Classical Mythology Figures

Detailed engravings depicting mythological themes, featuring nude figures like Mars and Venus, with emotions of love and tension, rich in historical context and intricate backgrounds.

Mars and Venus as a love couple with amor. Mars and Venus as a love couple. Amor has stripped of Mars of his armor. He pushes Venus to Mars.

Jupiter, from The Seven Planets 1533 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Jupiter, from The Seven Planets 428401

Venus deprives Amor his arrow-and-bow, anonymous, after schiavone, 1550-1599 print The naked Venus sits on the floor in an interior. In her hands she has the arrow-and-bow of Amor, which stands next to her. Next to Venus a table with an ornamental gift jug. On the left is a Herme. paper engraving Venus punishing Cupid. bath of Venus. herms (garden ornaments). container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase

Lucretia and Sextus Tarquinius. Lucretia naked sitting on her bed, the throat is caught by the also naked sextus Tarquinius, who has a sword in his right hand. He threatens to kill her when she doesn't care about him. Under the show a line text in Latin.

Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia. 1550. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Mars and Venus as a love couple with amor. Mars and Venus as a love couple. Amor has stripped of Mars of his armor. He pushes Venus to Mars.

Hercules and Cerberus; Working from Hercules. Hercules with clock raised, in his left hand a chain to which the trait-headed monster cerberus is stuck. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Fifth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulders while Troy burns in the background 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulders while Troy burns in the background 397696

Beeld van een faun met Bacchus op zijn schouders.A Faun is in a niche and bears the young Bacchus on his shoulders. On the left a tree stump on which the sheet of a goat and a pan flute.

Cimon and Pero. Artist: Barthel Beham (German, Nuremberg ca. 1502-1540 Italy). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (5.5 × 3.8 cm). Date: mid-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fall of Man. 1515. Altdorfer, Albrecht, approximately 1480-1538. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Hercules fights river god Achelus, Heinrich Aldgrever, after Anonymous, 1550 print Hercules, standing and struggling with the river god Achelus, behind it the river god lies after it has turned into a sea monster and killed by Hercules. Seventh print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules. paper engraving while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a serpent

Joseph and the woman of Potifar. The Latin inscription Ioseph Fidelis Servvs et Domitor Libidinis is on the print.

Zeegeod on Dolphin, Barthel Beham, 1525 print Nuremberg paper engraving gods of the waters: the older dynasty (first series): offspring of Pontus and the monsters of the sea. swimming mammals: dolphin

Satyr; Satyr. A Sater with his hand on his forehead, looking at a snake.

Seated old shepard gesturing towards the sky and speaking to nude male surrounded by tools of measurement. Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); Anonymous. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/8 in. × 2 in. (7.3 × 5.1 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); After Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447-1517 Bologna). Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (21.7 x 14.2 cm). Date: ca. 1510-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Requirement of Adam and Eva in Paradise, Hans Sebald Beham, 1529 print Germany paper engraving Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Adam sitting on tree stump with apple in his hand.

A copper engraving by Meister IB mit dem Vogel from the first third of the 16th century depicts a satyr woman with children, showing figures, gestures, and mythological context.

The Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid, Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 - 1527, Raphael, (Italian, 1483-1520), Engraving on paper, Allegorical female figure of Peace. She is standing in frontal position, head turned to right, facing down. Her right hand is on her breast; in her left hand she holds the hand of a putto who is standing at right. A tree in mid-distance., Italy, ca. 1520, Print, Print

Nilus river god; Nilvs; River and sea uts; Semideorum Marinorum Amnicouque Sigillariae Imagines Peregantes. The Nilus river god seated on a crocodile. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about river and sea uts.

Hercules and Atlas, from The Labors of Hercules. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (11.6 × 8 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Labors of Hercules. Date: 1550. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

David with pendulum and bag stones and head of Goliath.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting a satyr blowing a horn with detailed composition and figures.

Pan with drinking cup and bacchus as a child with a grape.

Adam and Eve; Prints to compositions by Rafael. .

