Mythological and Allegorical Paintings

Evocative artworks portraying mythic themes, including nymphs and allegories, characterized by rich colors and dramatic compositions.

Ariadne on Naxos by Elisabetta Sirani, oil on canvas, 1638-1665, 17th century, Bolognese School, Russia, Moscow, State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, 170x208

'Nymph of a Spring'. Italy. Dimensions: 120x196,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Battista Dossi (Battista de'Luteri).

Allegory of Christian patience with Chronos breaking the chains. Backer, Jacob de (1540/1545-ante 1600), painter

Ariadne on Naxos by Elisabetta Sirani, oil on canvas, 1638-1665, 17th century, Bolognese School, Russia, Moscow, State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, 170x208

Bathsheba, Haarlem, Cornelis-Cornelisz va, 1600.

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio); Italian; Pieve di Cadore ca. 1488-1576 Venice; Venus and Adonis; Oil on canvas.

Venus and Adonis. Dated: c. 1560. Dimensions: overall: 106.8 x 136 cm (42 1/16 x 53 9/16 in.) framed: 134.9 x 163.8 x 7 cm (53 1/8 x 64 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: TITIAN.

Jupiter and Io. Date/Period: 1520 - 1540. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,620 mm (63.77 in); Width: 735 mm (28.93 in). Author: Antonio Allegri, called Correggio.

VOS, Maarten de (1531-1603). The Abduction of Europa. Flemish art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

Suzanna at Her Bath, Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti, .

Sleeping Venus with a Satyr. nieznany malarz flamandzki, painter

Venus and Cupid, by Jacopo da Pontormo (1494-1557).

The Birth of Cupid. Artist: Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau, second half 16th century). Dimensions: Overall 42 1/2 x 51 3/8 in. (108 x 130.5 cm), including added strip of 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) at top.This painting appears to depict the birth of Cupid, with attendants ministering to his mother, Venus. The lively, decorative composition is typical of French artists working in the style developed by the Italians at the château de Fontainebleau, such as Rosso Fiorentino of Florence and Primaticcio and Niccolo dell Abate of Bologna. The frame is sixteenth-century Italian. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub (1783-1816). Cupid awakens Psyche with the tip of his arrow, 1815. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Venus mourning Adonis. Date/Period: Ca. 1614. Painting. Oil on panel Oil. Height: 485 mm (19.09 in); Width: 665 mm (26.18 in). Author: Sir Peter Paul Rubens.

The Penitent Magdalen, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1620 painting The penitent Mary Magdalena, hand -winging and with the eyes beaten to heaven. To the right of the saint an angel with the ointment pot. canvas. oil paint (paint) the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge

Sleeping Venus', c1510. Artist: Giorgione. Giorgione (1478-1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance from Venice.

The Education of Marie de Medici (Life of Marie de Medici, Queen of France) 1622 Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640/Flemish) Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Gabriel von Max (1840-1915). German painter. Tannhauser, ca.1878. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

Venus and the Lute Player, Titian and workshop, circa 1560, detail, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Apollo flayng Marsyas, Frederick Sustris, 1540-99, cathedral museum, Mdina, Republic of Malta, Europe.

Painting titled 'The Concert' by Giorgione, Italian painter of the Venetian school in the High Renaissance from Venice. Dated 16th Century

Édouard Manet, The Surprised Nymph, 1861, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

DESEMBARCO DE MARIA DE MEDICIS-CONJ Nº 20803. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Judgment of Paris. Dating: 1532. Measurements: h 10 cm × w 15.6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Meester van de Vrouwelijke Halffiguren (circle of).

Andromeda, in Greek mythology the wife of Perseus and the daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus. To atone for her mother's hubris, Andromeda is to be offered as a human sacrifice to a sea monster of Poseidon and is chained to a rock, painting by Giuseppe Cesari, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Atalanta and Hippomenes, Reni, Guido (1575-1642)

Painting titled 'The Expulsion from Paradise' painted by Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594-1667) Dated 17th Century

Edouard Manet, The Surprised nymph, 1861, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, southern cone, South America

Tannhäuser and Venus; Max, Gabriel (1840-1915); 4. W. 19th century (1875-00-00-1900-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Tannhäuser (lit.), Tannhäuser (Opera), Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Tannhäuser, Venus (Mitol.), Carpets, women, columns, flowers, German painting, men, scenes against the background of the landscape, sailing ships

Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical, Guido Reni, called il Guido or il divino Guido (born 4 November 1575 in Bologna, died 18 August 1642) Italian painter, fresco artist and etcher of the Bolognese school, main representative of a baroque classicism in painting, here the work:, Fortuna with a purse, Fortuna with a purse, Flying goddess with angel in heaven, flowing movement and vivid colours

