THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Perseus
1. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus with the head of Medusa.
Fresco in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Hermes or Perseus.
Marble. Copy of a prototype of the 5th cent. BCE made in 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S-72-4.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
4. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Hermrs or Perseus.
Marble. Copy of a prototype of the 5th cent. BCE made in 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S-72-4.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
5. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Hermrs or Perseus.
Marble. Copy of a prototype of the 5th cent. BCE made in 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S-72-4.
Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
Perseus fleeing away with the head of Medusa.
Red-figure hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Pan Painter (Beazley).
Clay.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Inv. No. 1873,0820.352.
London, British Museum.
7. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Fresco from Stabiae.
Inv. No. 8995.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VI. 10. 2. 12) or Herculaneum.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8993.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
9. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii (VII. 16. 10).
20—45 CE.
Inv. No. 8997.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
10. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VI. 9. 6).
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8998.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
11. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus and Andromeda.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8996.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head (close-up).
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head (close-up).
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
17. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
A part of frieze from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
18. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Perseus beheading Medusa in front of Athena, and the birth of Pegasus. Metopa from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The so-called head of Perseus.
Marble.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, II. 28.
20. SCULPTURE.
Perseus with the head of Medusa.
Antonio Canova (1757—1822).
Marble. 1801.
Inv. No. 969.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Cabinet of Canova (Perseus), 3.