THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2381. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Hermes.
Fine-grained marble, Pentelic. Archaistic variant from the imperial age after a Greek original of the second half of the 5th century BCE.
Height 45 cm.
Inv. No. A. 407.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2382. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Hermes.
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek original from the middle of the 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. A. 407.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2383. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: the departure of Hippolytus and his friends to the hunt, and his encounter with Phaedra’s wet-nurse.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2384. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: Phaedra’s wet-nurse brings to Hippolytus a love message from Phaedra.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2385. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Front panel: Phaedra’s wet-nurse brings to Hippolytus a love message from Phaedra.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2386. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (right corner — close up).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2387. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Right side panel: Phaedra, the wife of Theseus and stepmother of Hippolitus hands over a declaration of love for her stepson to her wet mother.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2388. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Left side panel: the death of Hippolytus.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2389. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (rear panel).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2390. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Rear panel: the hunting for a wild boar.
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2391. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus (rear panel).
Marble. Late 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 432.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2392. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Rome. Marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. A 461.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2393. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Erinys, Electra and Orestes (a close-up of relief “Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra”).
Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Rome. Marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. A 461.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2394. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Orestes slaying Aegisthus (a close-up of relief “Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra”).
Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Rome. Marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. A 461.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2395. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Orestes slaying Clytemnestra (a close-up of relief “Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra”).
Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Rome. Marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. A 461.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2396. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Orestes slaying Clytemnestra (a close-up of relief “Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra”).
Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Rome. Marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. No. A 461.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2397. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Poseidon.
Fine-grained Parian marble. 2nd century.
Height 20.2 cm.
Inv. No. A. 523.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2398. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Pan.
Yellow marble.
Second half of the 1st century.
Inv. No. A. 538.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2399. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Heracles.
Marble. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Height 13 cm.
Inv. No. A 577.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2400. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The front panel of the sarcophagus with a portal and portrait figures of the decedents.
Coarse-grained light gray marble.
3rd century.
Inv. No. A 889.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.