Bartholomeus Spranger Cupid and Psyche before 1611 drawing British Museum |
Jonas Umbach Pan pursuing Syrinx through the reeds before 1700 etching British Museum |
Balthasar Bernaerts after Jan Goeree Apollo bestowing laurel wreath on bust of Horace (title-page for Richard Bentley's edition of Horace) 1713 etching, engraving British Museum |
Arnold Houbraken Priapus in a landscape before 1719 engraving British Museum |
"Priapus, standing in a landscape, holding a knife in his right hand; has fruit and vegetables in his garment; on his head a corn-plant . . . from the second part of a series of figures depicting emblems and symbols."
– curator's notes from the British Museum
Domenico Cunego after Domenichino Landscape with Apollo and Hyacinthus (after a fresco in the Loggia del Giardino of Palazzo Farnese, Rome) 1771 etching, engraving British Museum |
Salomon Gessner Women approach Herm of Pan in a landscape 1787 watercolor, bodycolor British Museum |
"Salomon Gessner (1730-1788) was a Swiss writer who achieved international fame during his lifetime for idyllic poetry and prose based on the classics. This sheet [directly above] is a fine example of his pastoral landscapes, which he drew in watercolor and bodycolor primarily during the last decade of his life. The drawing was etched in 1805 by a German printmaker of the next generation, Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, whose evocative landscape prints [example directly below] have much in common with Gessner's pastoral works. . . . Most of Gessner's pastoral watercolors are in the Graphische Sammlung Kunsthaus Zürich."
– curator's notes from the British Museum
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe Satyr carrying Nymph on his back in a landscape ca. 1810-20 etching British Museum |
Bartolomeo Pinelli Tearful Venus standing before Jupiter (illustration for The Aeneid) ca. 1811 etching British Museum |
Bartolomeo Pinelli Venus emerging from a cloud of sacrificial smoke to prevent Aeneas from killing Helen (illustration for The Aeneid) ca. 1811 etching British Museum |
Bertel Thorvaldsen Pan teaching pipes to child Satyr 1831 drawing British Museum |
"Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) - Danish Neoclassical sculptor; spent most of his working life in Rome, where he first arrived in 1797. A museum, where he is also buried in the courtyard, is devoted to his work in Copenhagen."
– biographical note from the British Museum
François-Joseph Heim Study for attendants at the Toilet of Venus, squared for transfer before 1865 drawing British Museum |
Charles Conder Pan and Nymphs in woodland setting 1904 colored chalk on green paper British Museum |
Herbert Cole Vignette of Centaur with bow before 1931 drawing British Museum |
"Herbert Cole (1867-1931) - Painter, draughtsman and illustrator working in London; illustrated volumes of poetry, literature and children's books for John Lane, J.M. Dent, and other publishers, 1890s-1920s; exhibited at the Royal Academy; taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts."
– biographical note from the British Museum
Cyril Goldie Landscape composition with Centaur before 1942 watercolor British Museum |
"Cyril Goldie (1872-1942) - Printmaker. Based for some time in Liverpool. Taught etching at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Exhibited at the New English Art Club and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool."
– biographical note from the British Museum