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Classical Mythology and Allegory Art

A collection of engravings depicting scenes from classical mythology, featuring figures such as gods and mortals. The mood is dramatic with intricate details illustrating themes of fortune, wine, and

Minerva encourages Odysseus to ask the bow, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print Minerva visits the sleeping Odysseus and encourages him to go to the palace and tension the bow. In the background, Penelope shows the arch of Odysseus to her lovers and thereby informs that she will marry the one who can tension the bow. Paris paper etching / engraving Penelope announces she will marry the man who can shoot an arrow through twelve axe-rings, and produces Ulysses' bow (Homer, Odyssey XXI)
Minerva encourages Odysseus to ask the bow, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print Minerva visits the sleeping Odysseus and encourages him to go to the palace and tension the bow. In the background, Penelope shows the arch of Odysseus to her lovers and thereby informs that she will marry the one who can tension the bow. Paris paper etching / engraving Penelope announces she will marry the man who can shoot an arrow through twelve axe-rings, and produces Ulysses' bow (Homer, Odyssey XXI)
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Apollo dancing with the Muses Danse des Muses Ballo di Apollo con le Muse. Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546. Prints. 1800 - 1899. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. (Deity), Apollo, Muses (Greek deities), reproductive prints
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France, Lafage, Raymond de, Paris, Ertinger, Franz, Triumphal Procession of Bacchus, verso - stamped, A procession of six naked men and a child. Four men are playing a wind instrument, one holds up a drinking cup and the other stands on his hands., print, prent, prints, height 168 mm, width 279 mm, 1640, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1707, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), French, 1656-10-01 - 1690-11-04, intermediary draughtsman
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The Skeletons. Marco Dente (Italy, Ravenna, died 1527)Baccio Bandinelli (Italy, Gaiole in Chianti, 1493-1560). Italy, 1518-25. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putt filling the composition. Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530-60). Dimensions: sheet: 3 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (10 x 40.5 cm). Date: 1530-60.Forms a pair with 49.97.335. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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This 1914 etching by Carl Anton Reichel, titled 'AUS TIEET II. m K'a - Groups' (op. 50), depicts grouped figures, showing detailed line work and arrangement of forms.
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Sebald Beham, Triumphal Procession of Children Triumphal Procession of Children
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Four statues: Saturne, La Terre, Apollon, Diane. unknown, graphic artist, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752 ; st.), graphic artist
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Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Bacchus youth. Quadro from vault ornamentation in room 25. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786), publisher