The Reign of Antichrist, from the Liber Chronicarum, published in 1493, illustration from, Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, written and engraved by Paul Lacroix, 1878 -
Michael Wolgemut
Perseus Delivers Andromeda from the Sea Monster, 1731 -
Bernard Picart
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun 1805-1810 -
William Blake
Saint Michael Trampling the Dragon 1518 -
Raphael
Fortune telling scene and signs of the Chinese zodiac, reproduced in 'Recherche sur les superstitions en Chine', 1911 -
Anonymous Artist
Pesaro Altarpiece, detail of the predella featuring St. George Fighting the Dragon 1470s -
Giovanni Bellini
Coat of Arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing the armorial bearings of the Imperial Austrian Court engraved by R. M. Rohrer -
(after) Strohl, Hugo Gerard
Lunette depicting Psyche undertaking an ordeal set by Venus of retrieving from the underworld a jar containing the beauty of Proserpine, from the Sala di Amore e Psiche, 1528 -
Giulio Romano (Orbetto)
The dragon sank towards him opening its terrible jaws from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt 1910 -
William Henry Margetson
The hot blood burns like fire, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924 -
Arthur Rackham
Scene showing that those born under the sign of Pisces in conjunction with the constellation of Belua are adept at fishing, symbolised by the capture of a sea monster, from the Camera dei Venti, 1528 -
Giulio Romano (Orbetto)
The Voyage of the Sable Venus, from Angola to the West Indies, from History of all the British Colonies, by Bryan Edwards, 1801 -
Thomas Stothard
Chinese Magicians and Sorcerers, illustration from Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, published in Amsterdam, 1798 -
(after) Picart, Bernard
Quos Ego, Neptune Calming the Storm, with borders showing further scenes from Virgil's 'Aeneid', engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi 1480-1534 c.1515-16 -
Marcantonio Raimondi
Camera delle Aquile, detail of ceiling showing a frieze of a battle between tritons and centaurs, a lunette above depicting mythological scenes and a framework of stucco decoration, 1528 -
Giulio Romano (Orbetto)
The Darnley Jewel, from Historical Notes on the Lennox or Darnley Jewel, the Property of the Queen', by Patrick Fraser Tytler 1791-1849 published 1843 -
Henry Shaw
Design for The Waterloo Allegory, c.1815-22 -
James Ward
The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Medicis on May 14, 1610 (detail-2) 1623-25 -
Peter Paul Rubens
Warrior Leaders Canoe on a Lake Inhabited by Monster Fish in Order to Capture an Island -
Mixtec
The Inferno, Canto 6, lines 24-26: Then my guide, his palms Expanding on the ground, thence filled with earth Raisd them, and cast it in his ravenous maw. -
Gustave Dore