Gods and Their Lovers in Art

Artworks depicting romantic and mythological interactions between gods and mortals, focusing on themes of love, beauty, and tragedy in classical motifs.

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Assumption of Mary Magdalene, verso lower left - stamped, Mary is taken up to heaven by angels., print, prent, prints, height 243 mm, width 142 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1506, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, ink, inkt, woodcut, pen

Mercury Conquered by Love. Lucas Kilian (Germany, Augsburg, 1579-1637). Germany, 17th century. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Hercules Destroys the Lernaean Hydra, 1550, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502-after 1555/61, 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (9.21 x 6.67 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 16th century, The deeds of Hercules were endlessly popular in the Renaissance as models of strength and virtue. Heinrich Aldegrever portrays the hero engaged in two particularly desperate labors. In one he had to crush the menacing nine-headed Hydra-difficult to do because each time a head was cut off, two appeared in its place. The other task was to descend to Hades and bring back Cerberus, the hideous beast guarding the entrance to the underworld.

Flying and Other Excesses ("Volando y otros excesos"). Artist: Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (Spanish, Madrid 1807-1845 Madrid). Dimensions: 7-1/4 x 5-1/8 in. (18.4 x 13.0 cm). Date: 1807-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Three Putti with Helmet andShield. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Albrecht Altdorfer, Hercules and a Muse, c 1520 1525 Hercules and a Muse

Jealous Monster (no.8 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, 1778, Etching, Sheet: 16 5/16 x 10 11/16in. (41.4 x 27.2cm)

Mars, god of war in ancient Italy, and Venus, Roman goddess of erotic love and beauty, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a prehistoric original

. Love is in a cave with his daughters and is drunked by them. In the background the burning cities of Sodom and Gomorra and the woman of Lot as a salt pillar. At the bottom of the margin three two-year verses in Latin about the show.

Cimon Breastfed by his Daughter Pero. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

This 1566 woodcut by Niccolò Boldrini depicts Venus with Amor, emphasizing mythological figures, gestures, and composition in Renaissance style.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Pan Teaching the Young Olympus to Play the Flute ca. 1540-80 Anonymous 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 to have offered one standard, bound set o

. Venus and Amor accompanied by Ceres and Bacchus. Bacchus pick grapes and Ceres' servant has a bowl with pomegranates. Venus has a smoking pot.

The discovery of Adam and Eva after the fall; Discovery or Adame and Eve. God the Father, Kiss on a cloud, appeals to Adam that is right next to a tree. The naked Adam points to the EVA on the ground. She looks up to God to God and points to the road crawling snake.

Soil, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original from old times.

Venus, Mars, and Cupid 1536-1603 Flanders. Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper . Style of Frans Floris, I

Juno, Ceres, and Psyche in the clouds conversing, Juno seated with a peacock at her feet, Ceres wearing a garland of wheat and Psyche partially naked and holding a cloth. Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515-died 1527 Rome); After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); After () Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 7/16 in. × 8 in. (26.5 × 20.3 cm). Date: ca. 1515-27.After a drawing in the Albertina thought to be by Giulio Romano which is based on a fresco in the Villa Farnesina by Raphael. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Paris and Oenone, from Greek Heroines Made 1539 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Georg Pencz

Coming to Cupido, Anonymous, c. 1550 - C. 1650 print Venus and Amor sit next to each other. Amor has an arrow and his bow. The arm of Venus goes behind Amor. Italy paper etching Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Design for the central section of The Mirror of Virtue. Date/Period: Ca. 1594. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white. Height: 258 mm (10.15 in); Width: 217 mm (8.54 in). Author: Cornelis Ketel.

Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed and Three Putti mid-1550s Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed and Three Putti 367467

Hercules and Antaeus. Dated: 1577. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Peter Maes after Heinrich Aldegrever.

Hercules en Omphale, Jacob Matham (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1631 print Hercules in his lion's skin and with club, has beaten his arm around Omphale, who has a spinning skirt. Haarlem paper engraving Hercules in love with Omphale; the hero is set to spin wool or to do other women's work among the servants, while Omphale wears his lion's skin and wields his club and bow

Two Fauns Carrying a Child ca. 1513-15 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Two Fauns Carrying a Child 342633

Robert Robinson, Venus Combing Amor's Hair, c. 1685, mezzotint on paper.

