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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. | |