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Mythology

8,038 works

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Watercolor with a mythological medallion of Venus and Cupid surrounded by fruit, insects, a crayfish and butterflies.

"Venus disarming Amor" in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits, insects and shellfish

Joris Hoefnagel, 1593-1597

Engraving of Apollo, nude with a laurel wreath, standing beside a flayed figure as bearded onlookers watch under trees.

Apollo and Marsyas

after Melchior Meier Master MF, 1536

Engraving of Triton, a merman with a scaled fish tail, blowing a large conch shell while seated on a rocky shore.

Triton Blowing a Conch

Jacques de Gheyn III, c. 1618

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, nymphs and cherubs before a domed classical temple.

Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure holding flowers and drapery, leaning forward on a pale sheet of paper.

Venus Picking Flowers

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Engraving of Hercules seated beside a nude Omphale who holds his club under a tree, with a castle landscape behind.

Hercules en Omphale

Anton Eisenhoit, 1590

Pen and wash drawing of nude nymphs bathing around Diana beside classical ruins, with a horned figure and dogs at right.

Diana and Actaeon

Georg Pecham, 1602

Engraving of Hercules spinning thread with a distaff while Omphale sits beside him in an interior with classical busts and a

Hercules and Omphale

II Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1600

Etching of a wooded stream landscape with a pollarded willow and a satyr carrying a figure across the grass.

Satyr (Le Satyre)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Sepia wash print of Cupid carrying Psyche through clouds, with putti gathered below in an oval frame.

Cupid and Psyche

Jean-Claude-Richard de Saint-Non, 1766

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bow resting among hounds beneath a radiating sunburst and clouds.

Diana Resting with Her Hounds (recto); Flora Seated by a Vase with Two Harks on the Ground, after Jost Amman (verso)

Hermann Weyer, 1607 (verso)-ca. 1615 (recto)

Pale brown drawing of a centaur guiding a nude youth who draws a bow inside a rocky cave, with a lyre and arrows nearby.

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Bertel Thorvaldsen, after 1810

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli, 1802

Pen and ink drawing with framed scenes of the Prodigal Son, a shepherd with pigs, feasting figures, and ornate architectural

The Prodigal Son

Daniel Lindtmayer, late 16th-early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a central standing man in a fur cloak, flanked by seated figures, cherubs and a blank scroll.

Study for a Stained-Glass Window

Christoph Murer, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil study of a reclining male nude seen from behind, with draped cloth, a raised hand holding a bowl, and sketched clouds.

Study for Bacchus or Silenus

Domenico Maria Canuti, c. 1664

Engraving of Jupiter seated with a scepter, Venus gesturing to him, Mercury at left, and an eagle and cherub below.

Venus se plaint a Jupiter de la tempete que Junon a excitee contre Enee

Henri Simon Thomassin

Engraving of Bacchus and Ceres standing before a tree, with Venus and Cupid by a fire in the background.

Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1683

Engraved study of a muscular nude male figure striding with one arm extended, shaded with fine parallel lines.

Apollo doodt de draak Python

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1596

Pencil and wash sketch of Neptune, the sea god, reclining on a scroll with a trident among clouds.

Neptune

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen drawing of a winged warrior in armor and plumed helmet, holding a spear and striding over clouds.

Apollo as a Warrior

Charles Heath, 1804

Brown wash drawing of a satyr listening to a youth playing a pipe among trees, with putti nearby.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pen and brown ink sketch of two nymphs and a bearded satyr beside a tree trunk in a loose mythological scene.

Two Nymphs and a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Three nude women embrace in a pastel landscape, two holding small pink and white flowers, with hills and clouds behind.

The Three Graces

Jean François Janinet, 1786

Engraving of Minerva appearing above armored Greek warriors, one seated figure with a sword, within a decorative classical bo

Achilles en Minerva voor het Griekse leger

Jean Louis Delignon, 1765

Engraving of a nude Apollo with a bow appearing in clouds before a reclining warrior and an older man, with horses behind.

Apollo Verschijnt aan Achilles

Jean Louis Delignon, 1765

Pen and brown wash drawing of ruined ancient arched walls and fallen blocks with plants, with hills in the distance.

View of the Temples of Venus and of Diana in Baia from the South

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1594

Pen and brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels showing classical gods Mars and Juno, and Mercury and Diana, in reclining p

Mars and Juno; Mercury and Diana set in Diagonal Composition

Felice Giani, 1810

Woodcut of the Cyclops Polyphemus devouring men on a rocky shore, framed by an ornate border with Latin and German text.

Polyphemus verslindt de mannen van Odysseus

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Red chalk drawing of nude women bathing in a rocky grotto, with figures sketched in outline on the left.

The Bath of Diana

Pierre Charles Trémolières, c. 1738

Grey wash drawing of Venus on clouds with a winged cupid holding an arrow, crowns and a scepter nearby.

Venus Triumphant

Hans Werl, n.d.