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Mythology

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Woodcut of muscular Hercules wrestling Cacus with a draped woman behind him and ornamental scrollwork below.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and Cacus

Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528

Woodcut of nude Hercules fighting armored giants with a club and shield, surrounded by fallen helmets and armor.

Hercules and the Giants, from Scenes from the Life of Hercules

Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528

Woodcut of Hercules raising a club among two satyrs and a woman, with dense hatching and a dragon in the background.

Hercules, Two Satyrs, and a Woman, plate two from The Labors of Hercules

Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528

Woodcut of a muscular bearded man rising from flames and clouds, surrounded by arrows and a club, Hercules on the pyre.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on the Pyre

Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528

Red chalk drawing of gods Jupiter and Neptune with eagle, horses and putti presenting a heraldic shield in clouds.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Paying Homage to the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Borghese

Simone Cantarini, early 1640s

Etching of a bearded old saint seated among a skull, book, bowl and prayer beads beneath wooden beams, labeled Achillas.

Heilige Achilles

Frederick Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of an elderly bearded saint seated in a cave with a rosary, light streaming in from the upper right.

Heilige Apollo van Hermopolis

Frederick Bloemaert, 1636

Engraved landscape with Orpheus playing lyre beside nymphs, a river, boat, arched bridge and castle under clouds.

Landschap met musicerende Orpheus en Eurydice, die wordt gebeten door een slang

Étienne Baudet, 1701

Engraving of a seated helmeted goddesses with a Medusa shield and owl, framed by weapons, books and instruments.

Three goddesses seated in clouds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Pencil sketch of a nude youth leaning on a tree trunk, a study after a classical sculpture, dated 1887.

Drawing of a copy of Praxiteles' sculpture "Apollo Sauroktonos" in the Vatican Museums

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules standing on a hydra, leaning on a club, with sketches at right.

The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra

Guercino, c. 1618

Engraving of Minerva with spear and shield protecting a seated crowned woman and a lion from a swooping eagle.

Minerva beschermt de Nederlandse maagd, 1815

Reinier Vinkeles, 1815

Etching of Perseus on winged Pegasus rescuing Andromeda from a sea monster, with a city and crowd in the background.

Tableau vivant met Perseus en Andromeda

Pieter Nolpe, 1642

Etching of Venus embracing Adonis beneath a tree, with a spear and a distant landscape at right.

Venus en Adonis

Laurent de La Hyre, 1630

Lithograph of two classically dressed figures, a curly-haired man and a veiled woman, with French caption, by Honoré Daumier.

Mon char, mes javelots, tout cela m'importune. Je ne me souviens plus des leçons de Neptune (Phèdre).Sarjasta Physion…

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Sepia print of a pastoral landscape with a large tree, cattle herd, a seated piper, and a ruined tower by a river.

Landschap met Apollo en Mercurius, die de kudde van Admetus wegdrijft

Richard Earlom, 1775

Sepia engraving of a pastoral landscape with large trees, grazing cattle, three figures on a path, and a distant hilltop town

Landschap met Cephalus en Procris herenigd door Diana

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraved landscape with a seated figure by a river, tall pines on both sides, and a winged figure on a cloud above distant mo

Jupiter in a Landscape

Crescenzio Onofri, 1696

Engraved allegorical title page with Hercules and winged Victoria above seated women, putti, a pyramid and columns.

Hercules gekroond door Victoria

Joseph Mulder, 1698

Engraving of a reclining woman attended by women and a child beneath draped cloth between olive trees, with a hilltop town be

Leto na de geboorte van Apollo en Diana

Diana Scultori, 1557

Engraving of a reclining woman under a draped canopy with attendants, children and trees, with a hilltop town in the distance

Latona after the Birth of Apollo and Diana

Diana Scultori, 1557

Engraving of Cupid above a mythological wedding preparation scene with an elephant, camel, giraffe and seated nude figure.

Voorbereidingen voor het huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (linkerdeel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Engraving of a mythological banquet with nude figures, satyrs and musicians beneath a garland trellis, by Diana Scultori, 157

Voorbereidingen voor het huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (middendeel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Engraving of nude mythological figures and winged putti preparing a wedding in a rocky grotto under oak trees.

Voorbereidingen voor het huwelijksfeest van Amor en Psyche (rechterdeel)

Diana Scultori, 1575

Pastel drawing of a sleeping nude woman on orange drapery, watched by a bearded man peering from behind red curtains.

Jupiter and Antiope

Heinrich Dittmers, 1625-1677

Brown wash drawing with Judith and Holofernes studies, an ornate cartouche, and sketches of putti and figures on one sheet.

Judith and Holofernes and Other Studies (recto); Diana and Endymion (verso)

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, c. 1718

Engraving of a formal garden with a tall central fountain, hedges, obelisks and a pavilion, with figures on a path.

Gezicht op de fontein van Triton in de tuinen van Kasteel Rosendael

Engraving of a bearded hero wrestling a large antlered deer beside a fire, with Latin text beneath.

Heracles Capturing the Ceryneian Hind, from the series: The Labours of Hercules (13)

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a nude winged youth and a seated draped woman beside a lyre and tree in a landscape.

The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love

Charles Meynier, 1797

Caricature of two classical heroes clubbing a many-headed hydra with political labels emerging from a columned building.

Spotprent met Wellington als Hercules

John Doyle, 1844

Engraving of Hercules leading the three-headed dog Cerberus on a chain past burning ruins and stone blocks.

Hercules Capturing Cerberus

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of Venus seated under a tree receiving fruit offerings from draped women, with cupids and a Latin verse below.

Venus ontvangt geschenken

Aegidius Sadeler, 1580