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Mythology

8,085 works

Engraving in a circle showing a sea nymph, muscular male figures among clouds, and a grotto on rocks by the sea.

Mythological marine suject in a roundel

Heinrich Ulrich, 1602

Engraved frontispiece of a seated laureate man with sceptre facing armored Minerva with spear and beads, classical buildings

Allegorische voorstelling met keizer en Minerva

Reinier van Persijn, 1662

Engraving of nude Hercules standing over crouching Cacus beside classical columns and an arched opening.

Hercules and Cacus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a blindfolded winged Cupid with a torch beside an armored man and a woman in a flowered headdress and ruff.

A Blindfold Cupid Holding a Torch before a Couple, from The Masquerades

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1595-96

Engraving of a reclining nude woman beside a horned satyr-like figure, with a pile of fruit and vegetables in the foreground.

Jupiter and Antiope

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Oval engraving of winged and reclining mythological figures with horses and sun rays, dated 1544.

Night Protecting Sleeping Time from the Last Rays of the Sun

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1544

Engraving of winged Cybele in a turreted crown flanked by two rearing lions, standing on a pedestal with flowing drapery.

Cybele

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Engraving of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, cherubs and grapevines in a wooded landscape, with a cave and sea beyond.

Bacchus en Ariadne

Antoine Coypel, 1693

Pen and ink sketches of classical architecture, columns, scrollwork and putti for a decorative casket design.

Sketches for the Design of a Casket (recto); Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths(?) (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1545-55

Ink and wash drawing of sea gods kneeling before a standing king on a pedestal, with cherubs and clouds above a harbor.

Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV

Michel Corneille the Younger, n.d.

Engraving of nude Mars and Venus embracing on a canopied bed, with a cupid, a sun chariot above, and armor on the floor.

Mars en Venus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

Engraving of Bacchus raising a cup, wearing a grape wreath, beside a satyr holding grapes, in an oval frame with a rocky land

Bacchus met een drinkschaal

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593

Engraving of a young man climbing a rocky hillside with help from a winged Cupid holding a rope, with a crown and weapons at

A Young Man Climbing a Hillside Aided by Cupid, from Allegory of the Misuse of Worldly Property

Willem van Swanenburgh, 1609

Engraving of a bearded man leaning on a term pedestal with a lion mask, framed by hanging ornaments and reeds in an oval.

Term in the form of Hercules With His Club

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etching of a wooded landscape with two tall trees and two small figures on a path, rolling hills beyond.

Apollo en Daphne

Anthonie Waterloo, 1630

Engraving of Venus bathing in a basin while nymphs pour water and attend her in a classical interior.

Venus Bathing Attended by Nymphs

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Engraving of an oval mythological mirror above a console table, with a draped attendant and a classical statue beside it.

Ovale spiegel met Apollo en Cyparissus

Jean Lepautre, 1660

Etching of nymphs in a forest discovering a sleeping Cupid on the ground, with gnarled trees and a distant temple.

Diana en haar nimfen vinden de slapende Cupido in het bos

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1792

Engraved ornamental print with a central seated musician, a unicorn, a stag, birds, garlands and cartouches in a symmetrical

Compositie met Orpheus

Jeremias Wolf, 1686

Engraving of Jupiter on a cloud-borne chariot with an eagle and thunderbolts, above a panoramic city and harbor.

Jupiter, from The Seven Planets

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Engraving of Venus in a chariot pulled by doves over a city and harbor, with Cupid and zodiac signs above.

Venus, from The Seven Planets

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Brown wash drawing of Apollo with the Muses on a rocky height, a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, 1650

Etched landscape with a pollarded willow over a stream, dense trees at right, and a small satyr figure at lower left.

The Satyr

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a bacchanal with reclining nude figures, playful putti, a garlanded altar and smoke, with a dedicatory inscription

Bacchanaal met altaar, faun en Silenus

Giovanni Andrea Podestà, 1640

Etching of a bacchanal in a wooded landscape with satyrs, maenads, leopards and a flying figure in drapery.

Bacchus ontmoet Ariadne op Naxos

Giovanni Andrea Podestà, 1618

Engraving of Venus on a rock with many putti playing and gathering fruit in a landscape beneath a large tree.

Verering van Venus door putti

Giovanni Andrea Podestà, 1636

Red chalk drawing of crowned muses and winged figures in a forest, with women transforming into birds near a fountain.

The Nine Pierides Transformed into Magpies after Their Unsuccessful Competition with the Muses (Ovid, Metamorphoses,…

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a winged youth embracing a nude woman, with reclining and seated figures among clouds at right.

Mythological Scene, from the Legend of Cupid and Psyche

Bonaventura Genelli, early 19th-mid 19th century

Etched ornamental panel with a central mythological scene, cherubs, satyrs, garlands and scrolling foliage.

Achthoekig paneel met Orpheus en Eurydice

Alexis Loir, 1670

Etched ornamental panel with scrollwork, winged figures, a flower urn, and a small Venus and Cupid scene in the cartouche.

Paneel met Venus en Cupido

Alexis Loir, 1670

Etched ornamental panel with a seated Diana, two cherubs, flanking reclining figures, and scrolling foliate decoration.

Paneel met Diana en twee amoretten

Alexis Loir, 1670

Engraved landscape with rocky cliffs, a river, a village, and travelers on horseback in the foreground.

Abraham and Isaac on the Way to Sacrifice, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558