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Mythology

8,085 works

Engraved landscape with a rock arch, grazing cattle, figures, and a hilltop walled town beside a waterway with ships.

Juda and Tamar, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraved landscape with a watermill, travelers with a donkey on a path, a hilltop castle, and birds in a cloudy sky.

The Flight into Egypt, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraving of Adonis lying dead while women mourn him in a forest, with cupid above and a fruit-garland border.

The Death of Adonis

Jean Mignon, 1544

Etched landscape with a large tree, a village by a river, rolling hills, a sunrise, and small figures in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraving of the death of Adonis: a reclining youth surrounded by women, Cupid with a bow above, forest behind, fruit-garland

The Death of Adonis

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etched landscape of a castle on a hill, a village, and shepherds with cattle resting in the foreground.

Mercury Lulling to Sleep Argus, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of a hilly landscape with towns and a winged figure in clouds, with Mercury holding a head in the foreground.

Mercury with Head of Argus in His Hand, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of the Judgment of Paris: a seated shepherd offers an apple to nude Venus while Juno rides a cloud and Minerva stands

Venus met Cupido, Paris en Mercurius, Juno en Minerva

Matthias Scheits, 1635

Engraving of a rocky landscape with a castle, river town, and two figures near a tree in the foreground.

Daphne Persecuted by Apollo, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraved landscape with tall trees, small figures in the foreground, a river valley, a hilltop town, and birds in the sky.

Cephalus and Procris, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of a river landscape with a castle on a cliff, village houses, travelers with a dog, and a leaning tree.

Tobias with the Angel and Dog, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraving of Actaeon with stag antlers beside nude women bathing at a fountain, framed by a decorative grotesque border.

The Metamorphosis of Actaeon

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etching of a wide valley with castles and rocks, Venus mourning Adonis with cupids in the foreground, and a hunting party at

Venus and Adonis, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Pencil and chalk study of a draped female figure resting on a globe, with a separate head study looking upward at left.

Study for the Muse Urania

Michel Dorigny, mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of Neptune with a trident and Amphitrite among clouds and sea figures.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, 1768

Red-ink engraving of a seated woman resting her head on her hand beside a well, with a fire and tree behind her.

Psyche

Léon Davent, ca. 1542

Engraving of a seated draped woman with an urn among clouds, flanked by a griffin, a dragon and serpentine creatures.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing the Water to the Styx to Psyche

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of a woman holding a vase between an eagle and a winged dragon amid clouds, in a semicircular frame.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing Water of the Styx to Psyche

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of dancing figures and seated musicians under trees, with a winged cupid aiming a bow overhead.

The Dance

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of blindfolded Cupid riding a donkey, led by a satyr, with lions and a trumpeter beside them.

Cupid being led blindfolded on a donkey

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of Jupiter with thunderbolt among clouds above a group of reclining mythological figures in a lunette shape.

Jupiter Pressing the Stormclouds

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of Diana and nymphs on clouds, with cherubs flying around the figures in an oval cartouche frame.

Diana en haar nimfen op wolken

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1739

Oval engraving of a reclining nude woman on a bed with a winged putto and an older woman beside her, framed by columns and cu

Danae

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-47

Engraving of mythological figures in a classical interior, a hero holding a torch beside a reclining woman and a bearded man.

Hercules surprising Fanus who mistook him for Omphale

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of mythological figures, a nude man at left and draped figures in the center, with a curtain and statue at right.

Hercules dressed as a Woman

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etching of the goddess Diana reclining with a stag, a hound, and arrows in a wooded landscape.

Diana Resting

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Drawing of a blank sphere framed by allegorical figures, a sun-rayed Apollo, and a winged Time with a scythe.

Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life

Maerten de Vos, 1561

Etching of a reclining classical woman with a peacock and draped cloth, cut-away lower edge, signed Bologna.

Juno, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a curved ledge beside a winged cupid holding a stick, with hatched shading.

Venus, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Grey wash drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite among clouds above sea figures, tritons and fish.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, ca. 1773

Engraving of Minerva lifting radiant Truth from shadowy figures in an underworld of clouds, with a dedicatory inscription bel

Minerva bevrijdt de Waarheid uit de onderwereld

Louis Desplaces, 1715

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude with one arm extended and draped cloth beside her, by Charles-Joseph Natoire.

Female nude, study for `The Toilet of Psyche`

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735