THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2441. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Aphrodite — a stand for a mirror (?).
Bronze.
Second half of the 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. В. 588.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2442. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Silenus. Decoration of the hub of the burial chariot.
Bronze. Thrace.
Late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. В. 870.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2443. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Dioscur with a horse.
Bronze. 4th century BCE.
Dark-green patina.
Height 12 cm.
Inv. No. В. 1203.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2444. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Venus.
Bronze. 1st century.
Roman work of the 1st century after a Greek specimen of the 2nd century BCE.
Greenish-brown patina.
Inv. No. В. 1676.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2445. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Amor riding a dolphin.
Bronze. 2nd—3rd centuries (?).
Brown patina with green spots.
Height 8 cm.
Inv. No. В. 1679.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2446. SCULPTURE. Pre-Roman Italy.
Heracles.
Bronze. 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. В. 1887.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2447. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Aphrodite in the shell.
Clay. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Inv. No. Г. 167.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2448. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Relief with the image of Kybele.
Terracotta.
2nd century BCE. Asia Minor.
Height 24.5 cm, width 17.8 cm.
Inv. No. Г. 406.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2449. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Nike.
Marble. Roman work of second half of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 430s BCE.
Inv. No. Гр 1764 (A 89).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2450. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Nike.
Marble. Roman work of second half of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 430s BCE.
Inv. No. Гр 1764 (A 89).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2451. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Inv. No. ГР-3023.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2452. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2453. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase (close-up).
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2454. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase (close-up).
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2455. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2456. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Venus Tauride).
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Greek original.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3054 / А. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2457. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Venus Tauride).
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Greek original.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3054 / А. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2458. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Venus Tauride).
Marble.
Greek work of the 2nd century BCE (?).
Inv. Nos. ГР-3054 / А. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2459. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Venus Tauride).
Marble.
Greek work of the 2nd century BCE (?).
Inv. Nos. ГР-3054 / А. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2460. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite (Venus Tauride).
Marble.
Greek work of the 2nd century BCE (?).
Inv. Nos. ГР-3054 / А. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.