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Mythology

8,099 works

Grey and white drawing on blue paper of a rider and companions meeting a bow-bearing huntress in an oval woodland scene.

Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey-toned drawing of Vulcan seated beside a shield, with Venus and a cupid on clouds above and smiths at a forge behind.

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Watercolor drawing of a classical gallery with columns, coffered vault, marble floor and mythological wall panels.

Project for Charles Meynier’s Gallery of Muses, house of M. Boyer-Fonfrède

Charles Norry, 1795

Red chalk drawing of Vulcan at a forge with a fire and anvil, surrounded by winged putti in a pendentive-shaped composition.

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

Francesco Primaticcio, 1552-56

Red chalk drawing of a battle scene with armored warriors, a chariot, and fallen nude figures on the ground.

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galer…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1555-60

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a lion-drawn chariot with satyrs, putti, and musicians in a grape-vine landscape.

Triomf van Bacchus

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Brown ink and wash drawing of allegorical figures with a muscular man, a seated woman, a lion, and winged cherubs.

Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Etching of Marsyas hanging from a tree as Apollo kneels beside him, set in a wooded landscape with clouds.

Marsyas gevild door Apollo

Laurent de La Hyre, 1616

Pen and ink study of a twisting male nude with raised arm, with pencil sketches of legs and wings on aged paper.

Study for a Prometheus Bound (recto); slight sketch of head and shoulders of man in lead pencil (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Engraving of a helmeted Minerva figure guiding a young man in a star-badged coat through a columned library with armor and bo

Maximiliaan III Jozef van Beieren begeleid door Minerva

Gottfried Bernhard Götz, 1737

Engraving of nymphs gathered around a statue of Diana in a forest, with satyrs approaching from the right and left.

Feste de Diane (Festival of Diana, from Bacchanales or the Quatre Festes)

Claude Gillot, c.1693-1722

Etching of Jupiter addressing a council of gods on clouds, with giants and a city by the sea below.

Jupiter vraagt de Olympische goden om raad

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Etching of a wolf-headed man fleeing a burning courtyard while a crowned figure watches from a colonnaded hall.

Jupiter verandert koning Lycaon in een wolf

Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, 1659

Engraving of a faun feast in a forest, with nymphs and satyrs on a pedestal, musicians and putti below, and verse text beneat

Feste de Faune (The feast of the faun from, Bacchannales or the Quatres Festes)

Claude Gillot, c.1693-1722

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes celebrating Bacchus around a bust on a pedestal, with fruit and vines in a wooded landscape.

Feste de Bacchus (Festival of Bacchus from, Bacchannales or the Quatre Festes)

Claude Gillot, c.1693-1722

Engraving of Achilles' anger in the Iliad: armored warriors around a seated king, a goddess in clouds, and a city beyond.

Wrok van Achilles

Nicolas Henri Tardieu, 1684

Hand-coloured engraving of Venus above a colonnaded garden with musicians, dancers and elegant figures, 1742.

Allegorie op de planeet Venus

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1742

Engraved print of a Bacchic procession with a wine chariot, nude revelers, satyrs and putti beside a classical colonnade.

Triumph of Bacchus

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580-1623

Engraved drawing of a draped classical female statue on a circular pedestal, one arm raised, the other extended.

Venus Genetrix

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1761

Etching of the goddess Juno with a peacock, a scepter and a radiating halo, standing on clouds.

Juno

Abraham Bloemaert, 1608

Engraving of Mercury and Venus: two nude figures in a wooded landscape with a river and distant city.

Mercury and Venus

Hans Burgkmair, c. 1520

Watercolor stage design of a classical courtyard with colonnade, central statue of Minerva, staircase and figures under a str

Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva

Leonardo Marini, 1780-90

Etching of a helmeted warrior walking past a colonnaded palace with a cherub and a ship in the distance.

Odysseus op het eiland van Circe

Robert van den Hoecke, 1632

Engraving of nude Venus and Adonis with two hounds on a leash beside a rocky cliff, under a cloudy sky.

Venus en Adonis met twee honden

Lucas Kilian, 1589

Engraving of Bacchus, a nude crowned figure with vine leaves, beside a small satyr holding grapes in an arched niche.

Bacchus en een sater

J. Kuyper, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of mythological figures, a nude central figure and draped women among scribbled clouds.

The Pregnancy of Callisto Discovered by Diana

Antonio Molinari, 1612-66

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nude hero and an armored warrior inside a circular medallion within a square frame.

Hercules en Mars

Pieter de Jode, 1583

Woodblock print of a woman playing a biwa lute beside a kneeling young man with a shoulder drum, in patterned kimono.

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of t…

Katsukawa Shunshō, late 1780s

Leda (Cover)

Paul Gauguin, 1889, published after 1900

Engraving of two classical marble-style heads and busts, one with a leafy wreath, printed on a book page.

Jupiter wordt gevoed door Amalthea

Johann Friedrich Greuter, 1636

Engraving of a muscular male figure holding grapes, seated on a pedestal with a lyre and sword, flanked by two helmeted figur

Bas-reliëf met een offer aan Minerva

Gabriel Ladame, 1636

Engraving of three classical figures before Ionic columns: a bearded man, a nude laurel-crowned youth, and a veiled woman wit

Bas-reliëf met soldaten bij een beeld van Hercules

Gabriel Ladame, 1636