Mythological Themes in Etching

A collection of etchings depicting mythological figures like Mars, Venus, and Cupid, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and conflict in classical art.

Fontainebleau, Primaticcio, Francesco, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, Oval ceiling paintings in the Galerie d'Ulysse in Fontainebleau, Hercules, Bacchus, Pan and another god, verso - stamped, Pan and another god on clouds., print, prints, height 178 mm, width 235 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1541 - 1582, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1504-04-30 - 1570-09-14

Mars standing at the left leaning on a shield, Cupid at the right ca. 1542-46 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Mars standing at the left leaning on a shield, Cupid at the right 396455

Sleeping Venus Spied by a Sater, Anonymous, 1550 - 1649 print Italy paper etching / engraving satyr(s) spying upon. Venus asleep

Donde vá mom /Where is mummy going; Board board No. 65 from: Los Caprichos” Caprices, ed. II, Madrid ca. 1855 Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)

The Abduction of Dejanira. Artist: Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca. 1510-1561 Venice). Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. (24.5 x 38.7 cm) trimmed to platemark. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Battista Franco.

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, Jealous Monster (no.8 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), 1778. Etching.

Jupiter and Juno. Jupiter with eagle and lightning bolt and Juno with peacocks lie together on clouds.

. On the waterfront are a siren and a triton in an intimate embrace, while the wind leaves their hair fluttering. Right and left of the couple a putto. This print is part of a four-part series about mythological figures.

Sleeping Nymph Sticked by a Sater, Anonymous, After Arnold Houbraken, 1700 - 1750 print A naked nymph, sleeping at an oil lamp under a canopy, is spied on by a satie that pushes her robe aside. Copy to the print of Houbraken from part 2 of a series of prints with emblems. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving satyr(s) spying upon. sleeping; unconsciousness. oil-lamp

Sleeping Venus by Stares Spied, Werner van den Valckert, 1612 print Sleeping Venus, with next to her amor, by Stares Spied. The Hague paper etching Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). satyr(s) spying upon

Fontainebleau, Primaticcio, Francesco, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, Oval ceiling paintings in the Galerie d'Ulysse in Fontainebleau, Hercules, Bacchus, Pan and another god, verso - stamped, Pan and another god on clouds., print, prints, height 178 mm, width 235 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1541 - 1582, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1504-04-30 - 1570-09-14

Cornelis Schut I, Three Flying Putti Three Flying Putti

Meleager an atalant, Anonymous, After C.I. Pigace, After Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1738 print France paper etching / engraving Meleager gives the head of the boar to Atalanta

Death ofDido. After: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640 Artist, formerly attributed to: Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Flemish, 1596-1675

Winter 1634 Charles Audran. Winter. Four Seasons. Charles Audran (French, Paris 1594-1674 Paris). 1634. Etching. Prints

Leiden, Tangena, Johannes (17th century), Spranger, Bartholomeus, Amsterdam, Muller, Jan Harmensz., Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus, Venus, Bacchus en Ceres, Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus, recto lower right - stamped, Bacchus and Ceres leaving Venus. Venus and Amor are sitting by a fire, because they are cold. Illustration of the saying 'Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus' (without Ceres and Bacchus Venus is cold), or, without food and wine love freezes., print, prints, verso - stamped, height 505 mm, width 360 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1691, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1546-03-21 - 1611-08, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands - 1692, publisher

Rubens, Peter Paul, Sompel, Pieter van, Ixion deceived by Juno and Jupiter, verso - stamped, The drunken Ixion embraces the likeness of Juno, sculpted from clouds. Jupiter, on a cloud with his eagle, and Juno, with her peacock, look on. In the background Medusa., print, engraving, engraving (printing process), pen, prints, South Netherlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

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Anonymous drawing depicts Jupiter and Antiope, created with chalk and white highlights on brown paper, showing figures and composition.

