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| Simon Vouet Time Defeated by Hope, Love & Beauty 1627 Prado |
Yesterday's bacchanals imitated sarcophagus reliefs with a series of independent figures arranged across a shallow field, close to the picture plane. This method of organizing a composition retained tremendous prestige until the middle of the 19th century. The paintings gathered here were all conceived and constructed according to the one traditional model. The first group are secular friezes, the second group Biblical friezes.
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| Angelica Kauffman Sorrow of Telemachus 1783 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Aniello Falcone Roman mounted soldiers c. 1640 Prado |
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| Nicolas Poussin Hunt of Meleager & Atalanta c. 1634-39 Prado |
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo Venetian Crowd c. 1765 Prado |
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| Francesco Albani Toilet of Venus c. 1635-40 Prado |
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| Davide Ghirlandaio Marriage of the Virgin c. 1479 Metopolitan Museum |
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| workshop of Francesco Granacci St. John the Baptist Preaching c. 1506-07 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Orazio Gentileschi The Finding of Moses 1633 Prado |
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| Gioacchino Assereto Moses Striking the Rock c. 1640 Prado |
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| Sébastien Bourdon The Finding of Moses c. 1655-60 National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
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| Paolo Veronese Christ & the Centurion c. 1571 Prado |