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Mythology

8,104 works

Etching of a seated winged putto beside a blank cartouche, with mythological figures in clouds above and a sea chariot at lef

Title Page for "Jeu des Mythologie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Vulcan at an anvil in a smoky forge, facing a draped woman who approaches from the right.

Vulcan and Thetis

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Three etched mythological scenes: a woman by a sea monster, a hunter with a dog in woods, and two running figures.

Perseus and Andromeda; Cephalus and Procris; Hippomene and Atalantus

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Drawing of a young woman as Diana reclining with a bow and arrows in a rocky wooded landscape.

Madame Adélaïde als Diana

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1745

Etching of a forest scene with a boar, hunting dogs, and a fallen man beside a large tree and rocky outcrop.

Six landscapes with the story of Adonis. Plate 5. The death of Adonis

Herman van Swanevelt, 1654

Print of Venus rising from foam, wringing her hair, with attendant figures and cherubs in soft shaded lines.

Venus Anadyomena

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1898

Etching of a female nude seen from behind, one arm raised, against a dark hatched background.

Ariadne

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1899

Lithograph of a nude woman chained to a rocky cliff above churning sea waves, with a small head study below.

Andromeda

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1899

Pen drawing in oval frame of Apollo chasing Daphne turning into laurel, with Cupid aiming a bow and a reclining river figure.

Apollo en Daphne

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1701

Engraved card of crowned Jupiter seated in an oval frame with an eagle above and fallen figures below.

Iupiter (Jupiter)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Pen and wash drawing of a goatherd handing an infant to a woman at a doorway, with goats and a grazing flock nearby.

The Goatherd Lamon Handing the Infant Daphnis to His Wife Myrtele

Ambroise Dubois, after 1606

Etching of a satyr family in a pastoral landscape, with a satyr carrying a fruit basket, a nymph riding a goat, and a child.

Satyr Family Walking

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1657

Red chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged figure lifting a wreath behind her.

Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705

Engraving of a satyr reaching toward a sleeping bearded man beside a table, with grapevines overhead.

Satyr Trying to Wake Silenus with a Grapevine

Giorgio Ghisi, c. 1540

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno reclining on clouds, Jupiter crowned and holding an eagle, with Latin verses below.

Jupiter en Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575

Engraving of a seated draped woman beside a classical urn in a shadowy rocky cave, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Venus

Johann Jakob Thurneysen, 1678

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man and a nude woman on a rock looking up at an eagle flying among forest trees.

Jupiter and Io, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Pen and ink print of mythological scene with goddess Diana, stags, a chariot, hunting dogs and seated figures.

Mythologische voorstelling met de godin Diana

Matthias Oesterreich, 1750

Engraving of a muscular man with an axe beside a bull, a laurel-crowned man at its head, and a hooded old figure with a staff

Hercules en de stier van Kreta

Matthias Oesterreich, 1752

Engraving of a reclining nude nymph with a greyhound in an oval cartouche, framed by caryatids, cherubs and fruit garlands.

The Nymph of Fontainebleau

René Boyvin, n.d.

Dubbelportret van Diana, hertogin Langeron en Albertina, markiezin Balleroi

Carl Hermann Pfeiffer, 1779

Engraving of a reclining crowned woman with a peacock among clouds, inside an oval, labelled AER.

Vrouwelijke personifcatie van element lucht als godin Juno met pauw

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of a nude hero with a sword fighting armored soldiers beside ship rigging, with Latin verses below.

Hercules vecht met Geryoneus (?)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575

Engraving of a seated lyre player in a rock cave greeting a helmeted spear-bearing warrior, with a wooded landscape beyond.

Orpheus wordt gevraagd om zich bij de Argonauten te voegen

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Engraving of Greek heroes gathering in a wooded landscape, with a helmeted figure and spearmen approaching a seated crowd bes

Orpheus voegt zich bij de Argonauten

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Engraving of Hercules striking a bull beside a smoking stone altar, with armoured men, a ship's sail and pottery in the foreg

Hercules offert een stier aan Neptunus voor het vertrek van de Argonauten met het schip Argo

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Etching of Jupiter reclining on a cloud beside a white cow, with a woman, an eagle, cherubs and trees in a landscape.

Jupiter en Io

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1645

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus with long hair holding a mirror, beside a kneeling winged cupid under a tree.

The Toilette of Venus

Attributed to Bartholomäus Reiter, c. 1600

Engraving of classical figures under a tree, with a helmeted woman, a horse, a seated man, and the Latin motto 'Paci studere

Minerva en Odysseus met een Romeinse keizer

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Engraving of Ixion embracing a cloud Juno as cupid, peacock and nude figures appear in clouds above.

Ixion Deceived by Juno

Pieter van Sompel, 1650

Line engraving of Mercury with a caduceus approaching a draped standing woman beside classical furniture.

Mercurius gelast Kalypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken

James Neagle, 1805

Engraving of a nude goddess with raised arms standing on a raft, a bearded man clinging to a mast, and cherubs among clouds.

Leucothea geeft Odysseus een sjaal

James Neagle, 1805