Mythological Figures in Art

Artistic interpretations of mythological themes, featuring nymphs, deities, and narratives from mythology, rendered in soft tones and expressive poses.

Nymph and Bacchus, Photogravure Print from the Original Painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

Nymph and Bacchus, Photogravure Print from the Original Painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

Siegfried and the Daughters of the Rhine, c. 1880. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904). Lithograph;

Jupiter und Antiope Correggio, 1489-1534. still image. Art reproductions. 1880 - 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Jupiter (Roman deity), Zeus (Greek deity), Cupids, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Mythology, Greek, Sleeping, Female nude in art, Antiope (Greek mythology)

Two Nymphs Bathing, One Washing the Other's Foot May 20, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson. Two Nymphs Bathing, One Washing the Other's Foot. Classical Nudes. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). May 20, 1799. Etching and stipple. Prints

1892 Art Work - Finale to the Twilight of the Gods - Henri Fantin-Latour.

Copper engraving by Pieter van Gunst depicting Mars and Venus, created between 1674 and 1732, showing the classical mythological figures in a detailed composition.

Nymphs and Diana Bathing, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1787, Engraving

Badend Iris, Laurent Cars, After François Le Moine, 1709 - 1771 print print maker: Franceafter painting by: Italy paper etching / engraving Iris. taking a bath - AA - in the open air

Pencil drawing by an unidentified engraver between 1729 and 1755 showing one man holding another in a figurative study.

Venus Pricked by the Thorns of a Rose Bush; Cupid Asleep in the Foreground 1556 Engraved by Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Venus Pricked by the Thorns of a Rose Bush; Cupid Asleep in the Foreground 367474

Salamacis and Hermaphroditus. Salmacis presents to Hermaphroditus, which tries to ward off her. They are on the edge of a forest lake. Scene from Ovid 'Metamorphoses (with. II, 341-357).

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Baptiste de Lorraine, created in 1772, illustrating a scene dedicated as a tribute to love.

Daphnis in Chloë, Anonymous, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1820 - 1860 print Paris paper etching / engraving Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Chloe

Gaea; Greiner, Otto (1869-1916); 1912 (1912-00-00-1912-00-00);

Adam and Eva after the fall, Jean Jacques Flipart, after Charles Joseph Natoire, 1755 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving / etching Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Pencil drawing by Louis Marin Bonnet, created between 1760 and 1793, depicting a male nude figure.

Naked woman sitting on bed with flowers.

Amor leads a man in his choice in love, François Joseph Etienne Beisson, After Pierre Prud'hon, 1797 print Scene Uit Het GEDICHT 'The art of loving' van Pierre-Joseph Bernard. Paris paper etching / engraving (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Nymph and a rower. Strang, William (1859-1921), graphic artist

Love and friendship, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, after Pierre Prud'Hon, 1777 - 1841 print paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa)

Baigneuses (1re grande planche) , Bathing, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Badende Nymph, John Smith (print maker/ publisher), After Prosper Henricus Lankrink, 1662 - 1742 print Text in English in the lower margin. London paper other types of nymph(s). public baths - AA - in the open air

Venus, Nicolaas Braeu, after Karel van Mander (I), 1598 print An image of the goddess of love Venus, with her companion Amor placed in a niche. Next to them two swans who usually pull the cart of Venus. On the wall turtling and a burning hair as symbols for love and a shell that reminds us of Venus birth from the sea. A Latin caption under the performance. paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Paris, Demarteau, Gilles Antoine, Boucher, François, France, Léveillé, Jean-Augustin, Leda and the Swan, verso bottom center - stamped, Leda, supported by a young woman, steps into a fountain with Jupiter disguised as a swan. Cupid sprays water over them., print, prints, engravings, No. 607, recto lower right - etching, verso lower center - stamped, height 300 mm, width 256 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1776 - 1802, fourth quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18e eeuw, first quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, aquatint, crayon method, color printing, French, 1703-09-29 - 1770-05-30, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1756 - 1802-09-08, publisher

Hendrick Goltzius engraved copper prints between 1593 and 1595 depicting Neptune and Amphitrite, showing figures, gestures, and classical mythological composition.

