THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Trojan War
21. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
22. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
23. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Departure of Chryseis.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (V. 2. 14).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 119690.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
24. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Departure of Chryseis.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (V. 2. 14).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 119690.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
25. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Phoenix, Achilles, and Penthesilea (version: Phoenix and Polyxena).
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Fatal Love, IX, 5, 18, f).
20—25 CE.
Inv. No. 111471.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXX.
26. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Trojan horse.
Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VII. 6. 38).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9010.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
27. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Departure of Chryseis (or abduction of Helen).
Fresco from Pompeii.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9108.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
28. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Laocoon.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii (VI. 14. 30).
37—45 CE.
Inv. No. 111210.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
29. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Sacrifice of Iphigenia.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of the Tragic Poet).
Inv. No. 9112.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXVIII.
30. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Sacrifice of Iphigenia.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of the Tragic Poet).
Inv. No. 9112.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXVIII.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scene from the lid of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad: Achilles dragging Hector’s corpse round the Patroclus’ tomb.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Amazons (the front panel).
White marble.
Ca. 170 CE.
Inv. No. 1512.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
33. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and the body of Hector.
Red-figure kylix. Attic, Athens.
Signed by Hieron as potter; attributed to Macron as painter.
Ca. 490—480 BCE.
Inv. Nos. G 153 / Cp 47-50.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
34. CERAMICS. Greece.
Cassandra and Ajax.
Red-figure kylix. Attic, Athens.
Attributed to “The Codrus Painter”.
Ca. 440—430 BCE.
Inv. No. G 458.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
35. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Germanicus.
Partial polymer copy of a bronze original.
Ca. 20 CE.
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.
36. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Death of Laocoon.
Fourth style. 50—79 CE.
Pompeii, House of Menander, I, 10, 4, room 4.
37. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Fall of Troy: Menelaus captures Helen; Ajax drags Cassandra away from the statue of Athene in the presence of Priam.
Fourth style. 50—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Menander (I, 10, 4, wing).
38. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Aeneas escaping from Troy with his father Anchises and juvenile son Ascanius.
Facade of the House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus on the via dell’Abbondanza in Pompeii immediately after excavation.
1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus (IX. 13. 5).
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.