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Mythology

8,148 works

Line engraving of Odysseus and Irus: a bearded nude man in fighting stance faces two struggling figures on the right.

Gevecht tussen Odysseus en Irus

James Neagle, 1805

Engraving of a kneeling woman washing a seated bearded man's leg beside a basin, with a reclining woman and candelabrum at le

Euryclea herkent Odysseus bij de voetenwassing

James Parker, 1805

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a figure with flowing hair driving a team of galloping horses across a tan sheet.

Apollo and His Horses

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Etching of a sleeping man embraced by a woman in a forest clearing, with a dog, a cupid, and a distant hilly landscape.

Diana en Endymion

Franciscus de Neve, 1660

Etching of a reclining nude figure and a small cupid by water in a wooded landscape with tall trees.

Venus en Amor bij het water

Franciscus de Neve, 1660

Sepia engraving of a pastoral scene with large trees, cattle and sheep, a stone bridge, and a woman playing violin.

Landschap met Mercurius die Admetus' vee van Apollo steelt

Richard Earlom, 1776

Oval chiaroscuro woodcut of a standing woman in drapery, a kneeling man with a cup, and lions among trees and stone.

Odysseus op het eiland van Circe

Antonio da Trento, 1537

Sepia engraving of a bay with sailing ships, a seated woman in the foreground, tall trees and grazing animals on the shore.

Kust van Naxos met Bacchus en Ariadne

Richard Earlom, 1776

Pen drawing of a nude Venus-like figure with a sword and helmet, a small Cupid supporting the armor on a pedestal.

Sculpture of Venus and Cupid, with Mars' Armor

Possibly after Jean Le Pautre, n.d.

Engraving of a nymph tending a wounded deer beside a stream, with a quiver of arrows and mountains behind.

Nimf van Diana haalt een pijl uit de hals van een hert

Jean Louis Potrelle, 1798

Pen sketch of a grieving woman raising drapery among women and fallen children, with figures in clouds above.

Niobe's Children, Slain by Apollo and Artemius

Attributed to Michel Dorigny, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a satyr with pan pipes, a reclining figure, nymphs and putti in a mythological scene.

Scene with Nymphs and Satyr

Attributed to Nicolas Pierre Loir, n.d.

Engraved print of a classical statue of Minerva with helmet, Medusa aegis and shield, standing on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Minerva

Reinier van Persijn, 1640

Engraving of a classical nude male statue of Apollo beside a serpent-entwined tree trunk on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Apollo

Reinier van Persijn, 1640

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman with a swan, a putto, and a shell-like backdrop.

Leda of Venus (?) met vogel en putti voor een schelp

Alonso Berruguete, 1500

Engraving of Minerva and Mercury arming Perseus with a shield in a wooded landscape, with figures on a rock above.

Minerva en Mercurius bewapenen Perseus

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1604

Engraving of Hercules clubbing a multi-headed hydra atop a stone pedestal, with an inscription below.

Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1600

Vertical black-and-white woodcut of a stern winged female figure beside a nude woman holding a goblet, with a sunburst below.

Psyche's triomf

Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel, 1894

Etching of a Triton with a fish tail raising a conch shell to his lips, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Triton die op schelp blaast

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Brown wash drawing of a drunken Silenus with nymphs and satyrs feasting in a wooded bacchanal scene.

Drunken Silenus Satyr and Nymphs

Possibly Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a woman through a wooded landscape, with an archer and flying cupids nearby.

The Flight of the Centaur Nessus with Dejanina

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Etching of a winged figure above a mountain landscape, with soldiers, draped figures, a child holding a cup, and scales.

Bacchus heft zijn wijnglas op de vrede

Jan Luyken, 1691

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a muscular nude man kneeling by a furnace with a helmet and hammer nearby.

Print Study: Male Nude Kneeling beside a Furnace (Vulcan)

Louis Chéron, c. 1680-1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of Diana reclining in a chariot pulled by deer through clouds, with a crescent in her hair.

Diana in Her Chariot

Joseph François Parrocel, n.d.

Engraving of a ship at sea with sailors turning into dolphins, a vine-crowned figure on deck, and bats flying overhead.

Bacchus verandert zijn ontvoerders in dolfijnen

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of peasants at a farmhouse door with a wine jug and dog, angels in clouds above, and figures fighting in the backgr

Bacchus met wijn bij boeren

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of Bacchus and Ariadne embracing in a forest, with dancing revelers, vines, and chariots in the clouds above.

Bacchus en Ariadne als geliefden

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of a bearded man on a donkey below clouds, with a winged figure driving a cat-drawn chariot and gods seated above.

Terugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of nude giants hurling rocks and branches in a battle beneath gods on clouds, with a lion and figures above.

Bacchus helpt de Titanen verslaan

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of Bacchus and revelers in a wooded landscape with thyrsus staffs, a seated Ariadne, and ships on the sea.

Bacchus vindt Ariadne op Naxos

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of crowned Jupiter enthroned on clouds with gods and attendants, peasants working in the fields below.

Bacchus biedt Jupiter wijn aan

Jacob Matham, 1616

Engraving of winged Mercury handing an infant to nymphs in a forest, with nude figures and a stream in the background.

Mercurius geeft Bacchus aan de nimfen van Nysa

Pieter Serwouters, 1616