Mythological beast posters & prints

Manticore from 'Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes' by Edward Topsell, published 1607 Edward Topsell

Navagunjara, a Universal Form of Krishna, ca. 1835 Unknown

The Adoration of the Beast Anonymous

Orpheus Charming the Beasts Roelandt Jacobsz Savery

Goddess of Chaste Love, 1468-75 Francesco di Giorgio Martini

The Cockatrice English School

Orpheus with Birds and Beasts, 1622 Roelandt Jacobsz. Savery

Odin and Fenrir, Freyr and Surt Anonymous

Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into beasts, 1650-1651 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Mythical beast, detail Stuart Cox

Battle of the Sea-Gods, ca. 1485-88 Andrea Mantegna

Hercules, in profile, killing the Nemean lion with his arm around its neck, from 'The labo…, 1548 Sebald Beham

Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him, from a series of m…, 1526 Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

'Figure du Poission nomme Caspilly' Anonymous

Thor and the Dwarves, 1878 Richard Doyle

Bed hanging depicting fantastical creatures Anonymous

Satyrs, before 1645 Claude Mellan

Constellation of Perseus, 1603 Alexander Mair

Juno Borrowing the Girdle of Venus, c.1771 Guy (attr. to) Head

Illustration for the illustrated edition Le Pater Alfons Marie Mucha

Perseus and Andromeda, from 'Game of Mythology', 1644 Stefano della Bella

Venus requesting Vulcan to make arms for Aeneas Carle van Loo

Thors Fight with the Giants Marten Eskil Winge

The Third Angel and the Ban to Adore the Beast Anonymous

Mercury About to Behead Argus, c.1770-1775 Ubaldo Gandolfi

'Figure du Camphur' Anonymous

Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 Gustave Moreau

Aeneas at the Court of Latinus Ferdinand Bol

Medusa, 1596-1598 Michelangelo Caravaggio

Eros and Psyche, 16th century Nicolo dell' Abate

The seven-headed beast coming from the sea, 1360-70 Giusto di Giovanni de' Menabuoi

Nymphs Burning the Ship of Telemachus, 1746 Henri Antoine de Favannes

Diana and Endymion, 1901 Edward John Poynter

Romulus Victory Over Acron, 1812 Anonymous

Marcantonio Pasqualini Crowned by Apollo, 1641 Andrea Sacchi

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1540s Andrea Schiavone