Mythological Love Scenes

Depictions of mythological figures in intimate poses, featuring themes of love and affection, with detailed engravings emphasizing sensuality and classical beauty.

Vulcan and Ceres (title on object) Mythological love stories (series title), Ceres is in front of the fire of the blacksmith. Vulcan kisses her. In the foreground Cupid and the cornucopia, love affairs or Vulcan, love affairs of Ceres, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros), Pieter van Gunst (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1659 - 1731, paper, engraving, h 428 mm × w 298 mm

Neptunus and Amphitrite Kissing, John Smith (Print Maker/ Publisher) (Attributed to), After Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, After Perino del Vaga, After Titian, 1662 - 1742 print paper (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). (story of) Amphitrite - love-affairs. fishes

Two Women on a Couch. Artist: George William Thornley (French, 1857-1935); After () François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in. (45 x 31.5 cm)Image: 12 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. (32.4 x 22 cm). Date: late 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus and Cupid 1571-1650 Sadeler, after Bartholomeus Spranger Netherlandish. Venus and Cupid 461613

Angel with laurel wreath. .

Vulcan and Ceres (title on object) Mythological love stories (series title), Ceres is in front of the fire of the blacksmith. Vulcan kisses her. In the foreground Cupid and the cornucopia, love affairs or Vulcan, love affairs of Ceres, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros), Pieter van Gunst (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1659 - 1731, paper, engraving, h 428 mm × w 298 mm

Copper engraving and etching by Pieter van Gunst depicting Bacchus and Ariadne, created between 1674 and 1732, illustrating the classical mythological figures in a detailed composition.

Book of Fountains: No. 4, c. 1736. Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772), after François Boucher (French, 1703-1770). Etching; sheet: 35.5 x 25.9 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.); platemark: 27.1 x 17.3 cm (10 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.). French prints promoting lart rocaille (rock and shell art) or goût pittoresque (picturesque taste) quickly migrated throughout Europe and influenced the development of an international rococo style. The drawing on the left is one of Bouchers designs for a printed suite of ornamental fountains, two of which are on display here. Boucher melds the shapes of animals, rocks, shells, mythological beasts, and humans into fanciful cascades with a sense of unstable equilibrium.

Young man, sitting and standing, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1807 - 1808 The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching

Night, plate four from Four Times of Day 1585-1607 Netherlands. Engraving on cream laid paper (discolored to beige) . Jan Saenredam

Raphael, Dente, Marco, Delessert, Benjamin, Marc de Ravenne, Junon, Cérès et Psyché, Photo reproduction of an engraving of Juno, Ceres and Psyche by Marco Dente, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 254 mm, width 195 mm, French, 1817 - 1868, photographer, 1848 - 1853, photographic paper, photo paper, salted paper print, salt print, Work conception, Italian, 1486 - 1527, after a print by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, intermediary draftsman

Image of a sleeping faun, Louis Desplaces, After Charles Joseph Natoire, 1697 - 1739 print Paris paper engraving / etching satyrs, fauns, Sileni. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Pomona - The Goddess of Orchards, Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, after Hans Rotenhamer, 1564-1625, German, undated, Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 1/4 inches (35.1 × 26 cm), Plate: 13 5/16 × 9 3/4 inches (33.8 × 24.8 cm), and Image: 12 13/16 × 9 11/16 inches (32.5 × 24.6 cm), apples, baskets, children, fruit, goddess, gourds, grapes, harvest, holding, men, nymphs, orchard, pumpkin, religious and mythological subject, trees

Sleeping winged man, anonymous, 1630 - 1700 print France paper etching / engraving sleeping; unconsciousness

William Fairland after John Flaxman, Part of the Last Judgment from Michael Angelo, published 1829 Part of the Last Judgment from Michael Angelo

Male Nude Seated and Standing 1641-1651 Holland. Etching on ivory laid paper . Rembrandt van Rijn

Seduction. Artist: Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron (French, Besançon 1816-1885 Geneva). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 5/16 in. (44.8 × 31.3 cm)Image: 8 1/8 × 6 3/8 in. (20.7 × 16.2 cm). Printer: Bertauts. Series/Portfolio: Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes. Date: 1850. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Etching and engraving depicting Venus and Cupid, showing figures, gestures, and attributes. Produced between 1670 and 1693, emphasizing mythological narrative and classical composition.

