THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
2881. CERAMICS. Greece.
Orestes kills Aegisthus. (On the left Chrysothemis).
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
By the Berlin Painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. IV 3725.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2882. CERAMICS. Greece.
Orestes kills Aegisthus.
(On the left Chrysothemis).
Red-figure pelike. Detail. Attic.
By the Berlin Painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. IV 3725.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2883. CERAMICS. Greece.
Talthybius restraining Clytemnestra when she’s trying to help Aegisthus.
Red-figure pelike. Detail. Attic.
By the Berlin Painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. IV 3725.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2884. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Augustus ruling a chariot drawn by tritons.
Cameo. Sardonyx. 27 BCE.
Setting: gold, enamel. 1600 CE.
Inv. No. IXa 56.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2885. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Augustus ruling a chariot drawn by tritons.
Cameo.
Sardonyx. 27 BCE.
Setting: gold, enamel. 1600 CE.
Inv. No. IXa 56.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2886. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Double-sided triangular votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus.
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M4.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2887. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Double-sided triangular votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus (inscription, 1st and 2nd registers).
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M4.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2888. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Double-sided triangular votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus (3d and 4th registers, top figure).
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M4.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2889. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus.
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M5.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2890. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus (inscription, 1st and 2nd registers).
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M5.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2891. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Votive bronze tablet dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus (3d, 4th and 5th registers).
Bronze, chasing.
Inv. No. M5.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2892. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statues of athletes in a palestra.
Decorative plate. Terracotta.
Rome. 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. V 1859.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2893. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Bowl with allegory of fertility.
Silver, gold-plated.
Second half of the 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. VIIa 47.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
2894. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Goddess of abundance (archetype of Artemis of Ephesus).
Marble.
Viterbo, Cathedral.
2895. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Goddess of abundance (archetype of Artemis of Ephesus). Detail.
Marble.
Viterbo, Cathedral.
2896. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Goddess of abundance (archetype of Artemis of Ephesus).
Marmor.
Viterbo, Cathedral.