Two Satyrs Fighting Over a Nymph Albrecht Altdorfer German. Two Satyrs Fighting Over a Nymph 430186

Master ZBM, Pandora Opening Her Box, 1557 Pandora Opening Her Box

The Expulsion from Paradise. Dated: 1510. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

The Sater Family, Monogrammist AD (16th century), After Albrecht Dürer, 1567 print In a forest, a satap plays on his whistle for a nymph and her baby. Germany paper engraving satyr(s) (in general). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Triomf van Galatea, Jacob Gole, after Antoine Coypel, 1670 - 1724 print The Zeenmf Galatea is sitting on a shell and is accompanied by a triton, a nereid and a putto. Amsterdam paper triumph of Galatea

Israhel van Meckenem, The Angry Wife, c 1495 1503 The Angry Wife

Lot and his daughters; Women's Listen. In the opening of a cave, lot with one of his daughters is next to him. His second daughter gives him wine. In the background the woman's fate as a salt pillar between the ruins of Sodom. The print is part of a six-part series about women's listen.

The Expulsion from Paradise, 1540, Engravings, 3 7/16 x 2 1/2 in. (8.7 x 6.4 cm), Paper / Sheet 3 7/16 x 2 1/2 in. (8.7 x 6.4 cm), Stamped in brown ink, verso A. Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773), Cream laid

Adam and Eve, 1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving;

Boy with a Trumpet Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Boy with a Trumpet 399136

Four NakedWomen. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

A Roman Warrior with Fasces 1666 Leendert van der Cooghen Netherlandish. A Roman Warrior with Fasces 359505

Achilles leans, weeping, on the dead body of his friend Patroclus. Next to them stands Thetis, comfortingly, with her hand on Achilles' shoulder. In the foreground Achilles' armour and armour. On the left in the background mourning soldiers. Eleventh print from a series of fourteen scenes from Achilles' life, Achilles mourns the death of Patroclus Scenes from Achilles' life (series title) Vitam et mortem achilli., print maker: J. Alexander Janssens, Victor Honoré Janssens, Zuid-Nederland, c. 1700, paper, engraving, etching, h 167 mm × w 132 mm

Copper engraving 'Mother with Two Children' by Barthel Beham, depicting a maternal figure with two child figures in detailed composition.

Anonymous drawing of Amphitrite, executed with pen and brown wash.

Apollo and Diana. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in. (11.5 × 7.2 cm). Date: ca. 1503. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Adam and Eve ca. 1639 Simone Cantarini Italian. Adam and Eve 341413

Vertumnus tries to seduce Pomona, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1600 - 1647 print Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman, holds the chin of the naked Pomona. She holds pruning in her hand. Scene from Ovidius metamorphoses (with. XIV, 654-669). The Hague paper etching / engraving Vertumnus and Pomona

Allegory on the abundance thanks to peace. Female personnification of abundance with a cornucopia filled in her left arm with fruits and in her judge a torch. She stands with her foot on a piece of armor. Next to her are a lamb and a lion.

Element water as naked woman sitting near a well with fish, water flowing from her breasts, in frame fish, otter, seal, spoonbill, turtle and shellfish, print maker: Nicolaes de Bruyn (mentioned on object), Dating 1581 - 1656

Venus and Mars with cupid and the Three Graces 1560-65 Master HCB. Venus and Mars with cupid and the Three Graces 647723

ProCris spends cephalus; ProCris; Greek heroines. ProCris hides itself in the thicket to spect cephalus during hunting but cephalus hears Geritel and points his arrow on her.

Bacchus, 1592 print Bacchus, standing in a niche, a drinking cup in his right hand, his left hand at the shoulder of a small satar, who eats grapes. This print is part of a series of eight prints of classical gods, based on paintings by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the facade of a Roman house, seen and checked by Goltzius in Rome. paper engraving (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber

Argus and Mercury. Mercury plays Argus asleep with his flute. Presentation in oval.

Caraglios copper engraving depicts Mercury carrying Psyche to Olympus, showing mythological narrative, dynamic figures, and symbolic attributes.

Marcantonio Raimondi, Two Fauns Carrying a Child Two Fauns Carrying a Child

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham titled 'Death and the Three Naked Women,' depicting Death confronting three nude female figures.

Depiction of the Death of Clorinda rendered with pen, gray and brown wash, with restored lower corners in gray wash.

