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Mythology

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Etching of a winged Cupid resting on a cushion with a quiver of arrows on his back, draped fabric behind him.

Cupid Resting, after a painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of Hercules wrestling a lion among rocks and trees, with a Latin caption below.

Hercules vecht met de Nemeïsche leeuw

Louis Chéron, 1725

Engraving of Minerva standing with a banner and shield, with a Medusa head and text on the shield, and an owl at her feet.

Minerva staand met vaandel en schild

Pieter van Call

Engraving of a classical wedding banquet with nude figures, satyrs, musicians and a garland-hung pergola.

Huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (midden deel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Engraving of a seated nude youth with attendants, an elephant, camel and giraffe, and a winged figure in clouds above.

Huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (linker deel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Hand-colored print of nymphs and a satyr with goats beside a bearded herm sculpture in a wooded garden.

Nymphs and Satyrs Before a Herm

Jean François Janinet, 1780

Etching of tall trees in a woodland landscape with Venus, Adonis, Cupid and hunting dogs in the lower right.

Venus and Adonis with Cupid in a Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraving of Minerva beside an armored young man with a shield, a lion, putti, and a coat of arms below.

Prins Willem V van Oranje-Nassau ontvangt Minerva's schild

Pieter Tanjé, 1758

Engraving of Prometheus chained to rocks while an eagle attacks him, with a serpent and clouds in the background.

Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus

Cornelis Cort, 1560

Engraving of a crowned king pointing at a helmeted warrior before soldiers, with draped curtains and a reclining figure on st

[Agenor ordonne à Cadmus d'aller chercher sa Soeur Europe, enlevee par Jupiter]

Louis Binet, 1770

Engraving of Saint Cecilia in a cauldron over a fire, an angel above her, a Roman prefect and Jupiter statue at right.

The Martydom of Saint Cecilia standing naked in a large cauldron, at left under a colonnade, sits a Roman Prefect, at…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-25

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle embracing Cupid on an arch, after Raphael's Villa Farnesina fresco.

Jupiter embracing Cupid after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraving of the Three Graces on clouds with Cupid at left, set within an arched spandrel with a classical pedestal.

The Three Graces sitting on clouds, cupid at the left, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farne…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraving of Cupid above three nude women in an arched spandrel, after a Raphael fresco.

Cupid and The Three Graces, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraving of the nude god Apollo standing in an arched niche beside a pedestal, one hand resting on an open box.

Apollo partly naked standing in a niche, left hand resting on an open box

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of a nude Apollo statue in an arched niche, holding a lyre, with a serpent and tree trunk beside him.

A statue of Apollo, naked standing in a niche, holding a lyre in his left hand and leaning on a tree trunk

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1512-15

Engraving of Apollo with his hand on Hyacinthus's shoulder, a small Cupid at lower right, beside a tree with bow and quiver.

Apollo standing at the left, his hand resting on the shoulder of Hyacinthus, Cupid in the lower right

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1506

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a Nereid and two putti playing instruments at the base and winged cherubs at top.

Ornament Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Engraving of nude Venus wringing water from her hair beside a tree, with a quiver hanging above and a distant sea and ship.

Venus wringing the water from her hair, standing at the water's edge

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1506

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrollwork, urns, masks, and a sea nymph flanked by two children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Nereid Ridden by Two Children

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Engraving of Venus crouching beside a plinth with winged Cupid standing on top, with a tree and landscape behind.

Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of nude Venus embracing a winged Cupid standing on a ledge within an arched niche.

Venus and Cupid standing in a niche

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of nude Venus standing between two cupids, one holding her arm and the other grasping a draped cloth, against cross

Venus attended by cupids

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-34

Engraving of Venus seated with a cupid while Vulcan hammers at an anvil beside a brick forge, with a town in the distance.

Venus at left holding a golden apple in her right hand and an arrow in her left, Vulcan at his forge beating a piece…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1505

Engraving of the Apollo Pythius statue, a nude standing figure with a draped cloak and serpent, with a seated observer at low

Apollo Belvedere (Apollo Pythius)

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude youth with a cloak and quiver beside a tree trunk with a python.

The Apollo Belvedere from the Vatican his left hand resting on the tree trunk around which coils a python

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Etching of satyrs, a nymph and a goat in a rustic landscape, with an owl perched on a pole at right.

The Happy Satyr with His Family, plate 10 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of nude Mars and Venus beside a winged Cupid, with a shield, armor, and a castle in the background.

Mars seated at the left, his left hand on Venus's shoulder, cupid beside her at the right

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1508

Engraving of Venus with an arrow resting her hand on the shoulder of a seated Aeneas beside a tree and obelisk.

Venus standing at left resting her hand on the shoulder of Aeneas seated at right

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of two embracing nude figures beneath a tree, with a deer and a distant hilltop town in the landscape.

Medor and Angelica from Lodovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso' or Venus and Adonis embracing, set within a landscape

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a reclining nude woman embraced by a man under a tree, with a horned animal and a distant town in the landscape.

Medor and Angelica from Lodovico Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", or Venus and Adonis embracing, set within a landscape

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-34

Engraving of a nude nymph combing her hair on a rock while Pan peers through leafy branches behind a tree.

Pan spying of the nymph Syrinx who is seated on a rock, combing her hair

Marco Dente, ca. 1516-20