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Mythical Themes in Art

Engravings depicting mythological battles and scenarios, showcasing gods, titans, and epic confrontations amid rich narrative details.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Rabble (Populacho), 1810-1815, printed 1863. From The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra). Etching and aquatint.
Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Rabble (Populacho), 1810-1815, printed 1863. From The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra). Etching and aquatint.
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Etching by Domenico Cunego in 1796 depicting the deluge scene with figures and water elements.
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Kaiser, Johann Wilhelm (I), Netherlands, Failed expedition of P. Vitellius, Failed sea voyage of Vitellius to northern Germany, 16, Troops led by the Roman general P. Vitellius are swallowed up by the water during a voyage to northern Germany in the year 16., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 172 mm, width 213 mm, 1813-01-05 - 1900-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1838 - 1840, second quarter 19th century, paper, steel engraving, Work conception, Dutch, after own design by
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George Bellows, A Knockout, 1921 A Knockout
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Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers). Dated: in or before 1816. Medium: etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint and burin first edition impression. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA.
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Stedegadeden to Neptune or a flood god. Draughtsman: Romeyn de Hooghe. Dating: 1669 - 1671. Measurements: h 160 mm × w 109 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam, Danckerts, Justus, Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz., Northern Netherlands, Visscher, Jan de, Landscapes with shepherds and cattle, Shepherd resting on his staff near a ruin, verso - stamped, In a landscape near a ruin a shepherd stands among his cattle, leaning on his staff. Title print for a series of six landscapes with shepherds and cattle., print, title print, prints, height 148, width 181 mm, 1633 - 1692, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1701, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1620 - 1683-02-18, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1635-11-11 - 1701-07-16, publisher
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Prlarena appears on Napoleon; (...) In me Conosci La Celeste Prone (...); Illustrations at Melchiore Cesarotti poem pronea, apology for Napoleon Bonaparte; La Pronea del Cesarotti Delineata Ed Incisa Dal Matteini. Under the show a versitive in Italian. Print is part of an album.
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Ceiling painting of the Chapel of Château de Sceaux with Angels (plate 5), Gérard Audran, After Charles Le Brun, 1681 print paper etching / engraving angels Château de Sceaux
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Photo production of an engraving by Herman de Ruyter who occupied Loevestein in 1570, Anonymous, 1850 - 1900 visit card. photograph Netherlands photographic support. cardboard albumen print Slot Loevestein
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Vignette Zum Kapitel XVI der Geschichte des Siebenjährigen Krieges; Vogel, Johann Phillipp Albert (1814-1886), Menzel, Adolph (1815-1905); 1880 (1800-00-00-1900-00-00);
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Print, Via Crucis - Station IV, He Meets His Mother; Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727 - 1804); Italy; etching on cream laid paper; 21.9 x 17.6 cm (8 5/8 x 6 15/16 in. ); 1931-67-68-1
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Print made by A. M. Ireland, active before 1801, Plate 3, Banishment, Plate 4, Degrading Punishments, and Plate 5, Freemen Degraded and Sold into Slavery, 1794. Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Salon of 1855. French school. Postilion attacked by wolves, painting of Mr. Charpentier. Engraving
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Painting with the glorification of Cornelis de Witt, with the trip to Chatham, 1667, Simon Fokke, After Aert Schouman, after Jan de Baen, 1747 - 1759 print The painting with the glorification of Cornelis de Witt, with the trip to Chatham in the background (June 1667). On the left a horn of abundance with symbols of prosperity and wealth of the country. Fame with trumpets and putti with a laurel wreath in the air. De Witt has been presented in armor and with commandostaf as a sign of his function as a proxy of the States General in the fleet. Northern Netherlands paper etching Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). battle (+ naval force). symbolic triumphs of individual persons. Raid on the Medway
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Lightning striking a rural building during a storm: onlookers react in terror. Engraving, 16--.
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Chastiments, V, XIII: Atonement
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The headset eagle Emmanuel Frémiet. "The headset eagle". (The Legend of Centuries, VII, IV). Graphite mine, white gouache, black stone. 1880. Paris, Victor Hugo House.
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Storming of Rome, 1527; Victories of Charles V; Divi Caroli. V. Imp. opt. Max victoriae, ex multis praecipuae. Rome's siege (1527). General Charles from Bourbon falls from a ladder after he gets deadly by an arrow. In the background the tiber and the angel castle. The print is part of a twellable series about Karel V victories. He has a separate text lane with a Latin text.
