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A woman performing chemical experiments with a furnace: representing chemistry. Etching by E-J-N. de Ghendt after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

A female figure with a vacuum pump; representing physics or 'natural philosophy'. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, c. 1773.

A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

A woman representing rhetoric. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

A goddess (Bellona?) surrounded by stags, rabbits or hares, demons and owls. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

Diana returning from the chase bearing dead birds meets Pan holding grapes and other fruit. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

A woman holding the caduceus and a bunch of keys; representing dialectic. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

A winged woman  holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

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Women - Mythology

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Images about Women - Mythology

Works from the collections

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Women - Mythology

Images from the collections

Images about Women - Mythology

Works from the collections

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

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