THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2021. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Sarcophagus from the “Tomb of the Sarcophagi”, from Cerveteri.
Limestone.
End of the 5th — beginning of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 14949.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2022. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Etruscan cinerary urn.
Polychrome terracotta.
First half of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 16267.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2023. CERAMICS. Greece.
Athena rescues Jason from the jaws of the dragon.
Red-figure kylix. Attic.
Attributed to Douris by Harwing.
Ca. 480—470 BCE.
Inv. No. 16545.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2024. CERAMICS. Greece.
The Delphian Apollo.
Red-figure hydria. Attic, Athens.
Attributed to the Berlin Painter (Beazley).
Ca. 525—475 BCE.
Inv. No. 16568.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2025. CERAMICS. Greece.
The torments of Atlas and Prometheus.
Cup from Laconia.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 16592.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2026. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 530—520 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2027. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left, Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 530—520 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2028. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left, Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 540—530 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2029. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Fliacic scene: Zeus in love adventure under the window of Alcmene, assisted by Hermes.
Red-figured bell-krater (side A). Paestum.
Ca. 350—340 BCE.
Attributed to the Painter Asteas.
Inv. No. 17106.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2030. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Mortal duel between Eteocles and Polynices.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster.
Late 3rd—early 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 19016.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2031. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
Pectoral.
Gold sheet.
675—650 BCE.
Inv. No. 20553.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
2032. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Fragment of the head of Athena completed in plaster.
Part of an acrolith.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2033. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Marsyas.
Marble.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2034. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Marsyas. Detail.
Marble.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2035. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Marsyas. Detail.
Marble.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2036. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Departure of the emperor from Rome for a military campain (profectio). Relief A from Palazzo Cancelleria in Rome.
Luna marble. 81—96 CE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2037. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Departure of the emperor from Rome for a military campain (profectio). Detail: Mars. Relief A from Palazzo Cancelleria in Rome.
Luna marble. 81—96 CE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2038. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Departure of the emperor from Rome for a military campain (profectio). Detail: Minerva. Relief A from Palazzo Cancelleria in Rome.
Luna marble. 81—96 CE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2039. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Departure of the emperor from Rome for a military campain (profectio). Detail: the emperor Nerva (reworked Domitian). Relief A from Palazzo Cancelleria in Rome.
Luna marble. 81—96 CE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
2040. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Departure of the emperor from Rome for a military campain (profectio). Detail: Roma. Relief A from Palazzo Cancelleria in Rome.
Luna marble. 81—96 CE.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.