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Mythology

8,088 works

Engraving of a woman dipping a nude figure into water as two dogs lie below, with a rocky coast and boats behind, framed by p

Thetis dompelt Achilles onder in de Styx

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of a centaur teaching a young boy in a landscape, framed by classical pillars, garlands and a dead boar at the bott

Achilles onderwezen door Chiron

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of a warrior in a helmet among women in a classical colonnade, with caryatids, putti and a basket of treasures.

Achilles en de dochters van Lycomedus

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of Vulcan handing a shield to Thetis beside a nude infant, with classical pillars, cherubs and forge tools.

Thetis krijgt van Vulcanus wapens voor Achilles

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Etching of nymphs gathered around a statue of Diana in a forest while satyrs approach, with French verse below.

Feste de Diane, Troublee par des Satyres (Feast of Diana Disrupted by Satyrs)

Engraving of a Bacchic feast with satyrs and bacchantes dancing around a bust of Bacchus in a wooded landscape.

Feste de Bacchus, celebree par des Satyres et des Bacchantes (Feast of Bacchus Celeb rated by Satyrs and Bacchanales)

Engraving of sylvans and nymphs celebrating the feast of Pan around an altar under a grotto arch, with musicians and garlands

Feste du Dieu Pan, celebree par des Sylvains et des Nymphes (Feast of the God Pan Celebrated by Sylvans and Nymphs)

Engraved rococo cartouche with Minerva, Apollo with a lyre, Mercurius and a rooster, plus putti, signed B. Picart 1725.

Apollo, Minerva en Mercurius bijeen

Bernard Picart, 1725

Engraving of Juno on a chariot decorating peacocks with eyes while putti play nearby and a nude figure reclines.

Juno Decorating her Peacocks with the Eyes of Argus

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a seated bearded nude god with a staff beside an eagle and a grazing cow under a tree, with figures in clouds.

Jupiter en de koe

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Red chalk drawing of a seated female figure in drapery with loose hatching, head turned downward, by Parmigianino.

Seated Goddess Diana (recto); Studies of a Nude Male Torso Seen from the Rear, and a leg (verso)

Parmigianino, ca. 1522

Engraving of a haloed saint kneeling beside a haloed lamb in a wilderness with rocks, plants, birds and a distant castle.

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Master of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1450

Engraving of two satyrs fighting over a kneeling nude nymph in a forest, one raising a club.

Two Satyrs Fighting Over a Nymph

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520/1525

Pen and wash drawing of nude Apollo aiming a bow at a startled Coronis in a wooded landscape, with a bird overhead.

Apollo and Coronis

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Red chalk sketch of a seated muscular figure beneath a tree with tangled branches, Hercules in the Hesperides garden.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Baldassare Franceschini, 1612-56

Pen and wash sketch of Jupiter reclining on clouds beside Psyche and a winged Cupid figure.

Psyche in front of Jupiter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Engraved room interior with a Venus fountain in a niche, statues, busts, and standing figures with a dog.

Fontein van Venus in de Villa d'Este te Tivoli

Giovanni Francesco Venturini, 1653

Monochrome print of a seated nude woman with an elderly woman beside her gesturing toward coins, beneath a hanging lamp.

Jupiter en Danaë

Bernard Picart, 1683

Brown wash drawing of a mythological birth scene with a seated woman, an infant, cherubs, satyrs and nymphs in a wooded lands

The Birth of Adonis

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1684

Pen and wash drawing of Diana aiming a bow at a satyr carrying off nymphs through a wooded landscape.

Diana verfolgt den Räuber ihrer Nymphen

Pierre Brébiette, 1626

Pen and ink design for a ceiling with mythological figures, a winged horse, cherubs and an armored warrior around an open cen

Design for a Ceiling Decoration: A Gathering of Mythological Figures (recto); Dancing Satyr and Two Seated Figures (v…

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1652-1726

Pen and gray wash drawing of Bacchus and Ceres with putti, a bearded sea deity, an amphora, and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres Attended by Putti and a Marine Deity

Sebastiano Galeotti, 1676-1741/46

Brown wash drawing of a mythological scene with warriors on horseback, a serpent, towers, and ships on a rocky coast.

Mythological Scene

Antonio Gandini, 1602-30

Sepia print of a reclining nude woman with a hand mirror and a sleeping cupid on draped cushions.

Venus en cupido

Jurriaan Cootwijck, 1724

Pen and ink sketch with grey wash of a nude woman riding on the back of a triton with a curling fish tail.

Nude Female Riding on a Triton's Back

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Engraving of Prometheus giving fire to a nude man, with animals, clouds and a sun chariot in the landscape.

Prometheus Making Man and Animating Him with Fire From Heaven, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Neptune with a trident directing nude figures pouring water from urns into a stream below mountains.

Neptune Plotting the Destruction of Man, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Hercules on a rearing horse with a warrior, horses, and fallen nude figures in a battle scene.

Hercules and Iole, from The Labors of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Apollo and Diana shooting arrows from clouds at figures lying dead and grieving in a landscape before a city.

Apollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe

Bernard Picart, 1733

Engraved circular medallion showing Apollo with a lyre above three dancing nude women and putti holding a garland.

Penning met Apollo en de drie gratiën

Bernard Picart, 1717

Red chalk drawing of a nude putto bending a bow inside an arched niche above a pedestal.

Putto Bending a Bow

Giorgione, 1477/78-1510

Red chalk print of a nude woman standing on clouds beside two doves, with a draped cloth at her side.

Naakte Venus met twee tortelduiven

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1753