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Engraving of Vulcan hammering at an anvil beside reclining Venus, with winged cupids working around a glowing forge.

Venus and Vulcan at the Forge

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1550s

Engraving of nude Venus in water by a rose bush, sleeping Cupid in the foreground, and a city in the distance.

Venus Pricked by the Thorns of a Rose Bush; Cupid Asleep in the Foreground

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of nude Venus in water by a rose bush, winged Cupid resting in front, figures running toward a castle behind.

Venus pricked by the thorns on a rose bush, in the background Mars chasing Adonis, in the foreground winged cupid res…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of Vulcan at an anvil with Venus reclining beside him, attended by cupids in a forge.

Venus and Vulcan at the Forge

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1555

Engraving of a hunter with a spear carrying a woman with a bow on his shoulders, with hunting dogs and a retinue in the backg

Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre on a rock with the Muses making music around him, a winged horse and cherubs above.

Apollo and the Muses

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1557

Engraving in an oval frame of four male mythological figures, Hercules, Bacchus, Pan and Saturn, reclining together.

Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and Saturn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving in an oval frame of Venus and Cupid reclining with two goddesses and a putto amid draped cloth.

Venus and Cupid, Two Other Goddesses, and a Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of Ceres and two goddesses seated on clouds with a putto, in an oval frame, after Primaticcio.

Ceres Seated on Clouds with Two Goddesses and Two Putti, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primatic…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving in an oval frame of four classical gods, two holding tridents, one helmeted, one reclining with draped fabric.

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched cruciform frame.

Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Pri…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched upper panel.

Three Muses and a putto above with a lyre, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated draped women reading books beneath a flying winged putto in an arched frame.

Three Muses and a Gesturing Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses playing instruments beneath a winged putto with cymbals in an arched niche.

Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Pr…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and Pan beside him, with a flying putto blowing a horn in an arched panel above.

Apollo, Pan, and a Putto Blowing a Horn, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of a reclining nude bearded hero beside a club and lion skin, with a harbor city and mountains behind him.

Hercules Resting from His Labors

Giorgio Ghisi, 1567

Engraving of Angelica and Medoro embracing beneath a tree while Medoro carves their names, with Cupid and a distant city.

Angelica and Medoro; the couple embracing, Medoro carving their names in the bark of a tree; Cupid holding a torch in…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1570

Engraving of the nude, muscular Farnese Hercules standing in a niche with a lion skin draped over a pedestal.

The Farnese Hercules

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of reclining nude Antiope with a satyr beside her, surrounded by fruit, vegetables and a cornucopia.

Jupiter and Antiope

Engraving of Paris choosing among three goddesses with Mercury between them, cherubs and chariots in the sky above.

The Judgment of Paris; Paris seated on a rock choosing between the goddesses Venus, Juno, and Minerva, the god Mercur…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1555

Etching of five nude putti with grapes and drapery arranged in a shallow frieze, signed Peter van Avont.

Five boys and a satyr

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Engraving of nude Venus in an arched niche on a conch shell, with Cupid holding a bow beside her, 1526.

Plate 10: Venus in a niche, standing on a conch shell, with Cupid to her right, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of nude Apollo with laurel wreath striding in a dark niche amid radiating sun rays and a chariot wheel.

Plate 11: Apollo riding his chariot in a niche, facing right, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of nude Diana in an arched niche drawing an arrow from her quiver, with a deer beside her and a Latin inscription b

Plate 12: Diana standing in a niche, twisting to her left and pulling an arrow out of a quiver, with a deer to her ri…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with reclining nude revelers, grapes, cherubs, and classical architecture beneath draped clo

Bacchanal

Adriaan van der Burg, early 18th century

Engraving of Mars and Venus: an armored warrior embraces a reclining nude woman on a draped bed while Cupid watches nearby.

Mars and Venus

Giovanni Battista Scultori

Engraving of a Bacchic procession with elephants, camels, and lions moving through a colonnaded hall, attended by nude revele

The Indian Triumph of Bacchus

Enea Vico, ca. 1542

Grey wash drawing of a robed churchman among a crowd, with two flying cherubs above in an arched composition.

Saint Carl Borromäus

Melchior Steidl, late 17th-18th century

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with cherubs tending tools in the foreground.

Vulcan's Forge

Engraving of Venus in a chariot pulled by swans, with cherubs and sea monsters moving across rough waves.

Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans

Master IQV, ca. 1544