Nymphs Collection (#6)

The Birth of Dionysus from Zeus right thigh (marble) (b / w photo)
ALI202749 The Birth of Dionysus from Zeus right thigh (marble) (b/w photo) by Roman; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Naissance de Dionysos de la cuisse de Zeus; ); Alinari

The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, c. 1836 (oil on canvas)
NYH149374 The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, c.1836 (oil on canvas) by Cole, Thomas (1801-1848); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Cupid and Pan, c. 1600 (oil on canvas)
3077139 Cupid and Pan, c.1600 (oil on canvas) by Zuccaro, Federico (1542-1609) (attr. to); 76.5x104.1 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; (add.info.: Cupid)

Five Meissen figures emblematic of the senses, c. 1765 (porcelain)
CH463076 Five Meissen figures emblematic of the senses, c.1765 (porcelain) by Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-75); height: 28.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Rinaldo and the Nymphs (oil on canvas)
995858 Rinaldo and the Nymphs (oil on canvas) by Guardi, Giovanni Antonio (1698-1760); 250.5x121 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

Nymphs and Bacchantes paying homage at the temple of Flora (oil on canvas)
3066263 Nymphs and Bacchantes paying homage at the temple of Flora (oil on canvas) by Lairesse, Gerard de (1640-1711); 142.9x191.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Revenge of the Centaurs, c. 1890 (oil on canvas)
5614779 Revenge of the Centaurs, c.1890 (oil on canvas) by Knupfer, Benes (1848-1910); 103x221 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic; Czech, out of copyright

Coin du bassin aux nympheas, c. 1918-19 (oil on canvas)
5910184 Coin du bassin aux nympheas, c.1918-19 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 130.5x88.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Fetes au Dieu Pan (etching and engraving)
880512 Ftes au Dieu Pan (etching and engraving) by Aubert, Michel (1700-57); 41x48.9 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Dance of the Nymphs, c. 1725 (oil on canvas)
703299 Dance of the Nymphs, c.1725 (oil on canvas) by Creti, Donato (1671-1749); Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Vincennes Figure of a Naiad (porcelain)
XIR159227 Vincennes Figure of a Naiad (porcelain) by French School, (18th century); Louvre, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Untitled, c. 1890
WH75206 Untitled, c.1890 by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); Private Collection; Photo eWhitford & Hughes, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Diana and Actaeon, 1607 (panel)
XAM74874 Diana and Actaeon, 1607 (panel) by Wtewael or Utewael, Joachim (c.1566-1638); 58x59 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Dutch, out of copyright

The Dryads
PWI83763 The Dryads by Menard, Marie Auguste Emile Rene (1862-1930); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France; ePeter Willi; French, out of copyright

The Rhines fair children, Bewailing their lost gold, weep
STC324227 The Rhines fair children, Bewailing their lost gold, weep, illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham

The Rhines pure gleaming children told me of their sorrow
STC324216 The Rhines pure gleaming children told me of their sorrow, illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, 1910 (colour litho) by Rackham

Chocolate pot, vase, cup and saucer
Green chocolate pot with Three Graces and dancing nymphs (top); blue ewer or vase with Venus and Cupid (bottom); white cup and saucer with ivy leaves; and green cup and saucer with Venus

Medallions mounted in gold and steel. Subjects include nymphs sacrificing to Peace, Apollo with lyre, Cupid on a swan, Cancer Zodiac sign, Bourbonnais shepherd, etc. Chromolithograph by W

Vase with reliefs of the nine Muses, nymphs as archers and nymphs. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Platter from Moustiers, France, with sea god
Platter from Moustiers, France, decorated with scene of sea god Neptune and naiads with trident. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Plate from Rouen, France, with scene of Venus
Plate from Rouen, France, decorated with scene of Venus and nymphs riding dolphins serenaded by Pan. Border of shells, masks and foliage

Plaque from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with riverside landscape vignette inside border of naked nymphs within a floral pattern

British Valentines Card (colour litho)
731792 British Valentines Card (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Valentines Card)

Surprised Nymph, c. 1860 (oil on canvas)
3745677 Surprised Nymph, c.1860 (oil on canvas) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); 35.5x46 cm; Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway; French, out of copyright

Mercury entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs
3433589 Mercury entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs by Chiari, Giuseppe Bartolomeo (1654-1724); Galleria Spada, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info)

Dance of Nymphs, 1724-25 (oil on canvas)
3433147 Dance of Nymphs, 1724-25 (oil on canvas) by Creti, Donato (1671-1749); 140x115 cm; Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Il ballo delle Ninfe -Roma)

The education of Bacchus. Three nymphs offer a bunch of grapes to the little god Bacchus who is raised up by his tutor Silenus. Mercury sits at right with a cithara (lyre)

