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Mythology

8,085 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated satyrs in a landscape with a hilltop building and a sun diagram.

Two Satyrs in a Landscape

Titian, ca. 1505-10

Engraving of a nude woman seated among trees beside a rabbit, with a river and hilltop town in the background.

Venus Wounded by a Rose's Thorn

Marco Dente, c. 1516

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a bed as golden rain falls from clouds while a man holds a dish beneath.

Jupiter en Danaë

Melchior Meier, 1572

Pencil sketch of two muscular male figures in combat, one raising a club over a kneeling figure, with rocks and handwritten l

Hercules and Cacus, after Annibale Carracci, and the Destruction of Enceladus, after Agostino Carracci

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1761

Engraving of a classical statue of Apollo with laurel wreath and bow, beside a serpent and lyre, within a niche frame.

Beeld van Apollo in de westelijke galerij van het Stadhuis op de Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of a bearded classical statue of Jupiter with a thunderbolt, accompanied by a ram and an eagle in a niche.

Beeld van Jupiter in de zuidelijke galerij van het Stadhuis op de Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of Perseus on a winged horse rescuing the chained nude Andromeda from a sea monster beside a rocky shore.

Perseus Liberating Andromeda

Attributed to Andries Stock, c. 1610

Circular engraving of Neptune with a trident in a chariot surrounded by sea gods, tritons, mermaids, and cherubs.

Neptune’s Kingdom

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1587

Engraving of Jupiter and Io: a reclining nude woman among clouds, a cupid and an eagle above, mythological scene.

Jupiter et Io

Géraud Vidal, 1801

Engraving of Diana leaning over the sleeping Endymion on a rock beside a dog and trees, with a Latin inscription below.

Diana bezoekt slapende Endymion

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1713

Engraving of Diana and nymphs bathing by a fountain while Actaeon, turning into a stag, flees across a landscape.

Diana en Actaeon

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1713

Engraving of a seated woman with two children beneath a tree, a winged figure in clouds above, Latin inscription below.

Latona met Diana en Apollo

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1686

Engraving of Diana on a cloud reaching toward horned Pan beside a goat in a wooded landscape, with Latin text below.

Diana en Pan

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1686

Engraving of seated Athena in drapery beside a shield and spears, with fine hatched lines modeling folds and armor.

Athena, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraved print of a reclining nude figure with curly hair resting on a curved ledge draped with cloth, on a hatched backgroun

Polyhymnia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a draped female figure reclining on a curved ledge, head covered by a hood, with dense hatched shading.

Urania, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a reclining nude woman draped in cloth beside classical architecture, with fine crosshatched lines.

Clio, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Euterpe, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a reclining draped female figure beside an architectural niche, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Thalia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with a bearded mask above and a face at the left edge, lined background.

Melpomene, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a classical statue of a faun leaning on a pedestal with draped cloth, shown on a numbered book page.

Standbeeld van een faun

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Bacchus leaning on a tree stump, wearing a panther skin over one shoulder.

Standbeeld van Bacchus met panterhuid

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of a nude faun statue playing a flute, standing on a pedestal with an animal skin draped behind him.

Standbeeld van een faun met fluit

Charles Audran, 1636

Engraving of a statue of Jupiter on an eagle presiding over scholars, a musician and an astronomer with a globe in a garden.

Jupiter Presiding over the Liberal Arts, from Seven Planetary Gods

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of a classical statue of Bacchus seated on a tiger, holding grapes, on a stone plinth.

Standbeeld van Bacchus op een tijger

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of nude Apollo with bow above a seated monarch and courtiers, with a chained monkey in the foreground.

Apollo Presiding over the Arts of Government, from Seven Planetary Gods

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of a nude Diana on a pedestal above fishermen hauling nets and boats on a shore with ships at sea.

Diana Presiding over Navigation and Fishing, from Seven Planetary Gods

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno reclining nude on clouds, with an eagle beside Jupiter and a distant landscape below.

Jupiter and Juno Seated in the Clouds, from Three Paired Gods and Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1594

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with curly hair beside a stone pedestal, with a curved ledge in the foreground.

Calliope, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of Neptune holding a trident and seated on a dolphin with Amphitrite beside him, sea and ships behind.

Neptune and Amphitrite, from Three Paired Gods and Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1594

Engraving of a nude nymph seated by a tree, gazing at a heron flying off over a grassy riverbank.

Nymph Watching a Heron Flying Away

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of seated Pallas Athena with helmet, Medusa shield and owl, framed in an oval with clouds, chariot and battle scene

Pallas Athena, from Three Goddesses Seated in the Clouds

Jan Saenredam, 1596