Mythical Creatures
Griffins, sphinxes, sea monsters, and chimeras — the bestiary of the imagination, decorating everything from Greek vases to Renaissance grotesques.
589 public-domain artworks from six world museums · free to view and download
Whistling vessel
Maya artist, 400–500 CE
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging
北野天神縁起絵巻|Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)
Luster Bowl with Winged Horse
Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures)
Vishnu Riding on Garuda
Lineage Portrait of an Abbot
Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes
Vessel with mythological scene
Metropolitan Painter, 7th–8th century
The Emperor's Carpet
Lizard
Emile Muller|La Grande Tuilerie, Ivry, France|Emmanuel Frémiet, ca. 1887
Untitled
Félicien Rops
Plate
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory , ca. 1750, decorated 19th century
Covered Vase
Piece
Piece
Border
Frieze with Sea Monsters
Johann Theodor de Bry|Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580–1600
Ceremonial ewer
Band
Design for Serving Piece
Erasmus Hornick, 16th century
Fragment of a Bowl
Bowl
Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Kinnari
Roundel with Winged Horse
唐 銀飾片|Ten pieces of inlay
Plaque with Phoenix
隋至唐 青瓷扁壶|Flask with molded decoration
Fragment of a Band
紀業私印|Seal with Knob in the Shape of a Chimera
Disk
Anthropomorphic Figure
Variety Act 1: Maxi the Ichthyosaurus Turned Man (Varietenummer 1: Maxi der Mensch Gewor Dene Ichthyosaurus)
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte, 1907
Vase
Piece
Wedding Festival Hanging
Frieze with Sea Monsters
Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600
Frieze with Sea Monsters
Johann Theodor de Bry|Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580–1600
"Muhammad Ascends to Heaven in a Vision on Buraq", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, second half 16th century
Design for a Jug with Winged-figure Handle
Anonymous, Italian?, 16th century, 1550–1600
"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di
Sultan Muhammad Nur, ca. 1525–35
Drawing of the Head of a Simurgh
Medallion with Man Fighting Basilisk
Casket
Mortar and Pestle made for Abu Bakr 'Ali Malikzad al-Tabrizi
The Aeroplegasus (Anzani Engines) (Der Aeroplegasus (Motor Anzani))
Moriz Jung|Wiener Werkstätte, 1911
画本唐詩選五言律排律|Illustrated “Anthology of Tang-Dynasty Poems” in Five-Syllable Lines (Tōshisen ehon gogon ritsu hairitsu) 画本唐詩選五言律排律
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1836 (Tenpō 7)
Toy