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Mythology

8,065 works

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.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with Venus and Cupid at the right.

Venus at Vulcan's Forge

Grey wash drawing of a satyr watching a sleeping nude woman beside trees, with Dutch verse written above.

Jupiter en Antiope

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling monk attacked by a swordsman, with cherubs above holding a banner, cross, and laurel wreath.

The Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr

Francisco Camilo, 1615-73

Etching of a satyr with a club, a reclining woman, putti, an urn on a pedestal, and two standing men in a landscape.

Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Graphite drawing of the Venus de Milo statue seen from the front, with shaded drapery and a dark background shadow.

Venus de Milo, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude classical male statue with curly hair, standing beside a tree stump on a plinth.

Vergelijkbaar met Adonis Centocelle, naar links

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude classical male figure leaning on a tree trunk where a lizard climbs, standing on a plinth.

Apollo Sauroctonus, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Venus de Milo, naar rechts

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, leaning on a tree trunk on a plinth, after the classical Apollo Sauroc

Apollo Sauroctonus, van achteren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a classical-style standing male nude statue with curly hair, beside a tree-stump support and pedestal.

Vergelijkbaar met Adonis Centocelle, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude male figure after the classical Apollo Sauroctonus, leaning on a tree trunk with one arm extended.

Apollo Sauroctonus, naar rechts tegen een boom geleund

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude male statue seen from behind, standing on a pedestal beside a rough stone support.

Vergelijkbaar met Adonis Centocelle, van achteren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Vergelijkbaar met Adonis Centocelle, naar rechts

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Etching of a seated nude figure leaning over grass under a cloudy sky, with hatched shading.

Narcissus

Jacopo Amigoni, 1692

Pen drawing of a winged figure beside an eagle and a seated nude freed from broken chains, with distant mountains.

The Release of Prometheus

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a young rider on its back, with German handwritten notes below.

Pegasus and the Young Bellephron

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a plumed-hat rider on a rearing horse, with a cloaked standing figure at left.

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Stat…

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1628-32

Etching of sleeping Venus on a patterned cloth, watched by a horned satyr, with a cupid and bow beside her.

Slapende Venus bespied door een sater

Jan Barentsz. Muyckens, 1637

Engraving of Saturn being stripped of his wing feathers by Venus, Cupid and Hope, with a winged trumpeter above.

Tijd overwonnen door Amor, Venus en de Hoop

Michel Dorigny, 1646

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle below a curved arch, with a winged angel seated above and Latin caption text beneath.

Jupiter met engel

Nicolas Dorigny, 1695

Engraving of helmeted Minerva holding an oval portrait of a young king in ermine, with columns and an armillary sphere.

Minerva met portret Lodewijk XV

Charles Dupuis, 1719

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton's falling chariot among clouds, with nude figures and smoking landscape below.

The Fall of Phaeton

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraved print of a nude Venus statue seen from behind, with curled hair in a high knot, standing on a decorated pedestal.

Venus, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Domenico Marchetti, 1817

Engraving of a muscular nude Hercules with lion skin and club, with struggling figures in a rocky landscape behind him.

De grote Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Theseus raising a club over a centaur, a nude warrior in a plumed helmet on a rocky base.

Theseus and Centaur, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Pietro Bettelini, 1817

Engraving of Canova's sculpture of Theseus raising a club over a fallen centaur, shown from behind on a rocky base.

Theseus and Centaur, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Pietro Bonato, 1817

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pen and ink wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of rearing horses over clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Rising Sun

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Circular engraved print of a Bacchic procession with satyrs, putti, animals and foliage framing a blank central circle.

Triumphal Procession of Bacchus

Jonas Silbert, 1572-1589

Circular engraving of two figures in a riverside landscape with a city, a willow, and a winged Cupid among clouds.

Apollo Pursuing Daphne

Jonas Silber, 1572-1589