Dancing hand in hand arount the charmed tree, from The Heroes published by George Allen
3482323 Dancing hand in hand arount the charmed tree, from The Heroes published by George Allen and Unwin 1929 (litho) by Soper, George (1870-1942); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The Island of the Living, 1888 (oil on mahogany wood)
3588557 The Island of the Living, 1888 (oil on mahogany wood) by Bocklin, Arnold (1827-1901); 93.3x140.1 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; Swiss, out of copyright

Tree-nymphs (engraving)
3635255 Tree-nymphs (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tree-nymphs. Illustration for Illustrations of School Classics arranged and described by G F Hill)

Spring Fantasy (engraving)
3621748 Spring Fantasy (engraving) by Roll, Alfred (1846-1919) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring Fantasy. Illustration from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten - nach Gemalden und)

Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus would freeze, c. 1650 (oil on oak)
3588406 Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus would freeze, c.1650 (oil on oak) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) (after); 47x62 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

Worship of Venus, c. 1635 (oil on canvas)
3588401 Worship of Venus, c.1635 (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 195x210 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

Odysseus and Calypso, 1929 (litho)
3060293 Odysseus and Calypso, 1929 (litho) by Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Published in The Odyssey of Homer by George Herbert Palmer in 1929; The Odyssey is one)

Les Nymphes de Trianon at Versailles, France
Les Nymphes de Trianon (The Trianon Nymphs) -- alarmed at the arrival of the diplomats for the Versailles Treaty talks. 1919

Flora and Zephyr (engraving)
964422 Flora and Zephyr (engraving) by Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flora and Zephyr. After the painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau)

The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides, c. 1545-50 (tin-glazed earthenware)
2648177 The Contest between the Muses and the Pierides, c.1545-50 (tin-glazed earthenware) by Durantino, Guido (fl.1520-76) (workshop of); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Plate with Amphitrite and Nymphs, c. 1730 - 1750 (tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica)
1217345 Plate with Amphitrite and Nymphs, c. 1730 - 1750 (tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica) by Campani, Ferdinando Maria (fl.c.1745) (attr)

The Water Nymph appearing to the Shepherd (engraving)
971523 The Water Nymph appearing to the Shepherd (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Water Nymph appearing to the Shepherd)

Mythological scene on a greetings card, with cherubs, water nymphs and sea creatures. With an ornate white and gold border and embossed paper flaps. Date: circa 1890s

Sirens (chromolitho)
975923 Sirens (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sirens. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The woman on the left belongs in Chelsea, while the one on the right comes from The Ladies Mile, Hyde Park. Date: 1928

The Pomegranate Seeds: They busied them selves in making a necklace
1192556 The Pomegranate Seeds: They busied them selves in making a necklace, which they hung round Prosperinas neck by Soper

Early George II side table, designed by Richard Boyle and William Kent (giltwood & mosaic
747157 Early George II side table, designed by Richard Boyle and William Kent (giltwood & mosaic) (pair of 747163) by English School

Echo (tempera on canvas)
5888969 Echo (tempera on canvas) by Frampton, Edward Reginald (1872-1923); Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

To G. A. W
3747546 To G. A. W by Shepperson, Claude (1867-1921); (add.info.: To G. A. W written by John Keats to his brothers fiancee in 1817)

Heracles in a garden (coloured engraving)
3639663 Heracles in a garden (coloured engraving) by European School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heracles in a garden)

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"Nymphs: Enchanting Beings of Myth and Nature" In the mystical blue Grotto on Capri, fishermen and mermaids share a secret rendezvous, where they can said to dwell. These ethereal creatures, like Crenaia, the nymph of the Dargle, captivate our imagination with their beauty and grace. From ancient folklore to artistic masterpieces such as "The Fairies (Le Villi)" or Alfons Mucha's enchanting portrayal of an elf surrounded by iris flowers, they have been a constant source of inspiration for centuries. Step behind the scenes at Theatre de L'Abri in Paris, France, and you might catch a glimpse of these elusive beings during rehearsals. Their presence adds an otherworldly charm to every performance. One cannot forget Jacques Louis David's poignant painting "The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, " depicting a bittersweet encounter between mortal and nymph. The emotions captured in this artwork remind us that even mythical beings can experience love and longing. It also find their place in everyday objects like Wedgwood Jasperware covered jugs or sculptures like Praxiteles' exquisite depiction of Hermes. These artifacts serve as reminders that belief in these magical creatures has transcended time. Water nymphs hold a special place in folklore across cultures - mysterious guardians of rivers, lakes, and oceans. They embody both tranquility and untamed power within their watery realms. "The Morning After Faun" or "The Birth of Venus" showcases how artists have celebrated the allure of nymph-like figures throughout history. Whether it is through dance or emerging from seashells with elegance unparalleled – they symbolize eternal beauty reborn again and again. However captivating they may be artistically depicted; not all encounters with nature spirits are idyllic. Massive swarms like pea aphids engulfing fields remind us that even the smallest creatures can possess a touch of nymph-like enchantment.