THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Maenads
41. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Jason and the Golden Fleece.
Red-figured volute krater (side A). Paestum.
Ca. 340—330 BCE.
Attributed to the Apulianising Group.
Inv. No. 82126.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
42. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
A Satyr hugging a Maenad.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii (V. 1. 26).
1—50 CE.
Inv. No. 110590.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
43. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
A Satyr embracing a Maenad.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii (V. 1. 26).
1—50 CE.
Inv. No. 110590.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
44. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bacchus finding Ariadne.
Fresco from Pompeii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9271.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
45. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Bacchus finding Ariadne.
Fresco from Pompeii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9271.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dancing Maenad.
Marble relief.
Roman copy of the Augustan period after a Greek original of 425—400 BCE attributed to Kallimachos.
27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 35.11.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dancing Maenad (close-up).
Marble relief.
Roman copy of the Augustan period after a Greek original of 425—400 BCE attributed to Kallimachos.
27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 35.11.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”. Detail of relief: Dionysus and maenad.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
50. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Dionysos and maenad in cart drawn by Papposilenos.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Ca. 360—350 BCE.
Attributed to Python.
Inv. No. 1989.11.4.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
51. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther (the front relief).
Marble. Ca. 230—260 CE.
Inv. No. 1140.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
52. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with representation of dionysiac procession.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 1140.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
53. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cylindrical altar with maenad.
Trachyte.
Late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE.
Padua, Archaeological Museum.
54. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Decorative relief, the so-called Campana plaque with relief representation of dionysiac scene.
Terracotta.
1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Cp 3894.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
56. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne.
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
57. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dionysiac scene (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
59. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A blank workpiece for a portrait of the deceased among dionysiac companions (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
60. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with dancing Maenads.
Marble.
1st cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MNE 68 / Ma 3626.
Paris, Louvre Museum.