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

BATEBA, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1532 print Batseba, naked and sitting at the edge of a bath. Her servant stands by her and looks up where King David is peeping on his balcony. Germany paper engraving David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing

Stefan Studzieński (1749 OR 1750 1753), son of Adam and Ewa Née Zddzowski Studziński Arged 3 and A Half Years. Monogramist J.W.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Eva, created in 1523, showing the human figure, posture, gestures, and biblical symbolic elements.

Etching 'Tarpéia Killed by the Sabiners' by Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545, depicting the legendary Roman story with detailed figures and composition.

"Copper engraving and etching by Dirk Jakobsz. Vellert from 1522 showing a faun in a detailed pose, highlighting mythological themes and naturalistic elements."

For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, 'My Son! my Son!', Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1793, Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (13.7 x 11.4 cm), and Plate: 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches (9.2 x 6 cm), beard, leaf, literary theme, men, nudes, ruins, spear, stones, text, trees

Abraham's offer van Isaac, in or before c. 1618 - c. 1619 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalk brush the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula'. Allegory of fire. Detail of the ancient elements. World map printed in Amsterdam in 1636. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Devil confuses the yarn, Pieter Jansz Quast, 1652 print The devil confuses the yarn, 1652. A sitting woman spins yarn who are injured by a man of a coil on a reel, behind him is the devil who pulls the yarn and confuses it. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving spinning (manufacture of yarn). devils in the form of (fabulous) animals

August, represented as a nude man. Illustration from supplement to 'L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures'; (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology.

This copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, circa 1500-1510, depicts Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child across a river.

Sculpture. Two lovers, Anonymous, After Cornelis Bos, 1535 - 1540 print Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving couple of lovers

Hercules, seated on a column, in a state of depression. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1781.

Naked rowing man, seen on the back, Louis Marin Bonnet, After Louis Jean François Lagrenée (I), 1746 - 1793 print Numbered at the top right: No. 107. Paris paper engraving man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude. rowing, canoeing, etc. (sport)

Two Jesters Drinking in the Garden. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante09. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Standing naked woman in landscape, Pier Francesco Mola, After Alessandro Tiarini, After Titian, 1622 - 1666 print Italy paper etching nude with covered genitals - AA - female human figure. landscapes

Etching by Sebald Beham from 1544 depicting Cimon, showing historical figure with attendants in a detailed narrative scene.

This 1884 illustration shows the heroic statue of the Roman Emperor Pupienus that is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus(c. 168-238) wasRoman emperorwithBalbinusfor three months in 238, during theYear of the Six Emperors.

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Hercules and Hydra (Dutuit 683) Peregrino da Cesena (around 1790-1520). Hercules and Hydra (Dutuit 683). Printed nielle.xvème-sixteenth century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Aesculapius and Hygieia. Engraving by C.P.P. Carloni after T. Matteini.

Figure study of a seated male nude with the right arm raised. .

Man Onderwerpt Een Harpij, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, After Annibale Carracci, After Agostino Carracci, After Ludovico Carracci, 1663 print Console with a naked man, one of the soldiers of Aeneas, sitting on a harpij. print maker: Italyafter painting by: Italyafter painting by: Italyafter painting by: Italyprinter: RomeItalyItaly paper etching other architectural details (CONSOLE). Harpies (classical mythology). the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Design: Legs and Feet, from Encyclopédie. Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809); after Bouchardon (probably Edme), (French, active 18th century); published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775). Date: 1762-1777. Dimensions: 323 × 205 mm (image); 350 × 220 mm (plate); 400 × 257 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Summer statue; L'Esté. Front and rear view of a summer statue, with a corn sheaf. Numbered under the show: LXVIII and LXVIX.

