Myths Collection (#6)

Ornament: Natural Forms, The Sphinx, and the Centaur (engraving)
8647021 Ornament: Natural Forms, The Sphinx, and the Centaur (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural Forms, The Sphinx, and the Centaur)

Rover and Hector (colour litho)
8645249 Rover and Hector (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rover and Hector)

Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore (colour litho)
8639145 Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore (colour litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore)

Cupid baffled (coloured photo)
8656391 Cupid baffled (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cupid baffled. Unhappy couple. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving)
8635820 Whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whirlpool of Charybdis. Illustration from Rom)

Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting (engraving)
8634993 Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting)

Thetis bringing the helmet and armour of Achilles (engraving)
8634992 Thetis bringing the helmet and armour of Achilles (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Fall of Tantalus (engraving)
8634976 The Fall of Tantalus (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fall of Tantalus. Illustration from Hellas)

Amazons (engraving)
8634970 Amazons (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amazons, legendary female warriors of Greek mythology. Illustration from Hellas)

Heracles and the pygmies (engraving)
8634964 Heracles and the pygmies (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heracles and the pygmies. Illustration from Hellas)

Pluto and Persephone (engraving)
8634961 Pluto and Persephone (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pluto ruler of the underworld in Greek mythology, and his wife Persephone)

Dionysus, ancient Greek god (engraving)
8634960 Dionysus, ancient Greek god (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dionysus, ancient Greek god. Illustration from Hellas)

Statue of Hermes, ancient Greece (engraving)
8634956 Statue of Hermes, ancient Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Hermes, ancient Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

The Fight for Fame (colour litho)
8634553 The Fight for Fame (colour litho) by Hendrich, Hermann (1854-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fight for Fame)

Sacred bull of the Celtic druids (litho)
8663821 Sacred bull of the Celtic druids (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tarvos Trigaranus, divine bull of the Celtic druids, with three cranes)

Delphi - the Pythian Priestess on the Tripod in Apollo's temple (engraving)
8664111 Delphi - the Pythian Priestess on the Tripod in Apollo's temple (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Excavation of the walls of Troy (b/w photo)
8663783 Excavation of the walls of Troy (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Excavation of the walls of the ancient city of Troy)

Page of London views, 1835 (engraving)
8663266 Page of London views, 1835 (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Phoenix (colour litho)
8633870 The Phoenix (colour litho) by Thompson, George Henry (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Phoenix. Illustration for The Poet and Other Animals by Harold Richardon (Ernest Nister)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637105 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demeter (Ceres) with the himation worn as a diplax

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637078 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchante with sacred fillet and thyrsus; chiton folded over)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637153 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The two larger figures are Leto and Artemis)

"Do not you take her, either" (litho)
8639158 "Do not you take her, either" (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Do not you take her)

King Alfred writing the story of Orpheus (engraving)
8636286 King Alfred writing the story of Orpheus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Alfred writing the story of Orpheus)

Scene from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (colour litho)
8626253 Scene from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (colour litho) by Italian School, (14th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Dissolution (engraving)
8677250 The Dissolution (engraving) by English School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dissolution)

A wyvern (engraving)
8672615 A wyvern (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A wyvern, mythical creature featured in heraldry)

Chinese dragon (engraving)
8672612 Chinese dragon (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese dragon, mythical creature)

Golf Courses: Sandwich, playing onto the green from "Hades" (litho)
8670341 Golf Courses: Sandwich, playing onto the green from "Hades" (litho) by Rountree, Harry (Herbert R.) (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sandwich)

Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho)
8667317 Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho) by Beckmann, Johanna (1868-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Das Feuer (Stiftungsverlag, c.1925).); © Look and Learn

Athenian coin, head of Pallas (engraving)
8664250 Athenian coin, head of Pallas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athenian coin, head of Pallas)

