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Mythology

8,112 works

Engraving of Venus pointing Psyche toward a fountain guarded by serpents and a dragon in a rocky landscape.

Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from "Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a nude youth leaning over a forest pond while a draped woman stands among trees at left.

Narcissus and Echo

Frans van der Neve, 17th century

Print of a seated muscular man resting his head on his hand beside a globe, on a blue-tinted sheet.

Endymion

Master F.P. after Parmigianino

Engraving of sleeping Silenus at right, a satyr leaning over a table, and a goat climbing onto the table at left among grapev

Silenus sleeping at right, taunted by a Satyr, and a Goat climbing on a table at left

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1540

Engraving of the death of Procris in a forest, with mourning satyrs, nymphs, Cupid, and the dawn goddess in clouds above.

The Death of Procris; Cephalus mournig the death of Procris on the right surrounded by Cupid and mourning satyrs and…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1540

Engraving of two women in a boat on water, one holding an infant, beside a tree and grassy bank.

Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius

Giorgio Ghisi, 1543

Engraving of a nude classical statue of Perseus holding Medusa's head aloft, with a winged helmet and sword, on a stepped ped

Perseus Triumphant

Domenico Marchetti, 1813

Engraving of Perseus with a severed head beside a winged figure, and draped nymphs among fruit trees in a garden.

Perseus in the Garden of the Hesperides

Cherubino Alberti, 1628

Etching of many grotesque satyr and goat-like heads with horns, overlapping in a horizontal strip.

Heads of Satyrs and other Grotesque Heads

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1774

Woodcut of Orpheus playing a harp before Pluto and Eurydice in the underworld, within an ornate decorative border.

Orpheus in de onderwereld

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of Apollo and Hyacinthus beside willow trees and dogs, framed by an ornate border with Latin and German text.

Apollo en Hyacinthus

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of Orpheus playing a lyre surrounded by deer, goats, a bull and birds in a forest, within an ornate border.

Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of a sacrifice on an altar before clouds and a deity, framed by ornate scrollwork and Latin and German verse.

Altaar van Amathus en de wraak van Venus

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of Venus and Adonis in a forest with hunting dogs and deer, framed by an ornate decorative border and text.

Venus en Adonis

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Etching of a woman embracing a reclining nude man on rocks, with classical ruins and cypress trees in the landscape.

Diana en Endymion

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1772

Voor- en achterzijde van een penning met het portret van Frederik I van Pruisen en Hercules met de gouden appel van d…

Bernard Picart, 1711

Hand-colored print of three women in white dresses and bonnets struggling with parasols in a high wind, with trees and a smal

The Graces in a High Wind

James Gillray, published May 26, 1810

Engraving of a nude Venus seated on a bed with a bearded Vulcan behind her and three winged putti attending.

Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed and Three Putti

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1550s

Engraving of Vulcan hammering at an anvil beside reclining Venus, with winged cupids working around a glowing forge.

Venus and Vulcan at the Forge

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1550s

Engraving of nude Venus in water by a rose bush, sleeping Cupid in the foreground, and a city in the distance.

Venus Pricked by the Thorns of a Rose Bush; Cupid Asleep in the Foreground

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of nude Venus in water by a rose bush, winged Cupid resting in front, figures running toward a castle behind.

Venus pricked by the thorns on a rose bush, in the background Mars chasing Adonis, in the foreground winged cupid res…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of Vulcan at an anvil with Venus reclining beside him, attended by cupids in a forge.

Venus and Vulcan at the Forge

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1555

Engraving of a hunter with a spear carrying a woman with a bow on his shoulders, with hunting dogs and a retinue in the backg

Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre on a rock with the Muses making music around him, a winged horse and cherubs above.

Apollo and the Muses

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1557

Engraved plate with five architectural views: octagonal temple plan, temple elevation, colonnaded street, aqueduct, and city

Grundriß von dem acht Eckigten Tempel Jupiters zu Spalato [...] / Plan du Temple Octogone de Jupiter [...] / Auff Zug…

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1721

Engraving in an oval frame of four male mythological figures, Hercules, Bacchus, Pan and Saturn, reclining together.

Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and Saturn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving in an oval frame of Venus and Cupid reclining with two goddesses and a putto amid draped cloth.

Venus and Cupid, Two Other Goddesses, and a Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of Ceres and two goddesses seated on clouds with a putto, in an oval frame, after Primaticcio.

Ceres Seated on Clouds with Two Goddesses and Two Putti, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primatic…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving in an oval frame of four classical gods, two holding tridents, one helmeted, one reclining with draped fabric.

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched cruciform frame.

Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Pri…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched upper panel.

Three Muses and a putto above with a lyre, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated draped women reading books beneath a flying winged putto in an arched frame.

Three Muses and a Gesturing Putto, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s