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Harpies (Greek mythology)

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Images referencing Harpies (Greek mythology)

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  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.

Works from the collections

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    A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

    | Dulatova, O. | Date: 1990 | Reference: 541404i
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    Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

    | Raphael | Date: [1675?] | Reference: 2897508i
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    Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

    | Gerard de Lairesse | Reference: 44561i
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    Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.

    | Gerard de Lairesse | Date: 1660-1690 | Reference: 562754i

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