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Mythology

7,952 works

Pastel drawing of a seated woman with a songbook and a winged cupid pointing, beneath a tree in a soft landscape.

Lady with Cupid and a Songbook by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 411

Cornelis Troost, 1745

Etching of Apollo standing with a lyre and quiver, haloed, beside a rocky outcrop and trees under a sunrise.

Apollo

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen drawing of Mercury with winged helmet and staff beside draped Minerva, with a cherub and clouds, on tan paper.

Scene with Mercury and Minerva

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of two armored men looking up at a woman pointing to cupids and a flying winged figure.

Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates

Antonio Balestra, 1713

Etching of Bacchus in a leafy wreath walking beside a large hound, with a classical urn and vine at the left.

Bacchus

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and wash sketch of Mercury handing an infant to a group of nymphs, with a standing nude figure at right.

Mercury Entrusting Infant Bacchus to Nymphs

Style of François Boitard, 1690/1715

Engraving of William Hogarth seated at an easel, palette in hand, painting a sketch of the Comic Muse beside a column.

Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse

William Hogarth, 1764

Etching of Venus on a cloud chariot with a dove, a reclining Adonis below, and hunting dogs in a wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of a shady grove with a seated nymph beside a large tree and a rocky bank.

Shady Grove with Nymph Seated Under Tree

Adam Friedrich Oeser, n.d.

Engraving of Hercules with a nude hero, a clothed woman, a satyr, a reclining nude and a putto in a wooded landscape.

Hercules

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Etching of three women in flowing robes walking arm in arm through a landscape with trees and a fountain.

The Three Graces

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and ink drawing of three women playing harp, flute and pipe among trees in a woodland clearing.

Nymphs Playing Musical Instruments

Attributed to Nicolas René Jollain, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone grotto with arched openings, surrounded by dense trees and shrubs.

The Grotto of the Nymph Egeria

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Etching of Apollo chasing Daphne, whose arms are turning into laurel branches, running across a landscape.

Apollo and Daphne

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and watercolor drawing of Venus and Adonis seated in an oval landscape with a cupid and dog at their feet.

Venus and Adonis

Attributed to Gennaro Landi, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of nymphs and fauns dancing around a pan herm, with a reclining nude in the foreground.

Bacchanal, nymphs and fauns dance around a pan herm

Raymond de Lafage

Etching of nine muses with musical instruments under a tree, with an armored figure holding a mask shield at right.

The Nine Muses

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Woodblock print of a hawk on a perch, a sparrow in flight, and white narcissus flowers with calligraphy above.

Falcon, sparrow, and narcissus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

The Hill of Venus - Male Nude - Study of one of the Reapers for Reapers Appealing to Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, 1866

Etching of a figure riding a soaring eagle over rocky, wave-like terrain beneath a hatched sky.

Jupiter and Ganymede

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Sepia wash drawing of a horned, bearded faun holding a cornucopia, with a reclining putto in the lower left.

Seated Faun Holding Cornucopia (recto); Sketch of Tree and House (verso)

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and chalk drawing on blue paper of Bacchus and Ariadne reclining under a tree with cherubs bringing grapes.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1742

Etching of a woman seated on a horned bull crossing rough waves toward a distant shore with small figures.

Jupiter and Europa

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two men carrying a dead naked man past a torch bearer, with a kneeling figure and a stone arch behind.

Saints Abdon and Sennen Bury the Remains of Christian Martyrs

Guillaume Courtois, 1656/57

Drawing of a standing female nude with white chalk highlights on brown paper, flanked by faint studies of other figures.

Female Nude - Three Studies, possibly for Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, 1865

Etching of Apollo and Marsyas: a standing figure in drapery beside a bound nude figure against a tree trunk, with landscape a

Apollo and Marsyas

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Watercolor of a ruined temple colonnade with a seated Jupiter statue and small figures gesturing toward it, in a circular fra

Architectural Capriccio: Interior of a temple ruin with a statue of Jupiter tonans and figures

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pencil and watercolor drawing of Theseus peering around a labyrinth wall at the horned head of the Minotaur.

Tile Design - Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth

Edward Burne-Jones, 1861

Etching of a centaur carrying a draped rider through water while an archer draws a bow at left.

Hercules and Deianira

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil sketch of a woman in evening dress beside a classical statue figure, on aged yellowed paper.

Lady in Evening Dress with Figure of Venus de Milo

William Page, 1870

Monochrome print of a satyr peering over a nude nymph, with another nymph and dense foliage in a dark woodland setting.

Nymphs and a satyr

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1927

Etching of a woman reclining on a bed as a bearded male figure emerges from swirling clouds and flames above.

Jupiter et Sémélé

Stefano Della Bella, 1644