Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Fontana dei Fiumi 1651 Piazza Navona, Roma
The Four Rivers of Paradise (c.1615)
Tag: allegory
L’Âge Mûr (c.1902)
Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Âge Mûr (Mature Age) c.1902 Bronze group in three parts, 114 x 163 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (1555-1556)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
La République (1848)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La République (The Republic) 1848 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Allegoria dei pianeti e dei continenti (1752)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Allegoria dei pianeti e dei continenti (Allegory of the Planets and Continents) 1752 Oil on canvas, 185.4 x 139.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
La Disciplina che tiene a freno i costumi (1544-1545)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La Disciplina che tiene a freno i costumi, già Allegoria della Fortuna (Allegory of Fortune) 1544–1545 Oil on canvas, 105 x 144 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (c.1545)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London
Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (1650-1655)
Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (Allegory of Spheral Astrology) c.1650–1655 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 65.5 cm Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì
Amor virtuoso (c. 1654)
Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1654 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Detail.
Allegoria della Calunnia (1496-1497)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria della Calunnia (Calumny of Apelles) c.1496–1497 Tempera on panel, 62 x 91 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Detail: Nude Truth and Remorse dressed as an old woman. Detail: King Midas.