Mythological and Allegorical Art

Art depicting mythological themes and allegories featuring human figures in dramatic poses, exploring themes of fame and fortune.

Francesca da Rimini from Dante's Inferno by Ary Scheffer, Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

'El Lazarillo de Tormes' (detail), ca. 1808-1810, Oil on canvas. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Burial of Atala. After Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767 - 1824)

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 AD). Roman poet. Death of Lucan. Engraving by Waloy. The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored.

Saint Sebastian. Tiziano Vecelli, called Titian (c.1488-1576). Oil on canvas. 190 x 96.5cm.

S JERONIMO EN CERA. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS CLARISAS / MUSEO DE ARTE SACRO. MONFORTE DE LEMOS. LUGO. SPANIEN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail. A twin suckled by a she-wolf myth of the foundation of Siena.

The Poetry of America, Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989)

'Scene from Tahitian Life' (detail), 1896. Artist: Paul Gauguin

Teyler, Johan, Netherlands, Aveele, Johannes Jacobsz van den, Triton blowing on his shell, A triton blowing on his triton horn or shell. In the background ships at sea. This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 371 mm, width 264 mm, 1655 - 1727-05-18, print maker, printmaker, 1688 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etchings, à la poupée, color printing, hand coloring, Northern Netherlands, 1648 - 1712, supervision

'Hope', 1886, (1912).Artist: George Frederick Watts

Mona Lisa - Detail Of Eyes Ca.1503-06 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 Italian) Oil On Wood Panel Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Bellerophon on Pegasus spearing the Chimera, fresco attributed to Paul Troger (1698-1762), Firmian Palace, Mezzocorona, Piana Rotaliana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 18th century, detail.

Painting titled 'Moon Night' by Sascha Schneider (1870-1927) German painter and sculptor. Dated 1906

'Still Life with a Boar's Head'. Flanders, First half of the 17th century. Dimensions: 85,5x123,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Vos, Pauwel (Paul) de.

Lycius, Look Back, and Be Some Pity Shown 1885 United States. Gray and white gouache, with touches of brown gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board . Will Hicock Low

sin titulo, carlos Mensa, 1978, Oleo sobre tela, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

MUJER DESNUDA CON FONDO DE VALLE. Author: Francis Picabia.

The Assumption, 1869, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901), oil on canvas, 550x330 cm. Detail. Royal Palace, the Palatine Chapel ceiling, Naples.

Bust With Flowers, artist unknown, Oil on wood panel, (17th C.), USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David Daivd Gallery

Still Life with Peacocks, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639 painting Still life with peacocks. A girl leans on the frame of a stone window looks at two dead peacocks. A peacock hangs on the open window shutter, the other is on a stone plinth by a puddle of blood; There is also a basket with fruit on the plinth. canvas. oil paint (paint) ornamental birds: peacock. spoils of the hunt, game, venison. girl (child between toddler and youth)

'The Head of Saint John the Baptist', 1576-1600, Oil on canvas, 49 x 60 cm, Inv. 609. Author: DOMENICHINO. Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN JUAN BAUTISTA.

Mariano Nani / 'Bodegón de caza: una liebre y dos perdices', Second half 18th century, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 69 cm x 48 cm, P00263. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Melancholy by Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553) Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1532 Oil on wood 51x97 Germany Renaissance Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

Fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel, by Giotto, 1304 - 1306, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel. Scenes from the Life of the Virgin of wedding party, viola flute players.

The Sheep Pen. Michael Ayrton (1921-1975). Oil on canvas. 31 1/2 x 39 1/2in

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Oberon and Puck, 1825. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

PINTURA MURAL DEL TECHO DE UNA DE LAS SALAS DE PRESIDENCIA - FIGURA FEMENINA QUE REPRESENTA LA ESCRITURA - 1849/56. Author: JOAQUIN ESPALTER Y RULL (1809-1880). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Historic Tampa Theater, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Hercules and Achelous by Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1590

The National Gallery. Lucia of Syracuse or St Lucy. Valentin Metzinger. 1741. Ljubljana. Slovenia.

Roman fresco. Pompeii. Narcissus. House of Loreius Tiburtinus.

A chalk drawing from 1660-1670 depicting a river god with flowing water, human form, and natural surroundings, rendered with brown and red highlights.

Pallas Athene (Armoured Figure), 1664-1665. Oil on canvas.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. Athene, patron goddess of Athens. Goddess of wisdom. Roman Minerva. Greek Mythology

Autumn Tapestry, woven by Jan Rost after designs by Bachiacca, 16th century. Detail of grape harvest.

EL NIÑO DE LA ESPINA DETALLE DEL PELO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism,1982-1983. Tempera and oil on canvas. 183.5 × 122 cm. Author: Vitaly Komar. ALEXANDER MELAMID.

César Álvarez Dumont / 'Galley Slave', 1895, Spanish School, Canvas, 141 cm x 226 cm, P05834. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

MUJER CON FRUTAS. Author: GREGORIO DEL OLMO (1921-1977). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Beccafumi, Domenico (1486-1551) National Gallery, London Painting 92,1x53,3 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Marcia

'Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail)', 1518-1520, Oil on panel, P01611. Author: JOACHIM PATINIR (1480-1524). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

Door knocker in Form of Venus Marina, Cherubs and Dolphins, 16th century, Tiziano Aspetti, Italian, 1565 - 1607, 13 x 10 1/4 x 4 in. (33.02 x 26.04 x 10.16 cm), Bronze, Italy, 16th century

Lazarus and the Rich Man. Dating: 1661. Measurements: h 95 cm × w 292 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Barent Fabritius.

