THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Personifications
21. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
River god and two nymphs.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VI. 1. 7).
60—79 CE.
Inv. Nos. CC 70 / P 2.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
22. MOSAIC. Rome.
Spring. A close-up of the floor mosaic “The Four Seasons of the Year”.
A floor mosaic of the private room 28.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Private room "The Seasons of the Year".
23. MOSAIC. Rome.
A floor mosaic depicting the Four Seasons of the Year in medallions.
A floor mosaic of the private room 28.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Private room “The Seasons of the Year”.
24. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with central gates, strigillated ornamentation and full-length portraits of the deceased.
Marble.
210—220 CE.
Inv. No. A 8 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
25. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting of the triclinium C of the Villa Moregine.
The Fourth style.
64 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Great Gymnasium.
26. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Personification of the Sarnus river.
The Fourth style.
64 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Great Gymnasium.
27. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Marforio, colossal statue of river-god, restored as Oceanus.
Marble.
2nd century.
Inv. No. S 1.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Courtyard.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a married couple with personifications of Portus, Annona, Concordia, Genius Senati, Abundantia and Africa.
Front panel.
Marble. 270—280 CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
29. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina. Decursio relief, base of the Column of Antoninus Pius.
White Italian marble.
161 CE.
Inv. No. 5115.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Cortile delle Corazze.
30. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Antoninus Pius and Faustina on the wings of the Genius of Death. Fragment of relief on the front face of the pedestal of the Antoninus Pius’ column.
White Italian marble.
161 CE.
Inv. No. 5115.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Cortile delle Corazze.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Personification of Autumn.
Marble.
Mid-2nd century.
Inv. No. 2166.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, LIX. 7.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Personification of Autumn.
Marble.
Mid-2nd century.
Inv. No. 2166.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, LIX. 7.
33. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Personification of the Tiber.
Marble.
2nd century.
Tivoli, Museum of the Canopus.