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Mythology

8,035 works

Engraving of a draped female statue holding a swan, standing on a pedestal, printed on a book page numbered 149.

Standbeeld van Leda en de zwaan

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1636

Etching of a man pointing at a feathered-hatted woman in a room while two children watch near an open door.

October - Mars and Venus in Opposition from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

George Cruikshank, 1839, printed c. 1880

Engraving of Jupiter enthroned with Venus, a winged messenger, a cherub and an eagle within an oval border.

Venus beklaagt zich bij Jupiter over het lot van Aeneas

Simon Thomassin, 1665

Medusa

Ellen Thesleff, 1908

Sepia print of a coastal landscape with classical ruins, tall trees, two figures, and sailing boats in a harbor.

Kustgezicht met ruïne en Apollo met de Sibille van Cumae

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraved ornamental panel with a mythological scene of Bacchus and Ariadne in an oval, framed by scrolls and figures.

Bacchus en Ariadne omgeven door bladvormige ornamenten

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraving of Diana and Actaeon in a landscape on a drapery cartouche, surrounded by putti and leafy scrollwork.

Doek met Diana en Actaeon omringd door putti en bladvormige ornamenten

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches for laurel branches, with nude river gods and a cupid among trees.

Apollo en Daphne

Robert van Audenaerde, 1685

Pen and wash sketch of a muscular hero grappling with a flying draped figure above a reclining figure and flowers.

Hercules and Lichas

Filippo Falciatore, n.d.

Engraving of Venus descending to Neptune on stormy waves, with sea horses, a sailing ship and a flying cupid above.

Venus en Neptunus

Simon Fokke, 1775

Engraving of Minerva beside a kneeling youth before a temple, with a trumpeting winged figure in the clouds above.

Minerva en Telemachus voor een tempel

Simon Fokke, 1753

Engraving of Minerva with shield and spear, Cupid with a bow above, clouds, trees and distant ruins in a landscape.

Minerva beschermt Telemachus tegen pijlen van Amor

Simon Fokke, 1775

Etching of Jupiter seated among nymphs and cupids in clouds, with a figure pouring water and an eagle below.

The Deification of Aeneas by Nymphs and Cupids

Daniël van den Dyck, c. 1645

Engraving of Venus seated nude before a mirror held by cupid, with an attendant combing her hair beneath an arched curtain.

The Toilet of Venus

Willem Panneels, 1631

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with figures bathing by a stream beneath tall trees.

Landschaft mit Diana und Aktäon

Joseph Anton Koch, 1832

Engraving of Perseus holding up Medusa's head amid combatants in a columned hall, with a fallen warrior in the foreground.

Perseus Fighting against Phineus

Pietro Aquila, 1650

Woodcut of a wedding feast turned to violent swordfight, with figures at a table and an ornate decorative border.

Phineus verstoort de bruiloft van Perseus en Andromeda

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Woodcut of Minerva approaching the Muses in a forest, with a winged horse and lyre, framed by ornamental scrollwork.

Minerva bezoekt de Muzen op de berg Helicon

Virgilius Solis, 1569

Lithograph of Venus reconciling Paris and Helen in a classical interior with a frieze and draped figures.

Paris en Helena verzoend door Venus

Louis Emmanuel Soulange-Teissier, 1853

Engraving of a classical marble-style statue of Apollo, nude, holding a lyre and drapery, standing on an oval base.

Standbeeld van Apollo met lier en doek

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of a nude statue of Apollo crowned with laurel, holding the flayed skin of Marsyas on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Apollo met huid van Marsyas

Theodor Matham, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Diana with a quiver on her back, standing on a pedestal, one arm extended with a bow.

Standbeeld van Diana met pijlenkoker op haar rug

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Diana with a crescent diadem and a seated hunting dog on a round pedestal, printed in a bo

Standbeeld van Diana staande naast jachthond

Theodor Matham, 1636

Engraved print of a classical statue of Diana with bow, arrows and a dog at her feet, from a 1636 plate book.

Standbeeld van Diana

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraved plate of a classical statue of Diana standing beside a dog on a pedestal, numbered 64 in a bound book.

Standbeeld van Diana

Joan Comin, 1636

Engraving of a classical statue of Bacchus, nude, wearing a grape leaf crown, holding a cup and a thyrsus staff.

Standbeeld van Bacchus

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraved print of a classical statue of Diana with a quiver of arrows and a dog beside her on a round pedestal.

Standbeeld van Diana

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1636

Engraved print of a nude Bacchus-like figure with grapes and vine leaves, leaning on a dog, on an oval pedestal.

Standbeeld van Bacchus met tijger

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1636

Engraving of a statue of Bacchus holding a cup and grapes, with a small putto beside him, on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van Bacchus met een putto

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of a nude male figure with grapes and a branch beside a tree trunk, shown as a classical statue on a plinth.

Standbeeld van een volgeling van Bacchus

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of Minerva seated on a rock holding scales, with women and men gathered below and a pointing figure on the right.

Minerva op een rots gezeten met schietdoel in haar hand, aan de voet van de rots wijzende en aandachtige vrouwen en m…

Guillaume Vallet, 1655

Engraved allegory of Minerva and the sciences among portrait busts in a library hall, with a winged figure blowing a trumpet

Minerva en de personificaties van de wetenschappen te midden van portretbustes van overleden leden van de Académie de…

Bernard Picart, 1729