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Rijksmuseum

953 works

Painting of Orpheus playing lyre among lions, elephant, camel, unicorn and other animals in a wooded landscape.

Orpheus and the Animals

Paulus Potter, 1650

Painting of a bearded man in armor seated beside a nude woman with a plumed helmet and spear, with a winged child behind them

Odysseus with Calypso

Gérard de Lairesse, 1680

Oil painting of two robed men before a kneeling crowd beside a carved urn, with classical ruins and hills in the background.

Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra

Jacob Pynas, 1628

Nymph bathing by a pond as a satyr reaches toward her beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

A Bathing Nymph Taken by Surprise by a Satyr

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, c. 1630 - c. 1635

Painting of a woman in red drapery embracing a seated young man with a spear, a grey dog and a wooded landscape behind.

Venus and Adonis

Josse de Pape, 1629

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

Oil painting of Diana receiving wine and fruit from Bacchus and a festive retinue of satyrs and putti in a forest.

Diana Offered Wine and Fruit by Bacchus and his Retinue

Hendrick van Balen the Elder, c. 1617 - 1625

Nude nymphs gather around a satyr on a wooded hillside with goats, in a painting by Jacob Jordaens, 1640.

Marsyas ill-treated by the muses

Jacob Jordaens, 1640

Painting of nude Fortuna on a column scattering gifts as a crowd below reaches upward; a swan and dog in foreground.

The Goddess Fortuna Bestowing her Gifts

Simon Flocquet, c. 1645

Painting of nude Venus and Mars embracing on a bed with cupids removing armor, draped attendants and a pink curtain behind.

Venus and Mars

Hans Rottenhammer, 1604

Painting of a reclining nude woman with a winged Cupid kissing her cheek on a white bed against dark drapery.

Venus door Amor gekust

Adriaen van der Werff, 1700

Nude infant Hercules holds a blue-banded serpent in a dim interior with red drapery and a landscape window.

The Infant Hercules with a Serpent

Pieter van der Werff, 1700 - 1722

Oil painting of mythological gods and cupids in dark clouds, with a red-robed woman, a nude goddess and fallen figures below.

Diana and Virtus Punish Venus and Bacchus

T. van Malsen, 1694

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

Oil painting of the infant Bacchus asleep with grapes and a jug, beside a tree in a dusky hilly landscape.

The Infant Bacchus

Pieter van der Werff, 1700 - 1722

Painting of nymphs in a dark cave beside a statue on a column, with ancient ruins visible through the opening in a sunlit lan

Nymphs in a Cave with Antique Ruins

Petrus van Hattich, c. 1645 - c. 1655

Painting of a mythological music contest between Apollo and Pan in a forest, with nymphs, satyrs and flying cherubs.

The contest between Apollo and Pan

Denis van Alsloot, 1620

Painting of nude and draped revelers in a dark wooded grove, with a man holding grapes and an embracing couple.

Bacchanal

Jacob van Loo, 1653

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 Mercury descending to a nude woman as a bearded man in armor rests beside her, with a helmeted child in front.

Mercury ordering Calypso to release Odysseus.

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Oil painting of Mars and Venus on a bed surprised by Vulcan with a net, a helmeted warrior, and a child with a bow.

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Joachim Wtewael, 1610

Painting of a kneeling nearly naked man before startled women beside a gilded carriage under a stormy sky.

The meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1630 - c. 1640

Corner of a gilded ceiling painting with reclining women, trumpeters, cherubs and classical architectural ornament.

Plafondschildering in vijf delen met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen, geschilderd voor de 'grote zaal…

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Oil painting of a nude woman holding an ornate silver box, with a putto behind her and a laurel-crowned figure at left.

Pandora

Barend Graat, 1676

Painting of a kneeling nude man gesturing to a woman in blue with attendants, a fruit basket and dog, under a stormy sky.

Odysseus and Nausicaa

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder, 1630

Ceiling painting fragment with Diana and companions, cherubs, a trumpeter and gilded relief ornament in gold tones.

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

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682

Orpheus playing a lyre amid lions, an elephant, a camel, a unicorn and other animals in a forest clearing.

Orpheus charming the wild animals

Paulus Potter, 1650

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

Ceiling painting fragment with Diana's companions, a flying cupid, gilded reliefs, and painted marble architecture by Gerard

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

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682

Nude nymphs in a hilly landscape react as satyrs peer from a rocky ledge on the left; a quiver lies in the foreground.

Nymphs spied upon by satyrs

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1627