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Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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The Fall of Phaeton, 1533. Jupiter,above,sits on his eagle and hurls a thunderbolt at Phaeton,son of Apollo,who had asked to drive the chariot of the sun. To save the earth, Jupiter destroyed Phaeton. Underneath,his sisters the Heliades,weeping, are changed into poplar trees. The river god Eridanus (the river Po) into whose river Phaeton fell, lies underneath. From Ovid's Metamorphoses. PD.1895-9-15-517.
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The Fall of Phaeton, 1533. Jupiter,above,sits on his eagle and hurls a thunderbo...

Punchinello carried off by a centaur, around 1797. Punchinello is being carried off on the back of a rearing centaur, pursued by a bare-footed woman in a head scarf, her face unseen and her arms waving wildly. The drawing mocks the classical scene in which a centaur carried off a woman and is pursued by a hero. PD, 1925-4-6-1
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Punchinello carried off by a centaur, around 1797. Punchinello is being carried...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photographs of "antique" topics,taken against Sicilian landscapes.Pan,nymph and boy. 1909
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photograp...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photographs of "antique" topics,taken against Sicilian landscapes.Sleeping boy. 1905
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photograp...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photographs of "antique" topics,taken against Sicilian landscapes.Boy in Taormina,Sicily. 1905
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photograp...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photographs of "antique" topics,taken against Sicilian landscapes.Two boys in Taormina, Sicily, 1905.
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, specialized in photograp...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, (1856-1931),specialized in photographs of "antique" topics against Sicilian landscapes."God Pan" boy with flute,Taormina,Sicily, 1905.
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, (1856-1931),specialized...

Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, (1856-1931),specialized in photographs of "antique" topics against Sicilian landscapes. Three boys.
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Wilhelm von Gloeden,German painter and photographer, (1856-1931),specialized...

Nymphe chasseresse - Hunting nymph;costume sketch for Leo Delibes' ballet "Sylvia",1901 watercolour,pencil and bronze on paper,28,1 x 21,1
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Nymphe chasseresse - Hunting nymph;costume sketch for Leo Delibes' ballet "Sylvi...

The nymph Echo,costume sketch for Nicolai Cherepnin's ballet "Narcissus",1911. Watercolour,gouache,crayon and gold on paper, 39,5 x 26,5 cm
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The nymph Echo,costume sketch for Nicolai Cherepnin's ballet "Narcissus",1911. W...

Nymph,costume sketch for Claude Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un Faune",1912 Gouache,watercolour and gold on paper.
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Nymph,costume sketch for Claude Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un Faune",1912...

Nymph,costume sketch for Claude Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un Faune",1912 Gouache,watercolour and gold on paper.27 x 23,5 cm
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Nymph,costume sketch for Claude Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un Faune",1912...