Classical Mythology Paintings

Dramatic compositions depicting scenes from mythology with figures such as Venus, Mars, and the Three Graces, characterized by rich colors and dynamic poses.

RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Rape of Proserpine. 1636 - 1637. Minerva, followed by Venus and Diana, tries to stop Pluto, who holds in his arms Proserpine and gets in the charriot, led by two putti. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Venus and Mars with Cupid and the Three Graces in a Landscape 1590-1595 Italy. Oil on canvas . Domenico Tintoretto

The Three Ages of Man. Allegory, Jacob de Backer, (ca.1555-ca1585/Flemish), Oil on panel, State Heritage Museum, St. Petersburg

Cain killing Abel - Italian School - Mid 17th Century

Latona turning the Lycian sheperds into frogs, by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), painting.

'Paris's Judgement'. Italy, Circa 1682. Dimensions: 246x329 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: LUCA GIORDANO.

RUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Rape of Proserpine. 1636 - 1637. Minerva, followed by Venus and Diana, tries to stop Pluto, who holds in his arms Proserpine and gets in the charriot, led by two putti. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Peter Paul Rubens (1628-1629). Flemish painters. The Kidnapping of Hippadamia, 1636-1637. Prado Museum. Madrid, Spain.

Greece and Rome, Perseus Rescues Andromeda

Pedro Pablo Rubens / 'The Judgement of Paris', ca. 1638, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 199 cm x 381 cm, P01669. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

HERCULES Y ONFALE - 1724 - 184x149 - BARROCO FRANCES. Author: LEMOYNE FRANÇOIS. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

War & Peace Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640 Flemish) National Gallery, London, England

ANGELICA Y MEDORO.

Titian and Workshop, Venus and Adonis, c 1540s c 1560 1565 Venus and Adonis

Glaucus and Scylla. Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606 - 1656)

Bacchus and Ariadne on the Island of Naxos unknown

'Diane and Acteon', c1584-1609. Artist: Joseph Heintz the Elder

Time Unveiling Truth 1740-1745 Italy. Oil on canvas . Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

Chalk and paint brush drawing depicting Bacchus and Ariadne, covered with deck white highlights.

Hercules, Nessus and Deianira, by Bartholomaeus Spranger (1546-1611).

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Juno and Argus, ca.1610. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Finch, Alfred William, Gray cover sketchbook, 23 leaves, drawing, 11.5 cm x 15.7 cm

England, London, Dulwich, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Painting of The Nurture of Jupiter by Nicolas Poussin dated 1636

'The Judgement of Midas'. Holland, Circa 1620. Dimensions: 56x101 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pieter Lastman ( ).

Flight into Egypt, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).

Apollo And Daphne, painting made by Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705), Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 17th-century original, exact date unknown .

Hercules and Omphale by Le Moyne, Francois (1688-1737) / Louvre, Paris / 1724 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 184x149 / Rococo

Venus and Adonis, 1585-1590, by Bartholomaeus Spranger (1546-1611), 135x109 cm.

Luca Giordano / 'Allegory of the Annexation of Messina to Spain', 1678, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 272 cm x 443 cm, P03261. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Diana's Rest by Carle Van Loo, Oil on canvas, 1705-1765, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 65x80, 5

Cesare Fracanzano / 'Drunken Silenus'. 1630 - 1635. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Deianira Abducted by the Centaur Nessus, Reni, Guido, 1621.

'Jupiter and Anthiope (Pardo Venus)', 1535-1540, Oil on canvas, 196 x 385 cm. Author: TIZIANO VECELLIO DE GREGORIO-TICIANO-. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France. CUPID. AMOR MITOLOGIA. VENUS DEL PARDO. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.

Meleager and Atalanta; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 18th century (1790-00-00-1800-00-00);Atalanta (Mitol.), Copies, painting, Flemish painting, mythology, mythological scenes

The Fountain of love is by french artist Jean Honore Fragonard and dates to around 1785. Fragonard was a Rococco artist and this painting was his 'reply' to the Neoclassical movement spreading at the time. Here Cupids frolic at bottom left and offer a cup of 'love potion' to a couple eagerly rushing forward. The painting is now housed in the Getty Museum.

Allegory of Fertility. Date/Period: 1618 - 1628. Painting (canvas). Canvas. Height: 1,800 mm (70.86 in); Width: 2,410 mm (94.88 in). Author: Jacob Jordaens.