Thetis Seated with a Triton. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century; After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501-1547 Rome). Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 1/8 in. (23.3 x 15.5 cm) borderline. Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Flagellation of Christ, from The Passion 1512 Albrecht Dürer German. Flagellation of Christ, from The Passion 391353

Man with the basement of a column on his back. A man walks to the left, on his back the basement of a column wearing. On the left a tree stump.

Love, Lucas van Leyden, 1530 print Personification of Deugd Love: Woman with two children, putto keeps circular bond above her head. Low Countries paper engraving Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

Profeet Jona, Adam Sculptors, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print The prophet Jonah sitting with the fish and two small figures on the right. One of the prophets of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Title in sub -margin and numbered bottom right: 33. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving male persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context)

Venus and Amor. Musi, Agostino dei (ca 1490-ca 1540), graphic artist, Salamanca, Antonio (ca 1500-1562), publisher

Judgment of Paris, Heinrich AldGrever, 1538 print Paris, sitting on a tree stump and leaning on his bat, the Golden Apple in his left hand. With Him are the three naked goddess Venus, Juno and Minerva. In a cloud in the sky cupido with bow and arch. Germany paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (without Mercury)

Hercules catches the Arcadian deer; Working from Hercules. Hercules, standing behind the deer, holds the antlers with both hands, while he pushes the animal on the floor with a leg. HERTER HERCULES can be seen after his death, lying on the burning stake. Under the show a two-handed text in Latin. Thirteenth print of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

Legs and a foot, Jean Lepautre, 1682 - 1706 print From the second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engraving

Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, The seven planets series B, Mars, seen from the back, with shield, helmet and sword. To his left the astronomical symbol for his planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with the two signs of the zodiac at the top: Aries and Scorpio., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 118 mm, width 78 mm, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, after a print by, 1597 - 1597, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, - 1732, publisher

Hercules and Cerberus, from The Labors of Hercules. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in. (10.7 × 6.9 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Labors of Hercules. Date: 1550. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Three Putti with Shield and Helmet Printed 1505-1519 Germany. Engraving in black on cream laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Apollo (Hyacinthus) in Greek and Roman mythology the god of light, spring, moral purity and temperance as well as divination and the arts, and, Hyakinthos, in Greek mythology a son of Amyklas, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original

Aphrodite with Cupid

A copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi from the first half of the 16th century depicts two nude male figures, showing anatomical details, posture, and interaction within a composed scene.

Hercules and Nessus. Dated: c. 1504/1509. Dimensions: sheet: 17.1 x 10.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marcantonio Raimondi.

Laocoön and his two sons were killed by snakes.

Saturn holding an Infant and a Scythe, from The Seven Planets. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 cm). Date: 1533. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid; Peace. Minerva standing next to olive tree gives Amor a hand and gets an olive branch from him. She holds a crazy breast with her hand.

Adam and Eva driven from Paradise, Albrecht Dürer, 1510 print Adam and Eva are driven out of paradise by an angel with a sword. This print is part of the press series 'De Kleine Passie', consisting of a title print and 36 Biblical scenes (mainly from the suffering story). Nuremberg paper an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Lucretia's suicide, showing figure, posture, and narrative composition.

Death of Lucretia.On a column is the inscription LVCretia LVX Romanae Pvditiciae Coacta Stvprvm Pati, Ferrous Se Qvod Veste Tectvm Attvlerat, Interemit Valer M

Hercules kills the dragon ladon; Working from Hercules. In the garden of the Hesperiden, Hercules kills the dragon ladon that guarded the apples, with clock-raised knots and with one foot standing on the neck of the animal. In the background Hercules picks the apples from the tree. Eighth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1549 titled 'The Impossible', depicting a human figure in a scene symbolizing impossibility.

Lesbian scene in a bedroom, 18th century. Woodblock engraving from John Cleland's Fanny Hill, Amsterdam & Paris, 1880s. After the original erotic illustrations by Antoine Borel, circa 1748.

Hercules and Antaeus. Dated: c. 1490/1500. Dimensions: sheet: 25 x 17.1 cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia.

Diana with arrow sleeve, bow and deer; Gods and goddesses, no. 12 (20). Diana as a goddess of hunting with her attributes a arrow sleeve and bow, next to her is a deer. According to Latin inscription Silvarvm Cvitrix Castissima Virgo Diana Est, the most hunted on Diana as Bosnimf. Copy to the print of Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio.