Copper engraving by Bartolomeus Willemsz Dolendo from 1598 depicting the mythological figures Jupiter and Ceres, showing gestures, attributes, and classical symbolism.

La tentation de saint Antoine , Saints, Temptation, Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Print, Three Putti; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); Print Maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702-1760); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper

La muse , Composers, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

De Virtue and De Drie Gratiën, Pierre François Courtois, After De Seve, 1746 - 1763 print Paris paper etching Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)

Louis Marin Bonnet after François Boucher, Young Woman Seated on a Bed, 1767 Young Woman Seated on a Bed

Lucretia threatens by sextus with dagger; Tarquinius and Lucretia.

Angy Pczycki, Stanis AW (CA 1769-Post 1844), Vieira, Francisco (1765-1805); around 1858 (print); after 1800 (matrix) (1800-00-00-1858-00-00);

Etching in punctuation manner and copper engraving by Matthys Pool depicting Venus and Adonis, created between 1690 and 1732, illustrating 17th-18th century mythological narrative and European engraving.

Etching by Pieter Fransz. de Grebber from 1600-1653 depicting Bathsheba receiving a letter from King David, showing figures, gestures, and narrative composition.

Satyr Attacking a Nymph Repulsed by Cupid. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); George William Thornley (French, 1857-1935). Dimensions: Mount: 12 5/16 x 17 5/16 in. (31.2 x 44 cm)Sheet: 5 1/16 x 7 1/4 in. (12.8 x 18.4 cm). Date: 1881. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Duo des Troyens (2e planche) , Queens, Heroes, Romances, Dido Legendary character, Aeneas Legendary character, Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Troyens à Carthage. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Venus in the cooping, charge Slillets, after francesco salutati, 1766 print paper Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

The death of Cleopatra, Anonymous, 1600 - 1799 drawing Southern Netherlands paper. deck paint. chalk brush / brush

Exlibris: Kekleimenon des Küntlers Eigenes Buchzeichen; Bayros, Franz von (1866-1924), Verlag Dr. Rudolf Ludwig (Vienna; Publisher; Ca 1908-1914); 1911 (1911-00-00-1911-00-00);Partage Plus, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, acts, female acts, angels (iconogr.), Aureols, thorns (bot), eroticism, heads, musical instruments, women, modernism (style), ornaments , plant ornaments, bas -reliefs, secession (style), violin

Salamacis en hermaphroditus, Moses Van Wtenbrouck, 1600 - 1647 print The Nymph Salmacis extends to Hermaphroditus, who is trying to ward off her before she hugs him and, according to the myth, would merge into a two -legged creature. They are on the edge of a forest lake. Scene from Ovidius metamorphoses (with. II, 341-357). The Hague paper etching / engraving story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373)

Mother with child kneeling for Maria and Engelen, Willem Hendrik Franquinet, after Guercino, 1809 - 1854 print Maria is sitting on a cloud. Around her head a jet wreath and two angels behind her. To the right of the mother with child two angels and a few putti. paper mother and baby or young child. Mary enthroned (+ angel(s)). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Actaeon en Diana, Bernard Lens (I), 1669 - 1743 print London paper etching Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193)

Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1697 print Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, History XXV. The half -naked Mrs. Catulla kills the naked Richard Minutolo, with whom she left in bed by insert. Netherlands paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Boccaccio, Decamerone

The Coke and Perkin (The Cook's Tale, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) late 18th century Francis Chesham British. The Coke and Perkin (The Cook's Tale, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) 407850

