THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
1701. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aphrodite.
Grechetto marble.
From a Greek original of the 4th century BCE, attributed to Praxiteles.
Inv. No. S 267.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1702. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena the Giustiniani type (so-called Athena Velletri).
Parian marble, Luna marble.
Copy of the early imperial age from an original of the late 5th — early 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S 278.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1703. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Eros stringing the bow.
Marble. Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. S 410.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1704. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Eros stringing his bow.
Marble. Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. S 410.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1705. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Vergilius.
Marble.
Inv. No. S 505.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1706. SCULPTURE. Rome.
“Eubuleus”.
Luna marble.
Copy of the imperial age from an original of the 4th cent. BCE attributed to Praxiteles.
Inv. No. S 505.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1707. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group “Venus and Mars” with portrait heads of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Minor.
Marble.
147—149 CE, after Greek models “Ares Borghese” (5th cent. BCE) and “Aphrodite, type Capua”, 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S 652.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1708. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sculpture group “Venus and Mars” with portrait heads of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Minor.
Marble.
147—149 CE, after Greek models “Ares Borghese” (5th cent. BCE) and “Aphrodite, type Capua”, 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S 652.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1709. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of young Dionysus.
Grechetto marble.
Copy of the 100—150 CE from an original of the second half of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S 717.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1710. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Altar dedicated to Magna Mater and Attis by Lucius Cornelius Scipio Orfitus.
Grechetto marble.
295 CE.
CIL VI 506 = CIL VI 30782.
Inv. No. S 1912.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery.
1711. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Hadrian as Ares.
Marble.
Hadrian’s time.
Inv. No. S 634.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Great Hall.
1712. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Wounded Amazon.
Marble.
After a Greek original of the 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. S 651.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Great Hall.
1713. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Wounded Amazon.
Marble.
After a Greek original of the 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. S 651.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Great Hall.
1714. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Muse, restored as Flora.
Marble.
After a Greek original of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. S 653.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Great Hall.
1715. SCULPTURE. Greece.
The Infant Heracles.
Basanite.
3rd century CE.
Inv. No. S 1016.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Great Hall.
1716. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
1717. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
1718. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
1719. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (the front panel).
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
1720. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aelius Hadrian, the adoptee of Trajan.
Marble.
Inv. No. S 443.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Emperors.