Classical Mythology and Beauty

Artworks featuring mythological themes with allegorical figures, showcasing beauty, love, and drama set in lush landscapes.

Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper, At left, sea with Thetis and her companions. At right, Chiron and lad in grotto., Italy, ca. 1790, figures, Drawing, Drawing

. Landscape with a Sater knocking the sleeping Venus. Two tilting pigeons at her feet. Amor tries to stop the Sater.

Covered couple with putto, Joseph de Longueil, after Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen, 1765 - 1792 print France paper etching / engraving (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Landscape with Venus and Amor. Venus sits on a rock and looks over her shoulder. With her right hand she holds the arrow of amor. In the background Neptune on his car, drawn by sea horses. In the margin a caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Galatea En ACIS Gadggles Sainor Polyphemus, Bonoît Audran (I), Aft Franis Marot, 1671 - 1721 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Polyphemus, the cyclops, beholding Acis and Galatea

The Prodigal Son (Houghton Gallery). Artist: Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706-1774); After Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615-1673 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed close to plateline): 20 1/4 × 15 1/16 in. (51.5 × 38.2 cm)Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm). Publisher: Published London by John Boydell (British, Shropshire 1720-1804 London). Date: 1781. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: the elder Simon Francis Ravenet. After Salvator Rosa.

Dextering of Aeneas, Michel Corneille (II), 1655 - 1702 print Paris paper etching / engraving apotheosis, deification of Aeneas

Narcissus seeing his reflection in a fountain becomes enamoured of himself. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by C. Monnet from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.

Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper, At left, sea with Thetis and her companions. At right, Chiron and lad in grotto., Italy, ca. 1790, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Venus and Cupid at Calypso. Calypso, sitting on a rock next to a waterfall is visited by Venus with Cupid of a cloud depicting. The whole is chattered by a decorative frame with olive branches and at the bottom of a bow. Numbered at the top right: No. I.

Gaspar Sensi y Baldachi (Lithographer) (After Rubens, Peter Paul); José de Madrazo y Agudo (Director); Real Establecimiento Litográfico de Madrid (Printer) / 'Mercury and Argus'. 1832 - 1837. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Pen lithography, Printing on japon, Scraper on wove paper; 1832 - 1837. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Pen lithography, Printing on japon, Scraper on wove paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

L'Arivée du Courier (The Arrival of the Messenger) 18th century Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet French. L'Arivée du Courier (The Arrival of the Messenger) 414306

Karel's corpse the naughty, found in a swamp, frozen in the ice, 1477; The corpse of Charles den stouts found in a swamp, frozen in the ice. The corpse of Charlemagne, found in a swamp at Nancy, frozen in the ice, 1477.

Lot and his daughters, Louis du Guernier (II), After Caravaggio, 1708 - 1714 print London paper etching / engraving Lot's daughters make their father drunk

Two women in a garden, Joseph de Longueil, 1740 - 1792 print France paper etching / engraving garden. moonlight

Dwingelandij vertrapt de Vrijheid en Koophandel, 1813.Allegorical representation of a dark cave in which violence, discovery and (French) list vetrapping the freedom and the commerce. Hercules is led through justice on top of the hill. Allegory on the liberation of the Netherlands in 1813.

Love (Caritas). A woman with three young children on clouds, love's personification (Caritas).

Running young woman chased by a young man, Jacques Couché, 1760 - 1836 print print maker: Parispublisher: ParisParisFranceFrance paper steel engraving courting. adolescent, young woman, maiden. catch (~ running game). breasts

Florentino Decraene (Lithographer) (After Veronese, Paolo (Paolo Cagliari)); José de Madrazo y Agudo (Director); Real Establecimiento Litográfico de Madrid (Printer) / 'Venus and Adonis'. 1826 - 1829. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Scraper on wove paper; 1826 - 1829. Lithographic aquatint, Crayon lithography, Scraper on wove paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Bacchus en Ariadne, Antoine Coypel, 1693 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving (story of) Ariadne. (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. (story of) Ariadne and Bacchus

. There is a man kneeling in a clear place in the forest. Another man wants to tackle them with his sword. Don Quixote comes with stretched arms. Behind him Sancho Panza that protects his meal. A caption in French in the margin.

