THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2721. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Aphrodite of Syracuse (Aphrodite Landolina).
White marble from the Greek islands.
Copy of the 2nd century CE after a rodio-asiatic original of the 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 694.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2722. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Colossal statue of Asclepius.
Luna marble.
Roman copy of 1st—2nd cent. CE after a Hellenistic original of the 2nd cent. BCE (the Mounychia type).
Inv. No. 737.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2723. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Torso of a young satyr resting (Satyrus anapauomenos).
White (Pentelic?) marble.
Late Hellenistic copy (2nd—1st cent. BCE) after a Praxiteles’ model (375—335 BCE).
Inv. No. 33377.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2724. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Torso of a young satyr resting (Satyrus anapauomenos).
White (Pentelic?) marble.
Late Hellenistic copy (2nd—1st cent. BCE) after a Praxiteles’ model (375—335 BCE).
Inv. No. 33377.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2725. CERAMICS. Magna Graecia.
Red figure krater used as an ossuary urn.
380—370 BCE.
Inv. No. 36332.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2726. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos).
Limestone from Melilli.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 53234.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2727. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos).
Limestone from Melilli.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 53234.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2728. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of a Mother-goddess breast-feeding two tweens (kourotrophos).
Limestone from Melilli.
550 BCE.
Inv. No. 53234.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
2729. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hestia, Zeus and Ganymede.
Painting of red-figure kylix by Oltos.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2730. CERAMICS. Etruria.
Zeus as bull and Europe.
Red-figure krater.
Clay. Ca. 450 BCE.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2731. APPLIED ART. Etruria.
Mirror with a picture of the Judgment of Paris.
Bronze.
First half of the 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. 293.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2732. TOREUTICS. Etruria.
Eros and Aphrodite.
Embossed cover of mirror-case.
Bronze.
Late 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 323.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2733. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses. Decor of the Ara della Regina temple.
4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2734. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2735. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2736. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2737. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
So-called stair slab (lastrone a scala) with relief frieze.
Nenfro.
580—570 BCE.
Inv. No. 70814.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2738. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
So-called stair slab (lastrone a scala) with relief frieze.
Nenfro.
580—570 BCE.
Inv. No. 70814.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2739. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
So-called stair slab (lastrone a scala) with relief frieze: scenes of ritual sex (?) and Hercle (Heracles) shooting a centaur.
Nenfro.
580—570 BCE.
Inv. No. 70814.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2740. APPLIED ART. Etruria.
Mirror with a picture of the Judgment of Paris.
Bronze.
Second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. RC 2479.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.