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Mythology

8,151 works

Open book showing text pages and a figure of Venus crossing the sun during the 1874 transit.

Venus voor de zon tijdens een Venusovergang

Lithograph of a central allegorical female figure on a dais before gowned students, framed by vignettes of academic and stree

Minerva's troonrede in September 1871

Johannes Anthony Last, 1872

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling old man serving two seated nude men at a table in a rustic kitchen.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Baucis and Philemon

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, 18th century

Brown ink drawing of an eagle with a small child clinging to its back against a sketched landscape and clouds.

Jupiter and Ganymede Above an Extensive Landscape

or Andrea Mantegna Giovanni Bellini, 1490s

Engraving of Venus reclining under a tree with Adonis and Cupid, who aims a bow, in an open landscape.

Venus en Adonis met Amor

Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, 1620

Engraving of Aurora driving horses across clouds, with a winged putto holding a torch above a sea and coastline.

Apollo en Aurora (linkerdeel)

Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, 1622

Engraved cartouche with rococo scrollwork framing Apollo and the muses among classical columns, with putti and a helmeted bus

Cartouche met Apollo en de muzen

Johann August Corvinus, 1693

Sepia print of a coastal landscape with cliffs, a winged horse, a large tree, and small figures by the sea.

Kustgezicht met Pegasus, Perseus en het ontstaan van koraal

Richard Earlom, 1777

Etching of a dense forest with a large oak, a fleeing woman in reeds and a pursuing horned figure by a stream.

Pan and Syrinx

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched landscape of a tall tree grove with a reclining couple, a winged child and hounds in the foreground, and hills beyond.

Venus and Adonis

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Engraving of Venus reclining nude on a canopied bed beside Mars, with cherubs, attendants and Latin verses below.

Venus en Mars

Jacob Matham, 1599

Engraving of Venus reclining nude while a satyr watches from behind a tree, with a putto holding a mirror and doves nearby.

Venus bespied door een sater

Jacob Matham, 1599

Circular engraving of a woman in a veil and headdress holding a flame, with Latin inscription around the border.

Venus met brandend hart

Jacob Matham, 1599

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis in an oval frame, with Cupid holding a bow and hunting dogs nearby.

Venus and Adonis

Jacob Matham, 1599

Engraving of Bacchus crowned with grape leaves, raising a wine glass, within a circular frame with Latin inscriptions.

Bacchus met glas

Jacob Matham, 1599

Brown wash drawing of a sea nymph on a dolphin with a triton and a cherub beside her on a rocky ledge.

A Sea Nymph and a Triton on a Dolphin

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, 18th century

Ochre print of a woman with flowing hair beside an owl, skull, bats and a guitar, titled La Muse malade.

La Muse malade

Louis Abel Truchet, c. 1900

Etching of a satyr and a peasant sharing a meal at a table in a rustic interior, with a woman at left.

Fabel van de satyr en de boer

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Red chalk drawing of Venus seated in a shell niche above a fountain with cupids and swans.

Rocaille Fountain with Venus, Amorini, and Swans

Edmé Bouchardon, c. 1735

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus leaning over a winged Cupid who clings to her, with a draped gown and classical hairstyle

Venus en Amor

Angelica Kauffmann, 1751

Engraving of Venus and Paris on Mount Ida with cherubs, sheep, a large tree and a wooded landscape beyond.

Venus en Paris op de berg Ida

Jean Pierre Julien Dupin, 1770

Sepia engraving of a shaded forest stream with arching trees, a seated woman by the water and a kneeling figure among ferns.

Aesacus and Hesperie, Vide Ovid Metamorphosis, Book XI, part XIII, plate 66 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1819

Engraving of figures in clouds above a ruined arcaded amphitheater, a distant hilltop town and a reclining nude in the foregr

Prometheus steelt het vuur na het boetseren van de mens

Etienne Dupérac, 1535

Engraving of a winged lion pinning the severed head of Medusa beneath its paw, with trophies and ornament below, on a book pa

Medusa verpletterd door de leeuw van Sint Marcus

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical wall design with a crowned coat of arms, twisted columns, two muscular figures, a

An Architectural Wall Design in Honor of Henry IV, the Gallic Hercules

Antonio Tempesta or Agostino Ciampelli, c. 1600

Engraving of galleys and a three-masted ship at sea beneath clouds with a sun chariot and Jupiter figure.

Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky, from the series of Ships

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Etching of three figures in a rocky landscape: one playing pan flute, one holding a lyre, and a bearded man listening.

Wedstrijd tussen Apollo en Pan

Théodorus van Kessel, 1660

Pen sketch of an elderly woman in a bonnet leaning toward a younger woman in a street with Dutch shop signs.

A Dutch Abbess and Her Nymphs Sketched at Amsterdam

Thomas Rowlandson, published April 4, 1796

Engraving of Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a spear and shield, with an owl at her feet and a landscape behind.

Minerva

Etienne Delaune, 1569

Engraving of Theseus in a plumed helmet raising a club over a kneeling centaur on a rocky base.

Theseus en de centaur

Joseph Steinmüller, 1805

Oval engraved print of Diana with a crescent moon and spear, flanked by two hounds and ornamental scrollwork.

Diana met de maan in haar hand

Etienne Delaune, 1528

Hand-colored caricature of Pandora lifting a flaming box before a crowded parliamentary chamber, with serpents and spilled le

Pandora Opening her Box

James Gillray, published February 22, 1809