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Monsters


Witches, golems, vampires, demons and more horrible creatures.



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(School of)The witch of Endor.On the eve of King Saul's fatal defeat by the Philistines,he asks the witch of Endor to raise up Samuel from the dead. Canvas,78,5 x 67,5 cm Inv.158
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(School of)The witch of Endor.On the eve of King Saul's fatal defeat by t...

Job tormented by the demons. Canvas
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Job tormented by the demons. Canvas

Ulysses and Polyphemos, from the Ulysses Cycle. Fresco (1560)
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Ulysses and Polyphemos, from the Ulysses Cycle....

Ulysses and Circe, from the Ulysses Cycle. Fresco (1560)
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Ulysses and Circe, from the Ulysses Cycle....

Scylla and Charybdis, from the Ulysses Cycle. Fresco (1560)
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Scylla and Charybdis, from the Ulysses Cycle....

The Desecration of the Host. From a series of six paintings for a predella, 1465-69 Distemper on wood, 43 x 62 cm
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The Desecration of the Host. From a series of six pai...

Galathea and Polyphemos. Oil on poplar wood (about 1620) 41 x 97 cm Inv. 172
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Galathea and Polyphemos. Oil on poplar wood (abou...

Pasiphae hides in the artificial cow built by Daedalus (She becomes the mother of Minotaurus). Detail from the Hall of Amor and Psyche, Palazzo del Te, built 1525-1535 after designs by Giulio Romano as a summer residence for Duke Federico II Gonzaga.
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Pasiphae hides in the artificial cow built by Daedalus (She becomes the mother...

Filippino Lippi (self-portrait, far right): Disputation between Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and the sorcerer Simon Magus, in the presence of Emperor Nero (Legenda Aurea). Left of Nero: Pollaiolo (red cap) and Leon Battista Alberti (fur cap). 1481-1483. See also 40-07-08/1-24
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Filippino Lippi (self-portrait, far right): Disputation between Saint Peter, Sai...

L'ombre de Samuel apparaissant a Saul chez la Pythonisse d'Endor - the shade of Saul appears before Samuel in the house of the woman of Endor. (I Samuel 28, 7-25). 1668 Canvas, 273 x 193 cm INV 584
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L'ombre de Samuel apparaissant a Saul chez la Pythonisse d'End...

Hercules kills the Hydra of Lerna (a water snake), 1620-1621. Painted for Duke Ferdinando Gonzaga, for his villa Favorita outside Mantua. Canvas, 260 x 192 cm INV.535
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Hercules kills the Hydra of Lerna (a water snake), 1620-1621. Painted for D...

Rinaldo under the spell of Armida.From Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata". Armida, the Saracene magician, falls in love with her former enemy, the crusader Rinaldo. Canvas, 105 x 140 cm Inv. L 164 Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen
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Rinaldo under the spell of Armida.From Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata"....