
by Thomas Cole, 1842
Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School, painted The Voyage of Life as a series of four allegorical paintings in 1842. This first painting, Childhood, shows an infant emerging from a dark cave on a golden boat, guided by an angelic figure.
The series follows a voyager through four stages of life: Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age. Each painting uses landscape to symbolize the human experience. The lush vegetation and calm waters of Childhood give way to rapids in Manhood and peaceful seas in Old Age.
Cole created two versions of this series. The second set, now at the National Gallery of Art, is considered the finer of the two.

Thomas Cole
Private Collection, Unknown

Thomas Cole
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, New Britain

Thomas Cole
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Thomas Cole
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
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Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Edgar Degas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bronzino
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Berthe Morisot
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Francisco Goya, 1800
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1823
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid

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Louvre, Paris, Paris

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J.M.W. Turner, 1839
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