Virtues and Allegories
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Portrait of an Elderly Man in a Red Cap
The Threatened Swan
The Way of Good & Evil, 1862 Lithograph by John Hailer
The Operation (Allegory of Touch)
Flora
Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), engraving after Jan Sadeler
Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume
Still life with flowers in a Greek vase: allegory of spring
Rembrandt and Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Frontispiece of Diderot's Encyclopédie: Allegory of Science, 1772 engraving
Portrait of Herman Doomer
We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian) by Lilly Martin Spencer
Springtime, marble bust by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
June, oil painting by John White Alexander, ca. 1911
Justice, engraving by Albrecht Dürer
The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey
Dawn, oil painting of a woman in a satin gown by a window
Hope by Edward Burne-Jones, 1896
Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing
Saskia as Flora, Rembrandt, 1641
The Cup of Death
Illusions, painting by Henry Brown Fuller
Allegory of Peace and War
Justitia (Justice) from Los Honores
Prudence from Los Honores, tapestry after Bernard van Orley
Indian Summer, oil painting by Kenyon Cox (1887)
Women on a Boat at New Year Imitating the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Justice, Cartoon for Mosaic in Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda
Allegory of Peace
Portrait of a Woman with Four Children, as Caritas
Study for Prudence, Lunette, Hudson County Courthouse
Ceiling Ornament with Griffin and Putti, Palazzo Barberini
The Fortune Teller, engraving after Joshua Reynolds, 1786
Earth: Allegory with Chariot, Cherubs and a Great Tree (1796 etching)
A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church
Poverty personified: ragged figure in a stone niche, 'Pouvrete'
Innocentia: allegory of innocence attacked, etching by Christoph Murer
A fortune-teller reading the palm of a soldier
A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church
Temperance and Peace, stipple engraving after Angelica Kauffman
Portrait of Andrew Jackson in Navy-Blue Uniform
Beauty: nude woman with flower and mirror, emblem 37
Pero Breastfeeding Her Father Cimon in Prison, Etching by Francesco Cozza
Black Valley Railroad, lithograph by J. H. Bufford and Sons, ca. 1863
L'Optique: giant lens focusing sunlight in a Baroque garden engraving
Allegory of Fortitude and Peace (Fortitudo and Pax)
A Fortune-Teller Reading the Palm of a Soldier
Astrology: winged woman with an armillary sphere, etching
Job riding a turtle, with the devil and companions, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck
Allegory of Geometry: Figures Measuring a Globe, 1565 Engraving
The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human, engraving
A Group of Musicians, Representing the Sense of Hearing
A Man Caresses a Woman: The Sense of Touch
Job Accepting Charity
Witches conjuring a spirit, after John Opie, 1796 stipple print
Job Accepting Charity, Blake's Book of Job Plate 19
Eminent Women
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes
Charles Jackson and John Mason Williams, Silhouette Portrait
Optics: an eye in a star with putti and spectrum colours
Smell: figures smelling flowers on a garden terrace, engraving
Blind girl reads the Bible to a family by touch, allegory of light and darkness
Battle of New Orleans, engraving after Joseph Yeager
Triumphal Arch with Ferdinand of Austria and the Dutch Maiden, Allegorical Figures
Allegory of Transience
Allegory of the Triumph of the Moon (Luna), engraving
Faith, Hope and Charity
Hercules Slays the Harpies before the Temple of Janus
Jeremiah Mason and Samuel Wilde, Silhouette by Auguste Edouart
Optics: an eye in a star with putti and the spectrum
Itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a patient's head, mezzotint after Teniers
Christ on a Triumphal Chariot with Saints and Figures, Engraving
Solomon Sleeping in a Canopied Bed with Light Beam
Hercules Slaying the Harpies Before the Temple of Janus
Allegory of King Charles II of England
Triumph of Chastity from Petrarch's Triumphs
Dhumavati in a bird-drawn chariot before a dead body
