Symbolic and Mythological Art

Artworks illustrating mythological themes and symbolism, including allegorical figures representing concepts like justice and nature.

Sea nymphs

The Voices by Moreau, Gustave (1826-1898) Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections c. 1880 Watercolour, Gouache on Paper 22x12 France Symbolism Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

'Sponsa De Libano', 1891, (c1930). The North and South Winds blow on the Bride of Lebanon. The lilies symbolise her virginity. Illustration to the "Song of Solomon" in the Old Testament of the Bible. Painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, c1930

Justice Saves Innocence, 15th century Medicean allegorical tapestry, based on a cartoon by Bronzino.

Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751-1801, British, Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont, undated. Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Sunbeam and Summer Showers' 1919, by Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855 ñ 2 May 1919); English Pre-Raphaelite painter.

Sea nymphs

PINTURA ONIRICA. Location: FUNDACION MAPFRE VIDA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mercy's Dream 1858 Daniel Huntington American. Mercy's Dream 11192

Biblical Story, Expulsion from Paradise, Historical Steel Engraving from 1860

Four Dancers, Fine Art

The song of Los. By William Blake (1757-1827) in 1795. LC copy printed in green on eight leaves, from plates containing both text and illustrations. Hand colored

Anonymous. Chair panel to carrier: two geniuses wearing a helmet, Italian school, 18th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 77119-1 Helmet, carrier chair, Italian school, genius, panel, wear, 18th century

Coloured illustration of a winged lady next to a beast. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), a French British naturalised magazine and book illustrator.

A colour illustration of a young lady running through blossom trees. Date: 1933

The death of Adonis; Mors Adonidis. Marble relief from Antonio Canova (which is located in Possagno), with the representation of Venus, accompanied by complaining worshiped, the dead Adonis. Adonis is killed by the wild boar and is stretched out on the ground. Venus deposits from the sky down on the dead body of her loved one. The show is an almost literal representation of the lying complaint to the death of Adonis by the antique Greek poet Bion. According to Bions Elegie, the blood of Adonis produced roses that have been proposed here on either side of his body. He is wrapped in sheets.

Naked witches, mounted on broomsticks, ride ecstatically through the air to the sabbat.

Dance (Golden), Belle Epoque Poster Art

The Archangel Saint Michael (El Arcangel San Miguel) Peruvian School Oil on Canvas Christie's Images, New York, USA

A kelpie abducts his human lover

Puck seated on a spider's web

Fortuna, die Glücksgöttin und Schicksalsgöttin der römischen Mythologie und Liebe, Gemälde von Jean-Baptiste Cariven 1843 bis 1904, französischer Maler, Reproduktion eines Gemäldes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, digital restauriert, historisch

Love and Death. Date/Period: 1901. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 235.60 mm (9.27 in); Width: 116.80 mm (4.59 in). Author: George F. WATTS.

Sun by William Blake, Black chalk, watercolor on paper, Between 1816 and 1820, 1757-1827, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,

Perseus with the head of Medusa, wall painting from Pompeii, 1st century AD Original condition

Daughters of the Mist' (1909), by Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855 ñ 2 May 1919); English Pre-Raphaelite painter. Based on a Hans Christian Anderson story

Cupid's Hunting Fields 1885 England. Gouache, with watercolor and gold and silver paints on ivory wove paper, laid down on linen canvas . Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Cupid with Shoes from Villa Ariadne, Pompeii, Italy, Naples, National Archeological Museum

Comedy, by Isacco Gioacchino Levi (1818-1908), sketch.

Pils, Isidore Alexandre Augustin (n.1813-07-19-D.1875-09-03), sketch for the fresco of the glorification of Saint-André in the Saint-Eustache church in Paris (main title), 1854. Sanguine and raised white ones glued to cardboard. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

'There it goes', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Allegory on the peace of Amiens, 1802. Allegory on the Peace of Amiens, on March 27, 1802, which put an end to the war between Great Britain and the French Republic, Spain and the Batavian Republic. Centrally, peace floats through the clouds with an olive branch in hand. At the bottom of two putti (commerce and abundance) with a horn of abundance.

