Mythological Representations

A collection of sketches and engravings depicting figures from mythology, showcasing classical themes and storylines with detailed illustrations.

The body of the Lion of Nemea is slumped behind him

Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1170, c. 1230, considered the most important German-language lyric poet of the Middle Ages, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Euterpe, vintage engraved illustration.

Engraving depicting Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves. Dated 20th century

Artemis, in Greek mythology the goddess of the hunt, the forest, birth and the moon as well as the guardian of woman and children, Historical, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Johann Baptist Stankovits (of Raab (digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Paul de Vigne (1843-1901). Belgian sculptor. Engraving depicting the monument to the Flemish patriots Jan Breydel (13th century) and Pieter de Coninck (1332-1333) in Bruges, Belgium. The Artistic Illustration, 1892.

A hunting party assembles, 1849. Artist: Unknown

Charles II statue Chelsea, vintage engraving. Charles II statue Chelsea, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656255

The body of the Lion of Nemea is slumped behind him

The Assyrian Hercules. Stone statue of a Hero holding a lion. Dur Sharrukin the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II at Khorsabad. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Statue of the youthful god Bacchus, god of wine, intoxication, madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a ...

Woodcut, Homo fanesius auritus, naked man with oversized, long ears, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

A warrior with a shield emblazoned with a lion from the Belgian coat of arms battles the German eagle. After and illustration by Walter Crane in King Albert´s Book, published 1915. A warrior with a shield emblazoned with a lion from the Belgian coast of arms battles the German eagle.

The Melancholic, From the German Calendar, 1480, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Alto-relievo, 1862. 'Alto-relievo; three cupids supporting the Papal tiara, cross-keys, and other insignia, a highly finished and most spirited carving by François du Quesnoy, called, "II Fiammingo." R. Napier, Esq'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Emblem, inscription, Concordia res parvae crescunt, Through concord small things grow, knight, armour, lion, sword, arrows, sailing ships, Japan, 1885, Asia

Illustration of a man with a deformed foot and crutches. Dated 14th Century

Queen Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V, vintage engraving. Queen Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673381

Illustration depicting Argus (son of Arestor) building the Argos. In Greek mythology he was the builder and eponym of the ship Argo, and consequently one of the Argonauts

Court-fool. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Monster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

GOBERNADORES DE CHILE - LOPE DE ULLOA, FERNANDO TALAVERANO Y JUAN JARAQUEMADA - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ALONSO DE OVALLE. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Roman goddess Juno, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date unknown, Europe

Euripides, 480 v. Chr. - 406 v. einer der großen klassischen griechischen Dramatiker, Statue im Louvre nach einer Illustration aus 1887, Historisch, d...

Maison des Musiciens, the flute and tambourine player. Reims, France. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

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

Image of a king from Babylon, probably Nabû-kudurri-uzur I. also Nebuchadnezzar, ca 1100 B. C. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th ...

Giovanni Bellini, 1430 - 26 November 1516, Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters / Giovanni Bellini, 1437 - 29. November 1516, auch Giambellino, im deutschen Sprachraum mitunter auch Gian Bellin genannt, war ein venezianischer Maler, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Kunst und Künstler 11, nos. 1-12 (1912-1913). Rudolf Grossmann (Germany, Freiburg, 1882-1941)Max Beckmann (Germany, 1884-1950)Werner Paul Schmidt (Germany, 1888-1964)Lovis Corinth (Germany, 1858-1925)Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938)Hans Meid (Germany, Pforzheim, 1883-1957). Germany, Berlin, 1912-1913. Periodicals. Printed material and thirty-nine lithographs on wove, Japan and laid papers

An engraving depicting men levering stone on a building site. Dated 19th century

A finely chiselled iron ring, door handle on one of the inner doors of Bourges Cathedral, France, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

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LA DIOSA GRIEGA EURIDICE - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: CORNALINE (S XIX). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Idols of Kamchatka, The evil geniuses, vintage engraving. Idols of Kamchatka, The evil geniuses, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10672996

Gargantua chooses a staff. Date: First published: 1532-64

Woodcut of a seated figure by André Derain (1880-1954) French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism. Dated 1910

The Development of Dramatic Poetry, Rehearsal of a Choir of Satyrs, seated the choir teacher, after a mosaic from Pompeii, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, Europe

Conrad II (born around 990) (died 4 June 1039) was Roman-German Emperor from 1027 to 1039, King of the East Francia from 1024, King of Italy from 1026...

