THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Nemean lion
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles.
Bronze.
H 52 cm.
2-nd cent. CE.
Alanya, Archaeological museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles.
Bronze.
H 52 cm.
2-nd cent. CE.
Alanya, Archaeological museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles.
Bronze.
2-nd cent. CE.
Alanya, Archaeological museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Columnated sarcophagus depicting the labours of Heracles in intercolumnar spaces.
Marble.
2-nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 928.
Antalya, Antalya Archeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Relief of a long side panel of a columnated sarcophagus depicting the labours of Heracles in intercolumnar spaces.
Marble.
2-nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 928.
Antalya, Antalya Archeological Museum.
6. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Heracles struggling with the Nemean lion.
Fresco from Herculaneum.
1st century.
Inv. No. 9011.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Heracles.
Coarse-grained marble.
Roman work of the 2nd cent. CE derived from a sculpture of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Lysippus.
Inv. No. 8573.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Heracles.
Coarse-grained crystalline marble.
Roman work of the 2nd cent. CE derived from a sculpture of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Lysippus.
Inv. No. 8573.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
9. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles and nemean lion; Heracles and Triton.
Black-figure hydria. Attic.
Manner of the Antimenes Painter.
Clay. Carving, white paint. 520—500 BCE.
Inscription on the body: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ
Inv. Nos. Б. 1516 / ГР-4443.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.