THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Roman mythology | Neptune
1. PAINTING, GRAPHICS.
Horses of Neptune.
Walter Cran (1845—1915).
1892.
2. PAINTING, GRAPHICS.
Neptune on the waters.
Losenko Anton (1737—1773).
Early 1760s.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (close-up).
Marble.
4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6705.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. GLYPTICS. Greece.
Athena and Poseidon.
Cameo.
Sardonyx-onyx.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 25837.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of griffins.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
CIL XIV 5050.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of marine thiasos and a head of Poseidon.
Marble. 2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The triumph of Marcus Aurelius (close-up). Relief panel from a triumphal arch (presumably).
Marble. 177—180 CE.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Votive relief.
Marble.
180—190 CE.
Rome, Torlonia Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with a port scene.
Greek marble.
180—190 CE.
Inv. No. 340.
Rome, Torlonia Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Relief with a port scene.
Greek marble.
180—190 CE.
Inv. No. 340.
Rome, Torlonia Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Poseidon.
Marble.
Roman copy after the Greek bronze original by Lysippos of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 10315.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
16. MOSAIC. Rome.
Triumph of Neptune.
Mid-2nd century.
Tunis, National Museum of Bardo.
17. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“The Gemma Augustea”.
Onyx. Ca. 12—7 BCE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
18. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“The Gemma Augustea”.
Onyx. Ca. 12—7 BCE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
19. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“The Gemma Augustea”. The upper register.
Onyx. Ca. 12—7 BCE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
20. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“The Gemma Augustea”. The lower register.
Onyx. Ca. 12—7 BCE.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.