Classical and Mythological Narratives

Paintings illustrating classical themes featuring nude figures and mythological stories, rich in detail, colors, and historical context.

Venus and Cupid, by Maerten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).

'Sinners before the Flood'. Holland, 1594. Dimensions: 93,3x165 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM.

Apollo flaying Marsyas (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VI, 382-400). Backer, Jacob de (1540/1545-ante 1600), painter

Venus and Cupid, by Maerten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).

Lot and his daughters, by Massimo Stanzione (1585-1656), oil on canvas.

The Rape of Europa, Titian, 1560-1562, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass, Massachusetts, North America, US, USA

Nicolas Poussin; French; Les Andelys 1594-1665 Rome; Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus; ca. 1627; Oil on canvas.

God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible, Adriaen van der Werff, 1717

Diana and Actaeon, by Francesco Albani (1578-1660).

Tarquin and Lucretia, Tintoretto, 1578-1580, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America,

The Dying Cleopatra. The dying Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Cleopatra is naked in the foreground in a landscape with the adder in the right hand at her chest.

Triumph of Ovid, by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), oil on canvas, 143x176 cm.

Pharaoh Cleopatra VII born 69 BC, died 12 August 30 BC, ruled Egypt as the last queen of the Macedonian-Greek dynasty of the Ptolemies from 51 BC to 30 BC, Cleopatra's death by the bite of the serpent, painting by Jan van Scorel, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

The Gathering of Manna (Detail) by Bronzino, Agnolo (1503-1572) / Palazzo Vecchio, Florence / 1540-1545 / Italy, Florentine School / Fresco / Bible / Renaissance

Unfaithfulness. Date/Period: 1575. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 189.9 cm (74.7 in); Width: 189.9 cm (74.7 in). Author: PAOLO VERONESE.

'The Expulsion'. Holland. Dimensions: 30x40 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: DANIEL VERTANGEN.

Pastoral Concert attributed to Giorgione, oil on canvas, early XVI, 1477-1510, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Domenichino / 'Aparición de los ángeles a San Jerónimo', First half 17th century, Italian School, Canvas, 184 cm x 129 cm, P00130. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. SAINT JEROME.

TTITIA, Tiziano Vecello, also called (1490-1576). Pardo Venus or Jupiter and Antiope. 1535-1540. Detail. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

'Cupids and Geniuses'. France, 1630-1633. Dimensions: 95,5x72 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

The family of Cain wandering by Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / ca 1585 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Bible / 105x153 / Renaissance

Delacroix;Death of Sardanapalus;1827

Leda and the Swan - ca. 1570 - 162x218 cm - oil on canvas. Author: JACOPO COMIN-JACOBO ROBUSTI-TINTORETTO. Location: GALERIA DE LOS UFFIZI. Florenz. ITALIA.

Bathing Diana by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Oil on copper, circa 1595, 1568-1625, Private Collection, 26,6x36,2

The Birth of Bacchus. Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) and Workshop (Italian, before 1499 - 1546)

Carlo Portelli / 'The Charity', 16th century, Italian School, Panel, 151 cm x 115 cm, P00476. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Pan and Selene - Hans von Aachen, circa 1605

Nymphs at the Bath, c. 1600, Scarsellino (Ippolito Scarsella), Italian (Ferrara), Italian (Ferrara), 1551 - 1620, 47 1/2 x 69 5/8 in. (120.65 x 176.85 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, Italy, 16th-17th century, During the sixteenth century, the classical tradition of pastorali was revived. These were theatrical dramas in which the pleasures and pastimes of the rustic world were idealized and glorified. Scarsellino may have intended to invoke pictorially the spirit and ambience of these popular pastoral plays. His bathers are Naiads, the nymphs of bodies of fresh water, worshiped as goddesses of fertility and growth in Greek mythology.

Death of Cleopatra 1523, Scorel, Jan van, 1523.

'Bacchus and Ariadne', 1523-1525. Artist: Titian

Hermaphroditus and Salamace, by Bartholomaeus Spranger (1546-1611).

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), (1528-1588). Italian Renaissance painter. Venetian School. Resurrection of Christ, 1570s. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Meleager and Atalanta, anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1699 painting Melager and Atalanta. Melager lets Amor offer the head of the Calydonian wild boar to Atalanta that is almost naked on a rock on the right. Two hunting dogs sniff at the head. Northern Netherlands (possibly) copper (metal). oil paint (paint) Meleager gives the head of the boar to Atalanta

The Sacrifice of Abraham Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635 Italian) Private Collection

Putta playing in the grain field (L'amour moissonneur). Boucher, François (1703-1770), painter

Pharoah's Daughter Finding Moses in the Reed Basket, Ferdinand Bol, 1660 - 1663

The Agony in the Garden, 1524 by Benvenuto Tisi (or Il Garofalo) (1481 1559) a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara.

