Mythical and Elemental Themes

Artworks representing fantasy themes, mythological figures, and elemental concepts, showcasing dynamic compositions with expressive characters.

Léopold Armand Hugo (1828-1895), French painter and sculptor. Untitled. Copper engraving. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. gravure

A brown ink drawing by an anonymous artist, circa 1460-1470, depicting John the Evangelist writing, with emphasis on figure, posture, and manuscript details.

Vignet with an anchor with a crown and other objects from shipping ..

Drie kinderen en een gevleugelde sater.Flat decoration with two boys with sticks holding a shield up. On the shield is a winged Sater who plays a wind instrument, and a third boy with a stick in his hands.

You will not escape, plate 72 from Los Caprichos 1797-1799 Spain. Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper . Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Feather drawing by Jacopo Ligozzi depicting the Virgin Mary preaching, on gray-violet primed paper with gold embellishments and gray wash, emphasizing gesture and posture.

Panel with emperors' bust; Grotesques et moresques. In the middle is a caesarity bust for a shell, up and down his weapent trophies depicted. Left panel of leaf 6, originally formed with two other panels (RP-P-1964-2807 and RP-P-1964-2808) one whole. Leaf from second edition.

Prometheus, calling from a rocky landscape, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 drawing Design for a print. paper. an eagle tears at Prometheus' liver

Two fighting grotesque figures. Two grotesque figures are fighting each other with a sword. Left and right a big ear with human face. From series of 12

Johannes de Baptist with seven angels, Giovanni Battista Vanni, After Correggio, 1609 - 1660 print Johannes the Baptist on clouds, surrounded by seven angels. paper etching John the Baptist in the wilderness, usually accompanied by a lamb. angels

Amor in psyche, Anonymous, After Simon Vouet, 1688 - 1698 print Psyche spied the God Amor in his sleep. She has an oil lamp and a dagger in her hands. Psyche is shocked by the beauty of Amor and pours a drop of oil from her lamp, causing it to wake up. Netherlands paper engraving Psyche, holding a lamp, gazes at the sleeping Cupid, who awakens when a drop of hot oil falls on him

Hercules from the "The Hermae" dated 1536 Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian. Hercules from the "The Hermae". Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490-after 1536 Rome). dated 1536. Engraving. Prints

The Wing Made 1893 France. Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper . Odilon Redon

Band design for: Knappert, Emilie C., Views in the Plantwereld, 1893, Willem Wenckebach, in Or Before 1893 drawing Design for the back slat with a circle that overlaps the left corner of a rectangle. In the circle a landscape with a river, flowers and rising sun. Left and right of the circle the initials LWRW and Eck. In the lower corners the letters R&H and L&F and flowers. paper. ink. deck paint. pencil pen / brush sunrise. flowers

Canephori with basket at festival of Bacchus (or Diana). Naked man at a Canephoria celebration in Athens. Within a square decorative border. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.

Heart hit by four arrows; Cor Iesu Amanti Sacrum. Heart hit by four arrows. Part of a series of seventeen prints about the human heart overcome through the Christ child, a theme related to the Jesuits.

Ceiling design: God with two angels, 17th century, by Nicolas Poussin. Acquired 1978.

Woodcut by Matthias Gerung depicting the mockery of the indulgence trade, created around 1535.

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450 - 1491), Shield with Wings, Held by Peasant, c. 1480-1490, engraving

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Jacques Avril depicting the consequences of war, showing Mars leaving the Janus temple as an allegorical scene, produced between 1760 and 1881.

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante035. 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.

Miraculous fountain ca 1890-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. Miraculous fountain. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca 1890-1910. Metal plate engraving. Prints

Rudolf Weyr sketch depicting figure and architectural studies, showing lines, proportions, and design elements.

Panel with sitting naked man; Grotesques et moresques.Nondan is a naked man who holds a cornucopia.

Guided by Minerva, Mercury is bearing science round the world still image. Allegorical prints, Periodical illustrations. 1836. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Mercury (Roman deity), Hermes (Greek deity), Athena (Greek deity), Flying, Minerva (Roman deity), Caduceus, Science

Allegorical performance with time and other figures around monument or altar.All-Similar representation: time and other figures around monument or altar; An angel sitting in the clouds.

Umbria Terni Acquasparta Palazzo Cesi2. 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.

Sweeten, Gerard Freiherr VAN.

Cartouche, wapentrofee en krijgsgevangenen.In the middle an oval cartouche surrounded by a laurel wreath. Around a weapent trophy of different flags and weapons and chained prisoners of war. This print is part of an album.

