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Painting of Diana with nymphs on a hunt, greyhounds beside them, and a satyr grabbing a nymph at left under a rainbow.

Diana and Her Nymphs on the Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, 1627-1628

Painting of a nude Venus on a shell-like boat pulled by sea figures, with a flying cupid and attendants above the sea.

Triumph of the Marine Venus

Sebastiano Ricci, about 1713

Baroque painting of Venus with Cupid presenting a gilded shield to a nude, bearded Vulcan beside armor and a dove.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan

Francesco Solimena, 1704

Painting of Venus and Adonis in a forest with two cupids overhead, a hunting dog, and white doves on a stone ledge.

Venus and Adonis

Simon Vouet, about 1642

Painting of a ruined classical colonnade with a procession around a chariot bearing a seated Venus among satyrs and cupids.

The Triumph of Venus

Alessandro Magnasco, about 1720-1730

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, sea creatures and a chariot-like shell on aged paper.

Study for the Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite or the Birth of Venus

Nicolas Poussin, about 1634

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a muscular male nude seen from behind with one arm raised.

Study of Triton Blowing a Conch Shell (recto); Partial Study of an Arm (verso)

Annibale Carracci, about 1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of Mars and Venus embracing under a canopy, with cupids and a lion-masked shield.

Mars and Venus

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Watercolor of Olympian Zeus temple ruins on a plain at sunset, with the Acropolis on a hill behind and small figures in the f

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Greece

Edward Lear, about 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of mythological figures, putti and a reclining nude woman, with faint grid lines on the sheet.

Birth of Bacchus

Giulio Romano, about 1533

Pen and wash drawing of a goddess in clouds pointing to a bearded smith holding a shield, with a cupid above and armor below.

Venus Receiving from Vulcan the Arms of Aeneas

Francesco Solimena, 1704

Red chalk drawing of Venus embracing Cupid, who holds an arrow, seated on clouds within a tapered spandrel field.

Venus and Cupid (after Raphael)

Pieter van Lint, 1636

Chalk study of a draped Venus-like woman reaching out while a winged cupid clings to her leg, on tan paper.

Study for the figures of Venus and Cupid (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Simon Vouet, about 1630-1635

Forest landscape with hunters, dogs, and a river, framed by an ornate border; Venus and Adonis scene at lower left.

Landscape with the Story of Venus and Adonis

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude dancing male figure with a lion-head drape, set within an oval frame.

Dancing Votary of Bacchus

Nicolas Poussin, about 1635

Brown ink drawing of an academy lecture hall with tiered benches, a nude model on a platform, students and a dog.

The "Accademia Clementina" Bologna, with a Nude Being Positioned by the Drawing Master, the "Farnese Hercules" beyond

Giampietro Zanotti, 1739

Pen and wash drawing of a man gesturing to a group of women in classical dress beside columns, in an oval frame.

Odysseus and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Baldassare Peruzzi, about 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo and the Muses in a wooded landscape with flying putti and seated figures.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Nicolas Poussin, about 1626-1628

Red chalk drawing of a centaur carrying a draped woman, with a bearded figure above and a standing woman at left.

Centaur and Lapith

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1540

Charcoal drawing of a sleeping woman with closed eyes and leafy wreath in her hair, by Gustave Courbet, 1847.

Head of a Sleeping Bacchante

Gustave Courbet, 1847

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with an oval sky scene, gilded frame, cherubs, and caryatid figures.

Studies for a Ceiling Decoration with the Apotheosis of Psyche (recto); Studies for a Ceiling Decoration with the Apo…

Charles de La Fosse, about 1680

Oval drawing of a reclining nude Venus above the sea with cherubs, dolphins and nymphs, and cherubs with a cloth in the sky.

The Birth and Triumph of Venus

François Boucher, about 1743

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur and a female faun reclining in a rocky landscape with cypress trees.

A Centaur and a Female Faun in a Landscape

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1775

Brown wash drawing of monks mourning around a draped body on a bier, with two angels hovering in a vaulted hall.

The Deaths of the Blessed Ugoccione and Sostegno (recto); A Study of the Farnese Hercules (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, about 1604-1612

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted man with a spear approaching a town, flanked by companions and nude figures.

Taddeo Returns to Rome Escorted by Drawing and Spirit toward the Three Graces

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and Diana on clouds shooting arrows at fallen figures before a classical building.

The Sons of Niobe Being Slain by Apollo and Diana

Jan de Bisschop, about 1660-1670

Pen and wash drawing of three nude male figures at a forge, the central one raising a hammer beside an anvil.

Vulcan at His Forge

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1550

Gouache study of a helmeted armored man seen from behind, one arm raised, against a blue wash on brown paper.

Study for Perseus

Edward Burne-Jones, about 1882

Pen and ink drawing of seated nude Hercules with a club, surrounded by severed serpent heads and a tree.

Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

Giulio Romano, about 1535