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J. Paul Getty Museum

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Red and black chalk drawing of a nude woman adjusting her hair beside a cupid holding a bow and quiver.

The Toilette of Venus

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1594

Drawing of Venus in a sea chariot nursing Cupid, with tritons, sea creatures and a putto among clouds and waves.

Venus Seated in Her Sea Chariot Suckling Cupid

Alessandro Algardi, about 1645

Neoclassical drawing of two embracing draped women, a bearded man with staff, and a statue of Apollo in a niche.

The Father of Psyche Consulting the Oracle of Apollo

Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, about 1796

Pencil sketch of a centaur drawing a bow with a young rider seated on its back, on tan paper.

The Education of Achilles

Eugène Delacroix, about 1844

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of Cupid overpowering the goat-legged Pan on blue paper.

Cupid Overpowering Pan (recto); Head of a Monk; Caricature of a Man in Profile (verso)

Agostino Carracci, about 1590

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a muscular nude man seated, one arm raised holding a cup, the other arm extended outward.

Study of a Nude Man Posed as Bacchus

Antoine Coypel, about 1685

Brown ink wash drawing of a woodland scene with nymphs and satyrs gathered by a pond beneath tall trees.

Woodland Landscape with Nymphs and Satyrs

Herman van Swanevelt, 1636

Red chalk drawing of Hercules clubbing centaurs on a rocky ledge under a stormy sky.

Hercules Subduing the Centaurs

Edmé Bouchardon, about 1735-1740

Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped standing figures in classical robes, sketched on aged paper.

Two Studies of an Ancient Statue (recto); Scylla and a Centaur (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, about 1632-1635

A Muse

Rosalba Carriera, mid-1720s

Pen and red chalk sketch of a muscular male nude, a satyr, a reclining camel, and two female nudes on aged paper.

Studies of male and female nudes, a satyr, and a camel (recto); Statue of Marcus Aurelius (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, about 1590

Engraved print of a satyr with fruit basket beside a reclining nude woman and a putto, mounted on cream paper.

Caracci's Bacchante, Uffizi Gallery

Fratelli Alinari, about 1856-1872

Two people stand on a forest path between enormous sequoia tree trunks in a sepia photograph.

[The Three Graces Calaveras Grove]

Carleton Watkins, negative about 1880; print 1880-1890

Sepia print of mythological warriors with raised weapons and cymbals, a woman holding an infant, and a nude figure on rocks.

Jupiter et les Corybantes

Louis-Émile Durandelle, about 1875

Photograph of a marble statue of a bacchante with a leafy wreath, draped robes and one hand raised to her head, on a pedestal

Bacchante. Vatican

James Anderson, 1859

Photograph of a plaster cast of a classical Minerva statue in a crested helmet and draped robe, on a pedestal.

The Minerva Borghese

Edward Falkener, 1860

Sepia photograph of a classical relief showing winged Valkyries tending fallen warriors on a battlefield beside an oak tree.

[Wounded Valkyries on the Battlefield]

Ernst Alpers, 1867

Sepia photograph of a huge fallen tree trunk lying across a forest floor, with a small figure standing on it.

Fallen Tree Hercules

Thomas Houseworth, 1870-1880