Mythological Figures in Art

Engravings and lithographs showcasing mythological themes, featuring figures such as Cupid and Icarus, highlighting emotion and dramatic poses.

Sleeping Nymph watched by a satyr, Arnold Houbraken, Anonymous, 1700 - 1750

Cupido with Harp gives a young woman Dansles, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, After Alexandre Evariste Fragonard, 1797 - 1840 print paper engraving / etching one person playing string instrument (plucked) - CC - out of doors. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). adolescent, young woman, maiden. woman dancing alone

Goetterdoemmerung. Siegfried et les Filles du Rhin (1re planche) , Fictitious characters, Heroes, Siegfried Legendary character, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, Danaë, 1849, lithograph on chine appliqué on wove paper.

Johann Gottlieb Facius created an engraving in 1779 depicting the mythological figures Icarus and Daedalus, illustrating the story of flight with detailed 18th-century line work.

Sleeping Nymph watched by a satyr, Arnold Houbraken, Anonymous, 1700 - 1750

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Cupids and Diana Bathing, 1788. Engraving.

Théodore Chassériau, Apollon et Daphne, 1844 Apollon et Daphne

The Birth of Galatea. Charles William Campbell (English, 1855-1887); after Sir Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833-1898). Date: 1885. Dimensions: 355 × 260 mm. Mezzotint on buff chine laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Three Rijndaughters play on the bottom of the Rhine, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1886 print Paris paper 'Nibelungenlied'. Naiads, river- and spring-nymphs; usually carrying an urn; 'Naiadi, ninfe de' fiumi' (Ripa). opera

Perseus and Andromeda. Sirani, Giovanni Andrea, 1610-1670. 1612 - 1691. Loli, Lorenzo, 1612-1691. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Venus, Mars and Cupid, Jan Cornelisz. van Loenen, after Joachim Wtewael, 1621 drawing paper. ink brush / pen Diana bathing with her nymphs. washing and bathing - AA - in the open air

Copper engraving by Jan Harmensz. Muller showing the abduction of the Sabine women, printed around 1598.

Photo production of a part of a painting of the arrival of Karel V in Antwerp by Hans Makart, Anonymous, After Hans Makart, c. 1878 - 1900 photograph. cabinet photograph This photo is part of an album. Vienna cardboard. photographic support albumen print being welcomed ~ travelling. ruler, sovereign. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude

Grasp All, Lose All, c. 1816. Pierre Guérin (French, 1774-1833). Lithograph;

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'There it goes'. 1797 - 1799. Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Alphëus and Arethusa. The Nymph Arethusa flight for the Alphë's river god from the water. On a branch of a tree standing on the shore she pulls up. In the background hangs on a tree a arrow sleeve as a symbol of love. Under the print a verse from the metamorphoses of Ovid.

Iris at the Bath 1731 Laurent Cars. Iris at the Bath. Laurent Cars (French, Lyons 1699-1771 Paris). 1731. Etching and engraving. Prints

Truth engraves the names of four composers in a stone, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1885 print Fama and two putti hold up a plaque on which truth writes the names of Schumann, Berlioz, Wagner and Brahms. Paris paper Truth; 'Truth' (Ripa) (+ Personification). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa) (+ personification). composer

The Sculptors. Artist: Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron (French, Besançon 1816-1885 Geneva); Bertauts. Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 5/16 in. (44.7 × 31.3 cm)Image: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (21.7 × 17.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes. Date: 1853. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Honoré Daumier, Le docteur Véron refusant consolation, 19th century Le docteur Véron refusant ... consolation

Cain kills Abel, François Perrier, After Rafaël, 1645 - 1649 print paper etching the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Statue of a kissing pair, Jean Grandjean, 1765 - 1781 drawing prepared paper. chalk piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (lovers) kissing each other

Lydé watches with her sleeping lover, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1905 print Lydé waps with her veil to chase the insects with her sleeping loved one. paper adolescent, young woman, maiden. couple of lovers. sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors. veil

The Grapeleaf 1895 Belgium. Heliogravure, with drypoint, on ivory laid paper . Félicien Rops

Black chalk and brush drawing by François Pascal Gérard depicting Apollo seated on a lion with muses and Kybele, heightened with white, created in the 1790s.

