Allegory at the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum holds 140 Allegory works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1510 to 1986. The collection is led by Gerard de Lairesse, Otto van Veen and Jacob de Wit.
Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight
Pond in the Woods
Boerenkermis
Untitled
Caritas: Joanna de Geer (1629-1691) with her Children Cecilia Trip (1660-1728) and Laurens Trip (b. 1662)
The Threatened Swan
A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter
Allegorical depiction of Mars (Friedrich Wilhelm, elector of Brandenburg?) receiving the weapons of Venus (Louisa Henrietta, countess of Nassau?) and Vulcan
Allegory on the Christ child as the lamb of God
Three Regentesses and the ‘House Mother’ of the Amsterdam Lepers’ Asylum
Portrait of a Man with a Red Cloak
Christian Allegory with two Children both Pouring from a Carafe into a Bowl
Portrait of a Goldsmith, Probably Bartholomeus Jansz van Assendelft
Putti Playing
Triomf van het geloof: Neptunus
A Shepherdess
Harpsichord Lid showing an Allegory of Amsterdam as the Center of World Trade
Larder Still life
Queen Cleophis Offers Alexander the Great Wine after Conquering Massaga
The Smoker
Marriage of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, with Roxana of Bacteriane
Allegory on the memory of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), prince of Orange, with the portrait of his widow Amalia van Solms
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
Woman with a Unicorn
Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820). Wife of Prince Willem V, in the Temple of the Arts
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
Allegory of Coinage
Allegory of charity
The marriage trap: an allegory of marriage
Allegory on Navigation
Allegory of Free Love: A Gentleman, a Monk and a Beggar Speaking with two Fishermen who Have Caught a Woman in a Net
Beheading of Julius Paulus and Imprisonment of Claudius Civilis
Allegory on the flourishing of the Dutch fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)
Allegory of riches
Jozef en de vrouw van Potifar
Allegory of the Cooperage
Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
September met het teken van de Weegschaal
Triptych with allegory in art education
The peace negotiation between Claudius Civilis and Quintus Petillius Cerealis on the demolished bridge
Allegory of the arts
Allegory of fame
Impotent Fisherman
Mars Asleep
Allegory of the Triumphal Procession of the Prince of Orange, later King William II, as the Hero of Waterloo, 1815
Allegory of the sciences
Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC)
The Well-stocked Kitchen
Allegory of dawn
Allegory on the tyranny of the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands
The First Day of School
Allegorie op de Franse invasie in 1672
Allegory of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between their High Mightinesses, the States General of the United Netherlands, and the United States of America, 1782
Allegory of William III's leavetaking from Alamia van Solms after the transferral of the regency to the statesgeneral
The Peddlers
Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672
Venus Arming a Warrior, possibly Johan Maurits at the Forge of Vulcan
Tomb with Inscription
Allegory of the Treaty of Rijswijk, 1697
Allegory of the Death of Prince William V, 1806
Allegory of Freedom
Peace Negotiations between Claudius Civilis and Cerealis
Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Club (Fortitude?)
Allegorical Representation of the Birth of William Frederick, Prince of Orange-Nassau, later King William I
The Dairy Cow: The Dutch Provinces, Revolting against the Spanish King Philip II, Are Led by Prince William of Orange, The States General Entreat Queen Elizabeth I for Aid
Allegory on shipping
Een jonge vrouw die een krijgsman afleidt terwijl een van haar kinderen hem berooft
Christian Allegory with two Children with Cross and Chalice
Allegory of Peace
Allegory of transitoriness
Religio begunstigt Abondantia : Allegorische voorstelling van de verzorging van leprozen en onnozelen
Rome from the Throne
The card game on the cradle: allegory
After the Fall of Vetera Castra Claudius Civilis has his hair cut while his son shoots some prisoners
Christian Allegory with two Children with a Bible and Snake
Peace Extinguishes the Flame of War
Perseus and Andromeda. Allegory of the liberation of the Netherlands by Prince Frederik Hendrik
Allegory of the Dutch victory over the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607
Allegory of Secular and Spiritual Abuses (Haywain: Allegory of Worldly and Ecclesiastical Abuses)
Christian Allegory with two Children Hugging each other
Allegory of the stadholdership of Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange
Allegorical Figure of a Woman with a Shield or a Mirror (Prudence?)
Turkish Women in the Countryside near Istanbul
Eight allegorical scenes from the ceiling of the Leper's Asylum, Amsterdam
The flown bird: allegory on the loss of virginity
Allegory of Freedom
Father Time
Fishing for Souls
Rome Wearing the Crown
Summer
Winter
Night Banquet and Masquerade
Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scylla into a Monster
Putti with a wreath of flowers
Telemachus and Mentor
Allegory of the Farewell of William III from Amalia van Solms following the transfer of Regency to the States General
De uitvinding van het slingeruurwerk den slinger door Christiaan Huygens
Woman with Water Jug
Girl Selling Fruit
Woman with Text Panel
Autumn
Brinio Is Appointed Chief of the Caninifates (Brinio Raised on the Shield)
Allegory of the Triumphal Procession of the Prince of Orange, the Future King Willem II, as the Hero of Waterloo, 1815
Allegory of coinage
Wijzende putti
Three Camaldolese Monks in Ecstatic Prayer
Illustration
The Catch
The Death of Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia
Putti with a Festoon
The Goddess Fortuna Bestowing her Gifts
A Woman with a Dog
Untitled
Allegory of the Peace under Stadholder Willem II
September, with the Sign of Libra
Untitled
A Saint Bernard Dog Comes to the Aid of a lost Woman with a sick Child
Triptych: Allegory of Art Training
Decoratiestukken met drie putti
Vrouwenfiguur, misschien Erminia uit Torquato Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis and the Batavians in the Schakerbos
Woman with Shield
The apotheosis of commerce and science
Putti with an Eagle on Clouds
Pharaoh's Daughter Finds Moses
The Women of Rome Gathering at the Capitol
Kitchen scene
Four Female Musicians
Evening Meal in the Woods
Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with Mortals in a Garden of Love
Lust for Gold
Justice
Battle between Carnival and Lent
Woman with Mirror
Two Infants, Personifications of Spring and Autumn
Woman with Text Panel
Allegory of Transience
Allegory of Peace
'Removing the Rocks in the Head'
The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory