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Mythology

8,104 works

Hand-colored print of four green hummingbirds with blue tails among red tubular flowers and green leaves on a stem.

Eucephala smaragdocaerulea (Gould's Wood Nymph)

John Gould and H.C. Richter

Print of Hercules battling the Hydra of Lerna in a wooded landscape with rocky cliffs and tall trees.

Hercules doodt de Hydra van Lerna

François-Louis Français, 1842

Engraving of a grinning horned satyr holding a basket of grapes while a young woman leans toward him beside grapevines.

Satyr and Bacchante

Alexander Voet the Younger, 1650

Etching of a satyr and a bacchante tending a drinking child beneath a draped cloth and grapevine, with the title Meridies.

Sater, bacchante en drinkend kind

Charles Le Brun, 1640

Engraving of a nude woman chained to rock, a winged rider above, a sea monster at left, and onlookers before a city.

Perseus en Andromeda

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a canopied bed, with a winged man beside her and a haloed figure at right.

Apollo en Mercurius bezoeken Chione

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Etching of a nude woman asleep under a large tree, with a quiver of arrows beside her and a landscape behind.

Sleeping figure of Diana the huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at a forge, with winged putti and brick furnace arches in the background.

The Forge of Vulcan

Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder

Pencil academic study of a classical female nude statue, Venus de' Medici, standing with a small cupid at its base.

Academiestudie naar pleistermodel van antiek beeld: Venus de' Medici, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a nude female statue in classical pose with a small cherub at her feet, on tan paper.

Venus de' Medici, van voren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Engraving of sleeping Antiope on draped cloth, with Jupiter reaching toward her as an eagle swoops in.

Jupiter en Antiope

Pieter van Sompel, 1615

Etching of nude putti with satyrs, a goat, grapes and a wine vessel in an outdoor landscape.

Four boys, two satyrs and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1654

Etching of putti, two satyrs and a goat with grapes and wine in an outdoor bacchanal scene.

Four boys, two satyrs, and a goat (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Etching of four nude children and a goat in a landscape, one child wearing a leafy wreath, seen from behind.

Four boys, a young satyr and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of four nude boys and a satyr with a shaggy goat in a hilly landscape under clouds.

Four boys, a young satyr and a goat (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Etching of two satyrs playing pipes beside a reclining boy, with goats and sheep gathered under a tree in a pastoral landscap

Two young satyrs and a boy

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of two satyrs and a boy playing pipes in a pastoral landscape with goats and a sheep beside them.

Two young satyrs and a boy (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of four boys, a satyr blowing a horn, and a leopard with grape vines in a hilly landscape.

Four boys, a young satyr, and a leopard

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of five nude boys, two satyrs and a goat in a pastoral landscape, with a tambourine, jug and grapevine.

Five boys, two satyrs and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of winged putti among clouds with parrots and songbirds in a tree and an eagle flying above.

Air

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of the ruined Temple of Jupiter Tonans with Corinthian columns, figures and cattle, beside a street of old buildings.

View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Engraving of nude Venus standing in water among rose bushes, with reclining Cupid and a battle scene near a castle.

Venus en de roos

Monogrammist DWF, 1558

Black chalk drawing on tan paper of a muscular satyr leaning back, one arm raised, with shaggy animal legs.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758

Line engraving of the seated figure Ariadne with a wreath, resting her arm on a panther, on a stepped pedestal.

Ariadne zittend op een panter; zijaanzicht

Johann August Nahl, 1814

Engraved print of Ariadne seated on a panther, seen from behind, on a plinth inscribed Dannecker in Stuttgart 1814.

Ariadne zittend op een panter; achteraanzicht

Johann August Nahl, 1814

Engraving of Vulcan at a forge with a reclining nude Venus on a bed and a cupid leaning on a column.

Venus Reclining on a Bed in Vulcan's Forge

Pietro del Po, 1630

Engraving of the nude hero Hercules holding a club with a bearded head, standing among monstrous beasts and serpent heads in

Hercules

Hieronymus Wierix, 1578

Graphite study of a seated female nude with long dark hair, head bowed, one arm raised, by John William Waterhouse.

Study for Echo from Echo and Narcissus

John William Waterhouse, 1903

Grey-toned frieze drawing of a satyr, a nymph with a fish tail, and putti among foliage and grapevines.

Frieze with Satyr, Nymph, and Putti

Circle of Giovanni Antonio de'Sacchis, called Il Pordenone, 1503/39

Etching of a sleeping nude infant reclining beneath a tree with two birds in the branches and a club beside him.

Infant Hercules asleep

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Engraved oval ornament with a nude Hercules in a central cartouche, surrounded by scrolls, foliage and birds.

Ovaal, in het midden staat Hercules in een ovale lijst

Philips Galle, 1547

Engraving of Hercules holding up the celestial globe while Atlas sits beside him, in a rocky landscape with a Latin verse bel

Hercules torst de wereldbol voor Atlas

Cornelis Cort, 1563