Artist and a nymph, from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart, François-Nicolas Chifflart, French, 1825 - 1901, Etching, France, ca. 1860, Print, Print

After: Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431-1506, Hercules andAntaeus, ca.1497, Engraving, 22.9 × 40.6 cm (9 × 16 in.), Italian, 15thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

A partly nude bacchante stepping forward and holding ends of her drapery in each hand ca. 1795-1820 Vicenzo Feoli From a series of engravings depicting wall paintings from Herculaneum, made by various engravers and intermediary draughtsman, all pulblished by Agapito Franzetti.. A partly nude bacchante stepping forward and holding ends of her drapery in each hand 669053

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Etching by Lodovico Lana depicting Hercules killing the Nemean Lion, created between 1620 and 1646.

Sphinx with lifeless man. A sphinx, with women's head, wings and tail, holds a naked man with her hands around his neck.

Naked woman awakens, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1906 print Paris paper woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure. waking up

Netscher, A Girl braiding her Hair, Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855 - 1858 Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 30. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 30. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Two Cupids, One Carrying a Torch, Another a Bow 1727-60 Pierre Alexandre Aveline French. Two Cupids, One Carrying a Torch, Another a Bow 394253

Baigneuses (3e grande planche) , Bathing, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Woman Seated with Drapery. Artist: George William Thornley (French, 1857-1935); After () François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 13/16 x 12 5/16 in. (45.2 x 31.2 cm)Image: 13 x 8 1/4 in. (33 x 21 cm). Date: late 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Etching by Jean Jacques Pasquier from 1745 showing a male nude figure with emphasis on musculature and classical anatomy.

Baptism of the Duke of Bordeaux. (TF)

Nude Couple Embracing 1780-1827 Thomas Rowlandson British. Nude Couple Embracing 347916

Apollo in Calliope, Julien-Léopold Boilly, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1851 print This print is part of a cover with seven prints. Paris paper (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). Calliope (one of the Muses); 'Calliope' (Ripa)

Tast, 1576 - 1580 print Print from a series of five. A personification of one of the five senses can be seen on each magazine. Two lines of Latin under each print from this series. paper engraving feeling (one of the five senses)

Tannhaeuser. Venusberg (2e planche) , Minstrels, Goddesses, Supernatural beings, Nymphs Greek deities, Venus Roman deity, Tannhäuser, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Andromeda chained aan de Rots, Anonymous, 1818 - 1819 print Print is part of an album. paper Andromeda chained to the rock

Lazio Roma Rome Gesu67. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of Baroque facade and cupola. Interior views of main altar and chapel altars. Extensive coverage of nave ceiling fresco by Baciccia, sculpted altar by Pozzo, and corridor by Pozzo and Borgognone. Paintings and sculpture in sacristy and church, and views of elaborately embroidered cope. Antiquities: Sarcophagus General Notes: Three numerical sequences have been fused into a single sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Creation of Eva, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1797 print Adam wakes up from his sleep and sees Eva who has just been created from his rib. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving creation of Eve

Copper engraving by Cornelis Bos from 1530-1556 showing Leda with the swan, illustrating mythological figures and interaction.

Young woman with scarf, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1905 print Paris paper adolescent, young woman, maiden. veil

Medea.Medea runs through a landscape with her sons. She is wearing her youngest son on her left arm. With her right arm she presses her oldest son against him. She wrapped in loose robes and a veil blowing over them.

Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch, 1606-1669, Naked Woman Seated on aMound, ca.1631, Etching, platemark: 17.7 × 16 cm (6 15/16 × 6 5/16in.), Made in The Netherlands, Dutch, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Cherub holding a Laurel Wreath, 1793. Engraving.

George Saunders, c.1762-1839, British, Monument for Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1792. Line engraving.

Application of AAM and EVA. Adam embraces Eva and takes the apple. The snake is watching from the tree. This print is part of an album.

Putti puts Lauwerkrans, Pierre Alexandre Avine (Possible), After Pierre Alexandre Aveline, After François Boucher, 1713 - 1760 print Three putti with a cloth and a laurel wreath. Paris paper etching / engraving Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Manuel Salvador Carmona / 'Life study'. XVIII century. White chalk, Black chalk on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Theatre programme for Mariage d'argent by Eugène Bourgeois, Le fardeau de la liberté by Tristan Bernard and Un client sérieux by George Courteline (Théâtre Antoine, 23 December 1897). Dimensions: 31.9 cm x 24.7 cm, 27 cm x 21 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: LOUIS ANQUETIN.

Copper engraving and etching by Melchior Lorch depicting Fortuna, showing a female figure with dress shaped as a sail and symbolic elements, created in 1574.