Marriage of Bacchus & Ariadne by Pierre-Jacques Cazes (1676-1754). Oil on canvas

Caritas, copy after Guercino, 1610 - 1716

Saturn and muses. Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (1610-1662), painter

fine arts, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), painting ""Bacchanal of the Andrians"", oil on canvas, 1523 - 1525, Prado, Madrid,

Diana and Callisto, by Titian, 1556-9, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Allegory of Knowledge and the Arts in Naples. Date/Period: 1650/1699. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 253 cm. Height: 367 x d3.8 cm (without frame). Author: Paolo De Mattheis.

Goddess Diana and nymphs and Actaeon torn to pieces by his hounds or dogs

Pygmalion and Galatea by Francois Boucher, oil on canvas, 1703-1770, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 230x329

Cain and Abel, Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)

Lot and His Daughters - Simon Vouet, 1633

Parable of the Prodigal Son, Cornelis Massijs, 1538

Gabriele Zocchi (1600-1660). Italian painter. The Guardian Angel. Oil on canvas. Ala Ponzone Civic Museum. Cremona. Italy.

ANGELS WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - XVIII CENTURY. Author: FRANCESCO GUARDI (1712-1793). Location: IGLESIA DEL ARCANGEL RAFAEL. Venedig. ITALIA.

Diego Polo / 'The gathering of manna'. Ca. 1645. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Charity, Salviati, Francesco, 1545.

Frans II Francken / 'Jacob's Ladder', Flemish School, Oil on copper, 68 cm x 86 cm, P02744. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Jason swearing Eternal Affection to Medea by Troy, Jean-Francois de (1679-1752)/ National Gallery, London/ 1743/ France/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 56,5x52,1/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Armida binds the sleeping Rinaldo with flowers, Willem van Mieris, 1709

Pierre Jacques Cazes (1676-1754). The birth of Bacchus. Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76091-22

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert. Jean Baptiste Henri Deshays; French, 1729-1765. Date: 1758-1764. Dimensions: 42.2 × 26.5 cm (16 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Jean Baptiste Henri Deshays.

Happy Union. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 187.4 cm (73.7 in); Width: 186.7 cm (73.5 in). Author: PAOLO VERONESE.

Odysseus and Calypso Odysseus and Calypso, Gerard de Lairesse, oil on canvas, c.1680, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697236

Venus and Cupid, Henry Howard, 1769-1847, British, 1809, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 36 x 28 1/4 inches (91.4 x 71.8 cm), angels, beauty, boy, curls, curtains, doves, family, field, hairpiece, landscape, love, mother, mountain, Neo-Classical, nude, putto, religious and mythological subject, Roman, sandals, shawls, son, trees, Venus taking care of Cupid, water, wings, woman

Suicide or Queen Dido. Queen Dido is pictured sitting. With her right arm she makes a theatrical gesture while a soldier offered a dagger lying on a dish. A weeping servant can be seen behind her.

Judgment Of Paris by Pieter Paul Rubens, Oil on wood, circa 1635, 1577-1640, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 145x194

Rinaldo and Armida, by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), oil on canvas, 105x206 cm.

Pharoah's Daughter Discovers Moses in the Rush Basket. The invention of Moses. Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses in piping basket. The pharaoh's daughter is bathing with her companion ladies at the waterfront. Two women fish with basket from the water. Part of a group of five works manufactured for the house at Nieuwegracht 6 in Utrecht.

Lot and his Daughters, Massys (Matsys), Jan (1510-1575)

Venus and Mars; Palma il Giovane (Italian (Venetian), 1544 - 1628); about 1605 - 1609; Oil on canvas; 142.9 × 205.4 cm (56 1,4 × 80 7,8 in.)

Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus. Artist: Pietro Testa (Italian, Lucca 1612-1650 Rome). Dimensions: 38 x 54 in. (96.5 x 137.2 cm). Date: ca. 1650.During his campaign against Darius, Alexander halted at Tarsus to bathe in the Cydnus: "But hardly had he entered it when his limbs began to stiffen with a sudden chill, then he lost his color, and the vital warmth left almost his entire body. His attendants . carried him almost unconscious to his tent" (Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander III, V:1-4). To the left is the aged river god. To the right smoke rises from the fire set in Tarsus by Darius's retreating troops. The picture was painted shortly before Testa drowned in the Tiber, apparently a suicide. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An Unfinished Study of Venus and Adonis. Date/Period: Between 1800 and 1820. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 343 mm (13.50 in); Width: 432 mm (17 in). Author: THOMAS STOTHARD.

