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Rijksmuseum

54 works

Painting of Prometheus chained to a rock by Vulcan while Mercury watches, with an eagle above and a forge behind.

Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan

Dirck van Baburen, 1623

Reclining nude youth with closed eyes, wounded thigh, red poppies and spear, in a stormy mountain landscape.

Dying Adonis.[1] Alternative title(s): The blood of the dead Adonis turns into an anemone (Ovid, Met. X 735).[2]

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Painting of a reclining nude man, a woman in green drapery above, and a bearded elder kneeling beside a golden vessel on rock

Selene and Endymion (formerly entitled The Death of Orion)

Johann Carl Loth, 1660 - 1680

Painting of armored Mars beside nude Venus with cupids, a helmet, and figures working at a fire under stone arches.

Mars ontvangt de wapens van Venus en Vulcanus: allegorie

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, 1624

Venus seated on a golden chariot presents armour to Aeneas, with smiths at a forge and cupids in the clouds above.

Aeneas Receiving a New Set of Armour from Venus

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Circular ceiling painting of Diana and companions with roses, a winged figure, clouds and a chariot in a classical frame.

Ceiling painting with Diana and her companions

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Oil painting of an armored man in a red cape beside a nude woman, with cherubs holding a plumed helmet nearby.

Venus Arming a Warrior, possibly Johan Maurits at the Forge of Vulcan

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, 1644

Painting of a reclining nude youth, a woman in a dark drape leaning above, and a bearded old man kneeling beside a vessel.

Selene en Endymion

Johann Carl Loth, 1660

Circular ceiling painting of a seated huntress with a bow, roses, a winged figure in clouds, and a chariot in a golden sky.

Part (central part) of a ceiling decoration with Diana and her companions as the principal representation

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Engraving of a classical male figure in drapery holding a lyre, framed as a bas-relief on a pedestal.

Bas-relief of Apollo with the lyre

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of a seated muscular hero on a rock under a tree, with kneeling figures, a standard bearer and a dog below.

Hercules on a rock

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Etching of a Bacchus fountain with a crowned god, satyrs, and water jets rising from a rocky basin surrounded by reeds.

Bacchus fountain at the site of the Oude Doolhof

Pieter Holsteyn, 1648

Engraving of Apollo with a torch beside a seated woman with a violin, a relief of musicians, and trees behind them.

Apollo and the invention of music

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Pen drawing of Apollo standing beside the satyr Marsyas, who plays a pipe, with onlookers and trees in the background.

Apollo en Marsyas

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1611

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches for laurel branches, with nude river gods and a cupid among trees.

Apollo en Daphne

Robert van Audenaerde, 1685

Etching of Hercules freeing the chained Prometheus while an eagle hovers below, set against a rocky landscape.

Hercules bevrijdt Prometheus

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Etching of a Roman emperor sacrificing at a flaming altar, with three spear-bearing attendants and a relief above, in an oval

Reliëf met een Romeinse keizer die een offer brengt aan Hercules

François Perrier, 1645

Engraving of Vulcan handing a shield to Thetis beside a nude infant, with classical pillars, cherubs and forge tools.

Thetis krijgt van Vulcanus wapens voor Achilles

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Etching of Jupiter addressing a council of gods on clouds, with giants and a city by the sea below.

Jupiter vraagt de Olympische goden om raad

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Oval engraving of a statue of Apollo above a flaming altar, with a bearded man offering sacrifice, attendants with spears and

Reliëf met een Romeinse keizer die een offer brengt aan Apollo

François Perrier, 1645

Engraving of Achilles fighting Hector before classical statues, a goddess with a sword, an owl, and fighting roosters.

Achilles doodt Hector

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Etching of a wolf-headed man fleeing a burning courtyard while a crowned figure watches from a colonnaded hall.

Jupiter verandert koning Lycaon in een wolf

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Engraved oval relief of a Roman emperor offering sacrifice at an altar before a boar's head on a tree, with Diana and attenda

Reliëf met een Romeinse keizer die een offer brengt aan Diana

François Perrier, 1645

Engraving of a dying warrior held by a woman beside a flaming altar, framed by classical columns, statues and cherubs.

Dood van Achilles

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Etching of gods Apollo and Diana shooting arrows from clouds at dying children and horses on a battlefield.

Apollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe

Jan van Ossenbeeck, 1660

Etching of Apollo with a bow beside a slain coiled python, with Latin inscriptions above and below the scene.

Apollo doodt de python

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Engraving of Venus and Anchises with a winged cupid beside a plinth inscribed GENVS VNDE LATINVM, dated 1656.

Venus en Anchises

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a kneeling woman in classical robes reaching toward a standing man with open arms, with a Latin caption below.

Reliëf met Apollo en Diana

François Perrier, 1645

Etching of Apollo chasing the nymph Daphne through a forest landscape, with grazing animals in the background and Latin text.

Apollo en Daphne

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a couch, with an eagle and a peacock beside them.

Jupiter en Juno

Carlo Cesio, 1656