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Myth and Story for the study

Gods and monsters, fairy tales, angels and conjurors.

From Nightfables 58The Alembic 15Feverglass 13The Conjuror 10 and 9 more houses

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97–132 of 132 pieces

Adelaide Herrmann as Sleeping Beauty

Harvard Theatre Collection (photograph)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02104from $55

Yggdrasil

Painted Myths

Digital painting, Saga Woodcut

PA-02417from $60

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

Nicolas Poussin (1594 to 1665)

Oil on canvas, 1658

PA-02476from $60

The Children of Saturn

The Master of the Housebook (attributed)

Plate, c. 1480

PA-00461from $55

Lavater's Physiognomy

Johann Caspar Lavater

Plate, c. 1789

PA-00474from $55

A Plate from the Cloisters Apocalypse

Unknown Norman illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1330

PA-00922from $55

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 Planetary Mounts of the Hand

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1650

PA-00469from $60

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

The Ninth Key

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

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

PA-00528from $55

Hylas and the Nymphs

John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917)

Painting, 1896

PA-00624from $60

Ulysses and the Sirens

Herbert James Draper (1863 to 1920)

Painting, 1909

PA-00663from $55

Thurston, World’s Famous Magician

Otis Lithograph Co. (Cleveland)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02079from $55

The Emerald Tablet

Engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, c. 1625

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The Woman at the Furnace

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The King’s Vapor Bath

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

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

Plate, c. 1600–1700

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Echo and Narcissus

John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917)

Painting, 1903

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Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (1488 to 1576)

Painting, 1520–1523

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Félicien Trewey — Shadows and Silhouettes

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Colour lithograph poster

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Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1844

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Emblem I — The Wind in the Belly

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Emblem VIII — The Egg and the Sword

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Emblem XXI — Squaring the Circle

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Emblem XLII — Nature as Guide

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Go to the Woman Washing Clothes

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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Join the Brother and the Sister

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The Dragon Devouring Its Own Tail

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The Wolf Devours the King

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The Sleeping Hermaphrodite

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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Nature, Reason, Experience, and Reading

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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The Dragon and the Woman

Michael Maier (author); engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder

Engraving

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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

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The Fourth Key

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

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

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Venus of Urbino

Titian

Oil on canvas, 1538

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