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Yale University Art Gallery

13 works

Painting of a muscular nude man reclining on rocks under a stormy sky, one arm raised holding white cloth.

Dying Hercules

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1812

Hanging scroll painting of pink peonies and white narcissus beside a rock, with dark ink leaves and branches.

Peonies and Narcissus

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton struggling with rearing horses in a chariot beneath a radiant Apollo figure in clouds.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Apollo

Jean Jouvenet, 1680

Charcoal study of a seated male nude with an extended arm and a separate leg study, on pale paper.

Study of Perseus for Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa, mural, Stairway, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [?]

John Singer Sargent, 1921

Engraving of the muse Calliope seated with a laurel wreath, holding an open book, with stacked books beside her.

Calliope, plate 1 from the series The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Chalk and charcoal study of a man seen from behind, wearing draped cloth and a cap, on dark gray paper with grid lines.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel," lunette in the rotunda of the Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Black chalk and white heightening sketch of a nude female figure with outstretched arms and drapery on gray paper.

Allegory of France (La France sous les traits d'une nymph), study for France Enlightening the World and Protecting Ag…

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1863

Engraving of a satyr playing a flute beside a reclining nude woman nursing an infant among trees.

The Satyr and his Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1505

Charcoal and white chalk study of three male figures in dynamic poses, one arm raised, on dark grey paper.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan," mural in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvan…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1905

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude male figure with a lyre and staff, haloed, on grey paper.

Study for Apollo

Color print of a pale figure among rippling water and dense teal foliage, in green and salmon tones.

Nymphe effrayee (Frightened Nymph)

Pen and ink drawing of two women in long gowns descending a stone staircase past urns and balustrades in a garden.

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: So…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing nude woman with arms raised behind her head, with a smaller sketch beside her.

Study for the Figure of Venus

Elihu Vedder, 1893