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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of two flute players on rocks above a laughing crowd, a winged horse among trees, and a banner reading ÆTATIS SUÆ 31.

Frontispiece for "The Works of Scarron" (Œuvres de Scarron)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of an armored warrior and a haloed youth with a lyre beside a tree, under a coat of arms, with a distant battle scene

Frontispiece for "The Fall of Longobardi" (La Caduta de' Longobardi)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a forest clearing with a procession of robed figures below and a group of gods gathered on clouds above.

Second Scene, in Diana's forest, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a stage set with colonnades, a central fountain, dancing figures and gods in clouds above.

Third scene, the garden of Venus, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a theatrical grotto stage with rocky cliffs, armed figures fighting below, and clouds with figures above.

Grotto scene with Vulcan, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a fiery infernal stage set with burning colonnades, centaurs, flying demons and a chariot in the clouds.

Fifth scene, the Inferno, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching in a circle of satyrs and a faun watching children dance beside a leafy wooded landscape.

Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs and another satyr with an child on his shoulders danc…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Engraving of six architectural caryatid terms on tall columns, four female and two male, with a hairy Hercules figure at righ

Six terms, four female and two male, with Hercules at far right, plate 1, from Caryatidum [...] sive Athlantidum mult…

Hans Vredeman de Vries, ca. 1565

Engraved print of two nude women bathing by a forest pool, with dogs and dead game beside them.

Diana Sourtant du Bain (Diana Leaving the Bath)

Edmond Hédouin, 1864

Engraving of sleeping bacchantes reclining among grapevines and drapery, with satyrs and a putto with a torch in the trees ab

Les Bacchantes Endormies (The Sleeping Bacchantes)

René Gaillard, 1764

Engraving of Venus reclining in a forest with two cupids and a basket of flowers, with a dedication inscription below.

Venus et les Amours (Venus and the Loves)

René Gaillard, 18th century

Engraving of nymphs bathing by a stream in a dense forest, with children gathered at the left edge.

Les Nimphes au Bain (The Nymphs at the Bath)

Jean Ouvrier, 18th century

Engraving of a reclining nude Venus surrounded by sea nymphs, cherubs and doves in clouds above waves.

Naissance et Triomphe de Venus (The Birth and Triumph of Venus)

Jean Daullé, 18th century

Engraving of Hymen and Cupid: a reclining woman with a torch, winged putti with flower garlands, and a bearded figure in clou

L'Hymen et l'Amour (Hymen and Cupid)

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 18th century

Orange-toned engraving of nude women bathing by a stream in a wooded landscape with classical ruins behind them.

The Grâces au Bain (The Graces at the Bath)

William Wynne Ryland, 1756

Engraving of Mercury handing the infant Bacchus to reclining nymphs by a waterfall, with goats in the foreground.

Naissance de Bacchus (Birth of Bacchus)

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century

Engraving of women with garlands beside a bull, cupids on clouds above, and an eagle in a landscape with a waterfall.

Enlevement d'Europe (Abduction of Europa)

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century

Engraving of Neptune with a trident driving horses through waves, a reclining woman, a satyr, and cherubs under stormy clouds

Neptune and Amymone

Jean Claude Danzel, 18th century

Engraving of Neptune calming the sea from a chariot pulled by sea horses, with putti and figures in clouds above.

Neptune apaisant la tempête (Neptune Calming the Storm)

François-Antoine Aveline, 18th century

Engraving of Hercules with a club fighting a centaur, with other men battling centaurs on either side.

Hercules with his club in center fighting a centaur, other men fighting centaurs to left and right, from "The Labors…

Sebald Beham, 1542

Tête de faune

Gilles Demarteau, 18th century

Engraving of Leda seated on a rock embracing a swan, with Cupid beside her and another swan in water below.

Leda and the Swan

Gilles Demarteau, 18th century

Red and black chalk print of two nude women embraced, with two cupids and doves in a shadowy landscape.

Reproduction of Deux Nymphes et deux Amours regardant des colombes (Two Nymphs and Loves watching two doves)

Gilles Demarteau

Engraving of Hercules leading the three-headed dog Cerberus on a chain past burning ruins and stone blocks.

Hercules Capturing Cerberus, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of Hercules with a bow facing a centaur reaching toward a tree, with rocks and a distant castle behind.

Hercules Killing Nessus, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of armored warriors and rearing horses in battle, with a fallen horse in front and a Latin caption at top.

Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Engraving of mounted figures and rearing horses, with a nude woman and an armored warrior above two fallen men, Latin caption

Hercules Raping Jole, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraved ornamental pendant design with alphabet cartouche, scrollwork, putto with cup, and two horn players on a light page.

Design for a Pendant with the Alphabet

Master P.R.K, 1609

Engraved ornamental pendant design with a cupid at top, flanking figures, scrolling strapwork and small scenes of a bull and

Design for a Pendant with Cupid

Master P.R.K, 1609

Engraving of a winding river landscape with a castle ruin, boats, rocky cliffs, and winged figures in the sky.

River Landscape with Mercury Abducting Psyche

Simon Novellanus, ca. 1595