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Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Amor and Psyche. Marble
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Amor and Psyche. Marble

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...

Ulysses and the sirens. Oil on canvas
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Ulysses and the sirens. Oil on canvas

The creation of Adam, the creation of Eve from Adam's rib, the expulsion from Paradise, detail from the second set of bronze doors Ghiberti sculpted for the Baptistery in Florence. 1424-1452
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The creation of Adam, the creation of Eve from Adam's rib, the expulsion from...

The Greek hero Bellerophon tames his horse Pegasos. Bronze (around 1480) Height 32.5 cm Inv. 5596
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The Greek hero Bellerophon tames his horse Pegasos. Bronze (around 1480)...

Saint George liberates the Libyan Princess. Mural (around 1435) Pellegrini-chapel of St. Anastasia.
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Saint George liberates the Libyan Princess. Mural (around 1435)...

Pallas and the Centaur. Tempera on canvas 207 x 148 cm Inv. 29 dep.
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Pallas and the Centaur. Tempera on canvas...

Apollo between Marsyas and Midas. Marsyas insisted he played the flute as well as the god and for his presumption was skinned alive; King Midas criticized the punishment and had donkey's ears sprout from his head. Canvas, 98 x 81,5 cm Inv. 203
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Apollo between Marsyas and Midas. Marsyas insisted he played the flute as w...

Astraea, Goddess of agriculture and fertility, turns away from the earth and leaves scales and sword to the shepherds. Around 1640. Canvas, 138 x 209 cm Inv. 1613
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Astraea, Goddess of agriculture and fertility, turns away from the eart...

Astraea leaves the earth. According to Ovid, Astraea, goddess of agriculture, leaves the earth disgusted by the corruption at the end of the Iron Era. She leaves her insignia to the honest farmers. Oil on canvas (1665), 138 x 208 cm Inv. 9823
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Astraea leaves the earth. According to Ovid, Astraea, goddess of agriculture,...

Hercules and Antaios (detail), a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Antaios regains superhuman strength by touching his mother Earth, but Hercules strangles him while holding him high above ground. See also 40-07-11/24. H: 43,5 cm Inv. 5767
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Hercules and Antaios (detail), a giant in Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia, the E...

Imperial Eagle, from the door of the Chapel of reliquaries. Wood and stucco.
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Imperial Eagle, from the door of the Chapel of reliquaries....