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Mythology

8,088 works

Pen and wash drawing of sleeping Endymion with a dog, as Diana floats on a cloud above with a cupid below.

Diana Visiting the Sleeping Endymion

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1729-1804

Engraved title page with seated writing woman, nude figure, oval medallion of mythological scenes, and a bust among trees.

Waarheid toont een schrijfster de geboorte van Venus

Gilliam van der Gouwen, 1688

Etching of a winged angel with trumpet, putti playing music, and a rider on a winged horse above the sea.

Perseus met het hoofd van Medusa

Gérard de Lairesse, 1682

Etching of a nude woman on a shell over sea waves, with a cherub and dolphin, rocky coast behind.

Venus vaart naar Cyprus

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Etching of a hillside with ruined arched walls, a broken tower, and shrubs in the foreground, under an open sky.

Nimf Corsica mishandeld door een satyr

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of a nymph and satyr seated by a stream beside a ruined arched aqueduct, with trees on the right.

Nimf Corsica en de satyrs zittend in een landschap

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Red chalk drawing of a saint in ecstasy holding a cross, with a cherub, a dove and cherub heads in the clouds.

Male Saint in Ecstasy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of Zeus and Hera seated on clouds with three putti, enclosed in an oval on tan paper.

Zeus and Hera

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar, hand on a book, with a tree and curtain behind him.

Endymion Porter

William Faithorne

Pen and wash design for a decorative panel with a reclining woman and standing nude man in an ornate scrolled frame.

Design for a Panel with a Depiction of Bacchus and Ariadne

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of a seated youth gazing at his reflection in a pool, with a winged cupid, two hounds, and a figure behind a tree.

Narcissus kijkend naar zijn spiegelbeeld in het water

Abraham Delfos, 1752

Etching of a spear-carrying antlered hunter facing bathing nude women in a forest clearing, by Pietro Aquila, 1660.

Diana en Actaeon

Pietro Aquila, 1660

Engraving of two nude nymphs adorning a bearded bust with garlands in a dense forest clearing.

The Scrupulous Nymphs

Géraud Vidal, 1784

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining crowned woman attended by women and a child with a bow on a stone ledge.

Toilet of Diana

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a sleeping winged child on a grassy slope.

Nymph and Cupid

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil study of draped classical legs and sandals with a sketched woman, rotated, inscribed Apollon pastevr chez Laomedon.

Onderlichamen van Apollo en Laomedon met schets van een vrouw

Vicomte Arthur-Jean Le Bailly d'Inghuem, 1875

Brown ink drawing of the Pietà: dead Christ lies in the foreground, mourning Virgin supports him, angels and cherubs gather a

Pietà

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of Venus and Mercury in a forest, with a nude woman drawing a bow, a bearded man, a dragon and a distant river town

Venus en Mercurius

Hans Burgkmair, 1520

Engraving of Venus reclining nude beside Adonis with a spear and dog, cupids and birds in a forest setting.

Venus vertelt Adonis het verhaal van Hippomenes en Atalanta

John Hall, 1769

Pen and brown wash drawing of Orpheus centered among seated and kneeling figures in an oval, with flames at right.

Orpheus

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of nude Apollo with laurel wreath, quiver and lyre, by Ercole Procaccini the Younger.

Apollo

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man wrestling a bull in an arched interior with spectators on a balcony.

Hercules Capturing the Cretan Bull, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules seated on rocks, holding a golden apple beside a tree and a coiled dragon.

The Apples of the Hesperides, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman on its back, with an archer and loose landscape hatching behind.

Hercules, Nessus the Centaur, and Deianeira, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Circular drawing of classical gods, muses and a helmeted warrior with shield, winged figure above, in brown ink and white hig

Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

Giuseppe Salviati, 1566-67

Engraved allegory of Minerva seated in a library with putti, books, globes and a bust, under the title Bibliotheca Belgica.

Minerva in een bibliotheek omringd door putti

François Harrewijn, 1739

Engraving of Venus whipping a blindfolded Cupid held by a putto, with a third child beside them and a curtain behind.

Venus straft Amor

Vincenzo Vangelisti, 1769

Engraving of Venus reclining with Adonis in a forest, cupids, hounds and a flying dove, with French verse below.

Landschap met Venus en Adonis

Joseph Vanloo, 1703

Mezzotint of a woman as Diana with a spear and crescent moon beside a winged child Cupid in a forest.

Portret van Elizabeth Montagu en haar zoon George als Diana en Cupido

James Watson, 1769

Etching of birch trees in a landscape with a reclining faun at left and a small nymph figure at right.

Nymphs et Faunes

Ker Xavier Roussel

Grey wash drawing of two draped nymphs flanking a central mask above a garland and ornamental frieze design.

Design for a Door-Knocker (?) With Two Nymphs

Giacomo Rossi, 18th century

Engraving of nude Jupiter with an eagle, a draped woman leading a cow, and putti in clouds above, with Italian verse below.

Jupiter verandert Io in een koe

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515