The Choice of Heracles :: Annibale Carracci
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Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue :: Dosso Dossi
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Medea about to Kill her Children :: Eugene Delacroix
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A Sea Nymph :: Michele Desubleo
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Phaedra :: Alexandre Cabanel
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Calliope :: Giuseppe Fagnani
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Polyhymnia :: Giuseppe Fagnani
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Erato at Her Lyre :: John William Godward
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Heliodorus Driven from the Temple :: Bertholet Flemal
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The sleeping Snow White :: Hans Makart
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The Triumph of Ariadne :: Hans Makart
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The Hunt of Diana (Draft) :: Hans Makart
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Faun und Nymph (Pan und Flora) :: Hans Makart
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Snow White the poisoned comb :: Hans Makart
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Faticida :: Lord Frederick Leighton
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The Triumph of Bacchus Neptune and Amphitrite :: Luca Giordano
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Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis :: Adam Elsheimer
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Ali Baba abd the Forty Thieves :: Albert Goodwin
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The Sleep of Endymion :: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson
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Homage to Diana :: Annibale Carracci
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The Flight into Egypt :: Annibale Carracci
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Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne :: Annibale Carracci
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The Rape of Europa :: Antonio Carracci
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Mars Vanquishing Ignorance :: Antoon Claeissens
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Icarius (Diomedes Wounding Aphrodite When She Tries To Recover The Body Of Aeneas) :: Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger
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Amor Victorious :: Caravaggio
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Bacchus :: Caravaggio
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Medusa :: Caravaggio
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Narcissus :: Caravaggio
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Sick Bacchus :: Caravaggio
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Bacchanale :: Conrad Grob
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Sibyl :: Domenichino
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The Maiden and the Unicorn :: Domenichino
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Hero and Leander :: Domenico Feti
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Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast :: Dosso Dossi
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Circe (or Melissa) :: Dosso Dossi
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Sibyl :: Dosso Dossi
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Witchcraft (Allegory of Hercules) :: Dosso Dossi
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Oedipus and the Sphinx [detail] :: Fransois-Xavier Fabri
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Oedipus and the Sphinx :: Fransois-Xavier Fabri
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Diana and Actaeon (detail 2) :: Giuseppe Cesari
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Aphrodite and Eros :: Henri Camille Danger
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Paris And Helen :: Henri-Joseph Duwee
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Reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus :: Henri-Lucien Doucet
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The Golden Fleece :: Herbert James Draper
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Wrath of the Sea God :: Herbert James Draper
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Andromache Mourning Hector :: Jacques-Louis David
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Antiochus and Stratonice :: Jacques-Louis David
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The Courtship of Paris and Helen :: Jacques-Louis David
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Diana with Her Hunting Dogs beside Kill :: Jan Fyt
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Coresus Sacrificing himselt to Save Callirhoe :: Jean-Honore Fragonard
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Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid :: Jean-Honore Fragonard
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Anacreon, Bacchus and Cupid :: Jean-Leon Gerome
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Polyphemus :: Jean-Leon Gerome
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The Bacchante :: Jean-Leon Gerome
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Elaine :: John Atkinson Grimshaw
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The Return of Neptune :: John Singleton Copley
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The Barque of Charon :: Jose Benlliure y Gil
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Abduction :: Jules-Elie Delauney
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Orpheus and Euridice :: Louis Ducis
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Perseus Fighting Phineus and his Companions :: Luca Giordano
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Psyche Honoured by the People :: Luca Giordano
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Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits :: Luca Giordano
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Psyche's Parents Offering Sacrifice to Apollo :: Luca Giordano
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The Forge of Vulcan :: Luca Giordano
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Cupid and Psyche :: Orazio Gentleschi
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Aphrodite :: Robert Fowler
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Venus And Cupid :: Robert Fowler
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Rinaldo and Armida :: Sir Antony van Dyck
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Hero and Leander :: William Etty
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Troilus and Cressida in the Garden of Pandarus :: Edward Henry Corbould
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Pandoras Box :: Paul Cesaire Gariot
