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| Philip van Gunst after Giulio Romano Battle of the Titans before 1732 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Alessandro Algardi Defeated Titan early 1650s terracotta statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Anonymous Flemish Artist after Hans Speckaert Fall of the Titans late 18th century drawing British Museum |
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| Pietro Santi Bartoli Allegorical Scene of Life and Death - with Atlas, Hercules and Prometheus (after ancient relief) ca. 1685 etching and engraving Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| workshop of Severo da Ravenna Inkwell in the form of Atlas holding a Globe (missing globe-shaped oil lamp) ca. 1525 copper alloy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
ATLAS – The son of the Titan Iapetus and Clymene, brother of Menœtius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus. In Homer he is called "the thinker of mischief" who knows the depths of the whole sea, and has under his care the pillars which hold heaven and earth asunder. In Hesiod he stands at the western end of the earth, near where the Hesperides dwell, holding the broad heaven on his head and unwearied hands. To this condition he is forced by Zeus, according to a later version as a punishment for the part which he took in the battle with the Titans. . . . In works of art he is represented as carrying the heavens, or (after the earth was discovered to be spherical) the terrestrial globe.
– Oskar Seyffert, Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Religion, Literature, and Art (1882)
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| Anonymous Flemish Weavers Hercules shouldering the Heavens for the Giant Atlas ca. 1540-50 wool and silk tapestry Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Anonymous Dutch Artist after Cornelis Bos Sculpture of Atlas ca. 1535-40 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giulio Bonasone Atlas ca. 1545-55 engraving Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Baldassare Peruzzi Crouching Figure of Atlas 1536 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Atlas early 17th century gilt bronze statuette National Trust, Berrington Hall, Herefordshire |
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| Raymond Lafage Atlas before 1684 drawing Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Atlas supporting the Heavens ca. 1635-40 oil on panel (sketch) Courtauld Gallery, London |
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| Guercino Atlas 1646 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Guercino Atlas 1646 oil on canvas Museo Bardini, Florence |