The Schiller statue by Reinhold Begas, in Berlin, Germany, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Engraving depicting the principles of leverage. Dated 16th Century

Roman mosaics of Tebessa. Algeria. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Historical stock certificate, detail of the vignette, allegorical representation of a woman with wings between two sides of the globe, US-based provider of global money transfers and money orders, Western Union International, Inc., 1971, New York, USA, North America

Hell: Engraving after miniature in 12th century manuscript 'Hortus deliciarum' produced in monastery at Hohembourg and destroyed in the burning of Strasbourg Library during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.

Christ as Orpheus, ceiling painting in a Roman catacomb, from the Coemeterium of St. Domitilla on the Via Ardeatina in Rome, Italy, Historic, digitall...

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet. Woodcut portrait published 1521, thought to be from miniature by Guilio Clovis

money / finances, coins, Brandenburg, bracteate by margrave Otto I, silver, 1170- 1184, wood engraving, Royal coin cabinet, Berlin,

Tomb of Louis XII in the church of Saint-Denis, vintage engraving. Tomb of Louis XII in the church of Saint-Denis, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660212

Playing the psaltery, 14th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Woodcut engraving depicting a London crier selling a singing-bird. Engraving after Marcellus Lauron.

The Harvested Householder, Scene from a Neo-Attic Comedy, 3rd century BC Alexandria, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

The pediments of the Parthenon, vintage engraving. The pediments of the Parthenon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673656

Ancient Egyptian weapons, spear, sword, sling, sistrum, ca 1300 BC / Altägyptische Waffen, Speer, Schwert, Schlinge, Sistrum, ca 1300 v.Chr, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

West Court. Altar Q, Copan archaeological site. Honduras. Central America. Trip To The Yucatan And The Land Of The Lacandons By Désiré Charnay 1880. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

19th century, Illustration showing a woman butter churning. 1837

Caduceus surmounted by Pegasus and cornucopiae

Alfred the Great (849 ñ 26 October 899) King of Wessex from 871 to 899. King Alfred holding court

Griechenland, griechischer Krieger in voller Ruestung, Geschichte der Mode, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage ...

Sakata Kintoki 18th-19th century Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Sakata Kintoki 57254

Monument to Albrecht the Brave, Albertus Animosus, 31 July 1443 - 12 September 1500, Duke of Saxony, Gubernator of Friesland and founder of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin / Denkmal von Albrecht der Beherzte, Albertus Animosus, 31. Juli 1443 - 12. September 1500, Herzog von Sachsen, Gubernator von Friesland und Begründer der albertinischen Linie des Hauses Wettin, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Cartoon commenting on the electrification on the London Underground railways. Dated 19th century

FIGURA HUMANA BICEFALA. CULTURA COLIMENSE. - COLECCION DIEGO RIVERA. ARTE PRECOLOMBINO DEL OCCIDENTE DE MEXICO, LAMINA 73. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

One of the colossal winged beings from the Temple of Ninurta, holding a cone-shaped object and a bucket, which were probably used in a purification ritual. Date: 1850

Poseidon, Rome, Lateran, from Meyers encyclopedia, 1897

A humorous comment on the Hungarian composer's dramatic keyboard technique Date: 1811-1886

Comic sculptures in the Royal Monastery in Amarapura, Burma, Myanmar. Southeast Asia. Drawing by Lancelot. Travel to the kingdom of Ava, 1855 by Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Mr De Marleborough after Adam Frans van der Meulen; Black and White Illustration;

Shown is a battle scene at the Victory Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not known, Europe

Antikes peruanisches Keramikgefäß. Amerikanische Altertümer. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Ancient Peruvian Ceramic Vessel. American antiquities. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23196710

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

The Italian figure represented here is a Venetian senator and dates to A.D. 1400.The illustration dates to 1882. .

