Mythological Illustrations

Prints depicting mythological figures such as Hercules and Atlas, showcasing detailed engravings and classic themes of heroism and adventure.

Hercules and Atlas. 1550. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Sebald Beham, Mars Mars

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian with Two Archers. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 15th century. Dimensions: plate: 8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (21.3 x 19.7 cm)sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 7/16 in. (28.6 x 21.4 cm). Date: 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vulcan, Venus en Drie Putti, Marco tooth, 1517 - 1562 print Vulcanus hits an anvil with a hammer. Behind him is a putto. Venus is on the right with two putti. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving (story of) Vulcan (Hephaestus). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Depicts a man expressing pain, created as a copper engraving print by Andrea Zoan at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century, emphasizing facial expression and posture.

Spinchusius, Jacobus, Antwerp, Bos, Balthazar van den, Aarde en vuur, recto lower right - written, Two arcades with statues. On the left the personification of earth and on the right the personification of fire. Earth is a naked man with flowers in his hair. A lion and a tree stump are next to his feet. Fire is a naked youth. His right fingers and left arm are missing. Next to him is a brazier., print, engraving, prints, verso middle - stamped, width 211 mm, height, 263 mm, 1518 - 1580, print maker, printmaker, 1558 - 1558, paper, papier, engraving (drukprocedé), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Young woman with Hinde, Lucas van Leyden, 1509 print Naked young woman with staff, a cloth bound around the head, in the left hand a bag of fruit, with the right hand she gives fruit to a hinde. Low Countries paper engraving female sex; woman. hoofed animals: deer

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Dürer, Albrecht, Antwerp, Wierix, Johannes, Adam and Eve, verso below - handwritten in brown ink, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden surrounded by animals. Eve just takes the forbidden fruit from the serpent., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, 22 _ 64, height 252 mm, width 197 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1549 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1566 - 1566, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05

Four Hersen, Albrecht Dürer, 1497 print Four naked women are in a departure near a low gate, so that fire and a devil's monster can be seen. Above the heads of the women is a sphere on which the letters OGH are standing. Nuremberg paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). groups of witches. entrance of hell as gate

Woman delay a snake. A woman in an antique wit trambles a snake under her right foot. A nude child is at her side.

Apollo Belvedere; Apollo Pythius. An image of Apollo supported by a tree stump to which a snake crawls up. This image is known under the name Apollo Belvedere because it stood from the beginning of the 16th century in the Belvedere sculpture garden, the summer residence of the pauses in Rome. There is a draftsman next to the image.

Perseus. Dated: 1865. Dimensions: overall: 31.9 x 23.9 cm (12 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: etching with drypoint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: François-Nicolas Chifflart.

Hercules and Telephos, plate two from Three Famous Antique Sculptures. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617); text written by Theodorus Schrevelius. Date: 1587-1597. Dimensions: 404 x 292 mm (image); 416 x 300 mm (plate); 480 x 363 mm (sheet). Engraving on ivory laid paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: HENDRICK GOLTZIUS.

Susanna Surprised by the Elders, from The Story of Susanna Artist's working dates 1522-1560 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Heinrich Aldegrever

Odysseus kills De Vroorders with the help of Telemachus, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, After Nicolò Dell'abate, 1633 Odysseus kills the lover of his wife Penelope with the help of his son Telemachus. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Odysseus kills the lover of his wife Penelope with the help of his son Telemachus. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Apollo En Daphne, Cherubino Alberti (Possibly), After Polidoro da Caravaggio, After Cherubino Alberti, c. 1590 - c. 1600 print Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne. Her raised arms already get branches and leaves and her feet shoot root. The show is caught in a round list. The name of the designer in the sub -margin. Numbered at the top right: 9. Italy paper engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration. Two naked men wrestle and box, while a champion dons a laurel wreath and a musician blows a horn. From a bas-relief in Pio Clementino Museum. Certame del Pancrazio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1826.

. Eva offers Adam an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Around a branch of the tree the snake has been wound up that Eva provides a different apple. Around the tree a few animals (cat, dog, frog, parrot and fox). In the background the creation of EVA from a rib of the sleeping Adam. The print has a Latin caption with assignment.

