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Mythology

8,085 works

Engraved frieze of a Bacchic triumph with centaurs, satyrs, a chariot and putti moving across a landscape strip.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Engraving of nude Venus with drapery beside winged Cupid holding a bow, in an oval frame with a distant landscape.

Venus and Cupid

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Engraving of Apollo dancing hand in hand with nine draped muses in a horizontal procession.

Apollo Dancing with the Nine Muses

Unknown artist

Brown printed programme with a border of frogs playing musical instruments, listing variety acts for an 1884 evening.

Programma voor een variétéavond van Gymnastiekvereeniging Lycurgus-Achilles in café Flora te Amsterdam

Engraving of a satyr with a wreath beside a nude woman milking a goat, with a child, fruit and trees in a landscape.

Jupiter gevoed door de geit Amalthea

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1596

Engraving of Mount Parnassus with Apollo, nude muses by a spring, a winged horse in the sky, and a distant city.

Berg Parnassus gewijd aan Apollo en muzen

Monogrammist HFE, 1530

Engraving of Mars and Venus seated under a tree with Cupid at left and a walled town on a hill behind them.

Mars en Venus en Cupido

Monogrammist L, 1500

Engraving of Bacchus and bacchantes with a tambourine-playing maenad, nude figures and vine wreaths in a wooded setting.

Bacchus en bacchanten en meanade met tamboerijn

Giacomo Francia, 1490

Engraving of nude Venus holding a carpenter's square, with a winged cupid at her side and a seated couple at right.

Venus met tekenhaak en Cupido en liefdespaar

Giacomo Francia, 1510

Engraving of Mars in armor seated beside nude Venus on a bed, with Cupid, doves, a cat, and an eagle nearby.

The Loves of Mars and Venus

Engraving of Venus and Mars embracing on a bed while Vulcan hammers at a forge in the foreground.

Venus and Mars Embracing with Vulcan at his Forge

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a bed while a muscular smith hammers at a forge in a tiled room.

Venus Reclining with Vulcan at His Forge

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraved decorative panel of mythological figures, a bearded man, a woman, a satyr, and putti amid acanthus scrolls.

Decorative Panel with Mythological Figures

Angelo Falconetto, 1555

Red chalk drawing of a fountain with three nude nymphs on top, lion heads on the pedestal, and dolphins at the base.

Fountain Surmounted by Three Nymphs

Edmé Bouchardon

Engraving of nude Leda reclining in a forest with a swan at her side, tree trunks and a distant landscape behind.

Leda en de zwaan

Cornelis Bos, 1546

Engraving of Jupiter reclining nude beside an eagle, holding a globe, with a hilltop town and a Latin inscription in an oval

Jupiter, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of a statue of Jupiter with thunderbolts and a ram, beside priests leading a bull to a smoking altar.

Standbeeld van Jupiter

Jan Luyken, 1686

Engraving of the god Mercury reclining nude under a tree with a caduceus, a cave, a city and fishermen in the background.

Mercury, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of a statue of Apollo with bow and quiver standing over a serpent, a robed figure and cypress trees in the backgrou

Standbeeld van Apollo

Jan Luyken, 1686

Engraving of a reclining nude woman beside a peacock in a wooded landscape, framed by a Latin inscription in an oval border.

Juno, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of reclining nude Minerva with plumed helmet and spear, resting on a shield in an oval frame with a distant castle

Minerva, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of a reclining nude Venus with a cupid holding an arrow, in an oval frame with a Latin inscription and a distant la

Venus, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of a reclining nude youth holding an apple, with a city and mountains behind him, inside an oval Latin inscription

Paris, from Gods and Goddesses

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1592

Engraving of nude Venus on a cart with a sphere and scales, while Cupid aims a bow from the upper right.

Venus

Johann Ladenspelder

Engraving of Apollo and the Muses playing music on clouds above figures, soldiers, a dog, and a cupid with a bow.

Apollo met muzen en andere goden

Cornelis van Dalen, 1657

Engraving of mythological figures: a helmeted male, a draped woman, a child, and a cauldron on a tripod.

Mars and Venus (Mercury and Venus?)

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a fur-trimmed coat and cap, with an inscription naming Achilles Pirminius Ga

Portret van Achilles Pirminius Gasser

Johann Jacob Haid, 1747

Engraving of a satyr playing pipes beside a nude woman holding an infant, with a child and vessel in reeds below.

Satyr's Family

Master of, c. 1510/1515

Engraving of Venus holding an apple and bow, with Cupid at her side and doves in the clouds above.

Venus and Cupid, from Three Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of the goddess Juno with a spiked crown, sceptre and peacock, with Latin inscription below.

Juno, from Three Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Grey-blue drawing with white highlights of a mythological triumph, with a sea goddess and nude figures amid clouds and cherub

The Triumph of a Sea Goddess

Bon Boullogne, n.d.

Engraving of Bacchus raising a cup, crowned with grapevines, beside a companion holding grapes, within an oval frame with a l

Bacchus, from Three Pagan Gods and Goddesses

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1595