Allegorical Paintings

This 19th century allegorical painting titled “Burning the Love Letters” is a masterful work of Romantic-era artistry, beautifully capturing the symbolism of love, loss, and transcen...

Classical painting of a female from the 18th Century, in newer gilt frame.. The back of this painting has been professional re-lined to preserve the integrity of the artwork. The ...

Bring the elegance and refinement of 18th century French decorative art into your interior with this exceptional suite of four antique allegorical paintings, crafted in France circa ...

Original large oil on canvas allegorical scene from Italy with vivid colors. Note the Pegasus, ten figures, and use of lute, lyre and flute. Condition: Age related craquelure throug...

An Italian Baroque painting on canvas that may have been painted as a study, (or what is referred to as a bozzetto to a larger commissioned painting) depicting Erminia and the sheper...

Original oil on canvas allegorical paining of harvest represented by Demeter, goddess of agriculture with sheaf and scythe. Unsigned. Painter unknown, 18th century Italian School. C...

Copy of a traditional Southern allegorical painting of family portrait showing mother playing with tiny daughter while son and architect father look on.

The height of allegorical paintings.

Decorate a grand entryway, stairwell, or formal salon with this monumental allegorical oil painting. Created in France circa 1960, the large vertical canvas is set in an elegant carv...

Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers surprised by an attack, quickly dressing to go to battle.

An old master style 18th century allegorical painting representing youth and old age, and/or beauty and wisdom, depicted by a beautiful young woman leaning on her right elbow listeni...

Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's finest muralists in the 1930s and 1940s, this classic example of Art Deco stylized allegorical painting served as a study for a series of mur...

The painter was David Karfunkle, who was born in Austria, moved to America, and became known for his idyllic and allegorical paintings of gods and goddesses in pastoral settings.

18th Century German Old Master Painting “ Diana and Endymion “ Signed This exceptional and beautiful allegorical painting is executed in oil on canvas.

This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...

Classic and beautiful examples of Art Deco allegorical painting, this pair of mural studies depicts nude mermaid figures, each holding symbols of the fruits of land and sea.

A striking pair for collectors of mythological, allegorical, or Grand Tour-inspired European painting.

It is an example of the allegorical paintings Prud'hon was most appreciated for.

Several putti animate the foreground, some attempting to disarm Mars by taking away his sword and armor, while others engage in symbolic gestures of love and innocence — motifs often...

19th Century French Napoleon III bronze d'ore mounted parquetry cabinet with contoured breche d'Alep marble top, and a central door decorated with an allegorical painting, after Bouc...

C1865 Antique French Allegorical Summer Oil Painting - By Henri Picou The Neo-Greco woman is holding a scythe in her hand.

The presence of a clearly defined halo situates the image firmly within devotional rather than allegorical painting. Stylistically, the painting reflects late 17th- to early 18th-ce...

**Set of 3, 19th Century Allegorical Reverse Glass Paintings** This captivating set of **three 19th-century allegorical reverse glass paintings** presents richly detailed narrativ...

Painting - decoration - allegorical scene The condition of the canvas (varnish and holes) is visible in our photos.

**Pair of 19th Century Allegorical Reverse Glass Paintings Depicting Saint Barbara** This remarkable pair of **19th-century allegorical reverse glass paintings** captures the vene...

A beautiful Italian antique hand-painted gilt wood framed oil on board Neoclassical painting of an allegorical scene depicting Polyphemus and Galatea.

Pair of naïve allegorical landscape paintings. Oil on canvas Signed Lieutenant Christian Georg V.

Pair of naïve allegorical landscape paintings. Oil on canvas Signed Lieutenant Christian Georg V.

An Allegorical Belle Époque Limoges Enamel Painting Plaque of a Semi-Nude Bacchante.

A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...

The colors remain vivid in this original oil on canvas painting of allegorical scene, Italian School, circa 1800.

One of his best -- "Mural Painting" -- is now held by the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois.

Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Allegorical Plaques Depicting the Joys and Sorrows of Love A finely executed pair of hand-painted Old Paris porcelain plaques, France, circa 1870s, depic...

A rare and refined set of eight French 18th-century painted panels, executed on wood and depicting allegorical and classical figures in a restrained, monochromatic palette.

Rare and refined set of fourteen antique French painted panels from the 19th century, executed on wood and presented in elegant frames. This exceptional ensemble features a series o...

19th Century Portrait in the Style of Jean-Marc Nattier – Allegorical Female Figure as Flora This elegant 19th-century oil painting masterfully captures the spirit of 18th-century R...

In 1729 François Lemoyne was commissioned to paint a huge chimney piece-decoration for the Salon de Paix at Versailles in an attempt to depict King Louis XV Giving Peace to Europe. I...

The painting centers on meticulously rendered figures—Lewis, Clark, Seaman (?)

In 1505 he became a court painter at the Saxon court and made numerous allegorical paintings. He made, in addition, a large number of portraits of his teachers and the reformers Mart...

This is related to Charles Le Brun's allegorical painting, The King Governs by Himself, 1661, housed in the Palace of Versailles

Listing Description – 19th-Century Balinese White Elephant Allegorical Painting, Color on Cloth with Gilt An exquisite and richly symbolic 19th-century Balinese painting, rendered i...

This important example of WPA art, which celebrates American history and folklore like so many murals and other artworks in the 1930s, presents the bearded figure of Johnny Appleseed...

Upon his return to France from four years' study in Italy, he attracted a wide following with his mythological and allegorical paintings. Receiving many honours in the 1860s and 1870...

At its heart is a finely executed en grisaille panel by Humphrey Chamberlain, inspired by Angelica Kauffman’s allegorical painting of Design—one of four female personifications of th...

Rendered with careful attention to texture - especially in the fabric folds and rock surface - and unified with atmospheric lighting, the painting suggests allegorical or literary ov...

An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude m...

This imagery echoes Laurent de La Hyre’s (1606-1656) 1650 allegorical painting of Grammar, now in the National Gallery, London.

Large fixed under glass painting, allegorical representation of Africa by the portrait of a black woman, richly adorned with jewels and a turban on her head.

Among the most significant works are those paid in 1789 for the parade apartment of the Dukes of Aosta, Royal Palace of Turin, in which he paints paintings depicting allegorical cher...

However, recent scholarship has suggested that these paintings show an allegorical commentary on the state of the nation and the abolition of slavery.

His brief testimony with the Inquisition is often quoted for its insight into contemporary painting technique. Veronese's secular and allegorical history painting falls into two gro...

By the early 19th century, under directors like Matthias Niedermayer, the manufactory's output was characterized by detailed figural painting and allegorical themes, reflecting the a...

Waring describes this oxidised silver Testimonial as follows: “The Manchester Art-Treasures Testimonial is surmounted by a figure of genius contending with an eagle, around which are...

He also made many royal portraits and allegorical prints. Only two paintings can be attributed to him with certainty, both of which have been given on permanent loan by the city of A...

On a central cartouche on the face of each, they feature allegorical female figure paintings, one titled 'Sehnsucht' (Longing) and the other 'Echo' (Echo) on marks to the underside.

The front and side panels are decorated with round paintings, portraying the allegorical scenes! Richly decorated with bronze in the form of draped material.

A pair of allegorical paintings, one of putti playing musical instruments, the other of winged figures with a globe.