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Mythology

8,115 works

Engraved allegory: a seated woman reaches up as a crown and coins fall, with a lion and globe beside her and a figure above.

Juno schenkt de kroon van de doge aan Venetië

Valentin Lefèbvre, 1682

Etching of a young woman in a tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tree in a hilly landscape.

A Nymph Holding a Large Dog by its Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Wood engraving of a sailing ship near rocks under a dramatic sky with a bright burst of light over dark water.

Ulysses Deriding Polyphenus, from Old English Masters

Timothy Cole, 1900, printed 1902

Hand-colored engraving of an allegorical arch with Venus in a chariot, cupids, and a coastal landscape beyond.

Toneel met de kroning van Venus, 1599

Pieter van der Borcht, 1599

Hand-coloured engraving of a bearded Hercules figure on a pavilion, chaining seated women holding coats of arms, with the mot

Hercules Gallicus, 1599

Pieter van der Borcht, 1599

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with Apollo, Neptune holding a trident, and two satyrs in a forest with a fountain and fr

The metamorphosis of Amymone who lies at center leaning on her arm, surrounded by Apollo at left, Neptune at right an…

Girolamo Mocetto, ca. 1490-1530

Circular etching of a satyr with a grape basket, a woman riding a goat, a child, goats and a large tree.

Satyr family walking towards the left with two goats and a basket of grapes

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Engraving of a bearded figure with lightning bolts, entwined by a serpent above stormy waves and dark clouds.

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Etching of a satyr leaning against a fruiting grapevine within an ornate scrolled frame, labeled L'Automne.

Fall (L'Automne), from 'The Four Seasons'

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a child and a satyr child playing with a goat under a large tree, with other figures and a landscape behind.

A child and a satyr child playing with a goat

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Engraving of an ornamental design with a grotesque mask, two satyrs, putti, a fruit basket and a trophy of arms.

Ornamental Design with a Couple of Satyrs, Children and a Trophy

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman chained to rocks, with a winged rider on a flying horse above.

Perseus en Andromeda

Leonaert Bramer, 1606

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a tree and a distant walled city, dated 1548.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, from The Labors of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1548

Pencil drawing of Dionysos and Ariadne: a reclining nude woman, a standing god, satyrs, a winged putto and a panther in a fra

Dionysos und Ariadne

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Brown wash drawing of Perseus reaching toward the nude Andromeda, with a winged figure crouched on rocks below.

Perseus und Andromeda

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Engraving of nude women bathing by a fountain with an antlered figure at right and a stag in the forest behind.

Diana in the Bath

Georg Pencz, c. 1533

Engraving of a classical nude female statue standing on a pedestal beside a dolphin, signed Mellan and dated 1675.

Standbeeld van Venus of Amphitrite

Claude Mellan, 1675

Etching of a satyr leaning against a tree beside a child playing with a goat, with a distant landscape behind.

A satyr sitting against a tree to right and holding a flute in his right hand, a child playing with a goat to left, p…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Two ornamental etched frames with scrollwork; left shows Venus and Cupid on clouds, right shows a nude figure with drapery.

Lijst met Venus en Cupido en lijst met naakte vrouw

Susanne Maria von Sandrart, 1668

Etching in a circle showing a nude man with a lion skin receiving a cup from a seated draped woman.

Juno reicht Herkules eine Schale Nektar

Eberhard Siegfried Henne

Etching in oval frame of Bacchus with wreath seated on a mound, gesturing toward nymphs playing a stringed instrument.

Bacchus lehrt Nymphen

Eberhard Siegfried Henne

Engraving in a circle of Venus reclining with a wine cup, Bacchus with grapes, Ceres with wheat, and a cherub, 1595.

Bacchus, Ceres en Venus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595

Engraving of Venus seated with a satyr under a tree, a sleeping Cupid with bow and arrows at the lower left.

Venus mit Satyr und Amor

Engraving of an eagle flying with a young boy on its back above a landscape with a half-timbered house and river.

Jupiter (als Adler) und Ganymed

Giulio Campagnola

Mezzotint of sleeping nude nymphs and Diana in a forest, watched by satyrs, with hunting dogs and dead game in the foreground

Slapende Diana en haar nimfen bespied door saters

Richard Earlom, 1784

Oval drawing of a bearded satyr playing pipes beside nude nymphs, with white highlights on a tan ground.

Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Galle…

Joseph Heintz the Elder, ca. 1599

Etching of a woman in flowing dress holding a large dog by the collar beside a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by the Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Hand-colored oval print of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a cloud, with an eagle and two cupids nearby.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

Francesco Bartolozzi, January 1, 1784

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus spanking a winged Cupid who lies across her lap on draped cloth.

Venus spanking Cupid

Constantijn Netscher, 1682

Chalk drawing of Bacchus seated with a cup, a reclining nude Ariadne, a putto and satyrs among grapevines in a wooded setting

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jean Hughes Taraval, 18th century

Engraved print of a haloed female figure among playing cherubs, roses and stars within an ornamental border.

Evening, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Etched oval rebus with cupids, a glove, a ring and figures, framed by drapery above a landscape with ruins.

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639