Sea Adventure: The wreck of the "Indian Chief" (colour litho)
8668760 Sea Adventure: The wreck of the "Indian Chief" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Leda with Jupiter (Zeus) in the form of a swan. Drawing by Niccolo Giolfino (or Golfino)
GIM5037838 Leda with Jupiter (Zeus) in the form of a swan. Drawing by Niccolo Giolfino (or Golfino) known as II Giolfino (or Ursino Veronensis) (1476-1555)

Luxury tourism: Western tourists visiting Egypt, above the Citadel of Saladin and the Tomb of the Mamluks in Cairo
ELD4844642 Luxury tourism: Western tourists visiting Egypt, above the Citadel of Saladin and the Tomb of the Mamluks in Cairo, below the sphinx and pyramid of Giza, Egypt

Mercury, Harrow and Aglaure, 17th century (oil on canvas)
JEB4877683 Mercury, Harrow and Aglaure, 17th century (oil on canvas); 122x102 cm; Palais de Longchamp, Marseille, France; (add.info)

Hermes of Olympia, 1896 (engraving)
LEG4339425 Hermes of Olympia, 1896 (engraving); (add.info.: Hermes of Olympia or Hermes carrying Dyonisos as a child (representation of the sculpture attributed to Praxitele)

Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving)
3480613 Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Death of Icarus. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

The bull is killed by Hercules, 17th century (engraving)
3480576 The bull is killed by Hercules, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: The bull is killed by Hercules. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

Greek and Roman gods: Diane 1, 2, 3, Vulcan 4, and Minerva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's
FLO4575754 Greek and Roman gods: Diane 1, 2, 3, Vulcan 4, and Minerva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Ivory depicting a winged sphinx trampling an enemy
3520512 Ivory depicting a winged sphinx trampling an enemy; Universal History Archive/UIG

Bringing sacrifices to the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow
3507958 Bringing sacrifices to the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow; (add.info.: Papyrus scroll with a painted view of an ancient Egyptian Mut-em-Via;)

Cupid hides behind a bush of myrtle, his bow and quiver hung on a branch by a blue
FLO4637464 Cupid hides behind a bush of myrtle, his bow and quiver hung on a branch by a blue and white ribbon - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

Castor and Pollux, 17th century (engraving)
3480514 Castor and Pollux, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Castor and Pollux. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis
3480492 November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis; (add.info.: November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis)

Brunehilde, from the Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790178 Brunehilde, from the Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: Brunehilde, from the Valkyrie (Die Walkure) opera by RichardWagner (1856)); Photo © CCI

Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment)
7309944 Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment); 32.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309982 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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"Unveiling the Myths: From Icarus & Daedalus to Ares & Aphrodite" "Soaring Ambitions and Fateful Falls: The Myth of Icarus & Daedalus" "Love in the Time of War: Exploring Hector & Andromache's Epic Tale" "Count of St Germain: Unraveling the Enigmatic French Alchemist" "Persephone & Demeter: The Eternal Cycle of Life and Death" "Homeric Cosmogony: Delving into Ancient Greek Creation Myths" "Sisyphus' Endless Struggle Revealed through a Chromolitho Masterpiece" "Narcisse by Nikolai Tcherepnin: An Artistic Journey into Self-Reflection" "Arion on a Dolphin: A Mythical Melody Riding Waves of Imagination" "The Growth of Russia in Europe, 1300-1796 (colour litho): Legends Shaping History" "Initiation Rites and Mysteries Unveiled from Dionysian Cult Frescoes at Villa Dei Mysteri" “Loch Ness Monster Mystery Captured Through Frank Searle’s Lens” "Ares and Aphrodite's Passionate Affair Immortalized in Greek Art" In this captivating collection, we explore various myths that have fascinated humanity for centuries, transcending time and culture alike. Firstly, we delve into the tragic tale of Icarus & Daedalus – their audacious flight towards freedom ultimately leading to a devastating fall from grace. Next, we journey alongside Hector & Andromache as they navigate love amidst the chaos of war, reminding us that even amidst turmoil, love can bloom. We then encounter Count St Germain – an enigmatic figure whose alchemical pursuits have shrouded him in mystery throughout history.