Sater spy a sleeping nymph, Caspar Netscher, 1649 - 1684

Cipriani, Fortuna. Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 45.

Minerva in Venus, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. ink pen / brush (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Psyche for Proserpina / Bacchus and Ariadne. Sheet with two performances. Upstairs: Psyche is on Jupiter's lap. For her are Proserpina and Invidia. Below: Bacchus and Ariadne in a hug, sitting next to a tiger. A Sater offers them wine. A putto in the air.

Sitting naked; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. Seated naked man, turned to the right, with a cloth over his head and a garland of fucks. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 18. The print is part of an album.

Infant Hercules asleep 1625-77 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Infant Hercules asleep; lying naked on a cloak, head to right, among leafy branches under tree, his club between his legs; two birds perched above his head, after Parmigianino. Infant Hercules asleep 361745

Venus and Adonis, Pieter Tanjé, after Nicolas Poussin, 1760 - 1761 print Venus and Amor as loved ones lying under a tree. In the background, Amor tries to keep the hunting dogs of Adonis, who chases a bird, to control. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Paris paper engraving / etching Venus and Adonis as lovers. dog

Diane. Wittmann Ch. & Chardon Ch., Editions (Paryż ; wydawnictwo, drukarnia ; fl. ca 1889-ca 1907), printing house, Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artist, Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Paryż ; czasopismo, wydawnictwo ; 1859-2002), publishing house, Delaunay, Elie (1828-1891), painter

Angel Holding a Banderole. Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo). Dimensions: 16 7/16 x 11 in. (41.7 x 28 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Photo reproduction painting of half-naked woman with putti at fountain, photograph, photo, photos, height mm, width mm, photographer, 1870 - 1884, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, albumen print, albumine print

Naked Venus sitting in a landscape with rocks, Venus, print maker: Louis Marin Bonnet, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Joseph Natoire, (mentioned on object), publisher: Louis Marin Bonnet, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, publisher: Paris, 1773 - 1774, paper, etching, h 351 mm × w 408 mm

Manfred and Astartea, third plate 1892 France. Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper . Henri Fantin-Latour

The drawing shows a figure holding a garden tool or in a garden setting, rendered in coal and chalk around 1870.

Neptunus, Louis Desplaces, after Michel Anguier, 1692 - 1739 print print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Alphonse Legros, Landscape with a Boy in a Tree (Paysage avec un garcon grimpe sur un arbre, dite "Le denicheur d'oiseaux"), French, 1837 - 1911, etching and drypoint on light green paper

Meleager, Turning to the Right mid-18th-early 19th century Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian. Meleager, Turning to the Right. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). mid-18th-early 19th century. Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk. Drawings

Zephyr. Artist: After Pierre Paul Prud'hon (French, Cluny 1758-1823 Paris); Jean Nicolas Laugier (French, Toulon 1785-1865 Paris). Dimensions: image: 16 7/16 x 12 5/16 in. (41.7 x 31.3 cm)sheet: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (55.8 x 40.5 cm). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Mousetrap 1649-1659 France. Mellan never completed this secular engraving, and he may not have intended to publish or distribute it widely. The work is a surprisingly sensual departure for an artist who engraved hundreds of religious subjects and portraits, but it maintains his sinuous, supple line. The stark nudity of the Venus-like central figure, taken from an unfinished plate with substantial areas of blank space, enhances the printís abstraction.. Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper . Claude Mellan

Bliżej Kultury Ferdinand Schenk Verlag für Kunst und Kunstfäwer, Vienna, Botticelli, Sandro (1445 1510)

Triumph of Galathea, Gustave Joseph BIOT, After Rafaël, 1843 - 1905 print print maker: Belgiumafter painting by: Italy paper etching / engraving triumph of Galatea

The Meeting of a Family in Heaven, Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, after William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Text by Robert Blair, 1699-1746, British, Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764-1834, British, 1808, published 1813, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm), Plate: 11 × 5 3/4 inches (27.9 × 14.6 cm), and Image: 9 3/8 × 5 1/4 inches (23.8 × 13.3 cm), angels, children, embracing, family, heaven, husband, joy, kissing, meeting, religious and mythological subject, robes, wings, wives

Image of a Venus () squatting on the ground. She holds a hand in front of her face as if to protect herself from the sun. Crouching Venus Signorum Veterum Icones II , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, c. 1664 - in or after 1669, paper, etching, h 188 mm × w 100 mm

