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635 works by 65 artists

635 works featuring “Mythology” by 65 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 129 museums.

Poseidon and Amphitrite, Rupert Bunny

Poseidon and Amphitrite, c. 1913.

Poseidon and Amphitrite (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The Rape of Persephone, Rupert Bunny

The Rape of Persephone, c. 1913.

The Rape of Persephone (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Cupid and Psyche, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Cupid and Psyche, c. 1810.

Amor und Psyche (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Landscape with Hercules and Cacus, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with Hercules and Cacus, 1660.

Paysage avec Hercule et Cacus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

The Adoration of Cupid, Alexandre Roslin

The Adoration of Cupid, 1787.

Amors tillbedjan (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Thetis Entreats Hephaestus to Provide Achilles with Armour, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Thetis Entreats Hephaestus to Provide Achilles with Armour, 1803.

Thetis bittet Hephaistos um Waffen für Achilleus (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus, 1803.

Achilleus greift nach dem Schatten des Patroklos (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Bacchante, Gyula Benczúr

Bacchante, 1881.

Bacchansnő (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., James Barry

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., 1791.

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, 1821.

Die Erinnyen vertreiben Alkmaion von der Leiche seiner von… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Golden Age, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Golden Age, 1862.

L'âge d'or (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on wood

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Fall of Phaeton, Michel-Ange

The Fall of Phaeton, 1533.

The Fall of Phaeton (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), black chalk

British Museum, United Kingdom

Icarus, Ellen Thesleff

Icarus, 1940–1949.

Ikaros (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Pygmalion and Galatea, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890.

Pygmalion and Galatea (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Titania Finds the Magic Ring on the Shore, 1804–1805.

Titania findet am Strand den Zauberring (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Judgement of Paris, Henryk Siemiradzki

The Judgement of Paris, 1892.

Sąd Parysa (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Nymph and Shepherd, Titien

Nymph and Shepherd, c. 1570–1575.

Nymphe et Berger (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Sketch for “The Judgement of Paris”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketch for “The Judgement of Paris”, c. 1892.

Szkic do "Sądu Parysa" (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

The Three Graces, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Three Graces, 1636.

The Three Graces (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on canvas

Dulwich Picture Gallery, United Kingdom

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Phoenix (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Laocoön, Le Greco

Laocoön, c. 1610–1614.

Laocoön (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, James Barry

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, 1809.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and mezzotint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Venus Genitrix, Arnold Böcklin

Venus Genitrix, 1895.

Venus Genitrix (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera on panel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Narrative of Philitas, Rodolfo Amoedo

The Narrative of Philitas, 1887.

A Narração de Filectas (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

Hercules and Alcestis, Eugène Delacroix

Hercules and Alcestis, 1862.

Hercules and Alcestis (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Phillips Collection, United States

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, 1900.

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Study for a decoration project (Allegory of Hermes and Fortune), Henrique Bernardelli

Study for a decoration project (Allegory of Hermes and Fortune)

Estudo para projeto de decoração (Alegoria de Hermes e… (museum title)

Henrique Bernardelli (Brazilian), tempera on cardboard

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Amour endormi, Caravaggio

Amour endormi, 1608.

Amour endormi (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Palatine Gallery, Italy

Midwinter Sacrifice, Carl Larsson

Midwinter Sacrifice, 1915.

Midvinterblot (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, 1809.

Odysseus rådspørger i underverdenen spåmanden Teiresias (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mercury and Argus, Diego Velázquez

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Medusa, Julio Ruelas

Medusa, c. 1906.

Medusa (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Venus and Adonis, Pierre Paul Rubens

Venus and Adonis, c. 1635.

Venus and Adonis (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Venus, Mars and Cupid, Pierre Paul Rubens

Venus, Mars and Cupid, c. 1635.

Venus, Mars and Cupid (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on canvas

Dulwich Picture Gallery, United Kingdom

Girl Spearing Dolphin, Elihu Vedder

Girl Spearing Dolphin, c. 1900.

Girl Spearing Dolphin (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur deux feuilles de papier collées

National Gallery of Art, United States

Girl Spearing Dolphin, Elihu Vedder

Girl Spearing Dolphin, c. 1900.

Girl Spearing Dolphin (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain et craie sur papier vert

National Gallery of Art, United States

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Ancient Egypt

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, 1st century.

Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden (museum title)

Ancient Egypt, tempera on linen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Muse of Tragedy, Elihu Vedder

Muse of Tragedy, 1899.

Muse of Tragedy (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), pastel

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Apollo in Love with Daphne, Nicolas Poussin

Apollo in Love with Daphne, 1664.

Apollon amoureux de Daphné (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, James Barry

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, 1792–1801.

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, Nicolai Abildgaard

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, 1809.

Apollon pålægger Parcerne at opsøge den fra jorden… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, J. M. W. Turner

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850.

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Médée furieuse, Eugène Delacroix

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Médée furieuse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Girl Spearing Dolphin, Elihu Vedder

Girl Spearing Dolphin, c. 1900.

Girl Spearing Dolphin (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Spirit of the drought, Arthur Streeton

The Spirit of the drought, c.1896.

The Spirit of the drought (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Australia

Pastoral, Rupert Bunny

Pastoral, c. 1893.

Pastoral (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Landscape with two nymphs, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with two nymphs, c. 1659.

Paysage aux deux nymphes (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, 1791.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States