Lot and his Daughters - 1635 - 123x120 cm - oil on canvas - Italian Boroque - NP 144. Author: FRANCESCO FURINI (1600-1646). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Venus and the lute player, Titian, (ca.1485-1576/Italian)

Fortune. La Fortuna. 1.79 X 0.95. 17th century. Madrid, Prado museum. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) Perseus and Andromeda. According to the Roman poet Ovid's work Metamorphoses, Andromeda, an Ethiopian princess, was chained to cliffs as a sacrifice to a ravaging sea monster, sent by the vengeful god Poseidon to terrorise the land. Her sensuous body dominates the composition and her liberator, Perseus, is only lightly delineated in the sky.

Leda and the Swan. Date/Period: Ca. 1532. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 156.2 cm (61.4 in); Width: 195.3 cm (76.8 in). Author: CORREGGIO.

Cranach, Lucas 'the Younger' (1515-1586). Venus and Cupid. mid. 16th c. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. GERMANY. BAVARIA. Munich. Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacotheca). Proc: GERMANY. BAVARIA. Bayreuth. Bayreuth Palace.

Ceres and Bacchus, 1600s. Copy after Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611). Oil on canvas; framed: 197.2 x 133.7 x 9.5 cm (77 5/8 x 52 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 163.5 x 100 cm (64 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.).

Andromeda. 1638. (Peter Paul Rubens 1577 Siegen-1640 Antwerp)

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (Workshop of) / 'La violencia de Tarquino', 16th century, Italian School, Canvas, 188 cm x 271 cm, P00392. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Cupid and Psyche, Aspects of the mythical love affair between the god Cupid, also called Cupid, and the mortal king's daughter Psyche, Psyche's first kiss, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

'Apollo and Marsyas', 1490-1492, Oil on panel, 39 x 29 cm. Author: PIETRO PERUGINO. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Przeszo Przyszoci unknown

The spring, 1868, by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), oil on canvas, 128x97 cm.

Giulio Romano / Jupiter and Olympias

The young witch is trained in witchcraft by the old witch and practices flying on a broom, 1810, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..

Cupid and Psyche, Aspects of the mythical love affair between the god Cupid, also called Cupid, and the mortal king's daughter Psyche, Psyche's first kiss, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Baroque style painting depicting Venus and cupids by Pietro (Libertino) Liberi (1605 - 1687) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto.

Angelica spied on by the hermit, Peter Paul Rubens, after, before 1637

The kiss of Jupiter (Jupiter and Cupid), by Pietro Costa. Italy, 19th Century.

Detail of the Marriage of Alexander and Roxanne, 1517, fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma (1477-1549), wedding chamber of Agostino Chigi, Villa Farnesina, Rome. Italy, 16th century.

The Birth of Venus, Cabanel, Alexandre, 1863.

Christ with John the Baptist and Angels. (Peter Paul Rubens; workshop)

'Jupiter and Callisto'. Hungary-Russia, 1862. Dimensions: 48,1x30,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.

Ariadne Ca. 1831-35 Oil on canvas Asher B. Durand American (1796-1886) After John Vanderlyn American (1775-1852)

Prometheus Wird von Hercules Gerettet, 1781 85 Henry Fuseli (1741-1825 Swiss) Oil on canvas

LA TOILETTE O PAISAJE CON FIGURAS - 1859 - DETALLE - O/L - Conjunto nº 176603 - ROMANTICISMO FRANCES. Author: JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILE COROT. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man - Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder - Figures by Rubens, landscape and animals by Brueghel - Circa 1615

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, The Repose, 1860, reworked c 1865 1870 The Repose

The Sacrifice of Isaac, Painter Mariotto Albertinelli, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The suicide of Cleopatra, Cleopatra stands next to her bed and holds the snake in her left hand, painting by Benedetto Gennari, historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from that time .

The Judgement of Paris - 18th century - 47x31 cm - oil on panel. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France. PARIS (MITOLOGIA GRIEGA).

Italy, Emilia Romagna, Fontanellato,interior of the castle, paint of the Parmigianino

The Death of Cleopatra, Makart, Hans (1840-1884)

BORDONE, Paris (1500-1571). Venus and Mars, Victory and Cupid. ca. 1560. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

Allegory, Nature as the Nursemaid of Art, Jan van Hemessen, 1540 - 1557

The Death of Dido. Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)

Boreas And Orithyia. Oswald Von Glehn (B. 1858). Oil On Canvas

Diana's bathroom. Louvre Museum. Paris. Author: FRANCOIS BOUCHER. DIANA (MYTHOLOGY).

