THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Nereids
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of marine thiasos.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Ancona, National Archaeological Museum of Marche.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of marine thiasos (the front relief).
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Ancona, National Archaeological Museum of Marche.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nereid on a sea dragon.
Marble.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. 6026.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nereid on a sea dragon.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6026.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Nereid on a sea horse.
Fresco from Stabiae.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 8859.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXVII.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the emperor Titus.
Marble.
Torso: 48—68 CE, head: 69—73 CE.
Inv. Nos. 144 / L 126.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of griffins.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 5050.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of marine thiasos and a head of Poseidon.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Limestone. Metope from the temple of Hera in Paestum.
Late 6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
13. MOSAIC. Greece.
The first bath of Achilles.
Cyprus. The villa of Theseus.
5th century CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with bust of the deceased in an oval medallion and a scene of marine thiasos.
Marble.
190—200 CE.
Inv. No. A 9 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with bust of the deceased in a shell and a scene of marine thiasos.
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. C 16 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a portrait of the deceased in a shell held by two centauro-tritons.
White marble.
Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
17. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Sarcophagus with busts of the deceased married couple in a clipeus and a scene of marine thiasos.
Marble. Second half of the 3rd cent. CE.
Salerno, Cathedral.
18. MOSAIC. Rome.
Triumph of Neptune.
Mid-2nd century.
Tunis, National Museum of Bardo.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a bust of the deceased in a shell and a scene of marine thiasos.
Marble. 3rd century CE.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a bust of the deceased in a shell and a scene of marine thiasos (a detail).
Marble. 3rd century CE.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.