Mythological Scenes on Vases

Classic Greek vase paintings illustrating mythological events and figures in dynamic poses, highlighting their stories through detailed artistic techniques.

Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis; Unknown; Turkey (possibly), Asia; 2nd century; Stone mosaic and glass tesserae; Object: H: 217 x W: 227 cm (H: 85 7/16 x W: 89 3/8 in.)

The winning performer in a singing contest is crowned with a laurel wreath by the goddess of Victory.

Classical Mythology. Venus, Goddess of love and Mars, God of war. Drawing by Joseph Kuhn-Regnier (1873-1940).

Fresco depicting sleeping Maenad, from House of Citharist, Pompei, Italy

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia34. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED 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.

Scene from ancient Greek vase with Ajax affronts Cassandra at the foot of Athena's statue, Scene from Trojan War by Piringer (after Greek original), engraving

Mosaic Floor with Achilles and Briseis; Unknown; Turkey (possibly), Asia; 2nd century; Stone mosaic and glass tesserae; Object: H: 217 x W: 227 cm (H: 85 7/16 x W: 89 3/8 in.)

Ancient Painting, Archaeological Museum Ancient painting displayed at archaeological musuem of athens Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 17048787

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

A coal drawing by Eduard von Engerth from 1866-1867 depicting Eurydike following Orpheus on the way to the upper world, showing figures, gestures, and spatial composition.

Ariadne Abandoned. 1st Century A. D., ripped fresco, 47 x 42 cm. Italy, Naples, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, House of Meleager. Museum: Naples Museum, BERLIN, ITALIA.

A young warrior arms himself with a cuirass while his mother brings his helmet & shield.

Nike Rewarding a Victor, High Esteem Placed on Olympic Games, Greek Art, 450 B.C.

Book Illustration, Scenes from The Winters Tale, Declaration of the Oracle, act III, scene ii

FRESCO POMPEYANO CON ESCENA MITOLOGICA - SIGLO I. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

The bride Penelope in wedding veil with her pronuba or matron of honor. A paranymph conducts her to the grooms house. From a vase discovered in Athens. Second marriage of Penelope. Seconde Nozze di Penelope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso after Wagner from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1826.

Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946), unaffected altars, church facility, sculptures and ornaments (0-0): Kreuzweg I (for church in Berlin-Lankwitz) (Atelier Ferdinand Busch). Pencil watercolored, whipped white, gold heighted on paper, on cardboard, 22.6 x 18.4 cm (including scan edges) Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946): Unzugeordnete Altäre, Kircheneinrichtung, Skulpturen und Ornamente

Scene from the biblical story, Adam and Eve are the first human couple according to the Bible who lived in the paradisiacal Garden of Eden, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900

A Grecian lady painting her face, 1814. The artwork is published in London by H. Setchel & Son and printed by G. Smeeton. It explores themes of costume and grooming, showcasing womens clothing and dress from Greece. The dimensions of the image are 15 x 22.5 cm

Dancing Sater a Maenaden, Agostino Veneziano, After Rafaël, 1516 print A sater and two maenaden walk to the right dancing. In the middle, the Sater De Aulos (double flute) plays his forehead with ivy. Left and right the two dancing Maenaden. Italy paper engraving Satyrs, Faun, Silen. Maenad (s), female Bacchant (es). flute, tribes. dancing

Mosaic in the Triclinium, dining room, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Fresco depicting Io's arrival in Egypt, Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

Fresco depicting travelling musicians, from Pompeii (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Campania. Roman Civilization, 1st Century.

A depiction of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, with her attendants. Penelope sits on a chair at work on a thread. A servant takes away a mirror, and another brings todays cloth. The fillet above indicates that the scene takes place in Penelope's private chambers. From a vase in the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842.

'The Return of Agamemnon', 1880. Artist: Flaxman.