A Satyr, Jacob Jordaens (I), 1630 - 1635

Roman fresco depicting the story of Thisbe and Pyramo, signed by its author, Lucius. House of Loreio Tiburtino. 1st century AD. Pompeii. Italy.

The Judgment of Paris. Date/Period: Between ca. 1512 and ca. 1514. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 43 mm (1.69 in); Width: 32.20 mm (1.26 in). Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha, Piombo, Sebastiano del, 1520.

ARTE RENACIMIENTO. ALEMANIA. LUCAS CRANACH "EL VIEJO" (Kronach, 1472-Weimar, 1553). Pintor y grabador alemán. "EVA" (1533-1537). Detalle. Instituto de Arte de Chicago. Estado de Illinois. Estados Unidos.

Arnold Böcklin (born 16 October 1827, died January 1901), Swiss painter, draughtsman, graphic artist and sculptor of Symbolism: Pan Dancing with Children (circa 1884), Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical, Children dancing happily to a flute played by a mythological figure

Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau, 1864, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Annibale Carracci / 'Mary Magdalene and Two Angels'. Early Último tercio del siglo XVI - XVII century. Oil on canvas mounted on panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Venus from Urbino by Titian, oil on canvas, 1538, 1488-1576, Italy, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, 119x165

Reclining Diana, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553).

The Undressing. La Deshabillee. Charles Edouard Boutibonne (1816-1897). Oil On Canvas, Dated 1852

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and ""dry"" tempera. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Ducal Palace. Detail. Putto: cherub holding a plate with butterfly wings. Western wall The meeting between Ludovico Gonzaga and his sons Federico and Francesco. Central episode: scene..

Saint Sebastian by Guido Reni, circa 1615

Jupiter kissing Ganymede, 1760, by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), fresco detached and placed onto canvas, 187x137 cm.

Bernardino Lanino (1510-1578). "Mars and Venus". 16th century. Oil on wood. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. BERNARDINO LANINO - MARS ET VENUS Angel, Angelot, Beauty, Beauty, Cherub, God, Divinity, Divinity, Italian School, God, War, Wood oil, Italian School, Mythological, Mythological, Mythology, Female, Nudite, Oil Wood, Character, Roman, Roman, Renaissance , War, Angel, Character, couple, mythology, nude

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Mercury, Venus and Cupid, according to Corrège. Oil on canvas. 1873. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Angel, Cupid, DEESSE, God of trade, Roman divinity, naked woman, nudite, mythological character, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, oil on canvas, mythology

'Júpiter y los demás dioses urgen a Apolo a retomar las riendas del carro del Día', 1594, Dutch School, Oil on panel, 44 cm x 98 cm, P02088. Author: CORNELIS CORNELISZ VAN HAARLEM (1562-1638). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Apollo. BACCHUS. Jupiter. HERMES. MARS. NEPTUNE.

Sappho sitting on rock by Pierre Narcisse Guerin, oil on canvas, 1774-1833, 19th century, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 188x114

'An Allegory', 1490-1550. Artist: Unknown follower of Botticelli

Saint Sebastian. Date/Period: Ca. 1615. Painting. Height: 1,270 mm (50 in); Width: 920 mm (36.22 in). Author: GUIDO RENI.

Apollon ou le levé du soleil (Apollo, or the SunRising). Artist: Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, French, 1710-1781

The suicide of Lucretia, Lucretia had been threatened with a sword and raped in her bedchamber by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the last Roman king Tarquinius Superbus. The next morning she summoned her father and her husband Collatinus, reported the atrocity and made the men swear vengeance. Afterwards she killed herself with a dagger, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..

The Deluge

Saint George and dragon by Jacopo Tintoretto, oil on canvas, circa 1555, 1518-1594, Venetian School, England, London, National Gallery, 158x100,5

Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry, 1800. Charles Meynier (French, 1768-1832). Oil on canvas; overall: 273 x 176 cm (107 1/2 x 69 5/16 in.).

Close of the Silver Age, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, circa 1530, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

The dream of human life or Allegory of human life, 1570-1590, by Alessandro Allori (1535-1607), oil on copper, 37x27 cm. Copy of a charcoal drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Christian Allegory With Two Children Hugging Each Other. Christian allegory with two children who embrace each other. Part of a series of four decorative pieces with a Christian allegory allegory on each (SK-A-1211/1214).

In the Sauna. Date/Period: 1889. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 81 cm. Height: 120 cm. Author: AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA.

Golden Age by Joachim Wtewael (1566 - 1638); Oil on copper; 1605

Lying Venus of Tizian - Palazzo Pitti, Florence. .

Adam and Eve. (Lucas Craafter d.A.; Kroafter 1472-1553 Weimar; 1533 Rotbuchenholz)

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