THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Eros
101. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The front relief.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
102. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. The lid frieze.
Marble.
Early 3rd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 565.
Inv. No. 47.100.4b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
103. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Athena with deities.
Red-figured column-krater. Apulia.
Ca. 360—350 BCE.
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348.
Inv. No. 50.11.4.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
104. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
105. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus” (right side: Oceanus).
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
106. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus” (left side: Tellus).
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
107. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos shaped sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther, also known as “Badminton sarcophagus”. Detail of relief: Eros holding a cup.
White marble. 260—270 CE.
Inv. No. 55.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
108. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold armband (one of a pair).
Greek work. Gold. Ca. 200 BCE.
Inv. No. 56.11.5.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
109. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold armband (one of a pair).
Greek work. Gold. Ca. 200 BCE.
Inv. No. 56.11.6.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
110. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a portrait medallion of the deceased.
Marble.
Ca. 190—200 CE.
Inv. No. 56.145.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
111. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A tombstone of Gaius Cornelius Philocalus.
Mid 1st — 3d cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
112. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with winged Victories holding a portrait medallion of the deceased.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
113. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Clipeus-sarcophagus of Lucius Caltilius Salutaris depicting the myth about Romulus and Remus.
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd century.
Inv. Nos. 106 / 106 A.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
114. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with Dionysus on a panther (the front relief).
Marble. Ca. 230—260 CE.
Inv. No. 1140.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
115. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lenos-sarcophagus with representation of dionysiac procession.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 1140.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
116. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Boscoreale cup.
Silver. 1st century CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
117. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
118. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
119. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
120. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.