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Mythology

8,107 works

Engraving of Achilles recognized by Ulysses: robed figures on a tiled terrace with classical columns, a peacock, and a tree.

Achilles wordt herkend door Odysseus

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1772

Etching of a large oak with a reclining figure, a dog and a spear in the foreground, and hounds running in the distance.

Dood van Adonis

Anthonie Waterloo, 1630

Etching of Hercules and Omphale seated in a wooded landscape, with a club, a draped cloth, and a classical terrace behind the

Hercules and Omphale

Johannes Tischbein, n.d.

Engraving of two horned satyrs serving wine and grapes to a reclining Bacchus wearing a vine-leaf wreath.

Two Satyrs Giving Drink to Bacchus

René Boyvin after Luca Penni, 1540s/1560s

Engraving of Psyche rising through clouds with winged putti, above a hilly landscape with a town and ruins.

Psyche Carried to Olympus

Follower of Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael

Engraved ceiling design with scenes of Hercules, gods and allegorical figures framed by architectural ornament and cartouches

Plafond met de apotheose van Hercules

Matthijs Pool, 1718

Engraving of Hercules and Omphale seated in a cave with a lion skin, a satyr with pipes in the foreground, and a landscape be

Landschap met Hercules en Omphale

Matthijs Pool, 1696

Colour print of nude Venus at her toilette with cherubs, a dove, pearls, flowers and teal drapery, after Boucher, 1783.

La Toilette de Venus (The Toilette of Venus)

Jean François Janinet, 1783

Oval engraving of Diana in a winged chariot over clouds with hounds, above a riverside town view.

The Chariot of Diana

Agostino dei Musi after Luca Penni, 1541

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus with an ivy wreath and Ceres with grain beside him in a shadowed cave.

Bacchus and Ceres

Jacob de Gheyn II

Brown ink drawing of a rocky wooded landscape with a nymph, cherubs, hunting dogs and a bow.

Echo and Narcissus

Gregorio de' Ferrari

Grey wash drawing of a bearded seated man embraced by a woman beside a colonnade, with maidservants and onlookers nearby.

The Return of Ulysses

After Theodor van Thulden, c. 1633

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated bearded god surrounded by three female figures and an eagle in a circular composition.

Study of Jove and Three Goddesses

Attributed to Lorenzo Bartolini

Monochrome print of a seated woman beside a barred cage, with a figure raising an arm against a shaded hill.

Naakte jonge vrouw en deels naakte oudere vrouw bij een kooi met putti en een jonge faun

Félicien Rops, 1843

Etching of a nude woman with long dark hair asleep on a bed, with a curtain and pillows around her.

Venus

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Engraved sheet with four mythological prints: Saturn with goat, Venus and Cupid, a figure with lion, and two nude men.

Saturnus / Venus / Sol

Giulio Bonasone, 1508

Engraving on a sheet with four framed figures of Luna, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury, each labeled by name.

Luna / Mars / Jupiter / Mercurius

Giulio Bonasone, 1508

Engraving of sleeping nymphs with Diana, hunting dogs, dead game birds and hares, watched by satyrs in a wooded setting.

Rust van Diana en haar nimfen na de jacht

Jacob Louys, 1644

Engraved mythological scene of a reclining nude woman with cupids, peacocks and an eagle, titled The Suckling of Hercules.

The Suckling of Hercules, plate two from La Galerie du Palais Royal, volume II

Robert Delaunay

Ink and watercolor design for a watchcase and chatelaine with rococo frames, cherubs, and a mythological medallion.

Design for an Enameled Watchcase and Châtelaine with Mythological Figures

George Michael Moser, ca. 1766 (?)

Etching of an ancient marble bust of a bearded man with curly hair and lion skin headdress on a pedestal.

Portretbuste van keizer Commodus als Hercules

Jan de Bisschop, 1671

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle and thunderbolt descending toward Semele, who reclines on a bed amid flames.

Jupiter en Semele

Jean Daullé, 1762

Engraved allegorical portrait of a man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the backgro

Louis XIII as Hercules

Engraving of Hercules fighting armored warriors and horses, with a fallen horse in the foreground and a Latin inscription abo

Hercules in gevecht met de Trojanen

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of nude Apollo shooting an arrow at a winged serpent, with muses and Cupids in the sky above.

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupi…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Hercules with a bow facing a wounded centaur fleeing past trees and rocks, with a town in the distance.

Hercules doodt Nessus

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of Hercules on a rearing horse abducting Iole while nude figures struggle and fall around them.

Hercules ontvoert Jole

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Hercules with lion skin receiving a garment from a youth in a colonnaded courtyard, with Latin inscription.

Lichas brengt Hercules het gewaad van Nessus

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of Hercules on a pyre in smoke and flames, a nude man with a bow beside him, and a distant walled city.

Dood van Hercules op brandstapel en Philoctetes

Sebald Beham, 1548

Engraving of river-god Peneus reclining with daughter Daphne, a palm branch, and three nymphs carrying jars near a grotto.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a satyr with goat legs seated on a stone block, playing a lyre among grass and reeds.

Satyr speelt op een lier

Sebald Beham, 1510

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside a grotto, consoling a grieving figure in a rocky landscape.

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60