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Sculpture | Greece | Decorative sculpture
21. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Orestes kills Aegisthus.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Punishment of Sisyphus.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
24. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
25. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Struggle between Apollo and Heracles for the Delphian tripod.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
26. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The attacking warrior.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
27. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The suicide of Ajax.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Limestone. Metope from the temple of Hera in Paestum.
Late 6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Victory holding a trophy.
Marble. End-1st century BCE.
Greece. Apollonia (Epirus).
Inv. No. Ma 1432.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions”.
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
33. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
34. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
35. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
36. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions” (a close-up of the frieze relief).
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
37. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Decorative vase “Dionysus and his companions”. Detail: herm of Priapus.
Marble. 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 111.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.