Goetterdoemmerung. Siegfried et les Filles du Rhin (1re planche) , Fictitious characters, Heroes, Siegfried Legendary character, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

A woman in straw bonnet and petticoats mounts a gentleman in a park, 18th century. A statue of Cupid with his arrow watches from above. Copperplate engraving heliogravure by Francois Rolland Elluinafter Antoine Borel from Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouches Memoiren des Saturnin, von ihm selbst Niedergeschreiben, Privatdruck, Liepzig, 1911. Also known as Le Portier des Chartreux, it was one of several erotic novels written by Latouche, 1715-1782, a lawyer at the Paris Parliament.

Sater spies a sleeping nymph, Caspar Netscher, 1649 - 1684 print paper sleeping; unconsciousness. satyr(s) (in general)

Niobe punished for her recess. Design for a painting.

Vérité (petite planche) , Fictitious characters, Nudes. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Winged boy lifted by a winged man, Pierre Bouillon, 1818 - 1819 print Print is part of an album. paper classical antiquity (historical epoch). gods ~ classical mythology

Vénus et l'Amour (petite planche) , Goddesses, Gods, Venus Roman deity, Cupid Roman deity. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Seated woman, c. 1630 - c. 1670 drawing paper. chalk

La damnation de Faust: apparition de Marguerite (The Damnation of Faust: The Apparition ofMarguerite). Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904

This copper engraving and etching depicts a Pieta set against the ruined architecture of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, combining devotional imagery with architectural elements from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Adam in Eva, Jean Louis Anselin, after Jean Jacques François Le Barbier, 1808 print France paper etching / engraving Adam and Eve (not in biblical context)

Two satyrs with a sleeping nymph, print maker: Jan van Somer, 1655 - 1700, paper, h 253 mm × w 181 mm

Theseus is raised by Ariadne after beating the Minotaur. .

Sketch, Classical Man, Woman, and Child. pen and ink on paper. Date: 1820-1850. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Two young women in the body of Don Juan, Theodoor Schaepkens, in or after 1834 print After his shipwreck, Don Juan is found by two Greek young women. Localist mentioned L'Artiste (no 14). Brussels paper Don Juan

Vénus Anadyomène , Goddesses, Supernatural beings, Aphrodite Greek deity. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Etching by Pierre Alexandre Aveline in 1738 depicting a male nude figure as an academic exercise.

Bacchanal with nymph and two putti, Gilles Demarteau, After Louis Lebarbier (I), 1732 - 1776 print Bacchanal with nymph embraced by putto and putto that eats grapes, lying on leopard sheet, the nymph holds a tambourine. Paris paper etching children's bacchanal (+ variant). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

A drawing by François Boucher of five nymphs bathing, created with black chalk between 1730 and 1770.

A 16th-17th century copper engraving and etching by Lucas Kilian depicting the mythological hero Hercules, showing his figure, strength, and symbolic actions.

Ornament with two putti, anonymous, 1650 - 1750 drawing Sculpture with two angels and leaf vines. paper. ink. watercolor (paint). deck paint pen / brush Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

. Flora, sitting with bare breasts, with a basket with flowers under her arm. Next to her is a vase with flowers. Sandwich in Latin.

Title print for a series of chimney pieces with saters and nymphs, ca. 1700; Ordonnances des Tableaux A Mettre Devant Les Mineés. Title print for a series of four chimney pieces with representations of Saters and nymphs, ca. 1700. lying naked woman spied by a Sater that is grabbed by a Cupid at a horn.

. Leda is visited by Jupiter at the river. He tries to seduce her in the form of a swan. In the air the eagle is attribute. In the margin a five-line caption with an assignment in Latin.

The Hague, Esser, Wijnand, De Nagtmerri berid Napoleon or Papa Violet, Napoleon's English nightmare, 1813, verso - stamped, Cartoon on Napoleon from 1813-1814 in which the emperor lies helpless on his camp bed while an English bulldog sits on top of him. Papa Violet was a nickname for Napoleon., print, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 330 mm, width 245 mm, Dutch, 1779-05-21 - 1860-05-09, print maker, printmaker, 1813 - 1814, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Tarquinius in Lucretia, Charles François Hutin, 1763 - 1766 print Tarquinius overwhelms Lucretia who lies half naked on a bed, threatening with a dagger. paper etching the rape of Lucretia: Sextus Tarquin threatens her with a dagger or a sword

Susanna and the elders, Louis Surugue, After Nicolaas Verkolje, 1729 print France paper etching / engraving the elders spying upon Susanna

Relief with personification of the water element above bow on the west side of the civilian hall in the town hall on the Dam. Relief with personification of the element of water above the right (northern) arch on the west side of the civil room in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Instead of legs, she has two fish tails. On her shot a jug from which water flows in her left hand, which sprays water. On her head a crown of aquatic plants. Under her fish tails shells. Signed under the right of the middle: E (crossed out). Numbering at the bottom right Added: CII N 1.

Etching by Rudolf Jettmar from 1904 titled 'The Furies', on gray paper, depicting mythological figures in dynamic composition with detailed line work and expressive forms.

Klingsor evokes Kundry with a spell, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883 print Scene from the Opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner. Paris paper opera

Copper engraving and etching by E. Guersant titled 'The removed shirt,' created in 1782, depicting a figure in a moment of undressing.

Venus spied by a Sater. The sleeping Venus is glued by a Sater. Amor is sleeping next to Venus.

Beatrice Listening to Hero and Ursula - 'Much Ado About Nothing', Act III, Scene I, John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, after Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-70; 1779 on), 1791, Mezzotint, Sheet: 22 x 18in. (55.9 x 45.7cm)

Catalogue raisonne et figure de ses tableaux, La Galerie Électorale de Düsseldorf, Pigage, Nicolas de, 1723-1796, Red crayon, or pen, ink and watercolor, 1770-1778

Etching by Pietro del Pò depicting John the Baptist in the desert, created between 1650 and 1690.

London, Poggi, Antonio, Kauffmann, Angelica, Bartolozzi, Francesco, Shakespeariana, Shakespeare's grave, verso - handwritten in brown ink, A Muse strewing flowers at the grave of William Shakespeare., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, N. 283., height 435 mm, width 344 mm, Italian, 1727-09-25 - 1815-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1782-07-01 - 1782-07-01, paper, etching, etchings, stipple engraving, color printing, 1741-10-30 - 1807-11-05, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Suzanna and the elders, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, after Jan Lievens, 1632 - 1636 print Leiden paper etching / engraving Susanna bathing, usually in or near a fountain and sometimes accompanied by two female servants

A partly nude bacchante holding a disk in her left hand and raising her garments with right ca. 1795-1820 Vicenzo Feoli From a series of engravings depicting wall paintings from Herculaneum, made by various engravers and intermediary draughtsman, all pulblished by Agapito Franzetti.. A partly nude bacchante holding a disk in her left hand and raising her garments with right 669038

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, Bacchus and Ariadne, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Copper engraving and etching by Abraham Blooteling depicting the mythological figures Alphesus and Arethusa, created between 1656 and 1690.

Apollo and Daphne, Pieter van Gunst, After Titian, 1659 - 1731 print The Nymph Daphne is chased by the Apollo in love. She prays her father Peneus, for help and immediately she turns into a laurel tree: branches and leaves grow out of her hands. In the foreground the river god Peneus. Amsterdam paper engraving Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)

Pygmalion and Galatea, Jean N. Langier, French, 1785 - 1875, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, French, 1767 - 1824, Engraving on china paper, pasted down, France, 1824, Print, Print

