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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 2 - The Sumiyoshi festival procession. Sumiyioshi deities are carried in mikoshis, portable shrines, to the port of Sakai and back. Members of the sword nobility. Toyotomi Hideyoshi had restricted the bearing of arms to the samurai class. Two participants in the procession form a dragon.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 2 - The Sumiyoshi festival procession. Sumiyoshi deities are carried in mikoshis, portable shrines, to the port of Sakai and back. Members of the sword nobility; two participamts in the procession form a dragon.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Fame riding Pegasus, 1699-1702 Commissioned by King Louis XIV for Marly. Carrara Marble,H:326 cm x 291 cm MR 1824
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Fame riding Pegasus, 1699-1702 Commissioned by K...

Mercury riding Pegasus, 1699-1702. Commissioned by Louis XIV for Marly. Carrara Marble,H:326 cm x 291 cm MR 1822
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Mercury riding Pegasus, 1699-1702. Commissioned by L...

"Neptune resigning the Command of the Seas to Brittania",painting on the top of the staircase in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's retreat on the Isle of Wight.
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"Neptune resigning the Command of the Seas to Brittania",painting on the top of...

Console du Grand Salon de l'Imperatrice Josephine aux Tuileries, 1809. Bois dore, mosaic de pierre dure, 95 x 170 x 86 cm OA 9593
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Console du Grand Salon de l'Imperatrice Josephine aux Tuileries, 1809. Bois do...

La Salle Egyptienne au Louvre avec le Grand Sphynx.
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La Salle Egyptienne au Louvre avec le Grand Sphynx.

The death of the centaur Nessus Canvas; 114 x 79cm Cat. 193
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The death of the centaur Nessus Canvas; 114 x 79cm Cat. 193

Ein Drache in einer Felsenschlucht - A dragon in a rocky gorge,1870. Canvas,152 x 92,5 cm Inv.11.531 Schack-Galerie
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Ein Drache in einer Felsenschlucht - A dragon in a rocky gorge,1870....

Angelica und der Drache - Angelica and the dragon,1837. Angelica is saved from the dragon by valiant Orlando (Ariost,Orlando Furioso). Wood,tempera,44 x 36 cm Inv.A 1753
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Angelica und der Drache - Angelica and the dragon,1837. Angelica is saved from t...

Waldesstille - The silence of the woods. According to legend,the unicorn can only be caught by a pure virgin,who,in Boecklin's painting,rides the strange animal. Wood,73 x 59 cm
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Waldesstille - The silence of the woods. According to legend,the...

Angels of Doom, 1688. In a surreal and fantastical image, sinister-looking angels and other beasts confront each other within a niche. From the epic poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton (1608-1674).
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Angels of Doom, 1688. In a surreal and fantastical image, sinister-looking ange...