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Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Ceres
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Olympic gods awaiting the arrival of the emperor. From left to right: Hercules, Minerva, Bacchus, Jupiter, Ceres, Juno, Mercury.
Marble.
114—117 CE.
Benevento, Arch of Trajan.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Olympic gods awaiting the arrival of the emperor. From left to right: Hercules, Minerva, Bacchus, Jupiter, Ceres, Juno, Mercury.
Marble.
114—117 CE.
Benevento, Arch of Trajan.
3. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Demeter, Persephone and Triptolemos.
Fragment of the Great Eleusinian mysteries.
Ten marble fragments of a Roman copy are inserted into a cast from an original relief from the National Museum in Athens.
Marble, plaster.
Ca. 27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 14.130.9.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Livia as Ceres.
Marble.
Rome (?). 15—45 CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 259 / Ma 1242.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Livia as Ceres.
Marble.
Rome (?). 15—45 CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 259 / Ma 1242.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Livia as Ceres.
Marble.
Rome (?). 15—45 CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 259 / Ma 1242.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Livia as Ceres.
Marble.
Rome (?). 15—45 CE.
Inv. Nos. MR 259 / Ma 1242.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
8. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Claudius and Messalina on a chariot”.
Sardonyx. Rome, Mid-1st cent. CE.
Frame made by Josias Belle in 17th cent.
Inv. No. Camee. 276.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Proserpina (the front side).
Marble.
200—220 CE.
Inv. No. A 10 int.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Panel of Tellus.
Left part of the east facade of the Ara Pacis Augustae (upper panel).
Marble.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae).
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Panel of Tellus (close-up).
Left part of the east facade of the Ara Pacis Augustae (upper panel).
Marble.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae).
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Panel of Tellus (close-up).
Left part of the east facade of the Ara Pacis Augustae (upper panel).
Marble.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae).
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Demeter.
Marble.
Inv. No. 8596.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Demeter (Ceres) Ludovisi.
Coarse marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek model of the 5th—4th centuries BCE.
Inv. No. 8596.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Demeter (Ceres) Ludovisi.
Coarse marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek model of the 5th—4th centuries BCE.
Inv. No. 8596.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Demeter (Ceres) Ludovisi.
Coarse marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek model of the 5th—4th centuries BCE.
Inv. No. 8596.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue presumable portraying Cleopatra VII.
Marble.
The statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original of the end of the 5th cent. BCE. The head is plaster cast from ancient head.
Inv. No. 179.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Greek Cross, 21.
18. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue presumable portraying Cleopatra VII.
Marble.
The statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original of the end of the 5th cent. BCE. The head is plaster cast from ancient head.
Inv. No. 179.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Greek Cross, 21.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Livia.
Marble. Early 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Livia, the wife of the emperor Octavian August.
Marble.
Second quarter of the 1st century.
Inv. No. A 116.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.