Mythological Themes in Art

Engravings depicting mythological figures and narratives, characterized by intricate details and dramatic poses reflecting stories from classical mythology.

Italy, Perino del Vaga, Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo, Loves of the Gods, The loves of the gods, Vulcan and Ceres, verso - stamped, The naked Ceres and Vulcan kiss in Vulcan's forge. In the bottom margin an Italian verse in two columns., print, prints, height 213 mm, width 134 mm, Italian, 1505 - 1565, print maker, 1515 - 1565, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1501 - 1547-10-19

Giacomo Francia's copper engraving from the first half of the 16th century depicts Venus and Cupido on clouds, showing mythological figures, gestures, and detailed composition.

Judgment of Paris. Paris sitting on a tree stump and leaning on his bat, in his left hand the golden apple. With him, the three naked goddesses are Venus, Juno and Minerva. In a cloud of the sky Cupid with arrow and bow.

Italy, Perino del Vaga, Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo, Loves of the Gods, The loves of the gods, Vulcan and Ceres, verso - stamped, The naked Ceres and Vulcan kiss in Vulcan's forge. In the bottom margin an Italian verse in two columns., print, prints, height 213 mm, width 134 mm, Italian, 1505 - 1565, print maker, 1515 - 1565, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1501 - 1547-10-19

Venus, Love and Pallas (Bartsch 310) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Venus, Love and Pallas (Bartsch 310). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Venus covers sleeping amor; Scenes with Venus and Amor (copies); Scherzi d'Amore.venus and Amor in a Landscape. Venus Covers The Sleeping Amor With A Blanket. Italian fresh in undermarge.

Andromeda Published 1596-1606 Netherlands. This engraving by Jan Saenredam after a drawing by Hendrick Goltzius envisions the story of Andromeda as a traditional Renaissance nude. The beautifully bare princess Andromeda has been chained to a bone-strewn rock as food for a ravening sea beast, when Perseus swoops in on Pegasus to do battle with the creature and save the damsel in distress. Andromedaís nudity is accentuated by her flowing locks, blown dramatically by the wind and waves; she is a comely tidbit for monster or man. Saenredamís early training was in cartography, and his rendition of Goltziusís sea beast resembles the hybrid stock characters that populate dangerous uncharted waters of 16th-century maps.. Engraving on cream laid paper . Jan Saenredam

Saturn, Nicolaas Braeu, After Karel van Mander (I), 1598 print An image of the God Saturn placed in a niche. Saturn is depicted with his children. As God of Agriculture, Saturn has a scythe as an attribute. Other attributes hang on the wall. Under the print a Latin verse. paper engraving (story of) Saturn (Cronus)

Young and an old goat heath. Two naked goat herders. The older has a wreath and a arm around the young goat heath. This handles his hand to the wreath and holds a flute in the other hand.

Copper engraving by Giovanni Giacomo Caraglio, 1520-1539, depicting the mythological figures Apollo and Daphne in a detailed Renaissance composition.

Venus and Amor Spied by a Sater, Anonymous, 1500 - 1599 print The naked Venus is in a landscape with the kneeling amor next to her. Above them a cloth hangs over two branches of a tree. Venus and Amor are spied on by a satap that hides behind a tree on the right. paper etching / engraving satyr(s) spying upon. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Depicts Venus and Cupid with an old man embracing a young woman, created as a copper engraving print by Giacomo Francia in the first half of the 16th century, illustrating mythological and allegorical themes.

The fall, Gerard de Lairesse, 1665 print Adam and Eva are in paradise next to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Both are shocked by the snake with women's head that winds around the trunk of the tree. The print is part of a seven -part series with scenes from the Bible book Genesis. paper etching Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Etching study by Monogrammist AC, 1554, showing three figures in various poses on a sheet, focusing on human form, gesture, and proportion.

Zondeval, Giacomo Valegio, After Paolo Farm, 1587 print Adam and Eva at the tree of knowledge of good and evil, both with a fruit in hand. On the left the snake that winds itself around the branches and trunk of the tree. In the foreground a sheep and a hedgehog. Italian text in two columns in STUDMARGE. Italy paper engraving Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit. other mammals: hedgehog

Haarlem, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Mythological and allegorical representations, Three Fates, verso lower left - stamped, The three Fates in a landscape. The standing Fates Clotho holds the spinning wheel, with the raw flax in her other hand. The seated Lachesis, seen from the back, holds the bobbin and measures the thread. The left goddess of fate, the old Atropos, cuts the thread with a pair of scissors., print, prints, height 297 mm, width 210 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1588, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano created between 1510 and 1520 depicting a satyr and nymph, showing mythological figures, interaction, and compositional elements.

