Mythical and Surreal Depictions

Art portraying mythological themes and surreal scenes. Includes expressive figures, emotional narratives, and imaginative landscapes that evoke a sense of fantasy.

John Hamilton Mortimer, British (1740-1779), Enrag'd Monster, 1778, etching

Caltnadel print by Meister von 1515 depicting Mars bound by Cupido, created in the first third of the 16th century.

Death Taking a YoungWoman. Artist: Stefano Della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664

John Hamilton Mortimer, British (1740-1779), Enrag'd Monster, 1778, etching

Undertake, Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1788 print A blind female rider sits on a prancing horse, to their left an abyss in the landscape. In her right hand she holds a magazine with the text Schaedliche Project. On the ground are the stone tables, a scale and a book. Publishing number XXXXVI. Augsburg paper etching blind, blindness. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. paper (writing material)

Floating people, fantasy scenes and cats, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Among them a flat landscape with on the left buildings and a river in the middle. paper etching movement in the air. surrealia, surrealistic representations. cat

Ascension of Elijah. Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Dating: 1661. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 177 mm × w 147 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Attention!. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Amsterdam, Gogh, Cornelis Marinus van, The Hague, Lankhout & Co, Samuel, Netherlands, Bauer, Marius, The Last Fireworks at the Exhibition (Eereprijs), bottom right - handwritten, Large fireworks at the closing of the world exhibition in Amsterdam in 1895. From heaven a host of devils watches as Mr. NA Calisch is lifted into the air by two devils to receive a knight's cross, firemen bring the deficit of 100, 000 guilders to safety and an elephant blows out the story. At the bottom a subtitle and a two-line verse. Published in the supplement of 'De Kroniek' of October 13, 1895., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, height 406 mm, width 300 mm, Dutch, 1867-01-25 - 1932-07-18, print maker, printmaker, 1895-10-13 - 1895-10-13, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1824-03-15 - 1908-09-03, publisher

Copper engraving and etching by Benoit Louis Henriquez depicting Galatea on the water, created between 1752 and 1797.

Hunting trophy with game birds and artichoke 1850-1900 Charles- Alphonse Deblois French. Hunting trophy with game birds and artichoke. L'Artiste. Charles- Alphonse Deblois (French, Paris, 1822-ca. 1883). 1850-1900. Etching. Prints

Three cherubs. .

Herculanus of Perugia, Saint.

The infernal legion of demons, in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after Lecurieux, ca. 1838.

Saint George and the Dragon. Dimensions: Overall: 27 x 17.1 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.) support: 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.). Medium: brown and white gouache. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anthonis Sallaert.

Plate 10 from the 'Disparates': The horse abductor. Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (24.5 × 35 cm)Sheet: 13 1/16 × 17 9/16 in. (33.1 × 44.6 cm). Series/Portfolio: Los Disparates (Los Proverbios). Date: ca. 1816-23 (published 1864).From the posthumous first edition published by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1864 under the title 'Los Proverbios'. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

"Hors de mon soleil, canailles!" (Panurge sortant de chez Raminagrobis) 1854-1855 Félix Bracquemond French. "Hors de mon soleil, canailles!" (Panurge sortant de chez Raminagrobis) 384926

Print, The Letter E; Designed by Giovanni Battista Betti (Italian, active 1754 - 1777); Italy; Overall: 23.4 x 32.8 cm (9 3/16 x 12 15/16 in.); 1918-17-6

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Bruyn, Nicolaes de, Volatilium varii generis, Standing owl and owl attacked by birds, On the right a standing owl. On the left an owl that has caught a young bird and is attacked by other birds. Reverse copy after a print from the series described in Orn Cat I-37.8, print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 82 mm, width 128 mm, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1571 - 1656-10, after a design by, 1581 - 1652, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

God separates light and dark, allegory on the fall and the pigeon returns with olive branch. Three performances on a leaf. Above: representation of the separation of light and darkness. Above the earth the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father. On the left the sun and on the right the moon and the stars. Middle: Allegorical representation of the fall. The snake has hurled around the globe and holds an apple between head and tail. Behind the globe death appears like skeleton with an arrow in his hand. Below: the pigeon returns to Noah with an olive branch, after the flood. In the background Noah's ark on a mountain.

