Fine Art

Poem on Plum Blossoms — History & Facts

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart and Beverly Denenberg in loving memory of Konrad Oberhuber

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More Allegory Art

A winged figure crowned with a wreath sits resting her head on her hand, holding a compass, surrounded by geometric shapes, tools, and a sleeping dog.

Melancholia

Albrecht Dürer

Francisco de Goya's 'El sueño de la razon produce monstruos' illustrates the tension between reason and chaos.

El sueño de la razon produce moustruos (Serie Caprichos)

Francisco de Goya

A depiction of Adam and Eve in a lush, harmonious Eden before the Fall.

Spring

Nicolas Poussin

Triumph of Venice by Paolo Veronese, depicting the personification of Venice surrounded by virtues.

Triumph of Venice

Paolo Veronese

A man in gleaming armor sits on a white two-wheeled chariot drawn by unicorns, crowned by a winged angel, with three women and a small winged figure nearby.

Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro

Piero Della Francesca

The Wise Rule of James I by Peter Paul Rubens depicts King James I surrounded by allegorical figures.

The Wise Rule of James I

Peter Paul Rubens

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