Landscape with Jupiter and Io by Lambert Sustris, oil on canvas, between 1558 and 1563, 1515/20-after 1591, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 205, 5x275

'Lot and his Daughters'. Holland, Circa 1600. Dimensions: 209x166 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOACHIM WTEWAEL.

Venus and Mars, by Sandro Botticelli, circa 1485, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Anonymous (Copy: Orrente, Pedro de) / 'Saint John the Baptist'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Parnassus, 1497, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), tempera on canvas, 160x192 cm.

Fortune with a Crown - 1623 - 188x155 cm - oil on canvas. Author: GUIDO RENI (1575/1642). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-PINACOTECA. VATICANO. CUPID. FORTUNA. AMOR MITOLOGIA.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Date/Period: 1600. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,692.40 mm (66.62 in); Width: 1,250.95 mm (49.25 in). Author: JOACHIM WTEWAEL.

Jacopo Amigoni; Italian; Venice 1682-1752 Madrid; Oil on canvas.

The Contest between Apollo and Pan, Hendrik de Clerck, c. 1600 - c. 1615 painting The match between Apollo and Pan with the judgment of Midas. Apollo plays on a violin, next to him Athena. In the middle is Tmolus that acts as a judge. In addition, Midas, with donkey ears, and pan with pan flute that cheering his hand in the air. Furthermore, saters and muses are present as spectators. copper (metal). oil paint (paint) contest between Apollo and Pan with the mountain god Tmolus as judge, i.e. judgement of Midas; Midas often represented with ass's ears

an angel on an old painting An image of an angel on an old painting Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 9502606

Pearl fishing, 1570, by Alessandro Allori (1535-1607), oil on board, 117x104 cm. Studiolo (small study) of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

'The Birth of Venus' (detail), ca. 1485, Tempera on canvas, after restoration. Author: SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Location: GALERIA DE LOS UFFIZI. Florenz. AEOLUS. CEFIRO DIOS DEL VIENTO. AURA DIOSA DE LA BRISA.

The Rape of Europa, painting by Titiano Vecellio, Titian, The Rape of Europa, painting by Titiano Vecellio, Titian

Diana and Actaeon, by Andrea Schiavone (1500-1563).

The Expulsion from Paradise. Although God forbade Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil’, they did so anyway. As punishment, they were driven out of Paradise by an angel with a flaming sword. They fled into the barren mountain landscape. Van Poelenburch, after returning to the Netherlands from Italy, produced this type of highly refined, painstakingly painted landscape throughout the rest of his career.

'St Sebastian' 17th century. Artist: Perugino

Sacrificial offering to Venus by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1518-19, Spain, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado

Venus with Sacred and Profane Love. Andrea di Alessandro Bresciano (16th century). Oil on panel. 68 x 149cm.

tapestry created at the workshop of Philip de Maecht; Paris 1619-20. depicts Latona with her children Diana and Apollo

Rinaldo presents Armida with a mirror by Domenichino (1581-1641) / Louvre, Paris /Italy, Bolognese School / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 121x168 / Baroque

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape by Dossi Dossi (c.1479-1542) - canvas Date: circa 1515

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1808-11. Henry Bone (British, 1755-1834), after Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576). Enamel, in original gilt-wood and gesso carved frame; unframed: 40.5 x 46 cm (15 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.). Henry Bone devoted three years to creating this work, a tremendous technical achievement and the largest enamel on copper that had ever been made. The painstaking process required each application of color to be fired at a different temperature in the kiln. The enamel exactly reproduces Titians Bacchus and Ariadne (now in the National Gallery, London), an early sixteenth-century Italian masterpiece that had recently come into an English collection. The elaborate carved and gilded wood frame was specially designed for the work, an indication of the cultural value placed on great enamel reproductions of famous paintings.Bone was unable to show his masterwork at the annual Royal Academy exhibition in 1811 because the Prince of Wales had asked to see it. When the prince decided not to pur

Italy - Emilia-Romagna - Parma. Cathedral. Dome. Correggio (original name Antonio Allegri, 1494-1534). Detail with putti. Fresco

Pieta, 1530-1535, by Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540), oil on canvas, 127x163 cm.

Detail from the frescoes by Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) and Ciro Ferri (1634-1689) in the Spring Hall at Villa Falconieri La Rufina, Frascati. Italy, 17th century.

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

Hendrick van den Broeck (1530-1597). Flemish painter. Venus with Cupid, c.1550-1570. Copy after a Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Tannhäuser, 1886. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904). Oil on canvas; framed: 123.5 x 139.5 x 14 cm (48 5/8 x 54 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 86.4 x 103.3 cm (34 x 40 11/16 in.).

