Home›History, Religious and Mythological Paintings›Allegorical WorksGroupAllegorical WorksPaintings whose subject is an allegory or personification rather than a specific narrative event: a personified virtue, vice, season or abstract idea such as Time, Death or Fortune, or a composition built explicitly to be read symbolically rather than as a literal historical, mythological or religious scene. This group excludes a painting that merely carries symbolic meaning within an otherwise literal historical, mythological or religious scene, which belongs under whichever of those groups the scene itself literally depicts.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonNarrative CategoryWell-attestedAllegorical 1Browse ByAll Allegorical WorksAllegorical Works18 entriesAllegorical WorksFilter Results18 entriesCreatorAllAlbertus Pictor (1)Bichitr (1)Constantino Brumidi (1)Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1)Diego Rivera (1)Eugene Delacroix (1)Francisco Goya (1)Guercino (1)Gustav Klimt (1)Hieronymus Bosch (1)Marc Chagall (1)Pablo Picasso (1)Per Krohg (1)Raphael (1)Sandro Botticelli (1)Vasily Vereshchagin (1)William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1)Subject MatterAllAllegorical Works (18)Art FormAllFresco (4)Painting (14)MovementAllNorthern Renaissance (1)Romanticism (1)MediumAllFresco (4)Gouache, gold and ink on paper (1)Mural (1)Oil on canvas (5)Oil paint (1)Tempera on panel (1)Watercolour (1)Year CreatedAll1440 (1)1480 (1)1490 (1)1497 (1)1511 (1)1615 (1)1618 (1)1797 (1)1830 (1)1855 (1)1865 (1)1871 (1)1882 (1)1900 (1)1903 (1)1933 (1)1952 (1)1966 (1)GenreAllPainting (18)GroupAllAllegorical Works (18)PlaceAllCleveland (1)Cuba (1)France (1)Italy (2)Madrid (1)Palermo (1)Russia (1)Sweden (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (4)Vatican City (1)Vienna (1)Washington, D.C. (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Calumny of ApellesHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksCardinal and Theological Virtues (Raphael)History, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksDeath Playing ChessHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksDon Juan and the CommendatoreHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksDusk (Bouguereau)History, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksEt in Arcadia ego (Guercino)History, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksJahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to KingsHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksKlimt University of Vienna Ceiling PaintingsHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksLa Vie (painting)History, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksLiberty Leading the PeopleHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings4 linksMan at the CrossroadsHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksPaolo and Francesca da RiminiHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksThe Apotheosis of WarHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksThe Apotheosis of WashingtonHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksThe Garden of Earthly DelightsHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings4 linksThe Sources of Music and The Triumph of MusicHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksThe Triumph of Death (Palermo)History, Religious and Mythological Paintings2 linksUnited Nations Security Council muralHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksSources1. Tate glossary: Allegorytier 2TateAllegory glossary entry, definition sentenceQuote, Allegory glossary entry, definition sentencewhen the subject of the artwork, or the various elements that form the composition, is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning such as life, death, love, virtue, justice etc.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.