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Mythology

8,121 works

Engraving of a winged nymph crowning a bust of Shakespeare as cherubs bring laurel garlands, with a waterfall behind.

The Nymph of Immortality, Attended by the Loves, Crowning the Bust of Shakespeare

Francesco Bartolozzi, September 1784

Etching of a figure lying on the ground with a sword while another figure in flowing robes reaches out, set among trees.

Pyramus et Thisbe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a helmeted warrior with shield and spear facing a coiled dragon beneath a tree, with a hanging figure above.

Jason, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Red and black printed page with two framed scenes of Odysseus, a galley, sirens with a harp, and printed verse.

Odysseus bij Polyphemus, de sirenen en Scylla

Walter Crane, 1887

Black and red line illustration of Ulysses with Circe and Calypso in ornamental borders, with verse text.

Odysseus bij Circe en het afscheid van Odysseus en Calypso

Walter Crane, 1887

Etching of Pluto enthroned with a staff beside a kneeling veiled woman, before a curtain and rocky underworld setting.

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Black-and-white print with red borders: armed men with bows on the left, and a man embracing a woman beside a brazier on the

Odysseus en Telemachus schieten met pijl en boog, en Penelope omhelst Odysseus

Walter Crane, 1887

Etching of Diana with a crescent in her hair, standing among trees with two dogs at her feet and a hill in the distance.

Diana, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Head of Minerva, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Pencil and wash drawing of classical figures on clouds, a woman welcomed by a seated god, by Vincenzo Camuccini.

Psyche Received on Mount Olympus

Vincenzo Camuccini

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, arm raised over head, legs stretched across the ground.

Satyr (Back View)

Possibly Giulio Carpioni, n.d.

Black and white woodcut of a seated woman with bangles, surrounded by birds, flowers and flowing water lines.

Black Venus

John Archibald Austen

Etching of a curly-haired young cupid in an oval frame, holding a bow, with hatched shading and an SDB monogram.

A Small Cupid with His Bow, from "Various figures and doodles" (Diverses figures et griffonnemens)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid drawing a bow, with a winged putto and drapery below.

Cupid

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1615

Engraving of a seated Zeus statue in a domed temple, with wrestling athletes and onlookers in the foreground.

Standbeeld van Zeus in Olympia

Philips Galle, 1572

Brown ink drawing of Cupid in a triumphal chariot with gods, goddesses and putti in a mythological procession.

Cupid in Triumphal Chariot, Accompanied by Gods and Goddesses

Follower of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular armored warrior above a small winged child with a cord, c. 1550.

Mars and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1550

Print of winged Cupid dancing between two draped allegorical women, with coins and a sword at lower left and Latin verse abov

Cupid Dancing with Two Allegorical Women

Paulus Moreelse, 1612

Graphite sketch of a reclining male figure with head thrown back and arms raised, with faint studies of hands.

Satyr Leaning on a Column

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Etching of putti in a bacchanalian scene, with children dancing beside a goat and others drinking from a jug under a tree.

Bacchanten en kinderen spelend met geit

Jean Lepautre, 1671

Etching of playful putti drinking and pouring wine in a wooded landscape beside a grapevine-covered tree.

Drinkende bacchanten

Jean Lepautre, 1671

Engraving of two winged infants on clouds, one playing a lyre and one a flute beside an open music book.

Apollo and Mercury as Infants

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1797

Pen and brown ink drawing of Apollo flaying Marsyas, two muscular nude men struggling against a tree trunk.

Apollo Flaying Marsyas

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1545

Engraving of armored Mars with spear and shield beside nude Venus holding a winged Cupid, against a hatched background.

Mars and Venus

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1509/1516

Engraving of robed figures sacrificing at a flaming altar before a circular colonnaded temple in a wooded landscape.

Sacrifice to Diana

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1776

Sepia print of Minerva in helmet holding a shield beside a seated nude youth and a helmeted figure, within a ruled border.

Minerva and Mercury

Domenico Marchetti, March 1, 1787

The Tragic Muse

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1784

Engraving of a seated nude woman by water with a standing draped companion and a head at the edge of the scene.

Three Nymphs Bathing

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 1, 1787

Oval colored engraving of three nude women bathing in a classical setting with a white cloth and a column behind them.

Psyche Going to Bathe

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 12, 1786

Engraving of a nude woman seated while two attendants prepare drapery and hair in a classical interior setting.

Psyche Going to Dress

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 12, 1786

Sepia print of Venus embracing Adonis seated beneath a large tree, with a dove and stream in the foreground.

Venus and Adonis

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 21, 1778

Hand-colored engraving of a reclining nude water nymph on a sea creature with two cherubs and spraying water.

Water Nymph (Nymph Vouguant Sur Les Eaux)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1799