The judgment of Paris, c. 1593 - c. 1662 drawing paper. ink. chalk. watercolor (paint) brush

Triton. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: c. 1614 - 1616. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 139 mm × w 102 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Apollo leaning the lyre on an altar; in the tondo, a boy's head can be seen, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Pietro Campana from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume III, plate 1, 1757-1787, Naples.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), unknown, Eva offers Adam the forbidden fruit, verso under - stamped, Adam and Eva among the animals in paradise. Eva is offered a fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil by the serpent and at the same time offers Adam a fruit. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Below that a second caption in Latin., print, prent, prints, height 231 mm, width 180 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1574 - 1637, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Waternimf Galatea, Philips Galle, 1587 print The Water Nimmf Galatea, seated on a shell. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs Antwerp paper engraving (story of) Galatea; 'Galatea' (Ripa)

Marcus Mucius Scaevola, Cornelis Anthonisz., Jan Ewoutsz., 1536

Allegorical five -member monster, Anonymous, 1575 - 1618 print Allegorically five -member and four -legged monster. This monster has the headlines of Gearness (Avaritia), the masked deception (Fraus), Oproer (Seditio) and Waan (Opinio). The pig's head is indicated by a Greek term (stupidity / stupiditas). In his hands he carries attributes of envy (invidia) and war (Bellum). Under his feet he tramples the innocence (Innocentia) and Peace (Pax) and justice (Justitia). With inscriptions and under the plate a two -line Latin caption. Low Countries (possibly) paper engraving Anthropomorphic beings with Parts in Greater Number Than Normal. Innocence; 'Here'nocenza', 'Name-ocenza or Puritã ' (ripe). Envy; 'Invidia' (ripa) ~ Personification of one of the seven deadly sins. gluttony, intemperance, 'gula'; 'GOLA', 'ingordigia', 'ingordiia over aviditã ', 'Vouracitã ' (ripa) ~ Personification of one of the seven deadly sins. Stupidity, Poverty of Intellect; 'STUPIDITã Overo Stoliditã ' (ripe). C

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Attributi dell'Anima, Attributes of the soul, Impetuosity, verso - stamped, Personification of impetuosity (Impetus Animi) as a man with a feathered hat and a bellows., print, prints, height 153 mm, width 103 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, 1605 - 1605, paper, etching, plate tone, Work conception, after own design of

Young man with Death, Anonymous, After Master of the Amsterdam cabinet, 1475 - 1499 drawing Signed copy to a print. Young man and death. paper pen (Personifications of) 'Vanitas', The Vanity of Human Life; Humana fragility, fleeting of sizes & of world glory, meditation of death, vain work, vain pleasure, vain glory, vanita (Ripa). Death as old man. Tailless Amphibians: Toad

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi illustrating Fortuna, the personification of fortune, created in the first half of the 16th century.

Susanna and the elders; History of Susanna. Susanna, nude and bathed at a fountain in a garden, the two elders at a tree. On the wall a sundial. First print from a series of four with the story of Susanna.

Hercules Resting from His Labors 1567 Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Hercules Resting from His Labors 367693

Zeegod Protheus, Philips Galle, 1586 print The Zeegeod Protheus, leaning against a water jug from which fishing of flowing. A port city in the background. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about river and sea gods. Antwerp paper engraving Proteus

Northern Netherlands, Image of the Mermaid, (Green Woman), captured in the Purmer-meer Ao 1403, after the painting of it hanging, in the Prinsenhof in Edam, Mermaid of Edam, 1403, The Mermaid or the Green Woman of Edam, 1403. Standing nude woman with long hair and spinning wheel in her hand. In the background the woman is fished out of the water by milkmaids., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 201 mm, width 127 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1786, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Saturnus, Hedrick Goltzius, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1628 - 1709 print Saturn, standing in a niche, a scythe in his left hand. Under the show a three -faced Latin caption. This print is part of a series of eight prints of classical gods, based on paintings by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the facade of a Roman house, seen and checked by Goltzius in Rome. print maker: Haarlempublisher: Netherlands paper engraving (story of) Saturn (Cronus)

An anonymous drawing of Jupiter holding lightning and a spear on brown paper with white highlights, showing the deity in classical pose.

. The prophet Isaiah, a scroll with Hebrew text in the hands. Left and right of him on raising putti with garlands. Between the putti a Greek text on tablet. Under the show a three-legged text in Latin.

