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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