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Engraving of Mercury in winged helmet and sandals lifting nude Psyche in a dynamic pose within an arched frame.

Mercury Abducting Psyche (lateral view Mercury's side), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Engraving of two nude figures embracing, one raising an orb, set in an arched frame, after a sculpture.

Mercury Abducting Psyche (view with Psyche from behind), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche: a reclining nude woman on a bed, a winged figure beside her, and attendant putti in drapery.

Cupid and Psyche

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Engraving of Minerva in plumed helmet and armor, holding a spear and a shield with a Medusa head.

Minerva

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Engraving of a tiered fountain topped by a statue of Hercules battling a serpent, with water jets and nude figures around the

The Fountain of Hercules in Augsburg, a reduced copy after Muller's engraving

Jan Müller, 1602

Engraving of Hercules raising a club while fighting a winged multi-headed hydra on a stone pedestal.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Jan Müller, ca. 1602

Etching of a young woman in a tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tree in a hilly landscape.

A Nymph Holding a Large Dog by its Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with Apollo, Neptune holding a trident, and two satyrs in a forest with a fountain and fr

The metamorphosis of Amymone who lies at center leaning on her arm, surrounded by Apollo at left, Neptune at right an…

Girolamo Mocetto, ca. 1490-1530

Circular etching of a satyr with a grape basket, a woman riding a goat, a child, goats and a large tree.

Satyr family walking towards the left with two goats and a basket of grapes

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Engraving of a bearded figure with lightning bolts, entwined by a serpent above stormy waves and dark clouds.

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Etching of a satyr leaning against a fruiting grapevine within an ornate scrolled frame, labeled L'Automne.

Fall (L'Automne), from 'The Four Seasons'

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a child and a satyr child playing with a goat under a large tree, with other figures and a landscape behind.

A child and a satyr child playing with a goat

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Etching of a satyr leaning against a tree beside a child playing with a goat, with a distant landscape behind.

A satyr sitting against a tree to right and holding a flute in his right hand, a child playing with a goat to left, p…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Oval drawing of a bearded satyr playing pipes beside nude nymphs, with white highlights on a tan ground.

Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Galle…

Joseph Heintz the Elder, ca. 1599

Etching of a woman in flowing dress holding a large dog by the collar beside a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by the Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Hand-colored oval print of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a cloud, with an eagle and two cupids nearby.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

Francesco Bartolozzi, January 1, 1784

Chalk drawing of Bacchus seated with a cup, a reclining nude Ariadne, a putto and satyrs among grapevines in a wooded setting

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jean Hughes Taraval, 18th century

Engraved print of a haloed female figure among playing cherubs, roses and stars within an ornamental border.

Evening, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Etched oval rebus with cupids, a glove, a ring and figures, framed by drapery above a landscape with ruins.

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Etching of Bacchus with a leafy wreath and animal skin, walking beside a large dog, with an urn and tree at left.

Bacchus, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of draped figures on the ground beneath two archers with bows in clouds, from Stefano della Bella's 1644 Game of Myth

Niobe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pygmalion seated beside a standing female statue on a pedestal, with Cupid with bow in the upper left.

Pygmalion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two running figures on open ground, one holding a golden apple, with trees and distant figures in the background.

Hippomenes and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Amphion seated on a mound playing a lyre, with a walled city of towers in the background.

Amphion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Neptune in a crown with a trident riding a shell chariot pulled by a sea horse over waves.

Neptune, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pallas in plumed helmet with Medusa shield beside a seated figure, with a pyramid and trees in the background.

Pallas, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Mercury in a plumed helmet and winged sandals, holding a caduceus, standing in a hilly landscape with a shrub.

Mercury, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman and child by a pond with frog-like figures in the water and a dog at lower left, in a hilly landscape.

Latona, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of armored Pallas pointing at seated Arachne beside a spider web, with draped curtains behind them.

Pallas et Arachne, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a draped woman drinking from a bowl while a child reaches toward her, with a second woman and trees behind.

Ceres, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644