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  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by J.B. Beauvarlet after J. Rottenhammer.
  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Heintz.
  • Diana [Artemis]: she changes Actaeon into a deer. Engraving by D. Sornique after B. Boullogne.
  • Daedalus and Icarus. Engraving by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son, Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius, 1779, after C. Lebrun.
  • Narcissus and Echo. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. Luti.
  • Daphnis and Chloe (?). Etching by A.J. Annedouche after P.P. Prud'hon.
  • Hercules and Omphale. Engraving by J.B. Michel, 1779, after G.F. Romanelli.
  • The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by J. Audran after G. Reni.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by L. Kilian, 1610, after B. Spranger.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.
  • The death of Orpheus: Orpheus is seen defending himself on one knee against the Thracian women, who assault him with clubs, while a child escapes to the left. Heliogravure after an engraving.
  • A daughter of Niobe. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.
  • Niobe and her daughter. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.
  • Pagans worshipping a statue of Latona in preference to Niobe. Etching by G.B. Galestruzzi, 1656, after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • A son of Niobe. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • A daughter of Niobe. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.
  • Leander and Hero; Iole and Hercules; Pan and Syrinx. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The handle of a silver vessel or pan on which are depicted the labours of Hercules. Engraving and etching by James Basire after himself.
  • Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles the arts of magic. Etching by A.M. Zanetti, 1758, after G. Zompini after G.B. Castiglione.
  • Hector reproaching Paris for not fighting in the Trojan War. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1788.
  • Bacchus [Dionysus] and Ariadne. Engraving by P.S. van Gunst after Titian.
  • The sacrifice of Iphigenia or Polyxena: the victim is about to have her throat cut and her blood caught in a bowl when a god with a drawn sword appears. Etching by G. de Lairesse.
  • Hercules and Omphale. Engraving by B.W. Dolendo after B. Spranger.
  • The Farnese Hercules seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Niobe grieving over the loss of her fourteen children while holding some of their dead bodies. Etching by B. Pinelli after F. Rehberg, 1810.
  • Hercules rescuing Hesione from a sea-monster. Engraving by B. Picart after C. Le Brun.