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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Nymphs
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles puts on the armour forged by Hephaestus.
Peleus the father of Achilles, Achilles, Thetis the mother of Achilles, his son Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) are represented.
Black-figure dish.
Clay.
Inv. No. 507.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sitting nymph from the group “Invitation to the dance”.
Medium-grained white marble of Greek provenance (thasian).
Roman copy after a Greek marble or bronze model of the 1st century BCE.
Claudian period (41—54 CE).
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sitting nymph from the group “Invitation to the dance”.
Medium-grained white marble of Greek provenance (thasian).
Roman copy after a Greek marble or bronze model of the 1st century BCE.
Claudian period (41—54 CE).
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sitting nymph from the group “Invitation to the dance”.
Medium-grained white marble of Greek provenance (thasian).
Roman copy after a Greek marble or bronze model of the 1st century BCE.
Claudian period (41—54 CE).
Baiae, Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields.
5. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ring adorned with a cameo depicting a Satyr and a Nymph.
Gold, cornelian, onyx. Ca. 50 BCE — 20 CE.
Inv. Nos. Misc. 7066 / FG 11067.
Berlin, State Museums, Old Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Three nymphs, the female nature demons, are from Dionysus’s entourage, fighting giants.
Northern frieze of the southern projecting hall of the Pergamon Altar.
Marble.
Ca. 180—159 BCE.
Berlin, State Museums, Pergamon Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Satyrs and nymph.
Marble. Second half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 79613.
Herculaneum, Antiquarium (in depositarium).
8. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
9. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
10. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago (scheme).
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
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: nymphs.
Silver with traces of guilding. Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Three fragments of a relief with dancing nymphs.
Marble.
200—150 BCE.
Inv. Nos. Ф-1305 / Ф-1306 / Ф-1571.
Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Alcibiades and hetaerae (Apollo and three nymphs).
Marble.
First half of the 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6688.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
15. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The abduction of Hilas by the nymphs.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 8864.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
16. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Polyphemus receiving a letter from Galatea.
Fresco of the 4th style.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8984.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Narcissus.
Fresco from Pompeii.
1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 9385.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
18. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Apollo and Daphne.
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Meleager, VI. 9. 2. 13).
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9534.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
19. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Vignette on red background with satyr and nymph.
Fresco from Pompeii.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 27685 (erroneous Inv. No. 27683 on the frame)..
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
20. MOSAIC. Rome.
Satyr and nymph.
Mosaic from Pompeii.
Last quarter of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 27707.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.