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Engraving of Hercules striking the fire-breathing giant Cacus with a club among trees and rocks, dated 1545.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of nude Hercules battling a many-headed hydra and monstrous beasts, with a town in the distance.

Hercules fighting the Hydra, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (4)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Etching of a nymph and small satyr child beside two goats under a tree, with a distant town on the plain.

A Nymph with a Small Satyr and Two Goats, from Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1741

Engraving of nude Andromeda chained to a rock as a winged warrior attacks a sea monster in the waves below.

Andromeda Chained to a Rock

Willem Swanenburg

Engraving of nude Hercules leading the chained three-headed dog Cerberus past a stone gate and tower, with Latin verse below.

Hercules Capturing Cerberus, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (5)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules lifting and squeezing the giant Antaeus among rocks, with a tree and a Latin inscription.

Hercules Wrestling Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1545

Etching of two centaurs fighting on a snowy mountain slope, with a fallen figure and a dark cloudy sky behind.

Battling Centaurs

Engraving of Hercules seated with a club beside Omphale, a winged cupid at lower left, in a wooded landscape.

Hercules and Omphale

Engraving of Hercules fighting centaurs, with clubs, shields and rearing horse bodies in a dense battle scene.

Hercules Fighting the Centaurs

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of nude Hercules seated on a lion skin with a clothed woman embracing him, a billowing cloth above them.

Hercules and Deianira

Etching of Mars reclining near a chariot and dog, with the Graces and flying putti in the clouds above.

Mars and the Graces

Lorenzo Tiepolo, 1760

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude riders with spears pursue it toward a distant town.

Pursued Centaur

Max Klinger, 1879

Engraving of Hercules lifting and wrestling Antaeus in an embrace, with a tower and buildings behind them.

Hercules and Antaeus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Engraving of a nude helmeted goddess in an arched niche with a spear and a shield bearing a Gorgon head.

series of 20 engravings depicting mythological gods and goddesses

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of a seated helmeted goddesses with a Medusa shield and owl, framed by weapons, books and instruments.

Three goddesses seated in clouds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraving of Hercules wrestling the river-god Achelous beside a tree, with a distant city and a Latin inscription below.

Hercules fighting the river-god Achelous, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (7)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Lithograph of two classically dressed figures, a curly-haired man and a veiled woman, with French caption, by Honoré Daumier.

Mon char, mes javelots, tout cela m'importune. Je ne me souviens plus des leçons de Neptune (Phèdre).Sarjasta Physion…

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Engraving of Hercules leading the three-headed dog Cerberus on a chain past burning ruins and stone blocks.

Hercules Capturing Cerberus

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of a bearded hero wrestling a large antlered deer beside a fire, with Latin text beneath.

Heracles Capturing the Ceryneian Hind, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (13)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a centaur carrying a satyress across a rocky landscape with cypress trees and distant hills.

Centaur Abducting a Satyress

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Engraving of Hercules on horseback fighting armored warriors and horses in a crowded battle, with a Latin inscription above.

Hercules Fighting the Trojans

Sebald Beham, 1545

Etching of satyrs by a ruined wall, an embracing pair at center, pipes and a drum on the ground, and a sleeping figure at low

Satyr Family with a Truncated Pyramid, from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Colour print of a frontal female face with snake-like hair rendered in yellow, red and blue inks within a red border.

Medusa

Ellen Thesleff, 1910

Engraving of Hercules holding a club and lion skin as a servant offers him a cloth before classical columns.

Lichas Presenting Hercules with the Poisoned Tunic

Engraving of the centaur Chiron in a cave with women, as two young warriors approach, one wearing a lion skin.

Thetis Asks Chiron to be Achilles Teacher

Georg Pencz, 1543

Medusa

Ellen Thesleff, 1908

Engraving of Perseus holding up Medusa's head amid combatants in a columned hall, with a fallen warrior in the foreground.

Perseus Fighting against Phineus

Pietro Aquila, 1650

Engraving of Hercules standing beside a burning pyre with a figure in flames, smoke above, and a city in the distance.

The Death of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1548

Engraving of a nude Hercules struggling with a centaur beside a draped curtain, with Latin text below.

Hercules and Hippodameia, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (10)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Perseus flying to rescue chained Andromeda on a rock as a sea monster rises from the waves below.

Perseus and Andromeda