Barber-surgeon removing stones from a patient's head, symbolising folly
Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States, lithograph
Aesculapius and Ancient Physicians with Materia Medica in a Pharmacy
The Tree of Temperance, coloured lithograph, 1872
Batavian Insurrection Against the Romans: Mounted Commander in Battle
Triumphal arch with Philip II of Spain receiving a crown, engraving
Triumph of Death with Three Fates and a Wheel of Fortune
Allegory of Pharmacy with Title Page of Pharmacopoeia Augustana
Allegory of Peace with Abundance, 1648 engraving
Night Carrying Sleep and Death Over a Landscape
Victory, allegory (engraving after Frans Floris, 1552)
Fortune Teller Predicting a Happy Marriage, after Boilly
Fisherwoman in the Wind, Ventôse (Pisces) Allegorical Print
Fortune-tellers outside a palace on the Nile, after Cassas (1798)
Cupid's Decoy: Or, An Emblem of the State of Matrimony
Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of His Wife, Christina Muller
Roman Charity: Pero Nursing Her Starving Father Cimon
Japanese and Chinese legends: empress, cat and pond apparition
Alchemy and Chemistry: Historical Transition, 1805 Stipple Engraving
Altar with a Paralysed Man and an Insane Man Brought for Cure, Etching
Architecture and Astronomy, allegorical stipple engraving
Allegory of a Death Bed: Blessed Dying and a Sinner's Death
Balloon of National Debt on the London Stock Exchange, 1785
Witch (Heks) engraving by Jan van de Velde II, 1626
Harmony of the Spheres: Necessity Enthroned
Infortvnivm (Misfortune), engraving after Hans Sebald Beham
Allegory of the Dutch East India Company with Ships and Classical Figures
Suum cuique tribue, allegorical engraving with Justice and books, 1765
Nude man with globe and masks, dream allegory engraving
The Concord of the State, Rembrandt, 1642
Martyrdom of Saint John the Apostle, Callot etching
The Discovery of Herbal Medicines, Allegorical Engraving After Adolf van der Laan
The Wheel of Life, 1558 woodcut
Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet, 1837
Man Clinging to a Tree Above a Fiery Monster, Allegory of Death
Sandbath treatment poster for Bad Köstritz, a temple and four sand-covered beds
The Reverend Mr. Samson Occom, mezzotint portrait
Johann Arnold Friederici, Engraved Oval Portrait
The Christ Child Strewing Roses in the Believer's Heart
Christ Child as Fountain of Life in a Heart, Engraving by Wierix
Discovery of Herbal Medicines and Their Transport by Ship, Engraving after Adolf van der L
Philosophy: scientific instruments and natural specimens, lithograph, 1835
Allegory for Garden Fountains, etching
The Christ Child Playing a Harp in a Heart, Surrounded by Angels
Allegorical monument to Isaac Newton and his theory of prisms
Vignette with Minerva
Allegory of History and Time with Fame, Frontispiece to Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique
Female Nude with Armillary Sphere and Globe, Astrology Engraving
The Christ Child as Professor in the Believer's Heart, Engraving by A. Wierix
The American Juggernaut
The Christ Child in the Heart, Angels Playing Music, Engraving
The Ship of Fortune
Drunken Bacchus atop the Globe: Justice and Health Overturned
Four Seasons and Four Elements: Earth's Orbit Around the Sun, 1750 Engraving
Allegory on the Memory of Frederik Hendrik with Portrait of Amalia van Solms
Allegory of the Death of William V, Prince of Orange
Memory Jug with Buttons, Combs, and Found Objects
October, cover illustration for Harper's Magazine
Love as a Wicker Trap Enticing Couples into Marriage, Engraving
Three Musicians (Allegory of Hearing)
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap
The Wheel of Fortune
Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell)
June, marble bust by Erastus Dow Palmer
Pour que la liberté continue d'éclairer le monde
Spirit of Life, bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French
Palace of Justice, Tangier
Allegory of Dawn
Study for a Fresco: Allegory in Honor of Ranuccio Farnese
The Long Rest, Illustration for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Memory Sculpture in the Form of a High Buttoned Shoe
Chief Justice Edward D. White, etching portrait
The Last Man, illustration for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Wealth of Autumn
California, marble bust by Hiram Powers
