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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

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 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

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 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

Circular ceiling painting of Diana and companions with roses, a winged figure, clouds and a chariot in a classical frame.

Ceiling painting with Diana and her companions

Gerard de Lairesse, 1676

Venus seated on a golden chariot presents armour to Aeneas, with smiths at a forge and cupids in the clouds above.

Aeneas Receiving a New Set of Armour from Venus

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Painting of a barefoot woman in pink robes on a rocky shore, with a sailing ship and towers across a blue bay.

Ariadne on Naxos

Filippo da Verona, 1510

Oil painting of an armored man in a red cape beside a nude woman, with cherubs holding a plumed helmet nearby.

Venus Arming a Warrior, possibly Johan Maurits at the Forge of Vulcan

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, 1644

Painting of a reclining nude youth, a woman in a dark drape leaning above, and a bearded old man kneeling beside a vessel.

Selene en Endymion

Johann Carl Loth, 1660

Pastoral landscape with a flute player, grazing cattle and goats, a nude child, and a hilltop town under cloudy skies.

De jonge Mercurius steelt runderen van Apollo’s kudde

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1530

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

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

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

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

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 Neptune standing in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with figures in clouds above.

Neptune in his chariot

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of a seated muscular hero on a rock under a tree, with kneeling figures, a standard bearer and a dog below.

Hercules on a rock

Michel Dorigny, 1640

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

Etching of a Bacchus fountain with a crowned god, satyrs, and water jets rising from a rocky basin surrounded by reeds.

Bacchus fountain at the site of the Oude Doolhof

Pieter Holsteyn, 1648

Engraving of Apollo with a torch beside a seated woman with a violin, a relief of musicians, and trees behind them.

Apollo and the invention of music

Gerard de Lairesse, 1675

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

Engraved bird's-eye view of formal gardens, fountains, and a palace on a wooded hillside, with a monument at the top.

View of the gardens, the Hercules monument and the water feature at Karlsberg

Alessandro Specchi, 1706

Monochrome print of a seated classical figure raising a bow while a winged child reaches for it against a shaded background.

Venus ontwapent Amor

Jean Jacques II Lagrenée, 1780

Engraving of Pallas in a plumed helmet with a Medusa shield, spear raised, standing over a fallen giant amid clouds.

Minerva

Egbert van Panderen, 1590

Engraving of a man seated with nude Venus, Ceres and Bacchus figures, Cupid, fruit and wine barrel beneath a tree.

Man in gezelschap van Venus, Ceres en Bacchus

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraved map cartouche with Minerva, Mercury, a coat of arms, eagle, and title text for Brandenburg, 1758.

Cartouche met Minerva en Mercurius

August Scheller, 1758

Engraving of Cupid above a mythological wedding preparation scene with an elephant, camel, giraffe and seated nude figure.

Voorbereidingen voor het huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (linkerdeel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Pen drawing of Apollo standing beside the satyr Marsyas, who plays a pipe, with onlookers and trees in the background.

Apollo en Marsyas

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1611

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches for laurel branches, with nude river gods and a cupid among trees.

Apollo en Daphne

Robert van Audenaerd, 1685