THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
1341. SCULPTURE. Syria.
Mithraistic Genius with a torch.
Marble.
1st cent. BCE - 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. AO 22260.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1342. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Front panel of a sarcophagus with relief "Legend of Triptolemus".
Marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. Ma 3571.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1343. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Reconstruction.
Painter: J. F. Menager (1783—1864).
Watercolour.
Paris, National Fine Arts High School.
1344. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Young Attis.
Parian marble. 2nd cent. CE (age of Hadrian).
Paris, National Library of France.
1345. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Young Attis.
Parian marble. 2nd cent. CE (age of Hadrian).
Paris, National Library of France.
1346. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sacrifice to Bacchus in a countryside.
White marble.
End of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 57.90.
Paris, National Library of France.
1347. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Bacchus and Ariadne.
White marble.
End of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 57.91.
Paris, National Library of France.
1348. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The Bacchic procession.
White marble.
End of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 57.92a.
Paris, National Library of France.
1349. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Silen riding a donkey.
White marble.
End of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 57.92b.
Paris, National Library of France.
1350. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Intaglio “Goddess Roma holding Victory”.
Onyx nicolo. Rome, ca. 330 CE.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1351. CERAMICS. Etruria.
Dionysiac grape harvesting
Red-figure kylix (type A). Attic, Athens.
Attributed to the Chiusi Painter (by Beazley), or an Attic work in archaic Greek style.
520—500 BCE.
Inv. No. 320.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1352. CERAMICS. Greece.
Dionysus singing with a lyre and two satyrs.
Red-figure kylix. Attic, Athens.
Attributed to the Brygos Painter (P. Hartwig).
480—470 BCE.
Inv. No. 576.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1353. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera of Rennes.
Gold. Early 3rd century CE.
Diameter 25 cm, weight 1375 g.
Inv. No. 56.94.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1354. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Patera of Rennes (central tondo).
Gold. Early 3rd century CE.
Diameter 25 cm, weight 1375 g.
Inv. No. 56.94.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1355. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Cybela.
Bronze with silver inlay.
Gallo-roman work of the 1st century CE (?).
Inv. No. Bronze. 611.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1356. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cameo “Prince of the Ptolemaic dynasty presented as Hermes”.
Sardonyx.
3rd cent. BCE.
Golden frame, enamel — 18th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 111.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1357. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Two Agrippinae represented as Minervae”.
Sardonyx.
Rome, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 226.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1358. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (“Big cameo of France”).
Sardonyx. 37 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1359. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”).
Five-layered sardonyx. Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1360. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The upper register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.