THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
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| 41. TOREUTICS. Asia. Bowl with the image of Ganymede and the eagle. Silver. Elymais. Ca. 2nd cent. CE. Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London. | |
| 42. MOSAIC. Greece. Eros riding on a dolphins. Floor mosaic. Ca. 120—80 BCE. Delos, House of the Dolphins. | |
| 43. GLYPTICS. Rome. The Medici Cameo. Emperor sacrificing to Hope. Sardonyx, gilded metal. 1st—2nd cent. CE. Inv. No. 14443. Florence, National Archaeological Museum, Corridor of Maria Maddalena dei Medici. | |
| 44. SCULPTURE. Rome. Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Persephone (the front side). Fine-grained marble (possibly Italic). 160—180 CE. Inv. No. 86. Florence, Uffizi Gallery. | |
| 45. SCULPTURE. Rome. Relief with Sacrificial Scene. Lunense marble. 2nd quarter of the 2nd century CE. Inv. No. 342. Florence, Uffizi Gallery. | |
| 46. SCULPTURE. Rome. Sarcophage with the myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (front panel). Roman work. Marble. 3rd cent. CE. Inv. No. 98 (1914). Florence, Uffizi Gallery, Ricetto lorense. | |
| 47. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome. The cupids decorating a tripod. Fresco of the 4th style. Inv. No. SAP 77872. Herculaneum, Archaeological Park. | |
| 48. ADORNMENTS. Black Sea Coast. Wreath from Gorgippia. Detail: plate in the center depicting Aphrodite Urania with the sceptre and Eros. Stamped gold. 2nd—mid-3rd cent. CE. Inv. No. MD 3289. Krasnodar, Museum of History and Archaeology. | |
| 49. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome. Cupids and Psyche making perfume. Fresco fragment of the Fourth style. 50—79 CE. Inv. No. 72.AG.81. Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu. | |
| 50. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome. Four Cupids hanging garlands. Fresco fragment of the Fourth style. 50—79 CE. Inv. No. 72.AG.82. Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu. | |
| 51. SCULPTURE. Asia. Sarcophagus with Eroses and garlands. White marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE. Asia Minor. Inv. No. 204. Milan, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. | |
| 52. SCULPTURE. Asia. Sarcophagus with Eroses and garlands. White marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE. Asia Minor. Inv. No. 204. Milan, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. | |
| 53. SCULPTURE. Rome. Lenos sarcophagus with Dionysiaс scenes (side 4). Marble. Ca. 210 CE. Inv. No. II 1a 231. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 54. SCULPTURE. Rome. Lenos sarcophagus with Dionysiaс scenes (side 4). Marble. Ca. 210 CE. Inv. No. II 1a 231. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 55. SCULPTURE. Rome. Sleeping Ariadne on Naxos island. A close-up of side 1 of sarcophagus with Dionysiaс scenes. Marble. Ca. 210 CE. Inv. No. II 1a 231. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 56. SCULPTURE. Rome. Central part of side 1 of sarcophagus with Dionysiaс scenes. Marble. Ca. 210 CE. Inv. No. II 1a 231. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 57. SCULPTURE. Rome. Central part of side 2 of sarcophagus with Dionysiaс scenes. Marble. Ca. 210 CE. Inv. No. II 1a 231. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 58. SCULPTURE. Rome. Sarcophagus with flying Victories holding a portrait medallion of the deceased. White-yellowish marble. Second quarter of the 3rd century CE. Inv. No. II 1a 761. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. | |
| 59. SCULPTURE. Greece. Aphrodite and Hermes. Clay tablet from Locri, Calabria. Terracotta. Ca. 475—450 BCE. Munich, State Antique Collection. | |
| 60. SCULPTURE. Rome. Dionysus and Eros. Marble. Roman copy of a Greek original. 2nd cent. CE. Inv. No. 6307. Naples, National Archaeological Museum. | |