Landscape with two nymphs, Nicolaas Verkolje, 1683 - 1726 print There are two nymphs on the edge of a forest. In the background a landscape with mountains. Delft paper nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). forest, wood. mountains

Wagner is looking up at his muse, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1886 print Paris paper the artist and his muse (in general). the composer and his muse. historical persons

The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

Venus and Cupido, Isaac Beckett, After Titian, c. 1681 - c. 1688 print London paper Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Leda and the Swan. Dated: 1770. Dimensions: plate: 22.2 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.6 x 38.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Salomon Gessner.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Salmacis presents to Hermaphroditus, which tries to ward off her. They are on the edge of a forest lake. Scene from Ovid 'Metamorphoses (with. II, 341-357).

Reproduction of Deux Nymphes et deux Amours regardant des colombes (Two Nymphs and Loves watching two doves) Gilles Demarteau French. Reproduction of Deux Nymphes et deux Amours regardant des colombes (Two Nymphs and Loves watching two doves). Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). Reproduction of crayon-manner engraving in black and red ink. Prints

Félix Bracquemond, Société des Aquafortistes: Frontispiece, 1865, etching on beige laid paper.

Copper engraving by Crispin van de Passe depicting Venus, created between 1584 and 1637.

Susanna and the elders, G.H. Vierpijl, 1700 - 1800 print Northern Netherlands paper etching the story of Susanna and the elders (in which the youth Daniel intervenes on behalf of Susanna) (Daniel 13). Susanna bathing, usually in or near a fountain and sometimes accompanied by two female servants

Perseus and Andromeda, Photogravure Print from the Original Painting by Charles Edouard de Beaumont, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

Print, Frontispiece, "Wheatstone's National Melodies", 1798; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); Italy; engraving on paper; Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-333

Two Satyrs in a Forest. Dated: 1777. Dimensions: plate: 19.5 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 21.8 cm (10 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Salomon Gessner.

Sleeping Nymph Spied by a Sater, Philippe Lambert Joseph Spruyt, After Godfried Schalcken, 1747 - 1801 print A nymph is sleeping against a tree. Behind the tree is a saat who spies her. Water on the right between the trees. At the bottom of the margin a reference to the owner of the original and his coat of arms. Ghent paper etching sleeping; unconsciousness. satyr(s) pursuing nymph(s)

Baigneuses (2e petite planche) , Bathing, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Square Venus, Jan de Bisschop, after Anonymous, c. 1664 - in or after 1669 print Image of a Venus () Squeezing on the ground. She holds a hand in front of her face as if she wants to protect herself in front of the sun. Northern Netherlands paper etching (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

A Sailor's Family 1787 Thomas Rowlandson British. A Sailor's Family 407353

Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, The Meeting of a Family in Heaven, 1808, published 1813. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Daphnis in Chloë, Antoine François Jelée, After Louis Hersent, 1824 print paper etching / engraving Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Chloe

Figure (recto and verso), from Premier livre de figures dAcademies gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l Académie Royale 1737 France. Etching (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper . Gabriel Huquier

Copper engraving by Jacob de Gheyn II, circa 1589, depicting the mythological figures Acis and Galatea with figures, landscape, and attributes.

Baigneuses (2e grande planche) , Bathing, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Diana Departing for the Chase, by Rubens. Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)

Woman bathing her feet at a brook.

Baigneuses (2e grande planche) , Bathing, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Copper engraving by Monogrammist P depicting a child holding a bird, created in 1511.

Pointing woman and naked man in a mantelpiece, c. 1843 - c. 1864 The woman looks at the naked man and points with her left hand to the ground, where a third figure is located. Leaf 5 Recto from a compilation album with 32 sheets. paper. ink pen / brush chimney-piece, mantelpiece. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating. lying figure. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti I, after Parmigianino, A Standing Youth Gesturing to His Right, 1723 A Standing Youth Gesturing to His Right

Daphnis in Chloë Badend, Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry -Lecomte, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1807 - 1858 print paper. etching Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Chloe

Standing Roman man penetrating a woman leaning on a bed. A statue of Cupid with bow and arrow behind. Aquatint by Theophile Fillon after an illustration by Paul Avril from Friedrich Karl Forbergs Manual of Classical Erotology, Manuel derotologie classique, De Figuris veneris, Charles Hirsch, 1906, translated by Alcide Bonneau (not Isidore Liseaux).

Copper engraving and etching by Johann Friedrich Bause from 1775 depicting Venus and Amor, showing figures, gestures, and classical composition.

