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Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Venus
21. SCULPTURE.
Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 2458 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
22. SCULPTURE.
Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 2458 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis.
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
24. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
25. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Aphrodite comes to wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
26. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Death of Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
27. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Venus Victrix.
Intaglio.
Orange carnelian.
1st—2nd cent. CE.
Modena, Galleria Estense.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Capua.
White fine-grained marble.
First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6017.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Capua.
White fine-grained marble.
First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6017.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Capua (close-up).
White fine-grained marble.
First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6017.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite of Capua.
White fine-grained marble.
First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6017.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (known as “Psyche”).
Marble. Roman copy of the Hadrian period of a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6019.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
33. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (known as “Psyche”).
Marble. Roman copy of the Hadrian period of a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6019.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
34. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (known as “Psyche”).
Marble. Roman copy of the Hadrian period of a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 6019.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
35. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Venus Callipyge.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
36. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Venus Callipyge.
Marble.
Inv. No. 6020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Venus Callipyge.
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original, the head and shoulders — restoration by the sculptor Albacini (1735—1813).
Inv. No. 6020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
38. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Venus Callipyge.
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original, the head and shoulders — restoration by the sculptor Albacini (1735—1813).
Inv. No. 6020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Venus Callipyge.
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original, the head and shoulders — restoration by the sculptor Albacini (1735—1813).
Inv. No. 6020.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Capitoline or Dresden-Capitoline type).
Marble. Roman work of the second half of the 2nd century CE after a Greek model of the 3rd—2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 6283.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.