Mythical Narratives in Art

Vibrant paintings depicting mythological tales and dramatic narratives, rich in color and emotive characters, reflecting artistic interpretations of folklore.

Mercury Entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs on the Island of Naxos by Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, (1693-1761), France, Tours, Musee des Beaux Arts

Fiammingo, Paolo (c. 1540-1596) National Gallery, London Painting 185x206 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Landscape with the Expulsion of the Harpies

Assembly of the gods, fresco, 1525-35

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1640s 156x194,5 Oil on canvas Classicism France Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History

Elijah's dream, by Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino, ca1498-1554). Chapel of the Sacrament, St John the Evangelist (San Giovanni Evangelista) Church, Brescia. Italy, 16th century.

Nature and Her Followers, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, circa 1615-1619,

The stone guest, attributed to Pietro Bini (18th-19th century).

The Angels' Kitchen - 1646 - 180x450 cm - oil on canvas. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

1680 Gaeta 1764 Naples. (Sebastiano Conca; The VerstoBung Hagar)

England, Middlesex, London, Kingston-upon-Thames, Hampton Court Palace, William III's Apartments, The King's Staircase, Ceiling Artwork

Jacques Wilbault (1729-1816). "Revolutionary allegory". Oil on canvas, 1791. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Revolutionary allegory, French constitution, human rights, freedom, French revolution, oil on canvas

'Bacchanalia'. France, Mid-17th century. Dimensions: 50x85 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SEBASTIEN BOURDON.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Hercules and Omphale. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain.

Girolamo Mirola (1535-1570. Italian painter. Intervention of the Sabine Women in the battle between Romans and Sabines, 1563. Detail. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

L.Mehus / Triumph of Juno / Paint./ C17

King Lear; about 1788; Oil on canvas Benjamin West; American; 1738-1820

12/04/2013. Madrid. Spain. House of America. Christmas report at Casa America. Activities and visits. Photo: De San Bernardo. Archdc.

The Pearl Fishers, painting by Alessandro Allori, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century o.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne), by Filppo Abbiati, 17th Century, oil on canvas, 101 x 140 cm

Road to Calvary. Dated: 1615/1620. Dimensions: overall: 34.4 x 41.8 cm (13 9/16 x 16 7/16 in.) framed: 57.8 x 64.5 x 4.4 cm (22 3/4 x 25 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on copper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Circle of Claude Déruet.

The Punishment of the Arrogant Niobe by Diana and Apollo ca. 1772 Pierre Charles Jombert French This lushly painted, highly colored study is for Jomberts canvas (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris) depicting the Greek mythological figure Niobe, who boasted with such hubris of her great fortune to be the mother of seven daughters and seven sons that it compelled the deities Diana and Apollo to assail her children with arrows. The sketch and the painting won Jombert first prize at the prix de Rome in 1772, for which he was awarded three years of study in Rome. Although he was considered an extremely promising student, little is known of Jombert after his return to France in 1776.. The Punishment of the Arrogant Niobe by Diana and Apollo 337479

France, Paris, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1827, oil on canvas

Venus and Mars. Venus and Mars sat at a resting bed, Mars is disarmed by Cupido. Links two service stations, one with a plate with food, the other holds up the curtain. Bottom left a child with a glass of wine, in the background ruins and the smithy of vulcanus.

Erminia and the Shepherd, 1619-20 By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, The scene is taken from Torquato Tasso's epic poem, La Gerusalemme Liberata published in 1575. Erminia, a pagan princess in love with the crusader, Tancred, disguises herself in armour to follow him. She is chased from the Christian camp and flees to Arcadia where she meets an old shepherd weaving baskets. The reversal of gender roles was a popular theme amongst the playwrights of the period., Oil Painting, Old Master

Smart arts, Ho Werff, Adriaen Van Der (1659-1722); 1716 (1659-00-00-1722-00-00);Dutch painting, German painting, portraits

Putti Playing, Hendrik van Limborch, 1700 - 1720 painting A group of putti blind man plays in a landscape. On the left a statue on the pedestal of a sitting woman, in the background a mountainous landscape with obelisk. panel. oil paint (paint) Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Blind-Man's Buff

Enough is enough" - proverb illustation. Venne, Adriaen van de (1589-1662), painter

'Summer and Spring'. Series "Four Seasons". Germany, 1747. Dimensions: 164,5x126 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANTON KERN.

