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Mythology

8,104 works

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear and leashed hunting dogs, with a cupid under a tree at left.

Venus en Adonis

Giulio Sanuto, 1559

Engraving of a nude woman as Luna standing barefoot on a cloud, holding a billowing cloth, with horizontal hatched background

Diana als Luna op een wolk

Pieter Valck, 1575

Pencil and chalk sketch of a seated satyr-like figure with a roundel and drapery lines on grayish paper.

Satyr Holding a Roundel

Annibale Carracci, 1597

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a seated woman bending over, a nude cherub beside her, and draped cloth on a pedestal.

The Toilet of Venus

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1590

Engraving of Venus scolding a winged Cupid lying on a bed, with attendant figures and a draped curtain in a classical interio

Venus chastising Cupid. Plate 17 from: The story of Cupid and Psyche

Master of the Die, 1530

Graphite sketch of a fallen male nude with raised arm and studies of clenched fists by Eugène Delacroix, 1852.

Studies of a Fallen Male Nude for "Hercules and the Horses of Diomedes"

Eugène Delacroix, 1852

Brown wash drawing of nude nymphs and cherubs under a tree, with a tipped ornate urn in the foreground.

Venus und Nymphen

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Engraving of a nude winged youth on a cloud beside a lyre and crossed torches, inside an oval frame, labeled Apollo.

Apollo

Comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe

Engraving of the god Apollo holding a lyre beside a pedestal, with a town, windmill and sunrise over the sea in the backgroun

Apollo

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Engraving of Minerva in plumed helmet and armor, holding a spear and round shield, in a landscape with a distant town.

Minerva

Hieronymus Cock, 1551

Etching of a bacchanalian scene with horned satyrs, a reclining maenad, a putto, a grapevine and a large urn.

Bacchanalian Scene with Satyrs and a Maenad

Master of, c. 1515

Engraved plate of Juno and Minerva in a chariot with galloping horses, dancing Hours and stars in the sky.

Juno en Minerva onderweg om de Grieken te assisteren

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Engraving of three draped women unharnessing horses from a chariot, with stars in the sky, from Pope's Homer illustrations.

Horen nemen de paarden van Juno's koets

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Engraved plate of robed men in a line, one gesturing toward another, with a lyre at left and a caption below.

Odysseus probeert Achilles te overtuigen

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Line engraving of two warriors leading horses past bearded chiefs with staffs, from Diomedes and Odysseus with the spoils of

Diomedes en Odysseus met de buit van Rhesus

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Engraving of Cupid with bow and quiver riding a large snail over fungi and plants.

Cupid Riding a Snail over Fungus Vegetation

Master H.L., probably c. 1533

Dark lithograph of a woman in a long gown bending over a kneeling man beside a tree, with fire glowing in the background.

Debut of the Valkyrie

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1879

Lithograph of a glowing Valkyrie with a spear beside a fire, with a reclining figure on the ground in a dark night landscape.

End of The Valkyrie

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1879

Grey wash drawing of a man in uniform lifted to the clouds by a winged figure, with allegorical figures and a classical tomb

Apotheosis of George Washington

Etienne Pallière, ca. 1799

Lithograph of an older man writing at a desk while a pale female muse holds a large feather behind him, with a candle.

The Muse

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1886

Engraved title page with classical architecture, a Minerva medallion, stacked books, scrolls and heraldic shields.

Architecturale setting met portretmedaillon Minerva

Jan Goeree, 1707

Hatched pen-and-ink landscape with a rock arch, trees, and small figures, one pair at left and a group at right.

Orpheus Leading Eurydice (Orphee entrainant Eurydice)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860

Lithograph of a kneeling bearded man in a dark robe raising his arms toward a looming sculpted figure in a dim interior.

Benvenuto Cellini, Act III: The Casting of Perseus

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1888

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside Pan, with a flying putto blowing a horn above, in a cross-shaped frame.

Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs fo…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Etching of dense hatched trees on the left with two small figures seated on a rise at lower right, open sky beyond.

The Poet and His Muse (Le Poete et la muse)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Engraving of Cupid above a flaming urn, with a horse-drawn chariot and procession of figures in a hilly landscape.

The Triumph of Love, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-1500

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and laurel branch among nine draped Muses in a wooded landscape.

Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus

Raphael Morghen, 1784

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bacchanalian procession with a chariot, nude revelers, elephants, and a classical temple.

The triumph of Bacchus

Johann Viktor Platzer, 1625

Pen and brown ink sketch of a nude woman bending over a reclining man, with a draped figure and small study figures beside.

Venus Lamenting Adonis

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1608-1612

Lithograph of a reclining nude Venus with a small Cupid beside her on draped cloth against dark foliage.

Venus and Cupid, second plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1895

Etching of the warship Hercules on the stocks, with workers building its hull beside a river near Dordrecht, 1782.

Oorlogsschip Hercules staande op stapel, 1782

Johannes Schoenmakers, 1782

Lithograph of a seated nude woman seen from behind, turning toward a winged cupid holding a bow among dark trees.

Venus and Cupid, large plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1896