THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Polyhymnia
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side AB, with scenes from Peleus’ wedding; Procession of the Gods (Zeus and Hera).
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Frontal view of a sarcophagus with lid.
White Thasos marble.
Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. SBAO 59954 / 59955.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses (front panel).
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses (known as the sarcophagus of pope Anacletus II) with a lid from a different sarcophagus .
Marble. The 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, cloister.
6. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of a Muse (Polyhymnia?).
Parian marble. 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 2135.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, III. 17.
7. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of a Muse (Polyhymnia?).
Parian marble. 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 2135.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, III. 17.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of a Muse (Polyhymnia?).
Parian marble. 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 2135.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, III. 17.
9. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of a Muse (Polyhymnia?).
Parian marble. 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 2135.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, III. 17.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Polyhymnia.
Pentalic marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 287.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 50.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Polyhymnia.
Pentalic marble.
Roman work of the 2nd century.
Inv. No. 287.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 50.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
White fine-grained marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo. Detail: Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Erato.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Polyhymnia.
Marble. Roman work of the 2nd century from a Greek model of the mid-4th century BCE.
Inv. No. A. 381.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Polyhymnia. Detail.
Marble. Roman work of the 2nd century from a Greek model.
Inv. No. A 381.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble.
Rome, 180—200 CE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.