THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Urania
1. 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.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
3. 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.
4. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Urania.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style from Pompeii (II. 4. 10).
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. P 12.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of the dead married couple and the Muses in arches (left short side panel).
Marble.
Rome. Ca. 250 CE.
Inv. No. C 22 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
6. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Urania.
Fresco of the 4th style.
Neronian age (54—68 CE).
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, Great Gymnasium.
7. 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.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the Muses (right short panel).
Marble.
280-290 CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue restored as Urania.
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek originals of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 293.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses, 57.
11. 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.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo. Detail: Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Clio.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 185.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble.
Rome, 180—200 CE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.