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Mythology

8,088 works

Engraving of reclining Venus with winged Cupid, doves, and a chariot in the clouds, within an oval frame with Latin inscripti

Venus and Cupid, from Three Goddesses Seated in the Clouds

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of a reclining draped woman with curled hair leaning on a scrolled frame, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Terpsichore, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Hoofd van een bacchant, naar rechts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Etched print of a reclining classical woman in drapery holding a compass, inside a curved lower frame edge.

Erato, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of Venus with Bacchus and Ceres, a cupid, grapes, wheat and a cornucopia of fruit, with Latin verses below.

Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus

Jan Saenredam, c. 1600

Pencil study of a classical female head with curly hair and grape clusters, shaded like a plaster cast of an antique sculptur

Academiestudie naar een gips van een antiek beeld: bacchant

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Engraved circular print of the muse Calliope holding an open book, with a castle and battle scene in the background.

Clio, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of the muse Clio beside books and an oak tree, gesturing toward a distant battle in mountains.

Thalia, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Pen and wash drawing of satyrs, putti, a goat and an urn beneath trees in a garden setting.

Satyrs Preparing for a Festival

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Circular engraving of seated woman Melpomene holding a scroll, with laurel trees, buskin boot, books, and a theatre scene.

Melpomene, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of a woman playing a lute beside a tree, with a castle, bridge, river and figures in the background.

Terpsichore, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of a crowned woman playing a lute beside a tree, with deer, an ostrich and a seated musician in a landscap

Euterpe, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of a seated woman in a ruff collar holding a scroll, with a city procession and building behind her.

Erato, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of a seated woman writing on a celestial globe, with a starry sky and a city in the background.

Polymnia, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Circular engraving of the muse Erato seated under a tree with a globe, compass and rule, with a town in the distance.

Urania, from The Muses

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1590-1620

Engraving of a muscular nude Apollo with a sun halo striding on clouds, with a distant mountain landscape below.

Apollo in the Clouds

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Pen and ink drawing of a female term on a pedestal with dogs, a winged creature, and ornamental scrollwork.

Female Term, seated figure, and fantastical creature (recto); Satyr and study of a woman and child (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with nude figures, grapes, wheat, a barrel and a winged child beneath a tree.

Venus, Bacchus and Ceres

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Engraving of Pallas Athena and Mercury, seated figures with helmet, shield and caduceus against a cloudy sky.

Pallas Athena and Mercury

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Engraving of three nude female figures holding laurel wreaths above their heads, standing on clouds beneath a dramatic sky.

The Three Graces

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curly hair and white collar, framed by cherubs, shields and ornate scrollwork.

Frederick Achilles, Duke of Wurtenburg

M. Io. Albert Aubelin

Engraving of Juno seated on a cloud with a peacock, and Mercury in a winged helmet holding a caduceus, within a circular fram

Juno, from The Three Goddesses

Egbert van Panderen, c. 1600

Etching of nude Venus standing on clouds with Cupid drawing a bow, a cherub on a cloud, and two doves in flight.

Venus, from Three Goddesses

Egbert van Panderen, c. 1600-10

Engraving of Achilles disguised among women in a columned palace while warriors with helmet and spear approach.

Achilles en de dochters van Lycomedes

Edmé Jeaurat, 1713

Engraving of a rustic interior with two seated men, an elderly woman, kitchen goods, and a Latin inscription below.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Hendrick Goudt, 1612

Engraving of a nude laurel-crowned youth beside a flayed figure, with satyrs and armored men watching under a tree.

Apollo and Marsyas/Judgment of Midas

Melchior Meier, 1581

Grey wash drawing of Orpheus with a lyre at a tree trunk, threatened by raised-staff female figures in a forest.

Dood van Orpheus

Matthijs Balen, 1730

Grey wash drawing of goddess Diana on clouds, a cupid above, sleeping Endymion below with a globe and a cupid with bow.

Diana en Endymion

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Print of winged Cupid walking between two draped women beneath a decorative cartouche with Latin text, by Paulus Moreelse, 16

Cupid with Youth and Luxury

Paulus Moreelse, 1612

Grey wash drawing of a radiant nude male figure with a sunburst halo beside a draped woman with a staff, before a rocky archw

Apollo en een figuur

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Engraving of Venus seated nude on a bed, kissed by a winged Cupid who embraces her, with curtains behind them.

Venus and Cupid

Grey wash drawing of Leda reclining beside a swan under a tree, with two putti and a pond in an arched frame.

Leda en de zwaan

Matthijs Balen, 1694