Ops, Nicolaas Braeu, after Karel van Mander (I), 1598 print An image of the goddess Ops, the wife of the God Saturn, placed in a niche. Ops is the goddess of agriculture and fertility. In this performance she is confused with Cybele. As a ruler, Cybele wears a crown in the shape of a wall with towers as a ruler. Cybele holds a key and a scepter in her hand, a lion bushes around her legs. With a Latin caption. paper engraving Ops. attributes of Cybele

Man van Smarten, Girolamo Olgiati, After Ludwig Krug, after Hans Suess von Kulmbach, c. 1567 - c. 1575 print Christ as a man of sorrows, sitting with his arms crossed over each other. Numbered bottom left: 8. print maker: Veniceprint maker: Germanyafter print by: Germanyafter drawing by: Germany paper etching Man of Sorrows, 'Imago Pietatis', 'Erbärmdebild', 'Schmerzensmann'; the upright Christ showing his wounds, usually bearing the crown of thorns, and accompanied by the instruments of the Passion, standing or sitting in his tomb

Young Man Bareheaded, with Sword. Dated: 1784. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki.

Grammar, 1544 print Personification of grammar: sitting naked woman with sphere in her hands. In addition to her a writing tablet on which the alphabet. paper engraving 'Grammatica' (~ trivium); 'Grammatica' (Ripa). the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'. letters, alphabet, script

Andromeda, Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon, After Walter Pompe, 1772 - 1773 Sculpture of Andromeda chained to the rock near the sea monster. Image made by Wautier Pompe in the Kaasstraat. Numbered at the top right of the plate: 10. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp Sculpture of Andromeda chained to the rock near the sea monster. Image made by Wautier Pompe in the Kaasstraat. Numbered at the top right of the plate: 10. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp

Two satyrs, and the head of a satyr. Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. Prints. 1773. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Anatomy, Artistic, Heads (Anatomy), Satyrs (Greek mythology)

Rape of a Sabine Woman. Artist: Andrea Andreani (Mantua, 1558/1559-1629); After Giambologna (Netherlandish, Douai 1529-1608 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 3/16 × 7 15/16 in. (43.7 × 20.2 cm). Date: 1584. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cimon and Pero. Dated: 1540. Dimensions: overall: 39.7 x 24.1 cm (15 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with charcoal heightened with white on heavy laid paper; laid down (repair to Pero's ear). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

Statue of spring; Le Printems. Back and front view of a Spring statue. She holds a basket with flowers. Numbered under the show: LXVI and LXVII.

Apollo Belwederski (Roman copy of the brown Greek original Leochares from the 4th century BC; currently in the collections of the Vatican Museums (Museo Pio Clementino). Piranesi, Francesco (1758 1810), Corazzari, L.

Etruscan Candelabrum Finial (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum') 1620-40 Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian This highly worked up drawing in red chalk portrays in great detail an Etruscan bronze candelabrum finial, of the late Archaic period and datable about 510-480 BC, that is also in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection (47.11.3), and is on view in Gallery 170, Department of Greek and Roman Art. This drawing is surprisingly close in scale to the actual object. The bronze finial represents a pair of warriors, one wounded and limping who is supported by the other. This is therefore a rare and felicitous instance in which both the visual source and the drawing are owned by the same institution.This drawing is in a style and on an annotated mount that are typical of the "Paper Museum," or Museo Cartaceo, that was compiled in Rome by Cassiano dal Pozzo (1598-1657) with the help of his brother, Carlo Antonio. The original of the Etruscan sculpture repre

Sitting male nude, seen from the front (2nd prize 1782), Jacques Kuyper, 1782 drawing paper. chalk sitting figure (+ nude human being). sitting figure (+ nude human being)

Statue of winter; L'Hhyver. Front and rear view of a statue of winter, an old man wrapped in a cloak. Numbered under the show: LXXII and LXXIII.

A copper engraving from 1510-1527 depicting Venus with three putti at a volcano, showing mythological figures, landscape, and composition.

Standing Male Nude mid-16th-early 17th century Denijs Calvaert Netherlandish. Standing Male Nude 368118

Sculpture of a gladiator; Gladiatoris image in Aedibus Farnesianis Romae; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.

The Impossibility. Dated: 1549. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Hans Wechtlin, circa 1510-1512, depicting Orpheus in two plates with blue tonal effects, illustrating mythological subject matter.

