Classical Mythology

Classic paintings and illustrations of mythological characters, creatures, and scenes.

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The Three Graces by William Etty (1830)

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Thisbe by John William Waterhouse (1909)

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Diana and Endymion by Edward Poynter (1901)

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Joan of Arc Kneeling before Angel by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902)

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Juno, Minerva and Venus with Cupid by Toussaint Gelton (1645 – 1680)

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Venus and Cupid (1862) by Émile Lévy (French, 1826 – 1890), oil on canvas, 60.5 x 39 cm (approximately 23 3/4 x 15 1/4 in), Private Collection

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Vénus (often referred to as Victorious Venus or Vénus victorieuse) (1875) by Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823 – 1889), oil on canvas, 149.5 cm (58.8 in) x 97.2 cm (38.2 in), Musée Fabre, Montpellier

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The Birth of Aphrodite (1904) by Norman Prescott-Davies (British, 1862 – 1915), signed and dated ‘1904’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 105.5 x 60cm (41½ x 23½ in.), Private Collection

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Laodamia (1878) by George William Joy (Irish, 1844 – 1925) oil on canvas, 107.3 × 153.3 cm (42.2 × 60.3 in), Portsmouth Museums

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"The lament for Icarus" by Herbert James Draper, 1898

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"The Titan Fall" by Cornelis van Haarlem, 1588-90

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Sadko

Ilya Repin

1876

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'Pastorale' by Robert Bunny, 1893

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Here's part two of Angus McBride's "Legendary Beasts" series, which ran in the backs of the weekly magazine Finding Out in 1966. Daisy at Beautiful Books has collected all 36 of them over here.

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Illustration from Judge Magazine by Sidney Delevante (Sept. 1925)

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Nymphs in a Cave

Artist: Abraham van Cuylenborch (Dutch, 1618-1658)

Date: 1635-1658

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: National Gallery of Denmark / Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

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The Embrace of Siegmund and Sieglinde

— Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949)