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3,097 works

Engraving of Hercules clubbing a multi-headed hydra atop a stone pedestal, with an inscription below.

Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1600

Vertical black-and-white woodcut of a stern winged female figure beside a nude woman holding a goblet, with a sunburst below.

Psyche's triomf

Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel, 1894

Etching of a Triton with a fish tail raising a conch shell to his lips, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Triton die op schelp blaast

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Twelve-panel sheet showing Saint Nicholas with a donkey, giving sweets to children, and visiting houses, with verses below.

Sint Nikolaas / Saint Nicolas

Brepols & Dierckx zoon, 1833

Etching of a winged figure above a mountain landscape, with soldiers, draped figures, a child holding a cup, and scales.

Bacchus heft zijn wijnglas op de vrede

Jan Luyken, 1691

Engraving of a ship at sea with sailors turning into dolphins, a vine-crowned figure on deck, and bats flying overhead.

Bacchus verandert zijn ontvoerders in dolfijnen

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of peasants at a farmhouse door with a wine jug and dog, angels in clouds above, and figures fighting in the backgr

Bacchus met wijn bij boeren

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of Bacchus and Ariadne embracing in a forest, with dancing revelers, vines, and chariots in the clouds above.

Bacchus en Ariadne als geliefden

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of a bearded man on a donkey below clouds, with a winged figure driving a cat-drawn chariot and gods seated above.

Terugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of nude giants hurling rocks and branches in a battle beneath gods on clouds, with a lion and figures above.

Bacchus helpt de Titanen verslaan

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of Bacchus and revelers in a wooded landscape with thyrsus staffs, a seated Ariadne, and ships on the sea.

Bacchus vindt Ariadne op Naxos

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of crowned Jupiter enthroned on clouds with gods and attendants, peasants working in the fields below.

Bacchus biedt Jupiter wijn aan

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of winged Mercury handing an infant to nymphs in a forest, with nude figures and a stream in the background.

Mercurius geeft Bacchus aan de nimfen van Nysa

Pieter Serwouters, 1616

Engraving of Bacchus reaching for a grapevine by a tree, with a bull, a small cupid, and a shepherd in the landscape.

Bacchus en Ampelus

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of Jupiter holding infant Bacchus beside an eagle, with a reclining woman among flames and clouds.

Geboorte van Bacchus

Jacob Matham, 1616

Mezzotint of a woman as Diana with crescent moon, spear and hound, with a landscape at left.

Portret van Anne Dawson als Diana

James MacArdell, 1754

Engraving of Apollo pursuing Daphne, who reaches toward laurel branches, with a rocky waterfall and forest landscape behind t

Apollo achtervolgt Daphne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Jupiter and the nymph Callisto reclining beneath drapery, with hunting dogs, a hare, and a forest landscape.

Jupiter en Callisto

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of nymphs in a forest stream, with Diana pointing toward a seated figure among bathing companions.

Diana ontdekt de zwangerschap van Callisto

Theodor Matham, 1636

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing on a canopied bed, with cupids and armour in the room.

Mars en Venus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Jupiter descending toward the sleeping nude Semele on a bed, with an eagle, a dog and a column.

Jupiter en Semele

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Etching of a woman refusing to sacrifice before an Apollo statue at an altar, with soldiers and a crowd in a colonnaded hall.

Cointha weigert aan de Romeinse god Apollo te offeren

Jan Luyken, 1685

Etching of a young woman kicking over a Roman altar as officials and onlookers react beneath an arched colonnade.

Eulalia van Mérida schopt een Romeins altaar met beeld van Apollo om

Jan Luyken, 1685

Etching of a nude youth with a laurel wreath seated by cattle and a goat near water, under overhanging trees and rocks.

Apollo hoedt de kudde van Admetus

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, 1600

Etching of a reclining figure pointing at cattle, horses and goats by water beneath a rocky outcrop with trees.

Battus onthult waar Mercurius de kudde van Apollo verstopt

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, 1600

Lithographic bust portrait of a white-haired man in a dark double-breasted coat, with printed caption and signature below.

Portret van Jacques Lisfranc de Saint Martin

Grégoire et Deneux, 1844

Engraving of Venus driving a chariot pulled by doves through clouds, with a billowing cloth and Latin caption below.

Venus op haar strijdwagen

Pietro Ghigi, 1760

Engraving of Venus seated nude and holding Adonis, who leads two hunting dogs, with Cupid beneath a tree at left.

Venus en Adonis met Amor

Raphaël Sadeler, 1610

Engraved classical scene of soldiers and robed men before a walled city, framed by putti, masks and garlands.

Romulus wijdt de buit van de verslagen koning Acron aan Jupiter

Louis de Châtillon, 1659

Pen and wash drawing of garlanded bulls led to an altar before a classical arch, with a statue in a niche and armored figures

Alexander de Grote offert witte stieren aan Jupiter

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Engraving of Apollo with a bow beside the reclining nude Coronis under a tree, a bird flying above, 1636.

Apollo doodt Coronis

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraved allegory: Minerva above a fallen figure, cherubs, a banner with book title, and a seated woman beside a globe and bo

Minerva overwint de onwetendheid en de luiheid

Pieter Tanjé, 1716

Engraved frontispiece with a portrait of Racine, a muse with lyre, Apollo, winged Fame and putti, titled Oeuvres de Racine.

