Fantastic Animals Collection

Gold earring from Volos (Greece)
DGA5566366 Gold earring from Volos (Greece). Goldsmith art, Greek Civilization, 4th-3rd Century BC (gold); (add.info.: Gold earring from Volos (Greece)

Nereid, detail from Neptune Fountain
DGA926287 Nereid, detail from Neptune Fountain, by Gregorio Zappala (1823-1908), Piazza Navona, Rome (Unesco World Heritage List, 1980), Lazio, Italy; © NPL - DeA Picture Library / S. Vannini

Ciborium, 13th century (stone)
RTG8834052 Ciborium, 13th century (stone) by Termoli, Alfano da (13th century) (attr)

Counterfaçade, Cycle of the Apocalypse, detail, 14-15th century (fresco)
RTG8973790 Counterfaçade, Cycle of the Apocalypse, detail, 14-15th century (fresco); Basilica of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Galatina, Puglia, Italy; (add.info.: Façade)

Counterfaçade, Cycle of the Apocalypse, detail, 14-15th century (fresco)
RTG8973786 Counterfaçade, Cycle of the Apocalypse, detail, 14-15th century (fresco); Basilica of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Galatina, Puglia, Italy; (add.info.: Counter-facade)

Ancient Egyptian figurine of goddess Selket
DGA537981 Ancient Egyptian figurine of goddess Selket; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Egyptian civilization)

Black-figure pottery. Hydria depicting Heracles arriving in Hades leading Cerberus
DGA501169 Black-figure pottery

Lintel decorated with a mythological couple with dolphin tails, 18th century (bas relief)
JPP9020957 Lintel decorated with a mythological couple with dolphin tails, 18th century (bas relief); (add.info.: Tende La Roya Green stone lintel, featuring a mythological couple with dolphin tails)

Double-headed human figure, 1560 (engraving)
PCT9036862 Double-headed human figure, 1560 (engraving); (add.info.: From Histoires Prodigieuses by Boaistuau.); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2024

Processional cross, at the center reliquary containing the relics of the Sacred Wood of the Cross
LRI8987017 Processional cross, at the center reliquary containing the relics of the Sacred Wood of the Cross, XIII century (mixed media) by Unknown Artist; Tesoro del Duomo, Veroli

The shadow of Gretschen appears at Faust, 1828 (litho)
CCI8974469 The shadow of Gretschen appears at Faust, 1828 (litho) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); (add.info.: By Eugene Delacroix for: Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Le combat des ombres: poilus dans une tranchee imagining an assault by ghostly soldiers
PCT9005683 Le combat des ombres: poilus dans une tranchee imagining an assault by ghostly soldiers, 1916 (watercolor) by Robida

Shirasuka: Nekozuka, 1852 (woodcut)
AMO9033300 Shirasuka: Nekozuka, 1852 (woodcut) by Kunisada II, Utagawa (1823-80); 55.5x40.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Shirasuka (Actor Onoe Kikugoro III, as)

Ama swimming to a rock on which are two other ama, 1849-53 (woodcut)
AMO9033343 Ama swimming to a rock on which are two other ama, 1849-53 (woodcut) by Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861); 55.3x40.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The ghost of Oiwa emerges from a lantern to frighten Tamiya Iemon (woodcut)
AMO9033323 The ghost of Oiwa emerges from a lantern to frighten Tamiya Iemon (woodcut) by Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861); 55.5x40.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Ghost of Iga Shikibunojō Mitsumune appearing to Iga no Kotarō Tomoyuki who holds a scroll
AMO9033303 Ghost of Iga Shikibunojō Mitsumune appearing to Iga no Kotarō Tomoyuki who holds a scroll, 1852 (woodcut) by Kunisada II, Utagawa (1823-80); 55.5x40.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Sea snake, 1924 (illustration)
JAB9033110 Sea snake, 1924 (illustration) by Carre, Leon Georges (1878-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sea Snake)

German Navy U-Boats : 12inch Gun on a monster German submarine, 1917 ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5446538 German Navy U-Boats : 12inch Gun on a monster German submarine, 1917 ©UIG/Leemage by Unknown photographer, (20th century)

Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
5860079 Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints, 1898-99 (woodblock print in black and ocher ink on paper) by Gauguin

Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, c.1593-94 (oil & lapis lazuli on wood)
STM620278 Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, c.1593-94 (oil & lapis lazuli on wood) by Cesari, Giuseppe (Cavalier d'Arpino) (1568-1640); 20x15.4 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Venus Anadyomene, 1872 (oil on panel)
STM620883 Venus Anadyomene, 1872 (oil on panel) by Bocklin, Arnold (1827-1901); 59.1x45.7 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA; (add.info.: Venus)

Jason Poisoning the Dragon (oil on oak panel)
STM620780 Jason Poisoning the Dragon (oil on oak panel) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73) (after); 33.3x26 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA; (add.info.: Jason, leader of the Argonauts)

Mephistopheles, 1828 (litho)
CCI8974468 Mephistopheles, 1828 (litho) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); (add.info.: By Eugene Delacroix for: Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Half-Man, Half-Goat creature appearing to St. Anthony in the desert, 1560 (engraving)
PCT9036861 Half-Man, Half-Goat creature appearing to St. Anthony in the desert, 1560 (engraving); (add.info.: From Histoires Prodigieuses by Boaistuau.); © Patrice Cartier

Weiblicher Akt (oil on board)
CH9028484 Weiblicher Akt (oil on board) by Moser, Koloman (1868-1918); 34.3 x 28 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Back of a nude woman with ghosts, painting Koloman Moser); Christie's Images

Species of endangered orangutans, apes and marmosets
Critically endangered orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus or Pongo abelii 1, 3, endangered chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes 2, endangered lar gibbon, Hylobates lar 4, pigmy ape 5, endangered Barbary macaque

The North Wind, 17th century (engraving)
CCI9033066 The North Wind, 17th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Meteorology. North wind. Allegory, France, 17th century.); © Archives Charmet

Un Lutin, from Costumes Parisien, pub.1914 (colour litho)
STC3526860 Un Lutin, from Costumes Parisien, pub.1914 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); The Stapleton Collection

Attic krater in red-figure pottery from Necropolis in Celle
DGA578865 Attic krater in red-figure pottery from Necropolis in Celle, Lazio, Italy

Male Sphinx, 6th century BC (terracotta)
DGA577401 Male Sphinx, 6th century BC (terracotta); Antiquarium, Murlo, Italy; © NPL - DeA Picture Library / G. Nimatallah

Lombards conversion to Catholicism and demolition of enchanted walnut sacred to Wotan by San Barbato
DGA909974 Lombards conversion to Catholicism and demolition of enchanted walnut sacred to Wotan by San Barbato, Bishop of Benevento, engraving, Italy, 18th century; Museo del Sannio, Benevento

Detail of statue of Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 18th-19th century
DGA647961 Detail of statue of Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 18th-19th century; (add.info.: Detail of a statue of the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand)

Detail of the Temptation of St Anthony the Great
DGA5521022 Detail of the Temptation of St Anthony the Great, Altarpiece of Issenheim, c.1512-16 (oil on panel) by Grunewald

One of sphinx of Sphinx Gate, Alacahoyuk, Turkey, Hittite civilization, 14th century BC
DGA2568485 One of sphinx of Sphinx Gate, Alacahoyuk, Turkey, Hittite civilization, 14th century BC; (add.info.: One of the sphinx of the Sphinx Gate, Alacahoyuk, Turkey)

St George and the Dragon, Icon, 17th Century
DGA555446 St George and the Dragon, Icon, 17th Century.; (add.info.: St George and the Dragon, Icon, 17th Century.); G. Dagli Orti /© NPL - DeA Picture Library

Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter
DGA576472 Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter, viewed from the side depicting a satyr dancing and a panther. Red-figure pottery from Spina (Emilia Romagna)

Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter
DGA576471 Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter, viewed from the side depicting a satyr dancing. Red-figure pottery from Spina (Emilia Romagna)

Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter
DGA576470 Skyphos attributed to the Spina Painter, viewed from the side depicting a satyr dancing and a panther. Red-figure pottery from Spina (Emilia Romagna)

Faust, Gretschen and Mephistopheles, 1828 (litho)
CCI8974472 Faust, Gretschen and Mephistopheles, 1828 (litho) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); (add.info.: By Eugene Delacroix for: Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

