Everyday life allegories

Endless painters from all times have made use of allegorical representations of universal everyday motifs.

Da representação alegórica de temas diários de todos nós se serviram inúmeros pintores de várias épocas.

Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Lutero) (ca 1486-1548)-‘allegory of Fortune’-oil on canvas-ca 1530    Los Angeles-J. Paul Getty Museum

Gérard Laraisse (1641-1711)-‘allegory of the Freedom of Trade’-fresco-1692    The Hague-Peace Palace

Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638)-‘allegory of Arts and Sciences with portrait of Jan Govertsen van der Aer’-1607

Laurent de la Hyre (1606-1656)-‘allegory of Arithmetic’-oil on canvas-1650    Baltimore (Maryland)-Walters Art Museum

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)-‘allegory of Geography’-oil on canvas    Venezia-Galleria dell’Accademia