Portret van Jean Baptiste Racine met een muze en Apollo

Pieter Tanjé, 1743

Engraving of bearded Saint Mark writing with a quill, with a lion's head beside him at the right.

De evangelist Marcus met leeuw

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1712

De evangelist Lucas met os

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1712

Engraving of a Bacchic triumph procession with satyrs, revelers, a wine chariot and a classical colonnade.

Triomf van Bacchus

Cornelis Bos, 1543

Engraving of three women among clouds beside a peacock, one nude and two draped, one wearing a grain wreath.

Juno, Ceres en Psyche

Marco Dente, 1510

Engraving of a nude couple kissing under a tree by the sea, with a cherub holding a torch and a large eagle.

Jupiter en Semele

Marco Dente, 1510

Engraving of Triton riding a giant fish spouting water, with cherubs on dolphins and a city street behind.

Spektakel met Triton op een reuzenvis; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635 (nr. 34)

Antony van der Does, 1635

Engraving of a sailing ship firing cannons in clouds of smoke, with fireworks bursting over the sea and a Latin inscription b

Spektakel met schip met vuurwerk en de zuilen van Hercules; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635 (nr. 37)

Jacob Neefs, 1635

Etching of Minerva and Hercules holding a coat of arms while a winged Fama blows a trumpet above.

Minerva, Hercules en Faam met wapenschild

Godfried Maes, 1659

Etching of Venus leaning against a tree beside a crouching Cupid, with broken arrows on the ground and an Italian verse below

Venus straft Amor

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus seated by a tree blindfolding Cupid, with bow and arrows on the ground and mountains behind.

Venus blinddoekt Amor

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus breaking Cupid's bow beneath trees, with Cupid holding arrows at left.

Venus breekt Amors boog

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Engraving of a satyr watching a nude woman milk a goat while a child sits beside her under trees.

Jupiter als kind gevoed met melk van de geit Amalthea

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1596

Etching of a helmeted warrior with a raised sword beside a tree, with bearded river gods and a reclining figure in the foregr

Achilles bevecht de riviergoden Scamander en Simois

Bernhard Rode, 1768

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure seated on a rock with a small child climbing beside him, in fine hatched lines.

Antiek beeld 'De Getemde centaur

Paulus Pontius, 1616

Engraving of a centaur seizing a woman in drapery against a rocky landscape, after a mythological scene.

Hercules doodt Nessus

Paulus Pontius, 1616

Engraved title page with central cartouche, angels, kneeling figures, lion and ox, and a coat of arms above.

Titelprent van Passio, mors et resurrection dn. Nostri Jesu Christ

Philips Galle, 1585

Engraving of two satyrs in a forest, one milking a goat while the other kneels beside it, with a banner reading NI·RO.

Twee satyrs drinken melk van geit

Nicoletto da Modena, 1490

Nude Hercules holds a golden apple beside a bare tree and a dead dragon among classical ruins in an engraved print.

Hercules met knots en gouden appel staat naast dode draak in tuin van Hesperiden

Nicoletto da Modena, 1490

Engraving of Cupid riding a goat between two horned satyrs, one playing pipes, with a castle in the background.

Cupido op een geit met twee satyrs

Zoan Andrea, 1475

Pencil drawing of Minerva offering a laurel wreath to a young man, framed by a rococo cartouche and cherubs.

Minerva houdt lauwerkrans boven jongen met bul

Simon Fokke, 1745

Engraving of a formal garden fountain with a central statue, stone urns, and strollers on a gravel path.

Narcissus cascade in de tuin van Paleis Het Loo

Cornelis Danckerts, 1696

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling haloed saint in prayer before the crowned Madonna and Child with cherubs and clouds.

H. Filippo Neri in aanbidding geknield voor de Madonna

Alonso Cano, 1611

Engraving of Minerva seated with a laurel branch, a cherub, books and a beehive in an oval floral frame.

Minerva als patrones van onderwijs en kunsten

Simon Fokke, 1722

Engraved ornamental page with an oval cartouche showing Hercules wrestling a bull, surrounded by scrolls, birds and grotesque

Ovale cartouche met Hercules en de Kretenzische stier

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1565

Etching with two scenes from the Cupid and Psyche story: Psyche with a lamp above, and winged Cupid with an arrow below.

Twee scènes uit het verhaal van Amor en Psyche

Jan de Bisschop, 1668

Etching of Apollo playing a lyre and Pan playing pipes beneath trees, with onlookers and a sheep in an octagonal frame.

De wedstrijd tussen Apollo en Pan

Jan de Bisschop, 1668

Engraved circular print of a haloed elderly man writing beside a lion, with an open book and inkwell.

Evangelist Marcus

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist writing with a quill beside an eagle, under a floating angel and a tree.

Johannes de Evangelist

Gilles Rousselet, 1650

Open book showing printed text on the left and a reproduction of robed figures adoring a cross on the right.

The redemption: adoration of the cross

Carl Stockmann, 1885

Open book: left page of dense text on the Ammergau Passion Play; right page with a photo of Christ's departure from Bethany.

Christ's departure from Bethany

Carl Stockmann, 1885

Sepia photograph of a central figure rising into clouds above a group of kneeling and standing robed figures on rocks.

The ascension

Carl Stockmann, 1885