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1. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side AB, with scenes from Peleus’ wedding; Procession of the Gods (Zeus and Hera).
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum. |
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2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Frontal view of a sarcophagus with lid.
White Thasos marble.
Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. SBAO 59954 / 59955.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum. |
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3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum. |
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4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of the dead married couple and the Muses in arches (front panel).
Marble.
Rome. Ca. 250 CE.
Inv. No. C 22 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale. |
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5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of the dead married couple and the Muses in arches (close-up of the front relief).
Marble.
Rome. Ca. 250 CE.
Inv. No. C 22 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale. |
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6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses (known as the sarcophagus of pope Anacletus II) with a lid from a different sarcophagus .
Marble. The 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, cloister. |
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7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono. |
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8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the Muses (front panel).
Marble.
280-290 CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. |
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9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the Muses (front panel).
Marble.
280-290 CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. |
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10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Clio.
The head is that of a Muse, but does not belong to the statue.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 291.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 55. |
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11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Clio.
The head is that of a Muse, but does not belong to the statue.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 291.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 55. |
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12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
White fine-grained marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. |
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13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo. Detail: Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Clio.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. |
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14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clio.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Greek original of the 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Inv. No. A 378.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. |
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15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clio. Detail.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Greek original of the 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Inv. No. A 378.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. |
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16. MOSAIC. Northern Africa.
Vergil holding the scroll with text of “Aeneid” seated between the muses of history (Clio) and tragedy (Melpomene).
Mosaic.
3rd century.
Inv. No. A 266.
Tunis, National Museum of Bardo. |
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17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble.
Rome, 180—200 CE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History. |
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