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Mythology

8,036 works

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

Felice Giani, 1810

Etching of Bacchus reclining with a satyr offering grapes, a lion beside them, a classical urn and a rocky landscape behind.

Bacchus, Satyr, and Lion

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

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

Red and black chalk study of a nude elderly man with a leafy wreath, holding a tall staff and seated on draped cloth.

Study of a nude elderly man, Bacchus or one of his companions

Giovanni Battista Merano, 1670

Woodcut of nude Venus standing beside winged Cupid with a bow, with a castle landscape and hanging shields in a tree.

Venus en Amor

Lucas Cranach, 1506

Engraving of a muscular faun with horns wrestling a serpent while raising a dagger, with billowing drapery behind him.

Faun Attacking a Snake

School of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1500

Engraving of the back of a muscular nude Hercules statue on a pedestal, with two small heads of onlookers at lower right.

The Farnesian Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue with a serpent-wrapped tree, and a seated draftsman sketching at lower right.

Apollo Belvedere

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a centaur abducting a struggling woman in a landscape, with nymphs bathing in water at the right.

Fabel van de ontvoering van een vrouw door een centaur

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Engraving of Hercules hammering a globe inscribed GALLIA, surrounded by armored warriors, allegorical women and deities in cl

Hercules smeedt het gespleten Franse Rijk tot een eenheid

Pieter Nolpe, 1638

Engraving of Hercules conferring with Mars and Minerva in a classical hall, with gods in clouds above and a cracked globe bel

Hercules overlegt met Mars en Minerva

Pieter Nolpe, 1638

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Engraving of a muscular bearded Hercules statue draped in a lion skin, holding a club and carrying a child on his shoulder.

Hercules and Telephos

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a standing woman with a swan beside her, framed by ornate scrollwork, putti, and a lettered cartouche.

Leda en de zwaan

Virgilius Solis, 1524

Etching of sea gods, nymphs and cherubs feasting and riding chariots across waves, with a female figure holding a conch horn.

Neptune and Amphitrite

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval: a draped woman offers a cup to a reclining bearded god, with cherubs in clouds above.

Hebe Offering a Drink to Zeus

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus reclining with cupid, beside Ceres and Bacchus with grapes and a barrel, amid clouds.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590-95

Pen and ink drawing of a seated warrior in a tent as a woman is led forward by a helmeted man and bearded elders.

Achilles Yields Briseis

Felice Giani, 1790

Engraved view of the Neptune Basin at Versailles with tall fountain jets, carriages and elegant strollers among trees.

Vue du Bassin de Neptune dans le Jardin de Versailles

Jean-Baptiste Rigaud

Sepia drawing of four allegorical female statues in arched niches labeled Musica, Architettura, Pittura, Scoltura, with a sma

Four Statues in Niches: Music, Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; Study of Bacchus and Mercury

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Engraving of the Apollo Fountain at Versailles with a central water jet, horse sculptures, tree-lined alleys and strolling fi

Fontein van Apollo in de tuin van Versailles

Pierre de Rochefort, 1715

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude men in a landscape with a draped figure, discs on the ground, and a river.

Apollo and Hycianth, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Etching of a nude nymph held up by two kneeling satyrs in a leafy woodland clearing.

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a satyr and a nude woman with two infants in a stone frame, surrounded by foliage and tree trunks.

The Satyr's Family

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a nymph riding a satyr inside an oval medallion, framed by trees and foliage.

Nymph Astride a Satyr

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a satyr holding a child beside a dancing nymph with a tambourine, framed by ivy in a garden niche.

The Satyrs' Dance

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763