Woman Reading by Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Expressionism / c. 1922 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 54x65.1

'Untitled' 1932, Oil paint on canvas, by J.H. Moesman (1909 - 1988). Moesman is the most important surrealist painter in the Netherlands, despite his very modest oeuvre. In fifty years, he made only 40 paintings.

Femme-cheval paranoaque, Paranoiac Woman-Horse, 1930, Salvador Dali, (1904-1989 Spanish), Oil on canvas, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

1878 Honeymoon. (Arnold Bocklin; Basel 1827-1901 San domenico bei Feisole)

Perseus and Andromeda. Date/Period: 1891. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,350 mm (92.51 in); Width: 1,292 mm (50.86 in). Author: 1st Baron Leighton Frederic Leighton.

Franz von Stuck - La expulsión del Paraíso ,1890, óleo sobre tabla, Orsay Museum, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Girl With Seagulls 1865 Gustave Courbet (1819-1877 French) Oil On Canvas Private Collection

Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855. William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905). Oil on fabric; framed: 87.3 x 127 x 5.4 cm (34 3/8 x 50 x 2 1/8 in.); unframed: 71.3 x 111.8 cm (28 1/16 x 44 in.).

fine arts, Mielich, Hans (1516 - 1573), painting, ""Vanitas"", 1536, Regensburg City Museum,

Kalmakov, Nikolai Konstantinovich (1873-1955) Private Collection Painting 49,5x64 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Bacchanalia

Recanati (Italia, Marche - provincia di Macerata), Musei Civici di Villa Colleredo Mels. Lorenzo Lotto, Annunciazione, 1533-34 c. firmato L.LOTUS, olio su tela

Northwest Corridor, First Floor. Mural depicting the muse Melpomene (Tragedy), by Edward Simmons. (1852-1931)Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid - 1884 - 293x135,9 cm - watercolour on paper - Pre-Raphaelite. Author: EDWARD BURNE-JONES (1833-1898). Location: TATE GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Joan Deyman, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1656.

LAMB OF GOD - AGNUS DEI - FOLLOWING ZURBARAN - 1660-1670 - PORTUGUESE BAROQUE PAINTING. Author: JOSEFA DE OBIDOS. Location: MUSEO. Evora. PORTUGAL.

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Inferno by Dante Alighieri Canto, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angel, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Writing man by Stepan Vladislavovich Bakalowicz, oil on canvas, 1901, 1857-1947, Russia, Yaroslavl , State Art Museum, 48x33

Half-Length Figure. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 42.9 x 31.2 cm (16 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rosamond P. Gray.

'Man and Woman', 1997, Oil on canvas, 140 x 200 cm. Author: GUILLERMO PEREZ VILLALTA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

ANTES DE LA BODA - 1988 - 135X103 CM. Author: MIGUEL JUAN AROCHA ISIDRO-PINTOR SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE IV HIJA. LUIS XIV DE FRANCIA ESPOSA. MARIA TERESA DE AUSTRIA (1638-1683). HIJA DE ISABEL DE BORBON.

Poema del mar: Mediodía. Museum: MUSEO NESTOR DE LA TORRE / LAS PALMAS / ESPAÑA.

Belvedere Museum. Vienna Austria

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence - Church of Santa Maria Novella. Chapel of Filippo Strozzi. Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Saint John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana, detail of footwear. Fresco.

Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors

A baby girl with infected eyes, from which pus is emanating. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.

JORDAENS, Jacob (1593-1678). Three Street Musicians. 1645 - 1650. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Pietro Perugino, The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene (left panel), c 1482 1485 The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene left panel

'The Defense of Cadiz against the English' (detail), 1634, Oil on canvas, P00656. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Detail of red-figure cup depicting a jumper with weights painted by Euergides Painter

King David bearing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)

Thomas Walch 1867-1943 "Lost Homeland" 1930, 54 x 70 cm oil on canvas.

This photo of a mosaic of two girls in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. This photo of a mosaic of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of the 4th century AD. It is thought to have belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, who traded in exotic animals. The villa and its mosaics were abandoned for centuries and only rediscovered in the early 19th century.

Rudolf II of Hamsburg or Vertumnus. Date/Period: 1590. Drawing. Oil on panel. Height: 680 mm (26.77 in); Width: 560 mm (22.04 in). Author: Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Composition. Francis Picabia (1879-1953). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1935. 71.1 x 88.9cm.

Bread and Cloth. Walter Tandy Murch (1907-1967). Oil on masonite. 72 x 56.8cm.

Franois-Nicolas Cytrurt (1825-1901). "The death of French-Victor Hugo". Lead mine and gouache sur Buis, in seven juxtapos, 1873. Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo. Francois-Victor Hugo mortal French writer, family, son, lead mine, death, mortuary portrait, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1530-1593). Italian painter. The Gardener, 1590. Oil on panel, 35 x 24 cm. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona. Lombardy. Italy.

An Old Woman, The Ugly Duchess, by Quinten Massys, circa 1513, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

DALI, SALVADOR. PINTOR ESPA¿OL.FIGUERAS 1904-1989. "CESTA DE PAN",OLEO SOBRE LIENZO. MUSEO DALI. FIGUERAS. ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

Two allegorical figures: a skeleton holding a scythe and a ball of fire stands next to a female figure. Lithograph.

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