THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Tritons
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. MILITARY ART. Etruria.
Bronze helmet ornamented with a triton killing a warrior.
Image detail: triton killing a warrior.
Etruscan work. Mid-5th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head known as the “Dying Alexander”.
Head — Parian marble, bust (modern work) — Luna marble.
Late 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 338.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
5. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold armband (one of a pair).
Greek work. Gold. Ca. 200 BCE.
Inv. No. 56.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
6. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold armband (one of a pair).
Greek work. Gold. Ca. 200 BCE.
Inv. No. 56.11.6.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of marine thiasos and a head of Poseidon.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the emperor Domitian.
Perhaps the head is replaced.
Marble.
1st century.
Inv. No. 2213.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, New Wing, 126.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the emperor Domitian.
Perhaps the head is replaced.
Marble.
1st century.
Inv. No. 2213.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, New Wing, 126.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of the emperor Domitian.
Perhaps the head is replaced.
Marble.
1st century.
Inv. No. 2213.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, New Wing, 126.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Augustus ruling a chariot drawn by tritons.
Cameo. Sardonyx. 27 BCE.
Setting: gold, enamel. 1600 CE.
Inv. No. IXa 56.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
19. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Augustus ruling a chariot drawn by tritons.
Cameo.
Sardonyx. 27 BCE.
Setting: gold, enamel. 1600 CE.
Inv. No. IXa 56.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.