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Mythology

8,035 works

Engraving of nude nymphs in a forest by a pool, with Diana at left and a kneeling figure at center, waterfall behind.

Diana en Callisto

Bernard Picart, 1707

Engraving of Minerva with plumed helmet, raised spear, and owl at her feet beside a shield.

Minerva met wapenrusting en uil

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1610

Engraving of Venus gazing upward with Cupid holding her arm, a quiver of arrows at his side and a chariot in the clouds.

Venus en Cupido

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1610

Engraving of Apollo playing violin on Mount Parnassus with the Muses and poets under laurel trees, within an arched frame.

Apollo en muzen op berg Parnassus

Giovanni Volpato, 1743

Engraving of Hercules holding a club and lion skin as a servant offers him a cloth before classical columns.

Lichas Presenting Hercules with the Poisoned Tunic

Hand-colored drawing of a woman in flowing robes playing a long-necked lute, with red ribbons and floral hair ornament.

Benten (Goddess of Love)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pen and watercolour drawing of three classical figures beside a sleeping Cupid on a draped bed, with a column and red curtain

Ceres, Venus, Bacchus en slapende Amor

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus and Ceres in a shield-shaped cartouche, with grapes, wheat and a fruit bowl.

Bacchus en Ceres

Monogrammist KG, 1726

Engraving of Hercules and Iole, a seated muscular man and a nude woman with a staff, with a cherub above.

Hercules en Iole

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Diana drawing a bow from a cloud above, while Pan and a goat stand beneath a tree in a landscape.

Diana en Pan

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a nude woman chained to a rock, with a sea monster, a flying winged horse, and a crowned king on the right.

Andromeda Chained to a Rock

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Colour print of a frontal female face with snake-like hair rendered in yellow, red and blue inks within a red border.

Medusa

Ellen Thesleff, 1910

Engraving of Venus embracing Cupid, who whispers to her while she holds two doves, with a dedicatory inscription below.

Venus en Amor

Johann Friedrich Bause, 1775

Engraving of the centaur Chiron in a cave with women, as two young warriors approach, one wearing a lion skin.

Thetis Asks Chiron to be Achilles Teacher

Georg Pencz, 1543

Drawing of a nude woman reaching out near a tree, with a reclining figure by water in a blue-toned wooded landscape.

Landschaft mit Apollo und Daphne

Willem van Mieris

Engraving of Venus embracing a child among cherubs, with a swan and flying putti above a wooded landscape.

Venus en haar gevolg

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, 1786

Etching of a Roman temple scene with robed figures at an incense altar, sheep, and a statue of Jupiter in a niche.

De heilige Martina weigert Jupiter te aanbidden

Antonio Gherardi, 1654

Grey wash drawing with red chalk of a fountain with sea horses, putti and scrolled ornament, with Dutch handwriting below.

A neptune fountain

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Engraving of Minerva with a helmet and shield guiding a young boy in armor toward a temple on a rocky hill.

Lodewijk XV als kind met Minerva

Pierre Imbert Drevet, 1707

Engraving of Bacchus raising a cup, crowned with grapes, beside a companion holding grapes, in an oval landscape frame.

Bacchus

Johann Leypold, 1777

Lithograph of Apollo with a lyre beside Calliope holding a tablet, both crowned with laurel, on a pedestal labeled with their

Apollo en Calliope

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1851

Engraving of Diana and nymphs bathing in a forest stream as Actaeon and hunting dogs approach through the trees.

Diana en Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586

Engraving of reclining Venus with a cupid beside her, a pastoral landscape with shepherds on the right, in an oval frame.

Venus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1592

Engraving of Apollo with a laurel wreath and lyre beside Marsyas bound to a tree, Italian caption below.

Apollo voor de vastgebonden Marsyas

Francesco Giangiacomo, 1809

Engraving of the drunken Silenus reclining amid silver goblets and grapes, with Bacchus and companions at a banquet table in

Bacchus and Drunken Silenus - The Dream of Silenus

Frans van den Wyngaerde, 1635/40

Grey wash drawing in a circle of Venus and Adonis in a woodland with cupids, a dog and doves.

Ontwerp voor de decoratie van een horlogekast met Venus en Adonis

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1700

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin inscriptions and floral corner o

Portret van Achilles Pirminius Gasser op 72-jarige leeftijd

Dominicus Custos, 1612

Engraved title print of a helmeted warrior in a chariot with a winged figure and women riding horses, with a Latin inscriptio

Titelprent met Minerva op strijdwagen, geleid door Voorzichtigheid en Liefde

Antonio Tempesta, 1590

Etching of Psyche holding a lamp over the sleeping winged Cupid on a bed, with drapery framing the dark interior.

Amor en Psyche

Adam Friedrich Oeser, 1732

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures tending a child beneath a tree, with a winged figure hovering above and a goat nearby.

The Nurturing of Jupiter

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Engraving of Venus seated beside the nude body of dead Adonis on a bed, with Cupid standing at right and Italian verse below.

Venus en dode Adonis

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515

Engraving of Hercules wrestling a horned river god as three women with fruit baskets watch from the right.

Hercules worstelt met Acheloüs

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1515