Meleager gives the head of the Caledonian boar to Atalanta. Meleager offers Atalanta the head of the wild boar. A hunting dog jumps up against meleurer, in the background a boy blows the hunting horn. In the background is one of the Furiën, as a harbinger of the tragic end of Meleager.

. An Oreade, with glasses on the nose, removes a thorn from the foot of a Sater. The Sater is supported by a female and a young Oreade. At the bottom of the margin a two-legged text in Latin.

Above: Psyche spies on Amor in his sleep Below: Amor wakes Psyche by means of his arrow and rescues her from her deadly sleep, Two scenes from the story of Amor and Psyche Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), Giulio Romano, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1668 - 1671, paper, etching, h 205 mm × w 136 mm

. Adam and Eva leave naked and ashamed of the Garden of Eden. Adam covered his face with his hands.

. An Oreade, with glasses on the nose, removes a thorn from the foot of a Sater. The Sater is supported by a female and a young Oreade. At the bottom of the margin a two-legged text in Latin.

Plate 6: Ulysses driving a burning stake into Polyphemus' eye 1756 Bartolomeo Crivellari. Plate 6: Ulysses driving a burning stake into Polyphemus' eye. "Le Pitture di Pellegrino Tibaldi e di Niccolò Abbate esistenti nell'Instituto di Bologna". Bartolomeo Crivellari (Italian, active 18th century). 1756. Etching and engraving. Prints

Above: Psyche spies on Amor in his sleep. Below: Amor wakes Psyche by means of his arrow and rescues her from her deadly sleep, Two scenes from the story of Amor and Psyche Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, Giulio Romano, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1668 - 1671, paper, etching, h 205 mm × w 137 mm

Venus and Cupid. Venus is sleeping under a tree. Cupid lights her with an arrow in the left breast.

Bacchus and Erigone; The loves of the gods; Gods loved ones. Bacchus and Erigone are naked and with their legs entangled. There is a lion at their feet. In the underpermarge Italian fresh in two columns.

Woman with mask and naked man, possibly the dream of Hercules, René Boyvin (attributed to), After Rosso Fiorentino, in or after 1539 - Before 1570 print paper engraving (story of) Hercules (Heracles). dream

Christ in Limbo, Jacopo Palma, il giovane, Italian, 1548 - 1628, Pen and ink, bistre wash and white heightening on grey laid paper, Christ, on a cloud bank, runs towards a group of figures, lower left. Another figure holds the cross, right and a figure floats above., Italy, 1625-1628, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

Ariadne on Naxos Approached by Bacchus ca. 1790 () Thomas Rowlandson. Ariadne on Naxos Approached by Bacchus. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). ca. 1790. Etching. Prints

Jupiter and Alcmene; Jupiters love adventures. Jupiter seduces Alcmene in the form of her husband Amphitryon. Alcmene becomes pregnant and later Hercules later. Jupiters eagle is sitting next to Jupiter and Alcmene on the ground. Print from a series of 10 prints that illustrate Jupiter's love life.

Deianeira receiving the poisoned tunic from Nessus, and the wounded centaur falling to the ground at left 1778 Christian Gottfried Schultze. Deianeira receiving the poisoned tunic from Nessus, and the wounded centaur falling to the ground at left. Christian Gottfried Schultze (German, Dresden 1749-1819). 1778. Engraving. Basan et Poignant. Prints

Feather study sheet by Baccio Bandinelli showing a standing male figure with a trident, two reclining nude figures, and a half-figure in coat with a head behind.

The Baptism of Christ. Dimensions: overall: 13.8 x 20.2 cm (5 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL TROGER.

Antwerpen, Jode, Gerard de, Broeck, Crispijn van den, Sadeler, Johann (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Creation and the Fall, Adam and Eve hide from God the Father, Antwerp, Adam and Eve discover that they are naked after eating a fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They cover themselves with leaves and hide from God behind a tree. God the Father searches for them and asks where they are. On the left in the background, God the Father gives clothes to Adam and Eve. On the right, a bear. At the bottom, a reference to the Bible text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 197 mm, width 268 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1524 - 1591, after a design van, Publication (Event),

Plaster study of atalants and hippomenes.

