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Mythology

8,088 works

Engraving of the Apollo Pythius statue, a nude youth with a cloak and serpent, with a draftsman sketching at lower right.

The Apollo of Belvedere, from Three Famous Antique Statues at Rome

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592, published 1617

Engraving of reclining nude Venus, Cupid with bow beside her, and a bearded satyr with a staff behind them.

Venus and Cupid with a Satyr

Adriaen de Weerdt, c. 1600

Engraving of Hercules raising a club while fighting a many-headed winged hydra on a stone pedestal.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1602

Grey chalk drawing of a classical marble-style bust with curled hair and headband, after a sculpture of Dionysus, 1793.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1793

Grey chalk drawing of a classical nude male statue with raised arm beside a quiver of arrows, on a plinth.

Academic study after a sculpture: Medici Apollo

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1793

Red chalk drawing of Silenus with putti, satyrs and a woman amid spilled grapes and fruit under a tree.

The Harvest of Silenus

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1759

Engraving of Bacchus and Ceres walking away from a seated Venus beside a small fire, with a cupid nearby.

Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus (Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus)

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1597

Engraving of Minerva arming Perseus with a shield, Mercury at left, and figures on a rock above in a wooded landscape.

Minerva Arming Perseus

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1604

Engraving of the muscular nude hero Hercules with lion skin and club in a rocky landscape, with wrestling figures behind.

The Great Hercules (Knollenman)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Juno with a peacock and a putto holding her girdle, with a Latin and English caption below.

Juno met de gordel van Venus

Domenico Cunego, 1767

Engraved landscape with women beneath a large tree, a reclining figure with a child, and a nude figure by a river.

Venus en Amor bij een boom met enkele figuren

Christian Gottlieb Geyser, 1752

Engraving of nude Andromeda chained to rock as Perseus leaps with sword toward a sea monster.

Andromeda en Perseus

Alexander Runciman, 1771

Engraving of Achilles revealed among women in a classical hall, with a helmet, jewels, herm figures and putti.

History of Achilles: Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Brown ink and wash drawing of Jupiter hurling lightning at struggling giants among clouds, with an hourglass above.

Jupiter Fighting the Giants

Jacopo Zucchi, 1540-96

Engraving of Leda embracing a swan beside a draped classical couch, with a scale bar and handwritten note below.

Leda en de zwaan

Pietro Campana, 1735

Engraving of a classical Venus statue, arm raised over head, draped below the waist, on a round pedestal.

Standbeeld van Venus met een hand boven haar hoofd

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a crouching classical statue of Venus with a swan beside her on a circular pedestal, numbered 38.

Standbeeld van Venus met zwaan

Charles Audran, 1636

Engraving of a draped classical statue of Venus standing on a pedestal, numbered 39 on the page.

Standbeeld van Venus met de gouden appel

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Venus with Cupid and a dolphin, holding a scallop shell, on a book page.

Standbeeld van Venus met Amor

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of a nude female statue holding fruit in her hands, leaning on a dolphin-like form on an oval base.

Standbeeld van Venus met fruit in haar handen

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of a classical marble-style statue of Venus leaning on a vessel beside a dolphin on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Venus

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1636

Engraving of a helmeted Minerva figure holding an oval portrait of a man in a fleur-de-lis robe, with columns and an armillar

Portret van Lodewijk XIV opgehouden door Minerva

Charles Louis Simonneau, 1655

Engraving of Venus on a cloud with Cupid, as a physician treats the wounded Aeneas seated on a couch among herbs.

Venus helpt Aeneas te genezen

Charles Louis Simonneau, 1655

Engraving of nymphs tending a nursing goat in a wooded landscape, with goats and a seated youth nearby.

Jupiter gezoogd door de geit Amalthea

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of gods, nude figures and winged putti gathered on clouds above a distant landscape, with Latin text below.

The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche

Hendrick Goltzius, 1587

Pen and ink drawing of a nude goddess gesturing to an armored warrior beside classical columns and a fallen figure.

Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Brown ink drawing of Venus reclining on a couch with cupids, a mirror, and attendants adjusting a pearl necklace.

Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani, 17th century

Woodcut of a nude woman embracing a child in a forest with trees, a sleeping dog, and a bird on a branch.

Venus en Amor

Niccolò Boldrini, 1566

Engraved print of an antique marble statue of Bacchus holding grapes, standing beside a tree stump on a pedestal.

Antiek standbeeld van Bacchus

Étienne Baudet, 1679

Pen and grey wash drawing of Jupiter reclining beside Alcmene, surrounded by cherubs and classical architecture.

Jupiter in de gedaante van Amphitrion by Alcmene

Engraving of an ancient marble statue of Bacchus holding a cup and jug, with a wreath and animal skin, on a pedestal.

Antiek standbeeld van Bacchus

Étienne Baudet, 1680