Vignette, Trophy of Turkish Arms, Maximilian Joseph Limpach, Czech, active the 1st half of 18th century, Sebastiano Conca, Italian, 1680 - 1764, Engraving on paper, An eagle with a thunderbolt stands upon the arms., Europe, Rome, Italy, ca. 1720, Print, Print

Trofee met hert en vogel; A New Book of Hunting Trophies.A yacht trophy with a deer, a (faucet) bird and a falcon sitting on a gun.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Victoria crowns a general, verso - stamped, Victoria crowns a general with a laurel wreath. On the clouds the personification of Fame. On the ground weapons and corpses., print, prints, height 77 mm, width 78 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1720 - 1720, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Ornament with putti, angels with trumpets and the arm of Pope Clemens XI; Various ecclesiastical objects; Disegni Diversi Inventati E Deineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlì.numbered Top Left: No. 93.

William Blake, Satan Smiting Job with Boils, 1825, engraving on chine collé on cream wove paper.

Contra el bien general (Against the common good). Plate 71 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastros de la Guerra) by Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828)/ State Hermitage, St. Petersburg/ 1810-1820/ Spain/ Etching/ Classicism/ Mythology, Allegory and Literatu

The Chimera (La Chimere de Monsieur Desprez) by Louis Jean Desprez; Etching; before 1771

Poor France! ... the trunk is fragradried, but the roots hold good! (registered title) | Album of the headquarters (title of all)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Miren que grabes! (Look how solemn they are!), 1796-1797. From Los Caprichos, no. 63. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on cream laid paper. Plate: 215 mm x 150 mm (8.46 in. x 5.91 in.).

Gales". Strzałecki, Wandalin (1855-1917), draughtsman, cartoonist

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Title. March. (A. de Vesme 492; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

God with three faces on throne, 1736 - 1762 print A god with three faces and four arms sits on a rocaille throne, he holds a staff with the sun. Next to him a flag with a dragon. On the right in the foreground are a dragon and an Eastern figure next to water. paper etching three-faced being, 'vultus trifrons'. throne

Mars on a chariot, Anonymous, After Hendrick de Keyser (I), After 1656 - 1701 print The car is pulled by two dogs. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving gods of the waters: the older dynasty (second series): children of Oceanus, river and small water deities. chariot, triumphal car

Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799-1883, British, The Cyder Feast, 1828. Wood-engraving on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper.

Fight between a snake and a dragon, print maker: anonymous, after: Peter Paul Rubens, (possibly), 1650 - 1800, paper, h 144 mm × w 97 mm

Copper engraving by the Master of the Berlin Passion depicting two fighting birds, created between 1450 and 1470.

Etching by Francisco José de Goya depicting a woman on a swing, showing posture, dress, and motion, executed before 1859.

Ex Libris Margaret Sargent Whitney. Artist: Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 3 9/16 in. × 2 in. (9.1 × 5.1 cm). Date: 1900-1925.Bookplate for Margaret Sargent Whitney. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Standard-Bearer, from The Caprices. Jacques Callot; French, 1592-1635. Date: 1617-1627. Dimensions: 57 × 82 mm (image/plate); 77 × 108 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Dedicatory bookplate of Szymon Beckenstein unknown

Appearance of the Apocalyptic woman and the seven -member dragon, Jan Luyken, 1700 print A performance in a cartouche of leaves. A woman, covered with the sun and with a crown of twelve stars, is a half moon. Next to her a big dragon, with seven crowned heads. With his tail, the dragon drags the stars in the sky. In the air the newborn child of the woman who wanted to devour the dragon. The child flies to heaven. Under the cartouche on the Bible reference. 12: 1-5. Amsterdam paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. a pregnant woman, clothed with the sun and standing on the moon, appears; she is threatened by a red dragon with a long tail and seven heads

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Duif returns with olive branch, verso - stamped, The dove returns to Noah with an olive branch, after the flood. In the background Noah's ark on a mountain., print, book illustration, prints, height 47 mm, width 164 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, intermediary draughtsman

Etching in the Dotier manner by an unknown artist depicting Daedalus and Icarus, showing figures, gestures, and flight, created between 1700 and 1850.

London, Vivares, François, Nilson, Johann Esaias, Hemerich, Cornelius Heinrich, Caffe The und Tobac Zierathen, Man with long pipe, verso - stamped, Man with turban and long pipe surrounded by rocaille ornaments with tea set, print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 77 mm, width 104 mm, German, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1780, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1721-11-02 - 1788, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, English, 1709-07-11 - 1780-11-26, publisher

Etching portrait of Louis XIII by Jacques Callot from 1634, showing the kings facial features and royal attire of the period.

