Mythological Narratives

Illustrative scenes from mythology and historic tales, showcasing human emotions and interactions with divine elements through detailed engravings.

Neptune, as the river Enipeus, seduces Iphimedeia, the wife of Aloeus. Design for a print, Neptune seduces Iphimedeia, draughtsman: François Chauveau, 1623 - 1676, paper, brush, pen, h 63 mm × w 85 mm

John Dixon, Fireplace Tiles, c 1936 Fireplace Tiles

Hymen and Cupid , Cupids, Gods, Mansions, Cliveden House & Spa : Taplow, England. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

Pen drawing by Gottfried Bernhard Göz showing Rocaille decoration with the Holy Pink from Viterbo, executed on gray-blue paper with gray ink and heightening, likely a ceiling design.

Neptune, as the river Enipeus, seduces Iphimedeia, the wife of Aloeus. Design for a print, Neptune seduces Iphimedeia, draughtsman: François Chauveau, 1623 - 1676, paper, brush, pen, h 63 mm × w 85 mm

Title page for: M. Bosch and A. Deken 'Stichtelyke Poems', 1775, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1775 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving grave, tomb. dog. Death as skeleton - FF - Death as female. earth, world as celestial body

Pen and brush drawing by Gottfried Bernhard Göz showing Rocaille decoration with a proclamation, on gray-blue paper, executed with gray laving and heighting (oxidated), possibly for a ceiling.

Man and his job, The priest, Jakob Matthias Schmuzer Schmuzer -, Drawer, Burchard Edinger, Lithographer, Matthias Rudolph Toma -, Printer, Publisher

Study for a Tailpiece 1774 Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen French. Study for a Tailpiece 335406

'madonn with a Child'. Germany, 15th-16th century. Dimensions: 23,1x19,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Albrecht Dürer.

Freedom Patron of French (TF)

Bacchanten, Sater and Woman with grapes, Charles Théodore Bernier, after Jacques Jordaens, 1881 - 1909 print paper etching satyr(s) (in general). attributes of Bacchus. bunch of grapes

Ticket to Mr. Fierville's Ball, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1781, Line engraving

Woman standing before an altar with a boetilium or hieromenon stone in the art of divination. Within a square decorative border. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.

View of Rome with Ruins, Trajans Column, Shepherd and Sheep. Artist: Francesco Amato, Italian, 17th century

Victoria crown a general. Victoria crowns a garlic with a laurel wreath. On the clouds the personification of fame. On the ground, weapon and resemble.

Invention of drawing, 1738 - 1815 print A girl paints the circumference of the shadow of her lover on a cloth that is worn by three putti. paper etching the origin of painting and drawing. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), Oval Vignette with two boys and a lady in a forest, (1793)

Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914). "Freedom, sketch for the ceiling of the town hall of the 6th arrondissement". Drawing. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Allegory, arrondissement of 6th 6th, decoration, drawing, sketch, freedom, town hall, ceiling, project

Allegorical female figure, in chariot, draughtsman: Johannes van Dregt, 1778, paper, pen, d 301 mm

Icarus & Talus Chasselat, Charles Abraham, 1782-1843. still image. Illustrations. 1789 - 1819. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Mythology, Greek, Icarus (Greek mythology)

Reynard the fox at home

Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis, Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719-1805, after 1771

Umbria Terni Narni Palazzo Scotti9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (16th century); frescoes (16th century) 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.

Man and his profession , The merchant , Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger -, Drawer, Kunz, Lithographer, Matthias Rudolph Toma -, printer, publisher

Allegory of love (in box with 43 drawings), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1744 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action)

Piel in the park; Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830); around 1785 (1780-00-00-1790-00-00);Branicki, Aleksander (1821-1877), Branicki, Aleksander (1821-1877)-collections, Branicki, Władysław (1848-1914), Branicki, Władysław (1848-1914)-collections, collection from Sucha-collection, Tarnowska, Anna ( 1876-1953), Tarnowska, Anna (1876-1953)-collections, Tarnowski, Juliusz (1864-1917), Tarnowski, Juliusz (1864-1917)-collections, Tarnowski, Juliusz Gabriel (1901-1989), Tarnowski, Juliusz Gabriel (1901-1989) - collections, genre scenes

