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Mythology

8,155 works

Engraving of goddess Minerva with spear and shield facing a seated nude figure in a cave with a snake, Latin text below.

Minerva en Afgunst

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Actaeon with stag antlers and hounds beside bathing nymphs at a stone basin, after Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Diana en Actaeon

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Narcissus leaning over a basin, gazing at his reflection, with a spout and trees in the background.

Narcissus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of a man embracing a woman on a canopied bed, a cupid above, and a landscape with tower seen through an arch.

Apollo verleidt Leucothea

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the nude hero Hercules struggling with a serpent-like hydra, club raised, cloak flying, Latin inscription at rig

Hercules and the Hydra

Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Engraving of muses and laureate poets around a fountain, with Pegasus rearing above a stream on Mount Parnassus.

Assembly of the muses and poets on Mount Parnassus

Cherubino Alberti, 1570

Etching of a seated man and woman in classical dress embracing under a large tree in a forest landscape.

Orpheus troost Eurydice

Jean Grandjean, 1765

Engraved title page with a seated armored man, a winged angel, a shackled figure, grape vines and a circular title cartouche.

Minerva en twee geketende figuren

Reinier van Persijn, 1650

Engraved title page with a seated helmeted figure, a winged figure and a bound figure, under a grapevine border.

Minerva en twee geketende figuren

Reinier van Persijn, 1659

Engraving of Diana leaning over the reclining Endymion on a cloud, with cupids at left and a sleeping dog in the foreground.

Diana en Endymion

Thomas Chambars, 1734

Catalogue spread with grids of reproduced paintings, mostly mythological and figurative scenes, some in round frames.

Fotoreproductie van tien schilderijen met voornamelijk mythologische scenes

Johannes Jaeger, 1872

Blue-toned print of Perseus holding a sword and Medusa's severed head above classical ruins.

Perseus

Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino, 1570/1580

Etching of a reclining youth with a staff as a female figure with a crescent moon swoops toward him from the upper right.

Diana and Endymion

Daniël van den Dyck, c. 1650

Pen and wash drawing of Minerva and nine Muses playing instruments in a wooded landscape with a distant castle.

Minerva and the Muses

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1610

Mezzotint portrait of a woman with a crescent headpiece, holding a spear beside a dog, in a cloudy landscape.

Portret van Rebecca Lockhart als Diana

James MacArdell, 1749

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining figure at a banquet with attendants, plus smaller figure studies on the sheet.

Herakles beim Mahl

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Black and white print of a bearded hero struggling with armored warriors among bare trees, with a distant town and birds.

Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins

Albrecht Dürer, 1496

Engraving of Apollo with the muses and putti playing instruments within an ornate rococo frame, 1719.

Apollo en de Muzen

Bernard Picart, 1719

Watercolor and pen drawing of a hunting party feast with dogs, dead game, cherubs and figures in a scrolled frame.

Diana Resting after the Hunt

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1775/1780

Engraving of Minerva with three graces, a lyre player, a sunburst, and a distant hunting scene among flowers and armor.

Schoonheid met Minerva en de drie gratieën

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1771

Engraving of Amor and Psyche's wedding feast with nude figures, cherubs, a banquet table, musicians and a rocky landscape.

Huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1520

Engraving of reclining Silenus with a wine jug, a satyr and goat at a table, with grapevines overhead.

Silenus, a Satyr and a Goat

Giorgio Ghisi, 1540

Engraving of centaur Chiron and a youth holding an infant beside a hut, with small figures and a landscape behind.

Apollo Entrusting Chiron with the Education of Asclepius

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of Venus reclining nude beside Cupid aiming a bow, with two doves and a wooded hillside landscape beyond.

Venus und Amor

Johann Gottfried Bartsch

Engraving of Bacchus embracing Ariadne near a cave, with satyrs, cherubs, a grapevine garland and a sea view.

Bacchus und Ariadne

Print of a nude woman beside a pedestal, with draped women in a doorway and a winged figure hanging garland above.

Venus Epithalamia. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1871

Engraving of a woman in feathered headdress holding a staff under a starry sky, with masks and a jester below.

Pandora als Fastnacht

Brown wash drawing of winged cupids, one drawing a bow at a target while others kneel and sit around him.

Design of putti at play

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Etching of five emblem groups with farm tools, baskets, a wine barrel, a wheelbarrow, a book and lamp, and floral garlands.

Attributen behorende bij landbouw en Bacchus

Johann Carl Schleich, 1769

Engraving of the classical Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude standing male figure with a draped cloak and serpent by a tree.

Apollo Belvedere

Jan de Bisschop, 1663

Etching of a muscular bearded Hercules standing nude with a lion skin draped over his arm, on a rocky base.

Staande Hercules een hand met appel op zijn rug

Jan de Bisschop, 1663

Etching of a muscular bearded nude Hercules standing beside a rock, draped in a lion skin, with hatched background.

Staande Hercules

Jan de Bisschop, 1663