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Mythology

8,151 works

Woodcut of a muscular nude hero lifting a struggling figure in a cave, with cattle, chains and bones in the foreground.

Hercules Defeating Cacus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

Engraving of two ornate classical urns on pedestals, with a domed building and garden terrace behind them.

Vase de Bacchantes. Vase de Dieux marins

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1721

Engraved garden view with two ornate urns labeled Vase de Neptune and Vase d'Hercule flanking pavilions and small figures.

Vase de Neptune. Vase d´Hercule

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1721

Pencil study of a woman's head bowed downward, eyes closed, with wavy hair falling around her face and ear.

Head, Study for Mirror of Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Pencil study of a woman's head turned sideways, eyes closed, with flowing wavy hair, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Reflection of Head, study for Mirror of Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Engraving of a man in a wide hat and lace collar drawing with a pen at a table, within an arched cross-hatched frame.

Tekenaar van de Apollo Belvedere

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Pen and ink sketches of a griffin, grotesque heads and a bent leg on paper, attributed to Agostino Carracci.

Four Sketches: Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg

Attributed to Agostino Carracci, 1590/94

Pen sketch of a bacchanalian procession with satyrs playing pipes, putti, and reclining figures on pale paper.

Bacchante

after Pietro Testa, 1642/44

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a club amid armored warriors and fleeing figures in a wooded battle.

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Possibly after Jean Le Pautre, n.d.

Engraving of an old bearded Silenus supported by a satyr and a faun, walking across a rocky landscape with birds overhead.

Silenus Accompanied by a Satyr and a Faun

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus reclining with grapes as putti play beside him in a shady grove with a distant landscape.

Bacchus and Putti in Shady Grove

Possibly after Nicolas Chaperon, 17th Century

Open book: title page of Agnes Clerke's astronomy history beside a plate of the Orion Nebula, with small images of Jupiter an

Jupiter en Saturnus

Paul-Pierre Henry, 1879

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

Follower of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hermes and Venus seated under a tree with a Cupid in the foreground.

Hermes, Venus, and Cupid in a Landscape

Peter Bruck, early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman by a tree with an infant and several draped women around a stone basin.

Birth of Adonis

Possibly after Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Medusa head with snake hair, framed by fruit garlands and wings in a decorative frieze.

After Carving with Medusa Head

the Elder Virgilius Solis, n.d.

Print of a dancing nymph holding her skirt, standing beside a bow and quiver of arrows, rendered in green tones.

Dancing Nymph with Bow and Arrows

John Baptist Jackson, 1752-1754

Etched landscape with tall trees, a hilltop town, mountains, and a hunter with dogs walking beside a river.

Actaeon wordt door de badende Diana in een hert veranderd

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Etching of Apollo and Daphne in a forest, with putti among trees, figures in pursuit and a pool in the foreground.

Apollo en Daphne

Claude Massé, 1666

Pencil sketch of a Vienna park with a sculptural fountain in a basin, strollers on paths, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Volksgarten mit Tilgnerbrunnen (Faun und Nymphe)

Franz Alt, 1886

Brown wash drawing of nymphs gathered under a large tree by a stream, with a reclining nude in the foreground and mountains b

Nymphs in a Wooded Grove

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular seated bearded Hercules statue leaning on a club beside a lion's head.

Statue of Seated Hercules

Style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of nude putti and baby satyrs playing with a donkey in a wooded landscape.

Baby Satyrs and Putti Playing with Donkey

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical title page design with a seated writer, a helmeted figure with spear, a winged putto and

Design for Title page: Clio Taking Dictation from Minerva

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a reclining nude woman on clouds with a winged male figure beside her under dark storm clouds.

Jupiter and Semele

Attributed to Jan Harmensz Muller, c. 1590

Engraved triptych with mythological scenes: a poet and muse, gods battling giants with lightning, and a winged horse at a spr

Mythologische en allegorische voorstellingen op de inspiratie van de toneelschrijver Paul Scarron

Jacob Folkema, 1703

Etching of two hunters with a boar, playful cupids, a reclining figure by a fountain, and a wooded landscape.

Meleager and Atalanta

François Chauveau, 1643

Brown ink and wash sketch of mythological figures, nudes, draped women and a winged figure among clouds.

Sketches of Mythological Subjects

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Etching of nude Venus holding a bow beside a winged Cupid reaching upward, by Hendrik van der Borcht II, 1638.

Venus en Cupido

Hendrik van der Borcht, 1638

Etching of nude Bacchus standing on a cloud, holding a cup and a jug aloft, with drapery over his shoulder.

Bacchus

Hendrik van der Borcht, 1638

Red chalk drawing of Neptune with a trident driving sea horses through waves, with figures embracing at lower right.

Triumph of Neptune

Possibly after Simon Vouet, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a seated youth beside a large eagle, with two peacocks and a fruit basket below.

Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century