Pilger u. Derwisch, ind. Zeichnung.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Muse and polish. Quadro from the decoration of the room of the room 21; Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786); 1776 (1776-00-00-1776-00-00);DESA - collection, master, god, Rome, Italy, town, Sylen, Terme di Tito, Umiastowski, Roman, collection, Nero's golden house, antique, architecture, archeology, relief, decorations, lens, muse, satire, purchase (provenance)

The Wedding of Hebe and Hercules, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, Lovers sit on bed. Two putti part with club and lion skin., Italy, ca. 1813, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Decoration of a panel with rinceaux, fowl, and mythological figures. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Susanna and the elders in Ovaal, Jan Saenredam, 1575 - 1607 print The two elders spy Susanna when bathing. Northern Netherlands paper engraving the elders spying upon Susanna

Drawing, The Wedding of Hebe and Hercules; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 19.6 x 19.2 cm (7 11/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Adoration of the Magi 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Adoration of the Magi. Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550-1580). 16th century. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Drawings

The Betrayal of Christ, (Christ Taken Captive), from the Circular Passion 1509 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. The Betrayal of Christ, (Christ Taken Captive), from the Circular Passion 364737

A Roman woman being adorned for the theatre or for a religious ceremony. The woman holds a mirror while a genius crowns her and a maid holds a garland of flowers. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.

The Kingdom of Neptune. Round performance with Neptune in the center, on horseback and with a trident in his right hand, surrounded by water on which (o.a.) traveling several men (tritons), nymphs and angels. Design for a bronze plaque or scale.

Copper engraving by Barthel Beham from 1525 depicting a Knäblein (small boy) with a dog.

Wenus toilet (Vestigia delle Terme di Tito - Quadro Central Decoration Field in Hall 25); Tuminello, L. (Rome; Photographic Plant; Fl. Ca 1880), Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), Brenna, Vincenzo (1741-1820); 1880-1900 (photography); 1776 (drawing) (1880-00-00-1880-00-00);

Bliżej Kultury Ferdinand Schenk Verlag for Art and Crafts, Vienna, Nieznany Rysownik Niderlandzki

Man receives a knighthood, Carel Christiaan Antony Last, After Jules David (1808-1892), After François Desterbecq, 1837 - 1840 print The man is surrounded by his family. He reads the accompanying letter. In the edge symbols that refer to virtue such as giving an alms, diligent work and a knighthood. After is design by: The hair Maker: Leidenter: Dordrechprivers: The Upublisher: The beha paper reading. knighthood order. family group, especially parents with their child(ren)

Louis XVI King of France

Collage of cut out prints stuck on an album blade of blue paper, various manufacturers, c. 1680 - c. 1720 print. collage Blue album magazine covered with cut out prints from different print makers and designers. paper engraving / etching / snipping water-birds: swan. Morris dance, 'Mauriskentanz'

Genre scene Zuzanna and old people unknown

. The H. Eligius in a workplace where the precious metals are edited into valuable items. He is hammering the cup of a chalice, the foot is ready. The servant at the bottom left pulls gold thread through molds with an increasingly smaller diameter. Two more assistants are at work at the work table. The table is full of tools. Hamers, pliers and files hang on the wall in a rack. On the left is the melting furnace for metal.

Plate and pedestal in Renaissance maiolica tin-glazed pottery, Urbino, Italy. Decorated with scenes from classical mythology and history. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.

Picture, Medium: silk Technique: printed plain weave, Oval engraved picture of five children playing, with floral and geometric borders. In an octagonal gilt frame., England, early 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Picture

Glorification of St Joseph, draughtsman: Giuseppe Passeri, 1664 - 1714, prepared paper, pen, h 291 mm × w 241 mm

A black chalk drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc showing a view of a fortress at Montmélian, with circular edging and horizontal lines in black feather on blue composition paper, around 1702.

Covenant between Abraham and God, Jan Luyken, 1700 print A smoking fire with the sacrifices of Abraham to God around. Abraham drives away vultures. (Gen. 15). Amsterdam paper etching God's promise to Abraham is guaranteed by a sacrifice

Joseph and the wife of Potifar, Eugène Leroux, After Pierre Prud'Hon, 1850 print Paris paper. Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

The Agony in the Garden, by Raffaelle. Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)

Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter. Dated: 1740/1741. Dimensions: sheet: 48.2 x 36.2 cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink with gray, yellow, and gold wash, heightened with white and pink, over graphite on gray prepared paper, squared in graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Matthäus Günther.

