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Mythology

8,115 works

Engraving of a bearded sea god with a laurel crown beside a horned sea creature, a putto with a torch, in an ornate border.

Mythological Marine Subject

Lambert Hopfer after Nicoletto da Modena, 1520-1550

Engraving of a triton fountain in a walled garden with clipped hedges, strolling figures, a horseman, and a distant city skyl

Fontein met triton in de tuinen van de Villa Celimontana te Rome

Giovanni Francesco Venturini, 1653

Engraving of Fama on winged Pegasus blowing trumpets above a rocky mountain, framed by leafy branches.

Faam gedragen door Pegasus

Bernard Picart, 1721

Engraving of a winged putto riding the flying horse Pegasus over a distant landscape, framed by leafy plants.

Putto berijdt Pegasus

Bernard Picart, 1721

Engraving of Minerva seated at a desk receiving letters and books from winged putti, with a city view behind.

Minerva ontvangt brieven en boeken

Bernard Picart, 1722

Engraving of Bacchus with a wine cup and goat, Minerva with shield, storks and geese in a landscape with vineyard.

Bacchus en Minerva

Crispijn van de Passe, 1612

Engraving of a lion, tiger, elephant and serpent beside beehives, with a lute player under a tree and a nude figure.

Aristaeus en Orpheus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1612

Engraving of a bearded nude hero with a club, a helmeted armored woman, and a winged cupid above a rocky classical landscape.

Hercules en Scipio geleid door Minerva op het pad der deugd

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1589

Engraving of seated nude Venus with nymphs bearing fruit, a faun, and cupids beside a classical column and curtain.

Venus Honored by Nymphs and a Faun

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1589

Engraving of Mercury and Psyche embracing on a pedestal, Mercury in winged helmet and sandals, Psyche with a raised cup.

Mercurius en Psyche: zijaanzicht met de zijde van Psyche

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1595

Engraving of Bacchus and Ceres leaving Venus, with Cupid tending a fire beside her under trees.

Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1595

Engraving of a seated nude Venus receiving fruit baskets from nymphs and a faun, with cupids and classical columns.

Venus Honored by Nymphs and a Faun

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1640

Engraving of two nude mythological figures embracing, one in a winged helmet and sandals, the other raising an object.

Mercurius en Psyche: zijaanzicht met de zijde van Mercurius

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1595

Iris, Apollo en Bacchus

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1809

Line engraving of a bust of Bacchus wearing a wreath of grape leaves and clusters, with the name inscribed on its base.

Buste van Bacchus

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1809

Line drawing of a classical bust of Apollo with curly hair, draped garment and round brooch, labeled APOLLON.

Buste van Apollo

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1809

Engraving of Venus and Mercury embracing on a couch, with winged cupids, a dove and an eagle around them.

Venus and Mercury

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Engraving of Psyche seated on a litter carried through a landscape, with a crowned king, mourners and trumpeting putti.

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a man crowned with grape leaves and grapes, wearing a fur garment, with a dark hatched background.

Bacchus

Monogrammist IF, 1650

Engraving of a muscular nude man grappling with a fallen nude figure as a crowd watches beside a colonnade.

Gevecht tussen Odysseus en Irus

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1589

Woodcut procession of laurel-crowned men carrying model towers, city replicas and statues of Venus and Mercury.

Statues of Venus and Mercury, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, after 1503

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a child beside her along a wooded hill, with a distant town across the valley.

Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Sepia print of Venus with a raised arrow and cherubs, one sleeping on her lap, with flowers and trees behind.

Venus and Amor

Johann Peter Pichler, c. 1800

Engraved print of nude Venus rising from the sea with cupids holding a mirror and bow, within an ornate oval frame.

Geboorte van Venus (Venus Anadyomene)

Auguste Achille Morse, 1863

Engraved print of a reclining nude woman in an oval cartouche with ornate grotesque borders and the name DANA below.

Cartouche: Jupiter en Danaë

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved ornamental cartouche showing Perseus with Medusa's head beside a winged horse, flanked by armored figures and sea go

Cartouche: Perseus met het hoofd van Medusa

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved cartouche with an oval scene of armored men and a shield, flanked by sea monsters, putti and scrollwork.

Cartouche: Perseus toont zijn Medusaschild aan Phineus

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved cartouche with a banquet scene of armed men fighting, framed by scrollwork, Pegasus horses and winged figures.

Cartouche: Phineus verstoort de bruiloft van Perseus en Andromeda

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Etched title page with a helmeted warrior holding a spear and shield, a winged figure offering a wreath above, and the words

Titelblad met Minerva

Palma il Giovane, 1554

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure with cherubs among clouds, a chalice, and rays of light in an oval composition.

The Adoration of the Holy Lamb

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-96

Lithograph of nymphs in a dark forest, one bending over a pool of water, after a painting by Thomas Stothard.

Narcissus

Robert T. Stothard after Thomas Stothard

Etching of an allegorical scene with nude mythological figures, a bull, a cherub and a reclining figure on clouds.

Allegorie met mythologische figuren

Giuseppe Diamantini, 1650