Allegory Collection (page 56)

A representation of August, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of August, 1757. A naked man drinking from a large cup, symbolizing the heat. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757

A representation of October, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of October, 1757. A naked man holding a hare and a basket. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

A representation of September, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of September, 1757. A naked man holding a lizard, and two tanks symbolize the grape harvest. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures

A representation of January, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of January, 1757. A Roman consul. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757

Saturn, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
Saturn, 1757. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

A representation of July, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of July, 1757. A naked man holding a money purse. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

A representation of June, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of June, 1757. A naked man with cabran solar, a sickle symbolizing the summer and the harvests. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures

A representation of May, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of May, 1757. A man carrying a basket of flowers, and a peacock. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

A representation of February, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of February, 1757. A woman with a duck, a heron, a fish and a urn symbolizing the rain. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris

A representation of April, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of April, 1757. A man dancing and playing music in front of a statue of Venus. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757

A representation of March, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of March, 1757. A man in the skin of a she-wolf, with a swallow and a goat symbolising the beginning of spring

Justice and Divine Vengeance pursuing Crime, 1808. Artist: Pierre-Paul Prud hon
Justice and Divine Vengeance pursuing Crime, 1808. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Madonna of the Annunciation, c1304-1344. Artist: Simone Martini
Madonna of the Annunciation, c1304-1344. Panel of diptych, located in the collection at, State Hermitage Muesum, St Petersburg

Annunciation, c1470-1472. Artist: Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Annunciation, c1470-1472. The painting comes from the church of San Domenico, Siena

The Nativity of the Antonins of Isenheim, c1490-1528. Artist: Matthias Gruenewald
The Nativity of the Antonins of Isenheim, 15th Century

Scene from the Life of St John, c1320-1366. Artist: Taddeo Gaddi
Scene from the Life of St John, c1320-1366. Found in the collection of the Loredan Palace, Venice, Italy

An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life, c1640. Artist: Harmen van Steenwyck
An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life, c1640. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Christ before Pilate, c1306-1348. Artist: Pietro Lorenzetti
Christ before Pilate, c1306-1348

The Blessed Humility and Eleven Stories from Her Life, (detail), c1306-1348 Artist: Pietro Lorenzetti
The Blessed Humility and Eleven Stories from Her Life, (detail), c1306-1348. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

The Annunciation and Two Saints, 1333. Artist: Simone Martini
The Annunciation and Two Saints, 1333. The altarpiece was executed between 1329 and 1333 for the chapel of Sant Ansano of the Cathedral in Siena by Simone Martini and his brother-in-law Lippo Memmi

Maesta, 1315. Artist: Simone Martini
Maesta, 1315. A fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

The Allegory of Touch, c1516-1570. Artist: Frans Floris
The Allegory of Touch, c1516-1570

The Judgment of Paris, c1550. Artist: Frans Floris
The Judgment of Paris, c1550. Found in the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

Chastity, 1516-1570. Artist: Frans Floris
Chastity, 1516-1570. Found in the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

Allegory, 1856-1923. Artist: Francois Flameng
Allegory, 1856-1923

The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883. Artist: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883. Fortune, a goddess in antiquity, or a dame in the Middle Ages, turning her wheel. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Allegory of Sight and Smell, c1590-1625. Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Allegory of Sight and Smell, c1590-1625. From the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

The Sense of Hearing, 1618. Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Sense of Hearing, 1618. From the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

Allegory of Autumn, 15th century. Artist: Francesco del Cossa
Allegory of Autumn, 15th century. From the collection of the Gemaeldegalerie, Dresden, Germany

The Annunciation, 1465-1470. Artist: Dieric Bouts
The Annunciation, 1465-1470. Light heralds the Saviour, the dove signals the presence of the Holy Spirit, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

The Birth of Venus, 1879. Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Birth of Venus, 1879. Located in the collection at, Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

An Allegory, 1490-1550. follower of Botticelli
An Allegory, 1490-1550. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Calumny of Apelles, 1497-1498. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Calumny of Apelles, 1497-1498. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

St Anthony Beaten by Devils, 1423-1426. Artist: Sassetta
St Anthony Beaten by Devils, 1423-1426. Panel from the Altarpiece of the Eucharist

The Ecstasy of St Francis, 1437-1444. Artist: Sassetta
The Ecstasy of St Francis, 1437-1444

Crucifixion of St Peter, c1600-1642. Artist: Guido Reni
Crucifixion of St Peter, c1600-1642

Martyrdom of St Bartholomew, 1644. Artist: Jusepe de Ribera
Martyrdom of St Bartholomew, 1644

Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Painted to commemorate the July Revolution of 1830. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen. From the Louvre, Paris

The Parnassus, from the Stanza delle Segnatura, 1510-1511. Artist: Raphael
The Parnassus, from the Stanza delle Segnatura, 1510-1511. Executed between 1508 and 1511 for the notoriously temperamental, but adventurous, patron of the arts, Pope Julius II

The Exposition of Moses, 1654. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Exposition of Moses, 1654. Illustrates the moment in the Bible when the mother of the infant Moses entrusts her child to the River Nile, rather than see him put to death by Pharaohs troops

The Adoration of the Shepherds, c1633. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Adoration of the Shepherds, c1633. The shepherds come to adore new-born Jesus in the stable. New Testament (Luke 2: 8-14). In the background the angel announces the birth of Christ to them

The Meditation on the Passion, c1510. Artist: Vittore Carpaccio
The Meditation on the Passion, c1510. The Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

The Transfiguration, 17th century. Artist: Moses
The Transfiguration, 17th century

La Grande Colere du Pere Duchene, Franco-Prussian war, 1871. Artist: H Demare
La Grande Colere du Pere Duchene, Franco-Prussian war, 1871. Originally published at the time of the French Revolution, Le Pere Duchene was an extreme radical newspaper that reappeared during

L Executif 1870-1871. Artist: Pilotell
L Executif 1870-1871. Cartoon from La Caricature depicting France losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, the consequence of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. From a private collection

Liberty, Patron of the French, 1870. Print published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). From a private collection

The Musicians, c1595. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
The Musicians, c1595. One of a number of realistic paintings of half-length figures painted in Rome for aristocratic patrons

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