These sea nymphs were said to be 50 in number and legend said that they helped sailors when attacked by sea monsters.

Eros/Cupid on the cypress tree

The Annunciation 1876 painted by Edward Coley Burne-Jones in the interior of the Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight Model Village Wirral Peninsula Merseyside England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

'THE MYRTLE' The Prince and the Fairy. Date: First published: c.1630

Illustration of John Keats' poem 'Endymion', 1818. In Greek mythology, Endymion was a handsome shepherd, son of Aethlius, beloved of Selene, goddess of the Moon.

Shield with Stag, Held by Wild Man. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Martin Schongauer.

Cosmetic advertisement by Anonymous, colour lithograph, 1900, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum, 17x19

Painting titled 'Woman at Her Toilette' by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) a French painter, sculptor and printmaker. Dated 19th Century

Byblis; Leda ou La Louange des Bienheureuses Tenebres 1898, by Pierre Louys. engraved Art Nouveau pictorial initials, by Paul-Albert Laurens, one of the central figures in Art Nouveau book illustration on the Continent.

September and October, Everaert Leyniers, c. 1650 - c. 1680 Fragment of a wall carpet representing September and October, belonging to a series of ten with the months, elements, seasons, day and night. The series was commissioned by Archhertog Leopold Wilhelm, Stadholder of the Southern Netherlands. This excerpt contains a winged woman with a scale in the left hand and a horn with fruits in her right hand, who depicts the month of September. Maker: Brusselsdesigner: Antwerpmaker: Antwerpmaker: Antwerp Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk. Elements: Metal Thread tapestry Fragment of a wall carpet representing September and October, belonging to a series of ten with the months, elements, seasons, day and night. The series was commissioned by Archhertog Leopold Wilhelm, Stadholder of the Southern Netherlands. This excerpt contains a winged woman with a scale in the left hand and a horn with fruits in her right hand, who depicts the month of September. Maker: Brusselsdesigner: Antwerpma

A Bard and a Shepherd, Samuel Woodforde, 1763-1817, British, undated, Watercolor over graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 20 3/16 x 15 1/8 inches (51.3 x 38.4 cm), bard, breastplate, crook, shepherd's, genre subject, harp, pastoral, sandals, shepherd, trees

'The Miracle of Anthony of Padua' (detail), 1798. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: Ermita de san Antonio de la Florida. MADRID. SPAIN.

'The Retreat from Moscow', 1911, (1918). Artist: Stephen Baghot De La Bere.

Henri Regnault, Exécution sans jugement sous les rois maures de Grenade, 1870, Museo de Orsay, Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación Francés, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Cupid delivering Psyche,1900. After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company

Illustration for the Legend of the Centuries, II, IV, Edition Hugues, 1878 Francois-Nicolas Cancellart (1825-1901). Lions, black stone on end paper. Illustration for The Legend of Sickles, II, IV, DItion Hugues, 1878. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

Venus and Adonis from a set of Mythological Subjects after Raphael designed 1686, woven 1686-90 Designed after drawing previously attributed to Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) Italian Her chariot just visible to the right, Venus, Roman goddess of love, is seated, attended by her winged putti-cherubs and a sun-weathered satyr. The older, winged youth brandishing a torch is perhaps meant to be Hymen, god of marriage. Venus turns to devote her attention to handsome mortal Adonis, apparently just returned from hunting, still bearing his spear, with a putto restraining his (beautifully observed) hunting hounds.This tapestry is from a set of eight, traditionally called Les Sujets de la Fable daprès Raphaël, made for the French king, Louis XIV. The designs for all eight tapestries were inspired in part upon drawings then in Louis XIV's collection- now preserved in the Louvre- which were all, at that time, attributed to Raphael. The design source of the figure group is a drawing in the Lo

Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24), 1794. Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Green, Valentine (1739 1813), Cosway, Maria Louisa (1759 1838)

