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Mythology

8,099 works

Engraving of Apollo in the clouds above a python on a forest road, with onlookers on both sides.

Stage set for the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in Florence in 1589; Apollo and the Python

Agostino Carracci, 1589-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid presenting Psyche to a gathering of gods in an oval frame, with a reclining nude and a ho

Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45

Red chalk drawing of nude and draped warriors with a helmeted figure holding a sword, beside an amphora on a tiled floor.

Mythologische voorstelling met Mercurius en strijdende mannen

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703

Pen and brown wash design of a pedestal with Minerva and Amor on top, a shield and laurel wreath below.

Ontwerp voor een kachel met Minerva en Amor

Johann Samuel Nahl, 1775

Lithograph of dancing women in flowing drapery in a dark wooded setting, with a small sketch at lower right.

Bacchanten dansen en maken muziek

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1905

Lithograph of a nude woman bending forward against a dark background, with two small figure studies beside her.

Diana ontkleedt zich om te baden

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1905

Engraving of Cupid tugging a satyr's hair while two nude women embrace under a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Omnia Vincit Amor

Agostino Carracci, 1599

Engraving of a satyr grappling a nude nymph while a young man fights him beside trees, with a distant landscape at left.

Satyr en jongeman vechtend om nimf

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1511

Engraving of the bearded Silenus supported by a young bacchant beside a grapevine, barrel, and herm bust.

Silenus ondersteund door een jonge bacchant

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraving of bearded Pan drinking from a cup as a child Bacchus holding grapes reaches toward him beside a tree.

Pan met drinkbeker en Bacchus als kind met druiventros

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1515

Engraved lunette print with mythological nude figures in a central landscape panel, flanked by reclining allegorical figures

Diana en Actaeon

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 1740

Engraved lunette print with a central scene of nymphs in a wood, flanked by reclining figures, putti, and garlands.

Diana en Callisto

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 1740

Engraved interior of a long gallery with a painted ceiling, carved wall panels, tall windows, and two figures walking.

Interieur van de Galerij van Hercules in het Hôtel Lambert

Bernard Picart, 1713

Engraved interior of a decorated salon with a painted ceiling, a woman in a white gown, a man in a coat, and a small dog.

Interieur van het Cabinet de Muses in het Hôtel Lambert

Bernard Picart, 1720

Engraving of Hercules fighting centaurs in a rocky forest, with a centaur drawing a bow and fallen bodies on the ground.

Hercules vecht met de centauren

Louis Desplaces, 1713

Engraving of Jupiter and Venus on clouds, with an eagle and a woman presenting a child to the god.

Venus presenteert Amor aan Jupiter

Louis Desplaces, 1740

Engraved frieze of sea nymphs, a piping satyr, putti and a sea dragon in fine line hatching.

Ornamental Frieze with Sea Nymphs

Michiel le Blon, 1630

Pen and watercolor drawing of a helmeted woman in a classical workshop with sculptures, dogs, a peacock and a putto under an

Pallas Athene in het atelier van Prometheus

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Etching of Ulysses bound to a ship's mast while sirens swim in rough sea below, with cliffs and a distant city.

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1742: Ulysses and the Sirens

François Hutin, 1742

Engraving of Orpheus and Eurydice embracing amid flames and smoke, with a lyre on the ground.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Agostino Carracci, ca. 1590-95

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man playing a tambourine beside a seated nude woman holding a staff, with a column behind.

Hercules and Iole

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club over the fallen fire-breathing Cacus beside rocks, with a cow head peeking out.

Hercules and Cacus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of a bearded satyr-like face with closed eyes and curling hair, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Small Satyr Mask (Petit masque de satyre)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a nude nymph touching a bearded man holding a sketchbook, with a small child beside him in a forest.

Artist and a nymph, from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François Chifflart, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of three dancing nymphs and a satyr in energetic poses with flowing drapery.

Three Dancing Nymphs and a Satyr

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Engraving of Hercules strangling the giant Antaeus in a rocky landscape beside a tree, both figures nude.

Hercules and Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of Cupid rowing a boat made from his quiver across waves, with a banderole inscription above in an oval frame.

Eros Escaping by Sea; Cupid using his bow to propel a boat made from his quiver with an arrow as the mast and his bli…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a satyr with a club fighting a ram before classical buildings, with a shield against a column.

A satyr and a ram attacking each other, the satyr weilding a club with his right hand, a shield resting against a sma…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of two satyrs steadying Silenus on a braying mule while a third satyr leads it beside a vase.

Two satyrs placing Silenus on a braying mule and a third satyr at right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of seated giant Polyphemus watching Galatea on a shell pulled by dolphins, with Cupid flying above.

Galatea escaping Polyphemus; he is seated on a rock holding a staff and pipes and looking towards Galatea at right ri…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Sepia engraving of seated Neptune with trident and sea creature beside a stone pedestal, matted on cream paper.

Neptune

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1781

Sepia print of bearded seated Jupiter with an eagle, thunderbolt and urn, on a decorative classical throne.

Jupiter

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1781