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Mythology

7,987 works

Engraving of a bearded sculpted Jupiter with thunderbolt, eagle and ram in a niche, after Hubert Quellinus, 1655.

Sculpture of Jupiter in the southern gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of Achilles in a chariot dragging Hector's body past city walls, with soldiers and spectators in the scene.

Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot

Bernard Picart, 1719

Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1716: Apollo crowns Terence while Thalia and a flute-playing child stand nearby before a Roman c

Apollo crowns Terence with laurel

Bernard Picart, 1716

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular horned satyr with curly hair, raising one arm and holding a long staff.

A Satyr

Benvenuto Cellini, 1544

Engraved oval portrait of Christian Friedrich Weisse in a powdered wig and lace cravat, with a name plaque below.

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WEISSE Delights of the Muses

Johann Elias Haid, 1780

Engraving in an oval roundel of reclining classical gods, one holding a trident and another wearing a helmet.

Apollo, Neptune, Pluto and Athena. From a series of four engravings: Gods and goddesses in roundels

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bacchanale with a satyr playing reed pipes beside reclining figures under tall trees.

Bacchanale, with Satyr Playing Reeds

Circle of Bartolomeo Biscaino, n.d.

Etching of two centaurs fighting on a snowy mountain slope, with a fallen figure and a dark cloudy sky behind.

Battling Centaurs

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus beside Cupid, shown as a sculpture in an arched niche.

Venus with Cupid (trompe-l'œil sculpture)

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink and wash sketch of a fountain design with a central standing figure and reclining figures on rocks.

Design for a nymph fountain

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash drawing of two muscular nude men raising clubs above serpent heads, Guercino, 1618.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Engraving of Hercules seated with a club beside Omphale, a winged cupid at lower left, in a wooded landscape.

Hercules and Omphale

Etching of playful putti and bacchanten with grapes, a wine jug and a basket on a stone ledge in a landscape.

Frieze with eight bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Etching of five nude putti drinking wine beside a barrel, with grapes, a jug and a grapevine in the background.

Five bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Engraving of Neptune standing nude on a dolphin, holding a trident and a fleur-de-lis globe, with billowing drapery.

Neptune with trident and globe standing on a dolphin

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Red chalk drawing of Venus in a swan-drawn chariot approaching Jupiter on clouds, with an eagle, cherubs and other gods in an

Venus in her chariot drawn by swans visits Jupiter, above that Ganymede and on the right Juno and Mars

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Engraved bird's-eye view of formal gardens, fountains, and a palace on a wooded hillside, with a monument at the top.

View of the gardens, the Hercules monument and the water feature at Karlsberg

Alessandro Specchi, 1706

Engraved view of a hilltop classical building above a rocky grotto with cascading fountains and sculpted figures below.

View of the Hercules monument and water feature at Karlsberg

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1706

Engraving of Apollo with a laurel wreath dancing in a circle with nine draped Muses under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Muses dancing

Raphaël Urbain Massard, 1821

Engraving of infant Jupiter nursed by a nymph beside the goat Amalthea, with a figure at left and a tree overhead.

Jupiter als kind gevoed met melk van de geit Amalthea

Guillaume Chasteau, 1645

Pen and wash drawing of seated Hercules beside standing nude Omphale, with Cupid holding a club and figures behind a pedestal

Hercules and Omphale

Gaspare Diziani

Engraving of Mars in armor embracing nude Venus on a draped bed, with Cupid, a sword, and animals on the floor.

Mars en Venus als geliefden

Enea Vico, 1533

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed as a winged figure descends from above.

Jupiter and Semele

Gaspare Diziani

Engraving of Venus with cupids at Vulcan's forge, where smiths work on armour and a shield near winged figures in clouds.

Venus vraagt Vulcanus om een wapenrusting voor Aeneas

Pieter Tanjé, 1746

Engraving of an allegorical apotheosis: Jupiter above clouds, Minerva with spear and shield, and laurel-crowned heroes rising

Apotheose van helden onder de regering van Minerva

Pieter Tanjé, 1743

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing on a canopy bed, with Cupid wearing a helmet and armor scattered on the floor.

Mars and Venus

Jacob Matham, 1590

Engraving of Mars embracing Venus in a round frame, with Cupid, a shield, and a dragon in a landscape.

Mars, Venus, and Cupid

Jean Mignon, 1543

Pen and brown ink sketch of seated and standing figures with animals, with handwritten Dutch text at the right.

Jupiter mit Philemon und Baucis

Heyman Dullaert

Engraving of Hercules fighting centaurs, with clubs, shields and rearing horse bodies in a dense battle scene.

Hercules Fighting the Centaurs

Sebald Beham, 1542

Woodcut of two muscular nude men wrestling, one lifting the other, with a rocky cave and distant castle town.

Hercules and Antaeus

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion beside a tree and rocks, with a second lion in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Woodcut of a muscular bearded man draped in cloth, surrounded by flames and smoke, with weapons scattered below.

The Death of Hercules