Bacchus at left giving grapes to women, from 'The Loves of the Gods'. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Loves of the Gods (Amorosi diletti degli dei). Date: 1531-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ceres Bacchus and Venus, Jacob Matham, After Titian, 1599 - 1603 print Venus and Amor accompanied by Ceres and Bacchus. Bacchus picks grapes and Ceres' servant has a bowl of pomegranates. Venus has a smoking pot. Haarlem paper engraving Without the COVER AND BACCHO CLOVE VENUS

Afternoon, 1611 - 1637 print Landscape with Venus, the goddess of love, as a personification of the afternoon. She is accompanied by Amor. A pair of pigeons flies above them. A musicianing company in the background. In the margin a two -way caption in Latin. paper engraving personification of the afternoon, 'Meridies'. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). more than one musician with instrument - CC - 'concert champíªtre'

Allegory on hunting. The hunter Orion carries Diana, the goddess of the hunt, on his back. Together they go hunting with hunting dogs. In the background Diana's nymphs. Under the image four lines of Latin.

Thesueus stands with club in hand above the Minotaur he has vanquished Figures around him burn him homage Based on a classical sculpture, Theseus and the Minotaur Theseus conqueror of the Minotaur , print maker: Antoni Zürcher, Netherlands, 1765 - 1837, paper, etching, engraving, h 174 mm × w 117 mm

Copper engraving by Albrecht Altdorfer from around 1520-1525 depicting Arion and Nereide, showing figures and mythological elements.

Drawing showing the Three Graces seated on clouds, executed with feather, chalk, and light watercolor, emphasizing figures, posture, and classical composition.

Expulsion from Paradise, Pieter van der Plas (II), 1687 - 1708 print Adam and Eva leave the Hof van Eden nude and ashamed. Adam covers his face with his hands. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3:22-24)

Schut, Cornelis (I), Bacchus, Ceres and Pomona, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 243 mm, width 193 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

Eve reaches out to Adam the Apple under the tree with the serpent, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540, paper, pen, h 70 mm × w 50 mm

Venus with two Putts; Altdorfer, Albrecht (CA 1480-1538); around 1520 (1515-00-00-1525-00-00);

De Danaïden, Bernard Picart, 1730 print The Danaids, daughters of King Danaos of Libya, are condemned to fill a bottomless barrel. In the underworld they scoop water into the barrel with jugs. In the margin the title in French, English, German and Dutch. The performance is decorated with an ornamental edge. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the Danaids pouring water into a perforated vessel. scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien around 1514 depicting the Fall of man, showing Adam and Eve with detailed composition and Renaissance style.

The Shepherd, Print made by George Richmond, 1809-1896, British, 1827, Engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé, Sheet: 8 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (22.7 x 16.6 cm), Plate: 6 7/8 x 4 7/16 inches (17.5 x 11.3 cm), and Image: 6 x 4 7/16 inches (15.3 x 11.2 cm), animal art, cottage, dog (animal), drapery, figure study, grazing, hills, house, landscape, man, palm trees, river, robe, sheep, shepherd, shepherd's crook, thatch, trees, vine

Mucius Saevola, 1530. Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502-1555/61). Engraving;

Estius, Franco, Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Diana's nymphs discover the pregnancy of Callisto, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 255 mm, width 194 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1592, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1562 - 1638-11-11

Two men bow rod crooked and woman shifts ring to finger man.

Copper engraving by Cristofano di Michele (il Robetta) from 1460 depicting the young Hercules choosing between virtue and vice, showing an allegorical scene with mythological figures.

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Springinklee, Hans, The Judgement of Paris, verso - stamped, Round representation of three scantily clad ladies, an older man in a heavy cloak and a younger man in armor. The older man (Mercury) offers the young man (Paris), who seems to be sleeping, an apple, to give to one of the three ladies (Venus, Minerva and Juno)., print, engraving, prints, engravings, diameter 57 mm, German - 1540, print maker, printmaker, 1510 - 1520, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05

Venus, Heinrich Aldegrever, after Albrecht Dürer, 1533 print Venus, naked and seen from the front, she holds Cupido at his left hand, a cup in her other hand. A kissing pair in the background. One from a series of seven prints with gods that depict the planets. Germany paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Joseph and the woman of Potifar. Potifar's wife lies naked on a four-poster bed. Jozef flight from her way (to the right) and is carried out by her at his cloak.