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658 print Sitting naked woman who bathes her feet in a stream. Japanese paper (handmade paper) etching / drypoint

Young woman is on the water, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903 print Paris paper. Japanese paper (handmade paper) adolescent, young woman, maiden. river bank

Léda Moreau, Gustave, 1826-1898. still image. Art reproductions. 1868. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Leda (Greek mythology), Cupids, Swans, Jupiter (Roman deity), Zeus (Greek deity)

Half-naked woman. Image of a half-naked woman lying on the ground and holding her head up. The image comes from the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani, whose weapon on the base can be seen.

Figure, from Premier livre de figures d'Academies gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l' Académie Royale. Pierre Aveline (French, 1702-1760); after François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); printed by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); published by Jombert Père (French, 18th century). Date: 1737. Dimensions: 271 × 181 mm (plate); 302 × 233 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: PIERRE AVELINE.

Etching by Jean Aubert depicting a male figure in classical pose, created in 1738, showing anatomical study and artistic composition.

Étude de femme couchée dans un paysage , Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Three Cupids Playing with Vine Branches Louis Félix de La Rue French. Three Cupids Playing with Vine Branches 394760

Artist: Barthelemy Joseph Fulcran Roger, French, 1767-1841, LaCaresse, Engraving, platemark: 28.4 × 19.6 cm (11 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.), Made in France, French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Cipriani, winter. Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 28.

Allegory to music, dance and poetry portrayed by three putti, Ary Scheffer, 1805 - 1858 drawing prepared paper. chalk 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'Musica'(Ripa). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ dance and ballet. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa)

Two lovers; Pastoral. Two lovers embrace each other, sitting on the ground in a landscape.

The Pranksters (Les Espiègles), c. 1798. Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820), after Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825). Wash manner etching and engraving printed in blue, red, yellow, and black ; sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); to borderline: 46.4 x 37.4 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.). This meticulously crafted color print reproduces an oil painting by Jean-Frédéric Schall, an artist best known for his pastoral and mildly erotic scenes.During the French Revolution (1789-99), the market for deluxe color prints declined, as titillating subjects and signs of luxury were considered immoral. When attitudes relaxed around 1800, printmakers like Descourtis made a few color prints using multiple plates to layer tinted inks as they had before the Revolution. However, this time-consuming and expensive process was soon replaced by hand coloring that workers could more cheaply and easily accomplish.

Tarquin and Lucretia 1752 Pieter Tanjé. Tarquin and Lucretia. Pieter Tanjé (Dutch, Bolsward 1706-1761 Amsterdam). 1752. Etching and engraving. Prints

Siegfried and the RhineMaidens. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904

Eau dormante , Leisure, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Two Bading Women at Waterkant, Aristide Maillol, 1895 print print maker: Francepublisher: Parisprinter: Paris paper female sex; woman. in or beside the water (on the beach)

Eva seduces Adam from the tree to eat; Creation and fall; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Eva offers Adam an apple from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the tree the snake. Different animals in the background. At the bottom of a reference to the Bible text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Standing naked woman at Omkranste Herme, Adrien de Witte (Attributed to), 1860 - 1913 print paper ETCHING / ROUCH the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure. herms (garden ornaments)

Leda and De Zwaan, monogrammist IHS, After Michelangelo, c. 1556 - c. 1577 print Landscape with the lying Leda and the God Jupiter in the form of a swan. Italian fresh in the lower margin. Italy paper engraving Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda

Two Nymphs Bathing, One Washing the Other's Foot May 20, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson. Two Nymphs Bathing, One Washing the Other's Foot. Classical Nudes. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). May 20, 1799. Hand-colored etching and stipple. Prints

Queen with Page at a staircase, Paul Gavarni, 1854 print Paris paper page ~ court. queen

Vignette with two putti, Simon Fokke, 1722 - 1784 print A putto is playing on a stone winch and is honored by a second putto with Bazuin. On the ground lies the symbol of eternity, a snake that bites itself in its own tail. Amsterdam paper etching Cupids: 'Love' 'Amoretti' 'Putti'. Crowning with Laurel. Lyre, harp, psaltery - 200 - out of doors. Eternity, 'eternity'; 'Eternitã' 'Eternita o perpetuití' (Ripa)