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon. Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741-1825 London). Dimensions: image: 8 5/16 x 6 11/16 in. (21.1 x 17 cm)sheet: 10 5/16 x 7 15/16 in. (26.2 x 20.2 cm). Engraver: William Blake (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: John Johnson (London). Date: August 1, 1795. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Gęsiarczyk, according to the sculpture of Robert Diez, drew L. Heitland. Heitland, L. (N.N.), Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard (1831 1915), Diez, Robert (1844 1922)

Evangelist Marcus, Johannes Wierix (attributed to), after Johannes Wierix, 1609 print The evangelist Marcus writes in a book that lies on his lap while looking at the open book on his desk. At his feet is the winged lion. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Delft paper engraving / letterpress printing St. Mark the evangelist writing the Gospel, usually a (winged) lion present

. The Titan Atlas carries heaven on its back as a punishment for its share in the uprising against Jupiter. By Perseus he is changed in a mountain range. In the margin the title in French, English, German and Dutch. The show is decorated with an ornamental edge.

A Fisherman Drinking Beside His Canoe 1894 France. Wood-block print in brown ink on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper . Paul Gauguin

Tomb of Pierre Mignard to Jacobins, St. Honoré Street Anonymous. Tomb of Pierre Mignard to Jacobins, St. Honoré Street. Paris (IER ARR.). FEATHER, LAVIS BISTRES AND GRAY.

Frontispiece, from Othello. Théodore Chassériau; French, 1819-1856. Date: 1844. Dimensions: 400 × 268 mm (plate); 451 × 316 mm (sheet). Etching, engraving and drypoint on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Paris, Langlois, Nicolas (II), Italy, Fanelli, Francesco, Fontaines Et Iets D'Eau, Fountain with Two Putti beside a Water-Spitting Dolphin, From a series of 16 sheets, second edition., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 147 mm, width 161 mm, Work conception, Italian, 1585 - 1665, after a design by, 1680 - 1707, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1670 - 1707, publisher

Napoleon fallen off the stairs, 1814, Anonymous, 1814 print Cartoon with Napoleon from 1814 in which the emperor tried to climb atlas with the globe of his broken ladder fell to the ground. A smiling burger holds him a paper with a reference to his exile to Elba. Peace flies above the globe. The altar with a house of cards built on a stone worn by an eagle has fallen over. See also the pendant with the preceding. Germany (possibly) paper etching ladder. Atlas supporting the heavens on his shoulders. symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa)

Nehalennia altar, Hendrick Danckerts, After Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1647 print Altar of the Roman goddess Nehalennia. paper etching / engraving other foreign deities included in the classical Pantheon (with NAME) Walcheren

Print made by Oliverio Gatti, 1568-1651, Italian, Studies for the Instruction of Painters, two suites. Rome, c. 1630, undated. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Love brings virtue, Robert van Audenaerd, 1673 - 1743 print A console with an angel. He has two laurel wreaths in his hands. The print is part of an album. paper engraving Angel (S) Representated as Child (Ren). Garland, Wreath. Virtuousness; 'Love of virtues',' virtuous action ',' Safe driving of 'real honors',' virtue ',' insurmountable virtue '(Ripa)

A gray ink and brush drawing by Josef Christ depicting the Adoration of the Child, enhanced with white highlights and sparse brown washes, showing figures and compositional detail.

Two fighting Tritons, Barthel Beham, 1512 - 1540 print Germany paper engraving triton(s)

Satyr Mask with a Spiral-Shaped Beard and Ivy Grouped Around Each Horn, from Divers Masques ca. 1635-45 François Chauveau French From a series of nineteen plates with grotesque masks dedicated to Jean de Leins, goldsmith to the Queen of England and published by Jacques van Merlen in Paris. The plates are not numbered and appear in various orders.. Satyr Mask with a Spiral-Shaped Beard and Ivy Grouped Around Each Horn, from Divers Masques 425533

How they Pluck Her, plate 21 from Los Caprichos 1797-1799 Spain. Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper . Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Hans Weiditz, II, Page from Geschlechter Buch Ausberg, 1550 Page from Geschlechter Buch - Ausberg

Design for a Quatrefoil with a Castle, Two Lovers, a Maiden Tempted by a Fool, a Couple Seated by a Trough, and a Knight and His Lover Mounted on a Horse. Date/Period: Ca. 1475 - 1490. Drawing. Pen and black ink. Height: 241 mm (9.48 in); Width: 217 mm (8.54 in). Author: After The Master of the Housebook.

Bust of pan on column and weapent trophies.

