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Mythology

8,148 works

Engraved frontispiece with a portrait of Racine, a muse with lyre, Apollo, winged Fame and putti, titled Oeuvres de Racine.

Portret van Jean Baptiste Racine met een muze en Apollo

Pieter Tanjé, 1743

Lithograph of a centaur on a rock drawing a bow and aiming an arrow upward into the sky.

Centaur Aiming at the Clouds

Odilon Redon, 1895

Engraving of the muscular hero Hercules standing nude with a lion skin and club, with small struggling figures in a rocky lan

The Great Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Lithograph of a haloed robed figure with clasped hands standing before a dark radiating arch.

Man on Pegasus

Odilon Redon, 1898

Engraving of a Bacchic triumph procession with satyrs, revelers, a wine chariot and a classical colonnade.

Triomf van Bacchus

Cornelis Bos, 1543

Brown and tan print of a nude Bacchus holding a wine goblet and grapes, wearing a leaf wreath, with a scorpio zodiac sign abo

Bacchus

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1595

Etching of a woman in classical dress pointing toward a spider on a web in an interior with a bed and window.

Minerva Changing Arachne into a Spider

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of three mythological figures in a wooded landscape, one playing a pipe, within a laurel-leaf border.

Midas with Apollo and Pan

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of three women among clouds beside a peacock, one nude and two draped, one wearing a grain wreath.

Juno, Ceres en Psyche

Marco Dente, 1510

Engraving of a nude couple kissing under a tree by the sea, with a cherub holding a torch and a large eagle.

Jupiter en Semele

Marco Dente, 1510

The Satyr with the Cynical Smile, plate 5 of 8 from "Les Origines"

Odilon Redon, 1883

Lithograph of a centaur on a mound drawing a bow skyward, rendered in soft grey tones by Odilon Redon.

Centaur Aiming at the Clouds

Odilon Redon, 1883

Upon Awakening I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible With Her Severe and Hard Profile, plate 6 of 6

Odilon Redon, 1885

Engraving of Triton riding a giant fish spouting water, with cherubs on dolphins and a city street behind.

Spektakel met Triton op een reuzenvis; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635 (nr. 34)

Antony van der Does, 1635

Engraving of a sailing ship firing cannons in clouds of smoke, with fireworks bursting over the sea and a Latin inscription b

Spektakel met schip met vuurwerk en de zuilen van Hercules; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635 (nr. 37)

Jacob Neefs, 1635

Sepia drawing of a standing woman with a flower wreath, holding a white blossom, in a draped flowing gown.

Ariadne

Edward Burne-Jones, 1863/1864

Etching of Minerva and Hercules holding a coat of arms while a winged Fama blows a trumpet above.

Minerva, Hercules en Faam met wapenschild

Godfried Maes, 1659

Etching of Venus leaning against a tree beside a crouching Cupid, with broken arrows on the ground and an Italian verse below

Venus straft Amor

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus seated by a tree blindfolding Cupid, with bow and arrows on the ground and mountains behind.

Venus blinddoekt Amor

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus breaking Cupid's bow beneath trees, with Cupid holding arrows at left.

Venus breekt Amors boog

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated faun with curly hair gazing upward, one arm across his chest.

Seated Faun

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1700/1705

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude winged putto, Cupid, standing beside a tree with a bow and arrows at his feet.

Cupid Tied to a Tree

Attributed to Giorgio Picchi, 1570/99

Engraving of a satyr watching a nude woman milk a goat while a child sits beside her under trees.

Jupiter als kind gevoed met melk van de geit Amalthea

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1596

Grey-wash drawing of commedia dell'arte masks in a theatre interior, with a figure cutting a canvas to reveal a harlequin.

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Pen and wash drawing of a triton with a trident and a nereid on waves, with two putti riding a sea creature behind.

Triton, Nereid, and Putti

called Il Bastarolo Giuseppe Mazzuoli, n.d.

Etching of a helmeted warrior with a raised sword beside a tree, with bearded river gods and a reclining figure in the foregr

Achilles bevecht de riviergoden Scamander en Simois

Bernhard Rode, 1768

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure seated on a rock with a small child climbing beside him, in fine hatched lines.

Antiek beeld 'De Getemde centaur

Paulus Pontius, 1616

Engraving of a centaur seizing a woman in drapery against a rocky landscape, after a mythological scene.

Hercules doodt Nessus

Paulus Pontius, 1616

Pen drawing of a winged cupid playing a flute beside a sleeping shepherd in draped cloth on grass.

Cupid Playing Flute and Sleeping Shepherd

Richard Cosway R.A., n.d.

Engraving of two satyrs in a forest, one milking a goat while the other kneels beside it, with a banner reading NI·RO.

Twee satyrs drinken melk van geit

Nicoletto da Modena, 1490

Nude Hercules holds a golden apple beside a bare tree and a dead dragon among classical ruins in an engraved print.

Hercules met knots en gouden appel staat naast dode draak in tuin van Hesperiden

Nicoletto da Modena, 1490

Engraving of Cupid riding a goat between two horned satyrs, one playing pipes, with a castle in the background.

Cupido op een geit met twee satyrs

Zoan Andrea, 1475