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Mythology

8,099 works

Engraving of Apollo and the Muses on a hilltop under laurel trees, with cherubs above holding wreaths and robed figures aroun

Apollo on Parnassus

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Black and white woodcut of Hercules grappling with a centaur while a woman with a sword stands beside him, framed by trees.

Hercules

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496-97

Etching of armored Mars with a helmet, Venus leaning on a tree, and a winged Cupid at her feet in a landscape.

Mars, Venus, and Cupid

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Grey wash drawing on brown paper of a two-panel classical frieze with processional figures, an altar, and dancers.

Ontwerp voor een fries met Mercurius en Minerva

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Red-toned stipple engraving of a curly-haired child in an oval frame holding a bow, looking upward.

Cupid

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Etching of Europa riding a flower-garlanded bull over the sea, surrounded by flying and swimming putti and a distant landscap

Rape of Europa

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1636

Engraving of a satyr and a traveler with a staff beside a cave, with small figures around a bowl, captioned Fable LXXXIX.

Fabel van de satyr en de voorbijganger

Johann Heinrich Meil, 1758

Etching of Venus and Adonis: a nude Venus seated on rock, Adonis embracing her, a cupid nearby, trees and a dog in a landscap

Venus and Adonis

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Woodblock print of a haloed goddess in flowing robes riding a white dragon through clouds against a dark ground.

Goddess Riding a Dragon, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1814

Engraving with three mythological scenes: a garden meeting with fruit, women attacking a man, and Cupid beside a nude woman.

Vertumnus en Pomona / Dood van Pentheus / Jupiter, Amor en Venus

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving of three mythological scenes stacked vertically: a city tower, a woman on a balcony above the sea, and Venus with C

Anaxarete en Iphis / Dood van Dido / Venus troost Amor

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving of a draped woman clasping hands with a winged putto who holds an olive branch beside a tree.

The Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Photographic reproduction of a painting of nude Venus with two cherubs playing with pearls on a book page.

Reproductie van Venus en Cupido door Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Charles Michelez, 1873

Etching of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, tied to a tree while a cherub holding a palm descends above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639 or after

Pen and wash drawing of Jupiter and Juno reclining on a draped bed under a canopy with cherubs and classical columns.

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the 'Furti di Giove' Tapestries

Perino del Vaga, 1532

Engraving of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus on clouds with an eagle and doves, a nude figure below blowing a trumpet.

Venus Complains to Jupiter

Master of the Die, 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rocky coast with a winged horse, two figures, a tall tree, and distant hills under a pale sky

Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, 1671

Pen and brown ink sketch of allegorical figures on a rocky hillside with trees, including standing women and reclining old me

Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Pen and wash study of a tapering Last Judgment scene with saints above, angels in clouds, and damned nude figures and demons

Scene from the Last Judgment, Study for the Fresco Decoration of One of the Segments of the Cupola of the Cathedral o…

Federico Zuccaro, 1576-79

Etching of two garden views with a domed pavilion, fountain, rocky crag with rider, and strolling figures under trees.

Fontein met een Triton en de rots van Andromeda in het park bij slot Ulriksdal

Adam Pérelle, 1668

Sepia woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules lifting his arms as a giant wrestles at his feet in a cave with cattle and bones.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1580

Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated male figure with a lyre beside a leafy tree under clouds.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661

Engraving of Venus reclining on clouds holding an arrow while Cupid sits beside her, with doves nearby.

Liefdespijl van Amor afgenomen door Venus

Etienne Fessard, 1761

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded satyr with flowing hair, with a grotesque mask study in the upper right.

Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); Head of a woman (verso)

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Graphite and chalk academic study of a nude faun holding a young goat on his shoulder, standing on a pedestal.

Academic study after a sculpture: faun with kid

Henri Julien De Stoop, 1847

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dancing bacchante with a tambourine beside a nude satyr holding a cymbal.

Bacchante

William Etty, first half 19th century

Pencil drawing of Achilles reaching toward the ghostly shade of Patroclus floating above him among clouds.

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus

John Flaxman, 1793

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear beside hunting dogs, with a cupid and a bow in a wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis (after Titian)

Robert Strange, 1770

Pencil drawing of Night and Sleep under a starry sky, with Jupiter in a chariot above, by John Flaxman.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter - "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven),…

John Flaxman, 1793

Grey wash drawing of a classical frieze with bearded men, draped women, nude youths, a horse and two lion heads.

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

John Flaxman, late 18th-early 19th century

Chiaroscuro print of Apollo playing a lyre beside a seated satyr, Marsyas, in an oval frame, in blue and green tones.

Apollo and Marsyas

Antonio Maria Zanetti, 1720