Jupiter gezoogd door de geit Amalthea, Johann Gerard Huck, after Carlo Cignani, after Johann Gottfried Pflugfelder, 1786 print Düsseldorf paper Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter. armorial bearing, heraldry

Rinaldo in Armida, Bernard Picart, 1724 print The lovers Rinaldo and Armida rest, surrounded by putti, in Armida's garden. They look in the mirror to see their own in love in the eyes of the other. The two knights who were looking for Rinaldo look at the right back from the bushes. Under the show verses in French. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Armida. Rinaldo. couple of lovers

L'Arrivee du Courrier. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet after François Boucher.

Etching by Johann Gottlieb Prestel depicting Christ in a spring landscape. Created around 1775, illustrating religious themes in a natural setting.

Venus en Adonis, Michel Dorigny, after Simon vouve, 1638 print Paris paper engraving / etching Venus and Adonis as lovers. dog

Print, D'Estrée

Sater spends the sleeping Venus. Venus is sleeping under a tree and is being spied by a Sater. Next to her is Amor.

Death of Absalom, Theodoor Koning, After Jacobus Buys, 1780 print In a forest, Absalom with his hair hangs on a tree branch, his helmet lies on the floor in front of him. Joab, King David's army commander, is about to get through Absalom with his lance. This print is an illustration in the ninth chapter of the seventh book by 'All the works of Flavius Josephus'. Amsterdam paper engraving Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree

Print, The Letter S; Designed by Giovanni Battista Betti (Italian, active 1754 - 1777); Italy; etching on paper; 23.2 × 32.4 cm (9 1/8 × 12 3/4 in.) (Mat): 35.7 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 in. × 18 in.); 1918-17-19

Plates 5-7, from Nella Venuta. Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1730-1771); after Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, 1735-1802). Date: 1764. Dimensions: 138 × 91 mm (plate V); 141 × 110 mm (plate VI, left); 138 × 95 mm (plate VI, right); 140 × 110 mm (plate VII); 157 × 262 (sheet, unfolded). Four etchings in black on ivory laid paper, folded. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Dronken Silenus, Nicolas de Launay (Goudsmid), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1777 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFranceFranceFrance paper etching / engraving (story of) Silenus

. A young woman (Hebe) With a scythe in hand, in the other they let a plumb line commute. She walks through a garden in which Putti plays with attributes that indicate the time and retaining youth.

Aantrekkingskracht van het wereldlijke.Two men cannot resist the attractiveness of the secular wealth. One of the men turns valuable stuff together, while the other drives a putto with the gospel. At the globe death with an arrow and a putto that blows calling.

Copper engraving and etching by François de Poilly the Elder representing Mary with the Child and Saint Elisabeth, made between 1640 and 1693.

H. Sebastiaan, anonymous, after Antonio Balestra, 1717 - 1762 print paper etching / engraving St. Sebastian, tied to a tree or a pillar, is pierced by arrows

The Infant Jesus and Saint John theBaptist. Artist: Guido Reni, Italian, Bologna, 1575-1642

Amor and Shepherd with herd at Bron, Pierre Duflos, After Clément Pierre Marillier, c. 1785 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving pastorals, Arcadian scenes. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). herd, flock

Personifications of the seasons, Nicolas de Launay (Goudsmid), After Clément Pierre Marillier, 1781 print France paper etching / engraving seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape

Aurora en Cephalus, c. 1636 - 1670 print Aurora walks through the forest with Cephalus, with whom she is in love. Cephalus is accompanied by his hunting dog and holds the magical spear he had received from his wife ProCris. paper engraving CEPHALUS and Aurora

Bo on-Vanports adverts, Francesco Bartolazzzi, atxtaself near Angelica Kauffmann, 1782 print The young William Shakespeare together with a muse in a landscape. There are two masks (tragedy and comedy) on the right. print maker: Italypublisher: London paper etching single Muses

