THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2581. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos on his chariot, drawn by centaurs.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.3 × 3.1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 282.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2582. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Sacrifice to Kybele.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 286.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2583. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Psyche enslaved by Venus.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 288.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2584. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 290.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2585. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Victory with a team of four horses.
Carved after a Nikomachos’ painting.
Signed by the master: Ῥουφος ἐποίει (Made by Rufos).
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 293.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2586. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Heracles and Omphale.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 2.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 294.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2587. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Heracles and Omphale.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 294.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2588. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Horus-Harpokrates.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.5 × 1.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 295.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2589. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Germanicus and Agrippina as Triptolemos and Demeter.
Sardonyx.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 296.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2590. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Triptolemos and Demeter.
Sardonyx.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 296.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2591. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Apollo and Artemis.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 297.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2592. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 297.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2593. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
The abduction of Ganymede. Fragment of the cameo.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
3.3 × 3 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 299.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2594. GLYPTICS. Asia.
The trial of Orestes.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 300.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2595. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Dioskouroi riding their horses.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.8 × 2.6 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 302.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2596. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Nike.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 303.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2597. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Leda and the swan.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.1 × 2.8 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 305.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2598. GLYPTICS.
Hera.
Sardonyx. 1st century.
2.9 × 2.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 308.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2599. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II (?) as Isis.
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 310.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
2600. GLYPTICS.
Dionysos with a panther.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
2.1 × 1.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 312.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.