The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole

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The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole is a celebrated group of four allegorical landscape paintings depicting the stages of human life from childhood to old age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical artwork
painting series
artForm oil painting
basedOn Christian moral themes
collection National Gallery of Art
surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Cole
depicts changing landscapes symbolizing life stages
guardian angel guiding a traveler
human life as a river journey
describedBySource National Gallery of Art catalog
art historical literature
genre allegorical painting
hasPart The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: Childhood (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: Manhood (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Age (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Voyage of Life: Childhood

The Voyage of Life: Manhood
The Voyage of Life: Old Age
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Voyage of Life: Youth

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs
surface form: Youth (The Voyage of Life)
hasTheme divine providence
moral choice
mortality
passage of time
spiritual journey
inception 1840
1841
influencedBy Christian iconography
Romanticism
languageOfWork none (visual art)
location National Gallery of Art
mainSubject Christian allegory
adulthood
childhood
old age
stages of human life
youth
movement Hudson River School
notableFor four-part life cycle structure
symbolic use of landscape to represent human life
notableWorkOf Thomas Cole
numberOfWorks 4
partOf Hudson River School canon
significantEvent acquired by National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art notableWorkInCollection The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole