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Painting of a barefoot man leading cattle through a hilly landscape with village houses and a distant church spire.

Hercules steelt de kudde van Geryones

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1590

Painting of a smiling satyr playing a pipe beside a goat, ram and sheep under a tree.

A Satyr

Jacob Jordaens, 1630

Girl in a red gown dancing on a wooden floor while a woman and a seated lute player watch in an interior.

Airs and Graces, Opus CX

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, 1872

Sepia painting of a winged rider with sword above a chained nude woman, a sea monster, and a city by the water.

Perseus en Andromeda. Allegorie op de bevrijding van de Nederlanden door prins Frederik Hendrik

Pieter Symonsz Potter, 1642

Sepia drawing of a nude hero restraining a three-headed dog on a boat crowded with anguished faces, by Jacob van Campen.

Hercules Gets Cerberus from the Underworld (Charon, the Ferryman of the Styx)

Jacob van Campen, 1645

Muscular bearded male nude in brown tones straining against a large curved gate with metal fittings.

Triomf over de dood: Simson draagt de deuren van de poort van Gaza | Hercules doodt de centaur Nessus

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555

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

Brown monochrome painting of muscular men battling centaurs, one wielding a club, with a bow drawn at upper right.

Hercules Slays the Centaurs (Jupiter Defeating the Centaurs)

Jacob van Campen, 1645

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

Gerard de Lairesse, 1676

Painted imitation of a niche with a woman holding fruit, a dog at her feet, and a frieze of dancing figures above.

Behangselschildering met bacchante

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo wall-light with five candle arms and a satyr figure at its centre.

Design for a wall-light

Gilles Marie Oppenort, c. 1717

Drawing of Venus kneeling with Cupid aiming a bow, two swans in reeds below, a carriage in a forest to the left.

Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Roelant Savery, 1586 - 1639

Grey ink drawing of a ruined Doric temple colonnade with grazing oxen and figures in the foreground.

View of the temple of 'Juno' near Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1775

Monochrome print of a satyr peering over a nude nymph, with another nymph and dense foliage in a dark woodland setting.

Nymphs and a satyr

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1927

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

Pencil drawing of a sculptural group of two intertwined figures on a carved pedestal, with budding branches at left.

Mercury kidnaps Psyche

Huib Luns, 1929

Engraved title page with a cartouche showing Hercules wrestling a lion, putti with a fruit basket, and the title L'Europe.

Cartouche with Hercules

François Chauveau, 1643

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man in periwig and robe, with a skull and crossbones below and a Latin inscription.

Portret van Achilles Uffenbach

Mathäus Küsel, 1645

Engraving of nymphs and a seated allegorical figure by a lake with swans, cherubs and an eagle with coat of arms above.

Allegorical representation with nymphs

Engraved title page with allegorical women, a helmeted Minerva, coats of arms, and the title Spiegel van Staat des Vereenigde

Allegorical representation with Faith, Minerva and Discord

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1706

Engraved emblematic print with Apollo on clouds above a kneeling figure, framed by a crowned bust, warrior, and open book.

Apollo sitting on clouds and kneeling figure

François van Bleyswijck, 1722

Engraving of a bearded river god embracing a nymph beside pouring urns, with cherubs above and a distant castle.

Allegorical representation with river god and nymph

Etching of Neptune in a sea chariot with horses, beside Arion playing a harp on a dolphin, with a ship and city behind.

Tableau vivant with Neptune and Arion

Pieter Nolpe, 1642

Engraved certificate with allegorical figures in a rowing boat and an exhibition city view, awarding a medal to W. B. Tholen.

Hercules wrestles with Achelous

Charles Emmanuel Patas, 1786

Engraving of a sailing ship in battle amid smoke and fireworks, with a Latin inscription beneath the scene.

Spectacle with ship with fireworks and the pillars of Hercules

Jacob Neefs, 1636

Engraving of Perseus on winged Pegasus attacking a sea monster near a chained woman on a rocky shore, with a city in the dist

Tableau vivant with Perseus and Andromeda

Pieter Nolpe, 1642

Engraving of a statue of Apollo at the center of clipped hedge alleys, with figures in period dress in a garden setting.

Statue of Apollo on Clingendael estate

Daniël Stopendaal, 1687

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

Johann Sadeler, 1585

Watercolor design of Neptune with trident bending toward a nude woman by rocky cliffs, with blue border and Dutch inscription

Design for a wallpaper painting with Neptune and Coronis

Rienk Keyert, 1751

Engraving of Juno in a robe and crown gesturing to a charioteer driving horses toward a setting sun over the sea.

Juno commands the sun to set

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Etching of draped figures offering at a classical courtyard with an arched statue niche, palm trees, and a torch.

Offering to Venus

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Watercolor of Neptune driving sea horses over waves while Venus, with Cupid and swans, appears in the clouds above.

Venus requests Neptune to prevent Telemachus from landing on Ithaca

Rienk Keyert, 1719

Pen and ink sketch of nude nymphs hoisting a heavy load, with studies of figures and poses around the central group.

The loading of the hunting booty by the nymphs of Diana

Peter Paul Rubens, 1611

Etching of a classical allegory: a helmeted woman shields a nude figure from satyrs and musicians near arches and trees.

Minerva protects innocence against temptation

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated sculptor with chisel and mallet beside a nude figure on a pedestal, with classical architecture behind.

Sculptor works on a statue of Hercules

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing, the nude god holding a spear and plumed helmet, with Venus draped beside him.

Mars and Venus

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Etching of sirens on rocks beside a ship with sailors on deck, rendered in fine hatched lines on paper.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Johannes Glauber, 1656

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 a reclining woman as Venus Victrix on an ornate couch, with Italian title and dedication text below.

Pauline Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix

Domenico Marchetti, 1816

Etching of the goddess Diana seated on a cloud with bow, spear and putti, with rays of light across the sky.

Diana with bow and arrow on a cloud

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated veiled woman with a book beside a Vesta altar, classical columns and statues in an arcade.

Vestal virgins at an altar for the goddess Vesta

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of a classical marble statue of Venus on a circular pedestal, with drapery held at her chest and hips.

Venus

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of Venus reclining against a tree as a winged Cupid crowns her with flowers, with cherubs at her feet.

Venus and Cupid - Spring

Johannes Glauber, 1656

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

Engraved print of Canova's sculpture Amor and Psyche, two figures embracing on a pedestal, with dedicatory inscription below.

Amor and Psyche

Domenico Marchetti, 1814

Etching of Minerva with spear and shield beside an owl, as a seated figure sits in a dark stone cell behind a door.

Minerva locks up Discord in a cell

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a woman tending a child in a bed, with attendants and laurel branches under arches, Latin title above.

Cupid is cared for by Venus

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of a reclining marble statue of Endymion on a pedestal, with a dog and arrows beside him.

Endymion

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of nude sea nymphs surrounding an ornate ship as a helmeted warrior stands on deck, with sailing ships behind.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by sea nymphs

Jacob Folkema, 1743

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 nymphs bathing in a pond while a seated woman gestures toward them, in a wooded landscape.

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto

Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola, 1811

Engraving with two panels of muscular nude figures and grotesque masks framing oval scenes of mythological figures, dated 165

Apollo and Marsyas / Boreas and Oreithyia

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a chariot pulled by big cats, with satyrs, putti, and women with pipes and fruit baskets.

Triumph of Bacchus

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Sepia engraving of a harbor with a large sailing ship, classical buildings, rowboats and figures on the quay under a hazy sky

Seaport with Odysseus returning Chryseis to Chryses

Richard Earlom, 1774

Etched print with nude male figures, putti and a medallion showing a seated figure with a bull, within ornamental framing.

Orpheus and Eurydice / Rape of Europa

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a crowned king and bearded men facing muscular satyrs beside a donkey and a tree, with a sprawled figure in fron

Two satyrs bring Silenus to King Midas

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of robed figures in a classical hall preparing an offering at a garlanded altar, with a flute player and kneeling a

A calf is prepared to be sacrificed to Juno

Bernard Picart, 1683

Engraving of Perseus raising Medusa's head as soldiers and nude figures turn to stone in a classical interior.

Perseus turns his enemies to stone with the head of Medusa

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of three nude male figures on a rocky shore beneath a cloud where two enthroned figures sit, with sea and a winged

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto divide the universe

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Grey wash drawing of putti in an oval frame with grapes, a vessel and a staff, playing with Bacchus attributes.

Putti with the attributes of Bacchus

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Engraving with paired panels of muscular nude figures, putti and medallions depicting mythological embraces, by Carlo Cesio,

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus / Cupid and Pan

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Apollo driving a sun chariot over clouds, with a reclining nude couple and a cupid in the foreground.

Apollo in his sun chariot

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraved study sheet with a centaur, a standing figure, and several male and female heads in varied expressions.

Study sheet with drawing examples: centaur, standing figure and heads

Michael Snijders, 1610

Engraving of Venus and Anchises with a winged cupid beside a pedestal inscribed GENVS VNDE LATINVM, before draped curtains.

Venus and Anchises

Carlo Cesio, 1656

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

Pencil drawing of a sleeping nymph on rocks, watched by a satyr peering from behind a tree in a wooded landscape.

Sleeping nymph spied on by a satyr

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Engraving of Diana embracing the sleeping Endymion in a landscape, with two putti peering from foliage and a dog at right.

Diana and Endymion

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of two horned satyrs and three nude nymphs bathing in a stream beside a rocky cave under trees.

Three nymphs and two satyrs bathing

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Pen sketch of women on horseback and kneeling nude figures near water, mythological scene by Leonaert Bramer.

Mythological scene with women on foot and on horseback by the water

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Engraving with nude male figures, bathers in a circular medallion, grotesque masks and fruit garlands in an ornamental frame.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Red chalk sketch of a standing helmeted female figure holding a spear and round shield on pale paper.

Scratched-out Minerva figure

Jakob Smits, 1865

Pen and wash ceiling design of Jupiter and Juno enthroned among clouds, with putti, musicians and winged figures.

Design for a ceiling with the marriage of Jupiter and Juno

Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1748

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

Jupiter and Juno

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Bacchus with a grape-crowned figure raising a cup, a companion holding grapes, and a mountain landscape in an ov

Bacchus

Edouard Taurel, 1832

Engraving of a nymph seated on a satyr's knee beneath a tree, with a reclining Cupid and bow at lower left.

Nymph on the knee of a satyr

Lucas Kilian, 1589

Etching of a crescent-crowned goddess reclining beside a winged dragon, with a cupid and a serpent in the scene.

Triumphal chariot of Diana

Eloy Bonnejonne, 1640

Red chalk drawing of Cupid leaning on an arch between two smoking oil lamps, with bow and arrows, in a framed panel design.

Cupid on round arch between two burning oil lamps

Anna Alma Tadema, 1880

Engraving of Minerva leading a weaving workshop with women at looms and spinning, ships visible in a harbor beyond.

Minerva guides a weaving mill

Bernard Picart, 1717

Engraving of Diana and her nymphs resting in a forest, with hunting dogs, a cupid, and a satyr peeking from behind a tree.

Diana and her nymphs

Battista Franco, 1520

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and cap, with printed name caption below.

Portrait of Achilles Pirminius Gasser

Johann Jacob Haid, 1747

Marble border with satyr head, head with laurel wreath and garland

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, glancing over her shoulder beside a rolled cloth.

Venus

Jurriaan Cootwijck, 1767

Engraved panoramic landscape showing the myth of Apollo and Marsyas with nude figures, Muses on a hill, and a distant city.

Apollo and Marsyas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Engraving of a giant seizing a small man on the ground while a woman looks on, from a Homeric scene.

Giants seize a companion of Odysseus

James Parker, 1805

Engraved ceiling design with a central roundel showing Hercules, surrounded by eagles, putti and ornamental frames.

Ceiling with Hercules in medallion

Jean Lepautre, 1628

Engraved print of three ornamental friezes with scrolling foliage, animals, hunters and a figure with a lyre.

Three ornamental friezes with Apollo, animals and hunters

Abraham Helmhack, 1664

Engraving of Odysseus seated apart at a table with Circe and a standing attendant, in classical Greek style.

Odysseus at table with Circe

James Parker, 1805

Decorative print with a city goddess and five views of Amsterdam canals, harbor ships and church towers.

Reproduction of a drawing of the city goddess of Amsterdam, incorporating five photographs with cityscapes

Gerrit Hendricus Heinen, 1894

Sepia print of Mercury handing a set of panpipes to Minerva, with a Latin dedication inscription below.

Mercury gives Minerva a pan flute

John B. Skippe, 1783

Line engraving of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot while a robed woman reaches toward him against a starry sky.

Lampetia complains to Apollo

James Parker, 1805

Engraving of Psyche holding a lamp over a sleeping Cupid on a curtained bed, with a winged figure at the upper left.

Psyche and the sleeping Cupid

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Engraving of Vulcan seated at an anvil with a shield, while two workers hammer at a forge inside a cavern.

Vulcan

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Etching of an ornate urn with two satyrs at the handles and a mermaid seated in its center, on a pedestal.

Vase with two satyrs and a mermaid

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of a satyr seated by a herm statue under trees, with a shepherd leading goats and sheep on the right.

Satyr at statue of Priapus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1643

Engraved print of the goddess Venus standing nude with a cupid among clouds, within an ornate diamond-shaped floral frame.

Venus

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraved allegorical ceiling scene with Apollo and Minerva, putti and clouds, set within an ornate scrolled frame.

Apollo distributes rewards to Arts and Sciences, Minerva crowns the genius of France

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1711