Mythological Figures in Engravings

Engravings depicting Hercules and other mythological figures engaged in battles or interactions, showcasing dynamic forms and intricate details.

Saint Sebastiaan tied to column, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500 - 1520 print paper engraving the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk

Venus Ent Amor, Venetian Augustine, After Rafaël, 1516 print Venus is on the right at the foot of a tree. With her arm she leans on Amor who stands next to her. Amor keeps his arrow in his left hand, and with his right arm he supports his bow. The arrow sleeve is located next to him on the floor. In the background a city on the water. Italy paper. ink engraving / pen (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Shown from the back, standing beside and leaning with the right hand upon the trunk of a tree. The left hand raises a bunch of flowers. A view of a lake is at left. Framing lines. Red crayon, brush and rose wash on paper. Date: 1580-1620. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Pyramus and Thisbe. The dead pyramus, naked lying on the floor next to a fountain. In addition to him, Thisbe, who is about to put a knife in her chest. In the background the lion with her cloak. Above a cartouch with a two-legged text in Latin.

Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Merlen, Jacques van, Tetelin, Opstal, Gerard van, Elle, Louis Ferdinand I, La Vertu Heroique., Hercules as a putto with the Hydra of Lerna, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 245 mm, width 208 mm, 1612 - 1689-12-12, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1605 - 1668-08-01, after a design by, Frans, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1616-12-15 - 1682-06, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Peter Maes after Heinrich Aldegrever (Netherlandish, 1560 - active 1591), Hercules and Antaeus, 1577, engraving

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the allegorical figure Hope (Fidutia), created around 1582, showing symbolic and classical elements.

Pluto; Plutonem magnum mirantur quam tartara regem; Goden in nissen.The God Pluto is in a niche with the Cerberus. Numbered at the bottom right: 7.

Sculpture of Mercury, Anonymous, 1584 Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving

Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502 - 1555-1561), Hercules and Atlas, 1550

Marcantonio Raimondi, Hercules and Nessus, c 1504 1509 Hercules and Nessus

Paradise Lost, from the Dance of Death. Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.5 × 5.5 cm). Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Series/Portfolio: Dance of Death, after Holbein. Date: 1651. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Dream of theDoctor. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Hercules en Een Muze, Albrecht Altdorfer, After Anonymous, c. 1506 - 1538 print Hercules standing naked, next to a muse, with a laurel wreath around his head. The lion skin over his arm, in his other hand a horn. The muse with a winch on her arm. print maker: Germanyafter print by: Italy paper engraving (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of the) Muses; 'Muse' (Ripa)

Print made by George Richmond, 1809-1896, British, The Shepherd, 1827. Engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé.

Squeezing naked man beaten by man with Vossestaart, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Francesco di Francia, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving hitting at something. male sex; man

Christ with the Instruments of Torture Supported by a Little Angel 1517 Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. Christ with the Instruments of Torture Supported by a Little Angel 416053

Two putti, seen from behind, in a rose bush in a pot; Guido Reni's frescoes in the Loggia of the Palazzo Rospigliosi Pallavicini. .

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Male Nude from Panel of "The Drunkeness of Noah", 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Night, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637

Roem (Fama), 1576 - 1612 print The winged Fama, the personification of fame, flying in the air above a rolling landscape. In each hand she holds a trumpet with a flag on which mouths, ears and noses are depicted. The print has a Latin caption. paper engraving Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Dale, Valley

Pyramus and Thisbe. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.7 × 7.5 cm). Date: 1553. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus and amor with pan; Eros and anteros. Venus loves amor in her arm, from behind comes pan and grabs to Amors head. Under the show a caption in Latin that refers to Amors brother Anteros.

This copper engraving by Giovanni Giacomo Caraglio depicts Pluto and Proserpina, showing mythological figures, gestures, and symbolic elements.

Kracht (Fortudo), Hans Sebald Beham, 1539 print Winged woman as a personification of power (Fortitudo) with attributes broken column and lion paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Scenes from the life of Hercules, Hercules wrestling with Antaeus, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 65, height 88 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Italy, Salviati, Francesco, Dente, Marco, Fisherman, verso - stamped, A fisherman kneels beside a tree in which fish hang. Under the tree is a basket with fish. In the background are two men walking., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 66 mm, width 90 mm, Italian, 1486 - 1527, print maker, printmaker, 1498 - 1532, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1510 - 1563-11-11

Mercury carrying Psyche to Olympus, after Raphael's composition in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505-1565 Krakow ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (25.3 × 17.7 cm). Date: ca. 1520-39. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

EVA. Eva, seen from the front, naked and standing with the forbidden fruit in her hand. To the right of her the battle with a fruit in the tree, behind the tree a hare and a bear. Together with a print with Adam, forms a representation of the fall.