Arion seated on a dolphin. .

Fries met centaur, twee putti en twee vogels.A Frisian with a centaur whose tail runs into leaf ornament. At and between the tail there are two putti and two birds.

Three figures, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Three figures. The taller figure at left rests his hands on the shorter figure's arm and shoulder. Both are draped in robes. A faint third figure's head and bust in the background., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

A drawing by Raymond Lafage from around 1678-1679 illustrating the allegory of Time revealing Truth, executed with brown ink and black chalk.

Oreaden removing a thorn from the foot of a satyr, Jan Harmensz. Muller, Frederik de Wit, 1640 - 1706

The Alliance of Bacchus and Ceres. Artist: Pierre Brebiette (French, Mantes-sur-Seine ca. 1598-1642 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (17.5 x 14.9cm). Date: 1610-42. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Leda and the swan. The naked Leda is on a cloth on the ground. Between her legs Jupiter in the form of a swan. On the right a river.

Amsterdam, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Jan Harmensz., Lot and his daughters, verso - stamped, Lot sits with his daughters in a cave and is made drunk by them. In the background the burning cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot's wife as a pillar of salt., print, prints, height 402 mm, width 457 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1602, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, 1540 - 1617-10-07, publisher

Venus and Adonis, Simone Cantarini, 1622 - 1648 print Venus embraces Adonis in a landscape. Amor stands with a spear. There is a dog in the foreground. Italy paper etching / counterproof Venus and Adonis as lovers

Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from "Twelfth Night". George Romney; English, 1734-1802. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 297 × 489 mm (primary support); 360 × 554 mm (secondary support). Black chalk and charcoal on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on ivory laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

God blames Adam and Eva their disobedience, Antonio Tempesta, After Rafaël, After Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1565 - 1630 print The angry God the Father floats on clouds on the left. On the right are Adam and Eva. In the foreground on the left a unicorn. paper etching Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve)

Sleeping Venus Spied by a Sater, Jan Barentsz. Muyckens, 1637 print The Sleeping Venus is spied on by a saat. Amor is sleeping next to Venus, his arrow sleeve next to him. Amsterdam paper etching Venus asleep (+ variant). sleeping Cupid; possibly signifying a slackening of Love's influence. satyr(s) spying upon

Male nude, lying on the side, to the left.

Leda and De Zwaan, Cornelis Bos, after Michelangelo, c. 1544 - c. 1545 print Leda is depicted half -lying, with the swan (Jupiter) between her legs. They kiss each other. On the right are Castor and Pollux, the children who originated from this commitment. There is another egg on the floor. According to the Latin verse in the lower margin, this egg is the girl Helena. This is also a daughter of Leda and Jupiter. paper engraving Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda

Allegorical female figure seated to the left with a bowl in her hands, facing a trombone-playing angel. Executed in chalk with gray wash on gray primed paper, corners damaged, by Andrea Meldolla.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Nude Man Seated and Nude Man Standing, with a Woman and Baby in the Background, c 1646 Nude Man Seated and Nude Man Standing, with a Woman and Baby in the Background

Venus Discovering the Death of Adonis. Artist: Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century ; Anonymous, German, 17th century . Dimensions: sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (12.4 x 19 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fight between Cupido and a putto, Anton van der Borcht, After Lorenzo Loli, 1648 - 1663 print Cupido pushes an angel to the ground. Cupidos Pijl en Bow are in the foreground print maker: Belgiumdesigner: Italyafter print by: Italy paper etching cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ fighting). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Fight between tritons with Nereïden on their back; Fight of sea uts.

Black chalk drawing by Daniele Ricciarelli from 1555-1556 depicting Aeneas with a boy, showing figures, posture, and interaction.

