THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
1221. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1222. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1223. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Judgement of Paris (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1224. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Peasants making garlands (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1225. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bucolic scene (left-side panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1226. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Selene riding a chariot harnessed with a pair of oxen (right-side panel of sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion).
Marble.
Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1335.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1227. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne.
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1228. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1229. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dionysiac scene (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1230. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A blank workpiece for a portrait of the deceased among dionysiac companions (a close-up of a lid of sarcophagus with a myth of Dionysus and Ariadne).
Marble. Ca. 235 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1231. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (front panel).
Marble.
Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Asia Minor production (region of Smyrna).
Inv. No. Ma 1384.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1232. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (left-side panel).
Marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Asia Minor production (region of Smyrna).
Inv. No. Ma 1384.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1233. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion (right-side panel).
Marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Asia Minor production (region of Smyrna).
Inv. No. Ma 1384.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1234. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Victory holding a trophy.
Marble. End-1st century BCE.
Greece. Apollonia (Epirus).
Inv. No. Ma 1432.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1235. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple with scenes of amazonomachy.
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1236. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple. Front panel with scenes of amazonomachy.
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1237. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple. Front panel with scenes of amazonomachy (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1238. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple. Front panel with scenes of amazonomachy (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1239. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple. Left side panel with a relief “Death of Penthesilea”.
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1240. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles and Penthesilea (close-up of left-side relief of a sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.