Mythological Drawings

Ink and chalk illustrations depicting mythological scenes and figures, capturing dynamic movements and emotional expressions.

Grave of Christ, Anonymous, 1600 - 1800 drawing The burial of Christ in a ruin with rocaille ornaments and garlands. Putti are on top of the ruin, they watch. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Brown ink drawing with white highlights by Peter Strudel from around 1690-1695 depicting the mythological scene of Marsyas being cast.

Battling Tritons. Salvator Rosa (Italy, Naples, 1615-1673). Italy, circa 1660-1661. Prints; etchings. Etching with drypoint

Black chalk drawing with white highlights by Joseph Francois Parrocel depicting Minerva surrounded by symbols of the arts, including musical and visual tools.

Grave of Christ, Anonymous, 1600 - 1800 drawing The burial of Christ in a ruin with rocaille ornaments and garlands. Putti are on top of the ruin, they watch. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Dream 5. Teacher witch giving lessons of bravery to her disciple on the latters first flight. Training witches'. 1796 - 1797. Pencil, Iron gall ink, Black chalk lines on dark yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Title. Diane. Seventh issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 517; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Chalk and feather drawing by Luca Cambiaso depicting St. Antonius as a hermit confronting the devil with a cross, circa 1566.

Cattle Beside Cart Wheel 1640-1655 Italy. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wood pulp laminate board . Francesco Castiglione

Apollo at right holding a bow chasing Daphne at the left. Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice). Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in. (16 x 10 cm). Date: ca. 1538-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Young man on the coast, fleeing for a sea monster, Louis Deyster, 1666 - 1711 print paper etching monsters ~ swimming mammals. flight, running away; pursuing

Group Saints from Michelangelo's last judgment. A group of saints from Michelangelo's last judgment. In the middle of Bartolomeüs with a knife and his stripped skin in his hands. Left Petrus with keys.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Apollo and Daphné. Nineteenth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 501; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Hercules and the Zwijn van Eymanthus, Antonio Tempesta, 1608 print Hercules catches the wild boar that made the region around the Erymanthus mountain unsafe. In the background, Hercules wears the boar on his shoulders. paper etching most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours. (4) the Erymanthian boar is captured by Hercules

. Zephyrus, the god of the Westwind, blows the ships of Odysseus ahead.

Red chalk and gray-brown wash drawing on primed paper by Giacinto Brandi depicting Alpheios pursuing Arethusa, with Venus, Amor, and a river god in the scene.

Demons try to seduce Sint-Antonius, Henri François Schaefels, 1853 print paper etching St. Antony Abbot tormented by devils, attacking him on the ground or carrying him aloft

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Fables, Meleagre and Atalante. Thirty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 509; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Eau-tie. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Jason and De Dragon, Salvator Rosa, c. 1663 - c. 1664 print Jason pours the magic magic of Medea over the dragon that monitors the Golden Fleece. Italy paper etching / drypoint fight with the dragon; Jason sprinkles a drug in its eyes, possibly assisted by Medea

Depicts the robbery of Proserpina, drawn in red chalk with feather, showing figures, gesture, and interaction within the scene.

Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder ca. 1662 Stefano della Bella Italian. Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder 362301

JUPITER verbare Cupid is shipped from Hemel ; Small world .

Design for a Title Page 1780-1800 Anonymous, British, 18th century British. Design for a Title Page 386429

St. Mark, Paolo de Mattheis, Italian, 1662 - 1728, Black and white chalk on green paper, Figure of Saint Mark holds a book in his left arm and a pen, aloft, in his right ;the lion is at lower left. Verso: sketch of a shoulder and upper arm., Naples, Italy, ca. 1660-1730, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Jupiter a Europe, Anonymous, After Guido Reni, 1600 - 1649 print Jupiter in the form of a bull with Europe on his back. Two putti on dolphins on the left. Italy paper etching Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. swimming mammals: dolphin

Parmigianino, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (recto), c 1524 1527 The Fall of the Rebel Angels recto

Saint George and the Dragon. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: sheet: 11.8 x 11.1 cm (4 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Palumba.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Etching on laid paper, Vertical rectangle showing a woman offering a lamb to a hound emerging from an acanthus leaf above her head. At her feet, another hound., Italy, ca. 1653, ornament, Print, Print

