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Mythology

8,065 works

Engraved oval cameo of a nude male figure with a lyre and a child on a pedestal, with Latin caption below.

Gesneden steen met de beeltenis van Apollo

Bernard Picart, 1723

Engraved perspective of a colonnaded hall with vaulted ceiling, two niche statues of an archer and a female figure, and stone

Zicht in een kerk met standbeelden van Apollo en Melpomene

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1563

Symmetrical engraved ornament with Venus and Amor in a central niche, flanked by winged horses, griffins and grotesque figure

Title Page: Large Pendant, Venus and Amor at Centre

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraved oval portraits labelled Pallas, with helmet, spear and laurel wreath, and Clio, in a wide-brimmed hat with a stylus.

Minerva en Clio

Crispijn van de Passe, 1640

Etching of a seated sorceress in ruins with companions of Ulysses transformed into sheep, a stag, a dog and a peacock.

Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of Psyche holding a lamp over a sleeping Cupid on a bed with drapery, inscribed with the title in the margin.

Curious Psyche

Giovanni David, mid-1770's

Engraved title page with a symmetrical brooch-like ornament, snail-like creatures above and two centaurs with spears below.

Title-Page: Brooch, Snail-like Animals Above, Centaurs with Banners at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Etched print of symmetrical ornament with winged fauns playing trumpets, fantasy creatures, birds, and a central jeweled broo

Brooch with Winged Fauns Blowing Trumpets at Top and Fantasy Creatures with Birds at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraving of a standing statue of Minerva with helmet, aegis and round shield, on a stone base.

Standbeeld van staande Minerva met helm en schild

Reinier van Persijn, 1636

Engraved print of a classical statue of Minerva with helmet, Medusa shield and staff on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Minerva

Reinier van Persijn, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Hercules, a nude muscular man with a lion skin draped over his arm, on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Hercules

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraved ornament sheet with a central brooch design, winged fantasy creatures at top, and fauns with vases below.

Brooch with Fantasy Animals at Top and Fauns with Vases at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraving of a nude classical statue of Hercules with a lion skin over his head, holding a club, on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Hercules met de leeuwenhuid om zijn hoofd

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a muscular bearded statue of Hercules holding an apple, with a lion skin and rock beside him.

Standbeeld van Hercules met een van de appelen van de Hesperiden in de hand

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a nude statue of Hercules holding apples, with a club and lion skin, standing on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Hercules met de appelen van de Hesperiden in de hand

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Hercules, nude and bearded, with lion skin and club, standing on an oval pedestal.

Standbeeld van de oude Hercules

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of a muscular bearded nude statue of Hercules holding a club and lion skin on an oval pedestal.

Standbeeld van Hercules

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraved plate of a neoclassical screen frame topped with seated classical figures and winged cherubs, with candle arms and c

Kamerscherm bekroond met Mars en Venus

Adrien Louis Marie Cavelier, 1811

Etching of a dense forest with large trees and nude figures gathered by water at the lower right.

Diana ontdekt de zwangerschap van Callisto

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving of Hercules and Omphale in a crowded classical interior with a glowing torch and nude figures.

Hercules en Omphale

Léon Davent, 1540

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at a forge with a standing woman and a cherub at right, in a stone workshop.

Venus in de smidse van Vulcanus

Léon Davent, 1540

Engraving of an enthroned bearded god surrounded by gods, leafy branches, an eagle and cherubs under an arched drape.

Jupiter omringd door goden met takken van aan hen gewijde bomen

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving of mourners around a wounded youth lying on the ground, with hunting dogs, a spear, and trees in the background.

Dood van Adonis

Léon Davent, 1540

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Circular ceiling design in blue watercolor with winged dancing figures around a central chariot scene with horses.

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Angelica Kauffmann, 1760-1807

Engraving of Apollo and Artemis on clouds shooting arrows at falling figures of Niobe's children on a hillside.

Apollo and Artemis Killing Niobe's Children

Giulio Romano, 1557

Line drawing of seated Minerva in classical drapery with helmet, shield, spear and owl beside her.

Vignet met Minerva

Smeeton & Tilly, 1874

Pen and grey wash design for an oval platter showing tritons and sea nymphs battling around a central cartouche.

Design for a Platter with Battling Tritons and Sea Nymphs

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Engraving of the nude god Apollo standing on clouds with a radiant halo, a distant chariot, and an arched rainbow.

Apollo

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

Engraving of nude nymphs bathing around Diana by a stream as the hunter Actaeon appears among rocks and trees with dogs.

Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraving of the nude muscular Hercules leaning on a club draped with a lion skin, standing in a stone niche.

The Farnese Hercules

Giorgio Ghisi, c. 1577

Pallas Athena, from Three Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595