Deïanira kidnapped by Nessus, Gérard Audran, After Giulio Romano, 1650 - 1703 print France paper etching / engraving Hercules shoots Nessus, the centaur, who attempts to carry off Deianira. Nessus

Studies of a Figure Bending Over, Two Putti, and an Arm (recto); Rest on the Flight into Egypt (verso) 1596-1597 Italy. Pen and brown iron-gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto), and pen and brown iron-gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over touches of black chalk, heightened with lead white gouache (partially oxidized) (verso), on ivory laid paper . Cesare Rossetti

Touch, from the Five Senses Cornelis Drebbel Netherlandish After Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish Publisher Peter Overadt German 1596 View more. Touch, from the Five Senses. Cornelis Drebbel (Netherlandish, Alkmaar 1572-1633 London). 1596. Engraving. Peter Overadt (German, active Cologne, ca. 1600-1649). Prints

Venus attended by cupids. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); Designed by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (8.1 × 5 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1534. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The dream of the scholar. A man is sealing on a couch. A devil blows in his ear with a bellows. Venus and Cupid are beside him, the latter tries to walk on stilts.

Vatican City, Paulus V, Italy, Guercino, Pasqualini, Giovanni Battista, Venus and Adonis with Amor, verso - stamped, Venus and Adonis partially undressed in a landscape. Next to Venus stands Amor with a drawn bow., print, prent, prints, height 176 mm, width 259 mm, Italian, 1585 - 1634, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1620, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1591-02-08 - 1666-12-22, after a design by, 1552 - 1621, granter of privilege

Dialectica, from The Liberal Arts Georg Pencz German. Dialectica, from The Liberal Arts. The Liberal Arts. Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Engraving. Prints

Diana discovers that Callisto, one of her nymphs, is pregnant by Jupiter She points accusingly at Callisto, whose clothes are being removed by nymphs Numbered bottom center: XXVII, Bas-relief with Diana and Callisto Calisto chase, print maker: Matthijs Pool, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Barend Graat, (mentioned on object), Francis van Bossuit, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1727, paper, engraving, etching, h 109 mm × w 143 mm

Woman with child is at a classic building, Marcello Fogolino, 1529 - 1533 print Italy paper engraving mother and baby or young child

Relief with cybele as a personification of the Earth element above bow in the civilian hall of the town hall on Dam Square. Relief with cybele as a personification of the Earth element above the right (southern) arch on the east side of the civilian hall in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. To her chest a child, on her head of the cityscape. Behind her a monkey on the back of a camel or dromedary. In addition to her a lion. Under her feet a fox and a snake. Leged numbered: XCIX. N. 2.

Two scenes from the story of Amor and Psyche; Paradigmata Graphics variorum artificum. Above: Psyche spends amor in his sleep. Below: Amor woke up Psyche through his arrow and red hair from her fatal sleep.

Laurent de La Hyre, Diana Recumbent, 1620s Diana Recumbent

Paris, Venus and Amor. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

A Hunter Grabbing a Bear 1737 Etched by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus. A Hunter Grabbing a Bear. Group of Subjects Drawn From Antiquity(Suite de sujets dessinés d'après l'antique). Etched by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692-1765 Paris). 1737. Etching. Prints

Francesco Francia or Peregrino da Cesena, Hercules and Deianira, c 1490 1510 Hercules and Deianira

Mucius Scaevola Burning His Hand. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (6.5 × 3.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Flagellation, 1509 Flagellation

Rinaldo and Armida. The Soldier Rinaldo is kidnapped by the Queen Armida. Rinaldo has pulled his uniform and lies with armid in the forest. Amor looks over armidas shoulder. On the right in the woods two soldiers hide.

Peace after Raphael (Bartsch 394) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Peace after Raphael (Bartsch 394). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Venus in Cupid.

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The Judgment of Pâris. (Bartsch 89; Pauli 92)". Chisel. 1546. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 123050-17 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

Copper engraving by Barthel Beham depicting Apollo and Daphne, showing figures, posture, and composition.

Giuseppe Diamantini, Flora and Mercury, 1690 1700 Flora and Mercury

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, Successful Monster (no.7 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), 1778. Etching.

Carracci, Agostino, Italy, Annibale, Jupiter and Antiope, Venus and a Satyr, verso - stamped, A satyr (possibly Jupiter in the guise of a satyr) approaches the sleeping Venus (possibly Antiope). Behind Venus stands Cupid with his bow in his hand. In the background on the left is a landscape., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 154 mm, width 225 mm, Italian, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1557 - 1602-03-22

Copper engraving by Cristofano di Michele, called il Robetta, depicting a youth being caught and released, showing figures, gestures, and composition around 1460.

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