New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Mythology

8,155 works

Engraved ornamental print with an oval cartouche showing Venus in a chariot pulled by two swans, surrounded by scrolling foli

Ovale cartouche met Venus op een wagen, getrokken door twee zwanen

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1565

Pen drawing of an ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a nude man wrestling a lion, and winged figures.

Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a charioteer dragging a body behind a chariot, with a winged figure above and a city in the distance.

Achilles Dragging Hector's Body Behind His Carriage

Ferdinand Delamonce, 1713

Engraving of Europa riding a white bull in a wooded grove, attended by women and cherubs beneath the trees.

Europa en Jupiter in een landschap met bomen

Edmé Jeaurat, 1709

Engraving of Apollo with three Muses beside a tree and rocky mountains, with an explanatory inscription below.

Apollo, Melpomene, Kalliope en Clio

Edmé Jeaurat, 1719

Engraving of helmeted Minerva seated with an owl and shield, surrounded by cherubs with books and drawing tools.

Minerva omringd door engelen

Jan Luyken, 1693

Engraving of Bacchus with a raised wine cup, grape-crowned figure, companion holding grapes, and mountains behind, in an orna

Bacchus

Herman Löwenstam, 1858

Grey wash drawing of nymphs around a reclining woman in a wooded landscape, a fountain at right and a hunter with hounds in t

Diana und Kallisto, im Hintergrund der sich nähernde Aktaion

Jacob Lois, 1643

Engraving of satyrs lifting Silenus onto a donkey beside a third satyr holding its rope, with trees and a vase.

Twee satyrs zetten Silenus op een balkende ezel

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Engraving of a satyr approaching a sleeping nude nymph beside an amphora, with a herm and draped trees behind.

Satyr besluipt een slapende nimf

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Engraving of a seated nude youth playing a lyre beside a grazing cow, a dog, a classical column and a tree stump.

Apollo bewaakt de kudde van Admetus

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Engraving of two nude satyr figures with a child in a woven basket between them, with tree trunks and a torch.

Twee fauns dragen een kind in een mand

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1513

Pen drawing of a grotesque satyr-like mask made of curling leaves, with horns and a snarling open mouth.

Satyr-like leaf mask

Christoph Amberger

Engraving of two classical female busts, one above the other, with leafy headdresses and draped garments.

Twee bustes van bacchantes

Reinier van Persijn, 1640

Engraved title page with Minerva in armor on the left, Ceres with grain on the right, and a winged horse above.

Ornamentele titelpagina met Minerva en Ceres

Zacharias Dolendo, 1606

Engraving of Venus reclining nude while three Graces attend her and cupids gather around, with a draped bed and a vase of flo

Venus door de gratiën aangekleed

Robert Strange, 1759

Engraved print of a reclining nude Venus on a bed with a dog, attendants and a chest in an interior setting.

Venus van Urbino

Robert Strange, 1768

Engraving of Venus blindfolding Cupid, with attendants holding a bow and arrows against a cloudy landscape.

Venus blinddoekt Cupido

Robert Strange, 1769

Pen and grey wash drawing of Venus and Apollo with Cupid floating among clouds, one arm raised.

Venus, Apoll und Amor, durch die Wolken schwebend

Johann Matthias Kager

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus bending over a fallen youth beside a shield, with a dog, cupids, and doves.

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis

Giuseppe Cades, 1780

Engraved plate of an ancient marble tripod altar dedicated to Apollo, with a detailed plan of its zodiac basin below.

Tripod gewijd aan Apollo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Engraving of a muscular classical statue of Hercules with a lion skin and a child, on a pedestal with inscription.

The Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman resting her head on her hand, with a winged cupid beside her and a wreathed figure holding a cup

Ariadne, Cupid and Bacchus

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1788

Engraving of nude bathing nymphs in a wooded landscape beside a rock and pool, with draped cloth and foliage.

Bathing Nymphs

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 1, 1787

Sepia engraving of a bearded painter with palette and brushes, beside a cherub holding a dog's chain and a bow.

Guercino Self-Portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1790-99

Pen and wash drawing of Venus and Cupid under a draped tent, with Flora and Zephyr embracing at left.

Venus und Amor unter einem Zelt sitzend, links von ihnen stehen Flora und Zephir

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Pen sketch of clouds, putti, a sun chariot and seated gods arranged across a celestial composition on pale paper.

Tierkreis mit Jupiter und Merkur, vor denen ein Fürst sitzt, rechts unten Phoebus auf dem Sonnenwagen, links oben der…

Engraving of a seated Minerva-like figure in a plumed helmet with a staff, flanked by a warrior, cherubs and armour, with Fre

Allegorie van Minerva met kunsten en wetenschappen

Augustin Jacques Renard de Saint-André, 1695

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a staff, on gray paper, with sketches at left.

Juno (?)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Engraving of a garden fountain with a triton figure, arching water jets and dolphin forms around a stepped basin.

Fontein met triton

Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated, a vine-crowned Bacchus reaching toward her, and a flying cherub above, 1576.

Bacchus, Ariadne und Venus

Hans Friedrich Schorer, 1576

Grey pencil drawing of Venus reclining beside Adonis under a tree, with a cupid and dog in the background.

Venus and Adonis