THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2301. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros with a mask.
Sardonyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.1 × 1.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2302. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros wearing a mask.
Two-layer onyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.3 × 1.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2303. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos.
Sardonyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
2.5 × 1.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2304. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Nike.
Sardonyx. Asia Minor. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2305. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Horus-Harpokrates.
Three-layered sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.5 × 1.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2306. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Juno.
Three-layered sardonyx. Rome. 1st century.
2.9 × 2.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2307. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Festival of Bacchus.
Two-layered onyx.
Roman. 1st century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2308. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nine Muses, Athena and Apollo. Detail: Apollo and Athena.
Relief of the front wall of a sarcophagus.
Marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2309. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. Roman, 2nd—3rd centuries.
2,0 × 2,4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2310. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Eros.
Marble.
Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the 4th century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2311. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Isis.
Marble.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2312. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of the statue of Isis before restoration.
Marble.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2313. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of the statue of Isis before restoration.
Marble.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2314. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (so-called “Aphrodite in the Gardens” or “Venus of Pavlovsk”).
Marble.
Roman work of the 1st century after a Greek models of the late 5th century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2315. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (so-called “Aphrodite in the Gardens” or “Venus of Pavlovsk”).
Marble.
Roman work of the 1st century after a Greek models of the late 5th century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2316. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Endymion.
Fragment of the group of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Roman, after a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. A 23.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2317. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Endymion.
Fragment of the group of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Roman, after a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. A 23.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2318. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Artemis.
Marble. Roman copy after a Greek originals of the late 4th century BCE.
Height 31 cm.
Inv. No. A. 49.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2319. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Dionysos and Heracles. Detail: Heracles.
Marble.
1st century.
Inv. No. A. 50.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2320. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dancing Maenad.
Foot of a candelabrum.
Marble. Greco-roman, 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. A 69.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.