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Mythological Illustrations

Artworks depicting mythological themes, including dramatic scenes and personifications, crafted in intricate styles emphasizing narrative and emotion.

According to Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Ethiopian rulers Cepheus and Cassiopeia. The god of the sea, Poseidon, was so angered that Cassiopeia claimed Andromeda was more beautiful than the sea nymphs known as the Nereids that he ordered a sea monster to ravage Ethiopia. It would only be appeased if Andromeda was sacrificed to it. Andromeda was then stripped and chained to a rock (as seen in this 1890s illustration). The Greek hero Perseus rescued her. The messenger god Hermes (Mercury to the Romans) had given Perseus winged sandals and a cap that rendered him invisible when
According to Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Ethiopian rulers Cepheus and Cassiopeia. The god of the sea, Poseidon, was so angered that Cassiopeia claimed Andromeda was more beautiful than the sea nymphs known as the Nereids that he ordered a sea monster to ravage Ethiopia. It would only be appeased if Andromeda was sacrificed to it. Andromeda was then stripped and chained to a rock (as seen in this 1890s illustration). The Greek hero Perseus rescued her. The messenger god Hermes (Mercury to the Romans) had given Perseus winged sandals and a cap that rendered him invisible when
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Eaves Decorated with Irises for the Tango Festival dated 1867 Kikuchi Yōsai Japanese Kikuchi Yōsai was a painter of distinguished samurai extraction who was most famous for his meticulously brushed portraits of historical personages. This abbreviated, probably impromptu, painting of a thatched roof decorated with irises was created to commemorate the Tango Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year. The Tango Festival is also known as Boys Day, when families prayed for the health and strength of their male offspring (Girls Day is celebrated on the third day of the third month). Parents would put out samurai armor and warrior dolls in display alcoves and fly carp banners from the roof. According to folklore taking a bath with iris leaves on this day drives diseases away and eaves of homes were sometimes decorated with irises. The holiday is also called the Iris Festival (shōbu no sekku). The artist mentions in his signature this painting was created for
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Millefleurs ground with tree in wattled fence enclosure. unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'7" x W 12' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Sold at American Art Association (New York) 11/27/1926, lot 179 (Count de Kermaingant of Paris sale). French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Leon H. Kronthal 2/20/1952; sold to Mrs. Alfonso Heilbronner 12/1/1961. Deer, unicorn & birds within enclosure; lion outside enclosure Borders missing. Possibly made in Tournai French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 51878
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In Memoriam Wilhelm Morgner. Wilhelm Morgner (Germany, Soest, 1891-1917). Germany, Düsseldorf, 1920. Prints; portfolios. Seven linocuts and one woodcut as additional print on wove paper
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Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante59. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.
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Anefo photo collection. reproductions of old masters. 1945
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Olmec, Ancient Cultures, The Americas, jade, Ceremony, National Museum of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico
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Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Fragment. Unknown
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Sifting Shadows Bolton Coit Brown (American, 1864-1936). Sifting Shadows, 1914. Oil on canvas, 34 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (88.3 x 67.9 cm). American Art 1914
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Anefo photo collection. Detail of the resistance monument in Zandvoort. August 26, 1950. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort
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Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794-1878, British, Banditti, 1830. Etching and lin engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Stamnoid Fragment. Attributed to the Brygos Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.)
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Biard attacked by a sucuri snake or anaconda in the virgin forest, Brazil, South America. Journey of the French painter Francois Auguste Biard in Brazil, 1858-1859
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Theme America, Indians, Ice Sculpture Festival, Zwolle, Province of Overijssel, Netherlands
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Priests and Offerings, Mastaba of Perneb ca. 2381-2323 B.C. Old Kingdom Unknown Copyist. Priests and Offerings, Mastaba of Perneb. Unknown Copyist member of the MMA Egyptian Expedition. ca. 2381-2323 B.C.. Tempera on paper. Old Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara. Dynasty 5, end
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Sketchbook John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856-1925). Sketchbook, 1871-1872. Graphite, charcoal, watercolor and white chalk on paper, Sketchbook: 9 3/16 x 11 7/8 x 1/2 in. (23.3 x 30.2 x 1.3 cm). Regarded as one of the leading portraitists and watercolorists of the Gilded Age, the expatriate John Singer Sargent was also a consummate draftsman. He drew prolifically and precociously from a young age, as evidenced by this sketchbook, which he used while traveling in Germany in 1871-72, at age fifteen. Sargent filled many of the pages with his exercises in copying classical statuary from the famous plaster cast collection of Dresdens Albertinum museum. The sketches show a variety of approaches, from broad, linear strokes to refined tonal modeling. American Art 1871-1872
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Emilia-Romagna Modena Nonantola Abbazia di Nonantola13. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.
