Prometheus Collection

Statue of Prometheus in the Plaza of the Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Count of St Germain, French alchemist
Count of St Germain (c.1712-1784), French alchemist. St Germain was a French courtier and adventurer who rose to prominence in Europe in the mid-18th century

Saturns peaceful beauty invites Cassini for a closer look in this natural color view, taken during the spacecrafts approach to the planet

Prometheus carrying fire. Jan Cossiers (1600-1671). Oil On Canvas

Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
USA, New York City, Manhattan, Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza

Prometheus relaeased from his chains by Hercules (chromolitho)
968390 Prometheus relaeased from his chains by Hercules (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus relaeased from his chains by Hercules)

PROMETHEUS. Prometheus and the ocean nymphs. Line engraving, 19th century, after a sculpture by Eduard Muller

Hermes, from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474139 Hermes, from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Czech Republic, Praque, Blue and Red Prometheus, 1908
Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957), Blue and Red Prometheus, 1908

Prometheus or Progress statue and the Victorial Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK

Scriabine's music expressed in colour
Scriabine's music expressed in terms of colour - a screen illuminated with changing hues by a special instrument while the orchestra played Prometheus'

Liberation of Prometheus by Hercules
KWE492370 Liberation of Prometheus by Hercules. After a work by Max Klinger. From Johannes Brahms by Heinrich Reimann published 1903. ; Private Collection

Series Der Argonautenzug, Die Argonauten erblicken den an den Kaukasus eingebessten Prometheus, Series The Argonauts, The Argonauts catch sight of Prometheus bound to the Caucasus

Image, relief on Prometheus sarcophagus, Capitoline Hill, Rome, historic image, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopedia, 1897

Heracles freeing Prometheus from his torment by the eagle, Greek mythology

Scene from PROMETHEUS, a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Prometheus, a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Historic print, historic manuscript, 1773, "Prometheus" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Prometheus punished for gift to man
Prometheus was punished by Zeus (Jupiter) because he stole fire to give back to mankind. He was chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains, and every day an eagle came and ate part of his liver

In ancient Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans, earning punishment from Zeus

Prometheus bronze sculpture, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York, USA

Prometheus Making Man in Own Image
Prometheus was a Titan punished by Zeus for stealing fire and giving it to mankind

Prometheus Brings Fire From The Heavens
(Original Caption) Prometheus brings fire from the heavens to humanity. Undated illustration

Eagle devouring the liver of Prometheus
6000264 Eagle devouring the liver of Prometheus, chained to a rock by Zeus in punishment for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity (colour litho) by Scheiner

Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods (chromolitho)
968392 Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods)

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Ships of the British Navy (engraving)
8631456 Ships of the British Navy (engraving) by Ingram, William Ayerst (1855-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ships of the British Navy. Illustration from Black and White)

Racehorses and Jockeys, 1938: Prometheus, Jockey, W Rickaby (colour litho)
8659806 Racehorses and Jockeys, 1938: Prometheus, Jockey, W Rickaby (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus, Jockey, W Rickaby)

"Do not you take her, either" (litho)
8639158 "Do not you take her, either" (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Do not you take her)

Prometheus cautioning Epimetheus against Pandora (colour litho)
8626441 Prometheus cautioning Epimetheus against Pandora (colour litho) by MacEwen, Walter (1860-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus cautioning Epimetheus against Pandora)

Victor Frankenstein confronting the monster he has created
535999 Victor Frankenstein confronting the monster he has created

Personal Prometheus
Ezekiel Y.D. Schmitt

Prometheus Forms Man and Animates Him with Fire from Heaven, published 1589. From Metamorphoses by Ovid, plate 2

Pallas Athens in the Prometheus studio, 1752-1819. Creator: Juriaan Andriessen
Pallas Athens in the Prometheus studio, 1752-1819. Prometheus makes man out of clay

Prometheus, 1771. Creator: Füssli (Fuseli), Johann Heinrich (1741-1825)
Prometheus, 1771. Found in the collection of the Art Museum Basel

