THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Pluto
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Aides throws seeds on the ground ploughed by Demeter.
Red-figure amphora.
430—420 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Persephone (the front side).
Fine-grained marble (possibly Italic).
160—180 CE.
Inv. No. 86.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Left side panel.
Marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Naples, Santa Chiara Church.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of a jorney of the shadows of the married couple to the Underworld.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Strigilated sarcophagus with funerary inscription in tabula ansata.
Marble. 170—300 CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with a double-sloping lid and a funerary inscription in tabula ansata.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with a double-sloping lid and a funerary inscription in tabula ansata.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Proserpina (the front side).
Marble.
200—220 CE.
Inv. No. A 10 int.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Sarcophagus: beginning of 3rd cent. CE. Lid: mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 725.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. Frieze of the lid.
Luna marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 725.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Pluto.
Fine-grained, transparent marble, cloak made of black antique marble. Roman copy.
Inv. Nos. 8584 / Alt. 61.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of a sarcophagus with a scene of abduction of Persephone by Hades and side panels with sphinges.
Marble.
150—175 CE.
Inv. No. Гр-3087 (А184).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
14. SCULPTURE.
Pluto abducting Proserpina.
Simon Louis Boizot (1743—1809).
Bronze.
1786.
Inv. No. Н.ск. 2185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Base of a column with dionysiac scenes (front side). Scene of the meeting of gods.
Marble. Severan age.
Salerno, Cathedral.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of a sarcophagus with a scene of abduction of Persephone by Hades.
Marble. Beginning of the 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. I 1126.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.