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- Title
- Troy Legend
- Artist
- Anonymous Flemish (Brussels)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1510
- Accession Number
- 1942.9
- Medium and Support
- wool and silk
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- greek
- groups
- mythology
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- Title
- Legend of the Cowherder and the Weaving Maiden
- Artist
- Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)
- Artist Life Dates
- (1774 - 1829)
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1774-1829
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.37
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- legendary figures
- mythology
- water
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- Title
- Neptune's Daughter
- Artist
- Maragaret Ann Gaug
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1909 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.106
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on paper
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
- nudes
- water
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- Title
- The Triumph of Plenty
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany or Belgium
- Physical Description
- This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.5
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- fruit
- mythology (literary genre)
- oxen
- wagons
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- Title
- Perseus and Andromeda
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1577
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.51
- Medium and Support
- pen, black ink and wash, heightened with white on grey paper
- Primary Keywords
- andromeda
- mythology
- reclining
- spear
- trees
- winged
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- Title
- The Triumph of the Four Elements
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.37
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- horses
- mythology (literary genre)
- seasons
- wagons
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- Title
- Three Fates, Designed by Paul Manship, from "The 1939 New York World's Fair"
- Artist
- Samuel Gottscho
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875 - 1971
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939; printed 1980
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.135.5
- Medium and Support
- dye transfer print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- figures
- mythology
- trees
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- Title
- "Los Proverbios" (also known as "Los Disparates"), plate 5: Reniego al amigo que cubre con las alas y muerde conel pico ("Renounce the friend who covered you with his wings and bites you with his beak") or Disparate volanted (Flying folly)
- Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1828
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1864-1900
- Accession Number
- 1949/2.7
- Medium and Support
- aquatint and etching on paper
- Primary Keywords
- monsters
- mythology
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- Title
- Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Italy or France
- Physical Description
- A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1557-1600
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.38
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
- Primary Keywords
- battles
- dragons
- maiolica
- mythology (literary genre)
- oxen
- sheep
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- Title
- Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- In this painting, a mischievous demon is depicted in priest’s garb begging for alms.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.102
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Primary Keywords
- devils
- musical instruments
- mythology (literary genre)
- priests
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- Title
- Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.85
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
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- Title
- Ebisu (God of Prosperity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Ebisu, the god of prosperity and especially associated with fishermen. Here he carries a large sea bream or red snapper symbolizing good fortune.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.86
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
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- Title
- A Scholar Riding on a Sword
- Artist
- Kanô School, after Kanô Motonobu (1476-1559)
- Century
- mid- to late 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1650-1700
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.89
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Primary Keywords
- daoism
- figures
- mythology
- sword
- water
- waves
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- Title
- The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13
- Artist
- Alfred Kubin
- Physical Description
- To the right, four animals - a donkey, goat, cat, and rooster - appear stacked upon one another in a barely sketched-in window. On the left side, four figures sit at what appears to be a meal in a dinning room, with a soup tureen and various dishes. The image is hastily sketched and few details are absolutely readable, other than basic shapes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1959
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.118
- Medium and Support
- graphite on wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- animals
- dining rooms
- interiors
- mythology (literary genre)
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- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Louis-Felix de La Rue
- Physical Description
- Image of centaurs, young and old, gathered around a centaur on a donkey.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1731-1765
- Accession Number
- 2015/1.387
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Primary Keywords
- forests
- men
- mythology (literary genre)
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- Title
- Apollo Obeying Time
- Artist
- Claude Lorrain
- Physical Description
- Upper left corner of paper is folded over. Print was cut at frame-line and to include the below text. Paper size: lh 19 1/2cm & rh 19 3/5cm x w 25 1/5cm. Image size: h 18 1/2cm x w 25 1/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1604/5?-1682
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.457
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
- Primary Keywords
- etching (printing process)
- mythology (literary genre)
- ruins
- time
- Title
- Daphnis Playing on His Pipe, First Page Virgil's Eclogues
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol
- Artist Life Dates
- 1861 - 1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1912-1914
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.405
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
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- Title
- Caravaggio's Medusa (Medusa Marinara), from The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
- Artist
- Vik Muniz
- Physical Description
- Porcelain plate imprinted with the photographic image of a female head in pasta and marinara sauce.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1961
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.108
- Medium and Support
- photographic image on porcelain
- Primary Keywords
- appropriation
- food
- heads (representations)
- mythology (literary genre)
- plates (dishes)
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- Title
- Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs
- Artist
- Agostino Musi
- Physical Description
- This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.
