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Mythology

8,115 works

Woodcut of Hercules burning on a pyre in flames and smoke, with a figure in a landscape and an ornate decorative border.

Hercules op de brandstapel

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of Alomena giving birth attended by women, framed by ornamental border with Latin and German captions.

Geboorte van Hercules

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Red chalk drawing of Acis and Galatea showing reclining nymph, seated sea god, flying cherubs and horses.

Acis and Galatea

William Kent, 1708 (?)

Color print of a cupid with bow and arrow among roses, with two doves flying above in an oval frame.

L'Amour

Jean François Janinet, 1777

Etching of nymphs gathered around a bust of Diana in a woodland, with satyrs approaching from both sides.

Feast of Diana

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a woodland feast honoring Pan, with satyrs, nymphs and putti dancing and playing music around a central table.

Feast of Pan

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of satyr-like figures gambling at tables in a forest grotto, with a fury figure holding a torch above them.

The Passion for Gambling

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a forest revel with nude putti, satyrs and a winged figure around a fountain, with an armored soldier in front.

The Passion for Love

Jean Audran, n.d.

Engraving of a faun festival in a forest with nymphs, satyrs, musicians and cherubs around a stepped pedestal.

The Feast of the Faun

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraved French text page titled Livre X, framed by laurel branches, with a reclining mythological figure among clouds below.

Omkaderde Franse tekst met olijftakken en mythologisch figuur

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, 1785

Pencil sketch sheet with a man battling a centaur and smaller studies of a horse and figures.

Sheet of Studies, including a Man Battling a Centaur

Pen and ink sketch of a central seated figure surrounded by reclining figures, with smaller figure studies below.

Study of Neptune and Sea Creatures (?)

Etching of Venus seated nude beside winged Cupid on a rocky shore, with clouds, waves and a distant chariot behind them.

Venus en Cupido

Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst, 1636

Juno zittend op wolken

Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst, 1613

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre surrounded by reclining women and flying putti in an oval frame.

Apollo met harp

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a chariot drawn by a beast, with satyrs, cherubs, and a piper among grapevines.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Giulio Bonasone, n.d.

Drypoint etching of a nude woman carrying a cluster of cherubs, with loose diagonal hatching suggesting movement.

Spring (Le Printemps)

Auguste Rodin, 1882-88

Pen and wash drawing of animals gathered in a forest around a seated harpist, including deer, a lion, and roosters.

Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn spel

Gérard ter Borch, 1626

Engraving of a classical statue of a standing man in armor and helmet, one arm raised, with an Italian inscription below.

Ferdinand I als Minerva

Pietro Fontana, 1772

Engraving of two muscular nude men in struggle, one hurling the other against a pedestal beside a lion skin on a rock.

Hercules and Lichas

Pietro Fontana, 1812

Lithograph of Ariadne seated on a panther, a nude female figure with draped cloth on a pedestal.

Ariadne op een panter

Heinrich Knauth, 1814

Etching of a large oak in a wooded landscape, with a fallen figure, a spear, a seated dog and running hounds below.

The Death of Adonis

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Engraving of Diana the huntress with hounds in a wooded landscape, cattle to the right and a church on a distant hill.

Diana the Huntress in a Landscape

Vincenzo Caccianemici, ca. 1530-42

Etching of a ruined Doric temple colonnade with fluted columns, seated figures, grazing cattle, and distant mountains.

Interior View of the Temple Which is Believed to Have Been Dedicated to Juno, from Different views of Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Engraving of nude Venus on a cloud holding an arrow beside a winged cupid with a bow, with stylized clouds behind.

Venus and Cupids on Clouds

Giacomo Francia, 1510-75

Etching of three classical women and a child beside an urn, one crowned with flowers, one seated near a crescent moon.

Ceres, Bacchus en Venus

Pieter van der Plas, 1687

Etching of Bacchus pouring wine amid a bacchanal of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape.

Landschap met bacchanaal, met Bacchus

David van der Plas, 1667

Engraving of a centaur carrying a woman while Hercules shoots an arrow at him and a reclining figure holds a cornucopia.

The Abduction of Dejanira, at center in the arms of the centaur Nessus, Hercules at right shooting the centaur with a…

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Etching of a nude woman seen from behind, crowned with flowers, attended by putti and a draped companion in a wooded landscap

Jupiter verleidt Callisto

Pieter van der Plas, 1687

Etching of a seated draped woman, a nude woman seen from behind, and a putto with an arrow beside a lion-head fountain.

Diana en Venus

Pieter van der Plas, 1687

Etching of a reclining nude woman, putti playing in the foreground, and a distant church spire in a hilly landscape.

Landschap met bacchanten en putti

Pieter van der Plas, 1687

Etching of a reclining nude woman surrounded by putti, a bearded satyr and a seated woman, with wine vessels in the foregroun

Een dronken bacchante

Pieter van der Plas, 1687