Laocoon, the famous marble group in the Vatican Museum, is the most important depiction of Laocoon, his death throes and his sons in the visual arts by the Rhodian artists Agesandros, Hagesandros, Polydoros and Athanadoros, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Old Father Time sharpening his scythe, 1891. Artist: Unknown

Aristarchos of Samos (active 260 BC) Alexandrian astronomer who maintained that the earth orbits the sun (heliocentric universe). Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg, 1493.

This illustration dates to 1898 and shows a statue of Thalia in the Vatican Museum. Erato was honored as the Muse of comedy. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Muses were nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (goddess of memory). There were honored as the patrons of arts and sciences. Calliope was the head muse, and Apollo, the god of prophecy and song, was their leader.

Campania Salerno Nocera Inferiore Museo dell'Agro Nocerino9. Hutzel, Max 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.

FORTUNA (fortune) and SPERANZA (hope) - two Roman goddesses who bring good things to those they favour

Jester, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.

people, couples, lovers, calendar of the Johannes von Gmunden, detail, woodcut, circa 1470,

'Lady of Baghdad; Journeyings in Mesopotamia', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic, humour, satire, letter W, beginning, verse line, ornaments, flowers, flora, various birds, Adebar, stork with glasses, Hanne Nuete 27, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868

Urania, muse of Astrology. Woodcut by Albercht Durer, 1502. From Prognosticon by Johannes Stabius. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

The Shooter thorn, antique bronze, top 2 and a half feet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Woodcut, Infans loco pedum cuspidatus, child with deformed lower body, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

Illustration depicting two men using a springboard to perform leaping and vaulting exercises. Dated 16th century

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility and considered a lawgiver, after a mural in Pompeii, Italy, illustration from 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, Europe

Lámina recortable. Tiempos primitivos. Pueblos ibéricos. Hondero balear. Editado por Litografía de Paluzie. Años 1875.

An engraving depicting a gas fire to be fitted in a standard fireplace. Dated 19th century

A decorative tailpiece to an article on growing roses. Dated 20th century

Statue of Gilbert, placed on his tomb, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.

Griechenland, maennliche Tracht, kurzer Chiton und Himation im Begriff des Umlegens, Geschichte der Mode, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Repro...

Irishmen Attacking a Tower, from 13th Century illuminated manuscript, MS Royal 13 B viii; Black and White Illustration;

Carved wooden bas-relief reproducing one of the misericords from the choir stalls of Rouen Cathedral, 15th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

A Saxon Blacksmith - From an old MS, 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

This image of an ancient Greek woman shows her looking at her face ina mirror. The illustration dates to 1882.

Masonic Seal Engraving from the book The History of Freemasonry Volume III Published by Thomas C. Jack London 1883

The Prince of Darkness. After a miniature in 15th century manuscript The Holy Grail. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Plato (c428-348 BC) Greek philosopher From "Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg), 1493 Woodcut

Altpersisches Zylindersiegel von Darius I. Altorientalische Kunst. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Altpersisches Zylindersiegel von Darius I. Altorientalische Kunst. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23206175

Historic drawing from the 19th century, Hans Burgkmeir, Musica lutes and Rybeben violins, 1522, from the triumphal procession of the Emperor Maximilian I., 1459 - 1519, after the woodcut from the 16th century

'Polyphemus', c1515, (1937). Artist: Titian

Fifteenth century, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, vintage engraving. Fifteenth century, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679333

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