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Mythology

8,115 works

Engraving of Actaeon with a stag's head discovering Diana and her nymphs bathing at a fountain, with hounds and a distant hun

Diana en Actaeon

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588

Etching of Achilles and a companion in armour with a woman gesturing toward them and a cupid above, framed in an oval.

Venus Appearing to Achilles

Pietro Rotari after Antonio Balestra, 1725

Engraving of nude muscular smiths hammering at a vaulted forge while cherubs gather arrows on the floor.

Vulcan and the Cyclopes Forging Arrows

after Francesco Primaticcio Master FG

Ink and wash drawing of helmeted Minerva with a spear, two putti, an owl, and a distant classical temple on blue-grey paper.

Minerva with Two Putti

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche seated by a waterfall, with foliage, an urn and a classical column around them.

Amor en Psyche bij een waterbron

Bernard Picart, 1707

Engraving of Venus dipping an arrow into a bowl by a fire while Cupid peeks from a tree in a wooded landscape.

Venus met de pijlen van Amor

Bernard Picart, 1707

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who turns into a laurel tree, with Cupid above and a river god below.

Apollo achtervolgt Daphne

Bernard Picart, 1733

Pencil proportion study of a standing female nude in front and side views, with measurement annotations.

Proportiestudie naar de Venus de' Medici

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil proportion study of the Venus de Milo in front and side views, with measurement annotations on a pale sheet.

Proportiestudie naar de Venus van Milo

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Engraving of infant Jupiter nursed by goat Amalthea, with nymphs, a shepherd and goats in a rocky landscape.

Jupiter suckled by the goat Amalthea

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Black and white lithograph of a seated Medusa-like woman, a sailor, a cannon, coins and a ship deck, 1863.

De Medusa in Japanse wateren, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Engraving of nude revelers and satyrs around a wine vat under a grapevine, with sleeping putti in the foreground.

Bacchanal with Wine Vat

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1475

Engraving of Leda embracing a swan with a cupid in a wooded landscape, framed by rococo scrollwork and garlands.

Leda and the Swan

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, n.d.

Engraved title page with Hercules and a female allegorical figure flanking a column inscribed Theatrum Principum, with a glob

Hercules en personificatie van Geschiedenis

Pieter de Jode, 1651

Engraving of Diana drawing a bow beside hounds attacking a man in a forest, with a river and trees behind.

Diana en Actaeon

Peter van Liesebetten, 1660

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a draped bed with an old veiled woman and goat beside a tree.

Jupiter en Danaë

Peter van Liesebetten, 1660

Engraved classical landscape with a stone fountain, a huntress with hounds, and women resting beneath trees.

Landschap met een fontein en Diana en haar nimfen

Johannes Glauber, 1685

Engraved allegorical title page with Mercury and Minerva flanking a central cartouche of text, dated 1626.

Allegorische titelpagina met Mercurius en Minerva

Cornelis Galle, 1626

Engraved allegorical title page with Mercurius and Minerva flanking a blank oval cartouche under a crown and fruit.

Allegorische titelpagina met Mercurius en Minerva

Cornelis Galle, 1625

Etching of a bacchanal with a woman holding grapes, a bearded satyr wearing a leaf wreath, and a nude man reaching for grapev

Bacchanten, sater en vrouw met druiven

Charles Théodore Bernier, 1881

Etching of bacchanal figures with a satyr riding a donkey, a reclining horned figure, and dancing companions in a rocky lands

Dansende en musicerende bacchanten

Franz Ertinger, 1666

Engraved print of a classical marble bust of Achilles wearing an ornate plumed helmet, shaded against a pale background.

Achilles

Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de La Richardière, 1787

Etching of mythological figures reclining on clouds beneath a coffered vault, with winged horses and a lyre player.

Mythologische figuren tussen wolken

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1693

Etching of a horned satyr bound to a tree while a winged Cupid hovers above, striking him with a branch.

Cupid Punishing a Satyr

Jusepe de Ribera, n.d.

Woodcut of Bacchus, nude and wreathed, holding a wine cup and grapes, with a scorpion sign above, in olive and cream tones.

Bacchus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Pen and ink sketch of Leda embracing a swan with outstretched wings, with faint pencil underdrawing and a head above.

Leda mit dem Schwan

Paul Troger, 1730

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed, watched by gods on clouds above and Vulcan's forge at left.

Venus en Mars betrapt door Vulcanus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Engraving of the Hercules Farnese statue seen from behind, nude muscular figure on a stone base with two onlookers at lower r

Hercules Farnese

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with head tilted and eyes lowered, shaded softly on white paper.

Venus

Edward Burne-Jones

Chalk study on brown paper of a standing nude male figure beside a draped female figure in long robes.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Edward Burne-Jones

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Thomas Rowlandson

Pen and ink drawing of two nude figures in a forest with a winged horse rearing among trees and clouds.

Fantasy

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-98