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Mythology

8,099 works

Vertical engraved ornament panel showing a triton, two infant satyrs, an urn, scrollwork, and an eagle at top.

Ornament Panel: Triton and Two Infant Satyrs

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

Drawing of a Bacchanalian allegory with satyrs, nymphs and revelers under a banner titled Le Triomphe de Bacchus et de l'Amou

Le Triomphe de Bacchus, et de l'Amour

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1775

Pen and ink drawing of muscular smiths forging a shield at an anvil while a woman watches from the left.

Venus Watching Vulcan and Cyclops Forge Armor for Mars

Raymond de La Fage, late 17th century

Etching of Venus leading the warrior Aeneas through swirling flames, with a walled city at left.

Venus voert Aeneas uit de vlammen

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1663

Engraving of satyrs and bacchantes celebrating Bacchus around a garlanded bust on a pedestal in a wooded landscape.

The Four Festivals: Festival of Bacchus

Claude Gillot, c. 1693-1715

Engraving of a goddess descending toward a seated shepherd beside a dog, with a large moon and a winged Cupid aiming a bow.

Diana en Endymion

Bernard Picart, 1728

Engraving of laurel-crowned Apollo seated on steps between two muses, with a lyre, sundial and sunburst, dated 1712.

Apollo lauwert twee muzen

Bernard Picart, 1712

Etching of a woman embracing a swan, its wings spread behind her, with a draped curtain in the background.

Leda en de zwaan

Marius Holleman, 1918

Mezzotint of Psyche holding a lamp over the sleeping winged Cupid on a draped bed, with curtains behind.

Psyche bekijkt de slapende Cupido

James MacArdell, 1745

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head and shoulders in three-quarter view with hair pinned up and a lace collar.

Minerva Chapman Self-Portrait

Minerva J. Chapman, 1900

Red chalk drawing of Psyche offering a vessel to Venus among clouds, with a winged figure at upper right.

Psyche Presenting the Phial of Water to Venus

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Etching of Venus at her toilette on a rocky shore, attended by nude women and cupids, with a sea creature and waves at right.

Toilet van Venus

Pierre Brébiette, 1608

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure flying through radiating light above two crawling men.

Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard

Johann Tobias Sergel, 1797

Engraved print of a nude woman seen from behind combing long wavy hair, with French caption and decorative border.

Toilet van Venus

Jacques Bouillard, 1788

Engraving of the Birth of Bacchus with Mercury, nymphs, Jupiter on a cloud and a reclining Narcissus beside a stream.

Geboorte van Bacchus

Jean Dambrun, 1786

Engraving of Perseus flying down to a sea monster as the chained Andromeda waits on a rock by the sea.

Perseus en Andromeda

Jean Louis Delignon, 1786

Engraving of reclining Venus handing an arrow to Cupid beside a rocky outcrop, with a town on a hill behind them.

Venus en Amor

Henri Marais, 1786

Engraving of an open sarcophagus labeled Hercules with a skeleton, soldiers, an obelisk, and a cherub above.

Het geopende graf van Hercules, ca. 1707-1708

Carel Allard, 1707

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer topped by Neptune on a sea-horse chariot, with scrolled handle and pedestal.

Design for a Ewer with Neptune on his Chariot

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen drawing of a crowned woman pointing toward a seated helmeted Minerva with spear in a lecture hall, 1903.

Stedenmaagd van Amsterdam spreekt Minerva toe

Johan Braakensiek, 1903

Engraving of a sculpted nude Venus with a floral wreath holding an apple, flanked by two cherubs in a niche.

Beeld van Venus in de noordelijke galerij van het Stadhuis op de Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Etching with a sea god in a chariot pulled by sea horses, flanked by a draped figure and Bacchus seated on a wine barrel.

Roof van Proserpina / Nimf / Bacchus op een wijnvat

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1744

Etching of a nude statue on a pedestal, an armored warrior, robed priests at an altar, and a crowd of soldiers under trees.

Aeneas offert aan Apollo

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1663

Engraving of Venus holding an apple beside Cupid with a bow, with two doves flying in the sky at upper left.

Venus en Cupido

Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, 1826

Pencil study of a child's head with curly hair and a calm gaze, signed A. Legros 1904.

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Engraving of laurel-crowned Apollo holding a cloth beside a winged cupid on a pedestal, with a landscape behind.

Apollo met een amor

Claude Mellan, 1638

Engraving of laurel-crowned Apollo holding a scroll inscribed Les Oeuvres de Mr. de Voiture, with a cupid beside him.

Apollo en een amor

Claude Mellan, 1650

Graphite drawing of a standing nude woman with outstretched arm, with sketched sea monster and rocks at her feet.

Andromeda and the Sea-Monster

circle of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue beside a serpent, with a seated draftsman sketching at lower right.

Apollo Belvedere

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of a muscular bearded Hercules statue with lion skin, club and infant, on an inscribed pedestal.

Hercules en Telephos

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Grey wash drawing of a seated goddess on clouds, a bearded man gesturing toward a cow, and a peacock at left.

Juno vertrouwt Io toe aan Argus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Oval drawing of Diana with stags, hounds, spears and hunting gear amid ornamental scrollwork.

Diana with Attributes of the Hunt

Antoine Caron, 16th century