Virtues and Allegories
Prudence, Justice, Fortune, Time and the other figures of moral thought.
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Portrait of a Man as the Apostle Paul
The Threatened Swan; Interpreted later as an Allegory on Johan de Witt
The Way of Good & Evil by John Hailer
The Operation (Allegory of Touch)
Flora
Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Princip
Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume
Stilleven met bloemen in een Griekse vaas: allegorie op de lente
Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the Prodigal Son
Science: the engraved titlepage to the Encyclopedie of Diderot and d'Alembert. Engraving b
Portrait of Herman Doomer
We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian)
Springtime
June
Justice
The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the Wo
Dawn
Hope
Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing
Saskia as Flora
The Cup of Death
Illusions
Allegory of Peace and War
Justitia (Justice) from Los Honores
Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores
Indian Summer
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
Portret van een vrouw met vier kinderen, voorgesteld als Caritas
Study for "Prudence," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
Plafondschilderingen in de salon van het Palazzo Barberini
A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by
Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of na
A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church, contrasted with two smaller trees rep
A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing povert
Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia";
A fortune-teller reading the palm of a soldier. Oil painting by Pietro Della Vecchia.
A great cedar tree representing the Catholic church, contrasted with two smaller trees rep
Temperance and Peace
Andrew Jackson
Pero breastfeeding her father Cimon to assuage his hunger. Etching by Francesco Cozza.
Black Valley Railroad by J. H. Bufford and Sons
An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire, with optical
Allegorie met Kracht (Fortitudo) en Vrede (Pax)
A fortune-teller reading the palm of a soldier. Oil painting by Pietro Della Vecchia.
A woman with an armillary sphere; representing astrology. Etching by C. Schut.
Job rides on a turtle in front of his wife, his comforters and the devil. Engraving by D.V
A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch ove
The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing sick pe
A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.
A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himse
Job Accepting Charity
An episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolic
Job Accepting Charity
Eminent Women
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes
Charles Jackson and John Mason Williams
An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism,
People smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of sm
A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tem
Battle of New Orleans
Triomfboog met Ferdinand van Oostenrijk en Hollandse Maagd met allegorische figuren
Allegory of Transience
Allegorie op de triomf van de maan (Luna)
Fides Spes Charitas
Allegorie op de Vrede van Nijmegen (1678): Hercules verslaat de harpijen voor de tempel va
Jeremiah Mason and Samuel Wilde
An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism,
A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolisi
Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing
God verschijnt aan Salomo
Allegorie op de Vrede van Nijmegen (1678): Hercules verslaat de harpijen voor de tempel va
Allegorie op koning Karel II van Engeland
Triomfen van Petrarca
Dhumavati, Hindu goddess of misfortune and unpleasantness, sitting in a chariot drawn by b
A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'foll
Andrew Jackson
Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east,
The tree of temperance, showing benefits caused by healthy living. Coloured lithograph, 18
one of a series of twelve on the Insurrection of the Batavians against the Romans "
A triumphal arch decorated with Papal, Christian, Imperial and Habsburgian emblems: in the
Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flank
A woman representing pharmacy receives gifts of materia medica from vegetable and mineral
Allegorie op de Vrede van Westfalen, 1648
A woman personifying night carries two babies over the land, representing sleep and death.
De overwinning, allegorie
A young woman of humble origins, surrounded by children, is being told by a fortune teller
A fisherwoman blown by the wind; representing Pisces in the astrological year. Lithograph
Egyptian fortune-tellers outside a palace on the Nile. Etching by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pau
Love as a wicker trap enticing people into marriage: couples dance into the trap; Cupid is
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Mul
A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J.
Japanese and Chinese legends: (top) a legendary Japanese empress catching a cat with the r
A man conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic, in the foreground, in the backgro
An altar to which a paralysed man and an insane man have been brought for a cure. Etching
Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1
Allegorie op het sterven
A large balloon representing the British national debt placed on top of the Stock Exchange
Heks
A woman representing Necessity, seated on a throne supported by the Fates, is flanked by t
Infortvnivm
Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce
Suum cuique tribue
A naked man is sitting on a box containing masks and leans on a globe, above him a winged
The concord of the state
Het martelaarschap van de apostelen
The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their
Het levensrad
Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet. Coloured pen and ink drawing by O. Cr
A man clings to a tree, struggling not to fall into a cauldron containing a monster while
A temple with a fountain, representing sandbath treatment for gout and other diseases at B
Samson Occom
Johann Arnold Friederici. Line engraving by Jacob von Sandrart, ca. 1672.
