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.FactsAllegorical WorksSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonNarrative CategoryWell-attestedAllegorical 1Allegorical WorksFilter Results18 entriesCreatorAllEugene Delacroix (1)Hieronymus Bosch (1)Art FormAllPainting (2)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 CreatedAll1490 (1)1511 (1)1615 (1)1830 (1)1855 (1)1865 (1)1871 (1)1882 (1)1903 (1)1933 (1)GenreAllPainting (18)GroupAllAllegorical Works (18)PlaceAllFrance (1)Sweden (1)United States (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 18Calumny of ApellesHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsCardinal and Theological Virtues (Raphael)History, Religious and Mythological PaintingsDeath Playing ChessHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsDon Juan and the CommendatoreHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsDusk (Bouguereau)History, Religious and Mythological PaintingsEt in Arcadia ego (Guercino)History, Religious and Mythological PaintingsJahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to KingsHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsKlimt University of Vienna Ceiling PaintingsHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsLa Vie (painting)History, Religious and Mythological PaintingsLiberty Leading the PeopleHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksMan at the CrossroadsHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsPaolo and Francesca da RiminiHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsThe Apotheosis of WarHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsThe Apotheosis of WashingtonHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsThe Garden of Earthly DelightsHistory, Religious and Mythological Paintings3 linksThe Sources of Music and The Triumph of MusicHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsThe Triumph of Death (Palermo)History, Religious and Mythological PaintingsUnited Nations Security Council muralHistory, Religious and Mythological PaintingsSources1. 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.