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Personification of the Earth with Four Putti as the Four Elements, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 122, height 80 mm, width 133 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

The Flagellation, from The Passion 1512 Albrecht Dürer German. The Flagellation, from The Passion 391375

Adam and Eve Hide Themselves, from The Story of Adam and Eve. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (8.7 × 6.4 cm). Date: 1540.At left, Adam and Eve cover themselves, with Eve standing behind Adam to his right. At right, God admonishes them before the Tree of Knowledge. Based on Genesis 3:8-9. Plate 4 from a series of six engravings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Bacchus; Pampineas vimis docuit qui adiumgere vites; Goden in nissen.The God Bacchus stands together with a small Sater in a niche.

A woman kneeling at centre reaching up with her right hand to place a ring on the finger of a naked man holding a curved stick that is also held by another man at left ca. 1510-27 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. A woman kneeling at centre reaching up with her right hand to place a ring on the finger of a naked man holding a curved stick that is also held by another man at left 342652

Apollon (Bartsch 332) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Apollo (Bartsch 332). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Three putti with armor, Hans Sebald Beham, After Monogram Filer IB (16th century), 1525 - 1550 print Three putti with a weapon, shield, harness and helmet. Germany paper engraving weapons. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

David with the head of Goliath, monogrammist AC (16th century), 1520 - 1562 print Low Countries paper engraving David with Goliath's head

Allegory on the observation, Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1616 print A spectacular artist paints a naked woman in the open air. The model sits on her knees on the floor and looks at itself in a mirror that is stopped by a putto. Behind the donkey a doctor who looks at a urinal and a two men with astrolabium and passer on a globe. On the right in the foreground are various measuring instruments. In the front of a cat and back right an eagle. Under the performance the Latin translation of: I know from experience that this does the viewer both angry and pleasure. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Figter Design by: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving looking in the mirror; contemplation of own beauty. model, sitter ~ painting - CC - out of doors. cat. drawing, measuring, calculating (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Copper engraving from 1510-1527 depicting a woman with the moon, showing figure, posture, drapery, and celestial element.

Albrecht Dürer, The Man of Sorrows with Arms Outstretched, c. 1500, engraving on paper.

Copper engraving by Barthel Beham depicting Cimon and But, showing figures, posture, and composition, dated 1525.

Judith and Her Servant. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1530. Dimensions: 107 x 68 mm (image/plate); 190 x 127 (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Public trap of Adam and Eva at Boom of knowledge of good and evil with snake, monogram miss NF (engraver), after Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, after Michelangelo, c. 1500 - c. 1599 print Eva is on the right near the tree with the snake. On the left is Adam with two fruits in his hand. Italy paper engraving Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Adam and Eve according to Raphael (Bartsch 1) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534); Raphael (Raffaello Santi or Sanzi or Sanzio, says). Adam and Eve according to Raphael (Bartsch 1). Burin.xv�me-sixteenth century.

Mussbuste, hands on a stick.

A 1510 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting the Fall of Man, with Adam and Eve, detailed lines, figures, and composition on a sheet cut to plate edge.

Allegory of abundance (Dutuit 367) Peregrino da Cesena. Allegory of abundance. Printed nielle. 15th-16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

A woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer created around 1513 depicting 'The Fall', illustrating a biblical scene with detailed figures, composition, and Northern Renaissance printmaking techniques.

Venus and Dead Adonis; The loves of the gods; Gods loved ones. The naked Venus squats next to the Dead Body of Adonis. Right is Amor.

Collaert, Hans (I), Monogrammist IC, Venus and Cupid, recto lower right - stamped, Venus, holding Cupid's bow and arrow in her hands. Her son Cupid embraces her., print, prints, verso lower center - stamped, height 140 mm, width 100 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581

Pero suckled Cimon in prison; Caritas Romana. Copy in mirror image to a print of Barthel Beham. On a column there is the inscription Ich Leb von der Brust Meiner daughter.

unknown, Schut, Cornelis (I), Christ at the flogging post, verso bottom center - handwritten in brown ink, Christ is tied to the flogging post, after the flogging; on the ground lie his clothes and a rod of twigs., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso bottom left - stamped, Contemporary note, no longer fully legible due to cropping., height 123 mm, width 81 mm, South Netherlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, granter of privilege

Woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien titled 'Christ on the Marter Column,' created in 1517, depicting Christ on a column as a symbol of suffering and martyrdom.

