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Rijksmuseum

55 works

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

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

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

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

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

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 Oppenord, c. 1717

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

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

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

Etching of playful putti and bacchanten with grapes, a wine jug and a basket on a stone ledge in a landscape.

Frieze with eight bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Etching of the nude god Bacchus holding a cup beside a crouching young satyr, rendered in fine cross-hatched lines.

Bacchus met een jonge sater

Jan de Bisschop, 1664

Engraved panel of women and a man with a quiver dancing in a circle, in classical draped robes.

Apollo en de Muzen

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Engraving of an enthroned emperor watching soldiers burn incense before a statue, with a crowd and city skyline behind.

Tronende koning aanschouwt soldaten die wierook bij een beeld van Jupiter strooien

Jan Luyken, 1694

Engraved panoramic print of a mythological wedding feast with banquet table, elephant, nude figures, cherubs and a grotto.

Huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche

Diana Scultori, 1575

Engraved triumphal procession with Bacchus on a chariot, centaurs, satyrs, putti, and soldiers in a horizontal frieze.

Triomf van Bacchus

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Etching of a nude infant Bacchus beside a barrel and torch, with two putti and a goat in a hilly landscape.

Bacchus als kind met ton en fakkel

William Baillie, 1750

Engraving with three mythological scenes: a garden meeting with fruit, women attacking a man, and Cupid beside a nude woman.

Vertumnus en Pomona / Dood van Pentheus / Jupiter, Amor en Venus

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Etching with a sea god in a chariot pulled by sea horses, flanked by a draped figure and Bacchus seated on a wine barrel.

Roof van Proserpina / Nimf / Bacchus op een wijnvat

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1744

Engraving of a coat of arms flanked by Minerva and Prudentia, with putti and a landscape background, 1729.

Wapenschild geflankeerd door Minerva en Prudentia

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch, 1729

Engraving of three mythological scenes stacked vertically: a city tower, a woman on a balcony above the sea, and Venus with C

Anaxarete en Iphis / Dood van Dido / Venus troost Amor

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraved ceiling design with scenes of Hercules, gods and allegorical figures framed by architectural ornament and cartouches

Plafond met de apotheose van Hercules

Matthijs Pool, 1718

Engraved vertical ornament print with a candelabrum, putti, a triton, and dense scrollwork in black and white.

Kandelaber met triton en viool

Zoan Andrea, 1505

Etching with three mythological scenes: Bacchus among vines, Bacchus on a ship, and a sleeping Cupid beside bulls.

Bacchus straft een man die een wijngaard verwoest / Bacchus redt Ariadne van het eiland Naxos / Bacchus en de slapend…

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraved ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, armor, spears and draped figures on a pale ground.

Ornament met Minerva en een naakte vrouw

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved allegory: a seated woman reaches up as a crown and coins fall, with a lion and globe beside her and a figure above.

Juno schenkt de kroon van de doge aan Venetië

Valentin Lefèbvre, 1682

Engraving with three mythological scenes: Bacchus and Ariadne among vines, Bacchus with a satyr, and Perseus and Andromeda wi

Bacchus en Ariadne / Bacchus heft zijn glas / Perseus en Andromeda

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Etched frieze of a satyr aiming a bow at a Bacchus statue as Mercury watches, with nymphs, a goat and birds in woodland.

Sater schiet een pijl op een beeld van Bacchus terwijl Mercurius toekijkt

Pierre Brébiette, 1617

Etching of putti in a bacchanalian scene, with children dancing beside a goat and others drinking from a jug under a tree.

Bacchanten en kinderen spelend met geit

Jean Lepautre, 1671

Three stacked etchings of mythological scenes: Neptune pursuing a woman, a Bacchic procession with a chariot, and figures wit

Neptunus achtervolgt een vrouw / Triomf van Bacchus / Terugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Etching of Bacchus seated on a leopard with bacchantes, satyrs, putti, a donkey and a goat among vine garlands.

Bacchus gezeten op een luipaard omringd door bacchanten en een ezel

Pierre Brébiette, 1617

Etching of playful putti drinking and pouring wine in a wooded landscape beside a grapevine-covered tree.

Drinkende bacchanten

Jean Lepautre, 1671

Three small etched scenes stacked vertically: satyrs dancing, lovers by a pond, and Orpheus playing lyre to animals.

