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Image credits

All images come from Wikimedia Commons and are marked public domain or CC0 there. Many are museum open-access files; the rest are photographs or reproductions their authors released into the public domain. Follow each link for the file’s full record.

Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1485 (Tempera on canvas, 172.5 × 278.5 cm · Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
File: Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project - edited.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Sandro Botticelli

Roman, sculptor unknown, Jupiter of Smyrna, 2nd century CE (Marble, 270 cm high · Louvre, Paris)
File: Jupiter Smyrna Louvre Ma13.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Marie-Lan Nguyen

Peter Paul Rubens, Juno and Argus, c. 1610 (Oil on canvas, 249 × 296 cm · Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne)
File: Peter Paul Rubens - Juno and Argus - WGA20280.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Peter Paul Rubens

Greek, sculptor unknown, Bronze God from Cape Artemision, c. 460 BCE (Bronze, 209 cm high · National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
File: Bronze Zeus or Poseidon NAMA X 15161 Athens Greece.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Jebulon

Roman, after Pheidias, Varvakeion Athena, 200–250 CE (Marble with traces of paint, about 1 m high · National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
File: "Varvakeion Athena" Statue, 200-250 AD (27890636513).jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China

Andrea Mantegna, Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue, completed 1502 (Tempera on canvas, 160 × 192 cm · Louvre, Paris)
File: VicesVertusMantegna.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Andrea Mantegna

Roman, after a Greek bronze, Apollo Belvedere, early 2nd century CE (Marble · Vatican Museums, Vatican City)
File: Belvedere Apollo Pio-Clementino Inv1015.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Marie-Lan Nguyen

Johannes Vermeer, Diana and Her Nymphs, c. 1653–54 (Oil on canvas, 97.8 × 104.6 cm · Mauritshuis, The Hague)
File: Johannes Vermeer - Diana and her Nymphs - 406 - Mauritshuis.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Johannes Vermeer

Diego Velázquez, Mars, c. 1638 (Oil on canvas, 179 × 95 cm · Museo del Prado, Madrid)
File: Velázquez - Dios Marte (Museo del Prado, c. 1638).jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez, Vulcan’s Forge, 1630 (Oil on canvas, 223 × 290 cm · Museo del Prado, Madrid)
File: Velázquez - La Fragua de Vulcano (Museo del Prado, 1630).jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Diego Velázquez

Attributed to Praxiteles, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, 4th century BCE or later (disputed) (Parian marble, about 2.1 m high · Archaeological Museum of Olympia)
File: Beeld van Hermes die Dionysos als klein kind draagt Hermes, by Praxiteles. Olympia. (titel op object), RP-F-00-5348-2.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Rijksmuseum

Peter Paul Rubens, The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604–08 (Oil on canvas, 98.4 × 131.2 cm · National Gallery of Art, Washington)
File: Peter Paul Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton (National Gallery of Art).jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Peter Paul Rubens

Giulio Romano (design) and Rinaldo Mantovano, Sala dei Giganti (Room of the Giants), 1532–35 (Fresco on walls and vault · Palazzo Te, Mantua)
File: Giulio Romano - View of the Sala dei Giganti (north wall) - WGA09553.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Giulio Romano

Cornelis van Haarlem, The Fall of the Titans, 1588–90 (Oil on canvas, 239 × 307 cm · SMK, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen)
File: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - The Fall of the Titans - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Cornelis van Haarlem

Pergamene workshop, Pergamon Altar: Athena Fighting the Giants, c. 175–150 BCE (Marble high relief · Pergamonmuseum, Berlin)
File: Pergamon Museum Berlin 2007017.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Gryffindor

Chalcidian workshop, Hydria with Zeus Fighting Typhon, c. 540–530 BCE (Black-figure terracotta, 46 cm high · Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich)
File: Zeus Typhon Staatliche Antikensammlungen 596.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: User:Bibi Saint-Pol

Piero di Cosimo, The Myth of Prometheus, c. 1510–15 (Oil on poplar panel, 66.4 × 118.2 cm · Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
File: Piero di Cosimo - The Myth of Prometheus - WGA17652.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Piero di Cosimo

Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Prometheus Bound, c. 1611–18 (Oil on canvas, 242.6 × 209.6 cm · Philadelphia Museum of Art)
File: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England) - Prometheus Bound - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Frans Snyders / Peter Paul Rubens

Jean Cousin the Elder, Eva Prima Pandora, after 1549 (Painting on wood panel, 97.5 × 150 cm · Louvre, Paris)
File: Eva Prima Pandora - Jean Cousin l'Ancien - Musée du Louvre Peintures RF 2373.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Jean Cousin

Michelangelo, The Deluge, c. 1508–09 (Fresco · Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City)
File: Deluge, Michelangelo.png
Public domain · Author/source field: Michelangelo

Titian, The Rape of Europa, 1559–62 (Oil on canvas, 178 × 205 cm · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston)
File: Tizian 085.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Titian

Titian, Danaë and the Shower of Gold, 1560–65 (Oil on canvas, 129.8 × 181.2 cm · Museo del Prado, Madrid)
File: Tizian - Danae receiving the Golden Rain - Prado.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Titian

Correggio, The Abduction of Ganymede, c. 1530 (Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 72 cm · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
File: Antonio Allegri, called Correggio - The Abduction of Ganymede - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Antonio da Correggio

Piero del Pollaiuolo, Apollo and Daphne, probably 1470–80 (Oil on wood, 29.5 × 20 cm · National Gallery, London)
File: Pollaiolo, Piero del - Apollo and Daphne.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Piero del Pollaiuolo

Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556–59 (Oil on canvas, 184.5 × 202.2 cm · National Gallery, London, and National Galleries of Scotland (shared))
File: Titian - Diana and Actaeon - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Titian

Titian, Venus and Adonis, 1550s–1560s (Oil on canvas, 106.7 × 133.4 cm · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
File: Venus and Adonis MET DT5111.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Titian

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1485 (Tempera and oil on wood, 69.2 × 173.4 cm · National Gallery, London)
File: Venus and Mars National Gallery.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Sandro Botticelli

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890 (Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 68.6 cm · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
File: Pygmalion and Galatea MET DT1969.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Jean-Léon Gérôme

John William Waterhouse, Echo and Narcissus, 1903 (Oil on canvas, 109 × 189 cm · Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)
File: John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: John William Waterhouse

Hellenistic sculptor, Venus de Milo, c. 150–100 BCE (Parian marble, 204 cm high · Louvre, Paris)
File: Venus de Milo Louvre Ma399 n4.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Unknown artist Unknown artist

Joachim Patinir, Charon Crossing the Styx, 1520–24 (Oil on panel, 64 × 103 cm · Museo del Prado, Madrid)
File: Crossing the River Styx.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Joachim Patinir

Rembrandt, The Abduction of Proserpina, 1631 (Oil on oak panel, 84.4 × 79.5 cm · Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
File: Rembrandt - The Rape of Proserpine - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Rembrandt

Frederic Leighton, The Return of Persephone, c. 1891 (Oil on canvas, 203 × 152.4 cm · Leeds Art Gallery)
File: Frederic Leighton - The Return of Persephone (1891).jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Frederic Leighton

Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1598 (Oil on canvas, 95 × 85 cm · Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
File: Bacchus by Caravaggio 1.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Caravaggio

Nicolas Poussin, Midas and Bacchus, c. 1624 (Oil on canvas, 98.5 × 135 cm · Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
File: Nicolas Poussin - Midas and Bacchus - WGA18272.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Nicolas Poussin

Exekias, Dionysus Cup, c. 530 BCE (Black-figure terracotta, 30.5 cm diameter · Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich)
File: Kylix Dionysus on a ship between dolphins 530 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen Munich 120637.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Zde

Roman, after an Athenian relief, Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes, 1st century BCE, after an original of the late 5th century BCE (Marble, 121 × 98 cm · Louvre, Paris)
File: Relief of Orpheus and Eurydice (Louvre, Ma 854) (28266063496).jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China

Camille Corot, Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, 1861 (Oil on canvas, 112.7 × 137.2 cm · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
File: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Sandro Botticelli, The Map of Hell, c. 1480–95 (Silverpoint, pen and ink, and colour on parchment · Vatican Apostolic Library)
File: Sandro Botticelli - La Carte de l'Enfer.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Sandro Botticelli

Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1545–54 (Bronze, statue over 3 m high · Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence)
File: Perseus Medusa Cellini Lanzi Florence.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Jebulon

Caravaggio, Medusa, c. 1595–98 (Oil on canvas mounted on a wooden shield · Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
File: Caravaggio - Medusa Uffizi - High quality.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Caravaggio