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Rizpah protecting the bodies of her sons Becker, Georges 1845-1909. 1873 - 1883. Goupil & Cie.. still image. Reproductive prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. sacrifices, Eagles, Biblical events, Dead persons, Gallows, Rizpah (Biblical figure)
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Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Tale of the Plague; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, A.K. (rysownik ; fl. ca 1865), woodcutter, Gorazdowski, Edward (1843-1901), woodcutter
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Triumph of the Music, Pierre Brebiette, 1608 - 1650 print paper etching the arts; artists. music. triumphs (allegorical and symbolic)
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Repairing the ramparts at Haarlem after the city was captured by the Spanish, July 1573. Supervised by a Spanish soldier, women carry building materials through clouds of smoke to a breach in the city wall. Restoring the ramparts of Haarlem, 1573 Restoring the ramparts of Haarlem , print maker: William Unger, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Rochussen, (mentioned on object), printer: Georg Friedrich Felsing, (mentioned on object), print maker: Germany, intermediary draughtsman: Netherlands, printer: München, 1871 - 1873, paper, etching, h 191 mm × w 260 mm
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Roman Germanician mapping about the loss of his fleet; Germanicus in despair about the Lot of His fleet .. The Roman Germanician stands together with his soldiers on the coast of Chauch (between the Eems and the Elbe) and has raised his right hand and head towards heaven. He regrets the fate of his crashed fleet. In the background the mast of a battered sailing ship can be seen. Event from the year 17.
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Automedon with the Horses of Achilles (Regnault). Regnault, Henri, 1843-1871. text. Illustrations. 1881-11. General Research Division
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Appearances deceive; Appearance chiraw; Destruction of images image Scripture or Height letters that is. Hieroglifa .. One of eight moralizing spells. Shine on horseback with misunderstanding and heritage as a footsters. Text under print
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Noah builds the ark; Paintings in the Loggia of Rafael; Imagins Veteris AC Novi Testamenti; Rafael Bible. Noah and his three sons build the ark. Bible verse under the show. Print is part of an album.
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Mort des fils de Jérobaal Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883. still image. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Biblical events, Massacres, Fratricides, Abimelech (Biblical figure)
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Pyrrhus Wordt Gered, Guillaume Chasteau, After Nicolas Poussin, 1676 print paper etching / engraving servants save the infant Pyrrhus from the pursuit of the enemies of his father; when unable to cross a swollen river unaided they hurl a message tied either to a stone or a javelin across the water beseeching help
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ESCAPE OF JACQUELINE FROM GHENT
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Rysbrack, A Design for a Frieze.Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 59.
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). "Los disparate - disparate alegre - joyful disparate". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 34956-1 Dance, dancing, woman, man, joyful, round
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Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk on laid paper Support: white laid paper laid down, Pageant moving toward left; inscribed in graphite square, sides divided into 20 parts., Scale: verso., Faenza, Italy, Italy, 1804-05, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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Jean Baptiste Deshays, Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream, c 1760 Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore
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A bushin from the Caucasus, Caricature, from Düsseldorf monthly booklets, Albert Arnz -, publisher
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Quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon. Orley, Jan van (Flemish, 1665-1735) (cartoon creator) draughtsman Borcht, Gaspard van der (Flemish, 1700-d.1742) (workshop, attr.) weaver Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, act.1712-d.1763) (workshop, attr.) weaver Borght, Franz van der (Flemish, act.1720-1765) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1700-1742 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'6" x W () Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Achilles, about to pull his sword, is stopped by Diana who hovers on cloud behind him, cherub flies above Diana (center, foreground); Agamemnon holds up scepter, accompanied by soldier (L of center, foreground); seated men look on (L & R, foreground); men dine under tent (R, background); 2 ships (L, background) French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 34651-b Raleigh (NCMA), Paintings (1956), 87, no. 230 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242673-0242674; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0237844, 02
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El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murió en la plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from which Pass He Died in the Ring of Madrid), Plate 28 from Latauromaquia. Artist: Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746-1828
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Francisco de Goya, Tanto y mas (Even Worse), published 1863 Tanto y mas (Even Worse)
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Claude Régnier, Les Touristes #2: Le Torrent des Eaux Noires (Savoie), 1840-1866, chromolithograph on paper.
