THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Glyptics
81. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
2.3 × 1.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
82. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Apollo and Artemis.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
83. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Julia Domna.
Sardonyx. Roman, 3rd century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
84. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Diana.
Three-layered sardonyx.
1st century.
Workshop of Dioskourides.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
85. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Victoria with a team of four horses.
Signature: “Rufus made”.
Sardonyx. Roman. 1st century BCE.
2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
86. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Psyche enslaved by Venus.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
87. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Sleeping maenad, satyr and Cupid.
Sardonyx. 1st century.
2.2 × 3.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
88. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Amors riding dolphins.
Sardonyx. Roman. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.5 × 2.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
89. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Amors-blacksmiths.
Sardonyx. Roman. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.1 × 1.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
90. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Dioscuri.
Sardonyx. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.8 × 2.6 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
91. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Victory.
Sardonyx. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
92. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Allegory of the might of love.
Miniature amphora. Sardonyx. Roman, early 1st century.
Height of body (original part) 5.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
93. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Horseman with a horse.
Sardonyx. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
2.3 × 2.7 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
94. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Diana and a hind.
Three-layered sardonyx. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
95. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Diomedes with Palladium.
Two-layered onyx. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
96. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cow.
Sardonyx.
Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
97. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Wild boar and hounds.
Three-layered onyx. Roman, 1st century CE.
1.6 × 1.7 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
98. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Faustina the Younger.
Prase.
Roman, 2nd century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
99. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Commodus.
Three-layered sardonyx. Roman, 2nd century.
6.1 × 5.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
100. GLYPTICS. Rome.
The childhood of Bacchus.
Sardonyx. Roman, 3rd centuries.
2.0 × 2.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.