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Mythology

8,035 works

Pen and gray wash drawing of Apollo driving a sun chariot among clouds, with horses, putti and draped female attendants.

Apollo and Phaeton

Edward Francis Burney

Grey-wash drawing of Perseus with shield battling a sea monster while Andromeda reaches up in an octagonal frame.

Perseus and Andromeda

Edward Francis Burney

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated holding a staff, with a winged cupid reaching up beside her in an oval frame.

Venus and Cupid

Edward Francis Burney

Oval watercolor drawing of nude mythological figures, including a seated bearded Vulcan, gods, and a winged cupid.

Vulcan and The Gods and Goddesses

Edward Francis Burney

Painting of an old winged man holding a nude winged infant, with a scythe and skull on the ground beside them.

Chronos Clipping the Wings of Cupid

Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Painting of winged old Father Time clutching a struggling naked infant Cupid while clipping his wings, with a skull and scyth

Father Time clipping Cupid's wings

Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Painting of drunken Silenus held up by satyrs, surrounded by grapes, a flute player, a nymph and putti in a vine-covered sett

Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes, with women in white and gold, a red drape, and a bearded man with a sp

Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of Thetis among cherubs and armour, with a muscular man and a winged cupid above under a stormy sky.

Thetis receives the new armour for Achilles in Vulcan's forge

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of women in a columned hall, one in red raising a sword while others gather around jewelry and a shield.

Odysseus discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of playful putti with a leopard, grapes and flowers in a wooded landscape, after Anthony van Dyck.

Anthony van Dyck - The triumph of Bacchus

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of Venus with red drapery pleading before a bearded Vulcan as cherubs gather around a helmet and armor.

Venus cajoling Vulcan for Arms for Aeneas

Anthony van Dyck, 1599

Damaged print of a nude woman in red drapery beside a small nude putto, with scratched, flaking dark surface.

Venus Beseeching Vulcan to Forge Arms for Aeneas

Anthony van Dyck, 1599

Painting of Leda embracing a swan with spread wings, draped in red fabric, with a landscape at the right edge.

Leda and the Swan

Anthony van Dyck, 1599

Classical scene of women gathered by columns, a woman with a raised sword, spilled gold jewelry, a dog and a horse.

Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes

Anthony van Dyck, 1632

Painting of a young boy posed as Cupid with a raised arrow, quiver, red drapery and dark wings.

Charles Hamilton, Earl of Arran (1634 - 1640), as Cupid (a fragment copy after Van Dyck)

Anthony van Dyck, 1599

Engraving of sleeping Antiope reclining nude while Jupiter reaches toward her, an eagle descending above.

Jupiter en Antiope. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53011787

Anthony van Dyck, 1477

Winged cupid with blond curls draws a bow beside the sea, wearing red drapery, with shells on the shore.

Cupid preparing his Bow to strike Pluto (after Van Dyck)

Anthony van Dyck

Etching of a nude woman with raised arms standing in shallow sea water beside rocks, with diagonal lines across the scene.

Diana's Pool, Appledore

Painting of Mercury on a cloud gesturing to nymphs cradling an infant beside goats and a rocky waterfall landscape.

Boucher - Mercury confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs, c. 1732 - 1734

François Boucher, 1732

Oval rococo scene of a reclining nude Venus on clouds with a cherub, peacocks, and a gilded chair.

Boucher - The Toilet of Venus, 1760

François Boucher, 1760

Brown wash drawing of goddess in clouds lifting a warrior above a battlefield of fallen soldiers and horses.

Boucher - Venus Rescuing Paris from Menelaus, 1760-1765

François Boucher, 1760

Tapestry of a mythological scene with a bearded sea god reaching toward a woman, waves and sea creatures at left, forest at r

Neptune et Amymoné, PPO3528

François Boucher, 1764

Tapestry of Neptune with trident beside Amymoné on a shore, with tritons in waves and cherubs above, in a gilded border.

Neptune et Amymoné, PPO3528(2)

François Boucher, 1764

Tapestry of women attending a seated figure on a gilded chair in a garden with stone balustrades and tall trees.

The Toilette of Psyche from The Story of Psyche tapestry series, by François Boucher (Getty 103SC9)

François Boucher

Engraving of Apollo and Pegasus above a muse, cherubs and nymphs surrounding a bust on a pedestal.

Apollon et Pégase, Muse de la Tragédie, amours, nymphes... ..., entourant le buste de Crébillon : estampe (État avant…

François Boucher

Colored engraving of a reclining nude woman with flowers in her hair, with an eagle and clouds in the background.

Jupiter et Danaé : estampe / gravé d'après le dessin de F. Boucher par L. Bonnet

François Boucher

Print of Venus reclining with a Cupid, doves and a bundle of arrows, drawn in red and black chalk tones.

L'Amour prie Venus de lui rendre ses armes. : [estampe] / F. Boucher del. ; L. Bonnet Sculp. 1768

François Boucher, 1768

Engraved print of Neptune with trident among sea horses and cherubs, under clouds and a sunburst over a distant coastline.

La Colère de Neptune : estampe / F. Boucher invenit ; F. A. Aveline Sculpsit

François Boucher

Red chalk print of a reclining nude woman with a small white dog, draped in grey cloth before a red curtain.

Le Reveil de Venus. : [estampe] / F. Boucher del. ; L. Bonnet Sculp

François Boucher

Red chalk drawing of three nude bacchantes with a grape-topped thyrsus staff, signed F. Boucher 1759.

Trois Bacchantes nues : estampe (État sans autre lettre que la signature de Boucher) / F. Boucher 1759 ; Demarteau

François Boucher, 1759

Red chalk print of a reclining nude nymph, a bearded triton holding a shell, a second nymph behind, and cherubs in clouds.

Naïades et Triton : estampe (État avec le bord inf. de l'encadrement reconstitué, les armes et la dédicace supprimées…

François Boucher