Titian, Perseus and Andromeda, probably 1554–56 (Oil on canvas, 173 × 186.8 cm · Wallace Collection, London)
File: Titian - Perseus and Andromeda - WGA22891.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Titian

Glykon of Athens, after Lysippos, Farnese Hercules, 2nd–3rd century CE (Pentelic marble, 317 cm high · National Archaeological Museum, Naples · photograph by Giorgio Sommer, 1860s, Cleveland Museum of Art)
File: Giorgio Sommer (Italian, 1834-1914) - Farnese Hercules, Museum of Naples, Italy - 2018.436 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg
CC0

Annibale Carracci, The Choice of Hercules, 1596 (Oil on canvas · Museo di Capodimonte, Naples)
File: Annibale Carracci - The Choice of Heracles - WGA4416.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Annibale Carracci

Euphronios, Krater with Heracles Wrestling Antaeus, c. 515–510 BCE (Red-figure terracotta, 45.5 cm high · Louvre, Paris)
File: Herakles Antaios Louvre G103.jpg
Public domain

Group of London B 174, Amphora with Theseus Killing the Minotaur, c. 540–530 BCE (Black-figure terracotta, 42.3 cm high · Louvre, Paris)
File: Theseus Minotaur Louvre F33.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Group of London B 174

After Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1600, after an original of c. 1560 (Oil on canvas, 73.5 × 112 cm · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels)
File: Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Landscape with the Fall of Icarus - Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium - Google Arts & Culture.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: After Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Oedipus Explains the Riddle of the Sphinx, 1808, enlarged 1827 (Oil on canvas, 189 × 144 cm · Louvre, Paris)
File: IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Gustave Moreau, Jason, 1865 (Oil on canvas, 204 × 115.5 cm · Musée d’Orsay, Paris)
File: Moreau - Jason et Médée.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Gustave Moreau

Eugène Delacroix, Medea about to Kill Her Children, 1838 (Oil on canvas, 260 × 165 cm · Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille)
File: Lille PdBA delacroix medee.JPG
Public domain · Author/source field: Eugène Delacroix

J. M. W. Turner, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, 1829 (Oil on canvas, 132.5 × 203 cm · National Gallery, London)
File: Turner - Ulysses deriding Polyphemus 1829.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: J. M. W. Turner

Kleitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), The François Vase, c. 570–560 BCE (Black-figure terracotta volute krater, 66 cm high · Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence)
File: Ca. 1895-1920 drawing of the François Vase ca 575 BCE.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Unknown author Unknown author

Exekias, Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game, c. 540–530 BCE (Black-figure terracotta amphora, 61.1 cm high · Vatican Museums, Vatican City)
File: Achilles and Ajax playing dice, Attic black-figured amphora, signed by Exekias as both painter and potter, 540-530 BC, inv. 16757 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01049.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Daderot

Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris, probably 1632–35 (Oil on oak panel, 144.8 × 193.7 cm · National Gallery, London)
File: Peter Paul Rubens - The Judgement of Paris - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Peter Paul Rubens

Jacques-Louis David, Andromache Mourning Hector, 1783 (Oil on canvas, 275 × 203 cm · Louvre, Paris (on deposit from the École des Beaux-Arts))
File: Jacques Louis David, La douleur et les regrets d’Andromaque sur le corps d’Hector, son époux, 1783, oil on canvas, 275 x 203 cm.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Jacques-Louis David

El Greco, Laocoön, c. 1610–14 (Oil on canvas, 137.5 × 172.5 cm · National Gallery of Art, Washington)
File: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Laocoön, c. 1610-1614, NGA 33253.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

John William Waterhouse, Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, 1891 (Oil on canvas, 148 × 92 cm · Gallery Oldham)
File: Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus (2457 x 4023px ed.).jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: John William Waterhouse

Guido Reni, Aurora, 1613–14 (Fresco · Casino dell’Aurora Pallavicini, Rome)
File: Guido Reni 008.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Guido Reni

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, c. 1480 (Tempera on poplar panel, 207 × 319 cm · Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
File: Sandro Botticelli - La Primavera - Google Art Project.jpg
Public domain · Author/source field: Sandro Botticelli

Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 (Oil on canvas, 206.4 × 104.8 cm · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
File: Oedipus and the Sphinx MET DT2132.jpg
CC0 · Author/source field: Gustave Moreau