Maria a cheek, Anonymous, After Guido Reni, 1600 - 1699 drawing Mary and Child, that a holy crown. paper. deck paint. chalk. ink pen Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in front of her in her lap (or in front of her bosom). the soldier martyr Florian of Lorch; possible attributes: bucket (pitcher), lance with banner, millstone, palm-branch, shield (with cross), sword - apotheosis, glory, triumph of male saint

Three flying putti with banderollen, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

The Pancake Woman 1635 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch. The Pancake Woman 391619

The Infant Saint John the Baptist with the Infant Christ in the Wilderness (recto); Fragment of Architectural Design with Engaged Corinthian Columns (verso) ca. 1700-1750 Attributed to Pedro Duque Cornejo For the attribution of this drawing to the sculptor Pedro Duque Cornejo, see M. García Luque, 'Dibujos de Duque Cornejo en el Álbum Jaffe (I): la colección del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philiostrato. Revista de Historia y Arte, no. 3, 2018, cat.no. 22.. The Infant Saint John the Baptist with the Infant Christ in the Wilderness (recto); Fragment of Architectural Design with Engaged Corinthian Columns (verso) 336532

Damnation of Heresy. After Pietro Testa; Italian, 1611/12-1650. Date: 1630-1631. Dimensions: 317 x 231 mm. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Rafael Ximeno y Planes / 'Olympus'. XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Four seasons suggested by four children. Spring with floral wreath sits in the middle, the back of the summer with corn sheaf, right autumn bearing fruits and winter warming to a fire.

Une femme à cheval, tenan son enfant devant elle et se dirigeant vers la droite. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Dante and Virgil on the back of Geryon. Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1770-1844 Copenhagen). Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/16 x 10 3/4 in. (33.5 x 27.3 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mascarille Sitting; Design for the illustration of "les preciereuses Ridicules '' from the 1734 Edition of Molice of Molks (Vol. I, Pl. 247his, pigeon.

Nymphs and Saters arranged around an ornamental vase. Nymphs and saters arranged around an ornamental vase, in which branches are suitable, in the foreground a playing child.

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Carracci, Ludovico, Agostino, Annibale, Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, L'Enea Vagante pitture dei Caracci, Wanderings of Aeneas, Hic Polyphemus adest horrens, graditurq per aequor, verso - stamped, The one-eyed giant Polyphemus pursues Aeneas' fleet. Numbered: XII., print, prints, Polyphemus pursuing the fleet of Aeneas, height 245 mm, width 504 mm, Italian, 1634 - 1718-02-08, print maker, printmaker, 1663 - 1663, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, after a painting by, 1557 - 1602-03-22, 1555 - 1619-11-13, 1627 - 1691, printer, drukker

Naked woman with drapery Om holds scale up, anonymous, monogrammist ma (Italy), in or after 1575 print Italy paper etching nude with covered genitals - AA - female human figure

Sketches of Cain Die Abel kills, Jacopo Palma (Il Giovane), 1554 - 1628 drawing prepared paper. chalk. ink pen / brush the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Elijah is taken up to heaven in a chariot of triumph. His cloak falls off. Depiction of the Bible story 2 Kings 2:1-18, Ascension of Elijah, print maker: Jacob de Wit, after: Peter Paul Rubens, Amsterdam, 1705 - 1754, paper, etching, h 338 mm × w 402 mm

Italy, Borgianni, Orazio, Saint Christopher with the Christ Child on his Shoulder, recto lower left - handwritten in brown ink, Saint Christopher with the Christ Child on his shoulder, wading through the water. Text in bottom margin., print, prints, verso - stamped, 109, height 390 mm, width 291 mm, 1578 - 1616-01-11, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1616, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Study sheet with heads and rider, Karel du Jardin, 1652 - 1659 print paper etching postures of the head. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

A lying goat herds and an angel on watch, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), After Abraham Bloemaert, after c. 1625 print A man is looking at an angel in the background on his stomach. With two -way Latin caption. paper engraving Pastoral, Arcadian Scenes

Josef Winterhalder the Younger, The Glorification of a Prelate, c 1780 The Glorification of a Prelate

Four naked children's figures at a garden vase (winter), Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754 print Four naked children's figures in a landscape, with garlands. One of them has grape bunches and leaves around the head and another warms up to a grid. Amsterdam paper etching garden vase. child (+ nude human being). warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier). winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) (+ allegorical or symbolical representation of seasons and months)

Vatican City, Michelangelo, Florence, Barbiere, Domenico del, Group of saints from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, verso - stamped, A group of saints from Michelangelo's Last Judgment. In the center Bartholomew with a knife and his flayed skin in his hands. On the left Peter with keys., print, engraving, prints, engravings, 68, recto upper left - handwritten in brown ink, height 379 mm, width 250 mm, Italian, 1506 - 1575, print maker, printmaker, 1541 - 1565, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by

Fighting tritons on the water; Tritons and river gods ..

