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Mythology

8,036 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated river god, a nymph holding an oar, and a reclining putto on clouds.

Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate lidded vase with dragon-head handles and relief figures on a tall foot.

Design for a Vase with Hercules and Farnese Lilies

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1540

Aged parchment manuscript page with two columns of brown Gothic handwriting and faint coloured margins.

Meeting of Achilles and Hector

Master of Girart de Roussillon, c. 1450 - 1460

Engraving of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes in a columned interior, with a sword, shield and jewelry.

Achilles en de dochters van Lycomedes

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1616

Pen and wash sheet of figure studies with a central grey vignette of a seated man and a standing woman in a gown.

Design for a Book Illustration of Circe and Odysseus [recto]

Thomas Stothard, 1803

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of a garden fountain with water jets, a sculpted figure, strolling figures and tall trees framing a colonnaded gard

Fontein van Hercules in de tuin van Paleis Het Loo

Laurens Scherm, 1689

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired Cupid leaning on a scroll, with two doves at the lower left.

Cupid with Two Doves

Toussaint Dubreuil

Engraving of Leda seated in water caressing a swan, with a winged putto beside her in a wooded oval landscape.

Leda en de zwaan

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraved allegorical scene with a youth holding a shield, female figures, putti, and a temple on a hill under a radiant sun.

Allegorische voorstelling met Telemachus en Minerva

Jacob Folkema, 1733

Brown and white drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of four rearing horses, with a nude youth below.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun

Lelio Orsi, 1544/45

Brown ink drawing of a galley with oarsmen approaching sirens with serpentine tails in the sea, under clouds.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved title page with a draped woman holding scales, a cornucopia, and an oval cartouche with Latin text.

Juno Moneta met weegschaal en hoorn des overvloeds staat voor nis bij schild met titel

Jacques de Bie, 1591

Etching of a seated statue of Jupiter between columns, with wrestlers and a crowd of spectators in the foreground.

Standbeeld van Jupiter in Olympia

Antonio Tempesta, 1565

Etching of Minerva with a spear beside Prometheus and a seated nude figure, with classical columns and a landscape behind.

Minerva leert Prometheus het standbeeld dat hij maakte leven in te blazen

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Etching of Hercules freeing the chained Prometheus while an eagle hovers below, set against a rocky landscape.

Hercules bevrijdt Prometheus

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Etching of Mercury handing a lyre to a kneeling Apollo beside trees and a domed rotunda in a landscape.

Mercurius geeft een lier aan Apollo

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Bacchus enfant

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour after François Boucher after Jacques Guay, published 1782

Grey wash drawing of a nude sea god seated on rocks, holding a trident, with a billowing cloak behind him.

Seated Triton

Perino del Vaga, 1545-47

Engraving of two nude male figures beside a tree, one with a bow and quiver, with a small winged putto at right.

Apollo and Hyacinthus

Marcantonio Raimondi after Francesco Francia, 1506

Engraving of the rear view of the Farnese Hercules statue on a pedestal, with two observers at lower right, under cloudy sky.

Farnese Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraved cartouche with a triton playing a viol, flanked by putti, birds and winged creatures, bearded mask above.

Cartouche met een vedel spelende triton

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of a nude muscular man carrying a bull over his shoulders, with the bull's head hanging down beside him.

Hercules and the Cretan Bull

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1514/1515

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Pen and ink drawing of Zeus enthroned at the center of a council of gods, with a winged figure and warriors around him.

Zeus Deciding on the Destiny of Troy, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing in oval format showing a radiant monstrance among clouds and angels, with allegorical figures and a globe b

Veneration of the Eucharist by the Peoples of the World (Allegories of the Four Continents)

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1720-74

Caricature lithograph of a man in modern coat posed as Hercules on a pedestal, with a hydra head labeled Income Tax.

Spotprent met premier Peel als Hercules

John Doyle, 1845

Pen and brown wash drawing of two oval medallions, one showing a standing figure and one showing seated Minerva with an owl a

Minerva, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Circular drawing of Neptune raising a trident in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with cliffs behind.

Neptune in his Chariot

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century