Jakob Smits (Rotterdam 1855 - Mol 1928), Ceiling piece with allegorical depiction of Rotterdam as city of art and trade: cloudy sky with two women and little children, painting footage linen paint, Ceiling piece painted on prepared linen directly on the stucco stuck with representation of cloud sky with putti that surrounded two women sitting on the clouds namely the Rotterdam city virgin with city arms Rotterdam in the left hand and right the personification of painting with palette in hand. In the small group of children to the right of the women first child holding large laurel wreath behind the head of the Painting than one with torch (symbol of progress) and as the third Mercury god of trade recognizable to winged helmet and caduceus The three putti right of him are grouped around cornucopia from which flowers come. The putti group to the left of the city virgin is equipped with wreaths of trumpet and praise. signed and dated Jacob Smits f 1883 heraldry allegory mythological figur

The great Trojan War, fought between the Greeks and the Trojans, is believed to have been fought around 1184 B.C. Among the great Greek heroes were Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) and Diomedes. Fighting for the Trojans was Rhesus, king of Thrace. The two epics by the Greek bard Homer (fl. c. 700 B.C.), the Iliad, and the Odyssey, center on the war and the journey of Odysseus back home to Ithaca. This scene, based on English sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman's designs, depicts the scene in Book X of the Iliad when Odysseus and Diomedes steal the horses of Rhesus in a night raid on the Thracian's camp.

Anonymous. Minerva or abundance promoting the arts (allegory, decorative painting for the La Rivière hotel then Canillac, 14 Place des Vosges, current 4th arrondissement). Oil on canvas. Grisaille paint. 1701-1800. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76088-23

Baptism of Christ. end 5th c. ITALY. Ravenna. Arian Baptistry. Early Byzantine art. Mosaic.

Roman fresco depicting a Nilotic scene with pygmies taking offerings to a temple on the bank of a river. Second half of the 1st century AD. House of Julia Felix II, 4, 3. Nymphaeum. From Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Terracotta bobbin depicting Nike and Victor. Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter. Dated 5th Century BC

Types of Greek lyres 1-5, 9, woman playing kithara or zither 6,7, and man playing aulos or tibia from ancient Greek vases. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fumagalli from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.

Opus sectile floor panel in with Aphrodite, by Unknown, 1st Century, sectilia marble. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum. Whole artwork. Floor panel triclinium from Pompeii naked Aphrodite leaning column removes sandal iconographic model Anandromenos. Serpentino and Palombino marbles.

Mural Depicting Hercules In Olympus Herculaneum Italy

Tunisia, Dougga, Mosaic depicting Cyclops in cavern of Volcano forging lightning for Jupiter

Dionysus holding a wine cup. Black figure Greek vase painting.

Thetis Entrusting the Infant Achilles to the Centaur Chiron, by Anonymous artist, 1550, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Achille. Whole artwork. Frame square grotesques vegetable patterns/motifs little boy Achilles hero centaur Chiron woman mother goddess Thetis soldiers cuirasses swords yellow light blue black white

Illustration from 'Fasciculus medicinae' Venice; 1494 the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations. Written by Johannes de Ketham a German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century

Wall freize from Pompeii, Naples, Italy. Pompeii was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79

Italy, Campania, Bay Of Naples, Neapolitan Riviera, College of the Augustans, Hercules with Juno and Minerva, fresco

Drawing, Apollo; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Young Athenian Kisses Theseus' Hand as a Thanks for Killing the Minotaur, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, fresco (mural). Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum: 9049 c.d. Basilica. Whole artwork. Fragment young man kissing Theseus hand gratitude naked hero boy

Decoration on an ancient Greek ceramic depicting a young Greek at school. Dated 5th Century BC

Sketchbook of Roman antiquities, Dupasquier, Antoine-Léonard, 1748-1832, pen and ink, pencil, wash, 1779, Drawings after antiquities in the Vatican, including Roman bas-reliefs and processional friezes, vases, classical busts, household utensils and instruments of worship and war

Hylas, man from the Argonaut saga of Greek mythology, enraptured by the nymphs, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored

Four Caryatids, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and dark brown ink, brush with sepia wash over traces of graphite on light blue laid paper, Figures one beside the other; first and fourth raising both arms; third raises right; second figure crosses arms., Italy, 1800-1825, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Painting from a cubiculum nocturnum (bedroom). Roman. Augustan era, 1st C. AD. From Villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, Italy. Detail Galata. Metropolitan Museum. NY. USA.

Roman fresco, Io and Argos, from House of Meleager, Pompeii, displayed at National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Statues and depictions of the Egyptian god Osiris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.

