THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2721. 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”.
2722. 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”.
2723. 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”.
2724. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hestia, Zeus and Ganymede.
Painting of red-figure kylix by Oltos.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2725. CERAMICS. Etruria.
Zeus as bull and Europe.
Red-figure krater.
Clay. Ca. 450 BCE.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2726. 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.
2727. TOREUTICS. Etruria.
Eros and Aphrodite.
Embossed cover of mirror-case.
Bronze.
Late 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 323.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2728. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses. Decor of the Ara della Regina temple.
4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2729. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2730. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2731. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Winged horses from the temple of the Altar of the Queen.
Early 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 2726.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2732. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
So-called stair slab (lastrone a scala) with relief frieze.
Nenfro.
580—570 BCE.
Inv. No. 70814.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2733. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
So-called stair slab (lastrone a scala) with relief frieze.
Nenfro.
580—570 BCE.
Inv. No. 70814.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2734. 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.
2735. 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.
2736. TOREUTICS. Greece.
Eros and Aphrodite (?).
Embossed cover of mirror-case.
Bronze.
Greek work, mid-4th century BCE.
Inv. No. RC 5978.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2737. TOREUTICS. Etruria.
Deiphobus attacking Paris.
Embossed cover of mirror-case.
Bronze.
Late 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. RC 6279.
Tarquinia, National Archaeological Museum.
2738. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Central composition of the Baron’s tomb.
6th century BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Baron.
2739. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Achilles in ambush.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Bulls.
2740. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Demon threatening Theseus. Detail.
3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina).