c1530-1593) Italian painter. Oil on canvas.

DAMA OFERENTE - SIGLO XX. Author: PRIETO, GREGORIO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

PINTURA RUPESTRE DE HOMBRE CON ARCO EN EL SAHARA.

St John the Baptist', c1506-1530. Artist: Andrea del Sarto. Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism.

17th Century tarot cards by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1632-1718). Originating from Bologna.

LA TORRE Y EL PODER - 140 X 100 -1986. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

England,London,The City,Museum of London,Art Deco detail of Lift from Selfridges Department Store dated 1930

Adam. Date/Period: 1525 - 1526. Painting. Oil on wood Oil on wood. Height: 2,085 mm (82.08 in); Width: 835 mm (32.87 in). Author: Hans Baldung.

HOMBRE CON GLOBOS - SIGLO XX. Author: ALBERT OEHLEN. Location: GALERIA JUANA DE AIZPURU. MADRID. SPAIN.

St Dominic at the feet of Jesus Crucified, by Guido di Pietro (Piero) known as Beato Angelico, 1438 - 1446, 15th Century, curved fresco with marble frame. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, San Marco Convent, cloister, north-western angle span. Detail. Bust wound in Christ's chest.

Black Cat Cigarettes, World war One, propaganda card showing: Bluebeard's Chamber. The Belgian

Women holding hands by William Blake, Black chalk, watercolor on paper, between 1816 and 1820, 1757-1827, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,

Woodcutter. Date/Period: 1910. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,308 mm (51.49 in); Width: 1,007 mm (39.64 in). Author: Ferdinand Hodler.

To my Hammer's swing Hitherward Sweep Vapours and fogs! Hovering Mists! Donner, your lord, summons his hosts! from ''Das Rhinegold" of ''The Ring of the Nibelung''

War (two children fighting) Henri Lehmann (1814-1882). War (two children fighting). Charcoal and gouache. XIXth century.

Baroque art. Gregorio Fernandez (1576-1636) . Spanish sculptor. He belongs to the Castilian school of sculpture, 1625. Christ tied column. Royal Convent of La Encarnacion. Madrid. Spain. (National Heritage).

LA DANZA DE LA MUERTE O EL FIN DEL MUNDO - 1932 - DIBUJO A LAPIZ Y PASTEL SOBRE PAPEL - 18 x 15 cm. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA (1886/1945). Location: GALERIA LEANDRO NAVARRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Rhinocerotic Figure of Ilissos of Phidias. 1954. Surrealism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Fishing Lake; Pesca al Lago. Sandro Chia (b.1946). Oil on two joined panels. Painted in 1982. 220 x 185cm.

Bust of male nude with raised right arm. Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: 1868 - 1940. Measurements: h 250 mm × w 220 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The White Company's Samkin Aylward wagers his feather-bed in a wrestling match with John Hordle at the Pied Merlin.

Salvador Dalí, 'Dream caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking up', 1944, Oil on canvas, 51 x 41 cm, Inv. 510. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. GALA DALI.

Vicente S. Manansala, Sanaklaot, 1948. Oil on canvas.

EL RECOLECTOR - 1994 - TEMPLE VINILICO SOBRE LIENZO - 200x140. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Moctezuma II (c. 1466-1520). Ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan. Reign, 1502 to 1520. Death of Moctezuma II. There are several versions of this fact given by several sources. As Bernal del Castillo says, the Spanish forced Moctezuma to appear on the balcony of his palace, appealing to his countrymen to retreat. The people were appalled by their emperor's complicity and pelted him with rocks and darts. He died a short time after that. This version is what is shown in this image. Engraving, 1875. Colored.

'Chez les Passants', c1850-1898. Artist: Felicien Joseph Victor Rops

The Angel Binding Satan, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740-1812, French

Rudolf II (Vertumnus), c1590, Holy Roman Emperor as Vertumnus, ancient Roman god of seasons, Giuseppe Arcimboldi (1527-1593/Italian), Oil on canvas, Skoklosters, Balsta, Sweden

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. A Pilgrimage to San Isidro. 1821-1823. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

'Altarpiece of the Legend of Saint Michael' (detail), ca. 1440, Tempera on panel, P01332. Author: MAESTRO DE ARGUIS (S. XV). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MAL EL. DEMONIO.

