Legend Collection (page 31)

Bellerophon fights the Chimera, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Bellerophon fights the Chimera, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Glaucus turned into a sea god, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Glaucus turned into a sea god, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) protect a ship, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) protect a ship, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Phaeton struck down by Jupiters thunderbolt, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Phaeton struck down by Jupiters thunderbolt, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Danaides condemned to fill bored vessels with water, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The Danaides condemned to fill bored vessels with water, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Orpheus, leading Eurydice out of Hell, looks back upon her and loses her forever, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Orpheus, leading Eurydice out of Hell, looks back upon her and loses her forever, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Ixion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Ixion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1733. According to Greek mythology, Tartarus was the deepest part of the Underworld and reserved for evildoers. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733

Memnons statue, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Memnons statue, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Tantalus torment, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Tantalus torment, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Achelous in the shape of a bull is vanquished by Hercules, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Achelous in the shape of a bull is vanquished by Hercules, 1733. Hercules fought the river god Achelous for the hand of Deianira. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733

Hercules fights the Lernian hydra, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Hercules fights the Lernian hydra, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The death of Hercules, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The death of Hercules, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Salmacis and Hemaphroditus united in one body, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Salmacis and Hemaphroditus united in one body, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Meleager presents the boars head to Atalanta, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Meleager presents the boars head to Atalanta, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The fall of Icarus, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The fall of Icarus, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Alcyone and Ceyx transformed into birds, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Alcyone and Ceyx transformed into birds, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Phaeton in his chariot, c1470-1536. From the Chicago Institute of Art

Roman sarcophagus with the legend of Selene and Endymion, 230-235 AD. From the Louvre, Paris

Origins of Rome, Legend Trojan, 1st Century AD. National Museum of Rome

Landscape scene, legend of Saint Christopher, c1520-1559. Artist: Jan Mandyn
Landscape scene, legend of Saint Christopher, 19th Century. Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Galahad and Camelot, 1463. Top left: Galahad is dubbed; top right: Galahad extracts the sword; below: tournament at Camelot; bottom: the arms of Jacques d Armagnac

The Fountain of Youth, 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Fountain of Youth, 1546. From the collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Greeting the Knight, c1880-1932. Artist: Armand Point
Greeting the Knight, c1880-1932

The Legend of St. Ursula: Martyrdom and Funeral of St. Ursula, 1493. Artist: Vittore Carpaccio
The Legend of St. Ursula: Martyrdom and Funeral of St. Ursula, 1493. The Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850. Artist: JMW Turner
Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850. The first of a series of four paintings by Turner depicting Virgils story of Aeneas and Dido. From the Tate Gallery, London

The Knight of the Cart (Sir Lancelot), 1344. From Le roman of Lancelot du Lac (The Story of Lancelot of the Lake), based on the tale of Arthurian legend by Chretien de Troyes (active 1160-1191)

Roland pierces the giant Ferragut in the navel, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1260
Roland pierces the giant Ferragut in the navel, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Baudoin tends the dying Roland, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Dog-headed men, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Artist: Master of Boucicaut
Dog-headed men, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Mythical dog-headed men from the Isle of Agaman, Gulf of Bengal. Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant

Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Artist: Francesco Solimena
Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Perseus, legendary Greek hero who slew Medusa, chief of the Gorgons. From the Department of Drawings, Musee du Louvre, Paris

Legend of Saint Roch, 16th century. Artist: Bernaert van Orley
Legend of Saint Roch, 16th century

Combat between Roland and King Marsile, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne window

The Legend of Saint Romuald, 16th century. From the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). Artist: Vicenzo di Raffaello de Rossi
Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). From the Room of the 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Jean Simon Berthelemy
Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th/early 19th century. From the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Medallion of Alfonso V Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, 15th century. Artist: Pisanello
Medallion of Alfonso V Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, 15th century. The inscription reads Venator intrepidus (The intrepid hunter)

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides, 1806. Artist: JMW Turner
The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides, 1806. From the Tate Gallery, London

Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. Artist: JMW Turner
Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. A mythical character referred to in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Nights Dream, Queen Mab was supposed to bring dreams to people by driving her chariot over

The four great alchemists, 1652. Artist: Robert Vaughan
The four great alchemists, 1652. From left to right: Al-Jabir (Geber, 14th century Spanish); Arnald or Arnold of Villanova (Spanish, c1240-c1310); Rhazes (Abu Bakr Abu Bakr al-Razi)

Map of stellar constellations, 1775. Constellations of Perseus carrying the head of Medusa, Andromeda chained to a rock, and the Triangle (Triangulum)

Sumerian Libation Vase Hero Gilgamesh, Bulls and Birds from Warka, Uruk, South Iraq, c2000 BC. British Museum

Terracotta Plague of the Hero, Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian, c2000BC-1600 BC. Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who builds the city walls of Uruk to defend his people

Shaft of Cross at Walton, near Lancaster, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Shaft of Cross at Walton, near Lancaster, England, 20th century. Sfaft of an 11th Century Anglo-Danish style cross with scenes from the Sigurd Cycle, a Resurrection scene and ornament

Window detail in Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, England, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Window detail in Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedralm, England, UK, 20th century. 13th century showing miracles ascribed to St

The Agglestone on Godlingstone Heath, Dorset, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Agglestone on Godlingstone Heath, Dorset, 20th century. Agglestone Rock, also known as the Devils Anvil, is a tertiary sandstone block of about 400 tonnes weight

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