A copper engraving from 1510-1520 by an unknown artist depicting a climber in action, showing human figure, movement, and landscape context.

Venus and amor.venus is on the right in an interior, with her arm leaning at Amor who stands next to her. In his left hand, Amor holds his arrow and with his right arm he supports his bow. The arrow sleeve is located next to him on the floor. On the left a view to a landscape.

Neptune and Amphitrite. Dated: c.1594. Dimensions: plate: 32.8 x 21.8 cm (12 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 33.1 x 22.3 cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving laid on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Pietersz Saenredam.

Adam and Eva's temptation. Adam and Eva are in hug for the tree of good and evil. The hose presents Eve the apple. Behind Adams Rug to catch Eva De Apple. On the ground a dog scratching behind his ear.

Jupiter en Alcmene, Cornelis Bos, after Michiel Coxie (I), c. 1537 - c. 1555 print Jupiter seduces Alcmene in the form of her husband Amphitryon. Alcmene gets pregnant and later gives Hercules. Jupiters Adelaar is sitting on the ground next to Jupiter and Alcmene. Print from a series of 10 prints that illustrate Jupiter's love life. paper engraving Jupiter, in the guise of Amphitryon, and Alcmene, mother of Hercules

Pencz, Georg, Germany, Aldegrever, Heinrich, Lucrecia, Lucretia and Sextus Tarquinius, Lucretia sitting naked on her bed. She is held by her arm by the also naked Sextus Tarquinius, who has a sword in his left hand. He threatens to kill her if she does not give herself to him., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 118 mm, width 77 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1539 - 1539, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1500 - 1550-10-11, intermediary draughtsman

Amsterdam, Sichem, Christoffel van (III), Four Seasons, Spring, verso lower left - stamped, Venus with Amor in a circular frame., print, prints, height 89 mm, width 82 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1618-03-04 - 1659-10-02, print maker, printmaker, 1581 - 1658, paper, papier, houtsnede

Moderation; Temperantia; The seven virtues. In a niche the female personification of moderation (temperantia), one of the four cardinal virtues. In her hands a jug with liquid she pours into a bowl. The print is part of a series with the seven virtues as subject.

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano from 1515-1530 depicting a man holding a flag, showing figure, flag, and compositional details.

Susanna, 1583 print Susanna, depicted in half in an oval. The hands folded, gaze oriented to heaven. In the background on the right, Susanna is shown bathed, while she is spied on by the elders. A Latin text around the oval. paper engraving female persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context). the elders spying upon Susanna

Galathea.The Nymph Galatea sitting on a seahorse.

Man of Sorrows, from The Passion 1509 Albrecht Dürer German. Man of Sorrows, from The Passion 391397

Bartolomeo Coriolano after Guido Reni, Alliance of Peace and Abundance, 1627 Alliance of Peace and Abundance

Mermaid of Edam, 1403; Image of the mermaid, (Groenne bitch), in the Purmer Lake A.O 1403, after the Painty of Hanging, in the Prinsenhof to Edam. Edam mermaid or green bitch, 1403. standing naked woman with long hair and spider skirts in hand. In the background the woman is fished by milk girls from the water.

Sater with pan flute and a nymph, Adamo Scultori, After Giulio Romano, c. 1540 - c. 1585 print Playing a Sater on a pan flute. Next to him are a nymph and a putto. There is a dog at his feet. Italy paper engraving Satyrs, Faun, Silen. Cupids: 'Love' 'Amoretti' 'Putti'. Panpipes. Nymphs (in general); "Ninfe in common" (bank)

Acheolus. Philips Galle (Holland, Haarlem, 1537-1612). Holland, 1586. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgilius, Samson kills the lion, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 107 mm, width 88 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, 1524 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Winter, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1604 print Boreas, the north wind, and Oreithyia (the daughter of a king of Athens) as a love couple, as a personification of winter. Oreithyia holds a burning torch. In the background, children by a fire and people on their way to a city. In the margin an eight -line poem, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) (+ ways of representing seasons and months). love-affairs of Boreas

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting the pain man on the pillar from the copperplate Passion series, created in 1509, showing figure, posture, and compositional arrangement.