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Brush and lavated illustration by Max Slevogt depicting Ali Baba, executed in brown and white with a sketchy border line, dated 1900-1903.
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Reproduction of a painting: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), The anniversary night; from: `Tygodnik Ilustrowany`, 1901, 1, p. 441. Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher
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Breakawica; Bart Omiejczyk, Edmund Ludwik (1885-1950); 1938 (1938-00-00-1938-00-00);
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Old Testament. Book of Genesis. The Global Deluge. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854.
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Lazio Roma Rome Episcopal Complex (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Cathedral, Cloister)0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 5th c. baptistery, restored in the 17th c. Interior views of baptismal urn (16th c.), carved walls, ceiling and wall painting; of mosaics and bronze doors in Cappella del Battista; of altar and mosaics in Cappella di S. Venanzio; of mosaic and statue in Cappella di S. Giovanni Evangelista. Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, sculptural fragments, fresco painting, painting, coffering, tiling, stucco. Views 756-886 are of the cathedral. Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments, tombstones, mosaics, sculpture, fresco painting, sculptural relief. Object Notes: Hutzel includes guidebook in German on the site. prints matched to negs General Notes: Views 756 thru 886 are of the Baptistery. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s un
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Severe Weather, from "Illustrated London News" March 22, 1856 William Luson Thomas Andsell's contemporaries admired his ability to paint animals and this wood engraving was accompanied by a glowing review when the related work was shown at the British Institution, London in 1856 (no. 16): "There can be no doubt that Mr. Ansdell has acquired much of that art which makes him so deservedly popular from a careful study of the works of Sir Edwin Landseer. There can be as little doubt that, without the advantage of such a predecessor, he would have been a great painter, for he looks on Nature for himself, and studies her with an observant eye and a careful hand....In the picture of 'Severe weather', Mr. Ansdell's masterpiece in the present exhibition (and engraved in our present number)...The shepherd and his dogs are equally cowering from the cold, bitter, biting blast that blows so pinchingly on the stones which serve (but indifferently) to protect them from a Scottish north-east wind....T
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Noah's thanksgiving. Draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen. Dating: 1677 - 1755. Measurements: h 383 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Die jungen Lœwin. The young lions.. Snyders, Frans, 1579-1657. Prints. 1837 - 1842. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Painting , Germany , Munich, Lithography, German, Lions, Stags (Deer)
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Illustration for Basedow's 'Elementary Work'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1770. Prints; etchings. Etching
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Episode of the night from 23 to 24 February 1848 Charles-Raymond Chabrillac (1804-after 1852). Episode of the night from February 23 to 24, 1848. Oil on wood.
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Amsterdam, Gogh, Cornelis Marinus van, Amsterdamsche Boek- en Steendrukkerij v, h Ellerman Harms & Co., Nederland, Bauer, Marius, Vetter Triumphator, Netherlands, Cartoon on the heroic status of General Vetter in the Netherlands after his punitive expedition on Lombok in 1894. The general rides through the arena on a chariot like a Roman triumphator, dragging the dead body of Lombok behind his cart. Published in the supplement of 'De Kroniek' of May 26, 1895., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, height 300 mm, width 410 mm, Dutch, 1867-01-25 - 1932-07-18, print maker, printmaker, 1895-05-26 - 1895-05-26, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1824-03-15 - 1908-09-03, publisher
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ABDIEL AND SATAN, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Gustave Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for Paradise Lost by Milton. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving
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Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4) first published 1796; reissued 1852 Robert Thew British Fascinated by the supernatural, Fuseli found rich subjects in Shakespeare. Alife-long devotee, the artist read the plays as a youth in Zurich then devised an elaborate mural scheme devoted to admired plays while in Rome during the 1770s. After settling in London, Fuseli contributed paintings to John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as an exhibition cum print-publishing scheme funded by subscribers. Thew's print reproduces Fuseli's conception of the ghost scene at the start of "Hamlet" where the prince's murdered father appears outside Elsinore Castle to demand vengeance. This impression comes from an American reissue of 1852 spearheaded by Shearjashub Spooner, a New York dental surgeon, writer and art scholar who acquired Boydell's heavily worn plates and had them reworked. His New York edition was printed on thick cream paper with small