THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Mercury
41. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
42. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. North and east walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
43. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The Exedra-Pinacotheca of the House of the Vettii. East and south walls.
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. p).
44. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Mercury.
Fresco on the facade of the House of Venus and the Four Gods (IX. 7. 1).
1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Venus and the Four Gods (IX. 7. 1).
45. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. Frieze of the lid.
Luna marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 725.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Mercury.
Pentelic marble. After a Greek original of the early 4th century BCE.
The head is attached, legs and hands with attributes is modern.
Inv. No. S 60.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Atrium.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Judgement of Paris (a fragmentary relief).
Marble.
Hadrianean era.
Inv. No. 8563.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Ludovisi (Mercury the Oratore).
Engraving by Claude Randon (1674—1704), 1704.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble. Roman copy late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Ludovisi (Mercury the Oratore).
Engraving by Claude Randon (1674—1704), 1704.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble. Roman copy late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
50. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Ludovisi (Mercury the Oratore).
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble.
Roman copy late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
51. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble. Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE ascribed to Phidias.
H. 183 cm.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
52. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE ascribed to Phidias.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
53. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE ascribed to Phidias.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
54. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios (the Ludovisi type).
Coarse-grained marble. Roman copy of the mid-1st cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 124479.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios (the Ludovisi type).
Coarse-grained marble. Roman copy of the mid-1st cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 124479.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
56. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Loghios (the Ludovisi type).
Coarse-grained marble.
Roman copy of the mid-1st cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 124479.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
57. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Mercury.
Marble. 2nd century.
Inv. No. 1373.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, XIII. 1.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Hermes.
Marble.
Roman work of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek model of the 5th cent. BCE.
Extensive restoration and additions by Ferdinando Lisandroni, 1778—1779.
Inv. No. 967.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Cabinet of Canova (Perseus), 6.
59. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Mercurius with a cock and a lamb.
Bronze. 2nd—3rd centuries (?). Gaul.
Greenish-brown patina.
Height 17.3 cm.
Inv. No. В. 503.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
60. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Head of Hermes.
Marble.
Roman period.
Side, Archaeological Museum.