Allegory at the National Museum in Warsaw
The National Museum in Warsaw holds 80 Allegory works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1493 to 1900. The collection is led by Franciszek Smuglewicz, Ignacy Gierdziejewski and Simon Vouet.
Morning star
Helios on the chariot. Allegory with the coats of arms of Trąby (Woyna) and Nałęcz (Górski)
Athena and Odysseus
Moses trampling on the Pharaoh’s crown
Allegory of Peace
Allegory of Music, sketch for the project of the stage curtain of the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków
Allegorical scene (Venus and Adonis)
Charity
Allegory of the fall of Poland
Ill matched (Couple mal assorti)
Five senses
Allegory of the hunt
Allegory of the abundance of the sea – scraping fish
Poetry
Allegory of enthroned injustice
Allegory of summer in a circle of flowers
Satire on drunkenness – allegorical scene
Allegorical scene – Insurgent's death
Sketches of a mummy and hands – Studies for “Allegory of Science”
Allegory of poetry
Fish stand
Martyrdom of St. Livinus (without the frame)
Finding of Moses – Allegorical family portrait
“Enough is enough” – proverb illustation
Caritas Romana
Queen Jadwiga and Dymitr of Goraj
Bloody feast of Count Gero
Death of Cleopatra (Plutarch XLIV, 86)
Allegory of Kościuszko
Two Couples in front of a Building
Death of Lucretia
Apotheosis of Napoleon as the liberator of Poland – a banner used at the gala performance in the National Theatre in Warsaw in the presence of Napoleon
Old man in a truban casting charms
Little foot of Queen Jadwiga
Dog attacking a cat
Bird concert
May feast (Gathering alms)
Circumcision of Moses' son
Haman begging the mercy of Esther (Esther 7:6-7)
Judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16–28)
Allegory of Taste
King David playing the harp among angels
Parable of the great banquet
Two children playing with dark cherries
Dogs fighting a wolf
Allegory – “Vision in the prison”
Descent into Hell
Belshazzar's feast (Daniel 5:1-31)
Death of Epaminondas
Man with a fire torch
In front of Noah's Ark
Fortune
Allegory – The 19th Century
Travellers in a cave
Caritas Romana
Magnanimity of Scipio
Swing (La conversation intéressante)
Jacob and Rachel
Cupids at play
“A tasty morsel”
Symbolic scene – Tutto per Machina. Tutto per Denari
Magnanimity of Scipio (Titus Livius XXVI; 50)
A man drinking wine
Alchemist Sendivogius and Sigismund III, sketch
Gardener resting
Captives
Charity (Caritas)
Bagpipe player
Dante and Vergil
Paris in the Phrygian cap
Meleager and Atalanta
Conversion of St. Paul (Acts 9:3-6)
Plafond project
Company playing
Scene of the crime
A historical scene
Struggle with Satan
Apotheosis of Maria Medici
Children feeding goats
Company at the table