Sitting naked woman, monogrammist FG, 1537 print Naked woman sitting by a tree in a landscape, her left arm leaning on a volute crater. Germany paper engraving female sex; woman (+ sitting)

Holy Christoffel, Francesco Amato, c. 1585 - c. 1620 print Saint Christoffel leans forward to touch the hand of the Christ child. Christ leans with his left arm on the world globe. Italy paper etching the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ

Fortuna, anonymous, after Heinrich Aldegrever, 1555 - 1610 print The goddess Fortuna, naked and winged, standing on a sphere in a cloud. In her left hand she holds a snake, in her right hand a richly decorated cup, a horse head set around her arm. Mirror -image copy to an AldGrever print. paper engraving Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa)

Paris, Oenone a Cupido, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551 print Paris with a shepherd's staff, in addition to his first love Oenone. She points with her right hand to Cupido with an arc in his hand. Under the show a two -line text in Latin. Germany paper engraving Paris and Oenone, the nymph

Copper engraving from 1510-1527 depicting Fortitudo, representing strength through a figure, posture, and attributes in classical style.

This 1516-1518 chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi depicts Hercules wrestling Antaeus, emphasizing muscular figures, dynamic composition, and early 16th-century Italian printmaking techniques.

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Male Nude from Panel of "God Separating the Waters...", 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi on thick paper from around 1509-1510 showing Hercules grappling with Antaeus, illustrating mythological combat and muscular figures.

Element fire as a child with lightning bolts on back of eagle, Cornelis van Dalen II, Anonymous, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1648-1706

Hercules in a fight with the Nemean Lion, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1512 - 1560 print Hercules, standing astride above the Nemean lion, presses one knee against the animal and pulls the mouth open with his hands. Germany paper engraving (1) Hercules chokes the Nemean lion with his arms

Zomer, Matthäus Greuter, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1638 print With caption in Latin. paper engraving summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). wind as a human face, blowing with rounded cheeks. zodiacal signs of the summer season. harvest

Adam en Eva en de Dood, Hans Sebald Beham, After Barthel Beham, 1543 print Adam and Eva are in the form of good and evil in the form of death. The snake winds through the skeleton and bites in the apple that Eva holds. Copy to a print from Barthel Beham paper engraving Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve). Death as skeleton

Perseus and Andromeda. Andromeda, the daughter of an Ethiopian king, is closed to a rock. In the background, Perseus beats the sea monster to be able to save Andromeda.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), The Man of Sorrows Seated, 1515, etching

The melancholic temperament (the Earth element); The four temperaments (connected to the four elements). Presentation of the melancholic temperament in the form of a naked, a little older man in pensive attitude (a scientist), seated on a globe, a passer in the right hand, which is based on a globe. In the background a mountain landscape under a night sky. Under the show two lines text in Latin. This print is part of a series of four temperaments, each represented by a figure for feet, engaged in an action and sitting / standing in an environment associated with one of the four elements. Each performance has a two-legged Latin caption.

Allegory on the inheritance property offered to the Prince of Orange, 1674; The kills of the century edict, Caseckt by 't Erf-Stadharmen van Sijn Hoogheyt and Sijn Moelijcke successors. Fixed on 2 February 1674. Allegory on the abolition of the eternal edict from 1667 with offering the inheritance property to the Prince of Orange, 2 February 1674. Expired monument in which Anticurius of Loevestein (the personification of the Loevesteinse faction) on his deathbed Located surrounded by allegorical figures, including the act of Seclusion. At the top of a bust of Van Oldenbarnevelt in a caption and on either side the bodies of the De Witt brothers. On the right a medallion with the portrait of Willem III, held by bravery and caution. In the performance a separate text sheet with text in 3 columns with a statement of the figures 1-18 in Dutch.

Three graces standing in niche for three palm trees and flanked by jugs from which water flows., Marcantonio Raimondi, After Anonymous, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)

Woodcut from 1512 by Hans Burgkmair the Elder depicting Saint Sebastian within an architectural frame.

Judah with the Head of Adonibezek, from Willem van Haecht, Tyrannorum proemia, 1578 1578 Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix Netherlandish. Judah with the Head of Adonibezek, from Willem van Haecht, Tyrannorum proemia, 1578 398769

Wenzel von Olmütz, The Dream of the Doctor, c. 1500, engraving on paper.