The three graces in sleek dresses of bronze Moroccan crepe, white crepe Georgine, and gold crepe de Rome. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine "Art, Gout, Beaute" 1923.

Diomedes (also spelled Diomed) casting his spear against Mars Roman name - Greek name is Ares). The scene is from Homers epic poem Iliad. Diomedes was also the only hero except forHeracles, son of Zeus, that attackedand even woundedOlympian gods (most notablyAres, whom he struck with his spear).

Mosaic representing dancers with cymbals during bacchanal, from Samandag, Turkey

Zeus on his throne gives birth to Athena still image. Reproductive prints. 1844 - 1861. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Athena (Greek deity), Minerva (Roman deity), Goddesses , Greek, Lyres, Jupiter (Roman deity), Mercury (Roman deity), Medusa (Greek mythology), Men , Clothing & dress , Greece , To 499, Apollo (Greek deity), Shields, Hermes (Greek deity), Zeus (Greek deity), Ares (Greek deity), Mars (Roman deity), Gorgons (Greek mythology), Eileithyia (Greek deity)

Reproduction of a fresco, from The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume IV, Supplement, Plate I, 1854-1896.

Odysseus recognizing Achilles disguised as a woman on Skyros, mural painting in the House of Dioscuri, Pompeian house, 2nd century BC, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, chromolithograph by G Frauenfelder from a drawing by Abbate, from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume 1, plate 4, 1854, Naples.

Anglo-Saxon Calendar, August, pre-Norman Conquest of 1066, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Fan: Four Figures 20Th Century French Advertisement Pieces 1911 Iribe, Barbier, and Lepape(19th C- French) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

17th Century tarot cards by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1632-1718). Originating from Bologna.

Plaque showing King Priam of Troy begging Achilles for the body of his son Hector. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898.

Diane, (Pl. 51), 1804 - 1806, 1804 - 1806, Paris, multipart monograph, Sculpture, Greco-Roman, Reproduction, Diana (Roman deity), Artemis (Greek deity), Goddesses, Women hunters

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Mars and Venus surprised by the gods. 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, Herfajstos, Hera, Mars, Rome, Italy, town, Terme di Tito, Umiastowski, Roman, collection, Venus, Volcano, Zeus, Golden House of Nero, Antyk, Archite, Archeology, Load, Decorations, Rzecz. provenance)

Gladiator Fight (Detail) 2nd Century Artist Unknown Mosaic

Fresco. Satyr and maenad. House de Caecelius Jucundus, Pompeii (V, 1, 26). Italy. 1st century AD. Roman era. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Bull Wilhelm (1799-1856), Antikes Relief (without Dat.): Detail (fault). Pencil on transparent, 8.1 x 14.4 cm (including scan edges) Stier Wilhelm (1799-1856): Antikes Relief

Angelica Kauffmann RA, 1741-1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-81), A Frieze: Men Planting Trees, Women Gathering Blossoms and Watering Flowers, undated. Red wash with pen and red ink over graphite on medium, slighlty textured, cream laid paper.

Detail on Red figure wine-cup (skyphos) depicting a giant building, the Acropolis walls under Athena's guidance, attributed to the Penelope Painter (circa 450-425 B.C.)

Fresco depicting centaur at wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia from Pompeii, Italy

Roman fresco depicting Phaedra, tormented by the unrequited love of his stepson Hippolytus, delivers a letter in which he accuses him and what will lead to his death. House of Jason (20-25). Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Schnorr von Carolsfeld. 19th cent. engraving. The revenge and death of Samson.

Frieze depicting a scene of judgment, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Triclinio C parete sinistra ottavo riquadro. Detail. Frieze depicting a scene of judgment garland leaf light blue/azure green vine/grapevine grotesques

The Creation of Eve and the Original Sin. Adam and Eve tempted by the serpent from the tree of the Paradise. Miniature, 14th century. Castle of Chantilly. France.

SIBILA ERITREA - 1508-1512 - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: Michelangelo. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-CAPILLA SIXTINA. VATICANO.

Christopher Columbus, 1912-1914, fresco by Ludovico Pogliaghi (1857-1950), facade of Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, 17th century. Detail.

