Zeuxis painting Helen

Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]

1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper

Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt in India [above right]; Dragon Hunt in India [below right].

1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper Verso: pen and brush and brown and black inks over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper

Aeolus and the Winds

1600 · Patinated bronze

Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles

1600 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on buff laid paper

Odysseus and the Sirens

1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper

Odysseus and the Cattle of the Sun God

1600 · Recto: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper