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Greek mythology

59 works by 21 artists

59 works featuring “Greek mythology” by 21 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 29 museums.

Venus, Mercury and Cupid, Louis-Michel van Loo

Venus, Mercury and Cupid, 1748.

Venus, Mercurio y el Amor (museum title)

Louis-Michel van Loo (French), oil on canvas

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain

Perseus Freeing Andromeda, Charles-Antoine Coypel

Perseus Freeing Andromeda, 1727.

Persée délivrant Andromède (museum title)

Charles-Antoine Coypel (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Satyr and Nymph, Gerrit van Honthorst

Satyr and Nymph, 1623.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Amor and Psyche, Antoine van Dyck

Amor and Psyche, 1639–1640.

Amour et Psyché (museum title)

Antoine van Dyck (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Cupid and Psyche, Jacques-Louis David

Cupid and Psyche, 1817.

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Ixion, Jusepe de Ribera

Ixion, 1632.

Ixión (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Seven Planetary Deities: Jupiter, Apollo, Diana and Mars, Paul Véronèse

The Seven Planetary Deities: Jupiter, Apollo, Diana and Mars, 1550–1575.

Les Sept Divinités planétaires : Jupiter, Apollon, Diane et… (museum title)

Paul Véronèse (Italian), fresco transferred to canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Goddess Minerva, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Goddess Minerva, 1772.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe, 1765.

Le grand prêtre Corésus se sacrifie pour sauver Callirhoé (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Satyr's Family, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Satyr's Family, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Forest with Apollo and Daphne, Jean-Victor Bertin

A Forest with Apollo and Daphne, 1810.

Jean-Victor Bertin (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Telemachus and Eucharis, Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin

Telemachus and Eucharis, 1824.

Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Rape of Europa, Paul Véronèse

The Rape of Europa, 1580–1585.

Rape of Europa (museum title)

Paul Véronèse (Italian), oil on canvas

Capitoline Museums, Italy

The Corinthian Maid, Joseph Wright of Derby

The Corinthian Maid, 1782–1784.

Joseph Wright of Derby (British), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond (1647-1702), Peter Lely

Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond (1647-1702), before 1662.

Peter Lely (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Birth of Venus, William Bouguereau

The Birth of Venus, 1879.

La Naissance de Vénus (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Seven Planetary Deities: Venus, Saturn and Mercury, Paul Véronèse

The Seven Planetary Deities: Venus, Saturn and Mercury, 1550–1575.

Les Sept Divinités planétaires : Vénus, Saturne et Mercure (museum title)

Paul Véronèse (Italian), fresco transferred to canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Sisyphus, Jusepe de Ribera

Sisyphus

Sísifo (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Sacrifice of Callirhoe, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Sacrifice of Callirhoe, 1765.

El sacrificio de Caliroe (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain

Nymph Astride a Satyr, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Nymph Astride a Satyr, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Perseus's Last Duty, Max Beckmann

Perseus's Last Duty, 1949.

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

A Young Bacchus, Martin Archer Shee

A Young Bacchus, 1824.

Martin Archer Shee (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Odysseus and Calypso, Max Beckmann

Odysseus and Calypso, 1943.

Odysseus und Kalypso (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Ceres in search of Proserpine, David Wilkie

Ceres in search of Proserpine, 1803.

David Wilkie (British), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

The Fall of Phaethon, Odilon Redon

The Fall of Phaethon, c. 1910.

La Chute de Phaëton (museum title)

Odilon Redon (French), oil on cardboard

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Diana and Actaeon, Paul Véronèse

Diana and Actaeon, c. 1560–1565.

Paul Véronèse (Italian), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Orpheus, Odilon Redon

Orpheus, c. 1903–1910.

Odilon Redon (French), pastel on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Academy Study of a Man, Hector, Jacques-Louis David

Academy Study of a Man, Hector, c. 1778.

Académie d´homme, Hector (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Musée Fabre, France

Coresus and Callirhoe, sketch, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Coresus and Callirhoe, sketch, c. 1765.

Corésus et Callirrhoé, esquisse (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, France

The Satyrs' Dance, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Satyrs' Dance, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Psyche Abandoned by Love, Charles-Antoine Coypel

Psyche Abandoned by Love, 1748.

Psyché abandonnée par l'amour (museum title)

Charles-Antoine Coypel (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices, Jules-Eugène Lenepveu

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (French), watercolor

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion, Francisco de Zurbarán

Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion, 1634.

Hércules lucha con el león de Nemea (museum title)

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, Jacques-Louis David

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, 1818.

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis (87.PA.27) (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Rape of Europa, Paul Véronèse

The Rape of Europa, c. 1570.

Paul Véronèse (Italian), oil on canvas laid down on wood

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Tityos, Jusepe de Ribera

Tityos, 1632.

Ticio (museum title)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Battle between a Centaur and a Triton, Jusepe de Ribera

Battle between a Centaur and a Triton, c. 1620–1640.

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), etching on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, Jacques-Louis David

Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, 1772.

Diane et Apollon perçant de leurs flèches les enfants de… (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Bacchanal, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Bacchanal, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Bas-relief with satyrs and young woman, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Bas-relief with satyrs and young woman, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), ink on paper

Musea Brugge, Belgium

Mary II (1662-94), when Princess, Peter Lely

Mary II (1662-94), when Princess, c. 1672.

Peter Lely (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Herse Preparing to Receive Mercury, Jan Verkolje

Herse Preparing to Receive Mercury, 1665–1693.

Herse bereder sig til at modtage Merkur (museum title)

Jan Verkolje (Dutch), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Apollo, Max Beckmann

Apollo, 1942.

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Mary Bagot, Countess of Falmouth and Dorset (1645-79), Peter Lely

Mary Bagot, Countess of Falmouth and Dorset (1645-79), c. 1664–1665.

Peter Lely (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Cupid and Psyche, Jacques-Louis David

Cupid and Psyche, 1813.

Jacques-Louis David (French), gray wash and pen and black ink with white paint and traces of black chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Nymphs and Satyr, William Bouguereau

Nymphs and Satyr, 1873.

Nymphes et Satyre (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Andromache Mourning Hector, Jacques-Louis David

Andromache Mourning Hector, 1782.

La Douleur d'Andromaque (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Jupiter and Antiope, Jacques-Louis David

Jupiter and Antiope, 1771.

Jupiter et Antiope (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Musée de Sens, France

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Bas-relief with a nymph and two satyrs, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Bas-relief with a nymph and two satyrs, 1763.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), ink on paper

Musea Brugge, Belgium