The Descent from the Cross by Bronzino, Agnolo (1503-1572) / Palazzo Vecchio, Florence / 1553 / Italy, Florentine School / Oil on wood / Bible / 263x175 / Renaissance

The Birth of the Virgin ca. 1690 Francesco Solimena Italian Painted in the 1690s, the picture must have served as an altarpiece in a church in Naples. In the foreground the infant Virgin Mary is shown to nurses and her adoring father, while in the distance, enveloped in a heavenly radiance, is the childs mother, Anna, lying in bed, attended by servants. Solimena became the leading painter of Naples, training a generation of artists. However, in this painting, with its dark shadows and vigorous figures, he has notably recalled the work of his celebrated predecessor, Luca Giordano, who in 1692 had moved to Madrid to work for King Charles III.. The Birth of the Virgin. Francesco Solimena (Italian, Canale di Serino 1657-1747 Barra). ca. 1690. Oil on canvas. Paintings

The Triumph of Britannia. An allegory of Britain's naval victory over the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, November 20, 1759, during the Seven Years' War. The British fleet was commanded by Si

Perseus and Andromeda. Allegory of the liberation of the Netherlands by Prince Frederik Hendrik, Pieter Symonsz Potter (attributed to), 1642 painting Perseus and Andromeda. Allegory of the liberation of the Netherlands (Andromeda) by Prince Frederik Hendrik (Perseus). On the water the flame -spiny sea monster (Spain). Presentation of a planned performance on the water of the Damrak for the arrival of the Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, in Amsterdam March 9, 1642. panel. oil paint (paint) Perseus and Andromeda Amsterdam. Damra

The Continence of Scipio, by Ricci Sebastiano, 1700 - 1704, 18th Century, oil on canvas. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Parma: National Gallery of Art: gia Parma Universita. Detail. Men Scipio Africanus general booty pageboy shield pottery jars casket swords armor/cuirass camp/campsites

'Hector Calling Up Paris to a Battle'. Germany, 1775. Dimensions: 137x178 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Angelica Maria Anna Catharina Kauffmann.

Allegory of Virtue and Nobility. Date/Period: 1740 - 1750. Canvas. Height: 35.40 mm (1.39 in); Width: 30 mm (1.18 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Charon carries souls across the river Styx - Alexander Litovchenko, 1861

'Labán busca los ídolos', 1620-1625, Oil on canvas, 116 cm x 209 cm, P01017. Author: PEDRO DE ORRENTE (1580-1645). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Diana and Calisto. 1638. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Diana and Actaeon. Date/Period: 1600. Author: ALESSANDRO TURCHI.

Hercules at the Crossroads, by Benvenuti Pietro, 1817 - 1819, 19th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Palazzo Pitti: Sala d'Ercole. Whole artwork. Hercules/Heracles club anatomy mythological figures/characters Minerva shield helmet lance/spear cupids Graces cithara/zither/harp bow arrows swans brazier forest boulders/rocks bust marble cup dish amphora green yellow white red blue

'Jacob Meeting Rachel'. Italy, Circa 1659. Dimensions: 72x99 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PIER FRANCESCO MOLA.

Cymon and Iphigenia by Kauffmann, Angelika (1741-1807) Private Collection c. 1780 Oil on canvas D 62,2 Schwitzerland Classicism Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

The Age of Gold. Jacopo Zucchi (Italian, about 1541 - 1596)

The Rape of Europa. Francesco Montemezzano (c.1540-1602). Oil on panel, 125 x 95.3cm.

'Hippomenes and Atalanta', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 181 cm x 220 cm, P01538. Author: JACOB PETER GOWY (1615-1661). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ATALANTA. HIPOMENES.

Jewish people dancing around golden calf by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas, circa 1635, 1594-1665, England, London, National Gallery, 154x214

Attributed to John Martin, 1789-1854, British, The Rising of the Waters, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Allegory of Arezzo. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 250 mm (9.84 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.

Ulysses and Circe by Sirani, Giovanni Andrea (1610-1670) / Musei Capitolini, Rome / Baroque / c. 1650-1660 / Italy, Bolognese School / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 230x183

Fresco in the Stateroom, Palace Papadopoli, Venice. Italian, 16th century. Detail.