Caution, Lucas van Leyden, 1530 print Personification of virtue caution: naked woman with a passer in the right hand and mirror in the left, foot rest on book. Putto keeps circular tire above her head. Low Countries paper engraving Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Anonymous 1537 ink drawing depicts a male nude figure with individual brown curls on yellowish paper, emphasizing anatomy and posture.

Allegory: Ogie (Ignis); Matham, Jacob (1571-1631); around 1660-OK. 1670 (1606-00-00-1610-00-00);

Mars, Venus, and Cupid, 1520s. Allaert Claesz (Netherlandish, fl. 1508-1534). Engraving; sheet: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.).

Venus en cupido, Hans Sebald BEham, 1510 - 1550 print paper engraving Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Depicts John delivering a sermon in the desert, created as a clair-obscur woodcut of two plates by an anonymous artist in the 16th century.

Maan (Luna), Jan Collaert (II), after Jan van der Straet, after 1585 - 1628 print Oval list with a pedestal the naked goddess Diana, also known as Luna. She has arrow and bow and wears a crescent moon as a headband. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the seven planets and their gods. paper engraving moon as celestial body. Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene)

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano from 1515-1530 depicting a man striking another man, showing figures, action, and composition.

Grape harvest. Hopfer, Hieronymus (ca 1500-1563), graphic artist, Raimondi, Marcantonio (ca 1470/1482-1527/1534), graphic artist, Funck, David (1642-1709), publisher

Rape of a Woman by a Satyr 1530 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Rape of a Woman by a Satyr 428385

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Judith with a servant to the left, showing figures, gestures, and narrative composition from the biblical story.

Calphurnius; Roman heroes.

Pan and hermaphroditus. Pan is sitting on a cloud with its pan flute in his hand. Next to him is hermaphroditus that plays on a winch.

Angelica and Medoro. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520-1582); after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, died 1601). Date: 1565-1575. Dimensions: 299 x 209 mm. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

. Hercules suspects the innocent lichas of betrayal and throws him into the sea. Hercules is located on the ground.

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Ernest Rouart (French, 1874-1942). Etching;

A copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano from 1509-1536 depicting Saint Hieronymus, highlighting his scholarly attributes and early 16th-century Italian engraving techniques.

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicting a soldier, created 1515-1530. The print shows a figure in military attire and armor.

Orpheus and Eurydice, Eurydice, a Thracian dryad who was married to Orpheus, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

Image of Hercules, 1713 - 1717 print Image of Hercules. Netherlands paper etching (story of) Hercules (Heracles)

Personification of Spring (Ver), Jacob Matham, 1588 - 1602 print Spring (re) personalized by a young man with a flowering plant, with a landscape in the background in which different pairs are walking. Presentation in an ornamental oval cartouche. At the top of the signs of the zodiac belonging to spring: twins, ram and bull. Haarlem paper engraving spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa) (+ with zodiacal signs of the spring season)

Saint Sebastiaan. Saint Sebastiaan, tied to a column, his chest pierced with an arrow. In the background a balustrade with a group of people is visible.

Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.

. A women's figure with a second face on her mind as a personification of adversity (Prudentia). In her one hand she has a mirror and in her other hand two snakes.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1522 depicting a dancing pair of farmers, showing figure interaction, gesture, and rural scene composition.

Das Gotzenbild Osiridis The Temple of Osiris, 19th Century, Etching, platemark: 32.3 × 21.1 cm (12 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.), Made in Germany, German, 19th century(?), Works on Paper - Prints

Heinrich Aldegrever, Luna, 1533 Luna

Copper engraving 'Saint Sebastian on the Pillar' by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1499, depicting Saint Sebastian tied to a pillar with arrows, detailed anatomy and drapery.

Waternimf Salmacis, Philips Galle, 1587 print The Water Nymph Salamcis, seated on a stone block. In the background Salmacis and Hermaphroditus that hug each other in the water, after which, according to the myth, they would merge into a two -legged creature. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs. Antwerp paper engraving Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373). single named nymphs (with NAME). story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Artist: Master of the Die, Italian, active 1530-1550, St.Sebastian, Engraving, sheet: 20.3 × 13 cm (8 × 5 1/8in.), Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Engraving by G. Tomba after F. Rosaspina after G. Reni.

Sculptuur Niobe, met haar dochter van; Niobes with the daughter in the gardens of a great leader (...); Antieke Sculpturen in Rome; Of the Ancient Rome, known as the city of statues are to be seen in the public places, and icones.Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

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