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Mythological Scene with Nudes

Classic paintings depicting mythological themes featuring nude figures, dramatic lighting, and lush backgrounds, conveying themes of beauty and desire.

P. P. Rubens / Judgement of Paris / Copy
P. P. Rubens / Judgement of Paris / Copy
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Venus, Ceres and Juno, Raphael, Raffaello S., 1569.Fable 1883 Klimt, Gustav(1862-1918 Austrian) Wien Museum, Austria Oil On CanvasDenis van Alsloot; Hendrik de Clerck / 'Paradise and the Four Elements', 1606-1609, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 58 cm x 74 cm, P01409. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scylla into a monster, eglon van der ner, painting Circe punishes Glaucus by turning Scylla into a monster. The sorceress Circe stands in front of a rock wall with a burning torch and a plate with fire, in the water scylla and glaucus in the hands. On the right on a rock, a dragon watches. canvas. oil paint (paint) 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)The Miracle of the Manna, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1577, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Upper Hall. Detail. Face woman cloth covering drapery: draping chiaroscuro.LEONARDO DA VINCI, school of (first half 16th). Bacchus. 1513 - 1516. Painted after Leonardo's original 'St John the Baptist Dionysus'. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.Adam and Eve Bartholomaeus Spranger (1546-1611 Flemish)Los amores de Paris y Elena. Museum: MUSEE DU LOUVRE PARIS FRANCIA. Author: JACQUES LOUIS DAVID.Charity. Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641), painterDiana and Her Nymphs After Fishing, oil on board, Jan Brueghel the Elder. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA),Buenos Aires, ArgentinaThe Fates Gathering in the Stars 1887 United States. Elihu Vedder adapted this painting from an illustration he designed for an 1884 edition of Edward FitzGeraldís translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. An expatriate artist who lived in Rome for most of his life, Vedder was attracted to mysterious, visionary subject matter. The artist used the Rubaiyat to express his own philosophical beliefs regarding such metaphysical and spiritual questions as death and the existence of an afterlife, subjects that are at the core of Khayyamís poetry. This image depicts the three Fates of Greek mythologyóClotho, Lachesis, and Atroposóworking the thread of life. Clotho spins the thread, Lachesis fixes its length, and Atropos cuts it at the appointed time of death. The Fates are symbolized by the spindle, distaff, and shears in the foreground and represent the poetís belief that mankind has no control over destiny.. Oil on canvas . Elihu VedderSchiavone, Andrea (ca. 1520-1582) National Gallery, London Painting 18,8x18,4 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Arcas HuntingJupiter and Semele. Abraham Jannsens (c.1575-1632). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1625. 123.2 x 124.5cm.An Unfinished Study of Venus and Adonis, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, BritishSleep of Endymion by Karl Pavlovich Briullov, Oil on cardboard, 1849, 1799-1852, Russia, Perm, State Art Gallery, 47x55Composition - Sketch for the Wawel plafond. Pękalski, Leonard (1896-1944), painterAllegory of Music, 1522, by Dosso Dossi (ca 1486-1542).fine arts, Ribera, Jusepe de (1591 - 1652), painting, ""Saint John the Baptist"" (""San Juan Bautista""), oil on canvas, circa 1630 - 1640, Prado, Madrid,Parrasio Micheli (1516-1578); Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), Venus Og Cupid, 1531-1578Édouard Manet, La ninfa sorprendida, 1861, óleo sobre tela,Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South A...Francesco Albani / Diana and ActaeonHercules and Philoctetes by Ivan Akimovich Akimov, Oil on canvas, 1782, 1754-1814, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 232x160The Bath; about 1730; Oil on canvas Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater; French; 1695-1736Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse, Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760-1834, British, after John Hoppner, 1758-1810, British, 1787, handcolored, mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 27 7/16 × 17 7/8 inches (69.7 × 45.4 cm) and Image: 25 13/16 × 17 5/8 inches (65.6 × 44.8 cm), clouds, dresses, forest, harp, ivy, lust, masks, mountain, religious and mythological subject, sash, satyr, sky, spying, Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa), womenCalvary', by Maerten van Heemskerck, detail from left side panel, 1545-1550. From the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. 'Dido Founding Carthage'. Italy, Early 1720s. Dimensions: 161x200 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA PITTONI.Diana bathing, c.1545'Playing Cupids (copy)'. Italy. Dimensions: 122x93 xm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Francesco Mazzola (Parmigianino).Francisco Camilo / 'Recumbent Christ', Middle 17th century, Spanish School, Canvas, 109 cm x 202 cm, P03284. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Shepherds and Shepherdesses in a Landscape, Hieronymus van der Mij, c. 1735Venus. Dated: c. 1530. Dimensions: overall: 106.7 x 135.9 cm (42 x 53 1/2 in.) framed: 138.4 x 167.2 x 9.2 cm (54 1/2 x 65 13/16 x 3 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: BERNARDINO LUINI.Death of Actaeon, by Titian, 1559-1575, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, EuropeThe Judgment ofMidas. Artist: Abraham Janssens, Flemish, ca. 1575-1632Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau, 1864, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North AmericaSleeping Cupid, by Guido Reni (1575-1642), oil on canvas, 107x140 cm.Amorous couple by Jan Sanders van Hemessen, oil on wood, 1556-1557, circa 1500-circa 1566, Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 159x189Italy, Bologna, Perseus and AndromedaMazza, Damiano (16th century) National Gallery, London Painting 177x188,7 Mythology, Allegory and Literature The Rape of GanymedeWilliam Adolphe Bouguereau, Premier Deuil (The First Mourning) 1888, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCymon and Iphigenia. Date/Period: Ca. 1780. Painting. Oil on canvas. Diameter: 24.5 in (62.2 cm). Author: Angelica Kauffman.Francisco Furini / 'Lot Inebriated by his Daughters', ca. 1634, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 123 cm x 120 cm, P00144. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: FRANCESCO FURINI.Andromeda freed by Perseus by Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1641-1642 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 267x162 / BaroqueThe Infant Bacchus. The young Bacchus is under vines to sleep, a bunch of grapes in hand and with a leg lying over a wine jug. Pendant of SK-C-267.England, London, Hertford House, The Wallace Collection, Painting Titled "The Temptation of St.Hilarion " by Dominique-Louis-Fereol PapetyThe Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist ca. 1627 Nicolas Poussin French Poussin returned to the subject of the Holy Family throughout his career. During his early years in Rome, he was especially interested in Venetian painting, studying Titians great mythological compositions, especially the Bacchanals, from which he took inspiration for the fruit-gathering cherubs and the landscape in this painting. The family group sits under an apple tree with a grape vine twisting around it. A lone apple sits centrally on a shroudlike blanket at the foot of the composition. As symbols of salvation, apples connect Christ to Adam through a passage from the Song of Solomon (2:3). Grapes are associated with the Eucharist and the lamb with redemption.. The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist. Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594-1665 Rome). ca. 1627. Oil on canvas. Paintingsfine arts, Fuessli, Johann Heinrich (1741 - 1825), ""Titania aned the fairies"", painting, 1793/1794, oil on canvas, Kunsthaus Zurich,Leda Z Sellaer, Vincent (Ca 1490-Post 1544); 2. W. 16th century (1575-00-00-1599-00-00);Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858), Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858) - collections, Leda (mitol. Flemish painting, mythological scenes, swans'The Three Graces', 18th century. Artist: Jean-Honore FragonardJacob's Dream, a ladder reaching to heaven with angels climbing up and downGarofalo, Benvenuto Tisi da (1481-1559) National Gallery, London Painting 128,3x185 Mythology, Allegory and Literature A Pagan SacrificeLe combat de Jacob et l'Ange (Jacob fighting the angel), 1855-61 fresco, (detail)Adam and Eve in the presence of the Lord, portable triptych altar, by El Greco (1541-1614).Love Pledge (The voeu a l'amour), by Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806).Anonymous (Copy after: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)) / 'Venus blindfolding Cupid'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.The Rape of Europa, Ferretti, Giovan Domenico da I, 1734.A Faun and His Family with a slain Lion. Date/Period: Ca. 1526. Painting. Oil on beech wood. Height: 82.9 cm (32.6 in); Width: 56.2 cm (22.1 in). Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.Bronzino, Agnolo (1503-1572) National Gallery, London Painting 146x116,2 Mythology, Allegory and Literature An Allegory with Venus and CupidThe Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis; Jacques-Louis David, French, 1748 - 1825; 1818; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 88.3 x 103.2 cm (34 3/4 x 40 5/8 in.), Framed outer dim: 118.4 x 136.2 x 7.6 cm (46 5/8 x 53 5/8 x 3 in.)Venus reclining, by Heintz the Elder (16th-17th Century).Bronzino, An allegory with Venus and Cupid, 1545, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.Ave de primetimes, Fine ArtLucretia, oil on beech panel, 1534, Lucas Cranach the elder, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.Diana leaving the bathroom, 1742, by Francois Boucher (1703-1770), oil on canvas, 56x73 cm.Gustave Moreau; French; 1826-1898; Oedipus and the Sphinx; 1864; Oil on canvas.Nessus and Deianira. Malarz francuski XVII w., painterThe Triumph of Galatea, by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also Raffael da Urbino, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio, Raphael, Italian painter, Italy, digitally restored reproduction of a work of art (public domain) from c. 1500, EuropeSphinx in a Grotto (Poet, King and Warrior), by Gustave Moreau, 1850-90, French Romantic/Symbolism. Watercolor painting depicting Sphinx with the dead bodies of a Poet, King, and Warrior, in a fantastical image of the deadly mythological beast (BSLOC_2017_5_120)Allegory. Date/Period: 1640 - 1645. Painting. Canvas. Height: 1,790 mm (70.47 in); Width: 1,430 mm (56.29 in). Author: SIMON VOUET.Heemskerck, Maarten van (1496-1574). Venus, Mars and Vulcan. 