Raphael, Italy, Aspertini, Amico, Monogrammist HFE, The Grape Harvest, verso - stamped, Four drunken men lie next to a sarcophagus filled with grapes. In the background a ruin of an ancient temple., print, prints, height 317 mm, width 583 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1484 - 1552, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1475 - 1552, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07

Bacchus with panther, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Pignatari from a drawing by Campana, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 25, 1757-1787, Naples.

Albrecht Dürer, The Satyr's Family, 1505, engraving on paper.

Sebald Beham, The Judgment of Paris, 1546 The Judgment of Paris

Daedalus and Icarus from Unpublished Monuments of Antiquity (Monumenti antichi inediti) by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) after a bas-relief of Villa Albani in Rome, engraving, 1767

Quoniambec.

Genius with a coat of arms. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

John the Baptist as a youth in the wilderness. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Bugiardini.

Zeegod Protheus; Prothevs; Rivier- en zeegoden; Semideorum Marinorum amnicorumque sigillariae imagines perelegantes.The sea stod prosthesis, leaning against a pitcher where fish flows out. In the background a port city. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about river and sea uts.

St Sebastian with fragments of St Roch and St Peter, by Vannucci Pietro known as Perugino, 1478 - 1478, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Umbria, Cerqueto di Marsciano, Perugia, Parish Church of Santa Maria. Full view. St Sebastian St Roch St Peter halo column arrows keys steps green yellow grey beige white brown gold.

Titus Manlius, 1586 print The hero Titus Manlius Torquatus, while pulling his sword out of the sheath. In the background you can see how he beats a Gaul on a bridge. Twice two verses in Latin under the performance. Haarlem paper engraving Titus Manlius Torquatus defeats in single combat a gigantic Gaul and takes from him his golden neck-chain

The Standard Bearer, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Engraving on laid paper, A young soldier is represented standing, facing the spectator: his left hand grasps his sword and he holds a banner with his right hand. The coat of arms of the Dukes of Burgundy is on the banner. Harbor with ships in background., Germany, before 1500, figures, Print, Print

The Foolish Old Man and the Young Girl. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Israhel van Meckenem after Master of the Housebook.

Copper engraving by Andrea Zoan illustrating Ignorance and Mercury as an allegory of virtue and vice, lower half, created in the second half of the 15th century, showing figures, symbols, and gestures.

Sculpture of Bacchus and a dog; Bacchus è Marmore in Area Aedium Vallensium; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Drawing, Dionysus with Panther; Italy; pen, ink, grey water color, and brush on paper; 4.6 × 4.8 cm (1 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Allegory of Transience, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print Allegorical performance with three putti in a classic garden vase in a niche. The putto on the left has a mask in his hands and scares the other two putti, which therefore falls over each other. Imagination of transience. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen fleeting of time. (Personifications of) 'Vanitas', The Vanity of Human Life; Humana fragility, fleeting of sizes & of world glory, meditation of death, vain work, vain pleasure, vain glory, vanita (Ripa). jar ~ ornament. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. mask. flowers

Medea restores the youth of Aeson, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Aeson is on the ground for Medea. Medea brews a magic drink in a large boiler. The magic drink must restore the youth of Aeson. In the background an altar that is surrounded by burning torches. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching rejuvenation of Aeson. Aeson is laid down before Medea; she brews a potion in a bronze pot (an old and dry olive-branch becomes green when stirred in it)

Putto met kruis.Putto with a large cross on a cloud party.

This copper engraving by Marco Dente, created between 1510 and 1527, depicts a volcanic landscape with Venus and three putti, showing mythological figures and natural elements.

Simeon, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish. Simeon, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob. The Twelve Sons of Jacob. Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague). Engraving. Jan Pitten (Netherlandish, active Amsterdam, 1588-1615). Prints

Alonso Cano / 'Christ tied to the Column'. 1642 - 1644. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Pencil ground on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A pair of naked people; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1532 (1st edition) (1532-00-00-1561-00-00);

Adam. Daniel Hopfer I (Germany, Kaufbeurer, circa 1470-1536). Germany, 1510--1515. Prints; etchings. Etching

Amor and Psyche as loved ones; Story of Amor and Psyche. Amor and psyche in bed as loved ones. On the left an open window and in the foreground the arch and arrow sleeve from Amor. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 9.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree ca. 1501 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree 391064

Second Vision, from Mirrors of the Microcosm. Lucas Kilian; German, 1579-1637. Date: 1613. Dimensions: 359 x 265 mm (engraved sheet); 508 x 340 mm (letterpress printed secondary support). Engraving on ivory laid paper, cut, with etching on ivory laid paper components, laid down on letterpress printed ivory laid paper, and mounted onto cream wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Eve seducing Adam, copper engraving by Lucas van Leyden, 17th century

Vanitas.