LA VENUS DEL PARDO O JUPITER Y ANTIOPE (SIGUIENDO A TIZIANO) - 1854 - O/L - 47x85. Author: EDUARD MANET (1832-1883). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Battle of Tolbiac, Joseph Blanc. Pantheon, le Pantheon, neoclassical monument, V district, Paris, France, Western Europe, Europe

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Neoclassical. The Intervention of the Sabine Women, 1799. Louvre. Paris. France.

Antonio del Castillo Saavedra / 'José ordena la prisión de Simeón', 1655-1660, Spanish School, Canvas, 109 cm x 143 cm, P00956. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO SAAVEDRA.

Sennacherib's defeat - Peter Paul Rubens

The Abduction of the Sabine Women ca. 1633-34 Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665 French) Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Pylades and Orestes brought as victims to Iphigenia by Benjamin West, Oil on canvas, 1766, 1738-1820, United Kingdom, London, Tate Britain, 100x126,4

Circe turning king Picus into a woodpecker. Lubieniecki, Teodor (1654-1718), painter

Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto, Jacob de Wit, 1727 painting Jupiter and Callisto. In a landscape, Jupiter seduces the Nymph Callisto in the form of Diana. Behind Diana an eagle with lightning bolts, on the left playing putti. On the right in the foreground the hunting attributes of Diana and some hunting dogs. Belongs to SK-A-3886. Part of a room decoration painted on behalf of Jan Baptist de Surmont, lord of Vloswijk, in front of his house in Loenen aan de Vecht. Fragment of a room decoration. canvas. oil paint (paint) Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto. homosexual love - CC - homosexual love between women: lesbianism Loenen aan de Vecht

The fall of Phaeton, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), oil on canvas, 115x136 cm.

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico (1727-1804). Carnival Scene or the Minuet. 1754. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Witches in Flight (Vuelo de Brujas), Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828)

Sketch for the plafond Adoration of Madonna. Sigrist, Franz (1727-1803 ; st.), painter

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Massimo Palace National Museum, Pompeian Red Exhibition, Fresco, Vesuvian Area, Lovers.

Landscape with Roman Ruins and a Sacrificial Scene 1655, Ghisolfi, Giovanni, 1655.

Education of Cupid, Boucher, François

Atalanta and the Golden Apples' by hendrick van balen, c1619. Three golden apples were featured in Greek Mythology, in which a hunter named Atalanta raced against a suitor named Hippomenes who used the golden apples to distract her so that he sould win the race.

Nymph and Shepherd, 1570-1576, by Titian (ca 1490-1576), oil on canvas, 150x187 cm.

"Venus and Vulcan; 1765-66; Oil on paper; mounted on canvas by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian "

Roman goddess by Jacques Louis David, oil on canvas, 1824, 1748-1825, Brussels, Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 308x265

Saul and the Witch of Endor, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1526 painting Saul at the witch of Endor. On the left, the witch is on an owl in the way, busy magic arts within a magical circle. A Sater keeps the magic book open. On the right, four women with two goats from the brews. On the far right a devil with a winch. Witches and devils fly through the air. King Saul on the left at the Witch's home. In the middle the ruins of an arc which makes the prophet Samuel and the suicide of Saul can be seen. Amsterdam panel. oil paint (paint) Saul with the witch of Endor. witch(es), sorcerer(s) at work. Saul's death

Perseus freeing Andromeda. 1620/22. (Peter Paul Rubens 1577 Siegen-1640 Antwerp)

Biblical story, Cains fratricide, chrome lithograph from a house Bible, ca 1870

Los santos Juanes. Date/Period: Ca. 1620. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 49 cm (19.2 in); Width: 63 cm (24.8 in). Author: Anthony Van Dyck.

Painting by Thomas Couture titled 'The Romans of the Decadence', 1847. From the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA.

The rescue, detail from The Storm, 1777, by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789).

'Bacchanalia'. France, 1779. Dimensions: 25,6x41,9 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacques-Philippe Caresme.

GIORDANO, LUCA. PINTOR ITALIANO 1634-1705. " SACRIFICIO DE ISAAC", OLEO. MUSEO BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO.MADRID ABRAHAM.

