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- L. Junius Brutus has his two sons beheaded because they joined a conspiracy
- Laban agrees to give Jacob all the black and spotted sheep and goats as wages
- Laban comes to meet Jacob at the well and brings him to his house
- Laban is told of Jacob's flight and sets off in pursuit with his men
- Laban pursues Jacob (Genesis 31:22-55)
- Laban searches the tents and belongings of Jacob to find the teraphim
- Laban, Rebekah's brother, comes to Eliezer at the well ~ Eliezer seeking a wife for Isaac
- labarum, i.e. imperial standard bearing the christogram IHS
- laboratory
- laboratory apparatus and equipment
- laboratory, research room
- Labour
- Labour - AA - women
- labourer refusing payment
- labourer refusing payment - AA - women
- labourers going to work
- labourers going to work - AA - women
- labourers returning home
- labourers returning home - AA - women
- labyrinth, maze ~ garden
- labyrinth, maze ~ magic mathematical figures
- lace
- lace-making
- Lachesis, usually with spindle
- lacing up a corset
- lacing up a corset - AA - female human figure
- Lack of Imagination, Inflexibility
- Lack of Self-confidence; 'Viltà' (Ripa)
- Lack of Self-knowledge
- Lack of Talent
- lack of water in Bethuliah; the people complain to the elders
- Lack, Deficiency
- lackey and other lower personnel at court
- lackey and other lower personnel at court - BB - female ruler
- lacquering ~ applied arts
- lacrosse
- ladder
- ladder of Virtues
- ladder, stairway to heaven
- Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon
- Lady Godiva
- Lady Macbeth
- Lady of Vergi
- Laelaps changed into stone: when Cephalus' dog, Laelaps, pursues the beast that plagued Thebes, they both turn into stone
- Laelaps turns into stone as he helps Amphitryon to catch the Teumessian fox, which also petrifies
- laid table as still life
- laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.
- Laius and Jocasta
- lake
- lake - HH - ideal landscapes
- lake-dwelling, pile-dwelling
- lake-dwelling, pile-dwelling - AA - civic architecture: inside
- lamb
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' ~ symbol of Christ
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - baptism, consecration, taking vows of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - beatification, canonization of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - early life of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - finding, transportation of relics of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint as founder of Order
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint as patron, protector, intercessor
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint meditating, in ecstasy
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint protecting devotees with cloak, 'Schutzmantel'
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint represented in a group
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint writing, studying, teaching, dictating (e.g. as Doctor of the Church)
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - male saint ~ confirmation of Order, approval of Rule(s)
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - miracles occurring during handling of relics of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - non-miraculous activities and events ~ male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - penitence of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - personal devotion of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - portrait of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - post-mortem occurrences ~ male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - posthumous deeds, appearances of male saints
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - renouncing worldly goods, ascetic life of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - specific aspects ~ male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - temptation of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - vision(s), mystic marriage of male saint
- Lambert(us), martyr bishop of Maastricht and patron of Liège; possible attributes: arrow, bear, cloth with flames, lance, nobleman under crozier, rationale, sword, two armed men under feet - vocation, conversion of male saint
- lambrequin ~ ornament
- lambrequin ~ ornament - AA - stylized
- Lamech confesses to his wives, Adah and Zillah, that he has killed an old man and a young man (Cain and Tubalcain)
- Lamech is rebuked or beaten by his wives
- Lamech kills Cain: Cain is accidentally shot dead by an arrow of the blind Lamech, who is assisted in the hunt by his son Tubalcain
- lament over the fall of Babylon
- lamentation (~ burial rites)
- lamentation and burial of John the Baptist
- lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)
- Lamentation; 'Querela a Dio' (Ripa)
- Lamia(e), offspring of Hecate
- lance ~ instruments of the Passion
- lance, spear (symbol of sovereignty)
- lance, spear (symbol of sovereignty) - BB - female ruler
- Lancelot
- land forces
- Land of Cockaigne
- land parcelling
- land registry
- land-clearing, reclamation
- land-mines, mine-field
- landscape symbolizing April
- landscape symbolizing August
- landscape symbolizing December
- landscape symbolizing February
- landscape symbolizing January
- landscape symbolizing July
- landscape symbolizing June
- landscape symbolizing March
- landscape symbolizing May
- landscape symbolizing November
- landscape symbolizing October
- landscape symbolizing September
- landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct
- landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct - II - ideal landscapes
- landscape with menhir
- landscape with menhir - II - ideal landscapes
- landscape with monument
- landscape with monument - II - ideal landscapes
- landscape with other man-made constructions not mentioned above, e.g.: graveyards, playgrounds, etc.