St. Sebastian. prints, etchings, works on paper

Jupiter and Callisto; Jupiter and Calisto. Callisto is almost completely naked in a forest to rest against a hill with a bow and arrow sleeve next to her. In the background, Jupiter approached his eagle, approaching.

Hercules and the Ketenzian bull, seen on the back, Cornelis van Heurn, 1792 drawing Hercules and the Ketenzian bull, seen on the back. No. 74. paper. chalk standing figure. (7) the Cretan bull is captured by Hercules

Venus is raised by gods. Venus lies naked on a large shell. She is surrounded by gods that put a laurel wreath on her head.

Hercules and the Cretan bull, seen on the back. Hercules and the Cretan bull, seen on the back. No 74.

Venus en anchises, Wallerant Vaillant, after Annibale Carracci, 1658 - 1677 print paper Venus and Anchises

Study for Spandrel Decoration with Satyress, Satyrs, and Putti (recto); Head of Putto (verso). Paolo Farinati; Italian, 1524-1606. Date: 1586-1590. Dimensions: 254 x 420 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (recto), and black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper (verso), on blue laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA. Author: Paolo Farinato.

Juno watching Jupiter and Io, from "The Loves of the Gods" 1531-60 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Juno watching Jupiter and Io, from "The Loves of the Gods" 392657

Fragment of Bacchanal with Saterwoman and Herme and Sleeping Bacchante, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving sleeping; unconsciousness. bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos). maenad(s), female bacchant(es). satyr(s) (in general)

Title page for the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert, part 1, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1679 - 1682 print A student sits, leaning against a chair, on the floor of a studio. He draws a cast of an image of a naked man. There are parts of other casts all around. In the sub -margin 'excellent pars' and two columns with two lines each Latin text. paper engraving working situations of artist

Fall of the damned or giants, Anonymous, 1500 - 1600 drawing Low Countries paper. paint (coating). chalk. ink pen / brush battle of the Giants against the gods: gigantomachy

Jupiter and antiope. In a landscape under a canopy, Jupiter embraces, in the form of a Sater, the sleeping antiope. In the background the crowbar.

Brown pen drawing by Andries Both depicting a figure falling, with brownish lavated shading and remnants of black chalk, on paper with spots.

The final judgment.a detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgment' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.

Nude in Contemplation, Seated on a Rocky Ledge. 1656 - 1657. Rosa, Salvator, 1615-1673. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Dancing Sater and Maaaden. A Sater and two Maenads walk to the right dancing. In the middle, the Sater plays the aulos (double flute), his forehead reverse with ivy. Left and right the two dancing maenads.

Diana an endsymion, abraham blemies, 1649 drawing prepared paper. paint (coating). chalk brush Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion

Joseph Werner, The Contest between Apollo and Pan before King Midas, 1670s The Contest between Apollo and Pan before King Midas

The Flaying ofMarsyas. Artist: Raymond Lafage, French, 1656-1684

Venus in Love, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Venus sits at the foot of a tree and wraps her arm around Amor. In the foreground is the arrow case of Amor. Italy paper etching Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Eva's creation. God creates EVA from the RIB of the lying Adam.

AMOR OP EEN Dolfijn, Girolamo Scarseelli, After Giovanni Andrea Sirani, 1620 - C. 1670 print Amor standing on a dolphin with his arrow-and-bow in the hands. The bow is tense and the arrow focused on the water surface. Italy paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). attributes of Cupid: bow and arrow. swimming mammals: dolphin

Shows Athene with Ulysses using black chalk, featuring sloping lines and paper pressure marks.

Albrecht Dürer, Desperate Man, probably 1514 1515 Desperate Man

Selene and Endymion, Christiaan Josi, After Gerard of Honthorst, 1791 drawing paper. ink pen / brush Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion

Luca Giordano's drawing depicts Hercules with spinning rocks and Omphale, emphasizing dynamic action and figure composition, executed with feather.

