THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Applied Art | Rome
41. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Ritual lighting of torches from the altar.
Stucco vault relief from the cubiculum B of a house beneath the Villa Farnesina.
Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. 1037.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
42. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Sacral-idyllic landscape.
Stucco vault relief from the cubiculum B of a house beneath the Villa Farnesina.
Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. 1072.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
43. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Heads of animals.
Decorative covers of ends of cantilevered beams of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
44. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Head of a wolf.
Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
45. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Head of Medusa.
Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
46. APPLIED ART. Southern Italy.
Cup in the form of a shell.
Bronze. 1st century.
Dark-brown patina.
Height 5.5 cm, diameter 19.2 cm.
Inv. No. В. 248.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
47. APPLIED ART. Southern Italy.
Lamp with a theatrical mask.
Bronze. Late 1st — early 2nd centuries.
Dark-green patina.
Inv. No. В. 430.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
48. APPLIED ART. Southern Italy.
Tripod.
Bronze. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Brown patina with green spots.
Inv. No. В. 653.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Silenus. Decoration of the hub of the burial chariot.
Bronze. Thrace.
Late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. В. 870.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
50. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Cinerary urn.
1st century CE.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.
51. APPLIED ART. Rome.
Cinerary urn.
Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 28706.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.