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Mythology

8,099 works

Engraving of a bacchanalian procession with Silenus riding an ass, satyrs, maenads, a lion, and putti in a classical setting.

The procession of Silenus who is carried on an ass preceeded by a bacchant playing the cymbals and other figures

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1531

Sepia ink and wash drawing of Venus clinging to Adonis, who holds a spear, with a cherub above in a rocky landscape.

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Engraving of Venus seated under a tree with Eros beside her holding a bow, a town and river behind them.

Venus and Eros

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Engraving of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion among classical ruins with arches and broken columns, dated 1528.

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Agostino Veneziano, 1528

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre among dancing figures and seated companions under trees, with cattle in the distance.

Apollo als herder van koning Admetus

William Byrne, 1768

Woodcut print of nude men walking past rocky mountains and a cave, with a horse and a winged figure in the sky.

The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave

Domenico Beccafumi, 1540

Engraving of Venus and Cupid riding sea creatures, with wind heads in clouds above a distant coastal city.

Venus and Cupid riding two sea creatures, Cupid raising an arrow with his right hand and two heads representing wind…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of two bearded marble herm statues on pedestals, one wearing a lion skin, with a Latin inscription below.

Hercules, from "The Hermae"

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Engraving of Apollo as the sun god with bow and arrow inside an ornate oval frame, inscribed Sol, number 4.

Zon (Apollo)

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of nude Venus with a torch and a winged cupid with an arrow, framed in an oval cartouche with fruit and flowers.

Venus

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of nude Diana with crescent moon and bow, standing on a cloud inside an ornate oval frame.

Maan (Diana)

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of Jupiter and Europa embracing beside a bull under a tree, with hills, sea and a rider in the background.

Jupiter en Europa

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of the nude god Apollo embracing Leucothea on a canopied bed, with drapery, a lyre and sandals on the floor.

Apollo en Leucothea

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing on a canopied bed, with Cupid holding a helmet and a swan at the foot.

Mars en Venus

Jacob Matham, 1592

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing on a canopy bed, with Cupid trying on a helmet and armor scattered on the floor.

Mars en Venus

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of a reclining bearded nude man, a standing nude woman holding a lamp, and a child grasping a serpent beside a bed.

The Young Hercules in His Cradle

Agostino Veneziano, 1533

Engraving of two muscular nude men wrestling beside a tree and ruined buildings, with a seated figure watching nearby.

Hercules and Antaeus

Agostino Veneziano, dated 1533

Engraving of nude Apollo grasping Daphne, whose legs turn to roots as she rises into a laurel branch, with a town behind.

Apollo and Daphne

Agostino Veneziano, 1515

Engraving of Venus seated on a rock beside a winged Eros who holds a flaming torch, with a tree and cloud behind them.

Venus and Eros

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a standing nude male figure resembling classical sculpture, draped cloth on one arm and a serpent at his side.

Apollo

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of Venus and Vulcan seated with nude cupids holding arrows, a bow, and fruit, with a curtain behind them.

Venus and Vulcan Surrounded by Cupids

Agostino Veneziano, dated 1530

Pen drawing of a reclining Venus embraced by a winged Cupid, with flowing hair and drapery in brown ink.

Liggende Venus met Cupido

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Engraving of Apollo reaching for Daphne, whose body is transforming into a laurel tree, with a landscape behind them.

Apollo and Daphne

Agostino Veneziano, 1518

Daumier lithograph of a reclining nude figure gazing up at a moon while a small man reaches toward it in a scrolled frame.

Le Sommeil d'Endymion-Berryer

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Engraving of Apollo in a chariot with horses descending to the sea, where Thetis reclines at left, with putti and French vers

Apollo bezoekt Thetis

Claude Du Bosc, 1692

Brown ink sketch of Jupiter with curly hair and billowing drapery, with an eagle form and layered study lines.

Jupiter Hurling a Thunderbolt

Giulio Romano, 1530-37

Engraving of a nude young Bacchus with grapevine crown reclining in a landscape beside a wine vessel.

Jonge Bacchus naakt in een landschap

Jeremias Gottlob Rugendas, 1723

Engraving in a circle of Venus reaching toward a winged Cupid, with grapes and wheat and Latin inscription around the border.

Venus en Cupido

Zacharias Dolendo, 1590

Engraving of Pallas Athena in a crested helmet, standing on a globe with a spear and a decorated round shield.

Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Chalk study on grey paper of a male torso, a man's head with raised arm, and a female figure in drapery.

Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph

Francesco Trevisani, 1708-17

Caricature of a bearded man as a centaur carrying off a woman, with a railway sign and an archer in the background.

Spotprent met Lord Bentinck als de centaur Nessus

John Doyle, 1847

Engraving of nude Venus on a cloud holding a shell and flaming heart, with doves, sunburst and sea behind her.

Venus

Philips Galle, 1581