Prometheus steals fire, 1906-1917. Creator: Poul S. Christiansen
Prometheus steals fire, 1906-1917. Prometheus defies the gods by stealing fire from them, and gives it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and civilisation

Prometheus Bound. Creator: Christian Schussele
Prometheus Bound

Prometheus Moulding Man from Clay, 1845. Creator: Constantin Hansen
Prometheus Moulding Man from Clay, 1845

Prométhée modelant le premier homme
Promethee modelant le premier homme, composition provenant de l'atrium de la maison pompeienne du prince Napoleon, c1860

NYC, Rockefeller Center, Ice Skating rink, Prometheus statue
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NYC, Rockefeller Center, Ice Rink with skaters, Prometheus sculpture

Prometheus and the vulture, drawing by Luca Cambiaso, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, of the Uffizi, Florence Florence Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance

Prometheus and the Making of Man
Christophe Kiciak

Prometheus Vase, 1875-78 (bone china)
6334162 Prometheus Vase, 1875-78 (bone china) by Mintons Ltd (fl.1793-1873); 110.5x40 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Bone china, with applied)

Prometheus (marble)
2562033 Prometheus (marble) by Roman; Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Prometheus chained to a rock, 1710, (marble)
7130149 Prometheus chained to a rock, 1710, (marble) by David, Claude (1650-1722); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Vulcan or Prometheus chained to a rock, 1710, Claude David)

Prometheus (male nude with 5 points given)
7360929 Prometheus (male nude with 5 points given), 1770-1771 (pen and ink in brown, partly over pencil, washed grey-brown) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); Kunstmuseum, Basel

Attic red-figure calyx-crater with two superimposed image friezes showing the life of Theseus above and Prometheus
7310054 Attic red-figure calyx-crater with two superimposed image friezes showing the life of Theseus above and Prometheus, satyrs and other figures below, 425 BC BC (ceramic) by Greek

Male Nude (Prometheus) (oil on canvas)
3712846 Male Nude (Prometheus) (oil on canvas) by Malatesta or Malatesti, Adeodato (1806-91); Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna

Greek torch race
6340209 Greek torch race by Fumagalli (19th century); (add.info.: Greek torch race. Athletes race each other without extinguishing their torches. From an altar of Prometheus. Corsa delle fiaccole)

Out flew a beautiful fairy-like creature with rainbow-coloured wings (colour litho)
STC312585 Out flew a beautiful fairy-like creature with rainbow-coloured wings (colour litho) by Michael, Arthur C

Male Nude (Prometheus) (oil on canvas)
3712845 Male Nude (Prometheus) (oil on canvas) by Malatesta or Malatesti, Adeodato (1806-91); Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna

Moirae or the Fates, The Muses (engraving)
7164230 Moirae or the Fates, The Muses (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moirae or the Fates, The Muses)

Bismarck as Prometheus (engraving)
7157244 Bismarck as Prometheus (engraving) by Gilbert-Martin, Charles (1839-1905) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Otto von Bismarck as Prometheus)

Prometheus Freed by Hercules, 1781-1785 (oil on canvas)
1766412 Prometheus Freed by Hercules, 1781-1785 (oil on canvas) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); 63x75 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus Freed by Hercules)

Graphic illustration from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474110 Graphic illustration from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Prometheus (engraving)
3620682 Prometheus (engraving) by Muyden, Jacques Alfred van (1818-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus.); © Look and Learn

Chiron offers himself before Prometheus (chromolitho)
968389 Chiron offers himself before Prometheus (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chiron offers himself before Prometheus)

Prometheus and Atlas (engraving)
662727 Prometheus and Atlas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus and Atlas. Illustration from History of Greece by Victor Duruy (Boston, 1890)

Flat sea biscuit, Clypeaster rosaceus
Flat sea biscuit, sea urchin, Clypeaster rosaceus. Clipeastro rosaceo

Map of Ancient Greece at the time of Xerxess invasion
Map of Ancient Greece. Routes of King of Persia Xerxes Is army (blue) and navy (red) during its failed invasion of Greece 480BC. Carta della Grecia Antica

