Classical Mythology and Figures

Prints depicting mythological themes and figures from ancient Rome, showcasing intricate engravings of gods and nymphs in detailed, historical representations.

Apollo, monogrammist IB (16th century), 1528 print Apollo like the sun god with a crown on his head, a staff in the right hand and a shield with sun on it in the left hand. There is a lion at his feet. paper engraving Apollo as sun-god, I.E. Sol (Helius), Titan

Sculpture van Hercules, Hubert Quellinus, 1646 - 1670 print Sculpture of Hercules leaning on his club and the skin of a lion. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Hercules (Heracles)

Sitting naked; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. Sive naked man, partially turned to the left, with a garland of fucks. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 11.

Landscape with aurora, dawn goddess, as a female personification of the morning. She is accompanied by Pegasus and holds the reins of his bridle. A shepherd with his herd of sheep in the background. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin. Below a two-person caption with an assignment in Latin.

Riviergod Tibris, Philips Galle, 1586 print The river god Tibris (the Tiber), seated on a stone block. In his hands the Cornucopia. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about river and sea gods. Antwerp paper engraving personification of river Tiber; 'Tevere' (Ripa) Tiber

Fortuin (Fortuna), Jan Collaert (II), after Philips Galle, 1576 - 1628 print The naked personification of Fortuin or Happiness (Fortuna) sails on a shell by sea. She stands on a globe, sign of the changement of happiness. The convex sail with which she sails over the water is also a symbol for this volatility. All kinds of sea monsters swim around her and a ship is collapsing. In the background the contours of a city. The print has a Latin caption. Antwerp paper engraving Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa). Shipwreck. City-View in General; 'view'

Minerva at a tree, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1670 - 1726 print Minerva stands by a tree. She wears a helmet and holds a rocket. Against the tree is the shield with the head of Medusa. Under the performance is a four -line, Latin text with a description of Minerva's promise to Paris. print maker: Leidenafter design by: Delft (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Aegis: shield with Gorgon's head (attribute of Minerva). casting weapons: spear. helmet

Hercules carries the columns; Working from Hercules. Hercules, walking with a large column over every shoulder, the lion's sheet around his means knotted. In the background the two columns are on the rocky coast at the current street of Gibraltar, and sits Hercules with his knee on a caught boar, possibly the boar of Erymanthus. Loosen of the print, a two-legged text in Latin. Twelfth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

A copper engraving by Barthel Beham from 1523 depicting Judith, showing figure, composition, and early 16th-century German engraving techniques.

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Amon, Ancestor of Christ, 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The Fall of Man ca. 1508-1532 Ludwig Krug. The Fall of Man. Ludwig Krug (German, Nuremberg ca. 1488-1532 Nuremberg). ca. 1508-1532. Woodcut; third state of three. Prints

Venus and Cupid. Jacopo Francia; Italian, before 1486-1557. Date: 1506-1540. Dimensions: 229 × 148 mm (plate); 230 × 150 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fortune standing with one foot on a globe and emptying a purse of coins ca.1635-1636 Simone Cantarini Italian. Fortune standing with one foot on a globe and emptying a purse of coins 397351

Faith (Fides), from the series The Seven Virtues 1530 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Faith (Fides), from the series The Seven Virtues 364994

Venus and Amor standing in NIS.

Feather drawing on brown paper by an anonymous artist depicting Caritas standing in a niche with two children, laved in brown and gray, showing figures, drapery, and composition.

Jost Amman, Apollo, c 1580 Apollo

Waternimf Garga; Garga; Stroom- en waternimfen; Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum.The Waternimf Garga, seated on a stone block. In her hands a tuil flowers and a stone jug from which water flows. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Hercules Colossus at Padua (L'Ercole di casa Benavides a Padova) 1553 Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears t

Female Nude Praying. Dated: 1497/1500. Dimensions: overall: 21.5 x 13.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albrecht Dürer.

