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Mythology

8,107 works

Etching of infant Jupiter nursed by goat Amalthea, watched by a nymph and two satyrs in a wooded landscape.

Jupiter Nourished by the Goat Amalthea

after Jacob Jordaens Remoldus Eynhoudts, 1652

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who raises her arms, with a background scene of her transforming into a laurel tree.

Apollo chasing Daphne who throws her arms up, in the background at right shows the moment she turns in a laurel, from…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Pencil sketch of Leda and the swan group in an arched niche with dimension notes and architectural elevation.

Entwurf zur plastischen Ausstattung eines Aquariums ("Leda mit dem Schwan")

Otto Wagner, 1916

Engraving of Venus seated outdoors as a winged Cupid pulls at her arm and raises a bow, with trees at left.

Venus ontwapent Amor

Benoît Audran, 1727

Engraving of three classical female figures on clouds, with a peacock at right and a nude figure holding billowing drapery at

Juno, Ceres, and Psyche

Marco Dente da Ravenna, c. 1518

Engraving of Apollo seated on Parnassus with the Muses and poets under laurel trees, cherubs holding wreaths above.

Apollo on Parnassus, Surrounded by the Muses and Poets

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1517/20

Etching of a large seated female figure in dark waters with clouds, with small figures reclining on shells in the foreground.

Geboorte van Venus

Willem Retera, 1900

Engraving of the drunken Bacchus supported by a satyr, with a maenad holding a thyrsus and a leopard beside grapes.

Drunkenness of Bacchus

Jonas Suyderhoff after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Engraving of Achilles at Lycomedes' court: a figure with a raised dagger among women and men beside jewels and a shield.

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes

published by Pieter Claesz Soutman Cornelis Visscher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Etching of a peasant family at a table in a rustic kitchen, with a satyr and goat standing at right.

Satyr in a Peasant's House, in the Style of Jordaens

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1739

Grey chalk drawing of a classical bust with wavy hair, ribbon and grape clusters, after a sculpture of Dionysus.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Engraved title page for Ovid's Epistles with Cupid, a flaming pyre, a seated bearded man and a French verse caption.

Mythologische figuren

Jacobus Harrewijn, 1702

Grey chalk academic study of a muscular bearded nude man after the Farnese Hercules sculpture, with draped cloth.

Academic study after a sculpture: Farnese Hercules

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Engraving of Venus raising a bow above reach as a winged Cupid reaches for it, seated on a rocky hill.

[Venus désarmant l'Amour]

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, 1799

Grisaille drawing of a woman with a flower wreath before a mirror held by a winged-helmet figure, with irises beside her.

The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (Art and Life)

Walter Crane, ca. 1890

Engraved vertical cross-section of a terraced monument with grottoes, statues, and a domed top under clouds.

Verticale doorsnede van het Hercules monument te Karlsberg

Giovanni Francesco Venturini, 1706

Engraved print of a monumental garden fountain with stairways, cascades, sculptures and a villa on the hill above.

Fontein voor het Hercules monument te Karlsberg

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1706

Engraving of nude Hercules embracing Deianira beneath a tree, with a centaur and archer in a distant mountain landscape.

Hercules en Deïanira

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of nude Venus pointing as Cupid aims an arrow, with a chariot and sea horses in the lower right corner.

Venus laat Amor een pijl naar Pluto schieten

Jacob Matham, 1590

Engraving of nude Venus holding a golden apple beside a winged Cupid, with a distant landscape of small figures.

Venus met de gouden appel van Paris

Jacob Matham, 1611

Pencil design for an ornamental frieze with a shell, scrolling acanthus leaves and a bearded satyr's head.

Design for Ornamental Frieze with Shell, Foliage and Satyr's Head (recto); Figural Studies (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Group of Sea Nymphs

William Pitts, 1805-40

Engraving of Leda reclining nude beside a swan with spread wings, with two putti and an egg in the background.

Leda and the Swan

Cornelis Bos, 1544-66

Black and white woodcut of a centaur carrying a nude woman through a dark forest, with verse text below.

Centaur (Le centaure)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1896

Engraving of two muscular male figures wrestling beside a cave, with skulls, bones and a hanging body in the scene.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert, 1554

Engraving of a seated nude woman with a pearl necklace while a winged cupid holds up a mirror before her.

Amor houdt Venus een spiegel voor

Lucas Vorsterman, 1660

Engraved print of Diana with a crescent moon in her hair, holding arrows beside a hound, with a coastal landscape behind.

Diana

Lucas Vorsterman, 1660

Engraving of a nude goddess pointing at startled women beside a fountain, with hunters, dogs and a rainbow in the landscape.

Diana ontdekt de zwangerschap van Callisto

Théodorus van Kessel, 1660

Etching of a half-dressed woman with two children and bearded men near spears, a shield, horses and a tent.

Half-dressed Nymph with two children, surrounded by four men, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Engraving of four barefoot women in flowing classical robes dancing in a line, two linked by a ribbon, against hatched shadin

Four Dancing Muses

after Andrea Mantegna Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1500/1505

Etching of Apollo playing a harp as dancing figures in wreaths pass along a path, with classical ruins and trees behind.

Time, Apollo and the Seasons

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of a laurel-crowned seated woman with a quill, a winged horse on a cliff, and ships at sea.

The Muse of Poetry

Willem Basse, 1634