Drawing, Design for a Fantastic Goblet; Circle of Jan Lutma (Dutch, ca. 1584 - 1669); Netherlands; chalk, brush and wash, gouache on paper; 31.2 × 41.3 cm (12 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Print made by William Humphrys, 1794-1865, Irish, Taking the Veil, 1830. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

H. Jerome en de Leeuw, Melchiore Lorck, 1546 print paper engraving the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone

Plate; Creil-Montereau, Stone, Coquerel et LEGROS d'Inizy (open 1808-1818); 1850 (1850-00-00-1850-00-00);

Twelve Designs for Circular Mirror Formerly attributed to Yi Yuanji Chinese. Twelve Designs for Circular Mirror. Formerly attributed to Yi Yuanji (Chinese, active 11th century). China. Set of twelve album leaves; ink and color on silk. Ming (1368-1644) or Qing (1644-1911) dynasty. Paintings

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard 1775 Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg French After a successful early career in Paris, Loutherbourg relocated to London, where his style evolved to adapt to the new milieu. During this English period he produced more literary-inspired works, including this illustration of a comic and grisly scene from Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1749), wherein Tom and the pregnant Molly Seagrim fend off attackers using bones and other objects readily at hand in the Gothic courtyard.. Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard 384068

La Vierge au singe. Bisson Frères (French, active 1840 - 1864)

Two kissing putti above a cave, Noël Le Mire, After Hubert François Gravelot, 1758 print France paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Cave, Grotto

Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), Design for a Medal: Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales, undated. Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite, red chalk and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper; with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink, border lines.

Dutch Germans, David van der Kellen (1827-1895), 1857 - 1864 print Different heads and appearance of Dutch Germans. Haarlem paper extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME) Netherlands

Illustration 'chestnuts' 1829, by Jean-Charles Develly (1783 - 1862); French illustrator and artist. Children gather round a fireplace to eat roasted chestnuts

Katharina Prestel after Isack van Ostade, Peasant Scene, published 1782 Peasant Scene

Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Fragment show a scene from the Story of Mathilde. A man down on one knee speaks to two women who have emerged from Turkish tents in the background., France, 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Illustration 'Nuts' 1828, by Jean-Charles Develly (1783 - 1862); French illustrator and artist.

Decorative plate. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)

Bellerophon and Iobatess daughter Cassandra prepare for their nuptials. Bellerophon in myrtle crown offers a vase of perfume to his bride. The genius of Fecundity washes the brides feet. The Nymphagogue or Pronuba holds out a fillet or ribbon. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.

Above, red-figured Greek water jar (hydria) decorated with a palm motif; below, detail of the decoration showing a naked man bringing flowers to a seated woman holding a plate. Watercolour by A. Dahlstein, 1760/1780 ().

Putto on a bird and sounding of the horn

Allegorical Frame with a Bat. Dated: c. 1769. Dimensions: overall: 13.9 x 8.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.) support: 15.1 x 10.6 cm (5 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and dark brown ink over graphite, red chalk, and black chalk with touches of white chalk on light brown laid paper, with partial framing line in pen and brown ink. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin.

Color print by Lucien Pissarro depicting a garden wall, showing landscape, wall structure, vegetation, and composition on Chinese paper with gold accents.

Plaque, man and woman at waterfront, corner motif ox's head, plaque tile footage ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x painted glazed Plaque large size purple tile square Purple on white fond eroticism temptation shepherd's quarters

Plaque depicting Jacob choosing Rachel to be his Bride.

The man with the money bag and his wiers; Flemish proverbs. A man drops coins from his pocket with money. His variates crawl up his hole. In the peripheral an explanation of the performance and on the proverb 'someone in the hole or ass crawl in Dutch.

Offer from Isaak, Jan Luyken, 1700 print Abraham is about to sacrifice his son Isaac. An angel stops him (Gen. 22: 1-14). Amsterdam paper etching when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, God or the hand of God restrains Abraham's hand

Young man leaves his beloved, Ernest Jaime, after Eugène Guérard, 1852 - 1857 print Paris paper dandy, beau. fashionable woman, 'belle'. end of a love affair

Nativity. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1800. Measurements: d 92 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Copper engraving by Giovanni Volpato depicting Raphael's loggias in the Vatican at Pilastro X B, showing a dragon, created in 1776 and colored.

