THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
541. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the Trojan war (Iliupersis sarcophagus) — front panel.
Proconnessian marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6722.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
542. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Achilles killing Troilus. Left side panel of the sarcophagus with scenes of the Trojan war (Iliupersis sarcophagus).
Proconnessian marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6722.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
543. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan women lamenting. Right side panel of the sarcophagus with scenes of the Trojan war (Iliupersis sarcophagus).
Proconessian marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6722.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
544. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis.
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
545. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
546. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Aphrodite comes to wounded Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
547. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Aphrodite and Adonis. Death of Adonis (detail).
Parian marble. Late 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6734.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
548. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
549. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (detail).
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
550. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (detail).
Parian marble. Mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. No. 6758.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
551. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scenes of the myth of Medea. Front panel of sarcophagus.
Luna marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6763.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
552. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
553. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
554. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
555. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
556. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Recognition of Paris in the house of Priam.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
557. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Decorative relief, the so-called Campana plaque with relief representation of dionysiac scene.
Terracotta.
1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. A 0004.92.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
558. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Faustina the Younger as Tyche.
Fine-grain marble. 165—180 CE.
Inv. No. A 0.9.1405.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
559. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago (scheme).
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
560. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera from Parabiago.
Silver with traces of guilding.
Second half of the 4th century.
Inv. No. A0.9.14264.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.