Three putti in the water. Along a covered shore there are three putti with butterfly wings in the water. One of them wears a basket with fish above the head. An eel winds out of the basket.

Four putti between the clouds, Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754 print Amsterdam paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

A brown ink drawing by Paul Troger showing a smoking angel with three putti, emphasizing figures, gestures, and cloud composition, circa 1730-1734.

Giacinto Calandruccis red chalk and feather drawing depicts the biblical scene of Lot with his daughters.

A Flying Angel Carrying a Palm Branch, Pen and black ink, black chalk on laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Figure of a flying angel carrying a palm branch directed toward the right. The throat and the head are shown slightly obliquely from the front. The left arm is raised. Two or three indistinct letters are written in the lower right corner., Southern Germany, early 17th century, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Young woman attacked by death; The brutal. A young woman is sitting on a couch next to a bare man with wild hair. He tries to overwhelm her, she oversees him angry.

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609-1664, Etching on paper, In a setting of classical ruins, four angels adore the Child Jesus, behind whom the Madonna kneels. At the right in the sky is God the Father, and at the left in the sky two flying cherubs hold over their heads a ribbon which is inscribed 'GLORIA IN EXCELSUS.', Genoa, Italy, 1647-50, figures, Print, Print

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Hercules and Dra. Thirty-seven number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 511; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Heavenly Ganymede. Henry Fuseli; Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825. Date: 1804. Dimensions: 315 × 240 mm (image); 382 × 279 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Parmigianino, Italy, Trento, Antonio da, Diana on the hunt, verso - stamped, Diana with her dogs, hunting a deer., print, prints, height 106 mm, width 148 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1550, print maker, printmaker, 1520 - 1550, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Two Soldiers, One Seated on a Ledge, Holding a Cane. 1656 - 1657. Rosa, Salvator, 1615-1673. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Market Scene late 16th-17th century Matthäus Gundelach German. Market Scene. Matthäus Gundelach (German, Hessen ca. 1566-1653/4 Augsburg). late 16th-17th century. Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over a sketch in black and red chalk. Drawings

Drawing, Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun, for the Sala di Apollo e Diana, Palazzo Bianchetti, Bologna; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper; 38.4 x 25.5 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Sailing angels with the Christkind, Theodoor Schaepkens, 1825 - 1883 print paper etching angels. Christ-child together with others. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Look how solemn they are!'. 1797 - 1799. Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Angel from the Assumption recto. Dated: 1752/1756. Dimensions: overall: 12.4 x 18 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Pajou after Charles Mellin.

Three naked men in landscape Climbers, Three naked men who just climbed a slope. One of the three tries to help a fourth figure who is still climbing (hand visible below). In the background a landscape with a shed, male sex, man, the (nude) human figure, 'Corpo humano' (Ripa), Michele Greco (mentioned on object), Italy, 1534 - 1609, paper, etching, h 280 mm × w 225 mm

Adolescent John the Baptist with a Lamb in the Wilderness. Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, 17th century. Dimensions: 4-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. (10.8 x 11.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Abduction of Helen. Artist: Luca Giordano (Italian, Naples 1634-1705 Naples). Dimensions: 7 13/16 x 10 1/2in. (19.9 x 26.7cm). Date: 1634-1705. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), the five dead. Death leading to an old man in a tomb where another death comes out. Fifth issue of a sequence of 5 rooms. (A. de Vesme 91; dutuit 137) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The twin ichthyocentaurs Bythos and Aphros, from from Greek mythology. Date: ca. 1800. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine. Artist: Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona () ca. 1537-after 1586); After Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice); After a design by Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 4 5/8 in. (16.7 × 11.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Funeral with Honors ("Valientes exequias"). Artist: Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (Spanish, Madrid 1807-1845 Madrid). Dimensions: 7-1/4 x 5-3/16 in. (18.4 x 13.2 cm). Date: 1807-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hercules points his arrow at Nessus that deilanira is relieving.

