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Mythology

8,036 works

Engraved frontispiece of Minerva pointing toward scholars in a library, with a cherub reading books at her feet.

Minerva wijst op geleerden in bibliotheek

Simon Fokke, 1745

Engraving of Minerva with cherubs, books and instruments, a statue with torch, and scholars at a table before a classical bui

Minerva als patrones van wetenschap en kunsten

Simon Fokke, 1746

Engraving of Perseus flying to rescue chained Andromeda on a rock as a sea monster rises from the waves below.

Perseus and Andromeda

Etching of satyrs and nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded clearing, with classical ruins and a musician under a tree.

Drie satyrs maken rondedans met drie nimfen

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1774

Brown ink wash stage design of a domed theatre with a winged figure, classical columns, and a crowd around a smoking altar.

Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of nude Hercules with club and lion skin beside a serpent in a garden, with Italian caption below.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil drawing of a winged woman seated on draped cloth, looking upward while writing on a tablet with a stylus.

Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of Minerva in a helmet writing on a tablet, with an owl on a pedestal and scrolls beside her.

Minerva

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of a sleeping nude Venus in a forest with cupids, a satyr, and two draped women among trees.

Slapende Venus

Willem de Broen, 1705

Engraving of Venus reclining nude in a forest while a winged cupid holds a drape behind her.

Venus en Amor

Étienne Baudet, 1669

Woodcut-style print of the winged Cupid sleeping on a cushion, head tilted, with curly hair and feathered wings.

Cupid Asleep

Bartolomeo Coriolano after Guido Reni

Engraving of an antique marble bust of a bearded faun with curly hair and a draped animal skin, on a pedestal.

Antieke buste van een faun

Étienne Baudet, 1678

Etched architectural facade with a pediment and pilasters, decorated with mythological figures and inscriptions, by Félicien

Poppenkast gedecoreerd met erotisch mythologische scènes

Félicien Rops, 1864

Sepia engraved print of an ornate classical urn with satyr-head handles and a bacchanalian medallion, dated 1779.

Antieke vaas met bacchanten

Patrick Begbie, 1779

Sepia print of an ornate classical vase with female bust handles and a central medallion showing a helmeted figure with a spe

Antieke vaas met Minerva

Patrick Begbie, 1779

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil drawing of mythological figures battling winged sea monsters in two horizontal friezes, by Felice Giani, 1800.

Triton Combats Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of Minerva with spear and Medusa shield in an oval landscape medallion framed by ornate grotesques.

Medaillon met Minerva met lans en schild met Medusahoofd in omlijsting van grotesken met bloemen, guirlandes, dieren…

Adriaen Collaert, 1570

Engraved medallion of Venus and Cupid in a landscape, surrounded by ornamental scrollwork with birds and flowers.

Medaillon met Venus en Amor in omlijsting van grotesken met bloemen, guirlandes, dieren en mascarons

Adriaen Collaert, 1570

Engraved title page with an oval cartouche flanked by Minerva and Apollo, framed by dense ornamental scrollwork and a griffin

Minerva en Apollo flankeren een cartouche met titel

Gerrit Visscher, 1690

Ink drawing of a reclining nude man beside a standing draped figure offering a bow and arrows, with foliage behind.

Hercules adds Bow and Arrow to Philactetes

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a young woman's face with tilted head and upward gaze on toned paper.

Sketch for a Bacchante

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of a nude Venus holding grapes while a small Cupid clings to her shoulder.

Venus and Cupid

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk design for a symmetrical decorative panel with draped nymphs, garlands, scrolls and a flaming urn.

Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of women gathered around jewelry in a room, with a seated man gesturing toward them.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch of a Doric temple colonnade at Paestum with column studies and handwritten colour notes.

Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of armored heroes with spears, a floating cherub, and a classical temple, by Bartholomeus Spranger, 1591.

Hercules en Scipio geleid door Minerva op het pad der deugd

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1591

Oval brown ink wash drawing of Ulysses and companions escaping in a boat from the Cyclops's cave with sheep.

Ulysses Escapes the Cyclops’s Cave and Embarks with a Companion

Engraving of Orpheus being killed by Bacchantes, with dancing maenads, reclining women, cherubs and palm trees in a rocky lan

Dood van Orpheus

Bernard Picart, 1724

Engraving of nude Leda seated with a swan on a riverbank, cherubs nearby and an eagle in the clouds above.

Leda en de zwaan

Bernard Picart, 1693

Loose graphite sketch of three figures, a kneeling youth and nymphs, arranged within an arched lunette shape.

Three Nymphs and a Youth: study for a decorative lunette

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1850