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Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Cup; Attributed to the Onesimos (Greek (Attic), active 500 - 480 B.C.); Athens, Greece; about 490 B.C; Terracotta; 18.4 cm (7 1,4 in.)
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Engraving after the French artist Boucardon depicting a Bill Poster placing a poster advert or bulletin on a Paris wall. 18th century 1740's
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Engraving depicting Cleon, an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. Dated 20th century
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Decorative drawings by Senor F Sancha.
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EL TALLER. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Napoleon and Josephine Unknown. Napoleon and Josephine. Watercolor on paper, gilt frame, 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm). European Art
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Ema Ema, early 20th century. Ink and color on cryptomeria wood, 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (41.9 x 59.7 cm). Asian Art early 20th century
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LAS TRES GRACIAS - NEO-ROMANTICISMO MEXICANO. Author: JORGE GONZALEZ CAMARENA (1908-1980).
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Black and white photography, plaster mask, face, RAW area, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Figures. Figures
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Figure of a Horse. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Saint Simon James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Simon, 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 3/16 x 7 1/8 in. (31 x 18.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Lebanon. Two reliefs in the Rocks of the Nahr El Kelb valley. 1950. Lebanon, Nahr El Kelb
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Paintings of dragons on the ceiling of a temple, Kennin-ji, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu, Japan
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Design for a watermark of a banknote: a hand with two butterflies. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 316 mm × w 236 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Cartoon - Untitled. John Collins (1917-2007)
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End of year illustration, 1900
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Mrs. Sylvester (Abigail Pickman) Gardiner John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Mrs. Sylvester (Abigail Pickman) Gardiner, ca. 1772. Oil on canvas, 50 3/8 x 40 in. (128 x 101.6 cm). In these two paintings, Abigail Pickman and Elizabeth Goldthwaite sat for their marriage portraits. As was typical of upper-class white women in the colonial United States, they likely did not control how they were represented in these images, which were intended to project the familys stability and wealth. Before the American Revolution, the Boston painter John Singleton Copley was the most sought-after artist in the country. Copleys portraits, highly regarded for their skillful rendering of luxurious items such as silks and pearls, were synonymous with the tastes of the eighteenth-century social elite, both in the United States and England. American Art ca. 1772
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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment. Ambrosios Painter (Greek (Attic), active 510 - 500 B.C.)
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TEMPLO RAMSES IV - FRESCOS - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: VALLE DE LOS REYES. Thebes. EGYPT.
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Rudston Roman Villa mosaics during excavation - Rudston, East Yorkshire - dated to the 4th century. The villa contained some of the best examples of Roman mosaics and painted wall plaster from the North of England. Here the site is shown shortly after excavation (by the Yorkshire Archaeological Trust between 1933 and 1935). The Aquatic Mosaic (pictured here) paved the 'apodytherium' or changing room of the bath-house at the villa. Date: 1933
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Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment. Manner of the Epeleios Painter (Greek (Attic))
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Anefo photo collection. Vincent Van Gogh exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1945). Painting "Bedroom in Arles". 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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A craftsman carefully carves a wooden statue with a mallet and chisel
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Anefo photo collection. Gak assignment, model. December 30, 1964
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'Old French theorbated cithern', 1901. Artist: Unknown
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The Last Supper (La Cène légale) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Last Supper (La Cène légale), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 9/16 x 12 1/16 in. (21.7 x 30.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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Bliżej Kultury unknown