Saint Sebastian Bound to the Column. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11 × 7.8 cm). Date: ca. 1499. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Prophet Daniël, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print The prophet Daniël sitting with a writing tablet. Two small figures next to the prophet. One of the prophets of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Title in sub -margin and numbered bottom right: 23. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving Daniel as prophet with book or scroll. writing tablets

Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Dieties. Hendrick Goltzius; Dutch, 1558-1617; second edition printing by Willem Jansz. Blaeu; Amsterdam, 1605-1620. Date: 1587-1591. Dimensions: 350 x 269 mm (oval). Chiaroscuro woodcut in yellow, green, and black on paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Temptation of Adam and Eve, from The Story of Adam and Eve. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (8.6 × 6.3 cm). Date: 1540.Adam and Eve stand to the left of the Tree of Knowledge, each holding up fruit. The serpent is wrapped around a branch at top center and a lion is visible behind the tree. Based on Genesis 3:1-7. Plate 3 from a series of six engravings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hercules and Antaeus. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italy, Brescia (), circa 1470-1520). Italy, after 1507. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Standing Male Nude. Draughtsman: Adriaen van de Velde. Dating: 1646 - 1672. Measurements: h 322 mm × w 233 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Autumn, Cornelis Cort, after frans flower (1), 1565 print Autumnus, the personification of autumn, between scales with fresh fruit and vegetables. Right behind a pomegranate tree. paper engraving Autumn, Fall, 'autumn'; "Autumn" (bank)

Patience, from Virtues and Vices 1549 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Patience, from Virtues and Vices 428699

Judith Seated on the Body of Holofernes. Dated: 1525. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Barthel Beham.

Hendrik Goltzius, Pygmalion and Galatea, 1593 Pygmalion and Galatea

A Clair-obscur woodcut by Andrea Andreani from around 1584 depicting the robbery of a Sabiner using two plates in gray-green, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

Autumnus; Bodies of agriculture. Autumn, autumn personification, between bowls with fresh fruit and vegetables. Right behind a pomegranate tree.

The Good Thief, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel 1580 Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) Italian. The Good Thief, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel 651216

Male Nude from Panel of 'God Separating Light from Dark', Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, after Michelangelo, 1474/1475-1564, Italian, 1550 to 1585, Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Quis evadet 1594 Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish. Quis evadet 363640

Venus in Love, Lucas Cranach (I), 1506 print Naked Venus in the company of Amor who holds arrow and arch. In the tree on the right there are three shields, two with the Electoral and Ducal Wapen van Saxony and a third with the CRANACH HEATHER. Germany paper Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Minerva (Pallas Athena) with Medusa chief on shield, Jacob Binck, after Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1530 print Minerva (Pallas Athena) as a goddess of the war with helmet, spear and medusa head with snakes on shield. The inscription Insignis Galea Atos Insignis Gorgon Palas refers to these characteristic attributes. Copy to a print by Jacopo Giovanni Caraglio. Germany paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Medusa (one of the Gorgons)

Copper engraving from 1506 by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Apollo and Hyacinth, showing two figures in a mythological scene of interaction.

Landscape with Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, as a night's personification. In her hands she holds a cornucopia and a burning torch. She is accompanied by a dragon and an owl. In the background a procession of people with burning torches. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin.

Halberdier walking left and carrying a halberd over his left shoulder, two tents beyond, from the series 'Twelve soldiers of different ranks'. Artist: Virgil Solis (German, () 1514-1562 Nuremberg). Dimensions: plate: 3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in. (8 x 5 cm). Series/Portfolio: Twelve soldiers of different ranks. Date: ca. 1530-62. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sculpture. Double cariatide; Term. Two women standing with the poor crosswise over each other and with the backs against each other. They end from below in one left foot. In den l.o. Cb ..

Flayed man seen from the back, his right arm extended ca. 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Flayed man seen from the back, his right arm extended. Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). ca. 1531-76. Engraving. Prints

PHRYNE, a Greek courtesan, is accused of profaning religious ceremonies, but her lawyer Hyperides wins an acquittal when she strips on the shore before the judges Date: 4th century BC

Jupiter sculpture as an eagle with ganymedes; Ganimedis Figura in Viridario Cardinalis de Medicis; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Apollo. Stölzel, Christian Ernst (1792-1837), graphic artist, Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Hans Veit Friedrich (1764-1841), draughtsman, cartoonist

Titus Manlius, Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 print The hero Titus Manlius on horseback, seen on the back. In the background you can see how he beats an opponent on horseback. Twice two verses in Latin under the performance. This print is part of a series of ten prints, consisting of an unnumbered title print, eight numbered representations of Helden and an unnumbered closing print. paper engraving male persons from classical history (MANLIUS, T.)

