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Mythology

8,151 works

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

Figure Costumed as Hercules

Unknown artist, c. 1539

Pencil drawing of Minerva offering a laurel wreath to a young man, framed by a rococo cartouche and cherubs.

Minerva houdt lauwerkrans boven jongen met bul

Simon Fokke, 1745

Engraving of a formal garden fountain with a central statue, stone urns, and strollers on a gravel path.

Narcissus cascade in de tuin van Paleis Het Loo

Cornelis Danckerts, 1696

Pen drawing of a winged cupid beside three draped classical women, one seated in a chair, on a tan sheet.

Cupid and Three Women

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Grey-blue wash drawing of a cloaked male figure drawing a bow above a fallen lion on rocky ground.

Apollo Killing Lion

Possibly Guido Reni, n.d.

Engraving of Minerva seated with a laurel branch, a cherub, books and a beehive in an oval floral frame.

Minerva als patrones van onderwijs en kunsten

Simon Fokke, 1722

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate pedestal with a relief of a woman in a chariot pulled by big cats, flanked by lions.

Pedestal with Relief of the Triumph of Ariadne

the Younger Giuseppe Maria Mazzuoli, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining satyr beside a nymph with crossed legs on draped cloth, on tan paper.

Nymph and Satyr

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, after 1560

Engraved ornamental page with an oval cartouche showing Hercules wrestling a bull, surrounded by scrolls, birds and grotesque

Ovale cartouche met Hercules en de Kretenzische stier

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1565

Etching with two scenes from the Cupid and Psyche story: Psyche with a lamp above, and winged Cupid with an arrow below.

Twee scènes uit het verhaal van Amor en Psyche

Jan de Bisschop, 1668

Etching of Apollo playing a lyre and Pan playing pipes beneath trees, with onlookers and a sheep in an octagonal frame.

De wedstrijd tussen Apollo en Pan

Jan de Bisschop, 1668

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman and a seated youth with a lyre beside laurel branches.

Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl

After Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a winged putto standing nude, extending one arm with a club, with sketched wings and cloud forms.

Putto with Club of Hercules

called Marco da Faenza Marco Marchetti, 1575/78

Pen and brown wash sketch of Bacchus and Ariadne with a raised-arm male figure, reclining woman, and small cherub below.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1745

Red chalk drawing of Hercules with a club, a standing nude woman, a putto, and a draped reclining figure.

Hercules and Iole

After Annibale Carracci, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped woman touching the head of a winged Cupid holding a bow.

Venus (?) and Cupid

Circle of Bernardino Campi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a standing female nude with an elaborate hairstyle posed on a fluted pedestal.

Venus on Pedestal

Style of Francesco Allegrini, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of mythological figures: two women by a mirror, a reclining figure in drapery, and a winged child.

A Mythological Scene with Sea Gods

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Engraved battle scene with armored riders on rearing horses, a fallen soldier, and a burning city in the background.

Achilles verslaat Telephos; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635

Antony van der Does, 1635

Engraving of a triton blowing a horn on a giant fish, with cherubs on dolphins and a city behind.

Spektakel met Triton op een reuzenvis; intocht van Ferdinand te Gent in 1635

Antony van der Does, 1619

Ink and wash ceiling study showing allegorical figures, cherubs and clouds within an octagonal frame.

Study for a Ceiling: Allegory of the Harvest with Dionysus and Ceres

Watercolor renderings of a carved ivory female figure with putti and an ornate plaque with hunting scenes and foliate scrollw

Renderings of an Ivory Carving of Ariadne from the 6th Century and an Ivory Plaque from the 9th Century

Herman Wilhelm Soltau

Pencil and wash drawing of a winged cherub riding two swans with reins across calm water.

Cupid and Two Swans

John Downman, c. 1770-1800

Etching of Apollo on a cloud shooting arrows at a slain python below, with trees in the background.

Apollo doodt Python

Michel Dorigny, 1651

Engraving of Marsyas and Apollo: a seated satyr beside scattered pipes, with draped figures and a large palm tree behind.

Marsyas en Apollo

Michel Dorigny, 1651

Engraving of Jupiter and Phaeton in a chariot in the sky, with winged figures, a white horse and a reclining woman below.

Jupiter en Phaëton

Michel Dorigny, 1651

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin clubbing a many-headed hydra among rocks and trees, with a bow and arrows nearby.

Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna

Michel Dorigny, 1651

Engraving of Venus seated at her toilette with a maid, cherubs holding a mirror, and a draped canopy above.

Toilet van Venus

Michel Dorigny, 1651

Engraving of Prudentia, a seated woman with a mirror and an eagle on clouds, with cherubs above, in an octagonal frame.

Prudentia met Jupiter op een wolk

Michel Dorigny, 1638

Graphite study on blue-grey paper of a nude male figure with curly hair leaning on a rock.

Study after Antique Sculpture of the Dancing Satyr with Cymbals

John Downman, 1775

Engraving of Hercules leaning on a pedestal as a woman offers golden apples, with a serpent coiled below and a classical rotu

Titelprent met Hercules na het verslaan van de Hydra van Lerna

Johann Friedrich Greuter, 1646