1700s 1767 THE SWING BY FRENCH PAINTER OF ROCOCO MANNER JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD LOVER LOOKING UP DRESS OF MISTRESS ON SWING

Cupid delivering Psyche,1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, 19th Century, Greek Mythology, Print, Flower, Black and White, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female, Male, Greek gods, goddesses, Royal, Princess

Man's Shameful Fall Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1749-1872 German)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Philosopher, writer, and composer. Dictionary of Music. Colored engraving of the cover of the Paris' edition, 1768. Library University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Hell, Song XIX) by Franz von Bayros

"Saint George and the Dragon" from art by Heywood Sumner. From "The Fitzroy Picture Society" series. Vintage Art Lithography published by J. Akerman, circa 1890s

A summer fairy tale, allegorical illustration, 1895

Tom sits upon a rock watching the moonlight on the rippling river. Date: First published: 1863

Nine fantastic female figures, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1897 print Bottom left a woman with wings, to the right of the middle a gorgin, a woman with snakes instead of her. Above the middle a woman on a throne. Japanese paper (handmade paper) Gorgons. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. fabulous beings with wings

Apocalypse medieval tapestry, Angers castle, france ANGERS, FRANCE, MARCH 23, 2024 : Apocalypse medieval tapestry, by Jean Bandol and Nicholas Bataille, 14 th century, Angers castle, france Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 22206184

Small plate. unknown, author

URRIES PIGNATELLI, Mariana (18th century-1806). Archer Love. 18th c. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. St. Fernando Royal Academy Museum.

The fond Convolvulus still clings, The Honeysuckle spreads his wings. Date: 1895

The Concert John Austen Fitzgerald (1832-ca.1906 British) Private Collection

Liberty by Samuel George Phillips, oil on canvas, 1910, 1890-1960, USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

Wszyscy Święci w MNK unknown

Reproduction of a fresco depicting Galatea, from the Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume I, House of the Coloured Capitals, Plate IV, 1854-1896.

El columpio/1766. Museum: WALLACE COLLECTION / LONDRES / G. BRETAÑA. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.

The Serenade. Carl Sterry (born 1861). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1894. 128 x 98cm.

Arnold Böcklin (born 16 October 1827, died January 1901), Swiss painter, draughtsman, graphic artist and sculptor of Symbolism: Two fishing Pans (1874), Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Artwork, Historical, Two satyrs catch a mermaid with a net in front of a rocky backdrop

The early 1900s caption reads: "The Three Graces by Reynolds (1723-1792) in the National Gallery. This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774 and calld "Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen." It was bequeathed to the National Gallery by the Earl of Blessington. The Graces are the three daughters of Sir W Montgomery. The one on the left kneeling down is the Hon Mrs Beresford, in the center is the Hon Mrs Gardener, mother of Lord Blessington, and on the right is the Marchioness Townsend." Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was the leading English portraitist of the 18th century. Through study of ancient and Italian Renaissance art, and of the work of Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyck, he brought great variety and dignity to British portraiture.

To go forth to the Great Harvest..... Blake, William, 1757-1827. Blake, William, 1757-1827. Prints, Illustrations. 1804 - 1808. Rare Book Division. Women

Teyler, Johan, Netherlands, Duck flying to the right, This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 118 mm, width 154 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1688 - 1698, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), à la poupée, colour printing, counterproof, Northern Netherlands, 1648 - 1712, supervision

The Wheel of Fortune 1900 John La Farge American. The Wheel of Fortune 11391

España. Catalunya. Bailes rusos. Programa del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona. Año 1917.

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante42. 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.

Interior of the northern tower of the Nicolaikerk (Nicolaaskerkhof) in Utrecht during the restoration: northern wall.

