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Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Nurse,costume sketch for Gabriele d'Annunzio's tragedy "Phaedra",1917. Watercolour,gouache and gold on paper.
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Nurse,costume sketch for Gabriele d'Annunzio's tragedy "Phaedra",1917. Watercolo...

The Green Monster,costume sketch for Nicolai Rimski- Korsakov's opera "Sadko",1917 Watercolour,gouache and gold on paper.
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The Green Monster,costume sketch for Nicolai Rimski- Korsakov's opera "Sadko",19...

Japanese festival.
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Japanese festival.

The Battle of the Naked Men, around 1470. This large engraving of ten fighting men was the most influential print produced in Renaissance Florence. Most scholars suggest that the nudes were intended to be models for artists to copy, however it could illustrate the Greek myth of Jason who sowed a field with dragon's teeth,from wich sprang fully armed men. See 33-01-04/42,Louvre. PD,V.1-33
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The Battle of the Naked Men, around 1470. This large engraving of ten fighting m...

"The Sun,the Moon and a Basilisk", around 1512. The sun, the moon and the basilisk (half eagle, half serpent,hatched from a cock's egg by a serpent), together represent Eternity. This small drawing is a fragment from a translation of the "Hieroglyphica" by Horapollo, translated by Willibald Pirkheimer, a foremost humanist and close friend of Duerer. PD 1932-7-9-2
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"The Sun,the Moon and a Basilisk", around 1512. The sun, the moon and the basili...

Apotheosis of Homer, 1826,sketch for the ceiling painting at the Louvre, transferred to the gallery of paintings in 1860. Homer, sitting in front of a temple, is surrounded by Ilias and Odyssee and famous philosophers, poets, painters,sculptors and architects from the past and Ingres' present. Pencil, pen , brown ink and brown wash. 21,8 x 30,5 cm RF 1447
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Apotheosis of Homer, 1826,sketch for the ceiling painting at the Louvre, transfe...

Romulus,vainqueur d'Acron - Romulus' victory over Acron. One of several sketches for a painting of 1812 for the apartments of Empress Marie-Luise at the Palazzo Montecavallo in Rome. Pen and pencil, black ink, grey wash, hightened in white. 33,5 x 53 cm. RF 4623
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Romulus,vainqueur d'Acron - Romulus' victory over Acron. One of several sketche...

Saint Michael and demons,1450-1460. Drawing, 41,5 x 35,5 cm INV.1855-8-11-48 From the Sketchbook of Jacopo Bellini.
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Saint Michael and demons,1450-1460. Drawing, 41,5 x 35,5 cm INV.1855-8-11-48...

'An Allegory of a Prosperous Germany', 1586. Seated in the centre is Pallas Athene, the Greek goddess of wisdom. She is attended by Bacchus, god of wine, and Ceres, goddess of wheat. They represent the abundance of drink and food. In the foreground are two German river gods: the Rhine on the left, the Danube on the right. Water flows from beside them, filled with eels, fish and birds.In the sky above, various figures with Latin titles represent further aspects of Germany's victorious and harmonious rule. The figure of Victory rides an eagle on the left and on the right, the figures of Religion, Prudence and Understanding, represent peace. Faith and Constancy rule in the centre, topped by Justice who is crowned by Fame. In the background are details of life and work which reflect the allegorical figures above. To the left are scenes of mining, hunting and warfare. To the right are scenes of shipping and trade, astronomy, painting, printing and building. PD, 1949-4-11-105
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'An Allegory of a Prosperous Germany', 1586. Seated in the centre is Pallas Athe...

"Linda maestra" - "Gentle mistress",etching No.68 from the "Caprichos",around 1798
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"Linda maestra" - "Gentle mistress",etching No.68 from the "Caprichos",aro...

"Alla va eso",("This way"),etching No.66 from the "Caprichos",around 1798.
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"Alla va eso",("This way"),etching No.66 from the "Caprichos",around 1798.

A demon flies from the Thunder God, Edo period, 17th-early 18th century. A winged demon has been surprised by Raijin, the Thunder God. Raijin can be identified by the ring of drums which he beats to sound like thunder. A wild boar and an owl watch from the right. These scenes are from a handscroll with comic pictures which may have been intended as a model for other artists to copy. JA,JP 657 (1902.6-6.012)
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A demon flies from the Thunder God, Edo period, 17th-early 18th century. A winge...