Mythical Creature Collection (page 13)

Page of illustrated text from the Luttrell Psalter, c1300-c1340, (c1900-1920). Latin text with stylised floral decoration and mythical beasts

The Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903. Artist: Edward John Poynter
The Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903. From a private collection

Small dragon, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Small dragon, 1678. A print from Mundus subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam, 1678. Kircher?s Mundus Subterraneus marks the first serious effort to describe the physical makeup of the earth

Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovskys ballet Sleeping Beauty, early 19th century. Artist: Leon Bakst
Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovskys ballet The Sleeping Beauty, early 19th century

The Sorcerer, Medicine Man, or Shaman. Late 19th century design after a Paleolithic or Old Stone Age image on the wall in the Trois Freres cave near St Girons, Ariege, France, created perhaps 2, 500

Hindu concept of the universe, c1880. The universe is encircled by a serpent, the symbol of eternity. Mount Meru represents paradise, the earth below it is supported by six elephants

Laocoon Group, Early Restoration, c1st century. The statue of Laocoon and His Sons, also called the Laocoon Group is one of the most famous ancient sculptures which shows the Trojan priest Laocoon

Etruscan Relief on funerary Urn, Odysseus (Ulysses) bound to mast with Sirens, c4th century BC. Florence Archaeological Museum

Hercules and the Centaur Setos, Detail of Greek Pot, Corinthian, c7th century BC. Artist: Nessos Painter
Hercules and the Centaur Setos, Detail of Greek Pot, Corinthian, c7th century BC.The Nessos Painter was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting

Greek Vase, Blinding of Polyphemus, late Archaic period, c530BC-c510BC

La Dame a la Licorne Tapestry Series, Brussels c1480. The set, on display in the Musee national du Moyen Age (former Musee de Cluny) in Paris

The Woman Clothed with the Sun, 14th-15th century. Artist: Master Bertram of Hamburg
The Woman Clothed with the Sun, 14th-15th century. Her child, threatened by the dragon, taken to heaven. Panel 29 from the Altarpiece of the Apocalypse. Master Bertram of Hamburg, (Revelations 12 v)

Sigurd kills the Dragon, Fafnir. Detail of wood panel of Hylestad Church, Norway
Sigurd kills the Dragon, Fafnir, wood panel of Hylestad Church, Norway, late 12th-13th century. Natural History Museum, Oslo

Kylix showing the Labours of Theseus, Athens, c440BC-c430BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Kylix showing the Labours of Theseus, Athens, c440BC-c430BC. Attributed to the Kodros Painter. Found at Vulci, Italy. Centre shows Theseus and Minotaur. Edges show Theseus fighting

Ivory Mirror Handle from Enkomi, Cyprus, Bronze Age, c1200BC-c1100 BC. Warrior and Griffin Fighting. British Museum

Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra, Relic from Lerna, 3rd Century BC

Vase-painting of the story of the Cyclops from the Odyssey
Polyphemus is having his eye put out by Odysseus and his companions. This vase is from an Etruscan tomb

Pallas Athena and Muses, 1630s. Artist: Jan van Balen
Pallas Athena and Muses, 1630s. Athena was the Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. The nine muses were goddesses of the arts. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Peterhof, St Petersburg

Sea Bottom, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Vasily Ivanovich Denisov
Sea Bottom, late 19th or early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Pre-Viking head of a sea-monster, probably from the prow of a ship

Moulded bricks from the Ishtar Gate showing lions and mushrushu, 7th century BC
Moulded bricks from the Ishtar Gate from Babylon, erected in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, showing lions and mushrushu, from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, 7th century BC

Greek vase painting of Heracles and Cerberus

Alabaster Sphinx (seen from front), Memphis, Egypt, 18th or 19th Dynasty, c14th-13th century BC

Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Artist: Hermonax
Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Hermonax was a Greek vase painter working in the red-figure style. He painted between ca

Shakspeare's Songs and Sonnets, illustrated, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Shakspeare's Songs and Sonnets, illustrated, 1862. Messrs. Sampson Low, Son, and Co. have just published an elegantly-bound edition, with illustrations by Mr

A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Pendant of a waistcoat-chain commemorating...the extraordinary escape of Lieutenant Henry Edward Hall...On the 6th of April 1858, a desperate engagement

Hercules and the Centaurs, 1608. Creators: Nicolaus van Aelst, Antonio Tempesta
Hercules and the Centaurs, 1608. Series: The Labors of Hercules, pl. 5

Tawaraya Toda and a Dragon; Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tawaraya Toda and a Dragon; Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain, 1868. Series: Valor in China and Japan

Shirafuji Genta Watching Kappa Wrestle, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shirafuji Genta Watching Kappa Wrestle, 1865. Series: One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Mask of Rabshakah, the King's Cupbearer, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The British Museum - Nineveh Sculptures: Mask of Rabshakah, the King's Cupbearer, 1857. Detail of a bas-relief from the South West Palace, the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Achilles and the Centaur Cheiron, 1794-1798. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Achilles and the Centaur Cheiron, 1794-1798

Fountain, Villa Laute, Viterbo, Italy, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Fountain, Villa Laute, Viterbo, Italy, between 1910 and 1925

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 30 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 30 (recto), 1563

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 23 (verso), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 23 (verso), 1563

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo. 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo. 1563

Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, title page (recto), 1554. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, title page (recto), 1554

Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Kwakiutl person wearing mask of mythical creature Pgwis (man of the sea)

United Nations exhibit put on by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y. 1943. Creator: Marjory Collins
United Nations exhibit put on by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Central motif was this frame containing copy of Atlantic charter

Childrens Crusade, ca. 1550-80. ca. 1550-80. Creator: Monogrammist LIW
Childrens Crusade, ca. 1550-80

Two women holding a banner at center as a phoenix rises above; set design from Il Fuoco E... 1674
Two women holding a banner at center as a phoenix rises above; set design from Il Fuoco Eterno, 1674

Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans, ca. 1544. Creator: Master IQV
Venus in a Chariot drawn by Two Swans, ca. 1544

A young man sitting at right resting his head in his hand, a snake with a womans he... ca. 1510-20
A young man sitting at right resting his head in his hand, a snake with a womans head before him, a young woman holding a pan pipes standing in the centre and a young man leaving at left, ca. 1510-20

Plate 26: Psyche enters the underworld giving an offering to Cerberus, with two elderly... 1530-60
Plate 26: Psyche enters the underworld giving an offering to Cerberus, with two elderly women at left, from the Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius, 1530-60

Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn, 15th century. Creator: Master ES
Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn, 15th century

St. George, from the series The Apostles, 15th century. Creator: Master ES
St. George, from the series The Apostles, 15th century

An allegorical scene; a young woman at centre holding a wreath above her head, at l... ca. 1515-27
An allegorical scene; a young woman at centre holding a wreath above her head, at left is a old man leaning on a stick, a younger man at right who holds a small dragon, ca. 1515-27

St. George and the Dragon, 1480-90. Creator: Master AG
St. George and the Dragon, 1480-90

Seascape, after Claude Lorrains "Liber Veritatis", 1815. Creator: Ludovico Caracciolo
Seascape, after Claude Lorrains " Liber Veritatis", 1815

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