Bloemaert, Abraham, Northern Netherlands, Saenredam, Jan, Sine Cerere et Baccho triget Venus, Venus, Bacchus and Ceres, verso middle - stamped, Venus sits between the goddess Ceres (with sickle and cornucopia) and Bacchus (with a bunch of grapes) and is embraced by them. Amor stands beside her., print, prints, height 265 mm, width 215 mm, 1565 - 1607-04-06, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1607, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27

To Berlioz, small plate. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1895. Dimensions: 214 × 142 mm (image); 347 × 270 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on off-white chine. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Allegorical Subject: Nude Woman, Three Children and a Mousetrap (La Sourcière) Claude Mellan French. Allegorical Subject: Nude Woman, Three Children and a Mousetrap (La Sourcière) 393598

Mercury; Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts, Ou Recueil Des Plus Belles Estampes, Gravées D'Aprés Les Tableaux Originaux (...). Ceiling piece with the god Mercury, flying with the caduceus in his hand. In the background the gods of the Olympus on the clouds. Print is part of an album.

Lydé , Goddesses, Leda Greek deity. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Kneeling man, to the right, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1719 drawing paper. chalk the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Shakspeare. Timon of Athens, act IV, scene III : A wood : Timon, Alcibiades, Phrynia, and Timandra , Forests, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Timon of Athens. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Etching by S. Bennet from 1803 in Dotier manner showing Leda, depicting the mythological figure with gesture, posture, and detailed form.

Hesione visited by a sea monster, monogrammist AB, After Alexandre Bettou, c. 1647 print paper etching / engraving Hercules liberates Hesione, Laomedon's daughter, by killing the sea monster. monsters of the sea

Claude Duflos created copper engravings and etchings between 1680 and 1727 depicting Venus and Amor, illustrating mythological figures with 17th- and 18th-century European engraving techniques.

Vénus Anadyomène , Goddesses, Supernatural beings, Aphrodite Greek deity. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Jupiter and Antiope, Pieter van Sompel, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1615 - 1643 print Jupiter, in the shape of a Sater, bends over the sleeping antiope. In addition to Jupiter his eagle. With an explanatory caption in Latin. paper etching / engraving Jupiter, disguised as a satyr, approaches the sleeping Antiope; the eagle may be standing nearby

Honoré Daumier, Le Nid abandonné, 1851 Le Nid abandonné

Cymon and Iphigenia, Print made by Francis Haward, 1759-1797, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, Published by Francis Haward, 1759-1797, British, Text by John Dryden, British, 1797, Etching and stipple engraving (second state) on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 19 1/4 × 20 1/4 inches (48.9 × 51.4 cm) and Image: 16 7/8 × 19 3/8 inches (42.9 × 49.2 cm)

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Daullé depicting allegorical figures tending the flowers of love, created around 1750.

Two children with grapesros, Jan van Munnickhuysen, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1664 - 1721 print Two naked children at a fire pot. One child tries to steal grapes from the grapes of the other. Netherlands paper engraving bunch of grapes. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. children's bacchanal. warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier)

Saint John the Baptist as a child holding a lamb; scenes from his life and grottesche in the border. Engraving by J. Rogers after B.E. Murillo

Dordrecht, Vries, Nicolaes de, Houbraken, Arnold, Theatre of symbols opened to the service of painters, sculptors etc., Ordonnances des tableaux a mettre devant les Gemineés, Venus spied on by a satyr, verso lower left - stamped, Venus, talking to Amor, is spied on by a satyr. Behind her is a plaque with seven lines in French. Title print of part 2 of a series of prints with symbols, consisting of three parts with 23, 17 and 20 prints respectively., print, title print, prints, height 125 mm, width 156 mm, 1660-03-28 - 1719-10-14, print maker, printmaker, 1688 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Évocation de Kundry (1re planche) , Fictitious characters, Magicians, Magic, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Stande Nimf, Marie Philippe Coupin de la Couterie, 1818 - 1819 print Print is part of an album. paper nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

H. Matthew and the Engel, monogramemist VA, 1600 - 1630 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving angel (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Matthew

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