THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
261. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Candelabrum decorated with birds, and male and female figures.
Fresco of the 4th style.
The Neronian age (54—68 CE).
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa of Ariadne, Room 12.
262. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Candelabrum decorated with birds, and male and female figures.
Fresco of the 4th style.
The Neronian age (54—68 CE).
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa of Ariadne, Room 12.
263. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Wall painting in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
264. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Eros.
Fresco in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
265. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus with the head of Medusa.
Fresco in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
266. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Iphigenia with the Palladium.
Fresco in room 30 (diaeta) adjoining the large portico.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, room 30.
267. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Sphinx.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, cubiculum 57.
268. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Oedipus and Sphinx.
Fresco of the 4th style. Mid-1st century CE.
Inv. No. 62450.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, atrium.
269. CERAMICS. Magna Graecia.
Nude Eros sitting on an altar.
Red-figure skyphoid pyxis. Sicilian work.
Attributed to the minor production if the “Gruppo Lentini Manfria”.
370—340 BCE.
Cefalu, Mandralisca Museum.
270. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hypnos and Thanatos carry the corpse of Sarpedon at the presence of Hermes.
Red-figure calyx-krater (side A). Attic.
Signed by Euxitheos as potter and by Euphronios as painter.
Terracotta.
Ca. 515—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex 1972.11.10 / ex L.2006.10.
Cerveteri, Cerite National Museum “Claudia Ruspoli”.
271. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs.
Tuff covered with stucco.
4th century BCE.
Cerveteri, Necroplois of Banditaccia, Tomb of the Reliefs.
272. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs.
4th century BCE.
Cerveteri, Necroplois of Banditaccia, Tomb of the Reliefs.
273. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs.
4th century BCE.
Cerveteri, Necroplois of Banditaccia, Tomb of the Reliefs.
274. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Young Dionysus and Pan.
Red-figured bell krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Tarporley Painter.
Ca. 410—390 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.5 / ex L.1988.81.4 / ex 3985.
Chicago, Art Institute.
275. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Feasting Dionysus.
Red-figured calyx krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.6 / ex L.1988.81.5 / ex 2351.
Chicago, Art Institute.
276. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
A girl and two boys.
Red-figured calyx krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.6 / ex L.1988.81.5 / ex 2351.
Chicago, Art Institute.
277. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Canope urn with the handles.
Terracotta.
6th century BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
278. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Urn from Chiusi.
Clay.
Ca. 600 BCE.
Chiusi, National Etruscan Museum.
279. TOREUTICS. Asia.
Bowl with the image of Ganymede and the eagle.
Silver.
Elymais. Ca. 2nd cent. CE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
280. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Bracelet with bust of Dionysus.
Silver.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.