Night. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist, Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Water, 1606 print Personification of water, one of the four elements, leaning like a naked woman on large water jug. paper etching / engraving 'Acqua', 'Carro dell'Acqua' (Ripa)

The Painter. Jan Saenredam (Netherlandish, 1565-1607); after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617). Date: 1616. Dimensions: 245 x 185 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Albrecht Dürer, The Witch, 1500-1501, engraving on paper.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows 396159

Jester with phallus and female jester. A male and feminine jester faces each other in a conversation. They both wear a salskel with large donkey ears and feathers. The man has a phallus as an attribute. Insects fly in the air.

Apollo and Diana, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Woodcut on paper, Apollo stands at left, facing right, drawing his bow and arrow. Diana is seated at right, carrying a stag with her right hand, and a tuft of grass in her left. Monogram of Dürer at lower right., Germany, ca. 1505, Print, Print

Jason and Medea Artist's working dates 1525-1530 Germany. Engraving in black on paper . Master I.B.

Giovanni Battista Palumba, Faun Family, Italian, active first quarter 16th century, c. 1507, engraving

Susanna and the elders.

Moderation; Temperancia; Seven virtues. Personification of virtue moderation: Naked woman donates water from can in bowl, putto holds circular tape above her head.

Sitting nude, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Naked man, standing on one leg and turned to the left, with a garland of acorns. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 3. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). fruits: acorn

Allegory on transience; Quis Evadet. A putto sits on the floor and leans against a skull, while he holds a pipe in his right hand with which he has blown. In his left hand, he holds a shell, behind him whose smoke vessel from which smell takes off. Under the show a four-line text in Latin.

Eva offers Adam the Forbidden Fruit, Francesco Villamena, After Rafaël, 1626 print The naked Adam and Eva at the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The snake winds around the trunk of the tree. After Eva has eaten from the forbidden fruit, she gives the fruit to Adam and tempts him to eat it. Nummered at the bottom right: 6. Reference to Bible text in STUBMARGE. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving / etching Eve offers the fruit to Adam

Riviernimf Styx, Philips Galle, 1587 print The River Nymph Styx, seated on a stone block. In the background the flames of hell. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs. Antwerp paper engraving Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa)

Five Bacchants, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print Five drunk children enjoy wine. The child on the left pulls the stop from a wine barrel. The child with the drinking bowl, which supports the wine barrel, proposes Bacchus. A child in the background is to surrender. His wine glass fell to the ground. paper etching / engraving children's bacchanal

Copper engraving by Cristofano di Michele (il Robetta) from 1460 depicting the allegory of abundance, showing symbolic figures, fruits, and vessels in a compositional scene.

Hercules kills Nessus, Hans Sebald Beham, 1542 print paper engraving Hercules shoots Nessus, the centaur, who attempts to carry off Deianira

Copper engraving by Meister FVB circa 1480-1500 depicting Samson tearing the lion, showing figure, strength, and action.

Adam and Eve Made 1504 Germany. Albrecht D¸rerís engraving Adam and Eve exhibits the extraordinary detail and tonal range of which he was capable. The printís meticulously described landscape and its symbolism are derived from late medieval art, while D¸rerís fascination with the canons of classical proportion and anatomy (Adam is posed like the Apollo Belvedere, while Eve recalls classical statues of Venus) comes from his study of Italian Renaissance art.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

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, Historia creationis mundi, Creation and the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Hide from God the Father, Adam and Eve discover that they are naked after eating a fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They cover themselves with leaves and hide from God behind a tree. God the Father searches for them and asks where they are. On the left in the background, God the Father gives clothes to Adam and Eve. On the right, a bear. At the bottom, a reference to the Bible text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 196 mm, width 266 mm, South Dutch, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1524 - 1591, a

David with pendulum and bag of stones and head of Goliat, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Francesco di Francia, 1504 - 1508 print paper engraving David with Goliath's head

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