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Punishment of Cain :: Theodore Chasseriau
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Pandora :: William Adolphe Bouguereau
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Venus and Adonis :: Jacopo Amigoni
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Taking Leave of Andromanche :: Jean, II Restout
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Cinderella :: Charles Landseer
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Ophelia :: Charles Sillem Lidderdale
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The Daughter of Herodias :: George Frederick Watts
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Matilda formerly called Beatrice :: John William Waterhouse
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One Thousand and One Nights :: Edwin Lord Weeks
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The Bard :: John Byam Liston Shaw
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Hercules at the Lake Stymphale :: Gustave Moreau
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Sappho :: Gustave Moreau
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Death of Arthur :: James Archer
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Desdemona :: Theodore Chasseriau
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Ophelia :: Francis Edouard Zier
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The Decameron :: Franz Xavier Winterhalter
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Ariadne :: George Frederick Watts
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Ariadne on the Island of Naxos :: George Frederick Watts
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The Minotaur :: George Frederick Watts
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The Banquet of Esther and Ahasuerus :: Jan Victors
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Constance In Captivity :: John Riley Wilmer
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"I am Half-sick of Shadows", said the Lady of Shalott :: John William Waterhouse
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A Mermaid :: John William Waterhouse
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Apollo and Daphne :: John William Waterhouse
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Ariadne :: John William Waterhouse
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Circe' Invidiosa :: John William Waterhouse
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Circe' offering the Cup to Ulysses :: John William Waterhouse
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Echo and Narcissus :: John William Waterhouse
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Fair Rosamund :: John William Waterhouse
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Flora :: John William Waterhouse
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Flora :: John William Waterhouse
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Hylas and the Nymphs :: John William Waterhouse
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Jason and Medea :: John William Waterhouse
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Juliet :: John William Waterhouse
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The beautiful dam merciless :: John William Waterhouse
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Lamia :: John William Waterhouse
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Lamia :: John William Waterhouse
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Mariana in the South :: John William Waterhouse
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Miranda - The Tempest :: John William Waterhouse
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Narcissus :: John William Waterhouse
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Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus :: John William Waterhouse
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Ophelia :: John William Waterhouse
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Ophelia :: John William Waterhouse
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Pandora :: John William Waterhouse
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Penelope and the Suitors :: John William Waterhouse
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Psyche Entering Cupid's Garden :: John William Waterhouse
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Psyche Opening the Golden Box :: John William Waterhouse
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Saint Cecilia :: John William Waterhouse
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The Danaides :: John William Waterhouse
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The Lady Clare :: John William Waterhouse
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The Lady of Shalott :: John William Waterhouse
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The Lady of Shalott :: John William Waterhouse
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The Magic Circle :: John William Waterhouse
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The Siren :: John William Waterhouse
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The Sorceress :: John William Waterhouse
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Thisbe :: John William Waterhouse
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Tristan and Isolde with the Potion :: John William Waterhouse
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Mars, God of War :: Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
 1640, Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Mars and Venus :: Paolo Veronese
 c. 1570, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Picture size is 206 x 161 cm, oil on canvas. |
Mars and Neptune
 1575-1578, Palazzo Ducale, Venice The size of the painting 250 x 180 cm, oil on canvas. |
Mars, Venus and Cupid :: Spranger Bartholomeus
 1590s, Gallery Room, Eggenberg Palace Picture size 95 x 60 cm, oil on canvas.? |
Mercury, Venus and Mars :: Bartholomeus Spranger
 1586-1587, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Picture size 108 x 80 cm, copper, oil. |
Mars, Venus and Vulcan :: Joachim Wtewael
 1600-1610, Mauritshuis, Hague Size of the picture 21 cm x 16 cm, oil on canvas. |
Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity :: Jacopo Tintoretto
 1576-1577, Palazzo Ducale, Venice ? |
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Myths always represent stories in a somewhat exaggerated way, bringing the situation to an extreme degree of drama or tragedy, and their heroes always have unsurpassed beauty, power, they are infinitely vindictive or humble, wise or foolish. And the painters, of course, are attracted to the opportunity to portray such vivid characters. It is interesting to observe how differently artists imagine them. For example, "Medusa" by Caravaggio impresses with it's completely human face in combination [Expand]
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