Abstract
In this research paper we seek to analyze the conceptualization of Allegory in the works of J. J. Winckelmann (1717-1767), with the main scope being two of his texts where it is treated with special attention: Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst (Thoughts on the imitation of Greek works in painting and sculpture), from 1755, and Versuch ei…