Mars en Venus / Vulcanus in de Smidse, Marco of the corner of Moro, 1550 - 1570 print Leaf with two prints. Left: Mars and Venus kissing a cave. The little Amor is next to Mars. Right: Vulcanus at work in his blacksmith, surrounded by anvil, oven and bladder ball. Amor is repairing his own bow on the left. Italy paper engraving Mars and Venus making love, Apollo (Sol) appearing. Vulcan in his smithy. Cupid handling his weapons

Hercules and Cacus, after Annibale Carracci, and the Destruction of Enceladus, after Agostino Carracci. Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732-1806 Paris). Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in. (20.4 x 29.3 cm). Date: 1761.Directly following his study at the French Academy in Rome, Fragonard traveled in Italy making sketches after Italian artworks for the abbé de Saint-Non, who later had them etched in reverse in his "Recueil de Griffonis." Here Fragonard copied frescoes painted by Annibale and Agostino Carracci over fireplaces in adjacent rooms in the Palazzo Sampieri-Talon, Bologna. The attributions recorded in Fragonard's inscriptions have been reversed by modern scholarship. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever, Germany, 1502-1555/61, Hercules Squeezing Anthaeus to Death, from the series The Labors ofHercules, Engraving, image: 9.3 × 6.9 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Cain strikes Abel. Corn is about to kill Abel with a weapon, possibly the jawbone of a donkey. On the left in the background a landscape with buildings, water and mountains.

Relief with the fall of Icarus above the door to the desolate estate room in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, after Artus Quellinus (I), 1663 print Relief with the fall of Icarus above the door to the desolate estate room in the northern gallery of the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Despite the warnings from his father Daedalus (the winged man on the right), Icarus flew too close to the sun, so that the wings of his wings melted and he fell. Above the desolation of the estate room - where bankruptcies were pronounced and handled - this relief serves as a warning for the viewer: Icarus' recklessness and pride led to his fall, just like recklessness and pride could lead to bankruptcy. At the bottom of the middle: H. paper etching / engraving death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present). sun represented as face, wheel, etc. City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Venus Disarming Love, Pen, ink and wash on paper. Francesco Mazzuoli called Il Parmigiano (1503-1540) Italian painter. Venus, Roman goddess of love and beauty, snatching his bow from a protesting Cupid. Nude

Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Omnia vincit Amor, verso - stamped, Amor fighting Pan in a landscape. On the right are two nymphs., print, prent, prints, height 125 mm, width 185 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1599 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

A brown ink drawing by Giulio Cesare Procaccini showing two seated figures in motion within an octagonal frame, emphasizing posture and interaction.

Venus keeps Adonis van de Jacht, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print Venus and Amor try to prevent Adonis from going hunting. However, Adonis is going to hunt; He is wearing a lance and his two hunting dogs are sitting in front of him. Amsterdam paper Venus and Adonis as lovers

Fight between Tritons with Nereids on their backs, Andrea Mantegna, 1473 - 1477 print Italy paper engraving triton(s). Nereids, daughters of Nereus; sea-nymphs. non-combatants on the battle-scene

Charles Antoine Coypel, Diana and Endymion, 1720s Diana and Endymion

Putto performs a sea monster; Frisians with sea samples ..

Anonymous drawing showing Hercules on clouds with an allegorical figure, and a standing female conversing with another form in the background, executed with pen and wash on greenish paper.

Venus in anchise. .

Daphnis, using this occasion, put his hand in the breast of which he pulled the cicada gente

This anonymous brown ink drawing depicts the mythological scene of Apollo and Daphne, showing figure interaction, posture, and narrative elements.

Bacchanaal with five young people. A bacchanal with five young people, one of which is on the back of a lion. The lion eats out of a basket with grapes. Links a young man plays a drinking scale full of wine.

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