THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Personifications
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early II century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early II century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early II century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early II century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early 2nd century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A barbarian woman prisoner, so-called Thusnelda.
Marble.
Early II century CE, with heavy modern restorations.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Draped female statue (so-called “Sabine”).
Marble.
Early 2nd century CE.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Draped female statue (so-called “Sabine”).
Marble.
Early 2nd century CE.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Draped female statue (so-called “Sabine”). Detail.
Marble.
Early 2nd century CE.
Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.
10. GLYPTICS. Rome.
The Medici Cameo. Emperor sacrificing to Hope.
Sardonyx, gilded metal.
1st—2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 14443.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum, Corridor of Maria Maddalena dei Medici.
11. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago.
Silver with traces of guilding.
Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
12. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago. Detail: Aeon, Atlas and Zodiac.
Silver with traces of guilding. Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
13. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The abduction of Hilas by the nymphs.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 8864.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
14. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Io in Canopus.
Fresco from Pompeii (Duke of Aumale house, VI. 9. 1).
Third style. Late 1st cent. BCE — first half of the 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 9555.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
15. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Winged female figure.
Fresco of the 2nd style from Pompeii (VII. 16. 22).
Inv. No. 41653.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
16. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Forsaken Dido.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Meleager, VI. 9. 2).
Fourth style. Ca. 69—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8898.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Forsaken Dido.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Meleager, VI. 9. 2).
Fourth style. Ca. 62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8898.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
18. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Origin of Rome.
Fresco from Pompeii.
35—45 CE.
Inv. No. without number.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
19. CERAMICS. Greece.
Pompe, the female personification of a procession, between Eros and Dionysos.
Oinochoe. Attic.
Mid-4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 25.190.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
20. MOSAIC. Greece.
Dionysos’ childhood.
Cyprus, the House of Aion.
Mid-4th cent. CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.