Tobias at the fish in the river Tigris, Jan van de Velde (II), After Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1603 - 1641 print Tobias wants to wash his feet in the Tigris river, on which the angel Rafaël instructs him to catch the fish that appears. Second print from a series of four about the Bible story of Tobias. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Tobias washes his feet in the river Tigris. a large fish appears while Tobias is washing his feet; he is frightened

Offer Van Abraham, Pierre Driven, After Antoine Coypel, 1707 print publisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)

Homelijk scene, Jacques Dassonville (attributed to), 1629 - 1670 print France paper etching / engraving family life at home. reflection (in a mirror). mask

The bathing ladies are spied, Two bathing ladies are spied on by two gentlemen in the scrub. In the background a few figures walk among the trees., Washing and bathing, peeping, voyeur, Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, 1722 - 1784, paper, etching, h 379 mm × w 269 mm

Female personifications of wisdom, caution and moderation, Martin Speer, After Francesco Solimena, 1817 print Wisdom (sapientia), caution (prudentia) and moderation (temperantia) on a cloud party. Numbered below: II. paper etching Prudentia (Prudence) as Roman Personification. Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Humana Sapienza', 'True Sapienza' (Ripa). Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperance' (Ripa) ~ One of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Bluebeard kills one of his women, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, After Clément Pierre Marillier, 1786 print A performance from the fairy tale of Blauwbaard. Bluebeard holds a woman to the hair. He has a sword in his other hand. In the background the castle of Blauwbaard, with a figure on the tower. The print has a French caption. Paris paper etching / engraving Bluebeard. tales and fairy tales (with TITLE)

Landscape with Venus and Adonis, Matthijs Pool, after Nicolas Poussin, 1696 - 1727 print Adonis looks impatiently at Venus. He has his spear in his hand and wants to hunt. Above them two pigeons as a symbol for love between them. Venus Schrammed himself to Amors Arrow and fell in love with Adonis. In the margin a two -way caption in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Venus and Adonis as lovers

Nymphs in a field among cornucopias; workers scythe wheat; representing horticulture and agriculture. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1810, after H. Corbould.

Musicians, Anonymous, 1762 print A flautist, cellist and singer making music in a garden. A country house in the background. At the top two putti with a wedding ring on which the number 25 in Roman figures. The show is framed with ornaments. paper etching vocal music, singing - CC - out of doors. transverse flute - CC - out of doors. viola, violoncello; double bass - CC - out of doors

Etching and copper engraving by Carlo Antonio Porporati, around 1782, showing Clorinda and Tancred together in a literary scene.

Cadmus asks the Oracle of Delphi what he has to do now that he has not been able to find his sister Europe, 1728 Cadmus, broadcast by his father to look for his sister Europe, asks the Oracle of Delphi what he has to do, now that he has not been able to find her. The oracle answer that he will encounter a cow in the field. He has to follow her track and found the city of Thebes at the place where she will lie. In the foreground of the performance, Cadmus kneels at the Oracle, the image of the God Apollo. In the background on the right he follows the cow. Two times two verses in Latin under the performance. The print is part of an album. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Cadmus, broadcast by his father to look for his sister Europe, asks the Oracle of Delphi what he has to do, now that he has not been able to find her. The oracle answer that he will encounter a cow in the field. He has to follow her track and found the city of Thebes at the

Menalcas and Galatea; Le songe pastoral; Pastors. Galation is dreaming about Silvio in a landscape next to a waterfall. In addition to her, the Shepherd Menalcas is loving at Galatea. In the bottom margin two columns with three-legged German text. Publisher number XIV.

AtlanticSouvenir. Artist: Asher Brown Durand, American, 1796-1886 Publisher: Carey, Lea & Carey, Philadelphia, founded 1827

Mercury orders Calypso to let Odysseus leave, Anonymous, After Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 print Mercury has appeared in a cloud and orders Calypso to make Odysseus leave. Amor poses with the helmet and the sword of Odysseus on the right in the foreground. Mercury orders Calypso to release Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey V)

Le Charcutier (Bartsch 41) Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). The charcutier (Bartsch 41). Forte, circa 1652.