Bathing Women, second medium plate. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1899. Dimensions: 188 × 250 mm (image); 327 × 400 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on light gray chine. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Old Italian Masters: The Three Graces, 1888-1892. Timothy Cole (American, 1852-1931). Wood engraving;

Northern Netherlands, Monogrammist CVG, Huyberts, Cornelis, The remainder of the Dutch free State, The mutilated bodies of the De Witt brothers hanging from the seesaw, 1672, Night scene of the mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt, hanging from the seesaw, against a background of the trees at the Vijverberg, 20 August 1672. On the right in the foreground a man with a burning torch. Below the image a poem in praise of the De Witt brothers in two verses of four lines., print, image, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 317 mm, width 256 mm, 1669 - 1712, print maker, printmaker, 1680 - 1712, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, writer

Trois Amours dont un tient un couronne, de Quatrième Livre de Groupes d'Enfans. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1702-1760 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 8 9/16 in. (26.5 x 21.8 cm). Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695-1772 Paris). Series/Portfolio: Fourth Book of Groups of Children(Quatrième Livre de Groupes d'Enfans). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vénus Anadyomène , Goddesses, Supernatural beings, Aphrodite Greek deity. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Sleeping Nymph spies by a Sater. A nymph is sleeping against a tree. Behind the tree is a Sater, which spends her. On the right between the trees. At the bottom of the margin a reference to the owner of the original and his coat of arms.

Bacchus with staff and wine cup; Mercury with the caduceus, staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top; Venus sitting bare-chested, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Aniello Cataneo from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., 1757-1787, Naples.

Copper engraving and etching by Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, created between 1795 and 1815, showing Maria Magdalena in a cave, emphasizing her figure within a rocky interior environment.

Sleeping Huntress 1644-52 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Landscape with Diana sleeping at the foot of a tree, a quiver in lower right; after Peeter van Avont. Sleeping Huntress 361020

Psyche Carried Off by the Zephyrs, 1808 or later, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French, 1758-1823, 11 5/8 x 9 5/16 in. (29.5 x 23.7 cm) (image)17 1/2 x 12 in. (44.5 x 30.5 cm) (sheet)19 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (50.17 × 40.01 cm) (outer frame), Black and white chalk with stumping over graphite on faded blue wove paper, black chalk framing lines, France, 19th century, In the story of Cupid and Psyche, Psyche was left by her family on a mountaintop to marry a monstrous groom. But the kindly west winds, the Zephyrs, lifted her up and transported her to Cupids palace.

Chalk drawing by Giovanni Martino Boni depicting Mary Magdalene holding a cross with both hands in a humble pose, looking downward.

Venus, 1635 - 1660 print Landscape with Venus and her companion Amor. In the frame an edge in Latin that refers to the role that Venus played in the opinion of Paris. She is one of the three goddesses who had to judge Paris. She promised to reward Paris with the love of every woman he chose. This print is part of an album. paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

La muse , Composers, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Granchi-Taylor, Achille (N.1857-07-10-D.1921), Gilliatt and La Pieuvre-Drawing for the cover sticker (dummy title), 1920. Ink on paper laminated on cardboard. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Three young naked boys standing or sitting between stone blocks, after a painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783) (22 July 1853), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Lithography by Achille Devéria around 1850 depicting a dream scene with figures in imaginative composition.

La Vengeance du Philosophe Amoureux, plate 8 from "The Decameron" Engraver Léopold Flameng French Author Giovanni Boccaccio Italian 1873 View more. La Vengeance du Philosophe Amoureux, plate 8 from "The Decameron". The Decameron. 1873. Etching; proof before letter. Léopold Flameng (French (born Belgium), Brussels 1831-1911 Paris). Prints

L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron" Engraver Léopold Flameng French Author Giovanni Boccaccio Italian 1873 View more. L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron". The Decameron. 1873. Etching. Léopold Flameng (French (born Belgium), Brussels 1831-1911 Paris). Prints

Naked woman lying on a cloud cover Illustration for Belgian musk almanac, 1827, single Muses, Is. Jouvenel (mentioned on object), Belgium, paper, etching, h 117 mm × w 87 mm

Jakob Gauermann 1798 ink and feather study depicting the mythological scene of Perseus and Andromeda, including figure positions, gestures, and drapery, with white highlights.

Jean-Baptiste Regnault drawing of a sleeping nymph discovered by a satyr, executed in black chalk around 1776-1787.

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