Rhea Silvia. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 3 15/16 in. (14.7 × 10 cm). Date: 1532. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving by an unknown artist depicting Venus, Eros, and Athena, created 1510-1520. The print shows mythological figures in a classical scene.

Apollo and Daphne, from 'The Loves of the Gods'. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (15.5 x 10.9 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Loves of the Gods (Amorosi diletti degli dei). Date: ca. 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A faun sitting on a rock holding a flute in his left hand; a child stands between his knees. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); After () by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: 6 15/16 x 5 7/16 in. (17.7 x 13.8 cm). Date: ca. 1510-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Italy, Sleeping Venus spied on by a satyr, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 6, 1. - 56., height 124 mm, width 167 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1550 - 1649, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Hercules slaying Antaeus. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

Germanic family. A woman, a man and a child wear wood and a cooking pot. A wooden house behind them.

Heinrich Aldegrever, Hercules as a Child, 1550 Hercules as a Child

Hercules beats Antaeus; Working from Hercules. Hercules, seen from the front, standing with his knots supporting his right side. In addition, hercules that lift the giant antaeus that loses his power. Behind it a man who retains a leaving horse. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Sixth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

The young and old bacchanchant according to Raphael () (Bartsch 294) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The young and old bachelor according to Raphael (Bartsch 294). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

The alliance of the land and the sea, according to Rubens (Dutuit 28). Crois, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. XVIIEM XVIIth XVII 17th 17th 17th century, engraving

"Copper engraving by Hans Brosamer from 1541 depicting Venus and Amor, showing mythological figures in detailed composition and interaction."

The madness. Rock landscape with three figures. Half-naked man with hands in her, woman with bare upper body sleeping and man with can be in right hand.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her. Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515-died 1527 Rome); After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25.5 × 17 cm). Date: ca. 1515-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Adam and Eve ca. 1639 Simone Cantarini Italian. Adam and Eve 341416

Spes (Hope). Dated: 1530. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

Venus and Amor with a shell, Jacob Binck, after Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1530 print Venus as a goddess of love with amor by her side. She is in a strange shell with an animal head. The inscription C Ipria Lascivi pvlcherrima Mater Amoris praises her as the beautiful mother of the naughty Amor. Copy to a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Germany paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

. Upon returning to Ithaca, Odysseus is confronted with the beggar Irus. In a fight between the two, Odysseus beats irus. Bystanders watch. At the bottom of the margin four two-year verses in Latin.

Hercules and Deeanira; Hercules and Dejanira; Mythological love stories. Deïanira is sitting at Hercules' lap and embraces him. Cupid plays with the clubs of Hercules.

Thetis; Nepeis aequoreas inter celeberrma mate es; Goden in nissen.The Goddess Thetis stands with a jug with water, a shell and a fish in a niche.

Simone Cantarini, Adam and Eve Adam and Eve

Juno, Ceres and Psyche, Marco Dente (Possibly), After Rafaël, 1510 - 1527 print Psyche, Ceres and Juno are on a cloud from left to right. Next to Juno is her peacock. paper engraving Psyche with Juno. (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

Fall, Jan Saenredam, Isaac Houwens, 1604

A copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius made between 1607 and 1610, showing a nymph placing a vase, engraved on calf skin.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Broeck, Crispijn van den, Sadeler, Johann (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Creation and the Fall, Expulsion from Paradise, Adam and Eve are expelled from paradise by an angel with a flaming sword. Next to them crawls the snake. On the right in the background a lion and a deer. At the bottom a reference to the Bible text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 198 mm, width 268 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1524 - 1591, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy), Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Engraving on laid paper, A nude woman is seated on the ground lower left, beside a satyr. She turns her head toward another woman, who stands, draped, menacing her with a large stick. The latter is blocked by a nude man standing, lower right. Town in the background., Germany, before 1500, figures, Print, Print

A copper engraving from 1512-1550 depicting Adam and Eva, showing the figures and natural environment of the biblical story.

Public trap of Adam and Eva in Boom of knowledge of good and evil with snake, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1510 - 1516 print paper engraving Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Master HVE, Hercules Killing the Lion Hercules Killing the Lion

Copper engraving 'Apollo and Diana' by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1503-1504, depicting the mythological deities Apollo and Diana.

The fall, Lucas van Leyden, 1528 - 1532 print Low Countries paper engraving Eve offers the fruit to Adam

The fall.

Angelica en medoro, giorgio ghisi, after teodoro ghisi, 1530 - 1582 print Angelica and Medoro, two characters from Ludovico Ariosto's epic 'Orlando Furioso', intimately entangled in a landscape. Medoro scratches their names in the trunk of a tree. On the right a putto with a torch. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Medoro. Angelica

Nemesis, Hans Sebald Beham, 1520 print Winged naked Nemesis standing on a globe with the Memorial of a Horse. The goddess Fortuna is sometimes displayed with the same attributes. paper etching Nemesis (Adrastea). Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa)

A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right ca. 1510-27 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right 342657

Jupiter and Antiope Made 1550-1559 France. RenÈ Boyvinís Jupiter and Antiope is one of his anatomically ambitious reproductive prints based on the work of Luca Penni. It illustrates a story from Greek mythology. Boyvin depicted Antiope resting in a classical pose, with her arm overhead, as Jupiter, in the form of a satyr, stands over her, gesturing to the putto at Antiopeís side not to wake her. The figures are characterized by their accentuated muscles and distorted anatomy, a style typical to the School of Fontainebleau, whose artists were known for their attenuation of the body to create graceful, expressive forms.. Engraving on ivory laid paper, edge-mounted to ivory laid paper . René Boyvin

Proserpina Met Bloemen, Jacob Binck, After Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1530 print Proserpina with in her hand the flowers she picked in the meadow just before she was robbed by Pluto, the god of the underworld. Under the niche is the inscription SVM DEA Tartarei Conivx Proserrina Regis which identifies her as the wife of Pluto, the king of Tartarus. Copy to a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Germany paper engraving (story of) Proserpina (Persephone, Core), Libera

Naked woman viewed from behind holding fabric which billows behind her, looking at naked man standing before her ca. 1500-1600 Anonymous. Naked woman viewed from behind holding fabric which billows behind her, looking at naked man standing before her 342690

Fall of Man 1529 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Fall of Man 364754

Satyr and Child ca. 1515-16 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Satyr and Child 342631

. For a tree, the naked Diana (with arrow and bow) and one of its nymphs. The print is part of a three-part series of Diana and its nymphs and has a Latin caption. In the left area the number 18.

. Mars and Venus in an amorous hug on a bed. In the foreground Amor plays with Mars' armor.

Adam and Eve, Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612 - 1648, Etching on paper, Italy, ca. 1640, Print, Print

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Loves of Jupiter, Jupiter with a naked woman on a bed, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 93, height 80 mm, width 59 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

The Vintage Season La Vendange. 1501 - 1534. Raimondi, Marcantonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Hercules and the Muse with Lyre. Altdorfer, Albrecht (ca 1480-1538), graphic artist

Two putti stuffing at a plant in pot; Guido Reni's frescoes in the Loggia of the Palazzo Rospigliosi Pallavicini. .

Two Loves. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Agostino dei Musi after Raphael.

Diana in the Bath. Georg Pencz; German, c. 1500-1550. Date: 1528-1538. Dimensions: 47 x 78 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Venus and Cupido, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1670 - 1725 print Venus sticks out of her hand. Cupido tries to stop her. He is standing on his arrow cooker with a foot. There are some buildings in the distance. Under the performance is a four -line, Latin text with a description of the promise of Venus. print maker: Leidenafter design by: Delft (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present). Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Vulcan seated hammering on an anvil flanked by Venus and three cupids ca. 1515-27 Marco Dente Italian. Vulcan seated hammering on an anvil flanked by Venus and three cupids 342484

Daddi, Bernando, work, Eneas rescues Anchisene, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 18.7 cm, leaf height 25.7 cm, image width 18 cm, image height 22.5 cm

A first-third 16th-century curtailed copper engraving by Ludwig Krug depicting the 'Pain Man' with two angels, showing detailed figures and devotional composition.

