Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Saint George and the Dragon c.1504–1505 Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, 21.3 x 14.2 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Saint George and the Dragon (c.1504-1505)
Tag: Mythology
Nemesis (c.1502)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Nemesis c.1502 Engraving on white antique laid paper, 32.6 × 22.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
A Naiad (1893)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection
Sleep and his half-brother Death (1874)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 69.8 x 90.8 cm Private collection
A Mermaid (1900)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Mermaid 1900 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 66.6 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London John William Waterhouse presented this painting to the Royal Academy after his election as an Academician. From the 1880s Waterhouse exhibited at…
Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Les Nymphes et le Satyre (1873)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Les Nymphes et le Satyre (Nymphs and Satyr) 1873 Oil on canvas, 260.4 x 182.9 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Three nymphs playfully drag a Satyr into a woodland pond, while a fourth calls to her companions…
Bacchante dans un paysage (1865-1870)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Bacchante dans un paysage (Bacchante in a Landscape) 1865–1870 Oil on canvas, 30.8 x 61.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting is closely related to Bacchante by the Sea, also in the Museum’s collection,…
Danae (1560-1565)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae 1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 181.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first Poesie presented to Prince Philip were Danaë (1553, The Wellington Collection) and Venus and Adonis (1554, Museo del Prado, P422), versions of other…
Danae (c.1554)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae c.1554 Oil on canvas, 120 x 187 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Danaë is one of five paintings that the master produced on the subject of the popular Greek myth. An oracle told King Acrisius that he…