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Engraved title page with classical architecture, a Minerva medallion, stacked books, scrolls and heraldic shields.

Architecturale setting met portretmedaillon Minerva

Jan Goeree, 1707

Etching of the warship Hercules on the stocks, with workers building its hull beside a river near Dordrecht, 1782.

Oorlogsschip Hercules staande op stapel, 1782

Johannes Schoenmakers, 1782

Pen drawing in oval frame of Apollo chasing Daphne turning into laurel, with Cupid aiming a bow and a reclining river figure.

Apollo en Daphne

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1701

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno reclining on clouds, Jupiter crowned and holding an eagle, with Latin verses below.

Jupiter en Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575

Pen and ink print of mythological scene with goddess Diana, stags, a chariot, hunting dogs and seated figures.

Mythologische voorstelling met de godin Diana

Matthias Oesterreich, 1750

Engraving of a muscular man with an axe beside a bull, a laurel-crowned man at its head, and a hooded old figure with a staff

Hercules en de stier van Kreta

Matthias Oesterreich, 1752

Dubbelportret van Diana, hertogin Langeron en Albertina, markiezin Balleroi

Carl Hermann Pfeiffer, 1779

Engraving of a reclining crowned woman with a peacock among clouds, inside an oval, labelled AER.

Vrouwelijke personifcatie van element lucht als godin Juno met pauw

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of a nude hero with a sword fighting armored soldiers beside ship rigging, with Latin verses below.

Hercules vecht met Geryoneus (?)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575

Engraving of a seated lyre player in a rock cave greeting a helmeted spear-bearing warrior, with a wooded landscape beyond.

Orpheus wordt gevraagd om zich bij de Argonauten te voegen

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Engraving of Greek heroes gathering in a wooded landscape, with a helmeted figure and spearmen approaching a seated crowd bes

Orpheus voegt zich bij de Argonauten

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Engraving of Hercules striking a bull beside a smoking stone altar, with armoured men, a ship's sail and pottery in the foreg

Hercules offert een stier aan Neptunus voor het vertrek van de Argonauten met het schip Argo

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Etching of Jupiter reclining on a cloud beside a white cow, with a woman, an eagle, cherubs and trees in a landscape.

Jupiter en Io

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1645

Engraving of classical figures under a tree, with a helmeted woman, a horse, a seated man, and the Latin motto 'Paci studere

Minerva en Odysseus met een Romeinse keizer

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Line engraving of Mercury with a caduceus approaching a draped standing woman beside classical furniture.

Mercurius gelast Kalypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken

James Neagle, 1805

Engraving of a nude goddess with raised arms standing on a raft, a bearded man clinging to a mast, and cherubs among clouds.

Leucothea geeft Odysseus een sjaal

James Neagle, 1805

Engraving of a bearded man walking behind a chariot driven by a woman, with attendants and two horses, in a classical style.

Odysseus volgt de koets van Nausikaä

James Parker, 1805

Engraved plate of classical figures in draped robes gathered around a hearth, one seated on the floor, in an interior.

Odysseus bij koning Alkinoös en koningin Arete

James Parker, 1805

Line engraving of a lyre player performing for seated, draped figures in a columned hall, illustrating the Odyssey.

Odysseus huilt bij het lied van Demodokos

James Neagle, 1805

Engraving of the giant Polyphemus seated in a cave, reaching for a bowl of wine offered by a cloaked figure beside a jug.

Odysseus schenkt wijn aan Polyphemus

James Parker, 1805

Line engraving of Jupiter enthroned with Thetis kneeling beside him, an eagle at his feet and zodiac figures in the sky.

Thetis pleit bij Jupiter voor Achilles

William Blake, 1805

Engraving of Briseis leaving Achilles' tent between two heralds, with a seated Achilles and a Medusa shield at left.

Achilles afscheid van Briseïs

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Engraved plate of Thetis calling the giant Briareus to aid Jupiter, with Jupiter enthroned on clouds above.

Thetis roept Briareus op om Jupiter te assisteren

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Engraving of two decorated chariots with horses and seated figures in a classical procession, with altars and a hieroglyph-ca

Beelden van Juno en Jupiter in wagens rondgereden

Jan Luyken, 1690

Mezzotint of two women embracing in a forest, with a cherub, hunting dogs and distant hills in the background.

Jupiter en Callisto

Jan Verkolje, 1660

Venus embraces Adonis in a forest clearing with hunting dogs, a cupid, discarded hunting gear and swans in the sky.

Venus weerhoudt Adonis van de jacht

Jan Verkolje, 1666

Mezzotint of Venus embracing Adonis under a tree, with hunting dogs, a cupid with arrows, and swans in the clouds.

Venus weerhoudt Adonis van de jacht

Jan Verkolje, 1660

Engraving with two oval scenes in ornamental frames: a reclining nude with a mirror above, and a youth bending over water bel

Narcissus

Georges Reverdy, 1536

Engraving of Venus mourning the dead Adonis with a cupid and dog, set in a landscape of classical ruins and trees.

Venus en de dode Adonis

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1653

Engraving of a classical garden landscape with a fountain, obelisk and columns, and a youth gazing at his reflection in the w

Landschap met Narcissus

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1653

Engraving of seated Minerva with a spear and shield, with a helmeted warrior gesturing beside her among banners and soldiers.

Minerva omgeven door krijgers

Jacob Goltzius, 1597

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

Juno

Egbert van Panderen, 1590

Engraving of a reclining nude youth on a bier with mourning women, a flying goddess and cherubs, dogs and trees in a forest s

De dood van Adonis

Giovanni-Martino dei Boni, 1800

Engraving of Orpheus with a lyre before a fiery underworld, with demons, flames and seated onlookers in an oval composition.

Orpheus in de onderwereld: het element vuur

Abraham van den Hecken, 1620

Engraved allegorical frontispiece with Apollo descending Parnassus, Muses, Pegasus, putti and a stone inscription.

Apollo daalt af van de Parnassus

Adolf van der Laan, 1740

Engraving of a helmeted goddess crowning a young boy beneath a tree, framed by a rococo cartouche with a Latin inscription.

Jongen door Minerva gelauwerd

Adolf van der Laan, 1738

Engraving of a nude man seen from behind beside a greyhound, spear and laurel wreath, with a draped cloth and stone ledge.

Narcissus bij fontein

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Pen and grey wash drawing of Mercury and Venus among clouds, with gods and winged figures in a cartouche frame.

Mercurius ontsteelt Venus haar gordel

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Engraving of a seated man under large trees watching a woman wading in a pond, with a French verse caption below.

Daphne in het water

Louis Michel Halbou, 1788

Engraving of nude Psyche sleeping on a draped bed as a winged Cupid stands nearby with attendant putti.

Amor en Psyche

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1598

Engraving of Hercules clubbing the many-headed hydra of Lerna, with crabs, a walled city and stormy clouds around them.

Hercules verslaat de hydra van Lerna

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Hercules wrestling centaurs among wine jugs and grapevines, with a small landscape battle in the background.

Hercules doodt de centaur Eurytion

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Hercules lifting the giant Antaeus off the ground in a wrestling struggle, with a landscape and figure below.

Hercules worstelt met Antaeus

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Hercules fighting the three-headed giant Geryon, with a wild boar, cattle and a city in the background.

Hercules verslaat Geryon

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a muscular nude hero subduing a bull in a landscape with trees, a grazing cow, and a ruined tower.

Hercules bedwingt de stier van Kreta

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of nude Hercules strangling the Nemean lion in a forest with gnarled trees and a caption below.

Hercules houdt de Nemeïsche leeuw in een wurggreep

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a nude hero clubbing a winged dragon beside columns, with a garden and figure picking fruit beyond.

Hercules doodt Ladon en plukt de gouden appelen van de Hesperiden

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Hercules standing over a nude corpse as a horse lowers its head to it, with herdsmen and cattle in a rocky lands

Hercules voert Diomedes' lijk aan de paarden

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Hercules chaining the three-headed dog Cerberus with a club raised, Pluto and Proserpina in a cave behind.

Hercules bedwingt Cerberus

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a figure fleeing a fire beside a dining table as a wolf crouches below, with Latin verse beneath.

Jupiter verandert koning Lycaon in een wolf

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the nymph Daphne transforming into laurel as Apollo pursues her across a rocky mountain landscape, with a cupid

Apollo achtervolgt Daphne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of an allegorical scene with a painter, an armored figure, a seated woman, cherubs and a classical interior.

Minerva leidt de Schilderkunst naar de Schoonheid

Arnoud van Halen, 1673

Engraved cul-de-lampe with two reclining allegorical figures, a circular mask medallion, and a printed verse panel below.

Cul-de-lampe met Apollo die Waarheid bedekt

Sébastien Leclerc, 1673

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded seated man at a table with a nude figure, draped women and a child under a tree.

Allegorisch-mythologische scène

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno seated on clouds in an oval frame, with an eagle beneath them.

Jupiter en Juno

Willem Panneels, 1631

Etching of a nude youth attacked by a wild boar in a wooded landscape, with an armed figure on a cloud above.

Adonis aangevallen door een everzwijn

Crescenzio Onofrij, 1642

Etched print of two Giulio Romano fresco scenes with mythological figures, a cupid, a panther and an urn.

Psyche voor Proserpina / Bacchus en Ariadne

Giovanni David, 1753

Sepia print of two women seated beneath a large tree in a hilly landscape with a distant village and birds in the sky.

Landschap met Jupiter die Callisto verleidt in de gedaante van Diana

Richard Earlom, 1774

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 sleeping shepherd embraced by a woman, with two cherubs peeking from foliage and a dog at lower right.

Diana en Endymion

Carlo Cesio, 1656

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

Jupiter en Juno

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Lithograph of students gathered in the Minerva student society room in Leiden, with a chandelier, tables, glasses and a dog.

Studentensociëteit Minerva te Leiden, 1832

Leendert Springer, 1832

Engraving of Orpheus playing a harp before a crowned couple and monstrous creatures in a fiery underworld cave.

Orpheus in de onderwereld

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a violinist in classical dress surrounded by sheep, deer, cattle, birds and rabbits in a wooded landscape.

Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Apollo and Cyparissus in a forest, with a dead stag, a lyre, and a figure riding a stag by a pond.

Apollo en Cyparissus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Etching of a seated nude youth under a tree by a river, with a swooping eagle, a rearing animal and a distant town.

Jupiter schaakt Ganymedes

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of two nude youths beneath a tree, a lyre on the grass, a horned creature and a distant castle on a hill.

Apollo verzorgt Hyacinthus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis with a spear, two hounds, and a cupid in a landscape setting.

Venus en Adonis

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Venus and Adonis under an oak with Cupid and hunting dogs, a hunting party in the distant landscape.

Venus waarschuwt Adonis

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a fallen youth with hunting dogs in the foreground, a woman and cupid with swans in clouds above, and a hilly la

Death of Adonis

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

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

Print of nude infant Bacchus with grapevine wreath drinking from a raised flask beside a barrel and vines.

Bacchus drinkt wijn uit een fles

Johann Georg Weinhold, 1847

Print of Hercules battling the Hydra of Lerna in a wooded landscape with rocky cliffs and tall trees.

Hercules doodt de Hydra van Lerna

François-Louis Français, 1842

Etching of a satyr and a bacchante tending a drinking child beneath a draped cloth and grapevine, with the title Meridies.

Sater, bacchante en drinkend kind

Charles Le Brun, 1640

Engraving of a nude woman chained to rock, a winged rider above, a sea monster at left, and onlookers before a city.

Perseus en Andromeda

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a canopied bed, with a winged man beside her and a haloed figure at right.

Apollo en Mercurius bezoeken Chione

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Pencil academic study of a classical female nude statue, Venus de' Medici, standing with a small cupid at its base.

Academiestudie naar pleistermodel van antiek beeld: Venus de' Medici, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude female statue in classical pose with a small cherub at her feet, on tan paper.

Venus de' Medici, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Engraving of sleeping Antiope on draped cloth, with Jupiter reaching toward her as an eagle swoops in.

Jupiter en Antiope

Pieter van Sompel, 1615

Engraving of nude Venus standing in water among rose bushes, with reclining Cupid and a battle scene near a castle.

Venus en de roos

Monogrammist DWF, 1558

Line engraving of the seated figure Ariadne with a wreath, resting her arm on a panther, on a stepped pedestal.

Ariadne zittend op een panter; zijaanzicht

Johann August Nahl, 1814

Engraved print of Ariadne seated on a panther, seen from behind, on a plinth inscribed Dannecker in Stuttgart 1814.

Ariadne zittend op een panter; achteraanzicht

Johann August Nahl, 1814

Engraving of Vulcan at a forge with a reclining nude Venus on a bed and a cupid leaning on a column.

Venus Reclining on a Bed in Vulcan's Forge

Pietro del Po, 1630

Engraving of the nude hero Hercules holding a club with a bearded head, standing among monstrous beasts and serpent heads in

Hercules

Hieronymus Wierix, 1578

Engraved oval ornament with a nude Hercules in a central cartouche, surrounded by scrolls, foliage and birds.

Ovaal, in het midden staat Hercules in een ovale lijst

Philips Galle, 1547

Engraving of Hercules holding up the celestial globe while Atlas sits beside him, in a rocky landscape with a Latin verse bel

Hercules torst de wereldbol voor Atlas

Cornelis Cort, 1563

Etching of a classical marble faun bust with curly hair and draped cloth, on a pedestal within an arched niche.

Sculptuur van een faun

Hubert Quellinus, 1646

Engraving of Hercules performing his labours with monsters, a bow, clubs, a hydra and a gathered crowd under a tent.

Werken van Hercules

Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, 1678

Engraving of Bacchus holding a wine goblet, framed by ornate scrollwork, putti, flower vases and grapes.

Bacchus met beker wijn in de hand in ornamentele omlijsting

Gerrit Visscher, 1690

Engraving of a sleeping man embraced by a crescent-crowned woman, with cupids and a dog in a wooded landscape.

Diana bezoekt de slapende Endymion

Antonio Ricciani, 1785

Etching of a sleeping nude woman reclining under a tree beside a bow and quiver, with a distant landscape behind her.

Slapende Diana in landschap

Jan van Neck, 1644

Etching of Venus and Vulcan with nymphs and cupids in a landscape beside an urn on a pedestal.

Venus en Vulcanus met nimfen en amors

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Engraving of Cupid riding an eagle above reclining figures, with Jupiter on a cloud in a circular frame.

Amor rooft de bliksemschicht van Jupiter

Nicolas de Beauvais, 1740

Etching of armored Achilles struggling with the river god Scamander in water, with a burning city behind them.

Achilles vecht met riviergod Scamander

J. Alexander Janssens, 1700

Engraved plate of Odysseus, Penelope, Icarius and a chariot with horses, with caption describing their departure from Lacedae

Odysseus verlaat Ithaca en Lacedaemon met Penelope

James Parker, 1805

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with ruins on a hill and small mythological figures near a pool.

Landschap met Apollo en Marsyas

Richard van Orley, 1673