The Christ Child strews a bed of roses for himself inside the believer's heart which is su
The Christ Child as Fountain of Life stands in the heart of the believer, with blood strea
The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their
Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mor
Allegory for Garden Fountains
The Christ Child playing the harp in the believer's heart, which is surrounded by angels.
An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by
Vignet met Minerva
A seated woman personifying history and a man representing time gesturing towards the socl
A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving attributed t
The Christ Child as a professor sitting at a desk in the believer's heart, lecturing to an
A large cannon pushed forwards by Furies crushes American soldiers under its wheels; repre
The Christ Child, in the believer's heart, beats the time from a songbook while angels acc
The Ship of Fortune
A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians
Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of
Allegory on the Memory of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange, with the Portrai
Allegory of the Death of William V, Prince of Orange, 1806
Untitled (Memory Jug with Glass Eye, Advertising Buttons, and Shells)
October (cover illustration for Harper's Magazine)
Love as a wicker trap enticing people into marriage: couples dance into the trap; Cupid is
Three Musicians (Allegory of Hearing)
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap
The Wheel of Fortune
Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell)
June
pour Que la Liberte Continue d'Eclairer le Monde
Spirit of Life
Palace of Justice, Tangier
Allegory of Dawn
Study for a Fresco: Allegory in Honor of Ranuccio Farnese
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Long Rest
Untitled (Memory Sculpture, High Buttoned Shoe)
Chief Justice Edward D. White
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Last Man
The Wealth of Autumn
California
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Ungainly Pot
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Emblem
Night
Evensong
Chivalry, Half-scale Head for General George G. Meade Memorial
Sappho
War (mural study, War Department building, Washington, D.C.)
The Voyage of Life--Manhood
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Frontispiece
L' Empereur
A Visit from the Old Mistress
Portret van een vrouw in maskeradekleding als Flora
St Sebastian
Muse of Tragedy
Personification of Justice
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
Doorway to Illusion
Plenty
Study for "Science Instructing Industry"
Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity
Design for a Tazza with a Portrait of William of Orange as Commander of Wisdom
A Window in the Hall of Justice
Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"
Allegory of Fame and History, from The Roman Heroes
Temperance, from the Virtues
Fortune
Allegory of Rome, title plate from The Roman Heroes
The Golden Age
Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Boy as Jurojin, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin t
The Lucky Branch
Jurojin, from the series "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
Allegorie op de geometrie
Allegory on the Futility of Peace Talks with Spain
De zeven werken van barmhartigheid; 1: Het spijzen van de hongerigen 2: Het laven van de d
Portrait of Justice Stephen Field
An Allegory of Abundance
Allegory of Transcience ‘Homo Bulla’
The Triumph of Wisdom
Allegory of Transience (Quis Evadet?)
Fortitude, from The Virtues
Babylon
Fun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Allegory of the Six Poets (Furyu rokkasen)"
Allegory of Transience (Quis Evadet?)
Prudence, from The Virtues
Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature
Wisdom
Temperance, plate 7 of "VII Virtutim...Imagines"
Allegory of Eternity
Allegory of Summer
Sarasvati, Goddess of Wisdom, Holding a Book and a Water Pot
Allegory of Winter
Allegory of Spring
Allegory of War
Allegory of Death
Ebisu (Shobishin), from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shi
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 and Job's Charity
Roundel with Justice and Prudence
Mining (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)
Panel for a Screen: Woman with a Deer
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 (Thronus Iustitiae)
Cambyses Commanding Flaying, plate 6 from Thrones of Justice (Thronus Iustitiae)
Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues
Areopagite Judges of Athens, plate 8 from Thrones of Justice (Thronus Iustitiae)
Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian, plate 5 from Thrones of Justice (Thronus Iustitiae)
Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain
Study for mosaic in the Wisconsin State Capital "Government and Liberty"
Allegory of Love, Time, and Death
The Claws of a Cat and the Dress of a Devotee - similar to Vice is often clothed in Virtue
Allegory: Combat of Animals in the Presence of Man with Shield
Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"
The Ship of Fortune
Original Perspective Picture of the Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Furyu shichi f
An Allegory of Statuary or Lament of Sculpture