Angels Greek designs, replica of pottery, Athens, Greece

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence - Church of Santa Maria Novella. Chapel of Filippo Strozzi. Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Saint Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis, detail of footwear. Fresco completed in 1502.

Untitled. Day, from the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo, Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989)

Fresco romano con la representación de una máscara trágica. Pompeya. Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Nápoles. Italia.

Saint Christopher. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in dark blue, light blue, orange, red, green, yellow, brown, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Sin Título/1971. Museum: COLECCION RUIZ DE LA PRADA MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: LUCIO MUÑOZ.

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos_ (1886-1945). Masks Dancing Arm in Arm. 1938. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Mapfre Vida Cultural Foundation.

Master of the Holy Family (the Younger) and workshop, active in Cologne between 1480 and 1515/1518. Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian, 1493-1494. Detail. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Haarlem, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Heemskerck, Maarten van, Groningen, Bos, Cornelis, Swordsmen, Two swordsmen, verso middle - stamped, Two naked swordsmen. The print is part of a series about two swordsmen in a duel., print, prints, height 200 mm, width 248 mm, Dutch, 1510 - 1566, print maker, printmaker, 1552 - 1552, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, 1522 - 1590-10-29

Cashivo Indian. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Italy, Reni, Guido, Coriolano, Bartolommeo, Christ Child Sleeping, verso - stamped, The Christ Child lies asleep on the cross, his head resting on a skull. Next to the cross lie nails and the crown of thorns., print, prints, height 89 mm, width 123 mm, Italian, 1599 - 1676, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1676, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, papier, chiaroscuro woodcut, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18

El Misántropo, 1568. Museum: MUSEO E GALLERIE NAZIONALI DI CAPODIMONTE, NAPOLES, ITALIA. Author: PIETER BRUEGHEL (EL VIEJO).

Trojans Arch, Ancona ; Tasso in prison ; The Bridge of Sighs , Memorial arches, Cells Rooms & spaces, Prisons, Bridges

'Pentecost' (detail), ca. 1600, Oil on canvas, P00828. Author: EL GRECO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. COVARRUBIAS ANTONIO.

Seamaid:"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Arthur Rackham (1867-1939 British) Private Collection

Leshy and Baba Yaga, Sergeev, Nikolay Stepanovich (1881-)

Window with warrior saint, by Mocetto Girolamo, 16th Century, stained-glass window. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Basilica. Detail. Window saint standing front view face in three-quarter halo: aureole wearing armor: cuirass in holding spear: lance his left hand colors brown green yellow white.

Joseph Wept James J. Tissot (1836-1902/ French) Jewish Museum, New York

Mosaic of the theatrical masks. Date/Period: 2nd century. Mosaic. Author: UNKNOWN.

Most famous fresco of Mannerism: Giulio Romano's illusion invents a dome and dissolves the architecture of the room into the fall of the giants, Hall of the Giants, 1532, Palazzo Te, pleasure palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Death with the bride, panel of the Danse Macabre, 1840, by Johann Anton Falger (1791-1876), painting on wood, Martinskapelle (chapel of Saint Martin), Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria.

'Hombre representando la danza de la muerte', 1997, Tempera on canvas, 50 x 36 cm. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Skeleton dancing next to an open grave. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1656. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 155 mm × w 202 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A Chinese man preparing to be executed by decapitation: the man is shown being made to kneel on the ground, while the executioner raises his sword. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--

Illustration of Death coming to take a man. Dated 19th Century

Warrior with Lance and Shield, Joannes Echarius Carolus Alberti, 1808

Boeotian Jar. Two young men are depicted under a trellis of leaves dancing to the music of the double-flute. Depicted 300 B.C.

The Youthful David Andrea del Castagno (ca.1421-1457/Italian) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

A Japanese erotic scene of a man and a woman about to have sexual intercourse in a bedroom. Ceramic tile by Japanese craftsman.

Melancholy by Dix, Otto (1891-1969)/ Kunstmuseum Stuttgart/ 1930/ Germany/ Tempera and oil on wood/ Expressionism/ 137x98/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

A Pair of Shoes, Van Gogh, Vincent Willem, 1886

JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO. PINTOR MEXICANO. 1883 - 1949. LA RESURECCION DE LAZARO. MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE. CIUDAD DE MEXICO. JESUCRISTO. Author: JOSE CLEMENTE ORONZO.

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