The Ungainly Pot, illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Omar's Emblem, Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Night: reclining male nude in terra cotta
Evensong, oil painting by Arthur B. Davies
Chivalry, Half-scale Head for General George G. Meade Memorial
Sappho (marble statue)
War, mural study by Kindred McLeary (1941)
The Voyage of Life: Manhood, engraving after Thomas Cole
Frontispiece for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Elihu Vedder
L'Empereur, Carroll Beckwith oil painting
A Visit from the Old Mistress
Portrait of a Woman in Masquerade Dress as Flora
Saint Sebastian Tied to a Post, Pierced by Arrows
Muse of Tragedy, Elihu Vedder pastel drawing
Personification of Justice, brown wash drawing by Felice Giani
The Dance of Spring
The Poet on Pegasus Entering the Realm of the Muses
Memorial to Major General George Gordon Meade, preliminary model
The Voyage of Life--Youth
A Song - Woman with Auburn Hair in Red Shawl
Doorway to Illusion, soft-ground etching by Arthur B. Davies
Plenty, Kenyon Cox, 1910 oil painting
Study for "Science Instructing Industry"
Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity
Tazza Design with Portrait of William of Orange
A Window in the Hall of Justice
Justice, Sketch for Wisconsin State Capitol Mosaic
Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes
Temperance, from the Virtues, engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever
Fortune (Fortuna) engraving by Hans Sebald Beham
Allegory of Rome, title plate from The Roman Heroes
The Golden Age, oil painting by John La Farge
Boy as Hotei, Seven Gods of Good Fortune series
Boy as Jurojin, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Seated woman with fruit stand, scroll and white sack, Japanese color woodblock print
The Lucky Branch, color etching by Helen Hyde, 1915
Jurojin, from The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Adesugata Shichifukujin)
Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues
Figure of Justice and Shield with Lions Rampant
Justice, from The Seven Virtues
Allegory of Geometry, Chiaroscuro Woodcut
Iberae Naeniae: engraving of five men in an oval medallion
The Seven Works of Mercy
Portrait of Justice Stephen Field
An Allegory of Abundance
Allegory of Transience 'Homo Bulla' (Engraving, 1594)
The Triumph of Wisdom
Allegory of Transience (Quis Evadet?) engraving
Fortitude, from The Virtues
Babylon
Fun'ya no Yasuhide, from Allegory of the Six Poets
Allegory of Transience (Quis Evadet?)
Prudence, from The Virtues, engraving
Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature
Sagesse (Wisdom), color lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893
Temperance, plate 7 from Seven Virtues engraving
Allegory of Eternity, drawing attributed to Vasari
Allegory of Summer, marble relief
Sarasvati, Goddess of Wisdom, Holding a Book and a Water Pot
Allegory of Winter, marble relief
Allegory of Spring, marble relief
Allegory of War, 1860 pen and ink drawing
Allegory of Death
Ebisu (Shobishin), from A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
The Old Gate of the Palace of Justice, Paris
Allegory of Charity
The Old Gate of the Palais de Justice, Paris
Book of Job, Plate 5: Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord
Roundel with Justice and Prudence
Mining, study for lunette in the Old Senate Office Building
Panel for a Screen: Seated Woman in Gold Landscape
The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris
Temperance, from The Seven Virtues
Justice, from The Seven Virtues
Last Judgement, plate 13 from Thrones of Justice
Cambyses Commanding Flaying, plate 6 from Thrones of Justice
Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues
Areopagite Judges of Athens, plate 8 from Thrones of Justice
Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian, from Thrones of Justice
Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain
Study for Mosaic: Government and Liberty, Kenyon Cox
Allegory of Love, Time, and Death
The Claws of a Cat and the Dress of a Devotee, Goya
Allegory: Combat of Animals in the Presence of Man with Shield
Study for Mosaic: Justice, Wisconsin State Capitol
The Ship of Fortune
Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune, Perspective Print
Allegory of Statuary, or Lament of Sculpture