Attic red-figure volute-crater, decorated with a scene Pandora rising from the ground
AMQ100565 Attic red-figure volute-crater, decorated with a scene Pandora rising from the ground and Hermes holding the germ of falsehood

Punch cartoon: King Cotton Bound; or
6034744 Punch cartoon: King Cotton Bound; or, the Modern Prometheus - the Union blockade of Confederate ports during the American Civil War (engraving) by English School

Christ and Mary Magdalene, 1908 (marble)
5242327 Christ and Mary Magdalene, 1908 (marble) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; French, out of copyright

Attic red-figure calyx-crater decorated with scenes of Theseuss adventures
AMQ112155 Attic red-figure calyx-crater decorated with scenes of Theseuss adventures, by the Dinos Painter, c.425 (ceramic) by Greek, (5th century BC); height: 39.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Pandora, from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474130 Pandora, from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Frontispiece: Societe des Medecins Bibliophiles from Eschyle (Aeschyus
3474104 Frontispiece: Societe des Medecins Bibliophiles from Eschyle (Aeschyus) Promethee Enchaine, pub

Graphic illustration from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474134 Graphic illustration from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

The punishment of Prometheus (engraving)
3635229 The punishment of Prometheus (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The punishment of Prometheus)

The Argonauts discover Prometheus (chromolitho)
968396 The Argonauts discover Prometheus (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Argonauts discover Prometheus)

Title Page of the First Edition of Frankenstein, 1818 (litho)
1163362 Title Page of the First Edition of Frankenstein, 1818 (litho) by English School, (19th century); New York Public Library

Heracles shooting the Eagle, from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub
3474136 Heracles shooting the Eagle, from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Argonauts, from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474123 Argonauts, from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Tetpa (constellation), from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474121 Tetpa (constellation), from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Prometheus being nailed to the Rock by Hephaestus, Kratos and Bia
3474107 Prometheus being nailed to the Rock by Hephaestus, Kratos and Bia, from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub

Mirror, early 3rd century BC (bronze)
3493042 Mirror, early 3rd century BC (bronze) by Etruscan (3rd century BC); 14.5 diameter cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Esplace (Latin: Asclepius)

Illustration from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474142 Illustration from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Graphic illustration from Promethee Enchaine by Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print)
3474127 Graphic illustration from Promethee EnchaAneby Aeschylus, pub. 1941 (pochoir print) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); The Stapleton Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

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"Unleashing the Flame of Knowledge: The Mythical Tale of Prometheus" In the heart of New York City's Rockefeller Center stands a magnificent statue, depicting none other than Prometheus himself. This iconic figure from Greek mythology has captivated minds for centuries with his audacious act of stealing fire from the gods and gifting it to humanity. Prometheus, often associated with Count of St Germain, a French alchemist known for his pursuit of eternal life, symbolizes mankind's relentless quest for progress and enlightenment. Just like this enigmatic alchemist sought to unlock the secrets of immortality, Prometheus carried fire as a beacon illuminating our path towards knowledge and innovation. The myth tells us that after bestowing fire upon humankind, Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock on Mount Caucasus. However, even in his torment, he found solace in the company of ocean nymphs who offered him comfort amidst his suffering. But hope was not lost for Prometheus; Hercules eventually came to his rescue and released him from his chains. This triumphant moment is captured beautifully in chromolitho prints where we witness Hercules liberating this defiant titan. Hermes also played an essential role in this tale as depicted in pochoir prints inspired by Aeschylus' play "Promethee Enchaine. " Hermes acted as an intermediary between gods and mortals - delivering messages and guiding humanity towards progress. Beyond New York City's borders lies Prague's Blue and Red Prometheus statue - a testament to how far-reaching this myth has become. It serves as a reminder that regardless of geographical boundaries or time periods, human beings have always been driven by curiosity and ambition. From Buckingham Palace's Promethean sculptures standing alongside the Victoria Memorial to bone china vases adorned with scenes depicting Prometheus shaping mankind – these artistic representations celebrate our insatiable desire for growth and self-improvement.