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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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Allegorical scene - from Dante's hell; Norwid, Cyprian Kamil (1821-1883); 19th century (1820-00-00-1820-00-00);Czarnecki, Stefan (1904-) - collection, gift (provenance)Jonah and the Whale. Date/Period: 1621. Oil on oak. Öl auf Eichenholz. Height: 360 mm (14.17 in); Width: 521 mm (20.51 in). Author: Pieter Lastman.Paris and Helen 1788, David, Jacques-Louis, 1788Venus and Cupid ca. 1525-27 Lucas Cranach the Elder German Cranach often treated the theme of Venus and Cupid, but this excellently preserved panel is the only version in a round format. Playing coquettishly with her veil and glancing at the viewer, Venus ignores Cupid, who is agitated by the situation. His arrow is missing, suggesting that he has been disarmed and is powerless against his mother. The picture was likely intended for display in a personal studiolo. Cranach might have painted the roundel not on commission but on speculation, to be sold to discerning collectors already conditioned by the tradition of medals and plaquettes to appreciate such refined work.. Venus and Cupid 436042Der Sündenfall / The Fall of Man. Date/Period: 1549. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 21.7 cm (8.5 in); Width: 17.1 cm (6.7 in). Author: Lucas Cranach the Younger.Print made by John Watts, active 1766-1786, Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus, 1778. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.M.Coxcie, Vertreibung aus Paradies - - Painting titled 'The Rape of Ganymede' by Damiano Mazza an Italian Renaissance artist, active during the 16th centuryLeda and the swan. Engraving by L. Garreau after J. Verkolye.Awakening of Adonis, Fine ArtWilliam Dyce RA (19 September 1806 - 14 February 1864) was a Scottish painter, here the painting Jacob and Rachel, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known'Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief', 1527, Oil on panel, 83 x 58 cm. Author: LUCAS CRANACH EL VIEJO (1472/1553). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. CUPID. AMOR MITOLOGIA. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.DESNUDOS DE MUJER - SIGLO XX - VANGUARDIA ESPAÑOLA. Author: JOACHIM SUNYER I DE MIRO (1874-1956). Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.Cupid Armed. Date/Period: Ca. 1833. Painting. Oil on board. Height: 292 mm (11.49 in); Width: 235 mm (9.25 in). Author: William Hilton.Rape of Europa.Europe's robbery. The King Daughter Europe is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull by sea. On the beach on the left, two servants lift their arms in despair in the air.May Morning 1859 Edmund Thomas Parris (1793-1873 British)The Fall of Icarus, painting by Giovanni Fedini (1565-1599), Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1982), Tuscany, Italy, 16th century.Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus, Print made by John Watts, active 1766-1786, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620-21; 1632-34; 1635-41), 1778, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 18 3/16 × 14 1/8 inches (46.2 × 35.9 cm) and Image: 17 7/16 × 14 1/16 inches (44.3 × 35.7 cm), cloth, curls, fastening, father, inventor, religious and mythological subject, son, wings, youthThe Creation of Man, Sistine Chapel, steel engraving after the fresco by Michelangelo, Vatican, Rome, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original.The Finding of Moses, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, c. 1625 - c. 1627 painting Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses in the Biezen basket. Landscape with a group of naked and half -naked women bathed on the banks of the Nile. At the waterfront there is a statue of a dog (a sphinx), A few ruins on the right in the background. panel. oil paint (paint) Moses is pulled out of the water by the servants. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figureOrestiads, type of mymph that lve in mountains, valleys and ravines. Painting by William Bouguereau (1825, 1905). Orsay Museum. Paris. France.Fantasy, Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cécil (1824-1898)Apollo and Daphne, a nymph of Greek mythology, mural painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored, Apollo and Daphne, a nymph of Greek mythology, mural painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restoredPity. Artist: William Blake (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: sheet: 16 5/8 x 20 3/4in. (42.2 x 52.7cm). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: ca. 1795.Blake was inspired by lines from Macbeth (act 1, scene 7), in which the title character imagines the aftermath of his intended murder of Duncan, the king:"And pity, like a naked new-born babe,Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye"Shakespeare's similes are embodied here to form a dynamic interplay: a tiny baby springs from his mother towards an angel astride a blind steed. The artist inventively mixed relief etching with colors printed from millboard to produce the image, and then used ink and watercolor to define details. Blake called prints like this one "frescoes" and considered them part of a narrative sequence. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Bordeaux, France The Table "Un Bacchant" by William Bouguereau, Museum of Fine Arts , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Bordeaux , France Le tableau «Une bacchante» de William Bouguereau , musée des Beaux-Arts). Museum, represented animal , fantastic animal, painting, Animal , Art, France, Bordeaux, Museum: Bacchante (Bouguereau)Woman with Rose and a Cat, by Crespi Giuseppe Maria know as Spagnuolo (or Spagnolo), 1700 - 1710, 18th Century, oil on canvas. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Bologna: National Gallery of Art. Detail. Portrait woman girl neckline chiaroscuro light rose shade black cat white light shadeVenus, Cupid and a Faun. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741). Oil on canvas. Painted between 1708-13. 127.5 x 102.2cm.Saint Sebastian by Il Guercino, oil on canvas, 1642, 1591-1666, Bolognese School, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 116x96Italy, Florence, St. Croce, Descent of Christ into Limbo, BronzinoGregorio Martínez / 'Prometeus Bound', 1590-1596, Spanish School, Canvas, 173 cm x 233 cm, P08062. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles. Date/Period: Ca. 1740. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 425 mm (16.73 in); Width: 540 mm (21.25 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.'St Jerome's Dream', c1600. Artist: Orazio BorgianniThe damned, detail from the Last Judgement altarpiece, 1446-1452, by Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464), oil on canvas, 215x560 cm.Hans Thoma; frieze in the Music Hall at the House of Pringsheim; Munich. Depicts youths and satyr boys under a Pergola; 1891Erato, The Muse of Love Poetry (Follow. of) Francois Boucher (1703-1770 French) Oil on canvasThe Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert. Antonio Bellucci (1654-1726). Oil on panel, 165.5 x 199cm.Judgment of Paris, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1472-1553) Private CollectionCesare da Sesto (1477-1523). Italian Renaissance painter. Polyptych of Saint Rocco, 1523. Panel with depiction of St. Sebastian (99 x 47 cm). Oil on wooden panel. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.Deucalion and Pyrrha, by Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551).The Last Supper. Dated: 1799. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 48.2 cm (12 x 19 in.) framed: 38.1 x 55.3 x 3.8 cm (15 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.). Medium: tempera on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Blake.Illustration with naked people by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Oil on wood, circa 1530, 1472-1553, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 50, 2x35, 7Jupiter Beguiled by Juno' by James Barry, 18th/early 19th century. From the Sheffield Art Gallery, Sheffield. Standing bowl depicting The Judgement of Paris. Dated 16th Century.Pompeii Archaeological Site, Campania, Italy. Fresco illustrating the death of Pentheus from the Greek myth. House of the Vettii. Casa dei Vettii. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata are collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. EDITORIAL ONLY.Allegory of Air and Fire Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601-1678). Allegory of Air and Fire, ca. 1630. Oil on panel, 20 1/16 x 34 in. (51.0 x 86.4 cm). European Art ca. 1630The rescue of Arsinoe', 1560, Jacopo Tintoretto, (1519-1594/Italian)Jan Brueghel 'el Joven' / 'The Abundance', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 40 cm x 58 cm, P01402. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Love Disarmed Will Hicock Low (American, 1853-1932). Love Disarmed, 1889. Oil on panel, 36 3/16 x 36 1/8 in. (91.9 x 91.7 cm). Love Disarmed Will Hicock Low (American, 1853-1932). Love Disarmed, 1889. Oil on panel, 36 3/16 x 36 1/8 in. (91.9 x 91.7 cm). Will Hicock Low American Art American ArtRoman fresco titled the Three Graces. The fresco depicts three hefty nudes. 3 A.D.The Dream of Happiness, after 1819. Imitator of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823). Oil on fabric; unframed: 24.2 x 29.3 cm (9 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.).Italy - Emilia Romagna Region - Parma - St. John Evangelist - Correggio - St. James Minor - FrescoARTE BARROCO. FLANDES. Gerrit van Honthorst o Gerard van Honthorst (1590-1656) Pintor caravaggista flamenco del siglo XVII, de historia, de género y retratista. "Granida y Daifilo", 1625. Oleo sobre lienzo. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Paises Bajos. Detalle.Fresco in the Trinkhalle, Baden-Baden, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, EuropeAttributes of Arts by Francois Boucher, Oil on canvas, 1760s, 1703-1770, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 82x87Normandy Pirates', c1842-1896, Artist: Evariste Vital Luminais. Evariste Vital Luminais (1821-1896) was a French painter, his work depicting early French history.mothers who teach their children to skillfully shoot with a slingshot in the Balearic Islands, Francesc Mestre Font, 1881, oil on canvas, Museu de Mallorca, Palma, Majorca, Spain.Double portrait of the dwarf Morgante: full view from behind, resembling a fat hunter, by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572).Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder titled 'Feast of Achelous', c1615. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York.Allegory of Painting. Dated: 1765. Dimensions: overall: 101.5 x 130 cm (39 15/16 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 129.5 x 157.5 cm (51 x 62 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois Boucher.Greek mythology. Trojan War. Paris and Helen (husband of Menelaus, king of Sparta). Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume II, 1881.el baño de Vénus, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, inglaterra 1888, acuarela sobre papel pegado en tela, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, («Fundaçío Calouste Gulbenkian»), Lisboa, Portugal.Nessus and Deianira, Lambert Sustris (attributed to), 1540 - 1560 painting In a landscape, the Centaur Nessus de Nymph Deianeira kidnaps. On the left a river god, on the right a wind god, two women in the background with an altar. panel. oil paint (paint) Hercules shoots Nessus, the centaur, who attempts to carry off Deianira'Amorcillos jugando con pichones', 18th century, Oil on canvas, 67 x 81 cm, P02854. Author: FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (1703-1770). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.Nessus and Deianira. Dating: 1540 - 1560. Measurements: h 24 cm × w 95 cm × t 1.9 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Lambert Sustris (attributed to). Schiavone (rejected attribution).VERONESE, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo (1528-1588). Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert. ca. 1585. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).Andromeda Chained to the Rock. (Imitator of) Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flanders (now Belgium), Antwerp, 1599-1641(), active England, London). Flanders, 1638 ( ). Paintings. Oil on canvasGermany, Vienna, Love Carving the BowLaocoon, El Greco, circa 1610, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North AmericaCupid Sharpening his Arrows Giovan Francesco Gessi (1588-1649 Italian) Christie's, London 1510s 1514 CHERUBS FROM THE SISTINE MADONNA DETAIL OF LARGER PAINTING BY RAPHAEL AKA RAFFAELLO SANTI RENAISSANCE ARTISTThe three Charites dancing, by Canova Antonio, 1799, 18th Century, tempera on paperfine arts, B_cklin, Arnold, (1827 - 1901), painting, ""Flora, die Blumen weckend"", (""Flora waking up the flowers""), 1827, oil on panel, von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Swiss, Bocklin, Boecklin, music, instrument, harp,The Birth of Venus, 1478. Detail of the Birth of Venus in scallop shell. Museum: GALLERIA DEGLI UFFIZI, FLORENCIA, ITALIA. Author: SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Venus.Still Life with Game, Vegetables, Fruit and Cockatoo by Utrecht, Adriaen van (1599-1652) / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles / 1650 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Still Life / 116,8x249 / BaroqueThe great odalisque, Dominique Ingres,obra orientalista,1814, Louvre Museum, Paris, France'Smell', 1617-1618, Flemish Baroque, Oil on panel, 65 x 111 cm, P01396. Author: PETRUS PAULUS RUBENS Y JAN BRUEGHEL DE VELOURS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. CUPID. APHRODITE. AMOR MITOLOGIA. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.Cupid Inspiring Plants with Love, Reinagle, Philipp, 1797. 'The Vow of Louis XIII' (detail), 1824, Oil on canvas. Author: JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.The Three Graces by Raphael (1483-1520) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1504-1505 / Italy, Roman School / Oil on wood / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,Nude painting / 17x17Ossian and Niamh of the Golden HairSelene and Endymion. Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italy, Bologna, 1728-1781). circa 1770. Paintings. Oil on canvasDaily life in the Netherlands.Vie quotidienne aux Pays-Bas.Eve, detail, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1537, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America,(Detail from) The Flight into Egypt 1883 by Edwin Long 1829-1891. Two Egyptian children open a box with Shabti figures to sell to travellersAdam and Eve by Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553) / Courtauld Institute of Art, London / 1526 / Germany / Oil on wood / Bible / 117x80 / RenaissanceDie Geburt der Venus, Birth Of Venus (1485), Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445, 1510), one of the most important Italian painters and draughtsmen of the early Renaissance, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original, Record date not statedJoaquin Sorolla / Sad inheritance. Museum: CAJA DE AHORROS VALENCIA ESPAÑA.fine arts, B_cklin, Arnold, (1827 - 1901), painting, ""Im Spiel der Wellen"", (""play of the waves""), 1883, oil on canvas, 180,3 cm x 237,5 cm, New Pinakothek, Munich, Germany, Europe, 19th century, idealism, classicistic, sea creatures, Triton, Tritons, swimming, mermaid, frightened, fright, mythical, centaur, Greek mythology, symbolism, erotic, Boecklin, Bocklin,A young woman holding a skull in her hands; representing life and death. Colour lithograph.Lawrence Alma-Tadema, A favourite Custom, 1909, oil paint on wood, Tate Britain, National Gallery of British Art, London, England.