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Mythology

8,035 works

Drawing of a reclining nude woman with arms raised, shaded in grey on blue-grey paper, identified as Venus.

Venus

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1810

Etching of satyrs by a ruined wall, an embracing pair at center, pipes and a drum on the ground, and a sleeping figure at low

Satyr Family with a Truncated Pyramid, from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Engraving of a statue group: Venus embraces Mars, who holds a spear, with a shield and sword at their feet.

Venus en Mars

Angelo Bertini, 1793

Engraved print of a classical marble statue of Venus standing nude on a pedestal, one hand over her breast, with the word VEN

Venus

Angelo Bertini, 1793

Engraving of a marble statue group: nude Adonis with a spear embraced by Venus, who kisses his neck, on a pedestal.

Adonis neemt afscheid van Venus voor de jacht

Angelo Bertini, 1793

Engraving of a marble sculpture showing Theseus clubbing a fallen centaur, with an inscribed title and dedication below.

Theseus overwint de centaur

Pietro Bettelini, 1773

Engraved print of a reclining nude woman seen from behind on a cushioned couch, after Canova's Venus Victrix, 1816.

Pauline Borghese Bonaparte als Venus Victrix

Angelo Bertini, 1816

Engraving of a helmeted hero with raised club overpowering a centaur on a rocky base, after a marble group.

Theseus overwint de centaur

Pietro Bonato, 1775

Engraving of four trumpeters on prancing horses wearing plumed helmets, sounding long trumpets with banners behind them.

Personificaties van Nobelheid (Nobilitas) en Minerva als Wijsheid

Matthäus Merian, 1618

Engraving of an ornate chariot pulled by winged horses, carrying robed figures with palm fronds and a crowned figure beneath

Ruiterportret van Friedrich Achilles von Württemberg-Neuenstadt en twee martelaars met palmtakken

Matthäus Merian, 1618

Etching of a sleeping nude woman reclining on a bed with her head resting on her arm, sketched in loose lines.

Venus

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Pen and ink sketches of mythological figures, chariots, winged horses and draped forms arranged across a sheet of paper.

A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths

Alessandro Maganza, 1580

Watercolor of Orpheus playing a lute surrounded by lions, deer, horses, birds and other animals in a forest clearing.

Orpheus charming the animals

Jacob Hoefnagel, 1613

Grey wash drawing of people in period dress walking a tree-lined avenue past low buildings and a fence, sign reading Champs-E

Relais, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (recto); Scene from the Life of Odysseus (verso)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a woman with fish and a triton lifting a conch shell to his lips.

Mädchen mit Triton und Fischen

Cornelis de Wael, 1620

Engraving of Hercules with a clothed woman, a satyr and nude figures among trees, with a castle on a hill behind.

Hercules at the Crossroads

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1498

Etching of a bearded triton embracing a nymph beside a winged cherub and a sea monster on a rocky shore.

Triton en nimf

Caspar Jacob van Opstal, 1670

Engraved lunette print of a helmeted rider on a rearing winged horse, Pegasus, above clouds and a landscape.

Perseus op Pegasus

Charles de La Haye, 1651

Etched ornamental cartouche with a central scene of a woman riding a bull, surrounded by rococo scrollwork and putti heads.

Jupiter ontvoert Europa

Gerrit Visscher, 1690

Engraved ornament sheet with a central cartouche showing a mythological scene and surrounding round medallions with foliate m

Ornament met Venus die Adonis probeert te weerhouden van de jacht en verschillende ronde ornamenten

Gerrit Visscher, 1690

Engraving of the sleeping nude Endymion in a forest, with a winged figure approaching from the left.

Endymion bezocht door Diana

Alexandre Vincent Sixdéniers, 1803

Brown and cream print of a reclining nude woman beside a swan with spread wings in a dark setting, depicting Leda and the swa

Leda en de zwaan

John B. Skippe, 1781

Two hand-colored plates of Diana Agrotera in draped red-bordered robes with quiver and bow, standing on pedestals.

Diana Agrotera

Day & Co., 1855

Open book with a hand-coloured plate of the Minerva statue from Herculaneum beside a page of printed text.

Minerva

Day & Co., 1855

Engraving of the muse Calliope seated with a laurel wreath, holding an open book, with stacked books beside her.

Calliope, plate 1 from the series The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of armored Minerva seated among cannons, armor and tools, with a battle and a city in the background.

Minerva als patrones van de krijgskunst

Jan Sadeler, 1597

Engraving of Apollo seated under a tree with a lyre, surrounded by books, instruments and a garden with scholars.

Apollo als patroon van de kunsten

Jan Sadeler, 1597

Pen drawing of Apollo standing beside the satyr Marsyas, who plays a pipe, with onlookers and trees in the background.

Apollo en Marsyas

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1611

Pen and wash sketch of the Birth of Venus with nude figures, winged putti and sea creatures among clouds.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, 1710

Engraving of Apollo and the Muses with nude figures, a keyboard instrument, a flute player, and flying figures in a landscape

Apollo en de muzen

Nikolaas van Hoy, 1660

Engraving of Achilles fighting river gods in the water while gods and winged figures look on from clouds above.

Achilles in gevecht met de riviergoden Scamander en Simois

Carl Friedrich Mayr, 1850

Engraving of Venus at her toilette in a garden, attended by nude women and cupids, with an ornate fountain at right.

Toilet van Venus

Bernard Picart, 1702