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Mythology

8,107 works

Etching of a bust-length figure in an plumed helmet, turned three-quarters, with hatched shading on face and drapery.

Bust of Bellona

Auguste Rodin, 1882-85

Engraving of a triton embracing a sea nymph on a sea creature, with cherubs, a rocky shore and clouds.

Sirene en triton

Théodorus van Kessel, 1630

Brown wash drawing of Venus on clouds with cherubs, as the Graces crown a kneeling woman with flowers beneath a tree.

Venus and the Graces Crowning Thémire

Jean François Pierre Peyron, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree, with hunting dogs, spears, and cherubs among clouds above.

Venus en Adonis

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes before a crowned Midas and attendants in a cloudy landscape.

Apollo en Pan en het oordeel van Midas

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing woman pointing to clouds, with two seated sea figures beside rocks and a waterfall.

Juno beklaagt zich bij Thetis en Oceanus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a nude hero wrestling a bull with lowered horns, with a lion skin on the ground nearby.

Hercules en de Kretenzische stier

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Two weathered terracotta figurines photographed on a dark background: a standing draped female figure and a smaller reclining

Twee terracotta sculpturen van Charon en Diana

Marcel Gustave Laverdet, 1852

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes celebrating Bacchus around a garlanded herm statue in a rocky wooded grotto.

The Fête of Bacchus

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of three tall Corinthian columns of a Roman temple ruin, with a church facade at left and grazing cattle in the foreg

Plate 10: Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Jupiter the Supporter). 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 2. Temp…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns and an entablature of a Roman temple, with figures and an inscribed stone in the foregro

Plate 7: Temple of Jupiter Tonans (Jupiter the Thunderer). 1. Temple of Concord. (Tempio di Giove Tonans. 1. Tempio d…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Engraving of a classical bust of Minerva wearing a helmet and draped garment, marked 1ère état.

Buste van Minerva

Eduard Augustyns, 1850

Etching with three mythological scenes: Bacchus among vines, Bacchus on a ship, and a sleeping Cupid beside bulls.

Bacchus straft een man die een wijngaard verwoest / Bacchus redt Ariadne van het eiland Naxos / Bacchus en de slapend…

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving with three mythological scenes: Bacchus and Ariadne among vines, Bacchus with a satyr, and Perseus and Andromeda wi

Bacchus en Ariadne / Bacchus heft zijn glas / Perseus en Andromeda

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Three stacked etchings of mythological scenes: Neptune pursuing a woman, a Bacchic procession with a chariot, and figures wit

Neptunus achtervolgt een vrouw / Triomf van Bacchus / Terugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Three small etched scenes stacked vertically: satyrs dancing, lovers by a pond, and Orpheus playing lyre to animals.

Dronken saters / Geliefden aan de waterkant / Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving with three stacked scenes of mythological figures, including a feast, a seated old man, and a nude couple.

Hercules spint wol / Feest van Bacchus / Jupiter, Juno en Tiresias

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving with three stacked mythological scenes: weaving women, a reclining couple under a tree, and a running figure by a v

Dochters van Minyas veranderd in vleermuizen / Scène uit de mythologie / Bacchus achtervolgt Erigone

Monogrammist MP, 1680

Engraving of three helmeted men running at night beneath the goddess Minerva seated on a cloud with an owl.

Twee mannen met gevangene en Minerva bij nacht

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of Venus standing nude beside a winged Cupid pointing, with a tree and tower in the background.

Venus en Cupido

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1595

Engraving of nude Venus standing beside blindfolded winged Cupid pointing forward, with a tree and distant city in the landsc

Venus en Cupido

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1670

Engraving of Juno standing nude with drapery beside a peacock, with a landscape and village in the background.

Juno met pauw

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1595

Engraving of Juno standing nude with drapery beside a peacock in a landscape, with Latin verse below.

Juno met pauw

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1670

Engraving of a nude woman chained to a rock while a winged hero battles a sea monster in the waves beside her.

Perseus en Andromeda

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1595

Engraving of the nude goddess Pallas with helmet and spear, leaning on a tree beside a Medusa shield.

Minerva bij een boom

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1595

Engraving of Pallas with spear, helmet and Medusa shield beside an oak branch, nude figure in a landscape.

Minerva bij een boom

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1670

Engraving of Andromeda chained to a rock as Perseus battles a sea monster in the waves below.

Perseus en Andromeda

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1608

Etching of an imagined ancient temple interior with a coffered dome, Corinthian columns, a grand staircase, and smoking sacre

Imaginery ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta... (Tempio antico inventa…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers and figures in a vaulted forge with arched openings and a furnace.

Venus Visiting the Forge of Vulcan

called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck, 16th century

Engraving of a reclining nude woman under a tree as a winged cupid offers her a basket of flowers, with a hilly landscape beh

Amor brengt Venus een mand met bloemen

Peter van Liesebetten, 1660

Engraving of Venus and Adonis seated in a forest with a winged Cupid behind them and a hunting bag at left.

Venus en Adonis

Peter van Liesebetten, 1660

Brown ink drawing of nude warriors battling centaurs, with a woman carried in the center and a temple in the distance.

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

After Enea Vico, n.d.