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Mythology

8,148 works

Engraved print with two ornamental cartouches containing small mythological scenes, grotesque figures and winged creatures.

Twee cartouches met mythologische voorstellingen

Pieter van der Heyden, 1566

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining woman on a canopied bed, with billowing drapery and a cloud shape at upper left.

Danae and the Shower of Gold

Johann Carl Loth, n.d.

Red and black chalk sketch of Orpheus playing a lyre in a boat beside a ferryman, with a winged figure above.

Orpheus on the River Styx

Antoine Coypel, n.d.

Etching of Jupiter and Mercury seated in a humble interior with a draped canopy, a table, and a dog in the foreground.

Jupiter en Mercurius bij Philemon en Baucis

François Joseph Lonsing, 1749

Pen and wash drawing of a seated nude woman embracing a standing nude child against a shaded background.

Venus and Cupid

Attributed to Samuel De Wilde, n.d.

Engraving of drunken Bacchus held up by a satyr and companions, with a panther and grapes beside them.

Dronkenschap van Bacchus

Jonas Suyderhoef, 1643

Engraved reproduction of the Alexander Mosaic showing cavalry and chariot battle with raised spears and fallen warriors.

Alexandermozaïek in het Huis van de Faun, Pompeï

E. Schönherr, 1879

Ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules raising a club while struggling with grimacing horses, attributed to Henry Fuseli.

Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes

Henry Fuseli, 1800/05

Engraving of a warrior beside a chariot dragging a dead body, with spectators on city walls and columns at left.

Achilles met lijk van Hector achter zijn zegewagen

Bernard Picart, 1719

Brown wash drawing of a dead warrior on a shore, mourned by a draped woman in a rock niche, with a winged figure above.

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

Henry Fuseli, 1780

Engraving of a robed woman offering at a fire in a forest, with serpent-haired gorgon figures and a bearded man behind her.

Mythologische scène met een offerende koningin in een bos, mogelijk Althaea, en drie gorgonen

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1697

Engraving of nude nymphs bathing by a pond in a wooded landscape, with a hidden hunter and deer at right.

Diana en haar nimfen ontdekt door Actaeon

Dancker Danckerts, 1633

Red chalk sketch of a winged old man with a scythe, a seated woman, cherubs and loose figure studies on cream paper.

Mythological Composition with Chronos and Harpies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Brown wash drawing of bearded Jupiter in billowing drapery among clouds, with an eagle and a seated woman beside him.

Study for Jupiter Hurling Thunderbolts

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a battle between centaurs and armored warriors on rearing horses, with fallen figures below.

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

Antonio Tempesta, c. 1600

Engraving of Andromeda chained to a rock, nude, with a sea monster in the waves and a winged figure with a shield above.

Perseus en Andromeda

François Boucher, 1734

Etching of a Bacchic procession with satyrs carrying a figure on poles toward a garlanded altar, with a centaur playing lute.

Offerande aan Bacchus

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1850

Engraving of robed figures making an offering before a statue of Diana beside a smoking altar, under Corinthian columns and a

Het offer aan Diana

Richard van Orley, 1695

Ink and wash drawing of Apollo with the Muses, nude and draped women gathered around a lyre player beneath trees.

Apollo and the Muses

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Mercury handing an infant to nymphs in a wooded landscape beside a stream.

Mercury Bringing Bacchus to be Raised by the Nymphs

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Engraved cartouche with a nude woman beside a rock facing a sea monster, framed by scrolling ornament and winged horses.

Cartouche: Perseus bevrijdt Andromeda

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Lithograph of Bacchus reclining in a forest with a woman, satyrs and dancing putti around a wine barrel.

Bacchus en boswezens drinken wijn met dansende putti en Pan op de achtergrond

Célestin François Nanteuil, 1848

Mezzotint of nude women bathing in a forest pool, with a hunter and dog at the right edge beneath tall trees.

Actaeon en Diana

Bernard Lens, 1680

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre for shepherds and shepherdesses under a tree, with sheep and Mercury in the distance.

Apollo lier spelend voor herders en herderinnen, links op achtergrond Mercurius

Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, 1777

Lithograph of a ballerina on a stage platform facing a hooded old woman with a wand, with theatre audience boxes behind.

The mother of Eros (not to be confounded with Venus), plate 10 from Croquis Dramatiques

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged cupid reaching toward a raised wreath behind her, on blue paper.

Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705/1708

Pen and brown ink drawing of muscular nude male figures working at a forge, with a raised hammer and workbench.

Vulcan's Forge

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Etched ceiling design with an oval central cloud scene of mythological figures, framed by classical columns and ornamental ga

Trompe-l'oeil plafond met mythologische voorstelling

Daniël Marot, 1703

Engraving of nude Leda standing beside a swan, with two putti, columns and a curtain behind her.

Leda en de zwaan

Georges Reverdy, 1531

Engraving of two nude male figures wrestling on rocky ground beside a tree and a classical colonnaded building.

Hercules en Antaeus

Gaspare Oselli, 1560

Etching of a centaur drawing a bow beside a panel of three dogs, with Latin and Italian captions below.

Centaur en drie honden

Antonio Tempesta, 1575

Brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid beside the reclining body of Adonis beneath a tree.

Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740