Pygmalion and Galatea. Dated: 1593. Dimensions: plate: 33 x 21.7 cm (13 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 34 x 23.1 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hendrik Goltzius.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Saint Sébastien attached to a column (Bartsch 56). 1499-1500. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 77214-17 Chretian art, religious art, bible, Christianity, biblical character, holy character, biblical rear, Christian religion, renaissance, biblical scene, religious scene, life Christ, 16th XVI 16th 16th 16th 16 century, engraving

Statue of Autumn, Matthijs Pool, After Barend Graat, After Francis van Bossuit, 1727 print Rear and front view of a statue of autumn, with a horn of abundance filled with grapes. Under the performance numbered: LXX and LXXI. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa)

Flayed man seen from in front, holding a stick ca. 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Flayed man seen from in front, holding a stick 392740

A copper engraving by Jan Harmensz. Muller circa 1602 depicting the Hercules Fountain in Augsburg, showing Hercules in combat with the Hydra, with detailed architectural and sculptural elements.

Grape picker, 1660 print A workman, walking to the right, with a rake over the shoulder, seen on the back. In his left hand a bunch of grapes he eats. Italian fresh in the lower margin. paper etching agricultural implements: harrow. vintage, grape harvest. crafts and industries (+ men (labourers))

Narcissus at fountain. Almost naked narcissus on the back seen sitting on rocks at fountain. At his feet there are two dogs and a arrow sleeve.

. Justitia naked, a sword in her right hand, to the left of her a scales and under her feet she seems to trample a child.

Statue of the beautiful hunter Narcissus, from Greek mythology. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. David (1741-1824) drew and engraved the illustrations based on Roman statues, engraved stones and medals in the collection of the Museum de Florence and the cabinet of curiosities of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Seven cardinal virtues: 7 boards - 7. Temperance (Temperancia) - Bartsch 133 Lucas de Leyde (1494-1533). The seven cardinal virtues: 7 boards - 7. Temperance (Temperancia) - Bartsch 133. Burin. 1530.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting Hercules, created in 1589.

Der römische Gott Faun, Faunus, ein Waldgeist, ein Mischwesen der römischen Mythologie, Marmorstatue aus dem antiken Rom, Italien, digitale Reprodukti...

Protheus. Philips Galle (Holland, Haarlem, 1537-1612). Holland, 1586. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Hercules en anaeus, anonymous after Giovanni Antonio Don brescia, 1700 - 1824 print paper etching the giant Antaeus is lifted in the air and crushed to death by Hercules

Apollo and Diana. Dated: c. 1503/1504. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACOPO DE' BARBARI.

Luna; Diana; The seven planets. Diana (Luna) naked, with a half moon in her hand and at her feet a lobster. Behind her a warship and two men at a millstone. One from a series of seven prints with gods that depict the planets.

Copper engraving 'The Stingy and the Miscarriage' by Barthel Beham, depicting two figures in a narrative scene with detailed composition.

Sculpture of one of the dioscuren on the Quirinaal in Rome; Bucephalus & Alexander Magnus Opus (...); Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. One of the two statues of the dioscuren (Castor and Pollux), two naked men with horses. Previously interpreted as the artists Pehrity and Paxiteles. The images are on the Piazza del Quirinale in Rome. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Venus 1508-1518 Italy. Engraving on paper . Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Angry Amor on a sphere, HL monogrammist (16th century), 1530 - 1533 print An angry looking amor standing with one leg on a sphere, a broken arrow and bow in his hands. In the landscape behind him, people are swimming and playing in the water. paper engraving (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Orsini, Camilla Cameto Steaker: Custos, dominicusadner: 1565/1612

Villamenas copper engraving depicts Ariadne, showing the mythological figure with classical attire, gesture, and symbolic elements related to the legend of Theseus.

Adam and Eve, c. 1514. Hans Baldung (German, 1484/85-1545). Woodcut; image: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.); sheet: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.).

Saint Sebastian Bound to the Column ca. 1499 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Sebastian Bound to the Column 391068

The standard carrier, Lucas van Leyden, 1508 - 1512 print Low Countries paper engraving standard-bearer, flag-bearer

ADONIS sculpture; Adonis. Classic sculpture by Adonis with a dog and the wild boar that killed him. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Cold needle engraving 'Behold the Man' by Albrecht Dürer, 1512, with trimmed leaf showing Christ in detailed composition and expressive gesture.

