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Mythology

8,099 works

Engraving of nude Bacchus and Erigone seated together with a panther, grapevine and bare tree, with Italian verse below.

Bacchus en Erigone

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515

Engraving of sleeping Venus on a draped bed with winged Cupid kneeling beside her, bow and arrows at their feet.

Venus en Cupido

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515

Engraving of Apollo reaching for Daphne as she transforms into a laurel, with a reclining river god below and verse text bene

Apollo en Daphne

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with a reclining woman, a standing man, putti and trees on grey paper.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of Leda embracing a swan in a wooded landscape, with bathing figures in the background, 1787.

Leda en de zwaan

Louis E.F. Garreau, 1787

Chalk and charcoal study of a man seen from behind, wearing draped cloth and a cap, on dark gray paper with grid lines.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel," lunette in the rotunda of the Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Etching of the overgrown ruins of an octagonal domed temple with broken arches, small figures, and a cloudy sky.

Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica (View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica [now considered to ha…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764

Charcoal and white chalk study of three male figures in dynamic poses, one arm raised, on dark grey paper.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan," mural in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvan…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1905

Etching of a ruined classical temple with arches beside a shoreline, with figures, a rowboat, a sailboat and distant hills.

Tempel van Venus of Diana bij Baia

Aegidius Sadeler, 1606

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures on a rocky ridge, one holding a lyre, with smoke and clouds around them.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Filippo Pedrini, 1763-1856

Pen and brown ink drawing of satyrs and nymphs in a wooded landscape, with a reclining nude nymph in the foreground.

Satyrs and Nymphs

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1765

Engraving of a winged armored hero flying above a chained nude woman as a sea monster rises from the waves below.

Perseus and Andromeda

Giulio Sanuto, 1550

Brown ink drawing of Jupiter descending in flames and clouds toward a startled woman, with an eagle below.

Jupiter Appearing to Semele

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Engraving of a circular shield with twelve mythological scenes around a central group of figures and winged beings.

Het schild van Hercules

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, 1756

Etching of reclining Silenus with satyrs, goats, putti and grapevines in a wooded bacchanal scene.

Silenus Reclining with Goats and Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of armored soldiers, a rearing horse, and a prostrate man held down beside a tent.

Scene from Ancient History or Mythology: Theseus Punishing Procrustes (?)

Giuseppe Piattoli, 1785-1807

Engraved vignette of Minerva and a putto with books, a globe and a Latin motto inside a rococo cartouche.

Vignet met Minerva en Amor

Bernard Picart, 1728

Pen and ink drawing of Venus with curly hair on a cloud, with two doves, one perched and one with spread wings.

Venus with Doves

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1828

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Vulcan working at an anvil in a forge, with assistants and a winged cupid watching.

Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's Forge

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Engraved print of a laughing man in a plumed hat raising a wine glass and holding a torch, with a drum in front.

Cereris Bacchique Amicus (A Friend of Ceres and Bacchus)

Cornelis Dusart, 1695

Etching of a winged figure above fiery clouds over a ruined classical temple and distant town, with a bare tree in the foregr

Jupiter aanschouwt de schade aangericht door Phaeton's val

Léon Davent, 1547

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude figure of Apollo holding a lyre and a scroll on a blue ground.

Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, 1666-1724

Hand-colored print of the Temple of Olympian Zeus with columns and seated figures, the Acropolis of Athens rising behind it.

Gezicht op de Tempel van de Olympische Zeus en de Akropolis met een groep zittende figuren

Louis Dupré, 1825

Engraving of two classical sculpted busts on pedestals, a bearded male with satyr ears above a female head, on a book page.

Twee sculpturen van een faun

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of two classical sculpted busts stacked vertically, one with curly hair and a crested helmet, on a book page.

Bustes van Hercules en een onbekende man

Joan Comin, 1636

Engraving of two classical sculpted busts: a bearded satyr head with a broken arm above, and a smiling youth with ivy and gra

Twee bustes van Medusa

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of two classical marble busts on one plate, one with curly hair and a fur-trimmed cloak, one with a brooch.

Bustes van Jupiter Capitolinus

Michel Natalis, 1636

Etching of two classical female busts with curled hair and draped garments, one on a pedestal, numbered plate 55.

Twee bustes van bacchantes

Reinier van Persijn, 1636

Pen and ink drawing of reclining nymphs, a satyr, a standing nude woman and putti among clouds.

Nymphs, Satyr? and Putti

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink wash drawing of a seated nude woman with drapery and a small winged Cupid beside her, on a mounted sheet.

Venus Leaving the Bath, and Cupid

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Etched print of three vertical trophies with Bacchic attributes like wine cups, grapes, staves, and garlands.

Trophies with Attributes of Bacchus

Richard de Lalonde, 1770