Chalk and feather drawing by Francesco Fontebasso depicting the biblical sacrifice of Isaac, with pink highlights and paper creases.

Le Mulier (Dutuit Page 98) Bye, Marcus de. Le Mulier (Dutuit Page 98). Heu-strong.

Print (France); Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.) Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Twice Maria with child, Jan de Bisschop, After Giulio Romano, After Parmigianino, 1668 - 1671 print Maria with child in the clouds. Christ makes a gesture. Right Maria with Christ on her lap. Northern Netherlands paper etching Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds. Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)

Study for St. Paul the Hermit, Black and white crayon with blue gouache on paper, The hermit is shown seated between rocks and beneath a tree. He sleeps seated. A loaf of bread lies before him and the raven approaches carrying something in his beak., 1800-1820, religion, Drawing, Drawing

The Figurine Series: Figurine, 1656-57. Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673). Etching and drypoint;

Anonymous / 'Joseph Explaining Dreams in Prison () / Portrait of a Young Man'. XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Black chalk, White chalk on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Hercules beats Acheloüs in the form of a bull, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1653 - 1655 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a bull, or a bull-headed man. while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a bull, or a bull-headed man

The Glorification of a Prelate. Dated: c. 1780. Dimensions: sheet: 45.6 x 34.6 cm (17 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Josef Winterhalder the Younger.

Apollo andDaphne. Artist: Pier Francesco Mola, Italian, 1612-1666 Artist, formerly attributed to: Unknown

Group from Last Judgment, St. Bartholomew, St. Peter, and other Apostles. Artist: Domenico del Barbiere (Italian, Florence () 1506-1565 Paris); Designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (37.5 x 22.5 cm)Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copy of Bacchante, Satyr, and Female Faun, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, Etching on laid paper, In the center, a compact group of a bacchante, a satyr and a female faun. They face left. The bacchante holds a thyrsus in her left hand and her right hand rests on a vase. In the background, trees., Italy, 1750-1760, figures, Print, Print

Charles Mellin drawing of the Annunciation to Mary, executed with stylus, pen, ink, brush, and brown wash.

The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom ca. 1496 Albrecht Dürer German. The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom 396272

Drawing (Italy)

Plate 19: a rider making his horse drink from a basin of a fountain at left, another horseman seen from behind riding towards the left in the background, from 'Various figures and doodles' (Diverses figures et griffonnemens) ca. 1646 Stefano della Bella Italian. Plate 19: a rider making his horse drink from a basin of a fountain at left, another horseman seen from behind riding towards the left in the background, from 'Various figures and doodles' (Diverses figures et griffonnemens) 412381

Betrayal ofChrist, mid-16th to mid-17thcentury, Pen drawing with wash on grey-buff paper, 34.9 × 25.8 cm (13 3/4 × 10 3/16in.), Possibly Italian orFrench, 16thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Studies of three hermits, draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert, 1574 - 1651, paper, h 244 mm × w 162 mm

'Martyr'. Italy, 16th-17th century. Dimensions: 23,2x32,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANTONIO BALESTRA.

Augsburg, Heart, Johann Daniel (I), Italy, Carlone, Carlo Innocenzo, Annunciation to Joseph in a dream, verso attachment sheet - stamped, Joseph lies asleep. In his dream an angel appears who announces his marriage to Mary. Mary is standing on a globe. A snake with an apple in its mouth coils around the globe. Angels are floating all around., print, prints, height 188 mm, width 119 mm, Italian, 1686 - 1775-05-17, print maker, printmaker, 1696 - 1775, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1693 - 1754, publisher, uitgever

Four Horsemen in Battle 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. Four Horsemen in Battle 338064

A brown ink drawing by Paul Troger depicting Amor, Vanitas, and Lucifer plunging into an abyss, emphasizing figure gestures, composition, and dramatic movement.

'Mercury and Painting', 1752-1753, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 19th century. Dimensions: 9-1/8 x 7 in. (23.2 x 17.8 cm). Date: 1840. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco depicting the creation of the sun and moon, showing celestial bodies, light, and sky with symbolic representation of the creation narrative.

November; Twelve months.

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