THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Minerva
21. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
23. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Procession of the carpenters.
Fresco from Pompeii (VI, 7, 8).
1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 8991.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
24. GLYPTICS. Greece.
Athena and Poseidon.
Cameo.
Sardonyx-onyx.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 25837.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
25. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Judgment of Paris.
Fresco of the 4th style from Pompeii (V. 2. 15).
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 119691.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
26. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens.
Marble. Roman. Third quarter of the 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 10.104.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
27. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Hadrian.
Marble.
Ca. 149—153 CE after an original ca. 117 CE.
Inv. No. L 148.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Hadrian.
Marble.
Ca. 149—153 CE after an original ca. 117 CE.
Inv. No. L 148.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo.
Frontal view of a sarcophagus with lid.
White Thasos marble.
Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. SBAO 59954 / 59955.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena (so-called “Athena Mattei”).
Parian marble. Roman (?) copy ca. 100 BCE after a Greek bronze model of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Euphranor.
Inv. No. Ma 530 (LL 300).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena (so-called “Athena Mattei”).
Parian marble. Roman (?) copy ca. 100 BCE after a Greek bronze model of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Euphranor.
Inv. No. Ma 530 (LL 300).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena (so-called “Athena Mattei”).
Parian marble. Roman (?) copy ca. 100 BCE after a Greek bronze model of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Euphranor.
Inv. No. Ma 530 (LL 300).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
33. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
34. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Judgement of Paris (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
35. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Two Agrippinae represented as Minervae”.
Sardonyx.
Rome, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 226.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
36. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Roman copy of Pheidias’ work.
Inv. No. 53.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (close up).
Roman copy of Pheidias’ work.
Inv. No. 53.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
38. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Proserpina (the front side).
Marble.
200—220 CE.
Inv. No. A 10 int.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a portrait of the deceased in hands of the flying Genii (the front panel).
Marble.
Inv. No. C 4 est.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The big terracotta statue of Minerva Tritonia.
4th—3rd century BCE.
Pratica di Mare, Depository of University.