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Mythology

8,151 works

Engraved study of a classical bust of Juno seen from the front, with wavy hair under a wide headband.

Buste van Juno, vooraanzicht

Louis Charles Ruotte, 1764

Buste van Juno, en profil gezien

Louis Charles Ruotte, 1764

Hand-colored oval print of Leda with a swan, a nude companion, and a cupid by a waterfall fountain, after Boucher.

Leda en de zwaan

Jean-Augustin Léveillé, 1776

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Chalk drawing of a helmeted bust of Minerva in a dark niche above a pedestal with a winged relief.

Bust of Minerva

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Pen and wash drawing of a woman's head turned sideways, with curled hair, a pearl earring and a necklace, on an arched sheet.

Hoofd van Venus

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Pencil drawing of ruined Doric temple columns with fallen drums and small figures in grass, Agrigento, 1778.

Resten van Juno Lucina tempel in het oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Pen drawing of Juno Lucina temple at Agrigento with floor plan, section, and perspective of columns and steps.

Plattegrond en opstand van Juno Lucina tempel in het oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Watercolor and ink drawing of fallen stone blocks from a ruined temple, a tree at right, and a small seated figure in red.

Resten van Zeus Olympus tempel bij Agrigento

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil drawing of ruined Doric temple columns and fallen stones in Agrigento, with a figure gesturing beside trees.

Resten van Hercules tempel in oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Woodcut of bearded sea god Poseidon and a crowned ruler by waves, with a rising sun and a horse.

Poseidon en een vorst op een boot

Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel, 1894

Engraving of a crowned woman seated with a peacock and sceptre, framed in an oval with coins and treasure motifs.

Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraving of Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a Medusa shield, with an owl, armor and books around her.

Minerva

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a chariot in the sky above figures gathered in an ornate rococo frame.

A Ceiling with Apollo Presiding over Military and Historical Learning

Anton Kern, 1740s

Engraving of two nude male wrestlers, Hercules lifting Antaeus, with a tree and towered town behind them.

Hercules and Antaeus

Nicoletto da Modena, 1490

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling Cacus in a landscape with bare trees, a distant town, and scattered armor.

Hercules and Cacus

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of a coat of arms with a wild man blowing horns above, a wild man leading hunting dogs on the shield, framed by vines

The Arms of Johann Tscherte

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman asleep on a bed while a satyr figure looks on from the shadows at left.

Jupiter and Antiope

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Engraving of Minerva with a shield and coat of arms, a putto painting it, and putti holding garlands beside monogram cartouch

Minerva and the Arms of François Sublet de Noyers Painted by the Genius of Painting

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a labyrinth on a shore with Theseus and Ariadne in the foreground, a dog, ships at sea, and a hilltop castle.

Theseus en Ariadne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Minerva beside a colonnade watching figures transform into flying birds, with a hilly landscape and Latin verses

Minerva verandert Perdix in een vogel

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Etching of two gods dining at a round table in a thatched cottage, served by an elderly couple, with a temple and city behind

Jupiter en Mercurius bezoeken Philemon en Baucis

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Hercules wrestling a bull-headed river god beside a tree, with a bull and onlookers on a hill behind.

Hercules worstelt met Acheloüs

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Hercules aiming a bow at the centaur Nessus, who carries a woman, beside a river and distant city.

Hercules doodt Nessus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Hercules rising to the gods in a chariot, with Jupiter, an eagle and a burning pyre on a mountain below.

Apotheose van Hercules

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Mercury helping a man out of a pile of nude bodies, with a tree and woman's torso at left.

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right holding a staff and taking the hand…

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1490-1525

Etching of Perseus on a rearing winged horse above a sea monster lying on rocks beside a tree.

Perseus en het zeemonster

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1907

Circular etching of Apollo with a bow beside a slain python coiled among trees, with small dancing figures in the distance.

Apollo Killing the Python

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Etching of Apollo chasing Daphne through a wooded landscape with mountains behind, with Latin verses below.

Apollo and Daphne

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Engraving of Minerva in a weaving workshop with women at looms, a cherub, and ships visible through a window.

Minerva leidt een weverij

Frans de Bakker, 1752

Engraving of a woman as Diana with a falcon, bow, quiver and hound, wearing a plumed hat.

Portret van een vrouw als Diana

Salomon Savery, 1645

Engraving of a centaur and a woman holding an infant before a thatched hut, with Latin verses below.

Apollo vertrouwt Aesculapius toe aan Chiron

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602