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Mythological Engravings

Dramatic and intricate copperplate engravings depicting mythological scenes and figures from Greek and Roman mythology, conveying narrative depth.

'Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver)', 1903. Artist: Sebald Beham.
'Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver)', 1903. Artist: Sebald Beham.
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Hercules and Hesione 1620-1640 Italy. Oil on canvas . Bartolomeo Salvestrini
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Image of Ashtarof, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
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Penelope and her loom. In Ancient Greek legend wife of Ulysses, mother of Telemachus and an example of domestic virtue. When besieged by suitors during Ulysses long absence, she promised them a decision when her piece of work was complete. She wove all day, and sat up with her ladies overnight undoi
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An honest man must go and beg-Kummer and Elise. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1922. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut on Japan paper
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What we see too often!, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.
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San Sebastián (256-288), mártir cristiano. Estampería popular del siglo XIX.
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Dancers performing the Pyrrhic Dance. Date: BC
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1600s ENGRAVING OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AS YOUNG MAN SITTING UNDER APPLE TREE PONDERING DROPPING APPLE AND GRAVITY
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Frescoes from the Villa Stati-Mattei Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi Italian. Frescoes from the Villa Stati-Mattei 437274
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Ritueller Gegenstand. Ahnenbild aus Niederländisch-Neuguinea. Artefakt aus Ozeanien und Australien. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie. Ritual item. Ancestral image from Dutch New Guinea. Artifact of Oceania and Australia. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23196755
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Saint Agatha. Colour photogravure.
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Max Beckmann, Begin the Beguine.Oil on Canvas 178 x 121 cm cm. January 1, 1946. (Photo by Patrick Young, University of Michigan Museum of Art).
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Azulejo, mythological scene with Poseidon and Amphitrite, painted wall tiles by Valentim de Almeida, 18th century, Se do Porto cloister, Porto, Portugal, Europe
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A Dying Gaul, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original 19th century print, 3rd century BC marble statue in the Capitoline Museum in Rome, Italy, Europe
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'The Wolf-Charmer', 1881. Artist: John Le Farge
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Illustration for Hyalis. Le petit faune aux yeux bleus. the novel by Albert Samain, (1858 - 1900). illustration by G. Mossa. Paris 1918. In classical mythology, Hylas was a youth who served as Heracles' (Roman Hercules) companion and servant. His abduction by water nymphs was a theme of ancient art
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The triumphal statue of Claudius in the Vatican Museum in Rome, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, 1 August 10 BC, October 13, 54 AD, woodcut, Italy, Europe
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Lydian Costume, vintage engraved illustration.
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Louvre Museum, Isis, Osiris and Horus, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.
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Aphrodite head hand drawn ink sketch. Engraved style vector illustration
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Steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. 12 Labours of Hercules Heracles Steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. Hercules holds the sky. 12 Labours of Hercules Heracles. Myths Of Ancient Greece illustration Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgorxSapozhkovx 14752593
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music musicians lyre player coloured woodcut by Jost Amman to ""Kunst und Lehrb»chlein f»r die anfangenden Jungen daraus reissen und malen zu lernen"" printed by Sigmund Feyerabend Frankfurt am Main 1578,
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Attic Red-Figure Stamnoid Fragment. Attributed to the Brygos Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.)
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Mercury and the Bull (Taurus). Illustration from supplement to 'L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures'; (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology.
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"Hatred" from le Brun, Heads. Representing the various passions of the soul..., circa 1760
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Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did extensive mapping of the North American west coast from Alaska to Monterey, California. Next La Pérouse landed at Botany Bay (Port Jackson), Australia, before heading for the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse took the opportuni
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Traditional scenes from ancient Rome culture, Ancient roman empire. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
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Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple (Jésus porté sur le pinacle du Temple) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple (Jésus porté sur le pinacle du Temple), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm). In James Tissots epic The Life of Christ, a set of 350 watercolors, his naturalistic style coexists with a decidedly mystical or hallucinatory one, which earned him comparisons to William Blake. These three examples visualize miraculous moments in the narrative. Tissot was a successful society painter who, after experiencing a religious vision in 1885, devoted the rest of his career to spiritual subject matter. He made two trips to Egypt, Syria, and Palestine, where he created extensive figure and landscape studies for his project, believing that this “pencil reporting from the life of Christ” would endow his scenes with historical accuracy. Tissot exhibited the completed series i
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According to a painting by Barbino, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.
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Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Three heads covering each other., Wenceslaus Hollar, etcher, 1645, Flanders, etching, The immensely prolific and talented Czech printmaker Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was employed between 1636 and 1644 as an artist and cataloguer in the household of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, one of the greatest art collectors of his era. The Earl, a victim of the English Civil War, fled overseas and died in 1646, Hollar himself moved with his family to Antwerp in 1644, where this etching would have been made. The return of political stability led to Hollar's return to London in 1652, where he lived and worked until his death.
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Fra Girolamo commanding Romola not to leave Florence. Illustration by Frederic, Lord Leighton, for George Eliot 'Romola' published in monthly parts in 'The Cornhill Magazine' London 1862-1863. Wood engraving
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Lámina recortable. Tiempos primitivos. Pueblos ibéricos. Bético. Editado por Litografía de Paluzie. Años 1875.
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This scene is one of several designs that the English sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman (1755-1826) did to illustrate passages from the Greek epic poet Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, a commission he had been given by Georgiana Hare-Naylor while he was living in Rome. It represents Funeral of Hector. It was done 1793.
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Heroes of Trojan War, Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Odysseus, Nestor, Achilles, Agamemnon, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
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Hans Sachs, 1494-1576, was a Nuremberg proverb poet, master singer and playwright, historical engraving, 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown
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Urania, muse of Astrology. Woodcut by Albercht Durer, 1502. From Prognosticon by Johannes Stabius. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.
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ancient world Roman Empire gladiators duel of the Secutor Astyanax against the Retiarius Kalendio after mosaic via Appia early 4th century AD drawing 19th century,
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Carriage of the Dead by Australian Aborigines, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Egyptian wine press. 19th cent. engraving.
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San Sebastian, painting by Giovanni Battista Benvenuti known as l'Ortolano (active first quarter of 16th century).
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Italy - Tuscany Region - Siena. Basilica of Saint Domenico. Saint Catherine Chapel. Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma (1477-1549). Fresco depicting the Execution of Nicholas Tuldo (Niccolo' di Tuldo), detail of footwear.
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This 1882 illustration represents two ancient Egyptian warriors, with the wall paintings uncovered in ancient Egyptian tombs as the model. .
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Aphrodite head hand drawn ink sketch. Engraved style vector illustration
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The figures pictured here, according to Greek mythology, are the Winds. They are, from left to right, top to bottom: Lips, Zephryus, Eurus, and Apeliotes. Lips, or Livos, was the god of the southwest wind. Usually he was shown holding a ship's sternpost because when the wind blew form the southwest into Athens' port harbor of Piraeus, ships could not sail. Zephyrus was the god of the west wind. Zephyrus was the gentlest of the winds and considered a harbinger of springtime. He was pictured with flowers that indicated a mild light breeze. Eurus, or Euros, was the god of the east wind. The folds
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Minerva, Mars, and Mercury, Roman goddess of wisdom, god of war, and messenger of the gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist. Galileo demonstrating the new astronomical theories at the University of Padua. Engraving after a painting of 1873 by Mexican artist Félix Parra (1845-1919). Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.
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Wotan heals Balder's horse.
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