The Earthly Paradise, oil on oak panel. Jacques de Backer (c1555-c1585) Flemish painter and draughtsman. Eden before the fall. God creating Eve from Adams rib, left, and speaking with Adam and Eve, centre.

Caresme, Philippe, Janinet, Jean François, Le Culte systématique, Shepherdesses and satyrs, verso lower left - stamped, A number of shepherdesses with their flock and two satyrs. One satyr is running after a shepherdess., print, prints, verso lower middle - stamped, height 285 mm, width 357 mm, French, 1752 - 1814-11-01, print maker, printmaker, 1762 - 1814, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, first quarter 19th century, first quarter 19e century, paper, aquatint, color printing, Work conception, 1734-02-25 - 1796-03-01

Triumph of Venus 1740 Francois Boucher (1703-1770/French) National Museum of fine Arts,Stockholm, Sweden

Bordeaux, France The Table "Eliezer and Rebecca" by Giovanni Pittoni, Museum of Fine Arts , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Bordeaux , France Le tableau «Eliezer et Rebecca» de Giovanni Pittoni , musée des Beaux-Arts). Museum, Christianity, Judaism, painting, Religion , Art, France, Bordeaux, Museum: Eliézer and Rébecca (Tiépolo)

Italy - Emilia-Romagna Region - Parma - Cathedral. Cathedral's dome (1526-1530) by Correggio (1489-1534), fresco. Detail of an Apostle

The Resurrection. Jean-François de Troy (France, Paris active Italy, Rome, 1679-1752). Flanders, Bréda, 1739. Paintings. Oil on canvas

Giambattista Tiepolo (Venice, 1696-Madrid, 1770). The Death of Sophonisba (ca. 1760). Oil on canvas. 48.3 x 38.2 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

HALLƒ, Nol (1711 - 1781). The grape harvest or The Triumph of Bacchus. 1776. Rococo. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche receiving the Casket from Proserpine, 1881. By Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Walter Crane. A scene from William Morris' epic poem, 'The Earthly Paradise'.

'Affairs of Charity'. Flanders, Circa 1620. Dimensions: 17x24 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANS FRANCKEN II.

'The Conversion of Saul'. Holland. Dimensions: 77x106,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp.

The Four Times of Day: Evening by Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)/ National Gallery, London/ c. 1740/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 28,8x36,8/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Michel Corneille, says the old man. "Saint Grégoire removed in the sky". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Angel, sky, kidnapping, removal, religious scene, saint, oil on canvas

Roger libera a Angélica/1841. Museum: MUSEE INGRES MONTAUBAN FRANCIA. Author: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

Muzio Scaevola, by Jacopo Robusti known as Tintoretto (1518-1594).

Bacchanal. Date/Period: 17th century. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 1,265 mm (49.80 in); Width: 1,500 mm (59.05 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

FRAGONARD, Jean HonorŽ (1732-1806). The Bathers. ca. 1765. Rococo. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Parabola di Lazzaro e del ricco Epulone Fetti Painting; oil on panel; overall: 61.6 x 45.4 cm (24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in.);

The Banquet of Dido and Aeneas, by Anonymous artist, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Enea. Whole artwork. Square Aeneas hero Dido goddess banquet laid table tablecloth putto soldiers cuirasses helmet servants musician violet/purple dog amphora kantharos frame human figures caryatids

'The Garden of Love', 1633-1634, Flemish Baroque, Oil on canvas, 199 cm x 286 cm, P01690. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cupid and Psyche wedding march, ceiling composition; Simmler, Józef (1823-1868); 1863 (1863-00-00-1863-00-00);

St Paul Healing the Cripple at Lystra. Paul Healing the Cripple in Lystra. Dating: 1663. Measurements: h 179 cm × w 139 cm × d 9 cm; h 204 cm × w 165 cm × t 8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Karel Dujardin (mentioned on object).

A dead Hare on a plinth by a sculpted Urn with a Basket of Fruit, a dead Pheasant, Mallard, Grouse, Jay and Chaffinch, a Dog watching a Goldfinch and a Boy bearing a Basket of Fruit in a Park. Jan Weenix (1642-1719). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1705. 122 x 163cm.

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