- landscape with other man-made constructions not mentioned above, e.g.: graveyards, playgrounds, etc. - II - ideal landscapes
- landscape with ruins
- landscape with ruins - II - ideal landscapes
- landscape with tower or castle
- landscape with tower or castle - II - ideal landscapes
- landscapes
- landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes
- landscapes in polar regions
- landscapes in polar regions - KK - ideal landscapes
- landscapes in the non-temperate zone, exotic landscapes
- landscapes in the non-temperate zone, exotic landscapes - KK - ideal landscapes
- landscapes in the temperate zone
- landscapes in the temperate zone - HH - ideal landscapes
- landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions
- landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions - KK - ideal landscapes
- landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
- landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) - HH - ideal landscapes
- landslide
- landslide - HH - ideal landscapes
- lane, alley
- lane, alley - II - ideal city
- language of flowers
- language of flowers - GG - fantastic plants, fabulous vegetation
- language ~ philology
- lantern
- Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice
- Laocoon, the priest, tries to dissuade the Trojans from bringing the horse inside the walls, and hurls a spear at it
- Laodamia and Protesilaus
- Laomedon refuses to reward the gods
- lapidary
- Lara, Larunda, Dea Muta
- Lares (Roman house gods)
- large group of musicians, orchestra
- large group of musicians, orchestra - CC - 'concert champêtre'
- large-scale structure for storage, e.g.: warehouse, depot, silo
- Largeness, Magnitude
- Lars Porsen(n)a before the gates of Rome
- Larvae, Lemures (Roman spirits of the dead)
- lashing, binding (industrial processes)
- last (shoe-maker's tool)
- Last Communion of Bonaventura: the wafer (host) enters his breast instead of his mouth
- last communion, administering of the Holy Viaticum
- last deeds and death of Achilles
- last deeds of Turnus
- last hours before execution
- last instructions of the dying Camilla to her friend Acca
- Last Judgement
- Last Judgement (as one of the Four Last Things)
- last months of the siege and the fall of Troy
- last months of the siege of Troy
- Last Supper (in general) (Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:3, 22:15-23; John 13:21-38)
- last talk with relatives (during last hours before execution)
- last words and last favours, nuncupate
- latch
- latch - AA - feigned door, sham-door
- Lateness
- later life and death of Abraham (Genesis 25:1-11)
- later life of Anna
- later life of Cain
- later life of Joachim
- later life of the three Wise Men
- later years of Joseph (Genesis 50:15-26)
- Latinus consults the oracle of Faunus
- latitude
- latitude and longitude
- Latona (Leto)
- Latona entreats her children Apollo and Diana to punish Niobe
- lauds ~ offices of the Day
- laughing
- launching a ship
- laundering
- Lausus is killed by Aeneas
- lavatory, water-closet
- laver and pitcher, vessels for washing the hands of the priests
- Lavinia's long hair catches fire during a sacrifice
- law and jurisprudence
- law-giving power
- lawgiver
- lawn
- laws concerning Sabbath ~ Jewish religion
- laws of justice ~ Jewish religion
- lawyer, attorney at law
- Laxity
- lay-baptism
- lay-baptism - QQ - baptism in the open air
- lay-out of garden
- laying flowers or wreath on grave
- laying of floors
- laying on hands ~ Jewish religion
- laying out of material
- laying the foundations; trench
- laying the hand on another person's shoulder
- laying the table
- laying the wash out to dry
- Lazarus dies: his soul is carried into Abraham's lap by angels
- Lazarus' shroud is removed
- Lazarus' soul in Abraham's bosom
- leading a horse by the reins; rider beside his horse
- leading someone by the hand or wrist
- leading someone by the hand or wrist - AA - both arms or hands
- leading the bride to bed
- leading witch or sorcerer to the place of execution
- Leah (not in biblical context)
- Leah (not in biblical context) - (other) specific aspects, e.g. allegorical and symbolical aspects ~ female persons from the Old Testament
- Leah (not in biblical context) - foundress, initiatrix ~ Old Testament
- Leah (not in biblical context) - legendary/historical addition to life-story of female persons from the Old Testament
- Leah (not in biblical context) - patroness, female intercessor ~ Old Testament
- Leah (not in biblical context) - personal devotions of female persons from the Old Testament, e.g. vision, prayer, penitence
- Leah (not in biblical context) - post-mortem occurrences of female persons from the Old Testament, e.g. finding and transportation of relics
- Leah (not in biblical context) - relationships, etc. of female persons from the Old Testament
- Leah bears four sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah
- Leah bears two sons: Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter Dinah
- Leah gives her maid Zilpah to Jacob
- Leah gives the mandrakes to Rachel in exchange for a night with Jacob
- Leander swims across the Hellespont at night, usually guided by a torch reared upon a tower by Hero
- leaning backward
- leaning backward - AA - female human figure
- leaning figure
- leaning figure - AA - female human figure
- leaning forward
- leaning forward - AA - female human figure
- leaning sideways
- leaning sideways - AA - female human figure
- leap-frog and variants
- learned society, academy of sciences
- learning to talk
- learning to talk - AA - girl
- learning to walk, the first steps
- learning to walk, the first steps - AA - girl
- leather industry
- leave ~ the soldier off duty
- leave-taking (of soldiers)
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Iconclass is a classification system designed for art and iconography. It is the most widely accepted scientific tool for the description and retrieval of subjects represented in images (works of art, book illustrations, reproductions, photographs, etc.) and is used by museums and art institutions around the world.
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Contains information from Iconclass, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
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Date issued
Friday, October 19, 2012 00:00:00
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