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Gods and Monsters

Greek gods, angels, conjurors and the alchemists’ emblems.

From Nightfables 40The Conjuror 22Angels of the Andes 19Painted Myths 19 and 14 more houses

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145–186 of 186 pieces

New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 1857

PA-00399from $60

Tanmeijirō Genshōgo

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1827–30

PA-00410from $60

Kokusenpū Riki

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1827–30

PA-00412from $60

The Earth Spider Conjures Demons at the Mansion of Minamoto no Raikō

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 1843

PA-00414from $55

The Children of the Moon

The Master of the Housebook (attributed)

Plate, c. 1480

PA-00462from $60

Three Phrenological Heads

Engraver unknown

Engraving, 19th century

PA-00473from $95

The Conjunction

after the 1550 woodcuts

Woodcut, 1550

PA-00479from $60

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Seventh Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00527from $55

Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

lithograph, UFA

Lithograph, 1920

PA-00672from $55

Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian

Painting, 1520–23

PA-00485Display only

The Peacock’s Tail

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00506Display only

Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses traditionally attributed to George Ripley

Plate, c. 1600–1700

PA-00522Display only

Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (1488 to 1576)

Painting, 1520–1523

PA-00627Display only

Kellar and the Book of Secrets

Strobridge Lith. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

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Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Prisoner of Canton

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02075Display only

Alexander Herrmann — Cabinet Portrait of the Great One

Harvard Theatre Collection (cabinet card)

Colour lithograph poster

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Leon & Adelaide Herrmann — The Heirs Together

Period studio photograph

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02105Display only

The Great Goldin — Presenting The Tiger God

National Ptg. & Engraving Co.

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02108Display only

Ching Ling Foo — The Original Chinese Conjuror

Náprstek Museum holding (1898 US-tour card)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02109Display only

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua

Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao

Oil on canvas, c. 1670–90

PA-00162Display only

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

Painting, 1720s

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Infant Bacchanal

Piat Joseph Sauvage

Painting, 1780s

PA-00229Display only

The Peacock's Tail

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

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The Planetary Flasks

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

PA-00452Display only

Emblem VIII — The Egg and the Sword

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

PA-00456Display only

Emblem XXI — Squaring the Circle

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

PA-00457Display only

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00500Display only

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00501Display only

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00503Display only

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00504Display only

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00505Display only

Immersion in the Bath

Unknown (anonymous woodcut artist)

Woodcut

PA-00519Display only

The Divine Monochord

Robert Fludd

Plate, Early 17th century

PA-00523Display only

Mirror of the Whole of Nature

Robert Fludd

Plate, Early 17th century

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The First Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00525Display only

The Fourth Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00526Display only

The Virgin and Child

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00901Display only

Scheherazade

Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953)

Book illustration, 1907

PA-02431Display only

The Little Mermaid

Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953)

Book illustration, 1911

PA-02435Display only

The Nightingale

Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953)

Book illustration, 1911

PA-02436Display only

Mother Goose

Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 to 1935)

Book illustration, 1914

PA-02449Display only

Pieces

New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji

Tanmeijirō Genshōgo

Kokusenpū Riki

The Earth Spider Conjures Demons at the Mansion of Minamoto no Raikō

The Children of the Moon

Three Phrenological Heads

The Conjunction

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Seventh Key

Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

Bacchus and Ariadne

The Peacock’s Tail

Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

Bacchus and Ariadne

Kellar and the Book of Secrets

Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Prisoner of Canton

Alexander Herrmann — Cabinet Portrait of the Great One

Leon & Adelaide Herrmann — The Heirs Together

The Great Goldin — Presenting The Tiger God

Ching Ling Foo — The Original Chinese Conjuror

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua

Bacchus and Ariadne

Infant Bacchanal

The Peacock's Tail

The Planetary Flasks

Emblem VIII — The Egg and the Sword

Emblem XXI — Squaring the Circle

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Immersion in the Bath

The Divine Monochord

Mirror of the Whole of Nature

The First Key

The Fourth Key

The Virgin and Child

Scheherazade

The Little Mermaid

The Nightingale

Mother Goose