The litle boys meeting the trolls at Hedals forest (drawing)
OVR8974280 The litle boys meeting the trolls at Hedals forest (drawing) by Werenskiold

MARCO POLO: Illustration de "Livre de Marco Polo" Representation of monstrous cr
LRI8976269 MARCO POLO: Illustration de "Livre de Marco Polo" Representation of monstrous cr

The Oak Tree and a Unicorn, Illustration from Ormesby Psalter, 1250-1330 (miniature)
LRI8987134 The Oak Tree and a Unicorn, Illustration from Ormesby Psalter, 1250-1330 (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (13th century); Bodleian Library, Oxford

Egyptian sphinx on University Embankment
DGA3239846 Egyptian sphinx on University Embankment, St Petersburg's historic center (Unesco World Heritage List, 1990), Russia; (add.info.: Egyptian sphinx on University Embankment)

Engraving from the work of Ambroise Pare: Des Monsters et Prodiges (1574) (engraving)
PCT4260994 Engraving from the work of Ambroise Pare: Des Monsters et Prodiges (1574) (engraving) by French School

The entrance with the first pylon and ram-headed sphinxes
DGA915697 The entrance with the first pylon and ram-headed sphinxes, Temple of Amun, Karnak Temple Complex (Unesco World Heritage List, 1979), Egyptian Civilization, New Kingdom; G

Hercules and Lernaean Hydra, fresco, Via Latina Catacomb, Rome, Italy, 4th century
DGA753853 Hercules and Lernaean Hydra, fresco, Via Latina Catacomb, Rome, Italy, 4th century; (add.info.: Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, fresco, Via Latina Catacomb, Rome)

Kylix by the Pescia Romana Painter
DGA575219 Kylix by the Pescia Romana Painter. Etrusco-Corinthian pottery from the tomb of the Bearded Sphinx Painter, Vulci (Lazio)

Greece, Delphi, Shrine of Apollo, Sphinx of Nassi, sculpture on Ionic column
DGA506174 Greece, Delphi, Shrine of Apollo, Sphinx of Nassi, sculpture on Ionic column; (add.info.: Greek civilization, 6th century b.C)

Nassii sphinx, 6th Century BC, Ancient Greece
DGA506173 Nassii sphinx, 6th Century BC, Ancient Greece; (add.info.: Nassii sphinx, sculpture (Greece). Detail the head and torso. Greek Civilization, 6th Century BC

Bacchus presenting cantharus in game with maenad
DGA537791 Bacchus presenting cantharus in game with maenad, by Benedict Piringer (1780-1826), engraving from Greek original, from Collection de Vases Grecs de Ms le Comte de Lamberg

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Step into a world of wonder and enchantment as we explore the realm of fantastic animals. From mythical creatures to legendary beasts, these captivating artworks transport us to extraordinary realms beyond our imagination. In "The abduction of Amymone by the sea monster, " an engraving from 1496-1500, we witness the terrifying power of a monstrous creature emerging from the depths. Its colossal form looms over Amymone, capturing her in its clutches and leaving us in awe of its otherworldly existence. Another mesmerizing piece is "Perseus and Andromeda, " an oil on canvas painting created around 1723. Here, Perseus battles against a fearsome sea serpent to rescue his beloved Andromeda. The intricate details bring this epic encounter between man and beast to life, reminding us of the timeless struggle between good and evil. "Saint George and the death dragon" takes us back to 1508 with an intricately engraved depiction showcasing Saint George's valiant fight against a formidable dragon. This iconic tale symbolizes bravery triumphing over adversity while highlighting humanity's eternal fascination with mythical creatures. In another artwork titled "The Dream of the Doctor, " created between 1496-1500, we are transported into a surreal dreamscape where fantastical animals roam freely. This engraving invites us to delve into our subconscious minds where reality blends seamlessly with fantasy. Moving forward in time, we encounter "Preparations for the Banquet of Gods for the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche. " In this detailed fresco from 1528-30, divine beings gather alongside marvelous creatures as they prepare for a celestial celebration. The vibrant colors breathe life into these magical beings that inhabit both our dreams and ancient mythology. As we journey through these captivating artworks filled with fantastic animals, let your imagination soar alongside them.