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Mythology

8,148 works

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758/1765

Satirical lithograph of Bacchus with a goblet facing a bearded merchant carrying a large flask on his back, by Daumier, 1857.

As a consequence of the wine disease but also because of the foundation of the "Society for the Production of Artific…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Etched horizontal frieze with a central cartouche, reclining figure, bird, Medusa head, and two putti among scrolling foliage

Fries met Minerva in cartouche

Franz Cleyn, 1645

Engraving of nude Daphne transforming into a laurel tree as Apollo, with bow, pursues her beside a rocky cliff.

Daphne achtervolgd door Apollo veranderd in een laurier

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a sleeping nude woman watched by a satyr, with bathing nymphs and a pond in the background.

Pan bespiedt de slapende Diana

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Perseus and the Gorgon's Head

Style of Jacques Louis David, c. 1770

Engraving of nude Apollo drawing a bow beside seated nude Diana with antlers and a quiver on a rocky ground.

Apollo and Diana

Albrecht Dürer, 1503/04

Sepia print of Venus in a chariot with winged cupids on clouds, one cupid pointing and another holding a bow.

Venus en Amor in wagen

Willem Hendrik Franquinet, 1808

Engraving of an ornate alcove with Apollo embracing Leucothea by a fountain, flanked by standing women and classical busts.

Alkoof met Apollo en Leucothea

Jean Lepautre, 1662

Engraving of Jupiter descending in clouds toward Semele reclining in an ornate canopied alcove with cupids and a statue.

Alkoof met Jupiter en Semele

Jean Lepautre, 1662

Pencil sketch of a small putto standing in a twisted pose, looking over its shoulder, on a narrow beige sheet.

Putto in der Stellung des bekannten schwänzchenhaschenden Satyrs

Hans Makart, 1870

Pale brown drawing of Neptune in a chariot pulled by sea horses, with tritons, nymphs and putti in waves.

Chariot of Neptune Surrounded by Tritons, Nymphs, and Putti

Style of Pierre Brebiette, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated satyr with curly hair, seen from behind, on a rocky mound.

A Satyr Playing His Pipes

Possibly Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a centaur carrying a woman while a nude man points at them, with reclining figures and a landscape behi

Nessus, Deianeira and Hercules

School of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated female nude leaning on draped cloth, legs stretched diagonally across the sheet.

River Nymph

Style of Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Sketch of helmeted Minerva in draped robe holding a spear, black and white chalk on rust-toned paper, 1886.

Minerva

Edward Poynter, 1886

Engraving of nude women bathing by a fountain in a wooded landscape, one holding a bow, with Latin verses below.

Diana en Callisto

Crispijn van de Passe, 1607

Engraving of a muscular nude Hercules clubbing a multi-headed hydra on a pedestal.

Hercules doodt de hydra van Lerna

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1633

Engraving of Minerva in plumed helmet and armor, holding a spear and a shield with a Medusa head.

Minerva

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1598

Pen and wash drawing of a wreathed figure on a donkey led by putti, with a chariot procession and town in the background.

Triumph of Bacchus with Drunken Silenus on Donkey

Cesare Pollini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman blindfolding a nude child beside standing and seated draped women.

The Blindfolding of Cupid

George Romney, after 1797

Engraving of Jupiter as a satyr leaning over the sleeping nude Antiope, with a cupid and quiver in the foreground.

Jupiter en Antiope

Giuseppe Sforza Perini, 1770

Etching of the centaur Chiron playing a lyre beside a young boy under trees, with centaurs and dogs in a forest.

Educatie van Achilles door Chiron de centaur

Giovanni Cesare Testa

Wash drawing of Apollo and Daphne with a nude nymph in flight, a draped figure above, and a reclining figure below.

Apollo and Daphne

After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, 1575/99

Soft grey drawing of a reclining winged cupid resting on drapery in a wooded landscape with a lyre hanging from a tree.

Cupid in a Landscape

After Bartolommeo Schedoni, after 1611

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a satyr grasping a struggling woman, with loose construction lines across the lower half.

Satyr raubt Mädchen

Hans Makart, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of three muses on clouds with lyre and mask, and putti below gathered around an open album.

Three Muses (Urania, Terpsichare and Thalia) with Putti

Unknow Artist, n.d.

Engraved landscape with rocky cliffs, a river valley, and in the foreground Venus mourning Adonis with cupids.

Venus treurt over de dood van Adonis

Hieronymus Cock, 1551

Etching of a bearded figure leaning over a sleeping nude woman under drapery, with a bowl and basket beside them.

Jupiter en Antiope

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Etching of a seated nude woman beside a sleeping child under a tree in a rocky wooded landscape.

Venus en de slapende Amor

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Pencil sketch of a seated male nude seen from behind, head turned, on a sketchbook page numbered 47.

Study of Puget's "Hercules Resting"

Paul Cézanne, c. 1879

Head of Venus de Medici

Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.