Copper engraving showing Vulcan forging winged Cupids, created by Nicoletto da Modena in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Lucas van Leyden, The Fall of Man, c 1530 The Fall of Man

Goltzius, Hendrick, Muller, Jan Harmensz., The Creation of the World: Creation of Man, print, prints, height mm, width mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1581 - 1628, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01

Sebald Beham, Expulsion from Paradise, 1543 Expulsion from Paradise

Two putti wearing a globe. Flat decoration with two putti holding a globe up.

Death of Cleopatra. Cleopatra, sitting on her bed, commits suicide by letting himself bite by a cobra that she has taken from the basket with figs. At the bottom of the margin two verses in Latin.

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, Acteon and Diana, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Marco Dente after Raphael, Venus Extracting a Thorn from Her Foot Venus Extracting a Thorn from Her Foot

Copper engraving by Georg Pencz from 1525 depicting Hercules confronting Harpies or Stymphalian birds, showing mythological figures, dynamic movement, and detailed engraving.

Venus with two putti. Altdorfer, Albrecht (ca 1480-1538), graphic artist

Marcantonio Raimondi, Two Fauns Carrying a Child Two Fauns Carrying a Child

Venus Bathing Attended by Nymphs 1535-55 Jean Mignon French. Venus Bathing Attended by Nymphs 336822

Silenus supported by a young bacchant. Drunk Silenus is supported by a bacchant. Both keep grape drinks. To the right beside them contains a wine barrel against which a drinking bowl leans.

Engraver possibly by: Master of 1515, Italian, active ca. 1515-20, After: Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431-1506, Hercules andAntaeus, ca.1510, Engraving, image: 23.1 × 17.8 cm (9 1/8 × 7in.), Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham, 1544, showing Joseph with Potiphar's wife in an interior scene, detailed figures, clothing, and architectural elements.

Personification of beauty, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Heinrich Aldegrever, Jason and Medea, 1529 Jason and Medea

CONTRAPORTADA - GRABADO ALEGORICO DE "OEUVRES" (OBRAS) - NUEVA EDICION - NEUCHATEL 1764. Author: Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cristofano Robetta, Allegory of Envy Allegory of Envy

Italian 16th Century, Allegory of Vanity (Death Surprising a Woman), 16th century Allegory of Vanity (Death Surprising a Woman)

Venus and Mars with cupid and the Three Graces 1560-65 Master HCB. Venus and Mars with cupid and the Three Graces 680333

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Marcus Curtius, The Roman hero Marcus Curtius on horseback is about to jump into the burning cleft in the earth. Five women are watching. At the top right is a cartouche with a two-line text in Latin., print, prints, height 155 mm, width 107 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1532 - 1532, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Adam and Eve with the snake; Temptation. Adam and Eve are naked on either side of a tree in paradise. The hose winds around the stem of the apple tree. Eva picks an apple from a branch. There is a Hinde in the background between the trees.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The little passion on wood: the expulsion of paradise (Bartsch 18). 1510. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 77216-5 Old Testament, Tree of Knowledge, Archangel, Catholic Art, Chretian Art, Religious Art, Bible, Christianity, Epee, Failure, Genese, Holy History, Chretian iconography, Religious Iconography, Garden of Eden, Nudite, Paradise, Original Father, Biblical character, biblical story, rebirth, biblical scene, religious scene, snake, couple, engraving, naked

The Three Graces ca. 1630-45 Pieter de Jode II Flemish. The Three Graces. Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606-ca. 1674). ca. 1630-45. Etching and engraving; second state of two (Hollstein). Prints

Death and three standing naked women.

Adam and Eve. Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528), graphic artist

Terms of Silvanus and a Nymph. .

Thetis Seated with a Triton. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century; After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501-1547 Rome). Dimensions: plate: 9 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (25 x 16.5 cm) platemarksheet: 16 x 10 3/4 in. (40.7 x 27.3 cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jupiter embracing Juno, from the Farnese Palace. Artist: After Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560-1609 Rome); After Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557-1602 Parma); Jacques Belly (French, Chartres 1609-1674 Chartres). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (22.5 × 15 cm). Series/Portfolio: La Gallerie du Palais Farnaise de la ville de Rome. Date: 1641. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jupiter, Heinrich Aldegrever, after Albrecht Dürer, 1533 print Jupiter, nude and seen from the front, with a staff in hand. His other hand on the head of a child with a tense arch. One from a series of seven prints with gods that depict the planets. Germany paper engraving Jupiter and his children ('Planetenkinder')

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