Nicolas Joseph Delin Allegory of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1786 oil on canvas Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
Joseph Adam von Mölk Allegory on the Coronation of Pope Clement XIII ca. 1758 oil on canvas Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Allegory in Honor of the Collegio Romano ca. 1650 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Gregorio Guglielmi Apotheosis of the House of Austria ca. 1759 oil on canvas (modello for ceiling painting) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée Justice disarmed by Innocence and applauded by Prudence 1766 oil on canvas Princeton University Art Museum |
Johann Georg Kern Beaker with Relief Figures representing the Seven Liberal Arts before 1698 ivory Národní Galerie, Prague |
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love the Sentinel ca. 1773-76 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anton Eisenhoit The Harlot of Rome (allegorical satire against the Church) 1589 hand-colored engraving Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
workshop of Jacob Jordaens Allegory with Angel crushing Grapes flanked by Hercules and Figure of Fortitude ca. 1650 drawing, with watercolor Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Rembrandt Unconscious Patient (allegory of the sense of smell) ca. 1624-25 oil on panel (discovered in 2015 in New Jersey) Leiden Collection, New York |
Wolfgang Huber Allegory of Salvation, with Donor ca. 1545-50 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Franz Anton Maulbertsch Revelation of Divine Wisdom 1778 oil on canvas (study for ceiling fresco) Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
Govert Flinck Allegory of the Birth and Death of Elector Wilhelm Heinrich of Brandenburg 1648-49 oil on canvas Bildgalerie von Sanssouci, Potsdam |
Anonymous Italian Artist Allegory in Honor of Antonio Vaini 18th century drawing Yale University Art Gallery |
Nicolaes Verkolje Minerva commanding Venus and Cupid to sleep (allegory of wisdom defeating passion) ca. 1720 watercolor Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Jacopo Zucchi The Coral Fishers, or, The Kingdom of Amphitrite (allegory of the discovery of America) ca. 1585 oil on copper Galleria Borghese, Rome |
Three Movements
Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land;
Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand;
What are all those fish that lie gasping on the strand?
– W.B. Yeats (1933)