THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Medusa
21. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cuirassed statue of Titus.
White marble.
79 CE.
Inv. No. 6059.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
22. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Fresco from Stabiae.
Inv. No. 8995.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
23. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VI. 10. 2. 12) or Herculaneum.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8993.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
24. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Third style from Pompeii (VII. 16. 10).
20—45 CE.
Inv. No. 8997.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXVI.
25. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus freeing Andromeda from the sea monster.
Fresco of the Fourth style from Pompeii (VI. 9. 6).
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8998.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
26. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Perseus and Andromeda.
45—79 CE.
Inv. No. 8996.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXIII.
27. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Relief slab with mask of Gorgon from the Belvedere Temple in Orvieto.
Terracotta. 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1346.
Orvieto, Claudio Faina Archaeological Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A tombstone of Gaius Cornelius Philocalus.
Mid 1st — 3d cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head.
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head (close-up).
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
33. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Perseus with Medusa’s head (close-up).
Marble.
Original roman work of the Flavian-Traianic period.
Inv. No. 99.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
34. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
A part of frieze from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
35. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Perseus beheading Medusa in front of Athena, and the birth of Pegasus. Metopa from the Temple С in Selinuntum.
Compact limestone of Menfi.
540—510 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
36. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a Greek inscription.
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Greek inscription (left short side).
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
38. 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.
39. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The lower register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
40. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Medusa’s head.
From a room in a large building in Patras.
2nd cent. CE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.