Francisco de Goya, Los caprichos Buen Viage, published 1799 Los caprichos: Buen Viage

Shepherd Chases Away a Wolf 1821 William Blake British. Shepherd Chases Away a Wolf 383528 Artist: William Blake, British, London 17571827 London, Shepherd Chases Away a Wolf, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil, 1821, Wood engraving; first state, block: 1 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. (3.5 x 7.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931 (31.87.17)

Picture frame with Minerva. A picture frame with Minerva sitting in a crowned coat of arms, personifications of the Danube river and the Save and an eagle. Print is part of an album with six prints of frames and cartouches.

Hieronymus and the lion n. Rembrandt B 100..

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin from 1517 depicting Theuerdank capturing a fallen hunting servant during a hunt in high mountains, showing figures, movement, and landscape details.

A man being thrown to the sharks, from a broadside entitled 'Triste Fin de Gerardo Nevraumont'. Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (14 × 22 cm). Date: ca. 1880-1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Allegory of Fortuna' by Leonardo da Vinci, c1483. From the collection of the British Museum, London, England.

Floating people, fantasy firms and cats; Fantastic composition with cats, monsters, etc.. under them a flat landscape with links buildings and a river in the middle.

John the Evangelist writes the gospel with a quill while sitting next to him is his attribute, the eagle, John the Evangelist., print maker: Bartholomeus Spranger, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1557 - 1564, paper, etching, h 154 mm × w 205 mm

Weeping willow (IT)

H. Johannicius van Bithynia as a recluse, Jan van Londerseel, After Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1625 print The Holy Johannicius of Bithynia, as a recluse withdrawn into a cave. In the margin a caption in Latin. paper engraving male saints (with NAME). anchorite, hermit. cave, grotto

Trophy With Mask, William Williams (England, active 1763 - 1800) 1798

Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard 1797 Johann Tobias Sergel Swedish. Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard 343204

Karl V., Roman-German Emperor.

Émotion du Docteur Véron... , Politicians, Health care personnel, Authors, Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Still life with dead hare, print maker: Jacobus Cornelis Gaal, (mentioned on object), after: Pieter Gaal, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1857, paper, etching, h 270 mm × w 195 mm

Etching by Francisco Goya from 1815-1820, part of 'The Disasters of War,' depicting the consequences of conflict on individuals and society.

The creation of the world: the Spirit of God is floating over the waters, Jan Harmensz. Muller, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1628 print paper engraving the spirit of God moves upon the waters

Italy, Giardini, Giovanni, Rome, Limpach, Maximilian Joseph, Disegni diversi inventati e delineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlì, Various church objects, Ornament with Pegasus, two Muses, two putti and a skull, verso - stamped, Numbered top left: no. 53., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 268 mm, width 170 mm, Czech, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1714, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1646 - 1722, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception

Cartouche with maritime objects; Cartouches with emblems. Rocaille cartouche with maritime objects such as an anchor, trident, shell, rod and a fishing net. Publisher number 21.

Attaque du tigre. Dimensions: image: 19.9 x 25.4 cm (7 13/16 x 10 in.) sheet: 30 x 44.8 cm (11 13/16 x 17 5/8 in.). Medium: lithograph on chine coll. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis-Candide Boulanger.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Jupiter and Europe. Twenty-seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 496; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

During a storm, a ship beats on the rocks, plate no. 14, ca. 1700; Raided a ship by storm, and put to pieces between the cliffs; The construction and fortunes of a ship in 16 plates, ca. 1700; Navigiorum Aedificatio. A ship beaten to the rocks off the coast during a storm. No 14 From series of 16 prints on which the construction and fortunes of a ship are depicted. With captions in Dutch and Latin.

The folly of crime , Criminals, Prisoners. George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings

Blizzard. Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852-1936), graphic artist

Saturn, Girolamo Scarselli, Italian, active c. 1670, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Italian, 1610 - 1670, Black ink on paper, Vertical etching of Saturn, shown nude with a long beard and carrying a scythe, is seated on a cloud, facing half-left., Italy, ca. 1670, figures, Print, Print

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea 1510-1520 Italy. The grand scale of Titianís twelve-sheet woodcut (see 1957.12.1ñ12) mimics history paintings and large wall hangings. The assembled composition would fit only on a massive wall, a use confirmed by the total lack of early impressions. Only this 1549 state is known, printed from woodblocks studded with wormholes, which appear in the image as tiny white dots. The inscription at lower center of The Submersion describes the Israelitesí persecution under the Egyptian pharaoh and his armyís fate when they followed Moses into the Red Sea. The publisher opportunistically refers to the ìgreat and immortal handî of Titian in this legend, though the artist was still very much alive.. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Titian

Man in apple tree threatens to fall out; Bequame image of people life. One man climbed in an apple tree threatens to fall out of the tree. Two rats gnaw on the tree trunk, making it almost collapsed. Four snakes threaten the man on the ground. The man hangs above a flaming fire, with a dragon in it. A bear is in the background on the land. Imagination of all dangers in a lifetime.