Engraved by Francis Chesham, 1749-1806, British, Palamon and Arcita, from "The Canterbury Tales". Engraving.

Amor leaves hunting, L. Angélique Martinet, after Lucas, 1741 - c. 1780 print paper etching / engraving Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

François Verdier drawing of Venus and Adonis, executed in black chalk with gray wash and white heightening, with supplements on the sides.

Adam and Eva eat from the fruit / adam and Eva hide, Pieter Tanjé, 1791 print Two biblical performances. Above: Adam and Eva in the middle of the animals in paradise. Eva holds the apple in her hand and points to Adam. Below: Adam and Eva have dressed with fig leaves and try to hide from God. Among the performances a reference to the Bible texts and the titles in Dutch and French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit. Adam and Eve discover their nakedness; they cover themselves with their hands or with leaves

Three putti around a medallion. Three putti around a blank medallion. At the top, the medallion is raised by a Putto with a trumpet. The putto right holds a jester's rack. In addition to blades with names of players, a tambourine, mask and crown with scepter, attributes of muses lie in the foreground.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Venus and Adonis, 1778. Engraving.

Bacchus as a child lifted by two boys, John Smith (print maker/ publisher) (attributed to), c. 1680 - c. 1729 print England paper infancy, upbringing of Bacchus. carrying a person

Two biblical performances from Job 1 and 2. A messenger predicts Job a disaster, and Job on the manure heap visited by his friends and wife. Two representations of one plate, each with a title in Dutch and French. Numbered at the bottom right: 73.

. Truth is on a cloud and shine her light over Putti, who are learning. In addition to truth, the speech, with a brushed lion. Two putti throw laziness and stupidity of the cloud.

Sleeping Ragotin Tied and kidnapped, Gabriel Huquier, Jean -Baptiste Oudry, 1705 - 1772 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving (SCARRON, ROMAN COMIQUE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). drunkenness. abducting

Happy grandfather with his family, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1795 print Different figures are etched in the margin in a sketchy way. Berlin paper etching grandparent(s) with grandchild(ren) (family group). embracing each other, kissing. garden

Victoire louise of France as the goddess Diana. Portrait historié of victoire louise of France as the goddess Diana, lying in a landscape with arrow and bow.

Jakob struggles with the angel, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1728 print Jakob is in the foreground. He is struggling with an angel. In the background the river Jabbok and Jakobs fellow travelers (Gen. 32:24). The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper engraving / etching Jacob wrestles with the angel (or man) till daybreak; Jacob's thigh is put out of joint. Jacob sends his family and caravan across the river Jabbok, and stays behind

Allegory of a flood and a praying woman and two putti, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving one person praying. flood. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Allegorie with personifications of faith, innocence and silliness, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1777 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Fidelity; 'Fedeltã ' (ripa). Humility; 'Humilytã ' (ripa). Simpliity; 'simplicitã ' (ripa). Snakes

Lot and His Daughters by Joseph Marie Vien; After Jean Francois de Troy; Etching; 1748

The Cyclops Polyphemus who fell in love with the nymph Galatea. He is shown with two eyes holding a lyre as he receives a message from Galatea brought by a Genius or cupid on a dolphin. The vignette below shows a cupid in a small carriage driven by swans. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

Etching and copper engraving by Jacob Matthias Schmutzer around 1793 depicting Bacchus with his entourage, showing figures, movement, ritual, and decorative elements.

Allegorical figures in landscape; Title page for: Nicolaas Willem at Den Hooff, the new Waereld, 1759. A crowned woman with scepter and every eye above the head is accompanied by a young lady, a woman with flame on the head and mercury with caduceus. A group of figures is viewed on the right. In the foreground a putto on a dolphin.

Holy Family after Raphael Heinrich Guttenberg. Holy Family after Raphael. Water and Burin, 1786. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Depicts Mary in a rounded composition without a rocky landscape, showing the figure of Mary, surrounding angels, and devotional gestures, executed as a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer around 1514.

