THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
1301. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Funeral and honorific statue of Marcellus, represented as Hermes. Detail.
Greek marble. Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. MR 315 (Ma 1207).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1302. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Funeral and honorific statue of Marcellus, represented as Hermes. Detail.
Greek marble. Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. MR 315 (Ma 1207).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1303. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group of the imperial couple as Mars and Venus.
Marble.
120—140 CE (reworked in 170—175).
Inv. Nos. MR 316 / Ma 1009.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1304. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Imperial couple presented as Mars and Venus.
Marble.
120—140 CE (reworked in 170—175).
Inv. Nos. MR 316 / Ma 1009.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1305. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Imperial couple presented as Mars and Venus.
Marble.
120—140 CE (reworked in 170—175).
Inv. Nos. MR 316 / Ma 1009.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1306. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Imperial couple presented as Mars and Venus.
Marble.
120—140 CE (reworked in 170—175).
Inv. Nos. MR 316 / Ma 1009.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1307. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Silenus with the Infant Dionysos.
Marble.
Inv. No. MR 346.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1308. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus.
Marble.
Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300 BCE presumably by Lysippos.
Inv. Nos. MR 346 / Ma 922.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1309. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus.
Marble.
Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300 BCE presumably by Lysippos.
Inv. Nos. MR 346 / Ma 922.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1310. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Venus of Arles.
Marble from the mount Hymette.
Roman work of the late 1st cent. BCE after a work by Praxiteles.
Inv. Nos. MR 365 / Ma 439.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1311. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Venus of Arles.
Marble from the mount Hymette.
Roman work of the late 1st cent. BCE after a work by Praxiteles.
Inv. Nos. MR 365 / Ma 439.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1312. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Venus of Arles.
Marble from the mount Hymette.
Roman work of the late 1st cent. BCE after a work by Praxiteles.
Inv. Nos. MR 365 / Ma 439.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1313. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Venus of Arles.
Marble from the mount Hymette.
Roman work of the late 1st cent. BCE after a work by Praxiteles.
Inv. Nos. MR 365 / Ma 439.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1314. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes.
Relief. Greek copy of ca. 50 BCE from a Greek original of 430-420 BCE.
Penthelic marble.
Inv. No. Mr 702 (Ma 854).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1315. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dramatic poet plays host to Dionysus (so-called “Icarios’ feast”).
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE from Greek model of late 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. MR 719 / Ma 1606.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1316. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Dramatic poet plays host to Dionysos (so-called “Icarios’ feast”). Detail.
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE from Greek model of late 2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. MR 719 / Ma 1606.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1317. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Apollo Citharede and Victory. Relief.
Marble.
1st cent. BCE, restored in mid-18th cent.
Inv. Nos. MR 749 / Ma 964.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1318. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Apollo Citharede and Victory. Relief.
Marble.
100—75 BCE.
Inv. Nos. MR 866 / Ma 965.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1319. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1320. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses (front panel).
Marble.
Rome. First half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 880 / Ma 475.
Paris, Louvre Museum.