Oilgrisaille painting by Franz Anton Maulbertsch depicting Venus and Adonis, showing figures, gestures, composition, and drapery in brown, black, and light yellow on cardboard.

Lot and His Daughters. Lot is drunked by his daughters. Sitting on rocks in a landscape getting fate of his two naked daughters offered a drinking bowl, right on a rock is the wine jug. In the background the woman's fate as salt pillar for the burning cities of Sodom and Gomorra.

Painting of The Judgement of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens dated 1632

Spranger / Minerva as Victor / c.1591

Jozef en de vrouw van Potifar.Joseph and Potifar's wife. Jozef is released from the hug of Potifar's wife, which is naked on the edge of her bed. Bottom left a blindfolded cupid. To an original by Carlo Cignani. Part of the miniature collection.

'Bacchanalia with the Herma of Priapus'. France, 1780. Dimensions: 26,2x20,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacques-Philippe Caresme.

'Bacchanal on Andros', 1523-1526, Oil on canvas, 175 cm x 193 cm, P00418. Author: TIZIANO VECELLIO DE GREGORIO-TICIANO-. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Silenus.

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory. The subjects for this painting and its pendant (right of the mantelpiece) come from the Metamorphoses, famous stories by the Roman author Ovid. In both scenes, Jupiter, king of the gods, disguised himself in order to seduce a maiden. Here, he is seen as a shepherd courting Mnemosyne. In the other painting, he passes himself off as Diana, goddess of the hunt, in order to charm her nymph Callisto.

'The Entombment (copy)'. Italy. Dimensions: 32x26,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PARMIGIANINO.

APOTEOSIS DE LA VIDA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO CAMILO (1615-1673). Location: MUSEO CERRALBO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Parable of the Prodigal Son. Dating: 1538. Measurements: h 74.5 cm × w 99.5 cm; d 5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis Massijs.

The Toilet of Bathsheba, painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669), historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from that time .

Diana with nymphs. Torelli, Felice (1667-1748), painter

'Reinaldo enamorado de Armida, en la isla de Orontes', 1628-1630, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 27 cm x 39 cm, P01828. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis 1636 Flanders. Oil on panel . Peter Paul Rubens

Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Flemish painter. Diana and Calisto. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain.

P. P. Rubens / Diana and Callisto

The Rape of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology, painting by Titian

Peter Paul (workshop of) Rubens (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640). Saint Roch as Patron of Plague Victims (ca. 1623). Oil on panel. 64.3 x 49.5 cm. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, SPAIN.

Venus Receiving the Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas; about 1770-75; Oil on canvas Gaetano Gandolfi; Italian; 1734-1802

TAPIZ. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (1577-1640). Location: MUSEO CATEDRAL. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Renaissance painting in the museum of Santa Croce Church, UNESCO world heritage site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Fall of Simon Magus, c. 1745- 1750. Studio of Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787). Oil on canvas; framed: 207 x 133 x 10.5 cm (81 1/2 x 52 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.); unframed: 183 x 108 cm (72 1/16 x 42 1/2 in.).

Venus & Mars Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) Italian Pinacoteca Sabauda Torino, Italy

SAN CRISTOBAL - DETALLE DEL RETABLO DE LA VISITACION PROCEDENTE DEL CONVENTO DE SANTA URSULA - 1535. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ. Toledo. SPAIN.

Backanal på Andros The Andrians. Date/Period: 1630s. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,000 mm (78.74 in); Width: 2,150 mm (84.64 in). Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

'Scene from Aesop's Fables'. Germany, 17th century. Dimensions: 74x98 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Joachim von Sandrart I.

Austria, Vienna, Tarquinius and Lucretia

The Boys with the Shell', c1670. Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo. Bartolome Esteban Murillo(1617-1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter, best known for his religious works.

The Fountain of Love, Jean Honore Fragonard, circa 1785, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America

Aurora Ascending The Heavens Julien de Parme (1736-1799 French) Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Palazzo Galleria, Florence Italy.

The offering has a pan Jacques Philippe Caresme (1734-1796). The Pan Offering. Black Stone, Color Chalk and Gouache Rehabilitation on Paper, 1768. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Small Palace.

Mystic marriage of St Catherine, 1610-1620, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574-1625), oil on canvas, 155x135 cm.

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