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Mythology

7,962 works

Engraved interior of a rustic house with seated figures, a woman with vegetables, and hanging produce, with Latin text below.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Count Hendrik Goudt, 1612

Pencil drawing of a sleeping nymph on rocks, watched by a satyr peering from behind a tree in a wooded landscape.

Sleeping nymph spied on by a satyr

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pen sketch of women on horseback and kneeling nude figures near water, mythological scene by Leonaert Bramer.

Mythological scene with women on foot and on horseback by the water

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Sepia print of winged Cupid leaning toward reclining Psyche, holding hands, beside a rose garden and distant city.

Cupid and Psyche. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, 1867

Engraving of a crowned woman clutching a child as a helmeted man pulls the boy away, with a sword on the ground.

Ulysses Tearing from the Arms of Andromache her Son Astyanax

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1778

Red chalk sketch of a standing helmeted female figure holding a spear and round shield on pale paper.

Scratched-out Minerva figure

Jakob Smits, 1865

Pen and wash ceiling design of Jupiter and Juno enthroned among clouds, with putti, musicians and winged figures.

Design for a ceiling with the marriage of Jupiter and Juno

Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1748

Engraving of Bacchus with a grape-crowned figure raising a cup, a companion holding grapes, and a mountain landscape in an ov

Bacchus

Edouard Taurel, 1832

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Engraving of a nymph seated on a satyr's knee beneath a tree, with a reclining Cupid and bow at lower left.

Nymph on the knee of a satyr

Lucas Kilian, 1589

Engraving of Hercules lifting two ornate columns on his shoulders, with a wrestling figure and classical ruins in the backgro

Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gades, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (12)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Etching of a crescent-crowned goddess reclining beside a winged dragon, with a cupid and a serpent in the scene.

Triumphal chariot of Diana

Eloy Bonnejonne, 1640

Red chalk drawing of Cupid leaning on an arch between two smoking oil lamps, with bow and arrows, in a framed panel design.

Cupid on round arch between two burning oil lamps

Anna Alma Tadema, 1880

Engraving of Minerva leading a weaving workshop with women at looms and spinning, ships visible in a harbor beyond.

Minerva guides a weaving mill

Bernard Picart, 1717

Engraving of Diana and her nymphs resting in a forest, with hunting dogs, a cupid, and a satyr peeking from behind a tree.

Diana and her nymphs

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1520

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and cap, with printed name caption below.

Portrait of Achilles Pirminius Gasser

Johann Jacob Haid, 1747

Engraving of Jupiter nude and bearded, riding an eagle through clouds while holding a flaming thunderbolt.

Jupiter Riding an Eagle

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of a sleeping reclining nude woman on drapery in a forest clearing, with a sea view and sailboats at right.

Ariadne

Asher Brown Durand, 1835

Marble border with satyr head, head with laurel wreath and garland

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, glancing over her shoulder beside a rolled cloth.

Venus

Jurriaan Cootwijck, 1767

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes celebrating Bacchus around a garlanded herm in a wooded landscape with fruit offerings.

Feste de BACCHUS, celebrée par des Satyres et des Bacchantes

Claude Gillot, 1707

Engraved panoramic landscape showing the myth of Apollo and Marsyas with nude figures, Muses on a hill, and a distant city.

Apollo and Marsyas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Etching of a valley landscape with a helmeted figure on a cloud above a boar attacking a reclining nude man.

Mars's Revenge on Adonis

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Engraving of a giant seizing a small man on the ground while a woman looks on, from a Homeric scene.

Giants seize a companion of Odysseus

James Parker, 1805

Engraving of Odysseus seated apart at a table with Circe and a standing attendant, in classical Greek style.

Odysseus at table with Circe

James Parker, 1805

Etched landscape with a figure leading a lion along a path, tall trees, a village and hills, and a winged figure on a cloud a

Apollo and a Nymph Leading a Lion

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Line engraving of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot while a robed woman reaches toward him against a starry sky.

Lampetia complains to Apollo

James Parker, 1805

Etched landscape of two men beside a river with an eagle, rocky hills, trees, and a village under clouds.

A Man Showing Mercury the Eagle of Jupiter

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Engraved ceiling design with a central roundel showing Hercules, surrounded by eagles, putti and ornamental frames.

Ceiling with Hercules in medallion

Jean Lepautre, 1628

Engraved print of three ornamental friezes with scrolling foliage, animals, hunters and a figure with a lyre.

Three ornamental friezes with Apollo, animals and hunters

Abraham Helmhack, 1664

Engraving of a muscular bearded man and a nude woman seated together on a stone ledge, her arm on his shoulder.

Hercules und Omphale

Decorative print with a city goddess and five views of Amsterdam canals, harbor ships and church towers.

Reproduction of a drawing of the city goddess of Amsterdam, incorporating five photographs with cityscapes

Gerrit Hendricus Heinen, 1894