THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Centauromachy
1. ARCHITECTURE. Greece.
South-western corner of the Parthenon with a metope. The fight between the Centaur and the Lapith.
Marble.
430s BCE.
Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon.
2. CERAMICS. Greece.
Red figure crater with stand. 350 BCE.
Ferrara, National Archaeological Museum.
3. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase: side B with scenes of centauromachy.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of a sarcophagus with representation of Centauromachy.
Proconnesian marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 16651.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
5. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
A pair of Etruscan gold earrings.
Gold.
Late 4th — early 3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.1988.81.8—9 / ex L.66.36.2—3.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.