Four Naked Women 1497 Albrecht Dürer German. Four Naked Women 369866

Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), Genius on a Dolphin, 1521, engraving

Asher, from The Twelve Sons of Jabob”, set of 12 prints after van Mander. Engraver: Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565-1629 After: Karel van Mander I, Dutch, 1548-1606

Woodcut by Lucas van Leyden, circa 1514, illustrating the biblical Fall of Man.

At left a winged mermaid raises with both arms curved branches. At right, in a greater scale, a merman bends the two branches which grow from the end of the pole, together with raised arms. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1780-1790. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, holding a cross, pouring a saucer of water. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Charles-Joseph Natoire from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.

GLUM, THE FLYING MAN his clothing opens out to make wings - see companion picture of GAIVRY the Flying Girl Date: 1751

Drawing by Georg Philipp Rugendas depicting a lying putto, executed in brown feder with gray-brown lavings, dated 1700.

Saint Sebastian ca. 1525 Gerolamo Giovenone. Saint Sebastian. Gerolamo Giovenone (Italian, Barengo ca. 1490-1555 Vercelli). ca. 1525. Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, white gouache, over some black chalk on light brown paper; the figure and parts of the tree are drawn on the basis of a dotted black-chalk underdrawing (spolvero marks).. Drawings

Male nude, standing, the left arm levied, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1724 drawing paper. chalk the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Ingolstadt, Eder, Wilhelm, Munich, Sadeler, Raphaël (I), Raphaël (II), In hoc signo vinces, Crucifix, verso bottom left - stamped, print, book illustration, prints, height 83 mm, width 53 mm, height 105 mm, width 65 mm, South Netherlands, 1584-12-20 - 1632, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1622, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpress, 1560, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, South Netherlandish, German - 1660, printer

The fall as the cause of the war and death, ca. 1707-1708; Cause of the war and death; The steadfast monarchye of death / 't Lusthof from MoMus. The fall of Adam and Eva as the cause of the war and death, ca. 1707-1708. Numbered: 1 and marked: p. 5. Old copy to the famous print of Dürer. Part of: The steadfast monarchye of death, a series of 8 old plates with verses adapted for use as cartoon prints on the French in the context of the Spanish Succession War. Part of the printing work under the collective title 't Lust Court of Momus with the bundled series of cartooning during the 1901-1713 of the Spanish Succession War.

Venus and Cupid 1506 Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Venus and Cupid 625020

Pyramus and Thisbe. Landscape with lion, Pyramus sleeping on wall with fountain and thisbe sticking sword in heart.

Depicts the mythological scene of Hercules and Deianira, created as a copper engraving print by Andrea Zoan at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century, showing interaction between the figures.

Iconismus IX. Ponatur è regione. Fig. VIII. Puer capite elephantino; Fig. IX. Infans cornutus ore patulo. Schott, Gaspar (1608-1666). Prints. 1662. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Demonology, Abnormalities, Human, Zoology, Monsters

Amsterdam, Luyken, Caspar, Adam in Paradise, verso - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 2, height 113 mm, width 148 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

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Young faun fighting roosters according to the sculpture Ch. Lenoira was drawing Bocourt. French magazine clipping. Tamisier, Charles (fl. 1855), Lenoir, Ch. (n.n.), Bocourt

Vulcan seated hammering on an anvil flanked by Venus and three cupids. Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515-died 1527 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 4 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (11.1 × 17.5 cm). Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627-1691 Rome); Antonio Salamanca (Salamanca 1478-1562 Rome). Series/Portfolio: Ancient Bas-Reliefs. Date: ca. 1515-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Telemachos, in Greek myth the son of Odysseus and Penelope, meets Odysseus disguised as a beggar at the shepherd Eumaios, after a painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (January 2, 1783 - July 22, 1853), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), Eve Standing, 1523, engraving

Sebald Beham, Three Women Bathing, 1548 Three Women Bathing

people women nude fool and naked girl woodcut South Germany 1st half 16th century private collection,

Genius of goddess Minerva holding a staff and a shield with the head of Medusa on it, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Francesco Cepparoli from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 11, 1757-1787, Naples.

Two young bare boys playing the Hippolyte Dominique Berteaux (1843-1928). Two young bare boys playing horn. Pastel and Gouache on cardboard.

