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Mythology

8,088 works

Etching of a huntress in a flowing tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tall tree in a wooded landscape.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by the Collar, known as The Beautiful Huntress

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1656

Black-and-white photo of stepped white travertine terraces and steaming pools at Mammoth Hot Springs, with hills and mountain

Minerva terrace, Mammoth hot springs

Frank Jay Haynes, 1886

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned woman seated beside a helmet and mask-shield, with a book under her hand.

Minerva in her Study

Ferdinand Bol, 1636

Ink and wash drawing of a nude helmeted hero with a sword beside kneeling figures and ghostly shades in a cave.

Odysseus, at the Doors of Hades, Meets the Shades of Tiresias and Anticlea

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1785

Pen and wash drawing of armored Minerva with spear and shield on a pedestal, with two kneeling figures below.

Minerva als Siegerin über Neid und Unwissenheit

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1604

Woodblock print of yokai demons and ghosts surrounding a frightened woman at a wooden chest, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880.

Pandora's box: omoi tsuzura and yokubari obasan

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Monochrome print of a seated wood nymph surrounded by dense laurel leaves, holding a small object in one hand.

Wood Nymph. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1877

Engraving of a classical mythological frieze with reclining nudes, winged putti, a rearing horse and a seated bearded man.

Endymion

Joachim von Sandrart

Etching of a seated Venus at left and a winged Cupid with flowers at center, set before a dense forest with birds in flight.

Een levende Venus aan de linkerkant, Amor in het midden

Johanna Sibilla Küsel, 1660

Etching of Bacchus with an ivy wreath among satyrs and a child, beside a reclining woman under a large tree.

Bacchus troost Ariadne

Cornelis Holsteyn, 1628

Pencil study of two draped female figures on a squared grid, with the labels Thalia and Erato written above.

The Muses Thalia and Erato

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Graphite sketch on squared paper of nude and draped female figures labeled as the Muses, by Andrea Appiani.

The Muses Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore (recto); Sketch of a Sleeping Child (verso)

Andrea Appiani, 1811

Engraving of a goddess with a shield and serpent beside a nude woman at an arched gateway, with a walled city and winged figu

Minerva vraagt Nijd om jaloezie in Aglauros te ontsteken

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1653

Engraving of Achilles dragging Hector's body behind a chariot before a city wall, with mourning figures and a burning city.

Achilles sleept het lijk van Hector achter zijn wagen

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Brown wash drawing of seated nude Apollo gesturing to draped Daphne as Cupid flies above with a bow in a landscape.

Apollo, Daphne and Cupid

Fedele Fischetti

Circular engraving of nude Venus on a globe with two putti, one holding a bow, against a town skyline and clouds.

Venus

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Engraved panel of women and a man with a quiver dancing in a circle, in classical draped robes.

Apollo en de Muzen

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Engraved triumphal procession with Bacchus on a chariot, centaurs, satyrs, putti, and soldiers in a horizontal frieze.

Triomf van Bacchus

Monogrammist AC, 1520

Circular engraving of a satyr family traveling: a satyr carries fruit, a woman rides a goat, a child leads an animal, under a

A Satyr Family Traveling

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1657

Engraving of Bacchus, a nude god in a classical niche holding a wine cup, with a putto, grapes and winged figures.

Bacchus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Etching in an oval vignette showing figures harvesting grapes among vines, one climbing a ladder beside a tree.

Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing nude female nymphs bathing among trees in a landscape.

Nymphs Bathing

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Engraving of a faun tied to a tree with shepherds, a broken jug in the foreground, and a German verse caption below.

[Faun przywiązany do drzewa przez pasterzy] : [Incipit:] Er ist zerbrochen, er ist zerbrochen der schönste Krug; da l…

Carl Friedrich Holzmann, 1767

Engraving of Dante riding centaur Nessus across a river of figures while archer centaurs line the rocky shore.

Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur

Joseph Anton Koch, 1808

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with a draped cloth across her legs, rendered in black, white and red on tan paper.

Study after Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse

Studio of François Boucher, c. 1750

Pen and ink sheet with a grinning satyr head, loose figure studies, and a handwritten Italian note in the margin.

Head of a Satyr and Other Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Blue wash drawing of tritons carrying off struggling nereids through sea waves, with horses and cherubs.

Tritons Carrying Off Nereids

François Perrier, n.d.

Oval drawing of Venus above Neptune with sea horses, Cybele, cherubs and a sun chariot in brown wash and white heightening.

The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)

Niccolò Berrettoni, ca. 1670-80

Engraved frontispiece with a winged figure blowing a trumpet, Apollo with muses, a winged horse and a book on Parnassus.

Apollo en de Muzen op de Parnassus

Bernard Picart, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Bacchic procession with a central nude youth, a tambourine player, a piper and a satyr with g

Bacchantenzug (Triumph des Bacchus)

Engraving of Hercules raising a club above a winged, many-headed hydra on a stepped pedestal.

Hercules Killing the Hydra

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1602

Engraved ornament page with a triton holding a trident in a cartouche, a reclining figure, and a grotesque mask with fruit sw

Plafond en cartouche met triton

Cornelis Galle, 1650