mythical creatures

Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna · before 1481

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna · before 1481

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna · ca. 1485–88

The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)

Karel van Mander the Elder · 16th–17th century

Venus and Cupid riding two sea creatures, Cupid raising an arrow with his right hand and two heads representing wind in the clouds above

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · Marco Dente · ca. 1515–27

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes

Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre · Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France · Catherine II, Empress of Russia · Louis XVII · Louis XVI, King of France · Marie Antoinette, Queen of France · Anonymous, German, 18th century · 1793–1800

Dante and Virgil on the back of Geryon

Bertel Thorvaldsen · early 19th century

Auricular Cartouche with Figures within a Strapwork Frame from Veederley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten. Libro Primo

Cornelis Floris II · Johannes van Doetecum I · Lucas van Doetecum · 1556

Sloth (Desidia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter van der Heyden · Pieter Bruegel the Elder · Hieronymus Cock · 1558

明嘉靖 佚名 王元帥圖 軸 · Marshal Wang

Unidentified artist · dated 1542

Circe and the Companions of Ulysses

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century · Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) · 16th century