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Painting of Venus embracing Adonis with a spear and hunting dogs, Cupid at lower left, castle and landscape behind.

Venus and Adonis

Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1585 - c. 1590

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

Gerard de Lairesse, 1680

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

Orpheus and the Animals

Paulus Potter, 1650

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

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

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

Moyses van Wtenbrouck, c. 1630 - c. 1635

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 woman on white silk bed with rose petals, green drapery, and women playing music in a window-lit room.

Reclining Venus

Lambert Sustris, 1540

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

Hendrik van Balen, c. 1617 - 1625

Oil painting of a standing nude woman and a seated nude flute player beside a herm in a dark wooded landscape.

A Nymph Dancing to a Shepherd's Flute

Adriaen van der Werff, 1718

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

Elegant figures feast and flirt in a formal garden under a vine arbor with nude statues, a cupid, and a distant palace.

Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with Mortals in a Garden of Love

Louis de Caullery, 1590 - 1621

Oil painting of a three-masted ship firing guns in a bay, smoke rising near a hillside town, with rowboats in the water.

HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits

jonkheer Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1864

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

Brown monochrome painting of nude Neptune holding a trident beside a sea monster with open jaws.

Triumph of the Faith: Neptune

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1550 - c. 1560

Allegorical painting of a seated princess in a classical interior with a painter, a harpsichord, musicians and floating nude

Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820). Wife of Prince Willem V, in the Temple of the Arts

Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, 1760 - 1790

Painting of a dancing nymph and a seated flute-playing shepherd beside a ruin, set among dark trees.

A Nymph Dancing to a Shepherd's Flute-Playing

Adriaen van der Werff, 1718

Monochrome brown painting of Hercules in a lion skin struggling with the centaur Nessus beneath him, club raised overhead.

Triumph over Death: Samson Carries the Gates of the City of Gaza | Hercules Kills the Centaur Nessus

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1550 - c. 1560

Painted landscape of a man herding oxen along a hillside path past a village, under a dark stormy sky.

Hercules Steals the Oxen of Geryon

Joos de Momper, 1590 - 1635

Circular ceiling painting of Apollo, Minerva and the nine muses among clouds, with putti and musical instruments.

Apollo Enthroned in the Clouds, with Minerva and the Nine Muses

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

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 nude woman with a laurel wreath playing a lute, seated in a dark landscape with a draped purple cloth.

Muse with Lute

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1528 - 1594

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

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

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

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 a nude woman with a rose wreath offering a golden cup to a large eagle against a cloudy sky.

Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

Gustav-Adolphe Diez, 1826

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 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 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.

Gerard de Lairesse, 1676

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

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

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…

Gerard de Lairesse, 1676

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

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

Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682

Man playing a lute beside a woman in a laurel wreath under a tree, with a shepherd and flock in the landscape behind.

Allegory on Nature as wet-nurse of the Arts

Jan van Hemessen, 1540 - 1557

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

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

Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682

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

Painting of Venus with blonde curls and rose satin dress adjusting her hair, with a cupid clinging to her side.

Venus and Cupid

Benedetto Caliari, 1575

Painted ceiling fragment with Diana and companions, cherubs, gilded relief ornament and classical architecture by Gerard de L

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

Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682

Painting of Psyche at her toilet, seated nude among attendants in a classical columned interior with a mirror.

Het toilet van Psyche

Joseph Paelinck, 1823

Venus and Adonis embrace in a wooded landscape with a cupid, hunting dog, satyr, and castle on a hill.

Venus en Adonis

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1587

Ceiling painting of Diana and companions with putti, bow and arrows, gilded ornament and classical architecture.

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

Gerard 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

Painting of two women embracing under a tree with cupids, a red drape, an eagle and hunting dogs, by Jacob de Wit, 1727.

Jupiter, vermomd als Diana, verleidt de nimf Callisto

Jacob de Wit, 1727

Painting of Bacchus lifting a starry crown above a nude Ariadne seated on a gilded bed, with a cupid and dark clouds.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1680

Arcadian landscape with trees, a classical building, obelisk, and a figure in red drapery gesturing near a pond.

Arcadisch landschap met Jupiter en Io

Johannes Glauber, 1680

Painting of a disguised shepherd approaching a seated woman in blue as an eagle flies above, with putti and sheep nearby.

Jupiter, vermomd als herder, verleidt Mnemosyne, godin van het geheugen

Jacob de Wit, 1727

Painting of Venus in red drapery embracing Adonis beside a spear and hunting dog, with a wooded landscape behind.

Venus and Adonis

Joos de Pape, 1629

Painting of an Arcadian landscape with nude bathers by a pool beneath tall trees and rolling hills under clouds.

Arcadian Landscape with Diana Bathing

Johannes Glauber, 1661

Painting of Venus and Mars embracing with Cupids, attendants and red drapery in a classical setting, 1604.

Venus and Mars

Hans Rottenhammer, 1604

Painting of nude nymphs grappling with a satyr among trees and goats, with a wide landscape and cloudy sky behind.

Pan Punished by Nymphs

Jacob Jordaens, 1640

Painted landscape of a forest path with classical huntress figures and hounds, framed by tall trees and distant hills at suns

Landscape with Diana Hunting

Abraham Genoels, 1685

Sepia drawing of Hercules in a lion skin grappling with the centaur Nessus, arms raised, in a tall vertical format.

Hercules vernietigt de centaur Nessus

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Painting of two women embracing under a tree with cherubs, a red drape, an eagle, and hunting dogs in a forest.

Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto

Jacob de Wit, 1727

Painting of a girl in a red dress twirling on a wooden floor, with a lute player and a woman in period dress behind her.

Airs and Graces

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, 1872

Painting of two women on a stone step, one in gilded helmet and armor reading a book, with a peacock and cherubs nearby.

Margarita Trip as Minerva, Instructing her Sister Anna Maria Trip

Ferdinand Bol, 1663

Painting of a shepherd leaning toward a seated woman in a woodland scene, with an eagle overhead and cupids and sheep nearby.

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory

Jacob de Wit, 1727

Painting of a woman drawing at a ledge, a young man holding a sculpted head, and a nude Venus statue in a niche.

Een tekenares en een jongen bij een beeld van Venus

Pieter van der Werff, 1715