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Mythology

8,104 works

Engraving of Orpheus with a lyre before a fiery underworld, with demons, flames and seated onlookers in an oval composition.

Orpheus in de onderwereld: het element vuur

Abraham van den Hecken, 1620

Etching of a young nude girl riding a satyr within an oval frame surrounded by leafy foliage, with a vessel on the ground.

A Young Girl Astride a Satyr

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of a wild bacchanal in an oak forest with dancing satyrs, nymphs, musicians and a winged figure with a bow.

Bacchanal

Giulio Sanuto, ca. 1557

Hand-colored botanical plate of pink and white Dendrobium orchids with dark centers, labeled Venus and Cassiope.

Dendrobium (Hybridium) Venus and Dendrobium (Hybridium) Cassiope

Joseph Mansell after Henry George Moon

Engraving of a woman being carried off by a bearded rider on a horned creature under swirling clouds, dated 1516.

Abduction of Proserpine

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Ink sketch on brown paper of nude survivors crowded on a raft at sea, reaching toward one another beneath a sail.

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa

Théodore Géricault, c. 1818

Engraving of muscular Hercules with a club facing a winged, many-headed hydra coiled among rocks under a cloudy sky.

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro

Engraving of nude mythological figures with Jupiter descending from clouds above a reclining man and a woman holding wheat.

The Four Elements, plate 1 from "Mythological Subjects"

Jacob Matham, 1588

Woodcut print of an eagle carrying a youth aloft over nude men, horses and dogs in a wooded landscape.

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Engraving of Ixion embracing Juno on a dark cloud above classical ruins, a lion, and small figures below.

Ixion attempting to seduce Juno, surrounded by clouds with ruins below

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1520-39

Engraving of Minerva and Mercury arming Perseus in a wooded landscape, with nymphs watching from rocks above.

Minerva and Mercury Arming Perseus

Jan Müller, 1604

Engraved allegorical frontispiece with Apollo descending Parnassus, Muses, Pegasus, putti and a stone inscription.

Apollo daalt af van de Parnassus

Adolf van der Laan, 1740

Engraving of a helmeted goddess crowning a young boy beneath a tree, framed by a rococo cartouche with a Latin inscription.

Jongen door Minerva gelauwerd

Adolf van der Laan, 1738

Engraving of a wounded man mourned by kneeling women beneath trees, with a hunter and dogs at right.

The Death of Adonis

Léon Davent after Luca Penni

Engraving of the reconstructed statue of Olympian Jupiter in a columned temple with a coffered vault and small figures below.

Das Wunder-Bild des Olympischen Iupiters von Gold und Helffenbein / La Statue Colossale du Jupiter Olympien, composée…

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1721

Etching of a drunken Silenus raising a cup while a satyr pours wine beside a barrel, with a donkey at right.

Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628

Pencil drawing of a bearded faun with a leafy wreath, seated with one arm raised, on grey-tan paper.

Faun Reclining

Ciro Ferri, 1660

Etching of Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto with an eagle, horses, putti holding scales, and a trident-bearing figure at sea.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

Simone Cantarini

Etching of Venus: a reclining nude woman, a winged cupid carrying a flower basket, dense trees and birds in the sky.

Realm of Venus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Hand-colored costume print of two women: one in a red gown and tiara, one in blue with a feathered hat reading a letter.

Demoiselle Peche als Donna Diana und Königin von sechzehn Jahren (Costümbild Nr. 8 zur Theaterzeitung)

Andreas Geiger, 1833

Etching of Mars in armor beside Venus leaning on a tree, with Cupid seated at their feet near rocks and a branch.

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Simone Cantarini after Veronese

Etching of Venus embracing Adonis in a wooded landscape while a winged cupid draws a bow beside them.

Venus and Adonis

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Engraving of Mount Parnassus with Apollo, the Muses, and Pegasus, with figures on rocky slopes and Latin inscription below.

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1739: Mount Parnassus with Apollo, the Muses, and Pegasus

Miquel Sorelló

Engraving of a triumphal procession with Bacchus and Ceres on a chariot, satyrs and banner bearers in a mountain landscape.

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1738: The Triumph of Bacchus and Ceres

Miquel Sorelló, 1738

Engraving of Neptune and Minerva's contest with gods on clouds, a rearing horse, a warrior, and an olive branch, with Italian

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1742: The Contest of Neptune and Minerva

Miquel Sorelló, 1742

Engraved allegorical print of Venus with an infant on clouds, sea nymphs and tritons below, and a zodiac arc above.

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1743: Venus Genetrix

Miquel Sorelló, 1743

Chiaroscuro-style print of Venus with surrounding putti in an oval frame, drawn in brown ink and green and blue washes.

Venus Surrounded by Putti

Arthur Pond, ca. 1735

Engraving of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape, with a winged cupid in the tree above.

Allegory of the Power of Love, with a man at center embracing a semi-naked woman, who is bound to a tree by Cupid

Cristofano di Michele Martini, 1480-1535

Engraving of a nude man seen from behind beside a greyhound, spear and laurel wreath, with a draped cloth and stone ledge.

Narcissus bij fontein

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Pen and grey wash drawing of Mercury and Venus among clouds, with gods and winged figures in a cartouche frame.

Mercurius ontsteelt Venus haar gordel

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky shore with classical figures, a nude woman, a cherub, and a satyr within an ornate frame

Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche, Opus V a+b

Max Klinger, after 1909

Engraving of a seated man under large trees watching a woman wading in a pond, with a French verse caption below.

Daphne in het water

Louis Michel Halbou, 1788