Tag Archives: allegory


Jean-Baptiste Regnault

Pygmalion by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1786

‘Pygmalion et sa statue’ (1786), by Jean-Baptiste Regnault


Pieter Aertsen

Pieter Aertsen, The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory, National Gallery of Denmark, 1565-1575

Pieter Aertsen, ‘The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory’ (1565-1575)


William Hogarth

William Hogarth's 'Time Smoking a Picture'

William Hogarth‘s ‘Time smoking a picture’ (1822)

The quotation in Greek written on the upper part of the frame reads, “Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.”