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Rijksmuseum

24 works

Painting of a barefoot woman in pink robes on a rocky shore, with a sailing ship and towers across a blue bay.

Ariadne on Naxos

Filippo da Verona, 1510

Painting of a piper herding cattle and goats through a meadow, with a nude child, a walled town and hills behind.

The Young Mercury Stealing Cattle from the Herd of Apollo

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1540

Pastoral landscape with a flute player, grazing cattle and goats, a nude child, and a hilltop town under cloudy skies.

De jonge Mercurius steelt runderen van Apollo’s kudde

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1530

Engraved title page with a seated Jupiter figure, an eagle, an armillary sphere, a warship, and a Latin cartouche.

Jupiter and a warship with the coat of arms of Alessandro Farnese

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Engraving of Hercules Musagetes holding a lyre and lion skin, beside a flaming altar, cornucopia and classical architecture.

Hercules as leader of the muses

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of Neptune standing in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with figures in clouds above.

Neptune in his chariot

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of Pallas in a plumed helmet with a Medusa shield, spear raised, standing over a fallen giant amid clouds.

Minerva

Egbert van Panderen, 1590

Engraving of a woman driving a sun chariot through clouds while a laurel-crowned man reaches for the reins, with a city below

Apollo in the sun chariot

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of a man seated with nude Venus, Ceres and Bacchus figures, Cupid, fruit and wine barrel beneath a tree.

Man in gezelschap van Venus, Ceres en Bacchus

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of Cupid above a mythological wedding preparation scene with an elephant, camel, giraffe and seated nude figure.

Voorbereidingen voor het huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (linkerdeel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Engraving of women attacking a slumped man beneath a tree, with a classical city and dogs in the background.

Orpheus is killed by the raging women of Ciconia

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of a standing woman with a swan beside her, framed by ornate scrollwork, putti, and a lettered cartouche.

Leda en de zwaan

Virgilius Solis, 1524

Engraving of an enthroned bearded god surrounded by gods, leafy branches, an eagle and cherubs under an arched drape.

Jupiter omringd door goden met takken van aan hen gewijde bomen

Léon Davent, 1547

Circular engraving of nude Venus on a globe with two putti, one holding a bow, against a town skyline and clouds.

Venus

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Engraving in a circle of Venus reaching toward a winged Cupid, with grapes and wheat and Latin inscription around the border.

Venus en Cupido

Zacharias Dolendo, 1590

Engraving of Juno with a peacock and Mercury in a circular roundel, with the caption Iuno below.

Juno

Egbert van Panderen, 1590

Engraving in a circle of Venus reclining with a wine cup, Bacchus with grapes, Ceres with wheat, and a cherub, 1595.

Bacchus, Ceres en Venus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595

Oval chiaroscuro woodcut of a standing woman in drapery, a kneeling man with a cup, and lions among trees and stone.

Odysseus op het eiland van Circe

Antonio da Trento, 1537

Circular engraving of a woman in a veil and headdress holding a flame, with Latin inscription around the border.

Venus met brandend hart

Jacob Matham, 1599

Engraving of Venus in a cloud chariot drawn by doves over a panoramic city and harbour scene with figures below.

De planeet Venus en zijn invloed op de wereld

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Circular engraving of a river landscape with two figures, a walled city with spires, a boat, herons, and a cherub in clouds.

Diana en Endymion

Jonas Silber, 1572

Engraving of Bacchus crowned with grape leaves, raising a wine glass, within a circular frame with Latin inscriptions.

Bacchus met glas

Jacob Matham, 1599

Circular engraving of Perseus on Pegasus rescuing chained Andromeda from a sea monster, with nude women and a coastal city.

Perseus bevrijdt Andromeda

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588

Engraving in an oval frame showing gods Neptune with trident, Minerva in a helmet, and Apollo in a tangled group.

Apollo, Neptunus, Pluto en Minerva

Giorgio Ghisi, 1541