THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Medusa
41. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Medusa’s head.
From a room in a large building in Patras.
2nd cent. CE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (close up).
Roman copy of Pheidias’ work.
Inv. No. 53.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Apollo playing cither (sarcophagus of pope Anacletus II).
Marble. The 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, cloister.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Marsyas receiving Apollo’s punishment (sarcophagus of pope Anacletus II).
Marble. The 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, cloister.
45. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Medusa.
Onyx.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, Capitoline Coin Cabinet.
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with an eagle in an oaken wreath.
Marble. Age of Trajan.
Rome, Church of the S. S. Apostoli.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cupids making and carrying weapons.
Side of a sarcophagus.
White marble. 2nd century (Antonine Period)
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Jupiter with the aegis.
Parian marble.
2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 324751.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Small Cloister of the Certosa.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ludovisi Fury.
Luna marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century CE of a Hellenistic work, perhaps a wounded Amazon.
Inv. No. 8650.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
50. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Head of Medusa.
Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
51. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of a general in armour.
Marble. Age of Nero (54—68 CE).
Inv. No. 9948.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
52. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of a general in armour (close-up).
Marble. Age of Nero (54—68 CE).
Inv. No. 9948.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
53. SCULPTURE.
Perseus with the head of Medusa. Detail.
Antonio Canova (1757—1822).
Marble. 1801.
Inv. No. 969.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Cabinet of Canova (Perseus), 3.
54. SCULPTURE.
Perseus with the head of Medusa. Detail.
Antonio Canova (1757—1822).
Marble. 1801.
Inv. No. 969.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Cabinet of Canova (Perseus), 3.
55. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
56. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Two-layered onyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
57. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. Roman, 2nd—3rd centuries.
2,0 × 2,4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
58. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. 2nd—3rd centuries.
Diameter 3.4 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 145.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
59. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. 2nd—3rd centuries.
Inv. No. Ж. 145.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
60. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 290.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.