Vase with a lid and a braided handle, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600 print The belly of the vase is decorated with large shells with a mascaron. On the lid is a woman with a fish tail. France paper etching

A large star fell from heaven, Odilon Redon, 1899 print Imagination of the Bible verses at 8:10, "A large star fell from heaven, which burned as fiercely as a torch." A number of large locusts in the sky and the falling star under them. Fifth print from a series of twelve, made for an album. print maker: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Paris . the plague of the monstrous locusts with crowns, led by Apollyon

Flying Folly (from the series Los Disparates (Follies) by Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828) / Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid / 1815-1819 / Spain / Etching / Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 24,6x35,7

The Baptism, by B. Franco. Robert Howlett (British, 1831 - 1858)

Prometheus. Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Two harnessed soldiers play a card game, Heinrich Nether, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1778 - 1781 print paper drypoint guard duty, keeping sentry. card games

Dynamism. Frantisek Kupka; Czech, 1871-1957. Date: 1907-1917. Dimensions: 306 × 336 mm. Charcoal and white pastel, with stumping, with touches of black pastel, on gray laid paper with fibrous inclusions. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Bliżej Kultury Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

Cast of a dead dog from the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.

Le Gray, Gustave. Murale paintings by Henri Lehmann, from the Hall of the Town Hall, 4th arrondissement, Paris. "Medicine". Salted paper. in 1853-1853. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 156934-9

The goddess of victory Nike. unknown

Decorated Capital Letter L, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, Giovanni Passari, Italian, Engraving on paper, Letter L, before St. Laurence, seated on the ground, holding the grill., Rome, Italy, ca. 1715, ephemera, Print, Print

Child with a team, Anonymous, 1650 - 1750 print A putto with a hand team on a field. paper etching cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. agricultural implements: plough

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another and Touching Tongues Within a Circle 1727 Gaetano Piccini Italian. Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another and Touching Tongues Within a Circle 345842

Bound Print, Ornamental Vase Design; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); Print Maker: A. Bouchet (French, active ca. 1730-1740); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on cream laid paper

Cartoon on the French invasion, 1795; French invasion UPON DUTCH BOTTOMS. Ombres Chinoises / Terror The Order Of The Day. Cartoon in the underestimation by the English opposition of the threat of a possible French invasion in 1795. French sanscuts sitting on thick Dutch steaming at England. Presentation projected with a magic lantern ('ombster chinoises') and admiring gade by a group of five members of the opposition.

Tone block of allegory with two putti. .

Bows, quivers and a spear 1647 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian This small etching is part of a series that shows typical seventeenth-century hunting paraphernalia. In one, traditional ox horns and coiled trumpets are both represented in pairs. Horns were used to send messages across vast hunting grounds when large parties of courtiers and their dogs became separated. Different melodies signaled the beginning and end of each stage of the hunt. By the eighteenth century, new horns with larger harmonic ranges were developed. However, ox horns were still used, as they had become synonymous with the pastime.. Bows, quivers and a spear 361628

Time smoke blowing on a painting. .

Polonia; Skoczylas, W Adys Aw (1883-1934); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Two studies of a naked man and the head of a boy. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: c. 1618 - c. 1622. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 157 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Two of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Two male figures depicted in outline vertically, engaged in a sword fight. Two symmetrical black spades appear at center top and bottom., Paris, France, late 19th century, toys & games, Playing card, Playing card

Perseus Turning Phinneas to Stone with the Head of Medusa. Dated: 1767. Dimensions: image (to outer framing line): 13.4 x 9.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with brown wash over traces of graphite, with double border line by the artist in pen and gray ink, on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Monnet.

Bretsoe Spinster, François Bonvin, 1861 print Paris paper. Japanese paper etching spinning (manufacture of yarn). spinning-wheel. spindle. distaff

Diana. Engraver and Etcher: Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, Italian, 1659-1741 After: Francesco Albani, Italian, 1578-1660

Holy Family and Four Saints. Dated: 1739. Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut in brown and gray trial proof. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Baptist Jackson after Veronese.

Untitled, plate from Je regardais et je vis... 1896 France. Lithograph in black on light grey China paper laid down on white wove paper . Jean Caldain

Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Vallicella29. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of 16th church's facade by Fausto Rughesi(1605). Views of interior nave, altars, sacristy, and collection in private rooms. Extensive coverage of frescoes and paintings. Three views of an embroidery with a depiction of the Assumption of the Virgin. General Notes: Views of Oratorio dei Filippini are filed separately, but retain H-numbers within this monument's numerical sequence. 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.

