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Mythology

8,085 works

Engraving of Minerva, Cupid with a caduceus, and Hercules walking together through a rocky landscape with a classical temple.

Minerva and Cupid Leading Hercules and Scipio to the Path of Virtue

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1589-1593

Engraving of nude Venus seated by a column, attended by nymphs offering fruit, with cupids and a satyr above.

Venus Honored by the Nymphs

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1591

Engraving of Mercury embracing a nude Venus, with winged Cupid holding a torch above, and Latin text below.

Mercury, Venus, and Cupid

Pieter de Jode, c. 1585-1600

Pen and brown wash drawing of satyrs, nymphs and an infant beside a goat in a forest with an altar and urn.

The Nurture of Jupiter

Jean-Baptiste Corneille

Circular brown ink drawing of nude female figures, a cherub, and a classical urn and bowl in a garden setting.

Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus would freeze) (detail).

Lodewijk Toeput, 1595

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo playing a lyre on a cloud, with sun rays and two dogs, in an oval frame.

Sol (Apollo)

Stradanus, 1595

Circular engraving of Perseus on winged horse attacking sea monster to free chained Andromeda on a rock, with nude figures on

Perseus Liberating Andromeda

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraving of a marble bust of Bacchus with curly hair and a leafy headband, on a scrolled pedestal, captioned 'Bachus'.

Buste van Bacchus

Hubert Quellinus, 1646

Engraving of an allegorical study scene with a helmeted Minerva, seated women, cherubs among books, and a draped curtain.

Allegorische voorstelling met Minerva in een studeerkamer

Jan Schenk, 1713

Engraving of Hercules watching Fortuna pour a horn of plenty of fruit and grain at his feet, 1617.

Fortuna Pouring Out the Horn of Plenty Before Hercules

Jacques de Gheyn III, 1617

Engraving of the sea god Triton with a scaled fish tail blowing into a large conch shell beside rolling waves.

Triton Blowing on a Conch

Jacques de Gheyn III, c. 1618

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted horseman in a battle scene with fallen bodies, columns, a domed building and smoke.

Ulysses Entering Troy with the Death of Astyanax

Giuseppe Piattoli, 1785-1800

Etching of mythological nymphs and nude figures reclining and standing beneath a large tree with drapery overhead.

Diana and Callisto

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, c. 1615-1645

Engraved roundel showing Poseidon in a Greek key border against a dark hatched background, from a plate design set.

Poseidon, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Coupe)

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Lithograph of a muscular nude warrior grappling with a centaur, rendered in soft gray shading on cream paper.

Theseus Conqueror of the Centaur Eurytus

Eugène Delacroix, 1825

Engraved coastal landscape with a stone tower, ships on the sea, and women gathered around a white bull in the foreground.

Jupiter en Europa

François Vivarès, 1771

Red chalk drawing of Diana and Apollo above a heap of falling and dying figures, with Apollo drawing a bow.

Diana and Apollo Slaughtering the Children of Niobe

Pirro Ligorio, 1550

Engraving of Leda with a swan on a rock by a pool, surrounded by nude women, cherubs and a dense forest.

Leda en de zwaan

Gaspard Duchange, 1711

Engraving of the goddess Diana and her nymphs bathing in a wooded grotto beside a stream, with a hunting dog in the foregroun

Diana met haar nimfen badend

Gaspard Duchange, 1672

Engraving of Jupiter embracing Juno with an eagle, a peacock in the clouds, and two putti with torches in a landscape.

Jupiter Juno liefkozend

Gaspard Duchange, 1672

Engraving of Danaë reclining on a bed as a winged Jupiter lifts the drapery, with two putti below and a verse inscription.

Jupiter en Danaë

Gaspard Duchange, 1704

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing Apollo with radiating light, holding a wreath and lyre amid clouds.

Standing Figure of Apollo

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and an embroidered off-shoulder dress, captioned Karoline Bauer als Donna Diana

Karoline Bauer als Donna Diana

Gottfried Kühn, 1871

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside a nude woman, with Neptune and nymphs on a sea creature and a city behind.

Apollo and Galatea in a Landscape with Neptune and Three Nymphs

Orazio Samacchini, 1550-60

Engraving of mythological figures in draped robes and nude forms before a curtain and rocky landscape, with a dog at right.

Hercules dressed as a woman

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Circular engraving of a sorceress offering a cup to a man beside a ship, with serpents and ornate architecture around them.

Circe Giving a Drink to Ulysses's Companions

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of nude and draped muses with musical instruments and putti in a wooded landscape, by Antonio Fantuzzi.

Muses at the Foot of Mount Parnassus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of Athena and Poseidon in a mythological contest, with a rearing horse, sea figures, and a winged figure above.

Contest between Athena and Poseidon

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a rocky river landscape framed by classical figures, putti, fruit garlands and an ornamental pediment.

Frame of Ignorance Defeated

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Engraved landscape with rocky peaks, a walled hilltop town with a domed church, trees, a house and ducks in the foreground.

Landscape from "Venus Pushing Cupid" frame

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Red-toned engraving of classical goddesses on a staircase before bearded gods, framed by reclining nudes and putti.

Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite Leaving Olympus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Engraving of Silenus carried by attendants of Bacchus, with satyrs, a horse, a ram, and figures holding vessels and fruit.

Silenus Carried by Two Attendants of Bacchus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543