Dronken saters / Geliefden aan de waterkant / Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Etching of Bacchanalian revelers with satyrs, putti, a donkey and goats in a wooded landscape, with women at right.

Bacchanten met ezel en bokken

Pierre Brébiette, 1617

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes with a donkey, a grape-filled vase, and a classical temple in the background.

Saters en bacchanten

Jan van Vianen, 1701

Engraving with three stacked scenes of mythological figures, including a feast, a seated old man, and a nude couple.

Hercules spint wol / Feest van Bacchus / Jupiter, Juno en Tiresias

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Etching of Bacchus and his followers, nymphs and satyrs, in a festive procession with a donkey and goats.

Bacchus en zijn gevolg door nimfen gevangen

Pierre Brébiette, 1617

Engraved panel with reclining Hercules, a winged sphinx, a lion and a putto, framed by flower garlands and classical architec

Hercules en de Cerberus en Hercules met de Hydra van Lerna

Louis Surugue, 1714

Engraving with three stacked mythological scenes: weaving women, a reclining couple under a tree, and a running figure by a v

Dochters van Minyas veranderd in vleermuizen / Scène uit de mythologie / Bacchus achtervolgt Erigone

Monogrammist MP, 1680

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

Engraved relief with Hercules wrestling a stag and a boar, flanking a central panel with a seated figure and weapons.

Reliëf geflankeerd door Hercules met het Arcadische hert en Hercules met het zwijn van Erymanthus

Louis Surugue, 1713

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

Triomf van Bacchus

Cornelis Bos, 1543

Etching of a nude woman in a draped gown embracing and kissing a leafy-crowned male figure beside tree branches.

Naakte vrouw kust een beeld van een faun

Armand Rassenfosse, 1872

Engraved print of a central allegorical relief flanked by reclining Hercules figures with a bull and horse, with a putto and

Reliëf geflankeerd door Hercules met de stier van Kreta en Hercules met een paard van Diomedes

Louis Surugue, 1713

Engraved frieze of putti pulling a chariot with a wreathed young Bacchus, with trumpeting putti marching alongside.

Fries met een triomfwagen waarin de jonge Bacchus zit

Sebald Beham, 1510

Etching of a muscular bearded Hercules standing nude with a lion skin draped over his arm, on a rocky base.

Staande Hercules een hand met appel op zijn rug

Jan de Bisschop, 1663

Pen drawing of a vertical ornamental panel with scrolling foliage and a grotesque faun face at the centre.

Faun tussen bladornamenten

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of Bacchus on a chariot in a procession with satyrs, centaurs, horses and putti, framed by scrollwork.

Triomf van Bacchus

Monogrammist IB, 1528

Etching of Apollo and Diana shooting Niobe's children, with fallen figures, horses and grieving women beneath trees.

Apollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656

Fries met veertien koppen in medaillons, derde rechts onder Hercules

Virgilius Solis, 1524

Black and white ornamental print with a central candelabra, winged figure, rams, satyrs and sea creatures in dense engraved l

Ornament met kandelaber met bokken als bekroning boven gevleugelde vrouw met hoornen des overvloeds en fabeldieren en…

Peregrino da Cesena, 1500

Etching of mythological gods and putti on clouds beneath a zodiac arc, with a roundel of a huntress at upper left.

Apollo's zonnewagen

Eleuter Jerzy Siemiginowski-Szymonowicz, 1670

Etched vignette of Apollo's head among piled military trophies, helmets, shields, spears and banners, with a Latin scroll.

Vignet met Apollo en militaire trofeeën

Sébastien Leclerc, 1684

Engraved vertical candelabra fragment with a seated satyr playing a viol beneath a tiered vase and scrolling ornament.

Fragment van kandelaber opgebouwd uit satyr met vedel en vaas op voet geflankeerd door wapentrofeeën

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1500

Engraving of a nude hero carrying a struggling boar on his shoulders, standing beside a ruined column under a cloudy sky.

Hercules met het zwijn van Erymanthus

Hendrik Pola, 1705

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a candelabrum, satyr-like figures, horned creatures, and putti on bird-headed beasts.

Ornament met kandelaber waarop mannelijke en vrouwelijke satyr zitten boven voet met twee leeuwachtige wezens met hor…

Peregrino da Cesena, 1505

Engraving of Apollo and Daphne: a river god pours water, a nude woman reclines, and Cupid aims an arrow from a tree.

Apollo en Daphne (linker deel)

Robert van Audenaerde, 1685