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Mythology

8,073 works

Engraving of a woman on a rocky shore reaching toward a distant ship, with a cherub beside her under a cloudy sky.

Die verlassene Ariadne

Angelica Kauffmann

Circular print of two women embracing beneath a tree, with a putto, bow and arrows, and a stream in the foreground.

Jupiter and callisto by BURKE, THOMAS 2

Angelica Kauffmann, 1782

Circular hand-coloured print of two women embracing under a tree, with a cherub and bow nearby, titled Jupiter and Callisto.

Jupiter and callisto by BURKE, THOMAS 5

Angelica Kauffmann

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing woman in a flowing draped gown, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Étude pour la Poésie, muse des arts

Marie Bracquemond

Nine women play music in a forest with Apollo and winged sirens in the foreground, and a ship sails at right.

The Nine Muses with Apollo trimming the wings of a Siren

Painting of Venus seated beside reclining Adonis, with Cupid, swans, hunting dogs and a spear in a landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Painting of a dying youth held by a woman in red beside a cupid, swans, hunting dogs, and a wooded landscape.

The death of Adonis

Maerten de Vos, 1575

Painting of nine musicians in a wooded grove beside a winged horse statue, with classical ruins and mountains in the distance

The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides

Engraving of Jupiter on an eagle hurling lightning above a seated woman, a bearded man with a staff, and a crowd.

Jupiter