THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Hercules
41. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of a youth.
Marble. Roman copy of the 1st or 2nd cent. CE of a head of a Greek statue of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 15.143.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Heracles.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st cent. CE after a Greek original of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Lysippos.
Inv. No. 27.122.18.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Heracles.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st cent. CE after a Greek original of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Lysippos.
Inv. No. 27.122.18.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Heracles.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 1st cent. CE after a Greek original of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Lysippos.
Inv. No. 27.122.18.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
45. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Slab with reliefs of Mars and Hercules
3rd century CE.
Northumberland (England), Alnwick Castle.
46. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles, Athena, and Atlas.
Metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 460s BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
47. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Heracles.
Detail of metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Heracles, Athena, and Atlas).
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Votive relief to Heracles dedicated by the haruspex C. Fulvius Salvis.
Limestone. 70—65 BCE.
Inv. No. 157.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
49. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Hercules fighting with the Cretan bull. A so-called “Small metope” of the temple X in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
560—550 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
50. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
A part of frieze from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
51. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Heracles carries the Cercopes hanging on a pole. Metopa from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
52. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Heracles fights against Amazon. Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum.
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
53. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Heracles fights against Amazon (a close-up). Metopa from the eastern frieze of the Temple E in Selinuntum.
Limestone, marble.
460—450 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
54. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
56. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera of Rennes.
Gold. Early 3rd century CE.
Diameter 25 cm, weight 1375 g.
Inv. No. 56.94.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
57. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera of Rennes (central tondo).
Gold. Early 3rd century CE.
Diameter 25 cm, weight 1375 g.
Inv. No. 56.94.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
58. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Heracles.
Marble. Roman copy of the 1st cent. CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
59. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Heracles.
Marble. Roman copy of the 1st cent. CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
60. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Young Heracles strangles the snakes.
Fresco of the Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. n).