Allegory: dance Georges Jules Victor Ligin (1843-1919). Allegory: dance. Graphite pencil, oil on paper layered on paper.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide. Artist: Moritz von Schwind (Austrian, Vienna 1804-1871 Munich). Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 20 7/8 in. (27.5 x 53 cm). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plaque with Scene of the Adoration of Psyche. Pierre Courteys (France, Limoges, circa 1520-circa1586). France, Limoges, circa 1560. Furnishings; Accessories. Grisaille enamel, flesh tones, and gold on copper

Amor in psyche, Anonymous, After Simon Vouet, 1688 - 1698 print Psyche spied the God Amor in his sleep. She has an oil lamp and a dagger in her hands. Psyche is shocked by the beauty of Amor and pours a drop of oil from her lamp, causing it to wake up. Netherlands paper engraving Psyche, holding a lamp, gazes at the sleeping Cupid, who awakens when a drop of hot oil falls on him

Drawings for Portrait Engraving of a Man. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 3 5/8 in. diameter and 3 1/4 in. diameter. Date: Late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antique mosaic floor picture of cupid holding a goblet riding on a lion from the House of the Faun, Casa del Fauno House of Goethe in Pompeii, excavated 10th December 1830. Handcoloured lithograph by Dettmers after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras, Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen, Reimer, Berlin, 1834.

Silver Sr. Zygmunt in P Ocko, il. Z: Aleksander Przedziecki, Edward Rastawiecki, "Patterns of the Medaline Arts and from the Rebirth Age after the end of the 17th century in former Poland" (Warsaw, Paris, 1853-1855), Series 1, z. XV, tab. P; Gerson, Wojciech (1831-1901), Walter, H., Fajans, Maksymilian (Warsaw; Litographic and photographic insole; 1853-1892), Fajans, Maksymilian (1825-1890), Przedziecki, Aleksander (1814-1871), Rastawiecki, Edward (1804-1874), Unger, Józef (Warsaw; Drukarnia, Publisher, Ksi Garnia; 1841-Ca 1877); 1853-1855 (1853-00-00-1855-00-00);

Female Allegorical Figure by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770); oil on canvas; gold ground; 1740 - 50

German 15th Century, Madonna in a Wreath of Roses, 1490 1500 Madonna in a Wreath of Roses

Print, Decorated Capital Letter R; Jakob Frey; After Giovanni Passari (Italian); Switzerland; engraving on paper; 5.3 × 5.3 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.); 1907-7-25-b

Bible illustrations, c. 1550 - c. 1699 wood (plant material)

Wayne White, Painted Panel from Pullman Car Interior, c 1939 Painted Panel from Pullman Car Interior

Child playing with a dog, 1510 - 1569 Germany copper (metal) engraving dog. toddler (male)

Roundel with Lazarus at the House of Dives ca. 1510-20 North Netherlandish. Roundel with Lazarus at the House of Dives. North Netherlandish. ca. 1510-20. Colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint. Glass-Stained

I will fill hopes (IT)

Christ healing a blind man, Louis Gallait, 1833, draughtsman: Louis Gallait, 1833, paper, h 167 mm × w 203 mm

Design for a clock, Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, Brush and yellow, red watercolor, black wash, graphite, on cream laid paper, Clock sits on footed base. At center, an oblong clock easel decorated with leaves, rosettes, wreath. 'HOMERE / VIRGILE' written at center. Above dial are three books and a wreath. At left, on pedestal, a winged cupid plays a lyre. At right, on pedestal, a flaming candlestick with suspended lyre., Belgium, 1800-1825, timepieces & measuring devices, Drawing, Drawing

Sidewall, Roller printed on machine-made paper, Vignettes of peasants on river bank and in village. Printed in browns, orange, and white on tan ground., France, 1850-60, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

A table and other objects by Elkington & Mason of Birmingham, 1851 - 1853, published by Day & Son in London. The work features lithographs and chromolithographs related to decorative arts and exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London

Sketch for the town hall of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses: Love Edouard-Michel Lan�on (1854-1930). Love. Sketch for the town hall of Saint-Maur-des-Dies. Oil and black ink on canvas, 1883.

Man and his profession , The broader, artist, gymnastics, rope dancer, fencing master, and pocket player, Riemensberg von Radmannsdorff -, lithograph

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