This is a scene from what Alice saw once she went through the Looking Glass and into the Looking Glass room in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." It shows the Jabberwock, and the caption reads, "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch." The Jabberwock is a monster, and the nonsense poem about killing this monster is called "Jabberwocky.".

Cherub with Wapen, Gerard Edelinck, 1652 - 1707 print A cherub holds an oval weapon with both hands and a pennant with a Latin text. The back of the print is printed with text in Latin. Paris (possibly) paper engraving cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Harry Sternberg, Blast Furnace, 1937, etching and crayon aquatint on laid paper.

Thoma, Hans, work, Vaeltajalinnu, 1911, line etching, graphics, 20 cm x 24.5 cm

The Witch (Night Piece), 1626. Jan van de Velde (Dutch, 1620-1662). Engraving; framed: 39.4 x 51.6 cm (15 1/2 x 20 5/16 in.).

Plate 68 'Los Caprichos': Pretty teacher! (Linda maestra!). Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (20.9 x 14.8 cm)Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 5/16 in. (29.5 x 21.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos. Date: 1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print, Cartouche Pitoresque; Designed by Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720-1775); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688-1776); France; etching; Sheet: 29 x 22.2 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Three putti with banner, Frans Van Kuyck, 1884 - 1885 print paper etching banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 1 | Library of Congress

FIEZVOUS ACES Declarations (IT)

Jonah spit out through the whale.

Witches and warlocks, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Witches, Ghouls

Death as a centaur with arrow and bow. A running Centaur with a skull points his arrow and bow. Among him are the three naked bodies of collapsed men.

Willem V as Devil, 1786, Anonymous, 1786 drawing Portrait of Stadholder William V standing with a document in hand, ca. 1786. Leaf with folding folds so that the prince's representation turns into a devil with sword, buoys and torch that tries the handles and privileges under legs. Northern Netherlands paper political caricatures and satires. devils in the form of (fabulous) animals

S�dergren (1900-1900); Constantin Hansen (1804-1880), the initial D from Fabricius' Denmark history, 1800's

Clair-obscur woodcut by Hendrick Goltzius circa 1589 depicting Neptune, the god of the sea, with trident, waves, and figures in a marine landscape.

The rising sun announces a new reign. (TF)

Design for ceiling painting with putti with basket. Draughtsman: Jacob de Wit. Dating: c. 1705 - c. 1754. Measurements: h 132 mm × w 144 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cradling Wheat. Thomas Hart Benton; American, 1889-1975. Date: 1939. Dimensions: 244 x 305 mm (image); 290 x 354 mm (sheet). Lithograph on white wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Engraving depicting Helios, the Sun God in Ancient Greek mythology, riding his chariot. Dated 19th century

The Revenge and Justice chasing crime. Engraving by Trichon. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume I. 1854.

Southern Netherlands, Brabant Revolution, 1787-1790, Austrian eagle falls from the sky, verso - stamped, Cartoon in which the Austrian eagle falls from the sky with lightning bolts. On the ground the Brabant lion waits by a pit. The date 8 February 1789 is written by hand. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 165 mm, width 120 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1790, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

A Paris nous ne pouvions...aller à Versailles... , Politicians, Historians, Presidents, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Looy, SL van, L'Assiette au Beurre, Veber, Jean, Old foolish Kruger do you think you can ever abolish that spoiled world, print, prent, prints, French, 1864-02-13 - 1928-11-28, print maker, printmaker, 1874 - 1928, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Honoré Daumier, L'ingénieur du Leviathan trouvant, en rève , 19th century L'ingénieur du Leviathan trouvant, en rève ...

Mephistopheles Flying. Eugène Delacroix; French, 1798-1863. Date: 1828. Dimensions: 270 × 230 mm (image); 429 × 290 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Adelaar has hit his claws in the back of a large fish, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching

Rock. Pierre (Pierre Henry Ferdinand Massignon, dit) (N.1855-08-02-D.1922-01-18), Aphrodite (Venus) (main title), 1915. Gypsography, black and brown draw. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

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