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Mythology

8,099 works

Etching of dancing bacchantes, satyrs and draped women in a wooded landscape, numbered 17, by Franz Ertinger, 1652.

Dansende bacchanten

Franz Ertinger, 1652

Engraving of mythological figures with a chariot and horses under radiating sunlight, with nude figures in the foreground.

Bacchus in zijn wagen

Franz Ertinger, 1652

Pen drawing of Apollo and Pan in a dolphin-prowed boat with musicians, fish, and cherubs among clouds above.

Apollo en Pan in een bootje

Franz Ertinger, 1652

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes dancing and playing pipes beside a classical colonnade and rocky landscape.

Feestende satyrs en bacchanten

Franz Ertinger, 1652

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed with Cupid, a bearded figure in the foreground, and gods gathered on clouds above.

Venus en Mars betrapt door Vulcanus

Jakob Wilhelm Heckenauer, 1710

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Etching of a woman milking a goat, a satyr behind a tree, and a child reaching up in a wooded landscape.

Opvoeding van Jupiter met de geit Amalthea

William Unger, 1847

Engraving of draped figures carrying a sleeping bearded man ashore beside a ship with rowers and horse-headed sea creatures.

De Phaiaken dragen de slapende Odysseus naar Ithaka

Philips Galle, 1547

Etching of blindfolded Fortuna holding coins, crowned by Jupiter above, with Neptune holding a trident at right.

Fortuna gekroond door Jupiter, met Pluto en Neptunus

Pierre Brébiette, 1624

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with scribbled shading around the figure, signed by Rodin.

Study of a nude female figure (Satyress)

Auguste Rodin, 1905-8

Print of Hercules holding a club beside Omphale among classical columns and a stone pedestal, with fine hatched shading.

Hercules en Omphale

Jan Gossaert, 1523

Grey wash drawing of a goat-legged satyr carrying a nymph through a forest, with other figures and mushrooms in the foregroun

Satyrs Abducting Nymphs

François Jean Sablet, n.d.

Engraving of a nude man in contemplation beside a kneeling woman offering a cornucopia of fruit and flowers.

Fortuna biedt de hoorn des overvloeds aan Hercules aan

Jacques de Gheyn, 1617

Engraved frontispiece of Minerva holding the book Telemaque while a kneeling child presents a book beside a pedestal.

Minerva presenteert het boek Telemaque

Henri-Joseph Godin, 1790

Engraved title page of Herkules en Dianira showing Hercules, Deianira, a burning altar and an angel with a trumpet.

Hercules gekleed in de tunica van Deïanira

Joseph Mulder, 1688

Red chalk drawing of Venus seated beside Cupid, who leans on her holding a bow and quiver, on a pedestal.

Venus Teaching Cupid to Use His Bow

Louis Claude Vassé, 18th century

Engraved title page with an allegorical vignette of goddesses, cherubs, and a winged horse above a Dutch inscription.

Allegorische voorstelling met Pegasus

Claude Duflos, 1735

Grey and white chalk study of the Apollo Belvedere statue, showing a nude standing male figure with a draped cloak.

Academic study after a sculpture: Apollo Belvedere

François Kinson, 1786

Chalk drawing of a grinning satyr with curly beard, pointed ears and ivy leaves in hair, on grey paper.

Head of a Satyr

Jean-Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Engraved portrait of an elderly cardinal seated in a carved armchair beneath a velvet canopy, with books and a quill nearby.

André Hercules, Cardinal de Fleury

Pierre Drevet, 1730

Engraving of Diana and nymphs bathing by a woodland stream, with a stag and hounds beside them.

Diana verandert Actaeon in een hert

Jean-Charles Le Vasseur, 1749

Engraved title page with oval portrait of Juvenal, allegorical figures, an eagle, and the title Juvenal's Satyrs.

Title Page to Juvenal's Satyrs, by Sir R. Stapleton

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Vulcan raising a hammer at an anvil in a brick workshop with armour on the floor.

Vulcan

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of a muscular bearded classical hero holding a small child, set in an oval frame against a dark hatched background.

Hercules

George Andries Karsen, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mythological chariot with winged horses, a flying cupid, and a reclining figure on clouds.

Aurora and Cephalus: Engraver's study after decoration in the Galleria Farnese, Rome

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of Hercules seated beside Omphale holding a distaff, with Cupid aiming a bow above under a drapery.

Hercules en Omphale

Michel Dorigny, 1643

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis in a forest, with two cupids above and a hunting dog at right.

Venus en Adonis

Michel Dorigny, 1643

Pencil and red crayon drawing of a man with round glasses in a suit, before a red sky with buildings and swirling clouds.

Selbstporträt mit Jupiter und Saturn

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling saint holding the Christ Child, with the Virgin and cherubs in clouds above.

Saint Cajetan of Thiene Holding the Infant Jesus

Gaetano Zompini, 1730-40

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing lyre player, a seated woman, and a reclining animal in a landscape.

Scene with Apollo? Orpheus?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraved ornamental cartouche with an oval scene of a bearded giant and a winged rider on a horse above a town, labeled ATLAS

Cartouche: Atlas door Perseus in een berg veranderd

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Red chalk sketch of draped female figures, a child, and a seated figure among trees, with studies of heads above.

Diana and Attendants?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century