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Dim interior scene with a seated man at a table of jewelry, women in red drapery, and a shield and sword held up in the foreg

Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes

Pietro Paolini, about 1625-1630

Painting of a nude woman reaching toward a god in blue robes among clouds, with attendant women and a newborn infant below.

The Birth of Bacchus

Giulio Romano, 1530

Painting of a satyr with vine leaves gesturing at a seated peasant at a table in a rustic kitchen with a woman and child.

The Satyr and the Peasant Family

Jan Steen, 1660

Oil painting of Hercules playing a tambourine beside a reclining Omphale, with cupids, red drapery and classical columns.

Hercules and Omphale

Luigi Garzi, about 1700-1710

Painting of a columned palace among trees, with classical figures on the steps and many wild animals in the foreground.

Ulysses at the Palace of Circe

Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg, 1667

Painting of a nude woman embracing a young hunter with a spear, accompanied by three dogs, under a dramatic sky.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, 1555

Painting of a wooded lake scene with a flying winged Cupid, a crowd of musicians, putti, and satyrs in the forest.

Cupid and Pan

Federico Zuccaro, about 1600

Painting of Venus and Mars on a canopied bed as a nude figure bursts through green curtains and gods watch from above.

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, 1604-1608

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on a gilded bed as a man parts green drapery, with white doves on a checkered floor.

Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, 1770

Nude woman chained to a cliff with a winged putto freeing her wrists, a sea monster in the water below.

Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1640s

Painting of Venus embracing Adonis, a young hunter with hunting dogs, a cupid and bow in a forest setting.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, about 1555-1560

Painting of a winged Cupid flying over a wooded lake with satyrs, putti and figures gathered on the forest floor.

Cupid and Pan

Federico Zuccari, 1600

Mars in armor is disarmed by a nude Venus while cupids tug at his gear among scattered weapons in a vaulted arsenal.

The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1610-1612

Painting of a sleeping nude woman with a centaur, two women, cupids above, fruit trees and a distant city.

Mythological Scene

Dosso Dossi, about 1524

Pastoral landscape with a reclining nymph and satyr on rocks, cattle and sheep nearby, tall trees on the right.

Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1647

Diana and nymphs bathing by a stream beside classical ruins, with a dog and hunting gear in a wooded landscape.

Diana and Her Nymphs in a Landscape

Laurent de La Hyre, 1644

Painting of Perseus holding up Medusa's head amid a battle of armored men in a colonnaded hall with statues.

Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa

Sebastiano Ricci, about 1705-1710

Painting of Mars and Venus on a bed surprised by Vulcan, with cupids, armor, and green drapery in a mythological scene.

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Joachim Wtewael, 1604

Painting of Venus reclining on a sea wave with cupids, doves, and roses in a pale blue sky.

Venus on the Waves

François Boucher, 1769

Portrait of a woman as Diana with a bow, arrows, and leopard skin beside a tree, in a red and white gown.

Portrait of Madame Bonnier de la Mosson as Diana (Constance-Gabrielle-Magdeleine du Monciel de Lauraille)

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1742

Painting of a seated nude man with a staff, a dead lion, a nude woman with two children, and a castle on a cliff.

A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, about 1526

Pastoral landscape with a nymph and satyr on rocks beside grazing cattle and sheep under trees and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1647 ?

Painting of nude Venus on a bed with Mars, cupid, attendant women and a servant with a tray in a dark interior.

Venus and Mars

Palma il Giovane, about 1605-1609

Oil painting of a nude woman seated beside a white dog, with a bow and quiver in the foreground and a dark landscape behind.

Diana and Her Dog

Sebastiano Ricci, 1717-1720

Painting of nude women bathing in a forest pool beside a tree with a bow and quiver, with reeds and a blue sky.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Jean-François de Troy, 1722-1724

Painting of Mars parting green drapes beside sleeping Venus on a bed, with white doves on a checkered floor.

Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace (Mars et Vénus, allégorie sur la Paix)

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, 1770

Painting of Orpheus leading Eurydice past underworld figures, with a lyre, spinning Fates and a fruit still life on the floor

Orpheus and Eurydice

Jean Raoux, about 1709

Painting of mythological figures: a bearded god in blue descends through clouds beside a nude woman reaching upward, with nym

The Birth of Bacchus

Giulio Romano, about 1530s

Smiling woman in a turban holds grapes and a gold goblet, with a monkey and fruit on a table beside her.

Bacchante with an Ape

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1627

Painting of a pastoral woodland with a woman riding a goat led by putti and a satyr, dancers and a thatched hut nearby.

Landscape with the Education of Bacchus

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1744

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

Drawing of a muscular male nude with billowing drapery standing on a sea creature beside a pillar, in brown ink.

Neptune

Giulio Campi, 1541

Watercolor drawing of Apollo and Daphne, two nude figures in a windy landscape, Daphne turning into laurel branches.

Apollo and Daphne

Jan Boeckhorst, about 1668

Brown ink drawing of helmeted Pallas Athena pointing to a landscape with ruins while a boy raises his hand beside her.

Pallas Athena Shows Taddeo the Prospect of Rome

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Centaur galloping with a bow while a young archer shoots beside him across a green landscape under a stormy sky.

The Education of Achilles

Eugène Delacroix, 1862

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