THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Ascanius
1. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Flight of Aeneas with aged blind Anchises, according to the Greek version of the myth.
Picture of metope from the Parthenon.
5th century BCE.
London, British Museum.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Aeneas escaping from Troy with his father Anchises and juvenile son Ascanius.
Facade of the House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus on the via dell’Abbondanza in Pompeii immediately after excavation.
1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Marcus Fabius Ululitremulus (IX. 13. 5).
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aeneas escaping from Troy with his father Anchises and juvenile son Ascanius.
2nd century BCE.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of the sarcophagus of a child depicting hunting scenes (known as “Sarcophagus with a mummy from Grottarossa”).
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 168186.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child depicting hunting scenes (known as “Sarcophagus with a mummy from Grottarossa”): right short side with a scene “Ascanius attacking a boar”.
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 168186.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.