These illustrations of ancient Greeks represent, from left to right: a woman, girls (prehaps Spartans) preparing to exercise, two commoners, two warriors, and a trumpeter. The illustrations date to 1892.

Perseus slaying Minotaur , Antiquities, Paintings, Heroes, Monsters, Perseus Greek mythological character, Minotaur Greek mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Belly dance. Young Egyptian dancer, Egypt in XIX century. Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Fresco depicting the Resurrection in Notre Dame de Bayeux cathedral, Bayeux, Normandy, France, Europe

Argo was the ship the hero Jason and his Argonauts (Argo's sailors) used to travel to Colchis to fetch the Golden Fleece.

This scene is one of several designs that the English sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman (1755-1826) did to illustrate passages from the Greek epic poet Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, a commission he had been given by Georgiana Hare-Naylor while he was living in Rome. It represents Andromache fainting on walls of Troy. It was done 1793.

Concert, by Unknown, 41 - 62, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, from Pompeii. Whole artwork. Women player musical instruments zither yellow green.

Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres () supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.

Fig. 27 - marble relief from Samothrace. In the Louvre , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Drawings. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.

Jupiter or Jove, King of the Gods in mythology and venerated in ancient Rome. In this 19th century chromolithograph after a work by Etienne Antoine Eugene Ronjat, Victory places a wreath on his head.

'Antique Sculptures and Architectural Fragment from the Theatre in Catania'. Series of Preparatory Drawings for the Engraved Edition "Picturesque Journey around the Islands of Sicily, Malta and Lipari" (Voyage pittoresque des isles de Sicilie, de Malte et de Lipari... Par Jean Houel, Peintre du Roi. Paris. 1782. V.1; 1784.V.II.1785.V.III.1787.V.IV. ). France, Late 1770s. Dimensions: 415x280 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean-Pierre-Laurent Houel.

Roman painting mural. Venus and Mars. House of Menander (I, 10,4). Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Mural Depicting Battle Between Hercules and Acheloo Herculaneum Italy

Mural of Mercury, Pompeii, Italy. Artist: Unknown

Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum

As the Greeks conquer and destroy Troy, Aeneas who has been fighting for Troy turns to home, as he remembers his elderly father Anchises is there. on the way, He sees Helen and is about to kill her, as seen here in this 19th-century illustration, but his mother, Venus (Aphrodite), intervenes and stops him (as sen here as well). She tells him that it is not Helen to blame for the war but the gods who set all in motion.

House of the Centenary, was the house of a wealthy resident of Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house was discovered in 1879. Built in the mid-2nd century BC, it is among the largest houses in the city. Among the varied paintings preserved in the House are explicit erotic scenes in a room that may have been designed as a private 'sex club'.

Satyr and maenad. Herculaneum, Italy. 1-50 AD. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Above, red-figured Greek bowl (skyphos) decorated with a woman holding a dish; below, detail of decoration showing a naked man holding a duck. Watercolour by A. Dahlstein, 1760/1780 ().

Kirke, Circe, a sorceress of Greek mythology, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored

ALCAEUS Greek poet, with Sappho Date: 620 - 580 BC

Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys 1855-1865 France. In 1859 Edgar Degas returned to Paris following a prolonged stay in Italy, where he visited relatives in Naples and Florence and attended life classes at the AcadÈmie FranÁaise in Rome. This picture, undertaken around 1860, speaks to his ambition to realize canvases featuring scenes from the Bible, as well as ancient and more recent history. Degas took his subject from the life of Lycurgus, a legendary ninth-century b.c. Spartan lawgiver. Lycurgusís social reforms included an unusual method of physical training in which adolescent girls competed on an equal footing with boys, exercising nude in public. Degas would have worked up this monochromatic sketch with layers of color had he completed it, but he left it unfinished when he began a second version of the subject (National Gallery of Art, London).. Oil on canvas . Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Manhood or Autumn. Unknown maker, American

Alcaeus and Sappho, poets. Greek red figure vase. GREECE.

The Seven Deadly Sins. Noel Laura Nisbet (1887-1956). Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 173.4cm.

Rom, Tribunen mit Tunica und Lacerna Mantel, Geschichte der Mode, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19...

Hercules and Iole, in Greek mythology the daughter of King Eurytos of Oichalia, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored

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