Copper engraving by Hans Baldung Grien around 1512 depicting Christ at the scourge pillar, illustrating the Passion scene with detailed figure work.

Aboriginal Guanche warrior of the Canary Islands, 16th century. He is naked apart from a loincloth and leg bands, and carries a lance, shield, bow and arrows. Costume des iles Canaries. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1548 titled 'Death and the Sleeping Woman', depicting a figure of death and a reclining sleeping woman in symbolic composition.

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer around 1501 depicting Saint Sebastian tied to a tree, showing detailed anatomy and religious symbolism.

Sebald Beham, Satyr Playing Lyre Satyr Playing Lyre

The ancestors of Christ flanking an inscribed tablet, an arched top composition. Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome); Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 7/16 in. (21.4 x 31.6 cm). Date: 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman comic actors in masks. still image. 1736. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Theater , Rome, Masks , Roman, costumes , Roman+, Actors , Roman+ , To 499

Decorative design of putti with astronomical instruments. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1800. Measurements: h 139 mm × w 132 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Piaye of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. Medicine man or ceremonial person with feather headdress, skirt, and wooden club. Piaye-Medecin de la Guiane. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Engraving by R. Stang after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.

EcceHomo. Artist: Hieronymus Wierix, Flemish, 1553-1619 Publisher: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537-1612

Sebald Beham, Ornament with Three Satyrs Ornament with Three Satyrs

Copper engraving from around 1517-1519 by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Mercury descending from heaven, showing a winged male figure in motion.

Dancing Putti.

Femmina in atto d'uscir dal Bagno; di Gio. Bologna; situata nell'interno della Grotta di Boboli: e Grupp di Peitro Barbino, detto Volgarmente Bacco; di Valerio Cioli da Settignano.. Vascellini, Gaetano, 1745-1805. Soldini, Francesco Maria. Prints. 1789. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Sculpture , Italy , Florence

Kneeling naked youth with stick. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 5-Nov-1735. Measurements: h 318 mm × w 196 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Jerusalem, Plate 92, "What do I see!....". Date/Period: 1804 to 1820. Print. Orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper). Height: 203 mm (7.99 in); Width: 146 mm (5.74 in). Author: William Blake.

Hercules as a child in de Wiegwt Slangen, Heinrich Aldegrever, After Anonymous, 1550 print Leda, naked and standing next to Jupiter disguises as a swan who puts his leg on her thigh. Behind her Hercules in a cradle, two snakes strangled with his bare hands. Next to him is Amphytrion and through a window Juno is visible, who sent the snakes. Under the show a two -line text in Latin. The connection between Leda and the Kleine Hercules is unclear. First print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules. print maker: Germanyafter print by: Venice paper engraving Hercules strangles two serpents in his cradle. Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda

. A big picture of Hercules, full of, with his son Telephos on the arm. Under the show six lines of Latin.

Saint christopher fresco outside the main church, pradalunga, Italy

Saint John the Baptist with Lamb Artist's working dates 1648-1719 Italy. Watercolor over black chalk, on tan laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper . Carlo Cignani

Combat of Three Men, 1546-1547. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

event Protestant Reformation 1517 - 1555 caricature pope as donkey woodcut Germany 16th century,

Thomas Bartholin, Mensch mit Venen.

Study of a naked man and a boy. Draughtsman: Leendert van der Cooghen. After Salomon de Bray. Dating: 1642 - 1681. Measurements: h 180 mm × w 157 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell. Date/Period: 1824-1827. Painting. Pen, ink and watercolor. Height: 526 mm (20.70 in); Width: 374 mm (14.72 in). Author: William Blake.

Paris, Breton, Richard, Desprez, François, Recueil de la diversité des habits, Series of various costumes, La bresilienne, Brazilian woman with child, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 148 mm, width 85 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, papier, woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, 1524 - 1571, publisher

A resident of the islele of Amiranta in the Indian Ocean Copia, Jacques Louis (1764 1799), Piron, Alexis (1689 1773)

Netherlands, Reyger, Pieter de, Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis, Muller, Jan Harmensz., Two wrestlers, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 249 mm, width 202 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1562 - 1638-11-11, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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