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Mythology

8,099 works

Pencil drawing of a draped female figure holding an armillary sphere, with a globe and instruments at her feet.

Urania

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1520-85

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with a bearded satyr and a winged cupid behind a curtain, with a landscape at left.

Venus and a Satyr

Annibale Carracci, 1592

Hand-colored woodcut title page for a missal with Gothic text, framed by satyr, putti and foliage borders.

Title Page for a Missal, with Satyr and Putti Border [verso]

Urs Graf, c. 1511

Etching of a violinist in drapery in a forest clearing, surrounded by deer, sheep, goats, rabbits, dogs and birds.

Orpheus temt de dieren

Jan van Ossenbeeck, 1660

Etching of gods Apollo and Diana shooting arrows from clouds at dying children and horses on a battlefield.

Apollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe

Jan van Ossenbeeck, 1660

Engraved print of a man in armor holding a club, with a lion, rooster, shields, and a battle scene behind him.

Portret van Lodewijk XIII als Hercules

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of a frightened naiad recoiling from a lion-headed fountain beside a palm tree and cypresses.

The Frightened Naïad (Une naïade échevelée recule d'efroi à la vue d'un lion)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Etching of a seated nymph on a shell fountain with a cherub, water falling over dolphin heads, framed by trees.

The Seated Nymph (Une fontaine avec une naïade assise sur une conque)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Engraved title page with classical portal, two statues of Apollo and Mercury flanking text, and a Frankfurt 1596 inscription.

Portaal met Apollo en Mercurius

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of Apollo beside a tree and dog, with a winged Cupid holding a bow reaching toward him on the right.

Apollo en Amor

Théodorus van Kessel, 1660

Engraving of Venus restraining Adonis, who holds a spear and hunting dogs, with a cupid in a tree at right.

Venus probeert te voorkomen dat Adonis gaat jagen

Quirin Boel, 1660

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who is turning into a laurel tree, with a reclining river god pouring water in the foregr

Apollo en Daphne

Théodorus van Kessel, 1660

Engraving of a helmeted warrior blowing a horn beside a seated woman nursing an infant under a large tree.

Amalthea zoogt de jonge Jupiter

Théodorus van Kessel, 1660

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical garden with a reclining nude, cupids, musicians, and figures preparing a feast amon

Toebereidselen voor een feest gewijd aan Venus

Gérard de Lairesse, 1667

Engraving of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds with putti and a winged figure in an oval frame.

Strijdwagen van Apollo

Michel Dorigny, 1638

Engraving of the back of a muscular nude Hercules statue on a pedestal, with a cloak and two onlookers below.

Farnese Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1592, dated 1617

Brown ink drawing of nude Venus and Adonis under a tree, Adonis holding a spear, with two hunting dogs at lower left.

Venus and Adonis

Adriaen Matham, 1610

Engraving of Laocoön struggling with serpents beside a pedestal, with a Minerva temple, ships, and the sea behind.

Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by serpents upon a pedestal, a temple to Minerva behind them, another temple…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Jupiter embracing Io in a forest as Juno watches from a cloud with a peacock and an eagle nearby.

Jupiter, Io en Juno

Cornelis Bos, 1537

Engraving of a seated woman by a column while Jupiter holds lightning bolts above an eagle on clouds.

Jupiter en Semele

Cornelis Bos, 1537

Engraving of Jupiter and Callisto seated beneath a tree, with a bow, arrows and an owl in the trunk.

Jupiter en Callisto

Cornelis Bos, 1537

Engraving of Galatea in a shell chariot pulled by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures around her.

Galatea riding in a shell pulled through the water by dolphins, a cupid below and four more above, at left a triton e…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a satyr with goat legs wrestling a horned ram before an obelisk and classical buildings.

A Satyr and a Ram Clashing, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Venus flanked by Ceres with wheat and Bacchus with grapes, with a cornucopia of fruit and a cupid below.

Venus omarmd door Cerres en Bacchus

H.L. Schaerer, 1610

Engraving of Apollo seated with a lyre beside a cow and dog, with classical columns and a tree in the background.

Apollo Tending the Flocks of Admetus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Jupiter on a chariot above kneeling clergy, soldiers, and a hunting scene, with zodiac signs in the corners.

Planeet Jupiter en zijn kinderen

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1638

Engraving of a classical frieze with three winged cupids, a dragon, hanging drapery and columns, 1519.

Bas-Relief with Three Cupids, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 1519

Engraving of two gods dining at a table in a rustic room, served by an elderly couple, with a goose and fruit basket.

Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis

Nicolaes Lauwers, c. 1650

Line drawing of Juno on a throne with peacocks and a circular verse inscription in the lower right corner.

Juno op een troon met pauwen

Edmund Evans, 1887

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo fountain niche with reclining figures, caryatids, and ornamental scrollwork.

Design for an Arabesque with Cupid and Psyche

Claude Gillot, 1720-40

Pen and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with smiths at an anvil and cupids, framed by an ornate oval rococo border.

Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Engraving of an allegorical scene with a skeleton, Venus, mourning women, a soldier, skulls and a cupid above a canopy bed.

Het geopende graf van Venus, ca. 1707-1708

Carel Allard, 1707