Gustave Doré (1832-1883). "The erection of the cross. IFF 162". Bois, 1875. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Catholic, Christian, Cross, Christ, Erection, New Testament, engraving

Aurora on a style, Anonymous, After Hendrick de Keyser (I), After 1656 - 1701 print The car is drawn by two birds. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving Apollo in the chariot of the sun, drawn by four horses, usually preceded by Aurora holding a torch; 'Carro del Sole' (Ripa)

Booklet for the event 'Dinner Among 'Sister Republics of the Western Hemisphere'' held by the Manufacturers' Club in Philadelphia, PA, in 1897. The booklet measures 7 x 8.5 inches and features illustrations

Woman with Luit, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1931 print Standing woman in dress with a lute in her left hand. paper lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. musician

Vérité , Composers, Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Bliżej Kultury Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlagsanstalt (Monachium), Hanfstaengl (Hanfstängl), Franz (1804 1877)

Tannhaeuser. Venusberg (2e planche) , Minstrels, Goddesses, Supernatural beings, Nymphs Greek deities, Venus Roman deity, Tannhäuser, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Copper engraving by Francesco Villamena depicting Diana, the classical goddess of the hunt, showing figure, bow, hunting dogs, and symbolic composition, 1526-1624.

Ink lavated drawing with red highlights by Johann Nepomuk Ender depicting Amor and Psyche flying, showing figures, wings, and gestures, 1815-1817.

Linda Maestra! or Pretty Teacher! A young witch teaches an old man to fly. After the work by Francisco Goya, Capricho number 68. Goya created the 80 prints of Los Caprichos in 1797-1798.

Weeping Allegorical Female Figure with Putto. Attributed to or after Richard Earlom; British, 1743-1822. Date: 1770-1779. Dimensions: 332 × 231 mm. Graphite, with gray wash, highlighted with white chalk, on prepared brown ground, on ivory laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saint worn by angels, Heinrich Vianden, 1836 print Germany (possibly) paper etching angels. being carried. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Three Loves, One holding a Quiver, the Other, Grapes. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1702-1760 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 15 9/16 in. (29.4 x 39.5 cm)Plate: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 28 cm). Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695-1772 Paris). Series/Portfolio: First Book of Groups of Children(Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfans). Date: 1727-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: after François Boucher. Pierre Alexandre Aveline.

Prometheus, Leopold Löwenstam, after Caravaggio, 1862 print Prometheus chained to the rocks of the Caucasus. paper engraving / etching (story of) Prometheus

Hymen. Mehoffer, Józef (1869-1946), graphic artist

Perseus and Andromeda, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Perseus standing on a rock by the sea. On his belt the head of Medusa. To his left andromeda, kneeling. In the waves under Perseus the sea monster to which Andromeda was sacrificed. paper. chalk engraving (story of) Perseus

High-pressure Fotogalvanography reproducing the classical sculpture Venus Callipyge, showing the figure and artistic details, in 1861.

Relief with personification of the element of water above arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, after Artus Quellinus (I), 1663 print Relief with personification of the element of water above the court (northern) arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Instead of legs she has two fish tails. On her, a jug from which water flows, in her left hand a sphere from which water sprays. On her head a crown of aquatic plants. Shells under her fish tails. Handed under the right of the middle: E. paper etching / engraving water (one of the four elements). container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. merman - AA - mermaid, siren (+ tail). scallop, shell ~ ornament Burgerzaal. City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Fountain with Meermannen and Saterbeeld, 1713 - 1760 print Three Meermans are left of a shell -shaped fountain, on the right a young figure holds the right hand against a water jet. Two Sater images flank a vase above the fountain. Publishing number 36. paper etching ornamental fountain. merman. satyr(s) (in general). vase ~ ornament

Naked man in a landscape, Antonio da Trento, After Parmigianino, c. 1520 - c. 1550 print A naked man, possibly Narcissus, in a landscape. Left in the foreground is a bust of a woman. paper Narcissus, gazing in a fountain, falls in love with his own reflection; possibly the nymph Echo peeps at the scene. landscapes. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Standing male angel looking up and holding a flute; after Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (Paris) possibly mid to late 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century. Standing male angel looking up and holding a flute; after Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (Paris). Anonymous, French, 18th century (). possibly mid to late 18th century. Etching. Prints

Water 1735 Johann Justin Preissler. Water. The Elements(Les Eléments). Johann Justin Preissler (German, 1698-1771). 1735. Engraving. Georg Martin Preissler (German, Nuremberg 1700-1754 Nuremberg). Prints

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