THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Painting | Frescoes | Greece
1. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Greece.
The “Mycenaean Lady” (fresco). Part of a wall-painting from the “Chief Priest’s House” in the cult centre of the citadel of Mycenae.
13th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 11670.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
A chariot race. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
340—330 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
3. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Scene of hunting for a deer. Fresco from a Lucanian Tomb.
370—360 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
4. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Fragment of scene of the symposium. The inside north wall of sarcophagus from Tomb of the Diver.
Fresco. Ca. 480 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Fragment of scene of the symposium. The south inside wall of sarcophagus from Tomb of the Diver.
Fresco. Ca. 480 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
6. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Diver. The inside wall of the lid of sarcophagus from Tomb of the Diver.
Fresco. Ca. 480 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
7. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Wine-pourer at krater. Fragment of scene of the symposium. The east inside wall of sarcophagus from Tomb of the Diver.
Fresco. Ca. 480 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
A procession of komasts. Fragment of scene of the symposium. The west inside wall of sarcophagus from Tomb of the Diver.
Fresco.
Ca. 480 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
9. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
A chariot race. Detail. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
Second half of the 4th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
10. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
A duel. Detail. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
Second half of the 4th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
11. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Return of the warrior. Detail. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
Second half of the 4th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
12. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Crown between two small trees; on the pediment — a stone enclosed between branches of leaves and pomegranates. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
370—360 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
13. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Fist fight and duel. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
370—360 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
14. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Magna Graecia.
Race of the bigae. Fresco on the inside side of sarcophagus slab from a Lucanian Tomb.
370—360 BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.