In a rocaille frame with garlands a representation with people resting. In a landscape, a man and two women sit with their sickles and a bottle of drink. A woman with a basket of pears on her head walks by. In the lower margin a four-line French text. August The twelve months of the year , print maker: Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), Augsburg, 1766, paper, etching, engraving, h 264 mm × w 194 mm

Apotheosis W. A. Mozart crying female genius with child in front of Mozart's portrait (Grab relief). Drawing of Schnorr, engraved by Amadeus Wenzel Böhm.

May, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after William Hamilton, 1751-1801, British, 1793, Engraving

Charm boy at the tree, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1758 print Berlin paper etching boy (child between toddler and youth). beggar. clothed in rags. park

Rex suataacopius after Martin of your Jan Sadeler (1550-1600). Rex Suatacopius after Martin of your. Burin. Seventeenth century.

Copper engraving and etching by René Gaillard between 1742 and 1790, representing rural recreation with figures in outdoor leisure.

Félix Bracquemond, La dionade, French, 1833-1914, etching

Diana; Four gods to Pietro da Cortona. Diana, goddess of the earth and hunting, wildlife protector, is sleeping in the forest. In addition to her two dogs. Her left arm is based on a wrench. The sickle of the moon on her forehead is her attribute as a moon goddess. Print from a series of four prints to frescoes from Pietro da Cortona.

The Holy Family Disembarking, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight intoEgypt). Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1727-1804

The Father and Jupiter. A man prays to the Roman god Jove in a clearing near a classical building. Jove with his eagle looks down from the clouds. Copperplate engraving by Wilson after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

Several figures lunch in the open air, Gilbert Schouten, c. 1706 - c. 1720 print A table is set to the left. Central a woman who stirs in a pot. On the right a woman, man and child. There is a rake next to them. Under a four -line verse in French and Dutch. paper etching / engraving afternoon. midday meal, lunch - CC - out of doors

Title vignette for Robert von Hohencken L. Hahn Lady and Knight Against The Background of the Landscape (Robert von Hohcken. A fraudy game bookhand. 1778) Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Illustration from Orlando Furioso: "Che debbo far che poss'io far qui sola / che mi da ajuto, oime, che mi consola", 1773. Engraving.

Rinaldo and Armida, Angelica Kauffmann, (Swiss, 1741-1807), Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727-1815, Stipple engraving in sanguine ink on paper, Rinaldo reclines in the foreground, with Armida seated beside him. He holds a mirror in his left hand. Two soldiers in background, left., England, 1784, Print, Print

Scene U La Gerusalem Messa is Free, Infra Baldel ,FRE AREN Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1745 print Ornament edge with flowers, plants, cupidos and a fountain. paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament. armorial bearing, heraldry

Coriolan, Francesco Bartolluize It For Lovelica kauuffmann, 1785 print Scene from the play Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, with the military gaius Marcius Coriolanus a child and three women. English fresh under the show. London paper etching (story of) Coriolanus

Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1759 Rest on the Flight into Egypt

View of a dike with a woman looking at a barge, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1806 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving dikes, levee. windmill. tow-boat, towing-barge

Beloved and death, Rudolph Meyer, 1650 print A few loved ones sitting under a tree in which a cupido. Death comes from the right as a skeleton, hat with feathers on his head, who aimed at them. paper etching couple of lovers. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings. personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa)

Sater and young woman, du Four, after Alexandre Cabanel, 1737 - 1830 print France paper etching / engraving / drypoint satyr(s) (in general)

Handel, Georg Friedrich.

Spiritual and a child at a dead, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1794 print On the flood line is a spiritual with a child with a naked dead man. Illustration with the story 'Camiré'. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving apparent death. beach. one person praying

Bellerophon has the accident to kill his brother, Marius Holleman, 1917 print Bellerophon on the right with an arc in his hand; His other hand on his forehead. A dog jumps up against him. On the left is the dead brother in the grass. A woman floats at the top. Groningen paper etching suffering, misfortune of Bellerophon

Galant company in a garden, Laurent Cars, After Jean Antoine Watteau, c. 1732 print print maker: Franceafter painting by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving party clothes, festive attire. garden of Love, court of Love, 'fíªte galante'. garden. courting

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