Le Gray, Gustave. Murale paintings by Henri Lehmann, from the Hall of the Town Hall, 4th arrondissement, Paris. "Men go about the first works.". Salted paper. in 1853-1853. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 156880-7

Cover-Frontispiece for the Temptation of St Anthony Made 1888 France. Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithograph in black on blue-green wove paper . Odilon Redon

Huningue plan

Imagination; Apple, Feliks (1865-1928); 1914 (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);Albiński, Marian (Fl. 1961-1964), Albiński, Marian (Fl. 1961-1964)-collection, Greece, Jan Evangelist (Saint), Young Poland (Style), Partage Plus, Patmos (Greece), Polish graphics, Kielichy, Poland (culture), antiquity (architect), symbolism (style), poison, snakes (zool.)

The Book of Job: Pl. 3, Thy Sons and thy Daughters were eating and drinking Wine in their / eldest Brothers house, 1825. William Blake (British, 1757-1827). Engraving;

Portrait of Floris IV, Count van Holland, Cornelis Visscher (II), 1650 print Floris IV, Count of Holland, wears a helmet embellished with a lion and a harness with bubbles. The frame is decorated with the Wapen van Holland. Haarlem paper engraving / etching helmet. armour. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. bell ~ musical instruments (+ variant)

Eye of Providence, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1787 print Berlin paper etching the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings. clouds

Vignette with winch, burning heart, shield, freedom hat and sun, Willem Bilderdijk, 1777

Maenad dancing, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume III, plate 29, 1757-1787, Naples.

Two flying putti. .

Dum Spiro Spero! He do: Félicien Rops, Patronymic study, by Eugène Demolder, with some brutal reproductions of unpublished currencies of Rops, Paris: René Pincourde, 1894 Dewiza Félicana Ropsa Rops, Félicien (1833 1898)

Title page for the Pamphlet: Europe Never for one, 1702; Europe never for one; Esopus in Europe. Title page for the Pamphlet: Europe Never for a, 1702. A lion (Willem III) and a fox cut the nails and break the teeth teeth (France), the eagle (emeaser) sees approving. France's power in Europe by Willem III and the empire brief. In the background an obelisk with inscription in Latin.

unknown, Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Parma, Correggio, Italy, Vanni, Giovanni Battista, Dome decorations by Correggio in the S. Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, John the Baptist surrounded by seven angels, verso - stamped, John the Baptist on clouds, surrounded by seven angels., print, prints, height 488 mm, width 410 mm, Italian, 1599-02-21 - 1660-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1660, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1489 - 1534-03-05, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher, uitgever van privage

Fig. CXXXIX. Haustrum, per urnam, & pateotrochum. Additional, Haustrum, per urnas & pateotrochon antlans., 1662., Coloniæ Agrippinæ. Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici. Subjects include mechanical engineering, machinery, mills and mill-work, hydraulic facilities, fountains, and pails. Engravings

Saint Michael the Archangel. Design for a calendar page. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Triumphag from Emperor Maximilian I (Sixth Sheet), 1519; Copies to Dürers Triomfvag for Emperor Maximiliaan I, published in Amsterdam in 1609 by H. A. Koster and D. de Meyn; Triumphalis HIC Currus Ad Honorem Invictiss. AC Gloriosissimi Principis D. Maximiliani Caesis Semper Augusti Conconsatus Est, AC per Albertum Durer Deliniatus. The Great Triomfvag in honor of Emperor Maximiliaan I at his death on January 12, 1519. Sixth leaf with the fourth span horses with acrimonia and virilitas. Copy to the original of Albrecht Dürer from 1522. Numbered: 4.

Kracht; Emblematische figuren.Power (fortitudo) as a woman sitting on the back of a lion with a helmet and a club in her hands. Her gaze is aimed at the sun at the top right.

ROMANCERO GITANO DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA-LITOGRAFIA. Author: RAPHAEL ALBERTI.

Le Stryge Charles Méryon (French, 1821-1868). Le Stryge, 1853. Etching on laid paper, 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (16.9 x 12.8 cm). European Art 1853

The Eagle of Saint John ca. 1435-1491 Martin Schongauer German. The Eagle of Saint John 356498

Dreamy scene, Bernard Willem Wierink, 1918 print paper (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust. witch, sorceress

Simonides woman #2 , Bees, Women. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Photography of them would eat (Janusz Radziwi a) Huntering for a recent one; Castellani, F., Old Ski, Boles (1834-1917); 1870-1900 (1870-00-00-1900-00-00);

Etching by Richard Teschner depicting a dancer, created in brown Vernis Mou technique on Letters Platte in 1938, printed in 1947, from Teschner's sketchbook (1915-1947).

Cangiasi, Prometheus, Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855 - 1858 Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 25. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 25. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

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