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Mythology

8,115 works

Hand-colored print of Jupiter on a chariot with an eagle above a city, and Mars driving a chariot above a battle scene.

De planeet Jupiter en zijn invloed op de wereld

Jan Sadeler, 1585

Drawing of the nude Farnese Hercules leaning on a club, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

The Farnese Hercules

Pieter van Lint, 1639

Ink and wash drawing of Juno on a chariot above a reclining woman and bearded river god with a peacock and putti.

Juno on Her Chariot Visiting a Young Woman and a Rivergod

Richard van Orley, late 17th-mid 18th century

Engraving of a nude muscular man confronting a sprawled nude figure before a crowd beside a colonnaded building.

The Fight Between Ulysses and Irus

Jan Müller, 1589

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin with ships, carriages and horsemen in a formal garden with tree-lined avenues.

Gezicht op de fontein van Apollo

Gabriel Pérelle, 1670

Engraved print of a bearded classical bust of Hercules with laurel wreath and lion skin on a pedestal.

Buste van Hercules

Hubert Quellinus, 1646

Engraving of nymphs removing a thorn from a satyr's foot beside a tree, with a child and distant landscape.

Oreads Removing a Thorn from a Satyr's Foot

Jan Müller, 1590

Line drawing of Minerva descending behind Achilles, who draws a sword, while seated figures in classical dress look on.

Minerva and Achilles

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Engraving of Minerva in armor leading Hercules and Scipio across rocky ground, with Cupid above and a temple at left.

Minerva Leading Hercules and Scipio to the Temple of Fame

Jan Müller, ca. 1591

Engraving of seated nude Venus receiving fruit baskets from nymphs and a satyr, with putti and a classical column behind.

Venus Honored by the Nymphs

Jan Müller, ca. 1591

Pen drawing of three draped female figures leading horses across a starry sky, in a classical style.

The Hours Taking the Horses from Juno's Car

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Juno in classical dress pointing toward a sun chariot with horses and rays, with a handwritten Pope quotati

Juno Comanding the Sun to Set

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Line drawing of Thetis seated on a throne, with Vulcan and two attendants at right, from Flaxman's Iliad series.

Vulcan and Thetis

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pen drawing of the giant Polyphemus seated with a cup while Ulysses pours wine beside a tree.

Polyphemus Begging Ulysses for More Wine

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Apollo and Diana flying over a classical city with temples, a pyramid and ships at the shore.

Apollo and Diana

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Engraving of a nude Apollo statue playing a pan flute on a rocky base, with an inscription below naming the Medici garden.

Sculptuur van Apollo

Cherubino Alberti, 1577

Engraving of Mercury with winged helmet and sandals lifting nude Psyche in a dynamic pose, against a striated arched backgrou

Mercury Abducting Psyche (lateral view Psyche's side), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Line drawing of an archer aiming his bow beside shielded warriors and fallen figures in a classical frieze composition.

Ulysses Killing the Suitors

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Engraving of Mercury in winged helmet and sandals lifting nude Psyche in a dynamic pose within an arched frame.

Mercury Abducting Psyche (lateral view Mercury's side), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Pencil sketch of a cloaked sorrowful figure below clouds, with a bearded Zeus holding a trident and cowering winged children.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Zeus

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Engraving of two nude figures embracing, one raising an orb, set in an arched frame, after a sculpture.

Mercury Abducting Psyche (view with Psyche from behind), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Pen drawing of Ulysses seated while Euryclea kneels to wash his foot, with Penelope resting nearby beside a lamp stand.

Ulysses, Penelope and Euryclea

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Woodcut of Hercules fighting centaurs, with a muscular hero raising a club amid struggling figures and tree branches.

Hercules en de centauren

Gabriel Salmon, 1528

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion under trees, with a hound running in the background.

Hercules in gevecht met de Nemeïsche leeuw

Gabriel Salmon, 1528

Woodcut of Hercules carrying a boar on his shoulder with a club, set among tree trunks in a forest.

Hercules vangt het zwijn van Erymanthus

Gabriel Salmon, 1528

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, putti and sea creatures among clouds and waves.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of tritons and nymphs entwined among scrolling sea ornament within an oval frame.

Tritons and Nymphs

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche: a reclining nude woman on a bed, a winged figure beside her, and attendant putti in drapery.

Cupid and Psyche

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Engraving of Minerva in plumed helmet and armor, holding a spear and a shield with a Medusa head.

Minerva

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of Charon in a boat holding an oar while a draped woman extends her hand toward him.

Psyche Giving Her Coin to Charon

Attributed to Henry Tresham, 1796

Engraving of a tiered fountain topped by a statue of Hercules battling a serpent, with water jets and nude figures around the

The Fountain of Hercules in Augsburg, a reduced copy after Muller's engraving

Jan Müller, 1602

Engraving of Hercules raising a club while fighting a winged multi-headed hydra on a stone pedestal.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Jan Müller, ca. 1602