1536. This is the left panel of a triptych. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).Le Sommeil', 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet. Jean Desire Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.EL RAPTO DE DEYANIRA - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/TABLA - 18x13 cm - NP 2460 - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (COPIAS). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. DEYANIRA. NESO (CENTAURO).Der getreue Ekkehard, painting by Arthur Fitger, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownJacopo Tintoretto, Summer, Italian, 1518-1594, c. 1555, oil on canvasBathsheba at her Toilet Bathsheba at her Toilet, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, oil on canvas, 1594, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697227Armor complains to Venus, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and letterpress printers of the Renaissance, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical originalLucretia. Artist, attributed to: Michele Tosini (Michele di Ridolfo), Italian, 1503-1577 Artist, possibly by: Carlo Portelli, Italian, ca. 1510-1574'Diana Leaving the Bath with One of Her Companions', 1742, (1911). Artist: Francois Boucher.Eva Prima Pandora, Cousin, Jean the Elder, . Surrounded by lions, Daniel prays for his life. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1794, after P.P. Rubens.'Bacchus'. Flanders, Between 1638 and 1640. Dimensions: 191x161,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Peter Paul Rubens (Pietro Pauolo).Repose. Dated: 1860, reworked c. 1865/1870. Dimensions: overall: 57.8 × 101.6 cm (22 3/4 × 40 in.) framed: 83.8 × 127.3 × 12.1 cm (33 × 50 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.Sleeping putto. unknown, painterFrançois Boucher, Allegory of Music, French, 1703-1770, 1764, oil on canvasFrescoes in the Camera della Badessa at the Convent of St Paolo in Parma, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1519, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Monastery of San Paolo, Camera della Badessa. Detail. Ovate putti naked: nude children dark.David and Bathsheba, 1562, by Jan Massys (1509-1575), oil on canvas, 162x197 cm.Allegory of Peace and War. Pompeo Girolamo Batoni; Italian, 1708-1787. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 53 1/2 × 39 in. (136 × 99 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Jan Erasmus Quellinus / 'Love Asleep', ca. 1630, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 81 cm x 98 cm, P01718. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Young Girls by the Sea', before 1894. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as 'the painter for France'.Love Dies in Time, 1878, Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan, French, 1847 - 1913, 45 x 57 1/2 in. (114.3 x 146.05 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, This painting was one of a pair illustrating the vicissitudes of love through time, which the artist exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1878, and which subsequently belonged to the author Emile Zola. The lost pendant, Love Passes the Time, depicted the happy young couple in a sun-drenched glade. Here, however, all has gone awry: Cupid mourns the death of the young woman, while her lover grasps at the arm of winged Time in a futile attempt to alter the course of events.Sketch for "Venus and Vulcan". Date/Period: From 1765 until 1766. Painting. Oil on paper on canvas. Height: 691.13 mm (27.20 in); Width: 872.74 mm (34.35 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.Helene 1892 Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904/French) Musee du Petit Palais, Paris Drawing by Christian Leberecht Vogel depicting Amor disarmed by Euphrosyne, executed in brown brush and watercolor with black chalk and white highlights in the 1790s.SAN JUAN BAUTISTA EN EL DESIERTO - DETALLE - 1641 - OLEO/LIENZO - 182x150 cm - NP 1108 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL - CONJUNTO Nº 29671. Author: JUSEPE DE RIBERA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.Roman wall-painting of Io being received by Isis. Artist: UnknownCyclops Polyphemus kissing the nymph Galtea. Roman fresco. Pompeii, Domus of Capitelli Colorati, 1st century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.'Andromeda'. Italy, Circa 1636. Dimensions: 131x101 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCESCO FURINI.Vertumnus and Pomona.Vertumnus and Pomona. Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman, speaks his loved one, the naked pomona. Vertumnus grabs a vine with her right hand. Between her legs is her walking stick. Pomona is under an apple tree and holds a kind of cutting berry in her right hand with which she harvested fruit. On the right in the foreground are apples, pears and grapes.LA MUJER DEL PAPAGAYO. Author: EUGENE DELACROIX. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Lyon. France.The Nymph of Spring, Lucas Cranach the Elder, after 1537, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North AmericaRiverside with Three Bathing Boys 19th century Christian Friedrich Gille German. Riverside with Three Bathing Boys. Christian Friedrich Gille (German, Ballenstedt 1805-1899 Dresden). 19th century. Watercolor and bodycolor. Drawings