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Arched drawing of a nude woman with raised arm seated among fallen armor, a hooded figure behind her, winged figures in clouds, and bodies on the ground.

Allegory of War

A nude female figure, crowned with a laurel wreath, raises one arm amid a dark, smoky battlefield, seated on fallen armor. A cloaked, hooded figure looms behind her while winged figures swirl in the clouds above, and bloodied bodies lie at lower right.

Artist
Clement Auguste Andrieux
Date
1860
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with red and black fabricated chalks and opaque and transparent watercolors, with touches of lead white and white chalks,
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2051 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1860).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Ellen N. LaMotte

Español: Alegoría de la guerra, dibujo a tinta de 1860

Una figura femenina desnuda, coronada con una guirnalda de laurel, levanta un brazo en medio de un campo de batalla oscuro y humeante, sentada sobre armadura caída. Tras ella se alza una figura encapuchada con capa, mientras figuras aladas giran entre las nubes y cuerpos ensangrentados yacen a la derecha.

Português: Alegoria da Guerra, desenho a tinta de 1860

Uma figura feminina nua, coroada com uma guirlanda de louros, ergue um braço em meio a um campo de batalha escuro e enfumaçado, sentada sobre uma armadura caída. Atrás dela surge uma figura encapuzada de manto, enquanto figuras aladas giram entre as nuvens e corpos ensanguentados jazem à direita.

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