According to Greek mythology, Camilla was a member of the Volsci, an Italic tribe. Her parents were King Metabus and Casmilla. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Metabus was dethroned by his people and forced to flee. He grabbed his daughter and as the Volsci chase him, he fears for Camilla, attaches her to his spear and flings both across the River Amasenus and then he swims across and got her. Later Camilla joins with Turnus, king of the Rutuli, and they fight against Aeneas and his followers who have fled Troy after the Trojans lose to the Greeks in the Trojan War. She is killed by the Trojan A

The Viennese waltz, 19th century drawing

Silvia treating Phillis after a bee sting under the envious eyes of Amyntas, detail from the Story of Aminta and Sylvia, ca 1635, cloth tapestry for Cardinal Barberini created in Fauburg Saint-Marcel, Paris, Hall of the Muses, Vaux -le-Vicomte. France, 17th century.

Empédocle, Dieu supposé (Empedocles, Supposed God). Design by George Barbier, engraved on wood by Pierre Bouchet and included in the book Vies imaginaries (Imaginary Lives) by French author Marcel Sch

A Fragment from The Triumph of Chastity over Love; South Netherlandish; Antwerp (), Belgium; about 1525-1530; Colorless glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain; lead came; 35.5 × 12.5 × 1 cm (14 × 4 15,16 × 3,8 in.)

Beauty Seeing the Image of her Home in the Fountain. Joseph Edward Southall (1861-1944). Tempera on panel. Dated 1897-8. 46 x 46cm. The fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast was a favourite subject for the artist.

The Spirit of the New Century 1900 Percy Anderson (1851-1928 British) Private Collection

BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898). The Savoy. 1896. 'The Third Tableau of Das Rheingold', illustration of his notebook titled 'The Savoy' no. 3. Modernism. Litography.

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, 'Painting Of Mars, House Of Venus, Pompeii Archaeological Site Near Naples'

Judah', a collection of ballads by the non-Jewish poet Börries von Münchhausen 1874 - 1945. Illustrated by Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), art nouveau illustrator and printmaker, noted for his art on Jewish themes. He is sometimes called the "first Zionist artist. Münchhausen's relationship to Judaism remained ambivalent: Munchhausen did not consider the "Jewish race" inferior, but merely wanted to prevent a "mixture" with the non-Jewish Germans.

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Purgatory, Song XIX) by Franz von Bayros, detail

Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938), angel; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1913-00-00);

A Russian 'Palekh' lacquered tray circa 1970. depicting a scene from medieval Russian history. Russian lacquer art developed from the art of icon painting which came to an end with the collapse of Imperial Russia. the craft of making papier-mache decorative boxes and panels developed

'Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (The Queen of Sheba)', c1909. Artist: John Duncan.

A colored pre-1899 poster advertising a féerie performance, created anonymously.

Skulpturen auf dem Friedhof Pere Lachaise Paris, Frankreich Sculptures from the Pere Lachaise Cemetery Paris, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21219720

Adam and Eve in Paradise, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870

Stained glass in the Baur au Lac Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe

Polittico di St. Augustine (Angel Detail) Pietro Perugino (c. 1450-1523 /Italian) National Gallery Perugia, Italy

Color artwork by an anonymous artist depicting Bock beer, showing product packaging and promotional elements using oil pressure technique around 1900.

Arjuna is one of the heroes of the Hindu epic titled Mahabharata. A master archer, he was portrayed as undefeatable. According to the tale, celestial nymphs and water nymphs were often sent, albeit unsuccessfully, to distract him from his noble goals. In this painting by Warwick Goble (1862-1943), an English illustrator of children's books, Arjuna, on one of his travels, is met by a water nymph. Among those who regarded Arjuna highly, according to the epic and to Hinduism, was Krishna, the most popular of all earthly incarnations of Vishnu, the Hindu god honored as the preserver of the universe.

Le Bacchanale du Tigre Royal. Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Oil on canvas laid on board. 240.4 x 258.5cm. Part of a large decorative panel for the fur shop Le Tigre Royal, Geneva. Left hand section.

The Downfall of Rebellious Angels. Detail: Angel on the Left. 1562 Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.1525-1569/ Flemish) Oil on Wood Panel Museum of Ancient Art, Brussels, Belgium

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