- Artist Life Dates
- Active 1514-1536
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.133
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Primary Keywords
- bulls
- engravings
- gods
- horn
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
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- Title
- Leda and the Swan
- Artist
- Reuben Nakian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1897-1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.151
- Medium and Support
- bronze on stone base
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- birds
- mythology
- nudes
- swans
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- Title
- Hercules and Lichas
- Artist
- Carlo Naya
- Artist Life Dates
- Active from the late 1860s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.101
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- groups
- hercules
- males
- mythology
- nudes
- sculpture
- standing
- stone
- walking
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- Title
- L'Appollo del Belvedere
- Artist
- Carlo Naya
- Artist Life Dates
- Active from the late 1860s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1860
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.97
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- apollo
- mythology
- nudes
- sculpture
- stone
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- Title
- Hotei
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1716
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.157
- Medium and Support
- ink and light color on paper
- Primary Keywords
- circles (plane figures)
- deity
- fans (costume accessories)
- hanging scrolls
- mythology (literary genre)
- zen buddhism
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- Title
- Ceiling Sketch with Allegorical and Mythological Figures
- Artist
- Palma il Giovane
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1544 - 1628, Venice)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1544-1628
- Accession Number
- 1947/2.5
- Medium and Support
- pen and wash with gray crayon underdrawings on off-white laid paper
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- ceilings
- clouds
- figures
- mythology
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- Title
- Proserpine
- Artist
- Hiram Powers
- Physical Description
- Bust-length white marble sculpture of a young female figure crowned with a plait of wheat and framed along the bottom with a wreath of sculpted acanthus leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1805 - 1873
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.40
- Medium and Support
- Seravezza marble
- Primary Keywords
- bust
- bust-length
- busts
- classical
- figures (representations)
- legendary figures
- marble
- mythology
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- sculpture
- woman
- women
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- Title
- Jupiter and Mercury Visiting Baucis and Philemon from a series intitled, 'Theatr
- Artist
- Anton Prenner
- Artist Life Dates
- 1683-1761
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1728-1732
- Accession Number
- 1951/2.4
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Primary Keywords
- ducks
- gods
- mythology
- seated
- standing
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- Title
- Peach Blossom Spring
- Artist
- Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)
- Physical Description
- In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1495-1552
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1542
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.212
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on gold paper
- Primary Keywords
- boats
- calligraphy
- fans (costume accessories)
- mythology (literary genre)
- peach blossoms
- peach trees
- spring
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- Title
- Crouching Venus
- Artist
- Marcantonio Raimondi
- Physical Description
- A nude woman is seen in profile crouching and turning her head toward the viewer. She is backed up against a short pedestal or wal, on top of which a winged cupid bends towards the woman. On the right side is a slender tree, and behind the figures is an expansive landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1475-before 1534
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1505-1506
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.289
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Primary Keywords
- bending
- engraving (printing process)
- figures (illustrations)
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
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- Title
- Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth
- Artist
- Ren Yi (Jen I)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840 - 1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.15
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- figures (representations)
- goddesses
- mythology (literary genre)
- women
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- Title
- Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
- Artist
- Randolph Rogers
- Physical Description
- A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825-1892
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1862.1
- Medium and Support
- Carrara marble
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- blind
- blind (people)
- capitals
- corinthian (architectural style)
- figures (representations)
- girl
- girls
- marble
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nydia
- pompeii
- pompeii (deserted settlement)
- sculpture
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- standing
- statues
- stone
- women
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- Title
- Standing Bacchus with Goat
- Artist
- Giulio Romano
- Artist Life Dates
- 1499-1546
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.33
- Medium and Support
- pen and light brown ink on cream paper
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- goats
- gods
- mythology
- nudes
- standing
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- Title
- The Sphinx, Plate 1 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
- Artist
- Kurt Seligmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.97.1
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
- oedipus
- sphinx
- surrealism
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- Title
- The Childhood of Oedipus, Plate 2 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
- Artist
- Kurt Seligmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.97.2
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
- oedipus
- surrealism
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- Title
- The Slaying of Laius, Plate 3 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
- Artist
- Kurt Seligmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.97.3
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- chariots
- laius
- mythology
- oedipus
- surrealism
- sword
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- Title
- The Marriage, Plate 5 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
- Artist
- Kurt Seligmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.97.5
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- jocasta
- mythology
- oedipus
- surrealism
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- Title
- Oedipus at Colonus, Plate 6 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
- Artist
- Kurt Seligmann
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.97.6
- Medium and Support
- etching on Handmade J. Whatman
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
- oedipus
- surrealism
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- Title
- Prometheus
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A winged figure draped in a toga has descended upon a non-winged figure and is attempting to bind. The non-winged nude figure has their hands behind their back and with one knee bent and the other leg extended, submits to the winged figure. Both figures do not have any facial features.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1898-1969
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.26
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Primary Keywords
- angels
- bound
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
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- Title
- The Lion of Lucerne
- Artist
- Giorgio Sommer
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1914
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1834-1914
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.307
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- caves
- lions
- mythology
- rock
- rocks
- sculpture
- shield
- stone
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- Title
- Liber Studiorum. 73. Glaucus and Scylla
- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner
- Artist Life Dates
- 1775-1851
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1775-1851
- Accession Number
- 1950/1.201
- Medium and Support
- etching and mezzotint on paper
- Primary Keywords
- mythology
- rocks
- shores
- trees
- water
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- Title
- Mythological Group
- Artist
- Charles André Van Loo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1705-1765
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705-1765
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.129
- Medium and Support
- pen and wash on white paper
- Primary Keywords
- horses
- mythology
- nudes
- weapon
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- Title
- Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
- Artist
- Hans Vries
- Physical Description
- Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1527-1604(or 1623?)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1555-1560
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.118
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Primary Keywords
- copper engraving (printing process)
- equestrians
- horses
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- ornament
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- Title
- Flora
- Artist
- Richard James Wyatt
- Physical Description
- White marble sculpture of female figure, partially nude with a cloth draped loosely around her waist and over her left forearm. She holds a cluster of flowers in her left hand, and a single bloom in her right; a basket of flowers located on base to left and slightly behind figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795 - 1850
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Accession Number
- 1931.17
- Medium and Support
- marble
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- flowers
- flowers (plants)
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nudes
- sculpture
- standing
- statues
- women