Greek Mythology Paintings

Here you can have a look on pictures of famous greek mythology paintings,which are kept in the museum "Hermitage" in St Petersbourg, Russia.

As you can see, next to each picture there is a small description, where you can read some details about the painting, such as the name of the painting and the name of the artist, the approximate year it was completed, the name of the museum that the painting is now kept and finally some words about its theme.

When you browse, you can see a larger version of any picture by clicking on its image in the gallery. The larger picture loads inside a window on the same page, which you can close by clicking anywhere on the image.

	Name:"Aphrodite and Eros" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Lucas Cranach Sr.,1509 Theme:Goddess Aphrodite and Eros, god of love.
	Name:"Danae" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Vezellio Titsiano,1546-1553 Theme:Danae,mother of Perseus, lays in bed waiting for Zeus transformed as golden rain.
	Name:"Perseus rescues Andromeda" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Peter Paul Rubens,ca. 1622 Theme:Perseus rescues Andromeda on his return trip after slaying Medusa.
	Name:"Danae" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Rembrandt,1636-1650 Theme:Danae,waiting for Zeus,while Eros hovers above her.
	Name:"Landscape with Polyphemus" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Nicolas Poussin,1649 Theme:Various mythological deities set in a beautiful landscape.
	Name:"Landscape with Apollo and Sivilla" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Claude Lorrain,1650-1660 Theme:God Apollo courting Sivilla.
	Name:"Perseus and Andromeda" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Anton Raphael Mengs,1774-1777 Theme:Andromeda follows Perseus and Eros after her rescue.
	Name:"Sapfo and Phaeon" Museum:St Petersburg ("Hermitage"),Russia Artist and Year:Jacques-Luis David,1809 Theme:Female poet Sapfo with her lover Phaeon, who is struck by Eros' arrows.