Evening: Mining pair, Crispijn van de Passe (i) (attributed to), after Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print The evening: arbor with an elegant dressed couple that hug each other. The man holds a lute in his hand. A dog jumps up against the woman. In the background a castle garden with an elegant company. In the margin a six -line caption, in two columns, in Latin that refers to the evening. unknown paper engraving personification of the evening, 'Vesper'. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'. laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.. trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ men's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). ear-rings (+ women's clothes) Netherlands

Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Swordsmen, Two swordsmen, verso middle - stamped, Two naked swordsmen. The print is part of a series about two swordsmen in a duel., print, prints, height 245 mm, width 199 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1552 - 1552, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1498 - 1574

Enée transportant Anchise, 1501 - 1600, Engravings, 10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in. (25.8 x 20.2 cm); Paper / Sheet 10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in. (25.8 x 20.2 cm), Cream laid

Five Cupids Playing. Dated: c. 1475/1500. Dimensions: sheet: 7.8 x 10.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving (niello print). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master F. B.

Drie putti met wapenrusting.Three putti with a weapon, shield, harness and helmet. Copy in mirror image.

Portrait of Clementine of Austria, print maker: Carlo Biondi, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Raffaele Biondi, (mentioned on object), publisher: Nicola Gervasi, (mentioned on object), print maker: Italy, intermediary draughtsman: Italy, publisher: Naples, 1821 - 1841, paper, engraving, h 271 mm × w 187 mm

Scylla changes due to the enchantment of Circe, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Scylla is turned into a sea monster by Circe at the request of Glaucus. Scylla is in the sea and is surrounded by dogs. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Scylla changed into a sea-monster: Circe, to whom Glaucus has applied for aid in his love suit, changes Scylla the sea-nymph into a sea-monster (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 59)

Solis, Nikolaus, Women from Classical Mythology, Thetis, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 59 mm, width 45 mm, German, 1542 - 1584, print maker, printmaker, 1552 - 1584, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Mercury, Roman messenger of the gods, with winged helmet, figleaf, holding a caduceus (staff with two entwined serpents). 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.

Workshop of Master of the Borders with the Four Fathers of the Church, Adam and Eve, 1460 1480 Adam and Eve

Meleagros, in der griechischen Mythologie der Sohn von Althaia und Oineus, mit Jagdhund und Kopf eines Ebers, historisches Rom, Italien, digitale Repr...

Flat decoration with putto, seen on the back.splach decoration. A putto gets over a banderle on which the alphabet is written. Shaded background.

Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, Children Playing with a Mask, 1703. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

Date: 1681

Brebiette, Pierre, Mellan, Claude, Amsterdam, Penningen, Daniël met de, Title page for: A. Scarron, Les nouvelles Oeuvres Tragicomiques, 1668, Landscape with two satyrs, verso - stamped, one of whom is sitting on a globe. They are holding a cloth on which the title is in Latin., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 119 mm, width 64 mm, Noord-Nederlands - 1696-08-26, print maker, printmaker, 1668 - 1668, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1598 - 1688-03-09, after a design by, 1598 - 1650

Archer Drawing a Bow. Dated: c. 1505. Dimensions: overall: 26.2 x 16.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.). Medium: black chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and squared for transfer on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Follower of Pietro Perugino.

Explicatio idoli aegyptiaci barcinone inuenti. Posterior pars.' 1666. Published in Rome by Ex typographia Varesij. The work features hieroglyphics and obelisks

Two Fauns or Satyrs sacrificing a goat over an altar flame. Naked fauns with tails and pointed ears butcher an animal with a knife. Faunorum Sacraficium. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

French 16th Century, Hat Badge with Apollo and Marsyas (or possibly Orpheus), mid 16th century French 16th Century, Hat-Badge with Apollo and Marsyas (or possibly Orpheus), mid 16th century, enamel on copper, Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin in honor of Nicholas Penny and Mary Wall 2007.150.3

Symbolic depiction of sensual love, 16th century, digital improved reproduction of a publication from 1880, Symbolic depiction of sensual love, Crispin de Passe, 16th century

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. El bòlit. Pieza de madera que se hace saltar golpeándola con una vara.

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