THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
501. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
502. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Side B: Dionysus and male figures.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
503. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Slaughter of Iphigenia.
Red-figured volute krater. Apulia.
Ca. 370—350 BCE.
Attributed to a painter close to the Iliupersis Painter (the sack of Troy).
Inv. No. 1865,0103.21.
London, British Museum.
504. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Sword of Tiberius. Detail of the scabbard: Tiberius and Augustus.
Ca. 15 CE.
Inv. No. 1866,0806.1.
London, British Museum.
505. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Ulysses resists the songs of the Sirens.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii.
50—75 CE.
Inv. No. 1867,0508.1354.
London, British Museum.
506. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
The fall of Icarus.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii.
50—75 CE.
Inv. No. 1867,0508.1355.
London, British Museum.
507. CERAMICS. Greece.
Perseus fleeing away with the head of Medusa.
Red-figure hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Pan Painter (Beazley).
Clay.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Inv. No. 1873,0820.352.
London, British Museum.
508. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Sphinx.
“Boccanera tablets” from Caere (Cerveteri).
Ca. 550—530 BCE.
Inv. No. 1889,0410.1—5.
London, British Museum.
509. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
510. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
511. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Dionysiac scene.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
512. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Apis.
Bronze.
Inv. No. 1898,0225.1.
London, British Museum.
513. MOSAIC. Rome.
Bacchus riding a tiger.
Stone.
Roman Britain, 1st—2nd century.
Inv. No. OA.290.
London, British Museum.
514. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statuette of Hygieia.
Marble.
100 BCE — 100 CE.
Inv. No. A113241.
London, Science Museum.
515. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra.
Aryballos. Corinth.
Terracotta. Ca. 600—575 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.4.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
516. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Cupids and Psyche making perfume.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 72.AG.81.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
517. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Four Cupids hanging garlands.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style.
50—79 CE.
Inv. No. 72.AG.82.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
518. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right, between them stands Athena.)
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Leagros Group Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.81.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
519. CERAMICS. Greece.
Symposiasts (banqueters).
Interior of the black-figure eye-cup (type A). Attic.
Attributed to Andokides as potter and painted in the manner of the Lysippides Painter.
Clay. Ca. 520 BCE.
Inv. No. 87.AE.22.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
520. CERAMICS. Greece.
The Seven against Thebes: the death of Kapaneus.
Red-figure neck-amphora. Campania.
Attributed to the Caivano Painter (Greek, active 340—330 BCE).
Terracotta. Ca. 340 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.86.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.