THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2561. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. 2nd—3rd centuries.
Inv. No. Ж. 145.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2562. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Celebration of Bacchus.
Two-layered onyx. 1st century.
Inv. No. Ж. 150.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2563. GLYPTICS.
Io, Argus and Hermes (?).
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 151.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2564. GLYPTICS. Rome.
The childhood of Dionysos.
Sardonyx. 2nd—3rd centuries.
2 × 2.4 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 153.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2565. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros near the spring.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.5 × 1.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 159.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2566. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Apollo.
Carved after a statue of the sculptor Tymarchidos.
Brownish glass.
2nd century.
Inv. No. Ж 216.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2567. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Artemis with a hind.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.8 × 1.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 242.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2568. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
The goddess Hathor.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.4 × 1.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 243.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2569. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Eroses riding dolphins.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.5 × 2.1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 244.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2570. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Hind suckling infant Telephos.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 246.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2571. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros wearing a mask.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.3 × 1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 248.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2572. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Nike on her chariot.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 249.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2573. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros grain-grower.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.5 × 1.1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 250.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2574. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros with a mask.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.2 × 1.3 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 251.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2575. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Orpheus.
Sardonyx.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 255.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2576. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Orpheus.
Three-layered sardonyx.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 255.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2577. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.1 × 1.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 277.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2578. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Drunk Silenus riding a donkey.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.5 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 278.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2579. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos, Ariadne, satyr.
Onyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.4 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 279.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2580. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Satyr and two eroses.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.9 × 2.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 280.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.