Allegory to trade mecurius, leonhard hershorter, after jeshand herein, 1660 - 1704 print The letters No and BA are printed on the curtain. Augsburg paper engraving specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. allegory of trade; 'Commertio della vita humana' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. shore-birds and wading-birds: crane. bee-hive. the nymphs fill the horn of the goat Amalthea with flowers and fruits; it thus becomes the Cornucopia

Cleopatra; Beham, Barthel (1502-1540); 1524 (1st edition) (1524-00-00-1540-00-00);

Two anatomical studies of arms; Peter Paul Rubens drawing book.

Allegory of Poverty Hindering Wit. Dated: 1565/1570. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 42.6 x 28.5 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on heavy laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelis Cort.

Italian 16th Century, Apollo, c 1510 1540 Apollo

Print, Four Nude Women (The Four Witches); Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 19.5 x 13.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Mercury standing in a niche with a violin and an ibis. Draughtsman: Parmigianino. Dating: 1530 - 1540. Measurements: h 108 mm × w 79 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Juno hung in the air; Love, anger and jealousy of Juno; Amori Sdegni et Gielosie di Giunone. Juno hang naked in the air with tied hands. Under a four-line verse in Italian. The performance is caught in a decorative frame with putti and cariatides.

Copper engraving from around 1517-1519 by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Amor with three servants, showing figures in a classical mythological scene.

Apollo with winch. Image of the God Apollo with a winch in his hand. His hair is kept together with a hair band. This image comes from the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani, whose weapon on the base can be seen.

Putto with a blank shield. Putto with an empty shield and a helmet as heraldic attributes

BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Samson, bringing down the temple of the British Constitution, while those inside look round in horror Date: 27 July 1867

Adam, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529 print Adam in paradise, the forbidden fruit in his right hand. Behind him a bear, a ferret and a deer. Together with a print with Eva, forms a representation of the fall. Germany paper engraving Adam (alone) holding the fruit

Sculpture of a Faun; Fauni image in Aedibus Cuiusdam Nobilis Romani; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Sitting naked from the Sixtine Chapel, 1649 print Sitting male naked, partly turned to the side. paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Sixtine Chapel (Vatican)

Suicide from Lucretia. From shame, Lucretia commits suicide. She puts a dagger in her chest. Her upper body is bare and her hair is loose. Under the show a Latin fresh.

The Four Witches. Israhel van Meckenem; German, c. 1440/45-1503. Date: 1497-1503. Dimensions: 204 x 133 mm. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Sebastian Bound to the Column, c. 1500, engraving on paper.

Vision - Linx visue, from the cycle: The Five Senses. Pencz, Georg (ca 1500-1550), graphic artist

Leiden, Luchtmans, Samuel (I), Neptune altar found near Domburg on Walcheren, verso on cardboard - stamped, A Neptune altar found near Domburg on Walcheren. The god Neptune standing with a shield with fish in his hand. Next to him a bird., print, book illustration, prints, height 129 mm, width 69 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1715 - 1715, paper, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1685-11-20 - 1757-01-13, publisher

Pyrgoteles. Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Wechtlin I.

Heinrich Aldegrever, The Temptation by the Snake, 1540 The Temptation by the Snake

Five frosting putti with fruits, anonymous, 1500 - 1599 print paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Fruits

Jester with phallus and female jester. A male and feminine jester faces each other in a conversation. They both wear a salskel with large donkey ears and feathers. The man has a phallus as an attribute. Insects fly in the air.

Pluto; Gods and Goddesses. The God Pluto, standing, on the back, a trident in the right hand, a crown on the head. This print is part of a series of seven oval prints of classical gods and goddesses.

Venus Met Twee Putti, Albrecht Altdorfer, After Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1506 - 1538 print Venus, standing with a burning heart in her right hand and a horn in her left. One putto pulls on the canvas she carries around her waist, a second putto is squatting on the floor. print maker: Germanyafter design by: Italy paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Truth, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print A naked woman with loose long hair and on a small elevation. In her right hand the sun. Above her head the Holy Spirit. Under the show two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album. print maker: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa)

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