Mythical Creatures — Page 12

589 artworks

Grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, and strapwork (recto); winged creatures and strapwork (verso) by Andrés de Melgar

Grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, and strapwork (recto); winged creatures and strapwork (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545–60

Griffins, female grotesque, mask and figures (recto); two turtle-like creatures and a scene with figures (verso) by Andrés de Melgar

Griffins, female grotesque, mask and figures (recto); two turtle-like creatures and a scene with figures (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545–60

Candelabra Grotesque with a Naked Boy in a Strapwork Contraption by Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Candelabra Grotesque with a Naked Boy in a Strapwork Contraption

Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1540 after

Grotesque with a Bacchus Fountain Placed in an Architectural Structure by Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Grotesque with a Bacchus Fountain Placed in an Architectural Structure

Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1540 after

Jupiter at left in the form of a shepherd accompanied by Mnemosyne, set within an elaborate cartouche, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno" by Giulio Bonasone

Jupiter at left in the form of a shepherd accompanied by Mnemosyne, set within an elaborate cartouche, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531–76

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs by Giulio Bonasone

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs

Giulio Bonasone, 1531–76

Antique-Style Ornamental Oblong Design: Grotesque Figures, Masks, and Amphorae by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Antique-Style Ornamental Oblong Design: Grotesque Figures, Masks, and Amphorae

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, early 16th century

Wrathful Eight-Armed Deity with Bird Attendants

Wrathful Eight-Armed Deity with Bird Attendants

Circe and the Companions of Ulysses by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)

Circe and the Companions of Ulysses

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola), 16th century

Panel of ornament with a bird-cage in the centre by Nicoletto da Modena

Panel of ornament with a bird-cage in the centre

Nicoletto da Modena, ca. 1500–1510

Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion of frieze) by Andrea Mantegna

Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze) by Andrea Mantegna

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze) by Andrea Mantegna

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1485–88

"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1330–40

Model of Standing Offical

Model of Standing Offical

Square Tray with Recessed Medallion

Square Tray with Recessed Medallion

請雨経曼荼羅図像|Iconographic Drawing of a Rainmaking Mandala

請雨経曼荼羅図像|Iconographic Drawing of a Rainmaking Mandala

Architectural Relief with 'Nilotic' Motifs

Architectural Relief with 'Nilotic' Motifs

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

歌川国貞画 「籠細工 浪花細工人 一田庄七郎」|Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō) by Utagawa Kunisada

歌川国貞画 「籠細工 浪花細工人 一田庄七郎」|Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819

Design for a Jardiniere by Anonymous, French, 19th century|Louis-Charles Labbé

Design for a Jardiniere

Anonymous, French, 19th century|Louis-Charles Labbé, 19th century

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes by Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre|Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France|Catherine II, Empress of Russia|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Anonymous, German, 18th century

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes

Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre|Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France|Catherine II, Empress of Russia|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Anonymous, German, 18th century, 1793–1800

Designs for Brackets with Silverwork by Jean Berain

Designs for Brackets with Silverwork

Jean Berain, late 17th century

Sarasa with Figures, Birds, and Fantastic Animals

Sarasa with Figures, Birds, and Fantastic Animals

Das Neüe Modelbuch. . .Erster Theil by Rosina Helena Fürst

Das Neüe Modelbuch. . .Erster Theil

Rosina Helena Fürst, ca. 1660

Sight (Visus), from Quinque Sensuum by Franz Cleyn|Robert Walton

Sight (Visus), from Quinque Sensuum

Franz Cleyn|Robert Walton, ca. 1655

Plate 4: marine gods and other cavorting figures by Giulio Carpioni

Plate 4: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640–70

Spring by Abraham Bosse|Le Blond

Spring

Abraham Bosse|Le Blond, ca. 1637

Disegni Varii di Polifilo Zancarli by Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti|Tasio Giancarli

Disegni Varii di Polifilo Zancarli

Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti|Tasio Giancarli, 1628 before

Le Joueur de Flageolet (The Flageolet Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs) by Jacques Callot

Le Joueur de Flageolet (The Flageolet Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Jacques Callot, 1616–22

Le Jouer de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs) by Jacques Callot

Le Jouer de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Jacques Callot, 1616–22

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Male Figures and a Putto Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux by Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Male Figures and a Putto Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux

Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, 17th century (first half)

Frieze with Half-Length Female Figure Holding Two Horns at Center by Theodor de Bry

Frieze with Half-Length Female Figure Holding Two Horns at Center

Theodor de Bry, ca. 1590

Allegory of Music

Allegory of Music

Folio from the Kathasaritsagara

Folio from the Kathasaritsagara

Surface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork, Including a Wall Niche under a Strapwork Canopy, Bacchic Scene below from Veelderleij Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten...Libro Primo by Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Cornelis Floris II

Surface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork, Including a Wall Niche under a Strapwork Canopy, Bacchic Scene below from Veelderleij Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten...Libro Primo

Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Design for a Fountain with Sea Horses and Triton Base, Basin, Dolphins and Tritons, Three Grotesque heads and Neptune by Battista Franco

Design for a Fountain with Sea Horses and Triton Base, Basin, Dolphins and Tritons, Three Grotesque heads and Neptune

Battista Franco, ca. 1550

Christ in Limbo by Luca Penni

Christ in Limbo

Luca Penni, ca. 1547–48

Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans by Master IQV|Giulio Romano

Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans

Master IQV|Giulio Romano, ca. 1544

Candelabra grotesque and studies of kneeling figures (recto); two sphinxes (verso) by Andrés de Melgar

Candelabra grotesque and studies of kneeling figures (recto); two sphinxes (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545–60

Grotesque with an Architectural Structure with a Young Boy on a Bed, Holding a Snake. by Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Grotesque with an Architectural Structure with a Young Boy on a Bed, Holding a Snake.

Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1540 after

Candelabra Grotesque with a Large Vase Flanked by Sphinxes by Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Candelabra Grotesque with a Large Vase Flanked by Sphinxes

Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1540 after

Neptune in his Chariot being drawn by seahorses, from the 'Division of the Universe' by Giulio Bonasone

Neptune in his Chariot being drawn by seahorses, from the 'Division of the Universe'

Giulio Bonasone, 1531–76

Plate

Plate

Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas

Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas

Vishnu and Lakshmi Supported by Garuda

Vishnu and Lakshmi Supported by Garuda

Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene

Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene

The education of the Virgin, with Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary reading with two putti overhead and Saint Joachim behind them at right by Schelte Adams à Bolswert|Martinus van den Enden|Peter Paul Rubens

The education of the Virgin, with Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary reading with two putti overhead and Saint Joachim behind them at right

Schelte Adams à Bolswert|Martinus van den Enden|Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630–54

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