Allegory of Mi Ośrrdzia (Charité); Blanchard, Jacques (1600-1638); after 1633 (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);Caritas (allegory), Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858) - collections, School of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1844-1864) - collections, allegories, gift (provenance), children, breastfeeding, breastfeeding, women with children, French painting

biblical scene: Abel, 1864, oil on canvas, Ricard Anckermann,.

Venus and Adonis, by Simon Vouet, 1642, French painting, oil on canvas. Venus, the goddess of love, entices her reluctant mortal lover, Adonis, who ready to return to hunting (BSLOC_2016_6_201)

Triumph of Galatea, detail of Nereid and Triton

The Sacrifice of Abraham. Angel preventing Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Sheep for sacrifice at top left. Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635) Italian artist. Private Collection

Andromeda, by Rembrandt, circa 1630, Royal Art Gallery, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands, Europe

Detail from book on birds in Prado art works, Spain

'Philosophy, History, and Prudence awakening the mind to a desire for knowledge', c1624, (1938). Artist: Alessandro Turchi.

Bacchus and Ariadne, 18th century tapestry based on designs by Francois Boucher, manufacture of Beauvais, from the series The Love of the Gods, 1752.

Pyrame et Thisbé Delobbe, François-Alfred. Pyrame and Thisbé. Oil on wood. 1875-1875.

Death of Adonis, fresco by Francesco Primaticcio (1504-1570) and Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540), Chateau de Fontainebleau (a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, 1981). France, 16th century.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). German painter. The Golden Age, c.1530. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

Peter Paul Rubens, the Judgement of paris, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.

Allegory of Borgo San Sepolcro and Anghiari. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 250 mm (9.84 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.

Color sketch by Hans Canon for a geology bezel, executed in oil on canvas, showing rock formations, minerals, and scientific motifs.

World Erotic Art Museum. Leda and the Swan by F Boucher 1703-1770. Miami, Florida, USA.

The Banquet of the Gods (the Olympus) (Il convito degli dei (L'Olimpo)), by Giuseppe Maria Crespi known as lo Spagnuolo (or Spagnolo), 1691-1706, 17th Century, fresco

The Three Graces by Baldung, Hans (1484-1545) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1541-1544 / Germany / Oil on wood / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 151x61 / Renaissance

Germanisches Museum. Christ in Limbo. Panel painting from Nuremberg dominican church. 16th century. Nuremberg. Germany.

Polyphemus Receives Galatea's Letter, by Unknown, 62 - 79, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, From Herculaneum. Putto riding a dolphin Cupid letter message messenger.

Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden (), ca. 1490-Antwerp, before 19 January 1527). The Temptation of Saint Anthony (ca. 1520). Oil on panel. 60 x 45.5 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

SAN SEBASTIAN - PINTURA (*1591/+1652). Author: JUSEPE DE RIBERA. Location: COLEGIATA. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN.

Bacchanal scene with nymphs and satyrs. nieznany malarz flamandzki, painter

The Expulsion from Paradise Benedetto Luti (Italian, Roman, 1666-1724). , ca. 1706. Oil on canvas, 53 7/8 x 38 3/4 in. (136.8 x 98.4 cm). European Art ca. 1706

Apollo killing the Cyclops. Painting. Fresco, transferred to canvas and mounted board. Height: 316.3 cm (10.3 ft); Width: 190.4 cm (74.9 in). Author: DOMENICHINO.

The Baptism of Christ. Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci); Italian, 1445/46-1523. Date: 1500-1505. Dimensions: 27.3 x 46.4 cm (10 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.). Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The penitent Saint Jerome by Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553) / Art History Museum, Vienne / 1502 / Germany / Oil on wood / Bible / 55,5x41,5

A Bathing Nymph Taken by Surprise by a Satyr A Bathing Nymph Taken by Surprise by a Satyr, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, oil on panel, 1630-1635, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697263

L.Cranach the Elder/ Nymph of the spring

Detail of Triumph of Galatea, by Raphael,1512, Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy, Europe

Fruits of jealousy by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Oil on wood, 1530, Renaissance, 1472-1553, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 56, 7x38, 5

Sacred and profane love - Amor sacro e amor profano - by Tiziano, 1514 circa Rome, Italy - 28 December 2023: Borghese Gallery, Sacred and profane love - Amor sacro e amor profano - by Tiziano, 1514 circa Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 21179597

Musa Regina. oil on canvas. Date: 1904. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

'The Triumph of David (detail)', ca. 1630, Oil on canvas, P02311. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cupid with a myrtle. Date/Period: Before 1593. Painting. Height: 680 mm (26.77 in); Width: 490 mm (19.29 in). Author: AURELIO LUINI.

Detail from a fresco by Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) and Ciro Ferri (1634-1689) in the Spring Hall at Villa Falconieri La Rufina, Frascati. Italy, 17th century.

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